7 More Ways to Get Your Self-Love On

Allright my lady loves - the last week of the Self-Love Challenge is here! But really.. this is actually only the beginning. I tricked you. Now that you're on this self-love path you'll never be able to stop. Tehehehe. OK, if you forgive me for being so sneaky, please read on and discover the final 7 ways to love yourself this week.

Part 3 - The Self-Love Challenge

Day 20 -  Meditate with Mama Gaia

While in human bodies, our spirits need to connect with both the Cosmos and Mother Earth, in order to feel a true sense of satisfaction. Often times, however, we are stuck in the city, with lots of errands to run, and people to meet, and don't get much of a chance to connect with nature. And that's OK, because, while nature walks are great (see last week's self-love post), getting out into the wild isn't the only way to connect. Through meditation, we can invite some of the frequency of the Goddess Gaia, into our lives, calming our days, grounding us, and helping us to live more in tune with our natural cycles.

To do this, simply take 10-15 minutes of uninterrupted time, put on some rain or ocean sounds if you please, and imagine yourself in your perfect paradise - whether that be a tropical rainforest, or on the edge of an white topped mountain. Let your mind create details about this vision, finishing off the meditation by saying aloud "Thank you, Mother Earth, for infusing your essence into this day. I invite you to be a larger part of my life, from this day forward."

Day 21 - Do Something That Scares You

Today's activity is do something that scares you. Not in the way of 'Oh my god, never ever would I want to do that' kinda scary, but the 'Ohhh divine essence of love power holy moly I wish I had the guts'   kinda scary. Maybe it's sky diving, saying hello to a stranger, or rocking some red pants. Whatever it is, I'm challenging you to listen to that still small voice inside, and just DO IT!

To give you a boost, and to take my own advice, I created a video of something that scares me.. but it's what I really love to do - SING!

Day 22 - Create a Sacred Space for Your Jewelry

I don't know about you, but my jewelry is pretty precious to me. Not in the sense that if I lose it I would freak out, but more so in the way that I just love how I feel when I look and wear my pieces.

So today, take a moment to gather your favourite jewelry - the stuff that makes you feel truly amazing, and create a sacred space for it. I choose to keep my crystal necklaces in a black box filled with rice in my bathroom. The rice, and colour black, allows the crystals to have more of a rest, and to ground their energies after I wear them for the day. But really, there are so many fun ways to store and display your jewelry (check out this fun pinterest DIY for example)

Day 23 - Invite Ritual into your Night

Rituals are any activities that vibrate with a sacred essence, something we do for the love of it, while holding the awareness that our actions create powerful ripples that permeate the cosmos. (Yes, they're that deep!) However rituals don't have to be scary or big, in order to be effective. Take this small, yet loving ritual - I burned sweetgrass the other night to invite positive vibrations into my space, while taking the time to observe how truly beautiful the moment was, as the grass mixed with fire and my new clear quartz pendant.

What will your ritual be? A soothing bath followed by pampering yourself with rose body lotion? Perhaps a meditation holding a piece of citrine, a walk in the park while connecting with the trees, or even saying grace before eating a meal with your beloveds. It's up to you!

Day 24 - Create a Heart Opening Elixer

All substances are made of energy, and food is no different. By acknowledging this, we can work with our foods + drinks to create profound healing opportunities at any time. For example, over the last few days I've been soaking organic rose petals and schizandra berries in my water. The result is a water that is loaded with the vibration of these heart opening and purifying substances, creating a heart opening elixer that is truly a treat to drink.

Day 25 - Light a Candle

Man made lighting can sometimes be draining. In fact, Doreen Virtue says that a whole host of new diseases started to appear shortly after the incandescent light bulb was invented. This isn't to say you should live in the darkness every night, but just for today, try lighting a beeswax (the key being non-paraffin) candle, turning everything else off, and soaking up a candle lit evening.

Day 26 - Follow the Self-Love Tour

2 of my fellow entrepreneurs and wellness activists, Alison Leipzig and Natalie Berthold, have created a series that is dedicated to investigating the latest in self-love. Their first episode aired on Valentine's Day, and in it, they interview an expert in skin care, exploring just how you can care for your largest organ. To keep updated with the series, which is super cute and so refreshing, please visit http://selflovetour.tv/

Breathing Room: Clearing

Back in September I gave you the first of a 3 part system to give yourself energetic breathing room. To give you a refresher, I use the term breathing room to indicate giving yourself space from the intense energies on the planet right now. It gives you a chance to establish boundaries, and to get to know yourself, without being affected unknowingly by the energies of your partner, your neighbours, or even your country!

Cutting cords was the first step. The second part to this is clearing. 

Clearing is essentially like taking a shower. 

You rinse yourself of all the grime you've accumulated from others, as well as any energies you've been inviting in that don't serve you. Clearing makes a huge difference when it comes to your happiness, your overall well being, and even your ability to hear your guides and angels. (I'll explain this in my upcoming course)

Water is an incredibly effective cleanser.

There are many ways to do this, and Im going to give you 3 of my favourite options. They all involve a short meditation or visualization of some sort.

1) When you're in the shower, visualize the water becoming composed of bright, sparkling white or blue light. (Or another colour if you get an intuitive hit on a hue) See this light pouring down on you, around you, and even inside of you. Set the intention that this light cleanses you of all energies that no longer serve you. Make sure to cleanse yourself of all other's energies as well. Say thank you to the water and to the light, and you're done!

2) Ask Archangel Michael to clear any and all attachments that are draining you in any way. See his vibrant royal blue or purple light clearing your energy field. That's all, you're done! That's why it's so wonderful to work with angels, they really do most of the work once you ask. 

3) Every few days, do a chakra clearing meditation. I recorded a video on how to do this recently, check it out here.

I make sure to clear myself daily using one of the above methods. 

Sometimes I feel a only a slight difference, but on the days where other energies are overwhelming my field, I instantly feel lighter and more grounded once I clear.

Have fun with it, and let me know if you have any questions in the comments below!

xo Beth

Chakra Clearing - A How To

I'm sharing an easy yet PROFOUND exercise in this vlog that has changed my life significantly in the short time I've been practising it. It's a meditation focused on clearing, cleansing, and balancing your chakras (your body's energy centres).

Since I've been practising this meditation regularily, I've noticed several things. Formerly, I've seen only blue 'angel lights' (energetic sparkles and flashes that can be seen by the naked eye) - now I'm seeing them more frequently, more intensely, and in both purple and blue. I feel clearer and can sense my intuition much more strongly - I'm also extremely trusting of this intuition now. I just know it's accurate, whereas before I would second guess myself. Finally, I'm feeling more joyful and connected than ever before. 

I wonder - what kind of changes will you experience when you begin to cleanse your chakras regularly? 

Energetic Breathing Room - Cutting Cords

Breathing room. We all need it. We need space away from our friends and family to unwind, we need hot showers to cleanse and recharge, and we we need to let go of people and situations that no longer serve us if we are to stay sane on this crazy, lovely planet we call earth.

But what does this mean energetically? How can we give ourselves breathing space in the metaphysical world? How can we ensure that we're working with our karma, and only our karma, on this healing journey? How can we energetically BREATHE in hectic environments like offices, family gatherings, and even cities?

I will tell you my fine friends. I've come up with a 3 part system that will allow you to get rid of other people's crap so you can start living your own life. I'll share these 3 exercises in, you guessed it, 3 blog posts - this one being numero uno.

So what's the first step to breathing room? Cutting Cords! Cutting cords is an easy, yet incredibly powerful, metaphysical tool all of us need in our magical toolbox. It cuts toxicity out a relationship, whether that relationship is to a person, a situation, a substance, or even a belief.

For instance - doing this with my mama has been very helpful. I love her dearly, but she tends to be slightly overbearing at times, offering her own beliefs and attitudes when I'd rather chart my own course. (Can you relate sisters?) No problem. I simply do the following exercise (and often mind you, as cords have a tendency to reattach) and I feel better!

Cutting Cords

1. Visualize a person, substance, or energy in question, that you feel is not serving you in some way.
2. See a cord connecting you to this energy. It can look like whatever you want it to.
3. Ask either your inner guide or Archangel Michael to assist you in cutting any cords of negative attachment to this energy. See either golden scissors (inner guide) or a flaming blue sword (Michael) cutting this cord. Watch as it falls to the ground.
4. Fully get rid of it. Maybe you choose to see white, purple, or deep blue light dissolve the remnants of this cord. Perhaps an angel takes it away to the light. If you feel like that's not thorough enough, you can see an angel yanking it out of you, and sending it away.

And that's it, you're done! Trust your intuition, and cut cords with whomever you may need to. Earlier today I had a client who needed to cut cords with society's masculine and overbearing idea of what strength was. It can be that broad.

And remember, cutting cords doesn't necessarily mean you're kicking that person or energy out of your life. It simply means you're kicking the toxic to unveil the truth of the relationship - love and health. Happy cord cutting!

A Meditation For Intense Emotion - When Tears Are Necessary

The next time something or someone triggers a deep emotion within you, whenever you can, find a place you can be alone in.

As you breathe deeply, experience the feelings that this situation or person has brought up for you. Know that this pain is not a product of an external situation, but rather a deeply buried collection of memories that has been triggered by outside circumstances. 

As you shift your focus from perceiving this outside circumstance as the source of your pain, drop the visions of it. 

Let go of the need to constantly relate this pain to that outside person or situation, and instead go inward. 

Focus on the pure feelings of the moment, and nothing else. What do they feel like? Where are they in your body?

Breathe into them. 

As you do this, let the feelings pour out of you in the form of tears, sobs, screams, or punches to the pillow - whatever - just let it out!  

When the intensity of the emotions begins to subside, say to yourself, lovingly: “I acknowledge what once was, and send it into the light now. I love and accept myself completely, and release these feelings into the infinite loving universe, trusting that that are now healed in the love and light of the divine’s truth.” Say this as many times as you need to. 

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Meditation Is My Lover

I hear a lot about meditation as a path to inner peace, and I totally agree that one benefit of sitting in stillness is a zenned out mind.

But meditation is WAY more exciting than that - meditation is a way to access our perfect lives - lives of fun, inspiration, purpose, beautiful relationships and MORE!

How? Watch my latest vlog "Why Mediation is So Awesome" - and visit me at www.wavesoffire.ca for private meditation coaching that will speak to the deepest levels of your being!

Do you feel worthy of connection?

{ Admiring the vista }

Sometimes I put pressure on myself to connect with Nature in the way that I want to. I read epic stories of adventure, of spiritual connection, and of rebirth, that take place amongst the trees and ocean, and I want that for myself. 


On a muddy hike out to a secluded beach last Friday, I sat at the ocean, meditating, hoping to connect. And what the wind's whispers reminded me of, was that I am connection itself. I am a part of the land, I am a part of the waves, and really, I am a part of nature. Instead of pushing to feel worthy enough to be a part of nature’s epic party, I can now surrender to the fact that the trees and the creatures are, like the Native peoples before us have said, my brothers and sisters - we can never be separated. 

{ Muddy boots and lounging legs resting mid-hike }

{ The secluded beach we hiked out to }

{ Age-old trees near the ocean }

{ Traversing pathways before heading back }