Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) April/May 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 36

S  trengthen Your Relationship With Your Inner Wisdom. Your inner wisdom (also known as your intuition or inner guidance) is the loving truth inside of your heart and soul that will guide you with only love. When you have a strong relationship with your inner wisdom, it will speak to you with love and compassion, just like a best friend would talk to you. Be Witnessed Without Judgement. Find someone you trust or a community of like-minded souls, who can hold space for you and witness you without judgement. Al- low them to fully see you as you bring your fear into the light. Being witnessed without judgement is one of the most liberating and transformational human experiences. Be Gentle With Yourself. Releasing fear is like extracting poison from your body. So be gentle with yourself. Amp up on self-care. Fill your body with nourishing food and water. Give your body an oil massage. Take salt baths. Allow your mind, body and heart to recover. Speak Your Truth. Sometimes it can feel crazy scary to speak your truth. The fear can feel so big – so thick – that it physically blocks you from sharing your truth. And as a result, without con- sciously realizing it, this silence causes dis- ease. Notice where in your life are you not expressing yourself? Where do you desire to more fully and freely express yourself? 36 www.AspireMAG.net | April / May 2017 Shine Brightly. Fear wants you to hide your light. That’s how fear tries to protect you. Have you ever wanted to hide your light because you didn’t want to others to feel threatened or jealous? Marianne Williamson reminded us to choose love over fear when she wrote “there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine”… “And as we let our own light shine, we unconscious ly give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” P  ractice Choosing Love Over Fear. It may sound cliché, but one of the best ways to choose love over fear is to practice choosing love over fear every single day. Make this part of your daily practice. Incorporate this into your way of life. Practice feeling into all of your decisions. Are you making choices based on trust over scarcity? Acceptance over worry? Compassion over confusion? Love over fear? Get curious and pay attention to when fear is trying to drive your life. Then slow everything down so you can make wise courageous choices that are Read fully aligned with your heart and Online! soul. Stacey Hoffer - Stacey is an intuitive feminine wisdom luminary, self-love coach, program director at the Path of Self Love School, and founder of Soul Alignment Living. She provides guidance, support and programs for women who want to awaken their feminine wisdom, live in alignment with their heart and soul, and strengthen their ability to choose unwavering love (self-love) for themselves. Learn more at www.soulalignmentliving.com.