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Courage to Leap: Leaving Security for Spiritual Purpose

• Justina Sharp • Season 1 • Episode 5

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Justina shares her deeply personal journey of leaving her secure day job to fully embrace her spiritual calling, revealing the terrifying but liberating process of trusting divine guidance.

• Making the difficult decision to quit a secure job with benefits despite having no guaranteed replacement
• Experiencing intense fear and panic after the initial elation of the decision
• Receiving powerful spiritual guidance: "Fear is the gatekeeper of all ascensions"
• Understanding the importance of staying grounded during major life transitions
• Learning that spiritual bypassing doesn't heal inner turmoil or trauma
• Recognizing synchronistic signs of divine support after making the leap
• Creating vision boards focused on feelings and states of being, not just material desires
• Embracing courage as the essential quality for following your spiritual purpose
• Discovering that "Who are you not to be?" is the answer to doubts about worthiness

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Speaker 1:

Hello there, I'm so happy you're here. Welcome to my podcast, sacred Soul Sisters. My name is Justina. I am an Usui, holy Fire and Angel Reiki Master with over 20 years of practice, and I'm your host. I can't wait to let others feel the love of community and remind us of the importance of coming together Instead of coming apart. Now let's take a deep breath Together In through our nose and a long exhale out of our mouth. This is my intentions In a poem to set the tone for our sacred soul sister community. Here you go. Welcome, dear soul, to this sacred space where all are embraced with love and grace, from every land, from near and far. No matter who you are, you're a star. Feel the warmth, the light, the peace. Let your spirit find release. Here we gather hearts aligned to uplift, to heal, to realign, breathe in deeply, feel your glow, let your light expand and flow. As I pour into you with love, so true, your cup overflows, your soul renews. Together we rise in love. We stand lifting vibrations hand in hand. A mission of light, a journey divine. Thank you for sharing your soul with mine. Welcome to the Sacred Soul Sisters space, a home of love and sacred embrace. I'm so glad you're here, hello friends, episode 5. I can't believe we are on episode 5.

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So I wanted to tell you a little bit about what's going on. So I know I mentioned before that I was looking at. I was talking about how sitting in my day job is getting harder and harder and because it's just not really in alignment anymore, and I was really trying to hold out til July. And here I am at the end of March, right? However, every day I work, I am really struggling like just squirmy, just uncomfortable, I'm getting headaches, I'm nauseous and I feel like my body is like listen, what don't you get about this? It's time to go. And when I talk to spirit about it, they're just like you know, there's just things on your healing journey that, once you get to a certain spot, trying to do anything that is not in alignment is just almost impossible, and that resonates so deeply, so deeply.

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With that, I had a conversation with my spouse yesterday and I decided well, we decided. You know he's supporting me, which is amazing, because I don't even know if I would be as supportive. It's terrifying, however, that I will be putting my notice in ASAP and my last day of work will be April 10th of my day job and I have a couple feelers out for jobs that I can do, like you know, as needed here and there, that kind of thing had done. Anything like this where I don't have something lined up 100%, something that I know for sure is going to work, something that is secured right, never, never, never, and I feel like it's the furthest thing from my Virgo mind in the world to do something like this, for my Virgo mind in the world to do something like this. But I will be quitting a job that is relatively secure, that pays pretty decently enough that I can do my part of supporting my family and that has health insurance. And oh I, I, my human mind, is struggling to wrap my head around what I'm doing anyway. So I, when I finally came to this realization, had the conversation with my spouse. I finally was like, okay, all right, I felt elated, like I mean elated. I felt like I lost 600 pounds in like 10 minutes and I was like, wow, I'm gonna do this like this feels so good and it feels like this is what spirit's trying to tell me and and we're just it's going to work out. Spirit's going to continue to give me the next steps along the way and all of these things.

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However, about two hours later, hours later, I started to freak out. I, I was shaking. I I was like, am I having like a panic attack? And all of these thoughts started to come in, and all of these insecurities and fears and ego and and so many things were were like what are you doing? Have you lost your mind? You know you're. You're going to give up security for something that doesn't come with a guaranteed paycheck and you're just trusting that everything's going to work out. Like, is that for real? Uh, and luckily I have a great support team of friends, and so I reached out to one of my friends and I was like, oh my gosh, I'm, I'm totally panicking, I'm, I'm freaking out. Uh, I'm totally panicking, I'm freaking out. Maybe I'm making a terrible decision. I don't know if I can do this, maybe I shouldn't do this. And so I text my friend and she's so amazing I won't mention her name in here because I didn't ask her if I could, but anyway, I am going to read what she told me. She said it's going to be okay. Fear is the gatekeeper of all ascensions. Your brain will hold on so tight and you'll experience all the feelings of grief, but you got this.

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So I took a deep breath. I heard spirit over and over like we're going to get through this, we've got you, it's going to be okay. And I thought okay, okay, all right. So I started to calm down while I ran in the kitchen to grab something to eat, cause all of a sudden I was like starving, which is also sort of weird. But um, but not really looking back now, cause that was probably a way they were trying to ground me anyway.

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And I walk in the kitchen and I remember I turned around real quick and I was just like I couldn't feel that my feet were on the ground. I was like am I like hovering over the ground right now? I wasn't just FYI, I was like am I like hovering over the ground right now? I wasn't just FYI, I haven't started flying, just just to be clear anyway. And I I was like, oh, wow, like I am like way light on my feet. This is weird. And I heard spirit come in and say and they're like you think you're light on your feet, now Start grounding. Like they were like Justina, ground, ground, ground. And I'm already working on doing, you know, meditations to be grounding, but their point was you have got to do everything in your power, stay very conscious of making sure you take the time to ground, subconscious of making sure you take the time to ground and to know that, um, the more you ground, the better, uh, you're able to integrate and calibrate everything that comes your way. And apparently they have some things lined up because I was just like wow, anyway, so up, because I was just like wow, anyway, so all right. I I'm like okay, okay, it's going to be okay, everything's going to be okay, right.

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Well, I'm listening to this interview of two of my favorite people on um YouTube and it was Lee Harris. He does these energy forecasts and he's absolutely amazing. And he was interviewing Alex Ferrari, who has the Next Level Soul podcast, and I love both of them so much. And, fyi, alex Ferrari lives somewhere around Austin, texas he talks about, and that is the area my family is. We're really hoping to get to that area, not necessarily in Austin, but within like an hour or so of Austin. It's really bizarre but, like Texas, the sky is like the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I don't understand. Anyway, and I'm, I love warm weather and I don't really like winter weather and so it's a little warmer than the Midwest. Anyway, that was just a side note, sorry. So Lee is interviewing Alex, right, and they make a point to say that the interview took place in 2024, but they were talking about things that were going to take place in 2025. 2024, but they were talking about things that were going to take place in 2025.

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And Alex started talking about this TV streaming service and forgive me, but I cannot remember what it's going to be called, but basically it is all different kinds of spiritual topics and stuff, anyway, and he stops for a minute and he says we are going to be streaming light to the world. And you guys, my heart just felt like it was exploding and I just felt this intense and thank God, somebody is doing this. The world needs so much light. And here he is, like stepping up to the plate and doing this and the impact and the ripple effects that all of this is going to have, and I thought, wow, what would that be like to be able to do something like that, to bring that amount of light and love into the world? Like I'm getting choked up even saying it, and I found myself like starting to cry Like and I thought what, why am I crying about this? And I just, I don't know.

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I just sort of like fell into this daydream and in the daydream I was, I was there, like talking to both of them, and my, my brain jumped in and was like who do you think you are? You think you're gonna have the opportunity to meet them? You know, like these people are like amazing, like on a whole nother level they have, I mean, they have all of this stuff lined out and they're able to do all of these things. And and then when I reconnected to my heart and spirit and it was like why, why can't you bring an incredible amount of light and love to the world? Why can't you? And I thought wow, wow. And then they said, well, if you stay in this day job for the rest of your life, working 60 hours a week, yeah, technically you're supposed to be a 40 hour employee, but you are salary and in order to try to meet your metrics, you often work way over right. And if you continue to do that, yeah, you probably are not going to be able to get to that point. And I thought, wow, okay, you're right, wow. And I just, I don't know. I you know.

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Spirit said listen, you tell people all the time to return to their heart when they start to get anxious or they start to get scared or they feel fear creeping in. And I thought, wow, yeah, I should probably take my own advice there and go back to my heart. Right, stay in my heart, stay in my heart and think about my intention for doing the work that I do. So, anyway, I just I don't even know for sure if I'll release this episode. I feel crazy vulnerable, even talking about the panic that started to set in and all of those things.

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But spirit is telling me, in those moments where you feel vulnerable and you feel scared and you still start to proceed and you still take a step forward, it's okay to share, because there's somebody else out there that may be having the same issue and regardless of anyone that has anything negative to say about it, that's not why you do the work you do. You don't do the work you do to reach the people that have lots of negative things to say about things. You do it to reach the people that need to have love and hope and light and encouragement and to know that they're not alone in whatever struggle they're doing Right. So, wow, um, right after that I kind of took a few minutes and kind of connected with spirit, and that was another part of it. They were like the reason you're able to hear from us so much better now is because you're taking the moment. You're taking a moment to be silent, you're taking a moment to call us in, you're taking a moment and asking us to assist you, to guide you, and then you're taking a moment to listen to the response.

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Instead of how I started this journey uh, several 500 years ago was is what it feels like, when I was like, okay, spirit, this is the deal. I need you to go ahead and, uh, line this up for me and I really want it done like within a week. Thank you so much. And that's kind of how I felt, like manifesting had worked a long time ago and, yes, it doesn't really work that way. So they talked to me again about how important the inner work is, which I'm still doing. To be clear, doing the inner work and working through so many inner child type things and so many different traumas and so many different emotions involving or, I'm sorry, revolving around different life experiences that I've had, have assisted in this process Because there's something that I learned along the way.

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One of the biggest things is there's no bypassing your inner turmoil, there's no bypassing Uh, sometimes they call it spiritual bypassing and, to be honest, for a while I thought that I had, because I spent a lot of time out of my body, so to speak, where I would connect to spirit and I would do everything in my power not to be grounded. I avoided every grounding meditation. So if I had signed up for a class, I would skip the grounding meditation because it felt so much better just hanging out in the la-la land of the spirit world, just hanging out in the la-la land of the spirit world. And, however, that really did not serve me, because I'm still in a human body, I'm still on this earthly plane, I still have to function in this human body, right, and if I am just hanging out in the clouds only, I can't do any of the things that I'm supposed to do purpose-wise, to the full extent, that I was created to do. So that's why it brings me back to the grounding right.

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So I've got to stay grounded, I've got to remind myself to do my grounding meditations, to know how connected we are to Mother Earth, to know how connected we are to the spiritual world as well, and allow all of that to take place at the same time. So, um, oh, just a side note, spirits just popping in like to say, you know, hey, while spiritual bypassing is great and while, you know, staying in the clouds is great, it's never, ever, ever going to make anything just go away on its own. So, like the longer and I feel like that's a you guys all probably know that, but they're saying, to make a statement about it that just because you avoid it, just because you bypass it, doesn't mean it went away. It means, probably, that you stuffed it further down to allow it to grow roots in your body and eventually manifest in not a great way as you progress on this journey, meaning it can end up showing up as disease, it can end up showing up as very hormonal imbalances, it can end up showing up as having a mental breakdown, because we can only handle so much in this human body, right. So that's why it's so important to do what we can to take care of this vessel.

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And, with all of that being said, I want you to know, as you go through this healing journey, that the walls you have built over the years to protect yourself, to keep, with the goal in mind, to keep the scary out, to keep those from hurting you. They served you well in a lot of different circumstances to allow you to get as far as you did in this life, and that's great. They helped you to maintain your safety in a lot of ways, especially in childhood probably. But that's not who you are now. You don't have to continue to carry all of that now. Now is the time for you to release that. So, when you start to release that and that's not always a pleasant process, to be clear, because you feel it a lot of times as you release it, but I want you to know you're okay, you're safe to do this I want you to remind yourself, even if you've got to put a piece of tape on the fridge, if you've got to put a piece of tape with a note on the bathroom mirror that says, hey, remember to call your spirit team in today.

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Also, as you go along this process, I don't want to forget to say that when you start to feel yourself, starting to have more intuitive hits like kind of oh, I kind of feel this way about this, or oh, is like somebody here, meaning someone that's passed away, or is an angel with me right now, or anything like that. Right now, or anything like that. Always remind yourself to be quiet for a minute, ask spirit to continue to infuse you with their healing, loving, white and golden, sparkly light down through the top of your head, which is known as the crown, and just infuse that energy in through you and allow yourself to feel it come down through your body, and that will help your connection build. Always remember they are standing by and they can't wait to help you. They're so excited to help you. That's what they're here for. All right, some other things that started to come up with this.

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Uh, yesterday, with everything going on, it was crazy, oh, side note. So a couple more hours go by and I I finally, you know, returned to my heart, got myself calm, reminded myself of my purpose in this lifetime and all of these things and I get a text that somebody booked a session with me and the session is dated after my last day at work, dated after my last day at work, and there was something about that that was like, hey, we're not going to drop you, you're still going to be able to have your session. You're still going to be able to have enough income to do your part in this family. We're not going to let you down. A little bit later, last night, the coolest thing happened. I got a text from a beautiful, amazing person and she had run into another beautiful, amazing person that I know and she and somehow I came up and and they talked about how one of them wanted to learn from me. I man, they're just gonna make me cry like every minute that's recording. I felt so connected to my purpose in that moment. I don't think she has any idea what that did for my soul and and my and my connection to spirit and I can have the opportunity to like really help teach people and really help people grow in their healing journey. I am, I am so grateful. I am so grateful.

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Another um text I had got was that somebody had screenshotted my uh posts that I made about the in-person Reiki classes, that she had got it from like three different people and I was like, oh my gosh, like people really are seeing it. It's such a I don't know. It's such a weird thing to feel and realize like is this real life? Can I really truly do something that I'm so passionate about and be so happy and love what I do and still, like, make enough money to support my family Like, really, it's mind blowing. Um, anyway, sorry, okay.

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So back to what I and says okay, take a minute in the next couple days and really map out, like what is it that would be the most beautiful situation for you, for your life to look like, for things that? And they kept showing me a vision board. Right for your life to look like, for things that. And they kept showing me a vision board right. And I've done vision boards in the past and I've been like, oh, I want to lose weight. I'm going to put a picture of, you know, this swimsuit model, and no matter if I lose weight or not, y'all, I am not going to look like the swimsuit model, but whatever. Anyway, but there's something different about this next vision board that I'm going to create, because this is truly a moment to fully embody what I've always wanted to do, what I've always wanted to be for other people, and, wow, I am so excited to make it. But they wanted me to share with you too about the importance of doing a vision board and to look more at.

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Not so much like okay, I want, I'm going to put a brand new car in there and I'm going to put a brand new spa package that I do every other day and you know like, but really think about maybe putting some pictures of a facial expression of someone that's completely at peace, or maybe a picture of the ocean that brings you incredible peace, and you can do all of the other things you know like, have the word travel, or have the word adventure, or have a new car, but just making sure that you take some time to do things that really express a feeling, more so than just like an item, right Spirit was saying is the purpose of this is putting on paper in front of you a very clear picture that you can hold of what you will feel like doing and living your best life and living your best life. So, of course, I am forever filling my head with different YouTube videos, different podcasts, all millions of spiritual topics. On my website, angelrickyjourney, I do have a tab that lists podcasts that I really like and have learned a lot from which I should probably add more to that actually, now that I'm saying that, but anyway, if you wanted a place to start, I also have on my website a list of books that I recommend and that really helped me along my healing journey and my spiritual journey. The whole reason I named my podcast or, I'm sorry, well, my podcast too, but named my website Angel Reiki Journey was because it is a journey. I have desperately needed spirits, assistance, assistance from all of the angels, assistance from past loved ones, assistance from ancestors, which could probably be referred to the same thing. I have needed their assistance and Reiki was the gateway. I feel like that really opened so many spiritual doors for me to start to get into all of this and journey in it.

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Because it's always a journey there's not an end result. I used to spend so much time focusing on okay, okay, I'm going to do this, this and this, and then I'm going to be good, okay, I'm going to clear out this past uh, this past trauma and and then I'm going to be good. And I'm going to do this, and then I'm going to be good, I'm going to make this amount of money, and then I'm going to be good. There's not an end result. I think what happens is the more we heal, the more we have a better ability to heal. Heal, therefore, it doesn't feel as traumatic the further you go on your healing journey, right. So like something I try to heal now does not take me near as long as it did 20 years ago and it's not nearly as difficult.

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I guess I'm not even sure difficult is the right word, because I called in spirit every day to assist me with the process. I called in Jesus all the time and I still call in Jesus all of the time. I wholeheartedly believe and I've had him come in two different sessions that I've had, and the amount of beauty, oh my gosh, grace and love that comes with him leaves me speechless every time. Mother Mary has a beautiful energy too, and she's always the first to tell me I'm not affiliated only with one religion, I'm affiliated with all beings. Conditional, unconditional love to you and every person I can connect with when I connect to spirits and when I connect to ascended masters and ancestors and all of that kind of thing. None of them are ever affiliated, so to speak, with a certain side of politics, a certain side of religion, a certain side of there's no like putting everybody in the box once they cross over.

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Okay, I just felt impressed to say that. So, um, not impressed, I felt pressed to say that. So another thing that popped up on one of my YouTube videos was, uh, sarah Landon, who is also phenomenal, and ironically that it pops up yesterday, right, but they say your phone's always listening, there's my brain jumping in. However, she made a statement that said my greater calling was to live my truth every day. Wow, I'm going to repeat that my greater calling was to live my truth every day. You guys, this was a big thing. I said it slightly different, but a big thing for me, especially the last couple years of this, over and over and over repeating message of I just want to be me, I just want to be me, I just want to be me, and this feeling of not ever being able to fully do it. I just felt spirit pop in and they were like, well, you're about to do it now, anyway, I uh, anyway. That's a pretty incredible feeling and I want you to know that, if you're having that feeling, I want you to know that it's okay to be you and I want you to know that that's what Spirit is calling out to you, for they want, more than anything, for you to be you, because that's why you were created and when you can be you. It gives others the opportunity to be them.

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When we start to grow within ourselves, it often triggers something in someone else to grow as well. They may not always like that trigger, and that's okay, but that's the point. We are all supposed to be trying to grow. We are all supposed to be trying to do what we can to heal ourselves and to know that we were created for a purpose. I feel like that's like on every billboard in the world, but it's true. It's so true.

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So take a minute and go inside and feel like what is really my purpose? What do I feel so ecstatic about when I'm doing it? What is it? Can I do it? Can I start to do it like a little bit and work my way up to doing it more? What is it and what are the things that I can do to start becoming more of me, to start fully embodying all of who I am and all of who I was created to be? Number one, keep calling in spirit. Call in your ancestors, call in all of the assisting beings of the highest heaven to assist you along the way. Call in your angels, your spirit team, specifically the ones that are assisting you on your journey In this life For the best possible outcome. Every day, every single day, call them in, ask them to continue to speak to you, ask them to help soften your heart and your mind to allow you to hear them, ask them to assist you along the way. And do your meditations. I know I'm a broken record, but even for like three minutes, three minute meditation, they have that insight app, which is amazing, and I think you can pick different time lengths of meditations.

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Okay, so back to Sarah Landon. One of the things she also said was the number one, most important thing she would say in order to get to the point where she lives, her truth every day was courage. Wow, when I heard that, I felt that in every single cell of my body, every single cell of my body, Because y'all, it is terrifying to quit a very secure job, a very secure paycheck, a very secure health insurance, a very you know, like holy crap yes, courage. So what one of my biggest things right now is? This is calling in my spirit team and asking them please continue to instill the insane amount of courage on a minute by minute basis to allow me to get through this, to allow me to push through my fears, my concerns, my limiting beliefs. To get to the other side of this Disclaimer here I am not telling you to quit your job and to just go pursue your dreams.

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Okay, it's not as easy as that. This has been a journey for me for quite some time, a journey that started to amp up two years ago and has been through a lot of contemplation, a lot of prayer, a lot of behind the scenes work of of creating a platform like a website and and things like that and and really connecting with spirit and talking through things with spirit and meditating and praying and journaling and all of these kinds of things to get to this point. So, by all means, I'm not telling you like, in the next five minutes, put your notice in and be like check you later, like no, it's a whole big picture and I understand that there are a lot of you in situations that you cannot, by any way, shape or form do that right now, and that's okay. That doesn't mean you can't do things along your spiritual journey. Okay, that means it's just not quite the time. But the time will come and your job right now may already be your purpose If you find yourself just so full of love and gratitude. When you're going to work and you feel like you're fulfilling your purpose, and it's an alignment, then that's where you're supposed to be, just like when I mentioned last episode about the current job that I'm in. It was an alignment. When I got this job, when I first started working here, it was an alignment. It was right where I needed to be. It's just not there now.

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Okay, so for so long I had this ongoing feeling of I was not worthy enough to step fully into my purpose, those thoughts of who am I to do this Like? Who do I think I am and why would I ever think that I could have the ability to help others on this level, or that I could be a channel for spirit. And just who do I think I am? And I have heard from so many different amazing spiritual teachers who are you not to be? Who are you not to be? Who are you not to be? So I am still on the journey of learning full self-love, which is also key to open up the spiritual realm even further. I am still on my journey of healing and will continue to be. I am sure I am, in so many different aspects, scared out of my freaking mind that I am making this huge leap. However, I am holding tight to spirit and I am embracing and embodying every piece of courage I possibly have to do this, and I'm asking for your love and prayers as well, if you feel so called to, to continue me on this path, that I can do this.

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I'm so excited. They show me like pictures down the road of like meeting with big groups of people and being able to connect and to hug everybody's neck off and to uplift people, and oh my gosh, it makes me so freaking excited. And so it's coming. It's coming and and to be able to establish community in different ways, and I'm not sure exactly what that looks like just yet. I feel like this podcast is kind of the beginning of that. I feel like there will be some sort of virtual platform that I'll be able to bring people together that will be able to have like live zoom calls. I feel like the, and then I also feel there's going to be some type of in-person thing coming and, oh my gosh, you guys, it gets me so excited.

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Okay, now I'm rambling. Anyway, I am challenging you to create a vision board for your year, for 2025. It's not too late, even if you don't get to this till November, and if you don't listen to this episode until 2030, you can do it then too. There's no wrong time to do it, and I also am challenging you to take a minute, get quiet, connect to spirit and ask yourself what is my greater calling? What is my greater calling? What is my greater calling? Am I being called to something? Is there a divine purpose for me that I can connect to? And I would love for you to share that on my Instagram, and I would love for you to share that on my Instagram. You can. I'm hoping to be able to post on my Instagram, like the episodes. You know when I drop them, so you can post below that. I would love to hear from you, and you can always reach out to me via email.

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Justina J-U-S-T-I-N-A at angelreikijourneycom and Instagram is angelreikijourney.

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I'm so excited. You guys. Thank you so much for listening to me and being with me along this path. I love you, I'm praying for you, I'm rooting for you. I know that when you connect to spirit and you let them work through you and with you, that you will not fail. You may meet obstacles, but you will overcome them. You will. I can't wait to hug your neck off.

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All right, you guys have a great day. Thank you so much. Hey everyone. All right, you guys have a great day. Ask for a quick favor If, when you're listening to an episode, if you could please just take a second, place your hand on your heart and take a deep breath in through your nose and a long exhale out of your mouth and just set the intention to send love and light to every single person listening, right now, yesterday and in the future. I think together we just might be able to raise the vibration of this world. I'm so excited and please follow me on Instagram at AngelReikiJourney, visit my website to book an appointment with me at AngelReikiJourneycom and please follow this podcast. Sacred Soul Sisters, thank you so much and I can't wait to talk to you again soon. Have a great day.