"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Have you ever felt pulled toward something greater, but doubted if you should go for it or if you can actually have it?

In this episode of Love & Learn, we begin our journey through Paulo Coelho’s spiritual classic, The Alchemist.

We explore Santiago’s "Call to Adventure" and how it mirrors our own quest to discover and pursue our "Personal Legend"—our unique purpose in life.

Using the Hero’s Journey as a framework, we break down how answering the call can transform us from within, even in the face of fear and uncertainty.

In this episode, we’ll uncover:

• What a Personal Legend is and why it’s more about personal fulfillment than fame or fortune
• How to recognize your Call to Adventure and listen to the signs (omens) guiding you
• The key stages in The Hero’s Journey and how they apply to your own life
• The importance of overcoming fear and societal pressures to pursue your true purpose

Whether you’re at a crossroads in life or just beginning to explore your potential, this episode offers actionable insights to help you step into your Personal Legend with courage and faith.

Actionable steps to start pursuing your Personal Legend:

1. Find What Has Meaning for You: Reflect on what truly excites and inspires you. Ask yourself: What did I love doing as a child? What gives my life meaning now? These clues often point to your Personal Legend. By pausing to reflect upon your own personal values you get to know who you are and what you stand for. Whatever excites your spirit, inspires your mind, moves your heart, and awakens you body is key to discovering who you are and why you are here.

2. Overcome the Fear of the Unknown: Just like Santiago, you may need to let go of the familiar to step into the unknown. It takes courage to set priorities that match your inner values and act on them. The only people who have the power to judge you, control you or hold you back from your destiny are those whom you empower to do so. Consider what’s holding you back and what you might need to leave behind to follow your heart.

3. Trust the Process: As Coelho reminds us, “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” Trust that when you answer the call, the universe will support you in unexpected ways. Tell yourself “I am a unique, authentic, radiant being, living my true values with commitment and divine support. I honor who I am the Universe honors me.”

Answering your call to adventure is the first step to living a more fulfilled and purposeful life. Press play to begin exploring your Personal Legend and unlocking the treasure within.

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"Lesson 2 is part of a larger journey of "unlearning" the meanings we’ve conditioned ourselves to believe."

The aim of the second lesson of the Workbook is to recognize that we project our own thoughts, judgments, and meanings onto everything we see. It's about realizing that what we see is not objective but shaped by our personal interpretations and experiences.

LESSON #2 (From A Course in Miracles Workbook)

I have given everything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place] all the meaning that it has for me.

The exercises with this idea are the same as those for the first one. Begin with the things that are near you, and apply the idea to whatever your glance rests on. Then increase the range outward. Turn your head so that you include whatever is on either side. If possible, turn around and apply the idea to what was behind you. Remain as indiscriminate as possible in selecting subjects for its application, do not concentrate on anything in particular, and do not attempt to include everything you see in a given area, or you will introduce strain.

Merely glance easily and fairly quickly around you, trying to avoid selection by size, brightness, color, material, or relative importance to you. Take the subjects simply as you see them. Try to apply the exercise with equal ease to a body or a button, a fly or a floor, an arm or an apple. The sole criterion for applying the idea to anything is merely that your eyes have lighted on it. Make no attempt to include anything particular, but be sure that nothing is specifically excluded.

As you practice this lesson, know that you are taking a step toward freedom—freedom from the past, from fear, from old pain stories, and from the limitations we’ve placed on ourselves. I can’t wait to hear how Lesson 2 resonates with you, and I’m here to support you every week.

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"Surrender means the decision to stop fighting the world and start loving it instead." – Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

Have you ever found yourself clinging to control, thinking it would bring you safety, only to realize it held you back? What if surrender isn’t about giving up, but about embracing love and allowing life to flow?

In this episode of Love & Learn, we explore the transformative power of surrender as taught in Marianne Williamson's A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles. We dive into how surrender opens the door to acceptance and peace, allowing us to release the burdens of control and fear around food, relationships, and our career.

In this episode, we’ll uncover:

• The connection between surrender and self-acceptance
• Why letting go of control can lead to deeper connections with ourselves and others
• Practical ways to cultivate surrender in your daily life
• Insights on how surrender invites miracles and breakthroughs

Whether you’re struggling with the need for control or are ready to embrace the unknown, this episode offers actionable insights to help you find freedom through surrender.

Press play to start transforming your relationship with control and experience the peace that comes from surrendering to love.

Actionable steps to practice surrender in your life:

1. Pause and Reflect: When you catch yourself trying to control a situation or feeling overwhelmed, take a moment to pause. Reflect on how this need for control is affecting you. Ask yourself: What is trying to control this situation doing to my mind, body, and soul? Suffering is caused by resistance. Suffering = Pain x Resistance. When we resist change in our life we suffer.Allow yourself to recognize where control and resisting uncertainty is creating stress and preventing you from experiencing peace and new pathways.

2. Use the I Don’t Know Mantra: When you feel stuck in fear or uncertainty, use the mantra “I don’t know.” or “I don’t know, but God does”. Silently repeat it to yourself, opening up to the freedom that comes with not having to have all the answers. You can either fear the mystery of life or love it. Loving it will open your heart and mind to possibilities and leave you with much greater peace in the present, which is where we create from.

3. Set an Intention to Surrender: Choose one situation where you feel tension or anxiety. Consciously set the intention to surrender it. This doesn’t mean you’re giving up; rather, you’re choosing to let go of the emotional weight and persistent anxiety it carries. Say to yourself, "Dear God or Dear Universe, I’m feeling anxious about this, but I’m willing see it differently. I’m willing to trust your guidance and the process".

Surrender is about finding freedom. Tune in to learn how to embrace this powerful practice in your life.

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ALL CONCEPTS FROM A RETURN TO LOVE

• Living From Love, Not Fear
• How to Invite Miracles Into Your Life
• Forgiving Yourself and Others No Matter

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