Sacred Soul Sisters

The Magic of Presence: Finding Your True Self in a Busy World

• Justina Sharp • Season 1 • Episode 8

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What happens when you finally align with your soul's purpose? After leaving her day job, Justina experiences an almost surreal sense of freedom and wholeness as she fully embraces her spiritual path. This transformative moment sparks profound insights about reconnection with our authentic selves.

Most of us walk through life disconnected from our inner wisdom. We become so consumed by endless tasks and responsibilities that we lose touch with basic aspects of who we are. Justina challenges listeners to begin reconnecting through simple mindfulness practices, starting with just 30 seconds of presence daily. This seemingly small act initiates healing on a cellular level, gradually reuniting the fragmented pieces of our being into what she calls a "soul tapestry."

Justina reveals how our spiritual guides are constantly attempting to communicate with us, but our busy lives turn the volume down on their messages. Through consistent moments of presence, we can reestablish this vital connection, opening ourselves to synchronicities and opportunities we'd otherwise miss. She shares personal examples of meaningful connections that appeared once she aligned with her purpose – connections that previously would have gone unnoticed in the chaos of everyday life.

The episode includes a special announcement about a free Zoom community event on May 13th and clarification that despite the podcast name, Sacred Soul Sisters welcomes listeners of all genders and backgrounds. Justina concludes with a powerful reminder that our spirit teams can see every bit of our potential and are eagerly waiting for us to recognize what truly lights us up from within.

Join this journey of spiritual reconnection and discover what becomes possible when you allow yourself to simply be who you truly are. Follow Justina on Instagram @AngelReikiJourney or visit AngelReikiJourney.com to continue the conversation.

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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 Asui, 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.

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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. Wow, I can't believe we're here. I did it.

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Yesterday was my last day at my data, last day at my data and I wow. I still feel like I'm trying to integrate that change. But I had this moment of pause this morning and I thought I am free Like this, just beautiful. I am free and everything is going to be okay. I feel so relaxed. It's kind of creepy. I'm not used to being quite this relaxed, I mean, unless I'm in meditation or something, but I'm just wow.

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So I felt called to turn up the volume in my car as loud as I could this morning, as I am sitting in a beautiful park and listen and really feel in every cell of my body this beautiful song that was introduced to me a while back, called Allowing, by Alexia Shalon. I hope I'm pronouncing that right. It's A-L-E-X-I-A and then C-H-E-L-L-U-N for the last name. Please look it up and listen if you can. It is absolutely beautiful and I'm gonna read the lyrics to you. Oh, my gosh.

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And her voice is just incredible and it's exactly what I feel like right now. It says I'm allowing me to be me, I'm allowing me to be free, I'm allowing my power, I'm allowing well-being, I'm allowing me to be free, I'm allowing my power, I'm allowing well-being, I'm allowing my path to light up before me. I'm allowing everything just to be as it comes to me. I'm shining brightly, I'm allowing, easily, allowing all my dreams to be in the right timing. And then it goes into chorus. And then it says I am allowing my worth, I am allowing my brilliance, I'm allowing my path to unfold now before me. It's just incredible. I am allowing me to be me. You know, logically, it makes so much sense, right? Don't we all just allow ourselves to be me, like to be ourselves to no, not at all, not at all.

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And and already this morning. You know, my last day was yesterday. I received some beautiful messages from spirit yesterday and some coordinated efforts on their part, I should say as well. And then this morning I was able to connect with one of my future Reiki students in the upcoming class in May. And just this feeling of igniting inside of me and it feels so in alignment, I'm so excited. I just I've had some beautiful connections already this morning and it's just a couple hours into the day and it all just feels like spirit, is like hello. We've been telling you this. If you would just do what you're supposed to do. We'll take care of the rest.

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And I'm sort of glad I'm recording this because I may need to hear it several times in the near future, not sure, but it feels amazing. I okay again, disclaimer not telling you to go out and quit your job, not telling you to you know, just just do whatever whenever, anything like that. This is strictly my journey. But I am telling you to really check in, to really feel in, to finding your purpose in this lifetime, your purpose that you're living right now, really trying to find a way to incorporate at least one little step closer to your purpose. Every time you can take it, it feels unreal.

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Right now, I keep getting this feeling of just like, is this real life? Is this like real life? Am I like asleep in a coma somewhere and I'm just hanging out in some other realm? Is this real Because of the way that it feels? It's such a new experience for me. It's such a new change. I've changed jobs before, I've quit jobs before, I have started new jobs before and had moments where, like they felt amazing and and you know, was a great job for that great time and and all those things, but not like this, not this feeling deep within every cell of my body that I am truly aligning with what I was created to do, truly aligning with what I was created to do. I want everyone to experience what it feels like to be fully in alignment through some principles now, of trying to bring together a type of workshop or a learning series and kind of a step-by-step process on how to find you.

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First of all, where are you in this? Where are you in this? Do you even know who you are right now? Because I have definitely been through times in my life where I didn't know who I was. I couldn't answer a simple question about what my favorite food is. Are you kidding me? What's your favorite color? What's your favorite food? What's your favorite?

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We go through these times in our lives because life is so crazy and so busy and has so many demands that we really lose touch with our soul. I feel like it's almost like a defensive action that we take, maybe subconsciously, to disconnect. And you know, if I just keep busy enough, I can function right, like I mean. You know I can still, you know, go to work, I can still get my stuff done, and I know we've talked about some stuff like this before, but I want you to really really understand the importance of getting to know you and how that can carry over into so many different parts of your life.

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If you can get to the point where you reconnect to your inner knowing, your inner soul, it opens up this portal of wisdom that is so deep within you that it blows your mind all the time. You're like what? I know how to do this, or I feel led to this. What are you talking about? That's crazy. I would have never thought to look into this, or I would have never thought to try this, or I would have never thought to look into this, or I would have never thought to try this, or I would have never thought to have coffee with that person. We have all these different moments where we are so guided we are so guided 24 seven. Our spirit team is is trying to guide us in our sleep, trying to guide us throughout our day and every little thing that we do. And when we are so caught up in our busy 3D lives, there ain't no way we can hear them. The volume is all the way down and I want you so bad to be able to reconnect to you, because I want you to have this feeling that I'm feeling right now, this feeling like, finally, like my soul and my physical body and my aura, my energetic body, it's like every piece of it has reconnected, intertwined in this beautiful tapestry and rejuvenated. I guess this is what it feels like to be a whole. I don't know that. I knew that I was walking around for so long not being whole until I truly felt this Hello, oh, my goodness.

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Special announcement I am so excited I am doing a Zoom live event. I'm so excited I am doing a Zoom live event May 13th at 12 pm Central. I do have a flyer posted on Instagram and I've got some of the other time zones listed on there too, but I'm so excited. I want to connect with you guys. I want us to be able to have a few moments of community. It'll be about 60 minutes and we can chat. You can ask questions, we can talk about different spiritual topics, we can do a meditation, we can go with the flow, we can talk about if you've had, like a vibe or experience that you have questions about or you want to share. You know this is a safe place for you, so I just want to let you know that and I'm inviting you to come, and I hope you do. There's a Calendly link that's posted in the comments under my Instagram, but I'm also going to put that Calendly link in the notes for the podcast episode as well. So it'll be in there and it's a free event. It's just after this first one. It'll be around $11.

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But I want so badly to be able to give us some time to connect and say hello. You don't have to have your camera on. If you don't want to. You can and just kind of see where everybody is in the world. You know, I think that's awesome and it's so important to be able to build community. Maybe you have somebody that lives 20 minutes from you and now you have somebody that you can connect to. So I'm so excited. I can't wait to see you. Okay, now back to the episode. More and more Reiki classes, and I'm so excited to teach people about how to connect, how to reconnect with their soul and how to step into alignment, and the miracles and the magic that starts to take place once you do.

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Oh my gosh, you guys, it's insane, I forgot to tell you. Oh, my goodness, I met the coolest guy this morning on an Etsy message. Yep, that's crazy, I know, like stuff doesn't make sense. I had ordered this decal, this really cool little Shokurei Reiki symbol, to have on like the back of my car, and the guy had messaged me about it and he mentioned something about my website and I instantly felt his energy and I was like, oh my gosh, I love you, you're adorable. And we just started talking about different stuff and I have no idea what his last name is, I have no idea what state he's in, I have no idea anything, but I was able to have these, these few moments of this super cool like energetic connection and we were both excited, talking about energy stuff.

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And I mean, what, what if, if this message came through 10 years ago while, yes, I was still doing Reiki and energy healing and all of that kind of stuff, but I was still apparently disconnected from my soul in a lot of different instances, I could have easily just missed that message, not on purpose, but just because everything is so freaking busy. All the time I'd have been like, oh, I see there's a message. Scan it really fast. Okay, is there something wrong with the shipping? Nope, don't see anything wrong with the shipping. Okay, hurry Next, and I wouldn't have been able to like fully next and I wouldn't have been able to like fully take in that message and have that beautiful energetic connection.

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And this stuff is happening like all the time, all the time here lately, I mean, and it just it's like every day gets better and better, like doesn't even logically saying that is blowing my mind, cause I think we're so built to be like no, you gotta. You gotta like work hard and you gotta be exhausted and you gotta be like go, go, go, go, go, hurry, hurry, hurry. Like get it all done, because as soon as you're done with this, like you got to get to the next thing. Don't get me wrong, I still have plenty of crap to do. Like I need to run back home, I got to get laundry going, I got to get the house clean, I got to bring the kids to the dentist this afternoon. I mean like there's still a billion things that have to be done. But I am able now, because I've incorporated all of these different pieces of me, to get back together in this tapestry, like to get everything reconnected.

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I'm able to take moments to be present. It makes me sad to look back over so much in this lifetime and when I do it, I can hear my grandma say you got to stop. Sometimes, just take a minute. And I remember being so annoyed when she would say that my dad would say that too. Sometimes he's like maybe take a minute, smell the roses. Sometimes, justina, you're very, very busy, you know, and I would be like, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know. And and I would be very irritated actually, because I would be like, okay, yeah, I'll do that and all my extra time, you know. Okay, let me sit here and smell a rose. Have you lost your freaking mind? I got too much crap to do, but there was so much truth in that I had no freaking idea.

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When you can take a minute to be present, it can be 30 seconds to be present. I'm not sure why in our 3D world, when we're so busy, that 30 seconds seems like a freaking lifetime and so unobtainable, but we can do it. Start with 30 seconds. That's probably the number one thing I could tell you to do to start the process of getting closer to you. Start with 30 seconds. You can set your timer on your phone or some other device that you have. 30 seconds.

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Stop what you're doing and focus your vision on something. So, whether it's a pillow, whether it's a tree, whether it's and I want you to look at that Take a deep breath in through your nose, out through your mouth, center yourself for a second and really look at it. Like if you're looking at a tree, okay, does this look like a new tree? Is this an old tree? Is it a brown tree? Is it just have leaves starting to grow back on it? Is there a lot of bark? Are there any bugs on the tree? Any squirrels, any birds? And just like a pillow, is it a red? What's the color of the pillow? What's the texture of the pillow?

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I know that sounds insane, right, and if you're anything like I used to be, you're probably rolling your eyes at this right now because you're like, oh yeah, okay, justina, but trust me, it will help, it'll help and then maybe, if you're lucky next week, you can bump it up to a minute. A minute, a minute. You can afford that and, more than anything, you deserve that. Your soul deserves that. Your soul has been with you through many lifetimes, through many trials, through many tribulations, through many moments of overcoming, many moments of celebration, many moments of so many things. You can afford to give it a minute, you can, and it will pay off in huge dividends. You will be so surprised what spirit shows me in those moments right now.

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Spirit's coming in and just showing me, like when you take those moments of being in presence, even at just 30 seconds, it starts to bring peace on a cellular level to your body. We have an insane amount of cells in our body. You mean to tell me, I can make cellular change in 30 seconds of being present, because when you, when you're fully present, you're bringing all the pieces're bringing all the pieces of you. All the pieces of you are starting to reconnect. So, with that being said, then there's probably an argument that after doing that for so many days, what type of healing could occur from that? Right, and the more that we build up those moments of presence and then maybe turn them into moments of meditation, right, like which really being present is sort of, I feel like, a form of meditation.

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But when we have those moments and we can focus fully, you know, say we do a minute of, we work our way up, okay. So say we're into next month and we've got, we're down to doing like two minutes of being present every day. We're going to add in three minutes of meditation a day with that. So we're going to do two minutes of being present in the morning. We're going to add three minutes of meditation in the afternoon. Slash evening, right, three minutes, y'all Three minutes. You can do it Three minutes.

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Okay, like we talked about before in another episode, you can lock yourself in the bathroom for three minutes, you can. You know those sound machines like they're freaking amazing. A lot of people get them with when they have babies. I, I like them to sleep with Um, and they can have, like you know the sound of water or rain or you know static or anything like that. You can put that right by the door so you don't have to hear all of the chaos going around If you're at work or something. Hey, I got to go to the bathroom. Man, like I got to go to the bathroom. Really bad, right, you know wink, wink. You know make them think you're doing something else, you know whatever. So you know you can put earbuds in or whatever and you can turn up the volume of the meditation music if you want to, and you can lock the door. Put the freaking trash can in front of the door.

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Yeah, they may bang on the door, I don't know, but hopefully they could afford to give you three minutes, right, and when you come back out of there you can kind of reset and be like, okay, it gives you, it gives your body not only your spirit but your body this sort of like boost. You know, like you had, you know, an extra cup of coffee in the afternoon or something like that, like, okay, I can get through the rest of the day, or a moment of calmness, because work is freaking chaos a lot of the time, you know. So, anyway, really try to make that a focus, like maybe write out on the calendar how you're going to do it, or set an alarm on your phone that every morning at 9 o'clock you have to do a minute or two of being present. I'm just really challenging you guys to do this. Consistency is key, as is taught in so many different avenues, but it's key in this too, because it takes a while for habits to form anyway, and once it becomes a habit, then you're, you know, just in the routine of doing it. It makes it so much easier.

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Don't let this become another thing on your to-do list, though I highly encourage you when you're making your mental to-do list, though I highly encourage you. When you're making your mental to-do list, which I know so many of us do, like oh, got to run to the grocery store, I got to put a load of laundry in. Oh, got to do two minutes of purpose, you know. Like being present, oh my gosh, because that list is annoying. Okay, first of all, let's be real, it is annoying. I like them because it helps me keep my own self accountable, but when you add the act of being present to that to-do list, it gives it this energy of like. It's another thing. I got to freaking check mark. It's another thing I got to do right, and the fact that it's such a short amount of time, you're more than likely to be like well, if I don't get to that, really I'm not like missing out a ton because it's a less amount of time, and dah, dah, dah, dah. So don't do that, but set an alarm on your phone or something like that, so it goes off and no matter what. Like well, obviously not an emergency situation, but for the most part, like I'm just going to do that. That's when I go pee Every morning. That's when I go pee at nine o'clock or at 10 o'clock or blah, blah, blah, blah. Right, wow.

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Thank you guys so much for being here for listening. I am so excited about all of this and I am working in the background on ways to incorporate and create a true sense of community with this and how that's going to look. It really is happening, I promise, and I'm so excited about so much of it. And please remember that Again, anytime that I'm talking to you on here, anytime I'm recording an episode, anytime you're listening, that I'm leaving it with that intention, that I'm rooting for you, that I'm giving a huge hug to you and I'm like listen, I got your back, like we are here. We are here to support you, to support you.

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Something I do want to mention I had a gentleman reach out to me the other day and said hey, is it okay if I listen to the podcast Because it's called Sacred Soul Sisters, and I just want to say absolutely, absolutely. And thinking back, I almost wonder if I should have named it Sacred Souls instead of Sacred Souls Sisters sometimes, because I definitely don't want to exclude anyone, any gender, any race, anything. We are human beings. We are human beings and if you have a soul, you are absolutely welcome here. Absolutely different female situations and female friendships and perspective from a female and all those things that I can speak to female more so than I can male, so I may not be able to relay everything in the best way that you're able to connect or anything, but I would love for you to be part of it as well. I definitely have a true place in my heart to create community where women come to feel safe.

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But this information that I relay and again, for anybody to be safe, let me be clear about that I want anyone to feel safe. If there's ever an environment and ongoing with these communities, these different things that I'm working to create in the background, once it's all created, that will definitely be a thing. If, at any time, there is a moment where someone makes someone else intentionally uncomfortable or is rude or judgmental or anything like that, that will not be something that's okay, because this is a place of being safe and a place of supporting each other and lifting other people up. So just want to throw that out there. But as far as the information that I share, and especially you know, mindfulness and spirituality and Reiki and all different kinds of energy healing and all of those things, that this is information for anyone, anyone, regardless of where you are, what you do, how you do it, anything like that. So so please know that, um, that, yes, that you are welcome.

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Here is the moral of that story. So deep breaths right and through our nose, out to our mouth. You guys, I'm just so grateful. I'm so grateful. I can't wait to hear about ways that you are starting to feel your life change by taking these little moments of being present.

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Oh my gosh, I'm so excited for you. I am so excited for what lies ahead, even in this crazy, insane world, where we can have moments of pure bliss, we can have moments of being in frequencies that are uplifting us, with being in energetic circles where we feel loved and held and supported, and I love that so much, so much. I'm so grateful that we all have our own spirit team just rooting for us, surrounding us, holding, uplifting us. I'm I'm so grateful and your spirit team is so grateful for you. They're so excited. They can see every piece of potential that lies within you. They know your authentic self. They know what lights you up inside, and as soon as we're able to get you to where you know what lights you up inside. Oh, my goodness, fireworks everywhere. You guys, I'm so excited.

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Okay, all right, I know I sound like a nerd, I'm sorry, it's just me, but anyway. So, okay, we're going to wrap this up. I thank you guys so much for being here, thank you for being with me along my journey and thank you for allowing me to be vulnerable in a safe place, and I can't wait to connect with you soon. All right, thanks, hey everyone. I wanted to take a quick second and say thank you, thank you, thank you.

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I'm so grateful for you, thank you for listening to this podcast, and I want to take a minute and 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. 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.