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We can expect a lot of action this month, very fitting for the only month whose name is an action word. March implies movement and energy, moving towards something, and since it’s also the beginning of spring here, fresh growth, fresh starts, and a welcome release FROM the cold, dark days of winter. Of course we have to look at March as the new solar year as our new year begins with the Spring Equinox on March 20 so happy new year and happy new times.March’s themes include motivation, mastery, miracles, movement, and manifestation. If you’re still feeling the energy hangover from January and February, don’t fret because that will pass after the first few days. We’re still reeling from the Saturn/Uranus square and all of the heavy Capricorn energy we had from 2020 even though the only planet left in that sign is Pluto but it does pack quite a punch. Remember that the end of the global monarchies and their totalitarian reign happened the last time Pluto was in Capricorn, in the late 1700s. The US is having its Pluto return now, February 19, July 8, and December 28, 2021 are all critical dates for that return. This isn’t just a US aspect though, Pluto represents the end of the 3D domination and control paradigms all over the world. Expect to see global protests against tyranny, including medical tyranny, this year. March opens on a Monday which isn’t unusual but for me, months that start on Mondays seem more organized and complete. I have a hard time when the month begins on a Friday, for example, as it feels like an oxymoron to start a new month on the last day of the work week. February ended with a full moon at 8 Virgo which set off the healing energy of Chiron, known as the Wounded Healer. If you have been reading my energy reports for at least the last 10 years, we have had a very active Chiron and every time it is highlighted we get big opportunities to clear out energy, to heal our soul wounds, and clear out our emotional baggage. This adds more fuel to March’s strong energy potential because without getting rid of our energy baggage we cannot expect to be open to new possibilities for our life and to have the energetic space to integrate and align with them. Venus in Pisces bestows a special blessing in March. This is the planet of love and beauty and Pisces is where it’s at its most powerful. This is a highly spiritual aspect and with the strong Aquarius energy, helps ground our spirituality into the more grounded aspects of 5D, like community, connection, co-operation, and collaboration. And it’s going to soften the Saturn/Uranus square a bit this month too, at least until March 20 when Venus moVE into Aries, just in time to welcome the Equinox.Mercury and Jupiter meet up the first week of March which is a very lucky aspect. Besides going retrograde 3 to 4 times a year, Mercury rules communication, our siblings, karma, and transportation. It is actually a very powerful planet on a personal level and its meeting with Jupiter gives us some impetus to remove the blocks to our forward movement. We need momentum and we create that by removing the speed bumps that are represented by our energy baggage.The Saturn/Uranus square, which was first active in February 2021 is going to be a signpost for all of 2021. Much like the Capricorn theme of 2021, we are going to have this aspect pushing us towards a higher level of self awareness and self actualization. The theme of the Saturn/Uranus square is ‘grow up and show up’. It’s not an insult, grow up means to live at a higher vibe, to remove the things that weigh us down, make us sad, and keep us in the past. Show up means to be fully present in your life and in each moment. Where is the present moment? It is the moment in which you are breathing and it is the only moment you have. March’s themes are focused on our creativity, which is a 5D aspect. It’s time to get out of our karmic cycles, soul groups, release our guilt and shame that keeps us chained to the past, and start thinking about fresh starts, new seeds of potential, and new possibilities for our lives and for our world. One thing that has changed our lives in the past 10 years, with the advent of the Internet, is that we are now globally connected. Isn’t it amazing how I can conduct my weekly Facebook LIVE presentations and I’m online with hundreds of people from all over the world and we can interact in real time. Never before in our history have we been able to connect with each other in this way. We have always had a spiritual connection, but we have never had a way to instantly connect in the physical world. Isn’t this another example of heaven on earth? Here are some ways to use March’s energy the most efficiently and productively:1. Do a big energy clearing – release your energy baggage. All of the anger, resentment, guilt, shame, fear, regrets, and bad memories need to go. You cannot be open to new potentials if you’re tied to the past with the heavy chains of your regrets. And no one benefits f

As we move forward along the ascension path our manifestation and energy control abilities increase dramatically. You may be seeing this in your life now. Then our language becomes important because as master manifestors and energetically sovereign beings, we use our language to move, direct, and control energy. Language, both internal and external, is what keeps the momentum in our intention.Remember energy has no judgment, it just goes wherever it is told to go. We use a variety of tools to move energy including our intention, alignment and integration, as well as our beliefs, thoughts, words, and actions. Words are part of our language and words create – every word creates.All of these work together to move us from 3D density to an integrated 5D paradigm. And we must use the combination of our energy tools within the 5D paradigm to move energy in the right direction. If we’re using low vibration words to move into a high vibe reality, it won’t work.If we’re using polarized language to move into the duality of 5D congruence, it won’t work. If we’re not aligning our energy tools and our intention with our language to keep the manifestation momentum moving, we’ll feel stuck.Before I talk about 3D and 5D language, let’s look at polarity and duality. They are not the same thing although many people refer to them that way. It’s wrong. They represent two different states of being, one is pure 3D, the other is integrated 3D/5D.We cannot achieve multi-dimensionality within a polarized reality because we cannot hold two different energies in polarity. And that is required for multi-dimensionality.Polarity means opposites, it is pure 3D energy. It’s an ‘either/or’ choice. We can have this or that but not both. We have to choose sides and abandon one thing over another. There’s always a winner and a loser in 3D. 3D polarity is not aligned with the 5D paradigm. In fact, it is a closed system that rejects 5D or any other energy outside of its frequency. 5D is duality, it is an ‘and’ choice. We can have this and we can have that. We can have any combination we choose.Duality means two, the concept of being ‘dual’ means not just two things randomly put together, but two things that are together, and they fit together and work together. This is congruence, a 5D aspect.When we are in 3D we are in polarity and our language is one of the components of our movement into duality, from 3D to 5D3D energies are competition, constriction, conflict, chaos, and controlLanguage includes spoken language as well as how you speak to yourself – the conversations you have with yourself in your head.What do they sound like?Would you be willing to say them out loud?When are you in conflict?What kind of chaos is in your life?What competing thoughts are in your head, mirroring competing energies in your life?What kind of words do you use when you speak out loud? If you knew that each word creates would you use different language?As a clairaudient I can hear what people say to themselves. When I speak to clients I often hear the answers to what I say. They are not always very positive or uplifting.No I can’t, that’s not me, that will never work, I can’t do thatWhat does your self talk sound like? Here is an example of 3D polarized languageI can’t do itIt won’t work for meI am never going to figure this outI am not luckyCan you name your own polarized language?The 5D energy is creativity, cooperation, collaboration, community, connection, and clarity5D language embodies these energies and is deliberate, positive, self aware, expansive, and intentional. 5D language acknowledges the limitations of 3D and the potential that we are capable of when we allow 5D language examples of duality or multi-dimensionality includeI set my intention for receiving this – or something better that I have not yet envisionedI accept the decisions and choices of others without judgmentI allow myself to haveI create my reality to becomeI am energetically sovereignI extend my energy towardsI embrace my perfection inIt is not enough to set an intention and then hope for the best. Your intention creates an energy container for the outcome you want but it requires nurturing every step of the way and part of that nurturing includes your internal and external language.It’s like driving a car – you still need to keep your foot on the gas and steer the car in the right direction, and make sure you stay on the road. You can put it in cruise control but you still have to keep your hands on the wheel and watch where you’re going, and make sure you stay on the road.The internal language is especially important because it represents how you really feel and what you really think. So watch that inner language, use your 5D language to expand your 3D reality and keep the momentum moving for that intention to manifest.And remember when you achieve a victory, any victory, celebrate yourself. Acknowledgement is also part of the 5D paradigm and it is a reminder of your power and abilitie

What matters to you? What is important to you? What do you stand for or take a stand on and what would you fight for? Do you know that what matters to you becomes matter? That your entire reality is created by what matters to you. This is the core energy of our lives and when you understand how to define what matters to you, you have the key to manifestation, energy mastery, and creating the reality of your life on your terms.We defend what matters because these are our life principles and standards. We define ourselves, who we are, what we believe, our ethics and morals, by what matters. But do we ever look at what matters and ask ourselves why we are supporting this belief or whether it belongs to us? Sometimes our life’s ‘matters’ are those we inherit or learn from others and we don’t question them. But it all becomes part of our matter (or reality) because what matters to you is manifesting in your life right now, whether you are aware of it or not, or want it or not.What do you claim as matter that you inherited from someone or that is part of someone else’s belief system? Is this part of what you may be afraid to change even though you do not like it? For example, a client had an annual family event they dreaded every year. It was tradition and had been done for decades. But they didn’t get along with the family, they were not well liked, and they never enjoyed their time at these events. One year there was a conflict – they received an invitation to go on vacation with friends at the same time as the annual family event. This became a ‘what matters’ choice because they were faced with a choice:Going to the family event they dreaded or going on vacation with friends they enjoyed being with.If they chose to avoid the family event there would be a lot of angry judgments, criticism, and accusations of being disloyal to the family, of ruining the annual event, of disappointing people, and of not being part of the family.If they chose the vacation with friends they would have a much better time but may have to deal with guilt, being shamed by the family, and not having a good time because they dreaded a potential year’s worth of being blamed for the failure of the family event that everyone (but them) looked forward to.What is important to us defined by our priorities and our non-negotiables, principles I teach in my Energy Boundaries course. This is the foundation of our life. How we use energy is governed by our priorities and non-negotiables. But we don’t use these effectively and we often discount what is important to us to get along, go along, and make others happy.Priorities are what is important to you, they are what you put first in your life. A priority could be self care, managing your time, safeguarding your energy, keeping yourself safe, your security, your family, or your job and career. Often our priorities involved other people and their needs, at the expense of our own.If having approval is important to you then your priorities will reflect making others happy, getting their approval, making sure you are aligned with others’ needs, and not creating chaos or disturbances in your relationships. Your priorities could also include avoiding drama and chaos and staying away from challenging situations.Non-negotiables are things that you will not compromise under any circumstance. In relationships that could be honesty, commitment, telling the truth, reliability, loyalty, and kindness. Some of my non-negotiables in relationships include no addictions, being honest, consideration, honesty, and commitment. I have no tolerance for those things and when they occur the relationship is over – no negotiating, no compromise.What are some of your non-negotiables and how much do you stand for them? If you value honesty, are you willing to end a relationship if someone is dishonest? Or do you compromise your non-negotiables in the name of safety, security, avoiding being alone, or trying to make others happyThis is a tough topic but these are tough principles. Your priorities and your non-negotiables define who you are and all too often, when we are called to defend what we stand for, we give up, give in, and compromise the very things that we say we will not compromise.So much of our energy goes towards what matters that we need to do a ‘matter review’ occasionally, to ensure that we are connected to what we want to empower and create, and that it is still relevant and important to us. A matter review is not an opportunity to judge what we have manifested — remember, energy is neutral and non-judgmental so we can’t judge or criticize our creation as good or bad. But we can take a look at situations and events in our lives from the point of discovering what mattered so much to us that we created this situation from it and whether that is valid and something we want to do.I think it is also important to do a priorities and a non-negotiables review, to ensure that we are aligned with what we say we stand for a

Everyone has had some kind of victim experience in their life, whether that is being bullied by someone in school, pushed out of a job by a more competitive co-worker, or experiencing a sudden, unexpected illness or life event that turns your life into an out of control spiraling mess. These situations challenge our courage and our resolve and they can devastate us. The worse damage they do, even if we do recover and move out of them, is create a victim consciousness where even when we are no longer a victim, the situation has left us victimized.Being a victim is tough and these are times when our lives feel out of control. Whether the situation lasts for 5 minutes, 5 months, 5 years, or a lifetime, that out of control, helpless, powerless feeling is definitely something no one wants to experience. And I know this all too well. When I was paralyzed at age 5 years my recovery and return to mostly fully mobility 5 years later was considered a miracle by my doctors. But what I didn’t realize until many years later is that while I was no longer a victim of the paralysis I had been victimized by the experience. Too many years of being left out, not being able to do things like other children, of being an inconvenience, different, and being stared at by curious people had made me very self conscious. My parents reminding me for years that “I almost died” (and I did have a near death experience) had made me aware that life can change in an instant, that nothing is permanent, and that you have no control over those situations.Not being 100% healed of the paralysis was a constant reminder of what had happened to me and even though I could walk and was fully mobile, I was very aware that I was ‘different’.I had moved from being a child victim of paralysis to being a victimized adult and I didn’t even know it.I let this be my life for many years until something shifted and I realized that I lived my life as a victim. I think it was the realization that all of my friends were victims, that I shared my victim story with everyone, and that my victim story was the story of my complicated, out of control, unpredictable present, as well as my past.I detail this in the first chapter of my book, From Victim to Victor, as I explain how victimization occurs and what it does to your life. (you can hear this on the podcast)The shift didn’t happen with any intention or plan, I think that one day I got tired of sharing my victim story and I decided I wasn’t going to do it any more.Now making the change from victim to victor was not easy because I had lived that way for a long time. But I had determination and desire, and I had the motivation to do something else. If being victimized was one way I could live my life, being a victor was another choice.So I decided to try it.Now moving from one state of being to another takes courage and determination, and a plan. I don’t suggest you do this without considering the consequences or that it may take a few tries before you find the victor path.Here are some things you can do to move from victim to victor:1. Like any self defeating behavior, being victimized is like an addiction. You get attention, support, and help when you’re a victim. So you are going to have to find another way to get those things.2. Being victimized protects you from judgment when you do not succeed at things in your life. So you are going to have to make a commitment to your success and stick to it since you can’t fall back on your victim consciousness as an excuse for non-performance or non-completion.3. You’ll have to define what being a victor means to you and to make that as valuable as being a victim. You see, victimhood is valuable or you would not do it. So you have to replace the value of being a victim with a greater, more valuable victor statement.4. You will probably have to find new friends because if you’re a victim your friends are victims too. If you’re familiar with the expression ‘misery loves company’, if you are no longer miserable, they will no longer want your company.5. The difference between victim and victor is I AM and if you look at the two words, they are separated by the letters I and M. Say “I am a victim”. Now say “I am a victor”. Which one feels better to you? Which one sounds better? Which one do you believe? While you may believe that you are a victim and your life probably reflects that right now, moving from victim to victor is a process of shifting your beliefs, your truth, and your perspective.This is a journey that requires intention, commitment to yourself, and a desire for transformation. It is not going to be a quick fix but you will see results when you take small steps and celebrate each victory. If you are ready to move from victim to victor then make a commitment to yourself, to your joy, and to your new life as a victor where victim consciousness is not allowed to cripple your dreams and paralyze you with fear. It is not easy but it can be done with grace and ease.I am a

January is not really over, nor is 2020 because we still have the remnants of that energy signature playing in the background, like that annoying song you hear on the radio and then you hum it to yourself all day long. February does bring in a welcome rush of Aquarian energy which means it is bold, brash, and daring us to embrace our highest potential. And interestingly enough it’s a repeat of the energy of February 1962 which had the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in Aquarius, at nearly the same degrees they are today. History does repeat itself but with free will and energetic sovereignty, the outcome can be different today. You are your past but your future does not have to become a mirror of the past. That’s one theme of February’s energy. Your past is part of you and you cannot escape it but you can avoid repeating it and this month gives us that opportunity. Not just this month though, the entire year because the Saturn/Uranus square is active all year. This aspect is going to play out as the past in a tug of war with the present and we have the final choice over which energy will win out. Aquarius is the sign of community, it’s also the sign of social conscience, collaboration, and working together to improve the global condition. What are we going to do differently today than we did in the past and how are we going to implement those changes?You can read the full February Energy Report at this link on the Enlightening Life Blog. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

Spiritual shaming is a form of manipulation which implies that your talents and abilities are in question if you do not use them in the way someone thinks you should or expects you to. Or that there are expectations of you because you call yourself ‘spiritual’. Or we spiritual shame ourselves, holding ourselves to an impossibly high standard of behavior because we think that is what ‘spiritual people do’.Whether we are being spiritual shamed by others or we are spiritually shaming ourselves, it’s not helpful and it is something we need to be aware of and to stop doing because it is interfering in our ascension process and our ability to be energy containers for more high frequency energy.Sometimes we get spiritually shamed because we don’t help people who come to us for support and guidance. But those situations are not always simple or uncomplicated, are they. How do you manage your energy boundaries to avoid being manipulated by spiritual shaming? Here are some guidelines:1. Recognize your energy boundaries and don’t let yourself fall into the trap of manipulation or shaming. You are a wonderful, talented, fabulous person who deserves to be respected and valued for who you are and what you do. 2. Be clear about what you will share with others and what falls outside of that boundary. That way when you do say no you can steer people towards an option that will respond to their question without you oversharing, overgiving, or not being compensated for your time, efforts, and energy.3. Don’t let others dictate your self worth or self confidence. Someone’s judgment of you is no more than their opinion and when it is stated in anger or fear it probably won’t be very good but that is their issue, not yours. Have your own energy boundaries about who you are and what you deserve, and make them iron clad and Teflon coated so they don’t get blown apart every time someone is angry with you because you are not doing what they want you to do.4. Make your ‘no’ firm and not subject to discussion and do it for everyone. If you are afraid that people won’t like you if you say no, then you will say yes to everyone, even when you don’t want to. Be firm when you say no, again this is about energy boundaries, and make it stick. You can’t say no one day and yes the next, then you do not look serious. You know you must be consistent with everyone or they won’t take you seriously. 5. Respect yourself enough to value your time, energy, talents, and abilities. What did it take for you to get where you are today? Probably quite a lot. Respect yourself by honoring your own path and if you do not want to do something, don’t do it. You do not owe anyone a long explanation, a simple ‘no’ is sufficient, or you could say ‘not right now’ and suggest a more convenient date or time, or ‘I have a program that provides a solution for you’ issue and give them the website URL. Finally, ask yourself this important question, “If I say yes am I going to resent myself or regret it?” If the answer to that question is yes then say no. You will ultimately feel more respected, more appreciated, and more valued when you recognize your own energetic sovereignty and learn how to control your energy flows. It’s better to have someone try to spiritually shame you than to feel taken advantage of, disrespected, and angry with yourself at not being able to say ‘no’ when you want and need to.It’s unfortunate that spiritual shaming is a response from people who should know better by virtue of who they say they are but these are challenging times and everyone is feeling a little off. I would never tell someone they were not spiritual, no matter what they were doing because that simply is not my call and I cannot possibly know what their level of spirituality is. But I also don’t get too distracted by someone who tries to shame me spiritually because I know that it is a mirror of their own energy and not a barometer of mine. And those people are quickly reminded of my energy boundaries and shown the door because we all get to control who is part of our energy field and only those people who can ‘love, honor, and respect us’ need to be included in that place.Be aware of your own energy, where you want it to flow, and how you want to interact with others and them with you. Don’t be afraid to say ‘no’ when it’s appropriate for you and if you are spiritually shamed for your response, just smile and know that as long as you ‘love, honor, and respect’ yourself that is all that matters.read the full article on the blog at gpsbusinessacademy.com Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and il

Empaths, energy workers, healers, and people with spiritual inclinations are among the most compassionate, loving beings on earth. And this love and compassion can extend to wanting to help everyone, which is a good thing. Together with our belief that ascension is the path that everyone can, will, and should take, it creates confusion as to where our work should take us and what we are supposed to do on behalf of humanity. Do we stop what we’re doing and help others catch up when we see the crowd on the 4D bridge, or do we leave them to their choices and let them ‘suffer’ while we’re having fun in the 5D playground? The answer may surprise you.You have heard me say many times that the universe is just, it is not kind, which means it is totally non-judgmental and has no opinion about anyone’s journey or progress. It recognizes every person as being energetically sovereign, which means that it is fully supportive of our choices, no matter what they are. The farther we go on the 4D bridge the more non-judgmental we must become too, sharing our shining light as a beacon for others to see and embody, without pausing to see if they do. Everyone gets to make their own choices, even if we think their choices are bad, it is not our place to judge them as that is their karmic cycle at play and they need to and must do exactly what they are doing for their own journey to wholeness and congruence, which is part of the ascension journey.Meanwhile, it’s getting crowded on the 4D bridge as people step onto it and then realize the consequences of that choice, so they stop moving forward until they can figure out their next steps. If they’re scared they will do what they can to try to pull others back to where they are, so they will engage in verbal violence, trolling, judgment, and criticism in an attempt to create the 3D energy they are familiar with. Can they make us feel ‘sorry for them’ and interrupt our journey so they don’t have to move forward any more? That’s one tactic. Another one is to call us selfish and mean because we are in a different energy space that they want to access without making any changes in their own energy frequency and vibration. I'll do a podcast on what I call 'spiritual shaming' to describe how people can use their expectations of 'spiritually inspired behavior' to manipulate us into doing what they want.At the same time this is all happening, the 3D paradigms are dis-integrating and the 3D paradigm they are familiar with is no longer there, it’s full of holes and is being inundated with 5D energy. So they’re stuck on the 4D bridge with only two options, stand still or move forward, and they are upset, angry, scared, and confused. Those of you who are sensitive and compassionate feel their pain and you have to decide what you do next. Do you pause your forward movement and go back to help them or do you shine more brightly so they have a brighter light to help them make their choice to move forward less overwhelming?If you selected the shining more brightly option, you are correct. But they may see that as another sign of irritation and not be inspired by your light. They may feel that you are ‘outshining’ them and highlighting their limitations. They may accuse you of thinking that you are ‘better’ than they are and call you names. Or they may twist your words and accuse you of saying things you did not say. Remember they are part of the crowd on the 4D bridge, unsure of what to do to move forward, afraid of the changes that are happening in their lives, and they want to re-create their 3D realities even though they are no longer available.Ascension is a collective journey but an individual path. Everyone is ascending but in their own way, at their own pace, and moving towards their own outcome. The big ascension does not exist, as we won’t all arrive at the same destination at the same time or achieve the same frequency and vibration. Instead, we will have smaller ascension cycles that we complete depending on our soul mission, karmic cycles, lessons, and what we can and are willing to ascend to in this lifetime.The 4D crowd will begin to thin out as some people find the courage to shine more brightly and separate from those who want and need to take their time to make their choice. Eventually everyone will arrive at the place where they feel safe, comfortable, and aligned with their energy. And that probably won’t be the same for everyone but that’s OK because it’s a continuously renewing process and if someone doesn’t have the courage to complete their 4D bridge crossing now, they may re-think that choice at a later time.What will inspire and encourage them eventually is the presence of the brightly shining lights ahead of them, letting them know that some people have successfully made the journey and they can move away from the 4D bridge crowd and not only will they be safe once they find the courage to start moving forward to a new 5D reality, but someone will be there to welcome them

It may be a little hard to get started in 2021 especially after the chaos and shocks of 2020. What happened during that year surprised everyone and even more surprising may have been the reactions of people you thought you knew in the face of fear, life disruption, and chaos. But the themes of 2020, which I had noted in the 2020 predictions to be clarity, confidence, and congruence, were fulfilled, maybe not in the way we anticipated.I have been writing annual predictions since 2007 and in this year's version you'll hear about key energies, energy themes and movements, power periods, and how to best utilize this year's energy. Also important is how to leverage what we have learned from 2020 into a springboard for 2021 success.You can read the full 2021 Predictions at this link, on the blog. And my 2021 success program, GPS 2021 POINT Your Energy, is available now, full details are provided here. This year's program features detailed instructions to POINT your energy, energy mastery, how to use your power of intention, energy activation bonuses, 4 LIVE and recorded Q&A calls with Jennifer, including a January 9, 2021 detailed discussion of the 2021 predictions. Register for the GPS 2021 POINT Your Energy program at this link. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

January opens with the rare and historic Saturn/Jupiter conjunction entry into Aquarius that happened on December 21. This energy signature will be with us all year and is going to move us out of the heavy earth energy of Capricorn into the air energy of Aquarius. The Light Age is here, finally. You know that I’m not going to announce this without also giving a reminder that we drive energy movement and momentum, so consider this new Light Age energy signature as being able to drive on smooth asphalt rather than a dirt road, we still have to put in the effort to move ahead and there will be a few bumps along the way.As you read in my 2021 Predictions, which you can read here, 2021 is the year of Intentional Creation and Energetic Sovereignty. January is the portal between the awareness of these potentials and their embodiment and implementation– we know they are available, we just have to identify what we are ready for and start setting our intentions. We’re at another transformation crossroads and this one comes with the history of 2020 so we are all motivated to move forward and not backwards.January is really a mixed bag of energy as we have so many different things happening at once – the new year, the Saturn/Jupiter conjunction, an upcoming Mercury retrograde, all of the personal planets change signs, and a very strong new moon on the 13th , as a reminder that the Pluto density clearing is ongoing. Remember that while the Saturn/Pluto conjunction is no longer fully active since Saturn changed signs, Pluto is still in Capricorn doing its density dredging work so we’re not out of those woods yet. Pluto will not leave Capricorn completely until December 2024.The January 13 new moon is directly conjunct Pluto, reminding us that the work of dredging 3D density is not finished yet but rather than being caught in the whirlpool of density that there is no escape from, which we experienced in 2020, we can now watch the dredging from the riverbank. And at the end of the month the full moon in Leo is going to give us a little energy jolt as it squares Jupiter and Uranus, like throwing us a little bit of luck our way – but more like a carrot on a stick that we have to move out of our comfort zone to reach than a beautifully decorated gift basket.The best way to use January’s energy is to avoid jumping at the first opportunity and throwing all of your intention eggs in one basket, as tempting as that may be. So many people have told me how glad they are that 2020 is over and that can lead to jumping at any opportunity just to get away from the 2020 chaos and discomfort. But with so many potential energy distractions this month, it will be more effective to set intentions for the outcomes you want and then sample different options to see how they fit. This reminds me of the ‘café gourmand’ offered in many Paris cafes, which allows you to sample multiple desserts at one time, rather than trying to choose just one pastry from among the beautiful and temping selection.This is the month to look at choices, not decisions. Think about what brings you the most joy and choose that route. We’re still processing a lot of energy so you may feel tired, anxious, exhausted, and be taking multiple naps a day. I haven’t taken this many naps since I was in diapers! We need a little down time to recover from 2020 so do take your time but work on those intentions to start creating your high vibe energy container, to organize your energy and start pointing it in the direction you want to move into. And try to not let yourself get distracted by the many moving parts this month, everything will settle down by March and then we may have clarity to make a decision and know that is the direction we want to move into, for now.Are you ready to learn how to set your energy GPS in 2021 and POINT your Energy to the joy, abundance, love, and mastery you want? Get the details of the GPS 2021 POINT Your Energy program here and register now. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

One year after I wrote an article entitled 'Bloom Before You Go' that was a message to me, to be happy where I was now so I could have closure here and create the energetic paradigm for my new location from a place of joy, I got another message, bloom time was over, it was time to go. Other places are calling me and I am ready to go. I had done all of the blooming I could, ‘grow time’ is over and it’s now ‘go time’. You can listen to that article in podcast episode 15.I did my best to bloom, to be happy in a place where I was very unhappy, to put the lessons I had learned in place were I was and to seek fulfillment there, instead of dashing out the door at the first opportunity. And I did that successfully, there was nothing more for me to do now but since I had decided to be at my highest vibes even though I did not want to be there, that was the energy I was taking to my new place. I know I have put this article in the context of moving to a new area but this is part of every life transformation. The energy we leave with is the energy we start our new life path withWe do have to ‘bloom where we are’ before we can move on because things are not always better somewhere else. And we have work to complete where we are so we can move on to another place at a higher vibe. If we move on when we’re resentful, miserable, and unhappy, we’ll take that energy with us into the new place AND we will attract a place with that kind of energy.It can seem like we’re the last in line, that others get to move on while we have to stay in a place where we really are not happy, don’t fit, and don’t seem to resonate with the energy of the place at all.But eventually it is time to move on. That day of release we have long been awaiting finally comes around for us.There’s another reason why we stay in places longer than we need to and this is part of the ‘bloom before you go’ lesson. Sometimes that lesson is for us to take control over when we are finished, when we give a voice to our soul’s desire to expand into new potentials and abandon our quest to heal everyone or change the world.Sometimes that’s hard to do because we want to make sure that we have fulfilled our entire purpose where we are, learned all of its lessons, and done all we could do. Sometimes the fulfillment of that life purpose is how many people we heal and transform. So we hang around, sending small or large hints at them to get on with it so we can move on. But, here’s an insight flash for you, our life purpose and life path movement do not depend on what anyone does with their healing. Our mission is to put the information in front of them and let them choose. This is how we honor their energetic sovereignty.Imagine what would happen if you went to a restaurant and after the server brought your food, they tied a bib around your neck, sat next to you, and fed you every bite, also telling you that you had to eat everything on your plate or you would not get dessert. You would probably think they were mad and would never go to that restaurant again.Mostly, though, we don’t want to repeat lessons in our new place, we want a new beginningMy geraniums are in full bloom now, although winter is approaching and they will die with the first frost. They know that their blooming season is nearly over but they’re giving me one final burst of beauty before they go. They could just stop blooming because they’re going to die anyway — we have already had a few cold mornings, and they know that winter is coming. But they are blooming until the end, going out with a glorious finale and that’s how I’m going to go too. When we know it’s time to go we can stop blooming, wait, hold back on our joy but it’s much more fun to keep blooming as we walk out the door.The decision to move on is often hard depending on how we view it. If we want to have perfection and completion, and we have created expectations about how that will look, we may never go because we will be waiting for something that may never happen. But if we focus on our needs and how we feel, and what our heart tells us is right for us, then knowing when to stop blooming and go will be clear.That doesn’t mean we have to pull up our blooms by the roots before it’s time, we can continue to bloom as we prepare for the next steps. In fact, it’s easier to plan for new beginnings when we’re in a place of joy than when we’re miserable and unhappy. Wouldn’t we rather move from joy to joy, than hope that the next place will be better than where we are? I have run away from unhappiness too many times to know that unfinished business finds its way into my suitcases and follows me to my new place, no matter how much I want it to just disappear.The timing of this realization is classic, as a year ago I got the message to ‘bloom before I go’ and I did. I focused on being grounded and happy right where I am. It wasn’t easy because I really wanted to move on, but I also knew that I did not want to repeat these lessons in my new place. No

We all want to get away from a life challenge as quickly as possible but that can be the wrong thing to do if we want to create a different life and reality for ourselves. It's important that we gift our life lessons with the blessings of what we have learned. If not, we risk having to do the process all over again.It's a process I call appreciating, rather than gratitude, so we increase the value of the experience and turn it into a powerful stepping stone for the future. Leaving at the first chance is like planting a garden and then ripping it out before anything has a chance to bloom.As tough as it is to 'bloom before we go' we benefit from learning how to appreciate our lessons into empowerment instead of leaving them still bleeding from our victim experiences.When we learn to bloom in the most challenging places we give ourselves the gift of being able to succeed anywhere, in any circumstance, in any challenge. So taking a little bit of time to bloom before we go yields great benefits and a harvest of learning, growth, congruence, and satisfaction. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

When you feel stuck and unmotivated, chances are you have run out of energy road and the changes you want to make will require a new source and frequency of energy. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman. Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman. Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved. Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information. Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.com email [email protected] with questions

Who’s ready for this year to end? Let’s not all speak up at once. This year has been quite a wild ride and we’re ready to put it behind us but before we do there are some important energy aspects in December and we are not quite finished with our work yet. So gear up for one more month of effort and then we can relax into 2021. December is all about closure, endings, resolution, and fresh starts. It’s a month that opens with a lunar eclipse so you know there’s going to be action. This one repeats one we had in May 2002 and I believe that it’s significant because it ends the cycle that began with events in 2001. The geopolitical events of that year created a fear-based reality that is only now being reversed. And we have a choice, to continue to live in fear or to rise above the fear and start living at a higher vibe, with courage, faith, and self awareness. The December 14 eclipse is an even more stark reminder of that period as it mirrors the one on December 14, 2001. That was a somber Christmas, I think this year’s is going to be much more celebratory.These events are going to come full circle now and whether the full truth is revealed voluntarily or people start digging and coming up with their own conclusions, it’s going to be epic. That event changed the world just as the virus has in 2020 but the difference is in the level of awareness, connection, and self empowerment. We’re bolder, brighter, and far more determined to see this ascension cycle through. In 2002 we were just beginning this journey and still were not fully aware of its implications. Many teachers, like me and Karen Bishop, began downloading, sharing, channeling, and getting information in 2003 and I believe that is when this phase of our ascension cycle began.Once we get past the lunar eclipse of November 30/December 1, we move straight into a short quiet period as we prepare for the December 14 eclipse and December’s big event, the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction at 0 Aquarius, happening between December 18 and 20. Now Jupiter and Saturn do have frequent conjunctions but the last time they were both at 0 Aquarius at the same time was in February 1226 and this month’s conjunction period is even shorter as they both move into Aquarius within 2 days of each other. And we have more new energy cycles starting as Jupiter in Aquarius previously happened in January 2009 and Saturn was previously in Aquarius in February 1991.I don’t know about you but those dates, especially 1991, were quite significant in my life although the events were not that happy or fun (I have heard that so much from many of you) they definitely started me on my ascension path. I did start a big spiritual group in Houston, Texas, then, and was doing a lot of channeling. That was the beginning of my ascension path although it would not really move forward until 2003, when I believe the collective of humanity was ready to embrace it and participate, and we had shifted the energy in the earth’s grid enough to make much more progress on the 3D/5D ascension integration.So in December we get to turn a corner on that ascension path and to put some finality into the relationships and life situations we have been working on for lifetimes. December’s themes of closure, endings, resolution, and fresh starts follow a trajectory that needs to be done in order.1. First we need to get closure and as much as we want it from those who have hurt, betrayed, abandoned, judged, or been less than kind, compassionate, an disrespectful, we need to stop setting ourselves up for closure failure by asking them to give it to us and giving them every opportunity to do so. There is a reason for what I always say ‘closure is a gift we give to ourselves’. And that is because only we can decide when we are finished with a situation and if we want to wait around for someone to give us the vindication and resolution we want, we can do that and we’ll probably wait for a long time. If not, then we decide when we want to close that door and we close it tightly. Forever.2. Endings follow closure because something is not truly ended until we have closure and that, again, is something we have to give to ourselves. It may help to realize that we will never get what we want from someone, in the way we want it, something that makes us feel better, that validates all we have done for them or given to them, or that gives us the feeling of worthiness and value that we want. I rarely say ‘never’ but this is one time where I will because it is necessary. Learn to accept that you will never get what you want from someone and that limiting your own soul inspired path to gain it is only hurting you.3. Resolution follows endings because when something is resolved it has been analyzed, figured out, and decided. Other meanings for resolution include determination, fortitude, tenacity, and resolve. In this case, resolution must be applied to closure and endings, not to dig our heels in and hold out until we get what we want from

While the concept of pivoting, turning in a different direction, is the new spin on how to address a life challenge, but when faced with catastrophic challenges we can’t pivot. Whatever has happened to us is permanent, a lasting reminder of how our life has changed. Catastrophic life events alter our physical and energetic congruence, the fit and flow of energy in our lives that we carefully guard so our lives feel right, they make sense, and we feel safe and secure. Above all, we need to have harmony, where the energy flows effortlessly and we feel in control.Congruence is part of our 5 energy priorities and they are an important aspect of our 360 degree energy model, a process I created in my trademark Becoming 360™ process. When that model is interrupted, or shattered, we lose all of our focus and grounding, our energy is scattered and chaotic as we try to bring ourselves back into energetic harmony, back into a reality that makes sense, where we feel safe and secure.But as you know, with catastrophic life events, the past is over and a new reality has started, whether we like it or not. Usually we don’t because it means a total overhaul of our energy priorities, our Becoming 360™ model, and our entire life.Have you ever noticed that anyone who has experienced a significant life trauma divides their life into two parts, events before the trauma and events after the trauma. The life trauma becomes a marker, a dividing point between old and new, comfortable and uncomfortable, the life we wish we still had vs the one we have to deal with now.Now we have to learn to point in a new direction, using our energy to create a new life path that integrates our challenge into a new life paradigm. Pivoting doesn’t work, pointing is how we learn to integrate the challenge and make our life work again. Imagine the soldier who loses his legs and has to decide how he’s going to manage his life now.The mother who loses her children and husband, as one of my clients did, and has to create a new life for herself.The person who dedicates their life to a career that abandons them and they have to start over.The wife whose husband leaves her and she has to figure out how to survive alone. There are countless examples of people who have to learn to point in a new direction because pivoting is not an option. Pivoting implies leaving the challenges behind, somehow abandoning the catastrophe and simply starting in a new direction.Pointing, on the other hand, means we move forward with all of our baggage, the inconveniences, life and health challenges, the pain, the regrets, and the aftermath of whatever has irrevocably just changed our life. No matter how much we wish they were not part of our life now, they are and we have to do more than just learning to live with them, we have to learn to thrive with them and in spite of their limitations, challenges, and annoying inconveniences.My old life ended on November 21, 1963 and a new life, that I did not consciously choose or want, began on November 22, 1963. I could not pivot away from the paralysis or nerve or muscle damage or loss of balance. Those would be with me for the rest of my life. I had to learn to point in a new direction so my energy could expand and I could thrive in spite of my challenges.How do you learn to point? Let’s look at the 5 steps to that processP is for Process – we have to process the challenge and its aftermath. We go through various stages of denial, grief, anger, acceptance, and then finally repurposing the challenge into something we can learn to live with and even excel with. Or we can give up and stop living altogether. That’s a choice too.O is for Ownership – it’s so easy to fall into the victimhood of ‘why me’ and to deny the presence of this challenge. We can even wish it would go away and hope that somehow we, or the universe, can manifest a miracle and make it all go away. This is our new reality and we have to own itI is for Integration – since I pioneered the concept of integration in my writing 15 years ago, I have been teaching that this is a process of fitting in, of bringing new elements into our life and creating physical, emotional, and energetic space for them. Integration is the most important aspect of manifestation and it is the least spoken about. It should be because it is the primary reason why we fail to get what we want, manifest new opportunities, and have lasting joyN is for neutralize fear – we will be afraid – it is very scary to have your life change instantly by situations that you cannot control and then to have to remake your life to integrate them, to try to live a normal life in spite of what has happened to you. Fear is always a constant threat to our well-being, it is an ever present reminder that we cannot control our reality and often, what happens to us. We don’t neutralize fear by ignoring it, overcoming it, or even challenging it. We neutralize fear by recognizing the true source of our fear, which is consequence

I have never liked the idea of being grateful for my terrible life experiences. It has always felt inauthentic to express how grateful I am for the things I wish had never happened to me. How can I be grateful for the pain, misery, challenges, and life disruptions when I really wanted the opposite? Gratitude works in 3D because it repeats karmic and pain cycles but we need a new process to move into 5D expansion and creation. So it’s time to replace gratitude with its higher energy expression, appreciation. (an audio podcast of this article is available at the end of the article). The new integrated 3D/5D ascension path is going to usher in many changes and one of them is moving from limitation to expansion, to use our life challenges as a platform for multi-dimensional, high vibe living. Energy is always in motion and higher frequencies are both in motion and are always expanding.Do you want to expand your pain or leverage your pain into new levels of understanding, awareness, and experience?The word ‘gratitude’ reminds me of the French word ‘gratter’, which means both an itch and the action we take to scratch it. What happens when you scratch an itch? Sometimes it gets itchier, and we have to scratch it more and more. How can we remove the itch and its source altogether? By getting out of the karma and pain cycle and being open to expansion, potential, and empowerment.Rather than trying to convince ourselves that we are grateful for things that we do not want, how can we expand that experience into something we can bring with us into 5D living? Let’s turn our gratitude into an act of appreciation, which means to increase in value, to make more precious. If we think about how energy creates and expands, doesn’t it make more sense to increase the value of an experience through appreciation rather than affirming how much we are glad to have it when we really don’t?I am not grateful for the health issue from which I have experienced chronic pain for the past 6 years, that was so intense I could not walk at times and I thought it would kill me. But I have appreciated it into a greater awareness of treatment options and finding practitioners would could help with my overall health improvement, including healing the vaccine injury that is responsible for it.I was not grateful for having 6 job layoffs in 8 years, resulting in the loss of my career which I really loved but I appreciated it into a thriving business as a spiritual teacher, author, and leader in self awareness and energy alignment, resonance, frequency, and transformation.When you turn gratitude into appreciation you expand your awareness of the situation while also being open to new solutions, potentials, and opportunities to take you from a place of pain to a place of peace, to move from victim consciousness to victorious mastery, from limitation to expansion. You can either grind the wheel of gratitude or ascend into appreciation and turn your lessons into quantum leaps of alignment with new potentials.Many aspects of our individual and collective realities are changing now and while some of the old ways we have been taught will still be useful, others will not. The spiritual teachings that got us through the last 20 plus years of the ascension cycles will have to be reviewed and some things will no longer work for us. I believe that how we have used the concept of gratitude in the past is one of them. There are others and how that works for you is part of your personal path.Using appreciation instead of gratitude puts us in a place of expansion, potential, and being open to new possibilities and outcomes. And it is easier to be authentic with what we are experiencing when we know that being in a state of appreciation aligns us with the flow of energy and the expansion of 5D frequencies so we can move out of the pain and into something more joyful and fulfilling.If you have trouble convincing yourself that you are grateful for an experience that has been especially challenging, try focusing on appreciation instead.1. How can you appreciate this challenge into something that is aligned with your greater potential?2. How can you appreciate the value of the experience into something that brings joy into your life?3. And finally, how can you use the challenge as a platform to leap into new dimensions of being and living that expand your ascension journey into 5D joy that is pain and karma free?Instead of saying ‘I am grateful for…and its presence in my life’, try this: “I appreciate this experience and its lessons and move it into its highest potential and greatest possibilities into a higher dimension of awareness, learning, being, and energy congruence in alignment with my intention for a life that resonates at the highest frequencies of peace, joy, love, and abundance.”And if you want to do an experiment, take a life challenge your facing and write out two statements,one describing how you are grateful for it andthe other how you appreciate it into

Have you ever been just sitting around, minding your own business, and then you get a phone call or text that sends you into an emotional tsunami? Suddenly your life, which you thought was just fine a minute before, is now in emotional overdrive and you are so upset, angry, unclear, or sad that you spiral into a negative emotional funk. Or you’re listening to the radio and a song plays that reminds you of your first heartbreak and you cry for days? What just happened? Your emotional energy got set in motion because a connection was made to an emotional black hole which stirred up its energy and it sent you into a tailspin. Now you have to find the source of that emotional black hole and heal and release it so you can bring in new energies.Emotional black holes are, contrary to what you may think, not places where we have no emotional energy. They are places in our emotional body where, like black holes in the universe, we have a concentration of very dense energy, a reservoir which contains all of our unhealed emotional trauma which is our soul wounds. Our most painful emotional memories, in current and previous lives, represent our biggest emotional black holes, and they are powerful forces of dense, negative energy. And like black holes in space they drain energy away from everything in our lives. They can turn our best times into sad events because they are a constant reminder of a painful past. And they have strong trigger points that can be easily activated by the smallest event or situation.Emotional black holes work in two ways – they suck in energy as we try to find an antidote for the pain we are feeling, and they alter our energy body so that all of our energy mirrors their energy. The greater the trauma, the more we are impacted by the frequency and vibration of our emotional black holes. Think of a giant vacuum cleaner that sucks all of the joy, peace, and good things from your life. Do you create the vacuum so you won't risk being disappointed if things don't work out for you? Emotional black hole trauma is based on past experience so they have a basis in fact and truth. How do you know you have an emotional black hole?1. you are easily triggered by anything that brings up this emotion. 2. You do a lot to avoid any interaction that refers to this emotional trauma.3. You feel powerless and helpless when this happens, even to the point of detaching or fracturing yourself from your energy field when you get triggered.4. You are immediately sent back to the past and to the experiences that created this trauma.5. You may also have a vague memory of this trauma since it has been part of your past life experience for lifetimes but you aren’t clear about what it is, you just know that you are either afraid of that emotion, you avoid it, or you And they are also the spaces we try to fill when we reach out for new relationships and look for people to love us. We hope they will fill the emotional black hole for us but, as you have probably already experienced, all they do is make the hole bigger because and they cannot give us something that we do not already have within us.How does this work? Imagine you have a realationship history that includes dealing with betrayal by someone you trust. The trauma associated with betrayal creates an emotional black hole that will create trust issues and fear of betrayal in every situation. But you will also be attracted to people who will betray you because this is something you want to heal and you will try to do that with someone who is capable of betraying you. You’l repeat this behavior until you decide to do your own healing work by yourself, before engagine in a relationship.We receive and process universal energy through our emotional body and we are moving energy around all of the time. But our emotional black holes are a constant reminder of the pain we can experience when we take emotional risks or open our hearts to the potential for love. So we create an energetic comfort zone and we move energy in small amounts and within the same frequency and vibration, usually around the energy of our emotional black holes.Then when we need to actually make a big shift and transform our old emotional energy, which means acknowledging it and consciously and intentionally releasing it from our energy body so another energy can take its place, something must get our attention.So we create a life event that allows us to see where we are limiting our energy movement and which energy requires a major multi-dimensional move instead of a tiny, comfortable displacement. And when we need to shift the energy of our emotional black holes, the reminders arrive in hard to ignore ways that trigger every aspect. But when we ask for a transformation we get what we need to power up the change-mobile. Now we just have to do the work to implement the change in our life.This is where we either stand up or give up, where we must be willing to trust that we won’t fall if we try to soar into

Welcome to November! We’re finally out of the tough energy of October and close to the 2020 finish line. This year has been a game changer in many ways and in November we get our power back so we can move ahead and start creating from the pool of new potentials that has been uncovered with all of the work we did in October. If you think you didn’t get much done think again – the individual and collective levels of healing, clearing, and release has been massive. And if you felt the big energy shift as we moved from October 31 to November 1, you know what I am talking about.From November forward we start making progress, we do not have to wait until the end of 2020. And if you aren’t sure what to do next, what’s right for you, or where to put your intention don’t worry, you’ll get the message loud and clear. The November Energy Report explains all that and more.Read the full Energy Report on the blog at enlighteninglife.com Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

What do you do when your life falls apart, you lose everything and have to start over? You find the clues in the past that point to the transformation you want to create and start moving towards it. Dear Jennifer: In the past two years, I have lost everything, my job, my home, my friends and I barely speak to my family. Although I have been looking for a job, I can’t find one and I’m living with a friend now that I barely get along with. I don’t know what to do to fix my life and I’m having a hard time figuring out my next steps. How do I get my life back and how do I create the stable, secure and happy life that I want?Jennifer’s Answer: What you are experiencing has been felt by so many people in the past 15 plus years and it is hard when everything in your life changes like this. Your response of sadness, fear and regret at these changes is keeping you stuck and preventing you from creating the new life that you want. Regretting the passing of the past is also enforcing the belief that this somehow happened to you and you are the victim, not the creator.While it may be hard to find the energy and courage to see new possibilities for yourself, that is what you must do if anything in your life is going to transform. You may be wondering why this has happened to you, so let’s talk about the real reasons behind what has happened here. Everything enters and leaves our life at our conscious or unconscious invitation, so it is not possible to actually ‘lose’ anything.If we don’t appreciate or value what we have and secretly wish it would go away or consciously set an intention for something new, we disconnect our energy from our current reality and whatever must leave our life. It is leaving to create energetic space for something else to enter. This is what our intention does, it creates an energy container for the energy that will empower our intention to flow into.To invite something else in, we have to create space for it by setting an intention for it. This process is what creates the in and out flow of people, situations, and experiences into and out of our life. Imagine a revolving door, which is an interesting piece of engineering that was created at a time when public buildings were not heated. The revolving door allowed people to enter and to leave the building without any heat escape. What’s interesting about revolving doors, though, is the people are entering the building at the same time that people are leaving the building, it depends on which side of the revolving door they are on. I call what I’m going to explain to you my ‘revolving door transformation process’.While we are grateful for what we have and appreciate every circumstance and situation, every life situation ‘run out of energy road’ meaning it holds no energy for us and while we’re trying to balance the energy with people and situations, by using the revolving door process we achieve closure with what we no longer resonate with and its outflow is graceful and effortless.The empty space we have created with this release is then filled with the new things we have set our intention to receive. But when we feel angry and powerless, when we hate our life circumstances, and are upset with people and with ourselves, we create an energetic disconnection without first creating the space for the new to arrive. Why does our life suddenly seem to fall apart and we ‘lose’ everything? I think there are 3 reasons, based on nearly 20 years of coaching, intuitive consults, and working with people from over 40 countries 1. It is time for us to move on and we aren’t paying attention to the signs.2. We are following a path that is not right for us3. We want to change but lack the courage to make a changeWe can then find ourselves in the situation you are in, where everything seems to leave at once and our lives are empty. What if we really like what we are doing and it just doesn’t work? I experienced that in my career. Always been intuitive, have a strong life transformation story, alwaysSome questions for you to consider are:Did you like the job you had or were you frustrated, angry, and felt limited by it?Did you like your friends or were they challenging and did not serve and support you in meaningful ways?Are you harboring resentment and anger towards your family that you have yet to resolve with them or within yourself?Do you have expectations about how your family interacts with you that they cannot meet because they are incapable of doing that, even if you think they are, or you are trying to get them to do what you want,With the energy moving as quickly as it does now, responses to our desires can arrive very quickly. It doesn’t matter whether we are consciously or unconsciously wishing our lives would change, when we scatter our energy through anger, fear, and feeling powerless, we get incomplete results.And something else to consider is the universal laws – I used to write about them a lot about 13 years ago and had a program called the 12 Uni

What does it mean to settle? It actually means to be satisfied but we put it in a much different context.To settle usually means to accept less than what we originally wanted.For example, in the law, a settlement is reached when the defendant agrees to a plaintiff’s terms to avoid a lengthy court battle or trial.When we settle a home purchase we agree on a price and sign the documents.When we settle in our lives, we accept a smaller or lesser solution rather than what we say we want. But is that true? We have to be able to envision an outcome before we can align with and integrate it. So when we say we ‘settle’ we’re actually allowing ourselves what we believe we can have, not what we may be able to get if we expand further into our field of potential.In all of the cases of settling I have seen, this is true – we accept less than what we say we the reason you're not manifesting what you want is because you're so afraid it won't happen that you're willing to settle for what you can get.' While this is true it is more compliated than that although the common thread in settling is the consequence or result of bringing new energy and otentials into our life. There are many reasons why we do this, I will list the top 3 based on more than 20 years of working with clients1. there are consequences to the result 2. we sabotage our efforts to avoid something else, something we do not want to do 3. cost will be too high, fear of success In all of the cases of settling I have seen, this is true – we accept less than what we say we the reason you're not manifesting what you want is because you're so afraid it won't happen that you're willing to settle for what you can get.' Have you ever settled for what you thought you could get, instead of being willing to let something unfold fully to express a new potential for your life?How do you avoid the temptation to settle for less than what you ask for? Here are 3 things to consider:1. Every transformation comes with a cost and a price. The cost could be leaving something behind, changing our life in a significant way, or disappointing the people in our lives. The price we have to pay is our willingness to allow that to happen. Sometimes the price is too high, too scary, or we just aren’t ready. That’s when we settle. And that’s OK.2. The fear of abandonment and rejection is very real and that is why we settle. While we may want to make a change, our fear of how others respond to our transformation compels us to make an acceptable compromise that keeps us in their good graces. We justify settling by telling ourselves that we need those relationships – and if we are willing to settle, that is true.3. If we aren’t ready to align with and integrate a new potential that takes us way out of our comfort zone, we’ll settle for something less. We may blame it on something else, like being there for someone, or needing to finish something, or finding fault with what we want to manifest. The truth is that while we may want a change, we just aren’t ready for it at that time.Settling isn’t something we should shame ourselves over, it is our way of reconciling what we want with what we are willing and ready to achieve. And while we may have big dreams, the reality space that we have to fit them into and the energy container we currently possess just isn’t ready for it. We can try again later when we can expand our view of our potential, align with the beliefs we need to integrate that potential, and then allow it to happen. In the meantime, settling is how we allow just enough of our dreams to keep us moving forward. And that’s OK because in the famous words of Scarlett O’Hara, tomorrow is another day. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

Have you ever met someone and instantly liked or disliked them? How about the time you instantly ‘fell in love’ with someone? Or something someone says or does sets you off into a depressive funk that you take days or weeks to get over? That’s all part of the healing cycles and those moments of connection are important points of intersection and decision. They are how we work through our energy trauma, fill our energy gaps, and decide whether we are going to be karma-free or not.Healing path is either to get ‘fixed’ yourself or ‘fix’ someone or to get completion and closureGetting fixed is avenging your karma - you have something to prove to yourself and to othersYou want to go through the process again with someone to get control over the processSo you choose a karmic partner who is going to give you that experience because they have that energy imprint.Feeling broken or victimized? You’ll find a friend, partner, neighbor, or job situation, or neighborhood that is broken or victimized.How to stop the healing cycle.Make a decision at the choice point – do I go forward with this or not?It’s tempting to try ‘one more time’ it’s a gamble we make every day even if we’r enot the gambling typeThis is a battle between our emotions and our spirit – who is going to win? Usually it’s the emotionsHealing cycles are an addiction (repeat) to fixing the past, vindicating your suffering, finding a resolution to the question of ‘why did they do that’?If you can get someone to not do it then you’ll feel vindicated, they could have made a different choice.Vindication means fixing it for youRevenge means you ‘win’, you not only survived, you managed to fix or heal someone else just like them. Karmic cycles follow many lifetimes and we can understand these healing cycles in the context of our karmaWe can ask the following questions to get insight about how our healing cycles and karma intersect in our relationships:How many times have we done this before?What are we trying to accomplish?What is our end goal?Who are we trying to heal?What are we really trying to do?What happens next?Healing cycles are an invitation to repeat karma or step out on a new path.It’s not easy giving up the desire to avenge your trauma, un-victimize yourself by winning at the karma game, get vindication or even revenge. But it is the only way to release the pain and trauma of the past, to jump out of the rut of healing cycles, and to create relationships that are focused on our highest potential, and are joyful and joy-filled.Read the entire article on the blog at https://enlighteninglife.com/blog Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

Are you still standing and breathing? Are you glad September is over? After months of chaos we have reached the cusp of this ascension transition cycle and now we pick a path so we can funnel our pent up energy from months of outer inaction and inner work into creation. October’s energy themes are reconstruction, evolution, and expansion and like September, the steps forward we take are grounded in intention, alignment, and integration. It’s time to burn rubber and make tracks as we’re all ready to get out of the chaos and into some creation.Read the full writeup of the October Energy Report on the blog at enlighteninglife.com Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

We can acknowledge someone's divinity and hope they express their highest potential while also acknowledging that they make act through their lower vibes. Ignoring bad behavior while hoping someone will change can lead to a lot of heartache.In this episode you'll learn how we can protect ourselves from being disappointed by acknowledging that humanity is, well, human and divinity is a choice.One of our most challenging lessons is to accept others as they are and then make our own choices accordingly. Everyone is divine, we all have the same Source connection, and we are all connected to each other.But each of us expresses the balance of human and divine in different ways. Seeing someone as divine and ignoring what their human aspect is doing is, to be honest, just silly. And those who insist that the world is full of sweetness and light and everything else can be ignored are not living in reality.Although I first wrote this article in February 2013, it has been one of my most requested, most shared, and most loved articles as everyone can relate to this situation and we have all had relationships where we had big expectations for someone to become who or what wanted and were willing to ignore bad behavior because we just knew that their divine self would show up one day. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

I used to think being bored meant I needed to find something to do. But being bored with your life isn't going to get solved by finding something else to do, you are looking for something else to be or to become.Here are five signs that you are bored with your life and it’s time to raise your vibes:1. You dread doing certain things, or maybe everything, because it feels like it’s too much work or you know you won’t like the result.2. What once made you happy doesn’t bring you as much joy any more, or maybe even no joy at all.3. You have a hard time forcing yourself to do the things you feel you ‘should’ be doing, even if you keep telling yourself you should do them because they’re important.4. You find that you are missing appointments, forgetting commitments, arriving late and wanting to leave early, or finding excuses to avoid doing things.5. You are ready to take off and leave it all behind and even if you know you won’t do that, it’s something you think about.Boredom is a tug of war between the mind and the spirit, an invitation to find another way to ‘be’, instead of finding something else to do.So the next time you're feeling bored with your life, consider that new potentials are knocking on the portal of your awareness and consider listening to them. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

It isn’t helpful to waste time regretting the past. The past is unchangeable and is its own reality where we can spend the rest of our life in endless trauma feedback loops or we can use it as a stepping stone into a new, more empowered, expanded reality. The deciding factor is whether we’re going to ‘move the needle’orchange the record. You’ll understand those phrases better if you remember vinyl records and record players. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions

Our spiritual guidance responds to our need for signs and confirmation by giving them to us, sometimes in unexpected ways. Have you seen the same numbers everywhere, or heard a particular song on the radio, or hear different people talking about the same topic?You're getting a sign and confirmation. In this podcast I talk about 5 signs you're getting a sign and how to recognize and know that signs and confirmation are coming to you in response to your request for them. Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail [email protected] with questions