Spirituality Archives - Barbara Brodsho

Live Our Purpose and Thrive!

Why are we here?

I’ve often wondered why our souls choose to inhabit a physical body and experience life here on planet Earth. There are probably as many answers to this question as there are people.

I’ve come to believe that our souls, along with the assistance of the spiritual realm, create our intentions for what we want to accomplish in this lifetime prior to our birth. Our Creator has designed us to carry our soul’s longings and intentions energetically in our bodies, along with the power to manifest them. These longings lead us through our lives.

It’s a way for our soul’s come to know ourselves better

One definition of purpose that’s been helpful for me is “for our souls to come to know ourselves better.” One way we can do that is to experience many different types of life events and circumstances. When we experience both their positive and negative aspects, we have an opportunity to feel a broad range of emotions and to become consciously aware of the thoughts and beliefs we’ve formed as a result of these life experiences. As a result, we’ll hopefully develop the qualities our soul has chosen for this lifetime such as compassion, understanding, tolerance, or forgiveness.

Even our deepest pain can serve as a way to get to know ourselves better

From this perspective, even our deepest pain can be utilized to fulfill the purpose of getting to know ourselves better. Our life’s challenges, wounds, and illnesses can help us to develop our soul’s chosen qualities. As we heal this pain in ourselves, we develop the qualities our souls need to help facilitate the process of healing in others. It’s our soul’s innate gifts that have helped us to heal and transform ourselves.

But how do we discover our soul’s innate gifts? There is an energetic recording of how each of our souls were created from the moment of inception that contains this information. We access it through our Akashic Record. It also contains the life lessons or qualities that our souls want to experiment with in this lifetime, what our long-term vision is for our lives, and how we’re designed to manifest the outcomes we desire. If there are thoughts or emotions that are inhibiting us, we can identify and then release the negative energy so that we can accomplish what we’ve set out to do. The more spiritually awakened we become, the more we can make conscious choices to bring ourselves into greater alignment with our divine nature.

We can use our soul’s innate gifts to heal our deepest pain

This holistic, comprehensive, soul-based approach has provided me with the ability to make informed decisions about how to move forward with my life. I now have the tools and resources to create a vision for what I want to accomplish in my life based on my soul’s longings and intentions. I’ve come to know my divine nature. I’ve utilized my innate gifts to heal my deepest pain, and in turn, to help heal the world in my own unique way. Using this same approach, I’m empowered to make a positive impact in the lives of others so that they too, can live their purpose and thrive.

Click here to schedule a Discovery Call with me to learn how I can help you live your purpose and thrive.

This is the 8th article Barbara has published in her series entitled, “Aligning with Our Soul’s Design,” in the 2018 international online publication, SIBYL MAGAZINE—For the Spirit and Soul of Woman.

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Cultivating Self-Compassion

As souls, we have a universal need to be seen and heard.

I’ve experienced a life-long inner conflict of feeling angry that I appear to be invisible to others; and at the same time, I’m fearful of being visible to others. I believe this pain that I’ve carried within myself, and that is reflected in the world, is what my soul has come here to heal. This inner wound has been one of my greatest teachers. It’s what has propelled me to develop the qualities my soul has needed in order to share my gifts of healing with others.

As I’ve tapped into the wisdom of my soul, I’ve discovered through my Akashic Record that I’ve not only been experiencing this theme in this lifetime, but it’s been a recurring theme for many lifetimes. That’s why it’s been so hard to overcome.

Now when I attract events, circumstances, and people into my life that cause this same recurring pattern to reappear, I use this opportunity for deep, personal introspection. I view it as an invitation to cultivate compassion for myself and to make different choices going forward that will align with my divine nature.

I’ve found this process to be helpful to heal recurring themes and to develop self-compassion.

First, utilizing my soul’s Akashic Record, I’ve discovered what the events and circumstances were at the time this theme originated and the choices I made as a result of them. I’m able to discern the self-defeating thoughts and beliefs I created, and the emotions that were triggered that still reside in my soul and are causing suffering. When traumatic things happen in our lives, sometimes we develop errors in our thinking when we try to make sense of them, but they don’t align with who we are as Divine Beings. They continue to shape our choices and ways of thinking.

Second, I reflect upon the needs I was trying to meet when I made those choices. Our souls have universal needs – meaning that we all have the experience of needing certain things. We might have needed to make difficult choices in order to survive, or to protect ourselves or our families, or to feel loved or accepted. Or it may have been a need for autonomy, a sense of belonging, safety or security.

Third, I take this opportunity to be honest about how I’m perpetuating this pattern in my life. How am I continuing to engage in these thoughts and beliefs that are not serving my highest good? How am I unconsciously allowing the same emotions to be triggered within me? Where am I holding these emotions in my body and as a result, creating physical issues?

This process of self-reflection empowers me to shift out of this recurring pattern.

I can now examine this experience from my soul’s perspective and create a different outcome. I can choose a belief system that’s more loving, accepting, and compassionate and make choices that align with my divine nature.

Click here to schedule a Discovery Call with me to learn how to cultivate more self-compassion.

This is the 7th article Barbara has published in her series entitled, “Aligning with Our Soul’s Design,” in the 2018 international online publication, SIBYL MAGAZINE—For the Spirit and Soul of Woman.

Purposelessness Can Lead To A Spiritual Awakening

Feeling like we have no purpose in life can actually be a good thing.

I’ve experienced “purposelessness” in my life and it actually ended up being a good thing because it made me realize that something was missing. I believe I was longing to come to know my soul. This longing served as a catalyst to experience a spiritual awakening.

A spiritual awakening is a process in which we die to our old self and give birth to a new self. It can be painful at times, but worth it when we get to the other side. Coming to know myself on a soul-level has helped me to identify my life’s purpose. When I make choices that align with my mission and purpose, I experience an abundance of joy and fulfillment.

There are three phases of a spiritual awakening and our soul can guide us through the process.

In the first phase, there’s some life event or circumstance (positive or negative) that triggers us to question the foundation upon which we’ve built our lives. It can be triggered by the death of a loved one or another kind of loss. For me it was a positive, mystical encounter that resulted in an immense degree of peace and joy that I’d never experienced before. This was the trigger that prompted me to seek the answer to “What just happened?”

This quest led me on a spiritual journey of both formal and informal study. It provided me with the opportunity to examine thoughts, beliefs, and ways of being that I’d learned throughout my life. During this time of personal introspection, I began to question the foundation upon which I’d built my life. It’s a very unsettling time because while the old ways didn’t work anymore, I still didn’t know who I’d become through this process. This uncertainty can cause confusion, fear, anxiety or depression.

The second phase is about letting go of the things, people, habits, value systems and belief systems that don’t resonate anymore. This includes our concepts about God and how the Universe works. It felt like my faith was disappearing which was very painful. It brought up a lot of anger and resistance because it wasn’t easy giving up my old ways of being when I didn’t yet have a new foundation upon which to anchor myself.

As I tried on new concepts, ideas, thoughts, and beliefs and kept the ones that resonated as my own spiritual truth, I began to form my new way of being. In this third phase, I discovered the Akashic Records in which I learned about my life from my soul’s perspective. The information they contain provided me with the new foundation I’d been seeking.

Through this process, I’ve healed issues on a soul-level and birthed my authentic self.

I’ve discovered that my purpose is to facilitate the process of healing, enlightenment and transformation within spiritual seekers so that they can live their purpose and thrive. I’m grateful for the peace and joy I experience as I live my own purpose and thrive!

Click here to schedule a Discovery Call with me to discern where you are on your spiritual journey.

This is the 6th article Barbara has published in her series entitled, “Aligning with Our Soul’s Design,” in the 2018 international online publication, SIBYL MAGAZINE—For the Spirit and Soul of Woman.

Life From My Soul’s Perspective

Life is painful. Pure and simple. People fail to meet our expectations. Reality often doesn’t measure up to the visions we’ve created for our relationships or life experiences. This dissonance creates disappointment.

These disappointments can cause us to question the purpose and meaning of life.

But questioning can actually serve us. It provides an opportunity to examine the messages we’ve learned from society, the media, religion, or family and to discern whether or not to buy into those beliefs. “Are they empowering or disempowering me? Are they supporting me in creating and living a passionate, purpose-filled life or not?”

I believe it’s the questioning of the meaning of our pain and suffering that leads us down the path to our spiritual awakening. This process transforms us into new beings who radiate greater and greater degrees of light and love that then serves to heal our world.

My personal journey has been full of questioning.

Although I was 16 years old when I first began questioning the afterlife while writing a research paper on Death and Dying, my spiritual awakening and transformation transpired most prominently over the past 15 years. It started at a spiritual retreat in January 2003.

I experienced a very profound, mystical experience of powerful energy, which I refer to as the Holy Spirit, opening up places within me I never knew were closed. It reached into the depth of my being and cleared out the wounded parts of me where I held on to feelings of shame and inadequacy. By the end of that retreat I felt like a new person. It left me with an unquenchable thirst and desire to understand what had just transpired.

I sought to know, “How does the Holy Spirit work to heal us?”

This question led me on a 15-year journey of studying theology, spirituality, energy healing and soul-level healing using the Akashic records and applying it to my own life. Through this process, it became clear to me that my personal mission is to serve as a vessel for the Holy Spirit to facilitate healing, enlightenment and transformation in others’ lives by sharing what I’ve learned and experienced.

What is the most empowering concept I’ve learned over these past 15 years?

One concept that has helped me to better understand the meaning of life is that our souls plan what we wish to learn prior to incarnating. We do this with guidance from the spiritual realm, as well as with other souls with whom we choose to experience our lives.

“Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.” — Paul Coelho

I can choose to view my life’s challenges as senseless or meaningless; a result of being a victim of what God or the Universe or other people are doing TO me. Or I can choose to view them as a means to develop the qualities and attributes that my soul desired to learn in this lifetime.

When another person—or life itself—doesn’t meet my expectations or disappoints me, I now ask myself, “What qualities or life lessons might my soul have planned to learn through this experience? How is that soul who disappointed me actually serving my highest good? What is my role in serving their highest good?”

When I’ve shifted my perspective to “seeing souls instead of bodies,” especially of those who’ve disappointed me, I’ve gained a whole new whole new way of seeing beauty in others. And this shift in perspective, my friend, has been life-changing.

Would you like to know how to view your life from your soul’s perspective? Would you like to know what life lessons your soul has chosen for this lifetime? Schedule a Discovery call with me and I can help you discern your next steps.

This is the Inside Cover Story of the August edition of the 2018 international online publication, SIBYL MAGAZINE—For the Spirit and Soul of Woman of which Barbara is featured on the front cover.

The Masks We Wear

Early one morning, as my husband passed by my home office, he saw a strange sight. Sunlight was shining through our stained glass window directly onto a mask that hangs on the opposite wall. It was illuminated in the most profound way.

When this illuminating event happened again the next day, I decided it was too much of a coincidence to ignore.

What was the message the Universe was sending? Who was the message for? I came to the conclusion that it was a reminder that we all can benefit from.

You see, this mask carries particular significance to my work as an energy reader and healer. I’d created it as part of our Living With Consciousness™ curriculum at Rukha® Academy to acknowledge that we all wear masks in an attempt to appear “good.” Read more about the Rukha Method™ of Healing .

We unconsciously create masks to portray an image of ourselves to the outer world.

It’s what we think we need to do or be in order to be loved or to feel safe. The masks are really covering up feelings of inadequacy, fear, pride, will, anger, judgment, or criticism. These masks are a state of inauthenticity—it’s not who we really are.

One mask we might choose to create is the “serenity mask.”

The message we portray to the world when we wear this mask is, “I am not going to talk about anything negative. I will only talk about positive things and I will not disagree with anyone. I will not allow myself to ever show anyone that I am hurt.”

When we wear this mask we avoid uncomfortable feelings of anger, grief, fear, and pain. Or, it is used to avoid conflicts or confrontations that might occur if we express these feelings.

We wear this serenity mask because deep within us we are hiding the fear of aggression. Therefore, we may seek safety from others by isolating ourselves.

Another mask we might choose to create is the “power/will mask.”

It portrays to the world the message, “I am capable of doing anything anyone asks me to do; therefore, I will agree to do it. I will not say ‘No’ to anyone because I don’t want to let them down. I will push my way through it and endure the consequences so that I don’t disappoint them.”

We wear this mask when we are unconsciously covering up our terror of feeling inadequate.

A mask that is very common in spiritual communities is the “love mask.”

We wear this mask to draw people in through an artificial façade of love. The way that this manifests is portraying to the outer world that we love everyone and everything, and we deny that we have any thoughts or feelings that are undesirable.

“I love everyone I meet. I won’t allow you to see that I am not perfect. I will only show the world that I live in peace and happiness.”

This love mask hides the unconscious terror of hatred within us.

Have you created one of these masks that you portray into the world?

Do you wear the “serenity mask” and avoid saying anything that would make anyone uncomfortable? Do you wear the “love mask” and sugar-coat and cover up any pain you are experiencing? Do you wear the “power/will mask” and push your way through difficult times and force yourself to endure no matter what?

I know that I have. This can be especially common in spiritual communities where people feel the need to wear these masks in order to be seen as “good.” We develop these masks as children and young adults as coping strategies. But they can cause us to blame others instead of taking responsibility for our choices.

If you can relate to wearing these masks and would like to become your more authentic self, schedule a Discovery Session with me to discern your next steps.

I can help you become consciously aware of which masks you wear, how you created them to defend yourself from feeling pain, and what is lying beneath them. Inadequacy? Fear of aggressiveness? Terror of feeling hatred?

Once the mask is illuminated, it can be healed, and you will be empowered to discover and share your true, authentic self with the world.

Live Our Purpose and Thrive!

Why are we here?

It’s a way for our soul’s come to know ourselves better

Even our deepest pain can serve as a way to get to know ourselves better

We can use our soul’s innate gifts to heal our deepest pain

Cultivating Self-Compassion

Purposelessness Can Lead To A Spiritual Awakening

Life From My Soul’s Perspective

The Masks We Wear

One mask we might choose to create is the “serenity mask.”

Another mask we might choose to create is the “power/will mask.”

A mask that is very common in spiritual communities is the “love mask.”

Have you created one of these masks that you portray into the world?

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Why are we here?

It’s a way for our soul’s come to know ourselves better

Even our deepest pain can serve as a way to get to know ourselves better

We can use our soul’s innate gifts to heal our deepest pain

One mask we might choose to create is the “serenity mask.”

Another mask we might choose to create is the “power/will mask.”

A mask that is very common in spiritual communities is the “love mask.”

Have you created one of these masks that you portray into the world?

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