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By Sheila Franzen 30 May, 2023
I often mention that I’m constantly learning. It’s so much fun for me! My journey of life is more complete when I’m learning. I’ve often had people tell me… you don’t need to learn anymore. I’ve gone through phases where I let that go, yet life just isn’t the same. I realize for me that it’s about being curious. The energy of curiosity creates openings for possibilities. Possibilities are what the universe is made of! Every moment that we tap into a possibility, we are opening a portal of energy. Everyone wants more energy, right? There is a flow created when we are in the energy of curiosity and learning. Expansion happens! Why focus on learning? When we are learning, we are literally creating new neural pathways and that keeps one from getting locked into belief systems. Learning something new is a way to connect to the energy of creation. When you learn something new, you are creating a new YOU! Just as children are like sponges for new information and ideas, continuing that curiosity in your life keeps you young. Creating a habit of learning sets the stage for learning to be easy, not hard. So, even if you have something hard to learn, you’re not afraid of it. As the quote from William S. Burroughs goes “ When you stop growing you start dying ”. Are you growing? Are you learning? Are you willing? Change starts with the first step. Habits start with a first step. Learn for fun. Learn for joy. Learn with passion. Learn because you can. There is an ocean of knowledge and wisdom available to us. A habit of curiosity and learning allows us to tap into the depth and breadth of knowledge. The incredible thing is that when you surrender to being open to learning, the wisdom drops in when you least expect it. You might find it in a book, looking at a tree or while taking a shower. The true key is being open. Openness is like a funnel that just keeps expanding. At first, it might seem like you are just learning through the books you are reading. Yet, then, you discover that you have new ideas, new insights and new awareness and you aren't even sure where they came from. That's living in the flow of the universe. In that flow, you have more energy, more fun, more insights, more wisdom and more expansion. Learning truly does create more energy. 
By Sheila Franzen 13 May, 2023
I woke up early this morning feeling melancholy. It took a bit of writing before I realized I was feeling sadness with Mother’s Day tomorrow and not having my Mom to honor. After some writing and tears, I’ve honored her in the way that I know best as I write to her. I write how I love her, how I miss her and the gratitude for being my mother. The gratitude for giving me the opportunity to live in a human body that her body created. As soul, the miracle of human experience is mind boggling and it’s even more mind boggling to ponder that we live in a body created by another. It is one of the most beautiful aspects of creation that exists on earth. As my journaling continued, I found myself pondering the origin of Mother’s Day. I do that often as I’m curious how things came to be on earth. How do these traditions start? I discovered that Ann Jarvis and her daughter Anna Jarvis, both women’s activists are the origin of the 2nd Sunday in May that we observe as Mother’s Day here in the US and Canada. Anna desired to memoralize her Mother’s life and a national day to observe all mothers. Ironically she was saddened as it turned into a commercial event and not just the simple gathering and honoring of mothers everywhere. [ Article ] If you look further back, pagan celebrations honored mothers in Greece and in Rome, Cybele, a mother of goddesses was worshiped as early as 250BC. [ Article ] Sitting with this energy of mother is humbling. We have the concept of mother in the planet as we call her Mother Earth. We have the energy of God as Mother as Sophia God. We all carry the energy of the divine feminine in us as Goddess. We have mothers who bravely and courageously choose to bear children and BE Mother as humans. Dropping into the depth of the energy of Mother settles my Soul. I am reminded that as a drop in the ocean of creation, so much has come before me. The gratitude that I feel for all aspects of Mother fills my heart to it’s brim. Mother is the energy of creation. Sophia God is the origin of creation. Goddess is our inner strength which fuels our creations. Being a mom is an incredible gift of creation. Our ability to create as individuals, as groups, as humans, as parents–it is all the gift of creation.  As you honor the energy of mother this weekend, consider extending your honoring to those that have created awareness through time to honor the energy of creation. My prayer for Mother’s Day I honor Sophia God for being the source energy of the divine feminine for all of creation. I honor Mother Earth for her energy that she shares being the mother for our planet. I honor all the Beings of light, Christ Lights, Higher Selves, Angels, Guides and more for being Creators. I honor my Higher Self who gave birth to my Soul. I honor every individual who has ever created anything on this planet as they have tapped into the possibilities of creation and have given birth to something in this world. I honor every woman who has conceived a child on this planet through all time and all lives. I honor my mother who gave birth to me. I honor myself and my partner as Mother to two beautiful children. I honor the energy of Mother.
A New Way to Use a Todo List as a Tool for Manifestation!
By Sheila Franzen 13 Apr, 2023
A todo list is empowering when you embrace it. It is a tool that you can use with manifestation. Todo lists seem like a very 3D world construct and they indeed are. After all, you do live in a 3D world, so using the 3D constructs that are available to you is a good thing. The opportunity lies with not becoming attached to a construct.
How Journaling Created an Opening for Healing
By Sheila Franzen 20 Mar, 2023
While I don’t journal with this frequency any more, it continues to be a beautiful gift in my life. I’ve started journaling more as I have a new intention to embrace the author in me. Sometimes
By Sheila Franzen 16 Mar, 2023
This month in our energy healing for Expand Your Business Now , I channeled the energy of Focus. Wow! What a powerful energy! Throughout the week that I shared the energy healing, more information kept coming to share about focus. Focus is an incredibly powerful energy! Webster has several definitions of focus as a noun 1a: a center of activity, attraction, or attention OR b: a point of concentration 2: directed attention : EMPHASIS 3a: DIRECTION sense 6c or b: a state OR condition permitting clear perception or understanding OR c: adjustment for distinct vision OR d: FOCAL LENGTH 4a: a point at which rays (as of light, heat, or sound) converge or from which they diverge or appear to diverge b: a point of convergence (see CONVERGENCE sense 1) of a beam of particles (such as electrons) 5: one of the fixed points that with the corresponding directrix defines a conic section 6: a localized area of disease or the chief site of a generalized disease or infection 7: the place of origin of an earthquake or moonquake And then as a verb… 1: to cause to be concentrated 2a: to adjust the focus of (the eye, a lens, etc.) OR b: to bring into focus 3: to bring (something, such as light rays) to a focus : CONCENTRATE WOW! That’s a lot of definitions of focus. And that’s from just one dictionary. And then you have the urban dictionary and the slang and the list goes on. We have so many definitions of focus that we can’t focus! That’s kind of funny in and of itself.  When I look at Websters list, the one that stood out to me as the most enjoyable to play with around focus was this one: “ 3: to bring (something, such as light rays) to a focus : CONCENTRATE”. I love the idea of bringing light rays into focus when I think about my energy. For me focus is about bringing body, mind and spirit into alignment so that it is EASY to focus. Some ways that we scatter ourselves: Our bodies need to move and release energy, yet we sit down and try to do work at a desk. If we don’t get our body in alignment, it’s harder to focus. Our minds can be overly busy. If we don’t have a way to sort out what is in our mind, then it’s hard to focus it on what we want it to do. Our spirit is our passion and zest for life. If it doesn’t have it’s expression, then we feel frustrated and often disappointed, so again it’s hard to focus. It seems so easy to just get these things into alignment, right? If that were the case, we would be a way more productive society! Yet, we aren’t. Our youth struggles to learn how to organize themselves in an instant gratification society on mobile devices and computer. As adults, we are easily distracted with social media, TV and more. How do we solve this dilemma of focus so that we don’t feel like we are constantly behind? As a previously certified project manager and all around geek about efficiency, here are some things that I’ve discovered along the way to help you with your own focusing abilities. Bring awareness to the fact that focus isn’t just about having a todo list or drinking your coffee for the morning. Be willing to try new ways of doing things until you find what works for you. Know the type of ‘doer’ you are in the world. Are you someone who natural does things or needs rewards or needs external motivation. Gretchen Reuben’s book & Quiz, the Four Tendencies is brilliant in helping one understand how they approach doing in the world. Back to this definition of bringing light rays to a focus! I love this so much because we are spiritual beings of light! Even our bodies are vibrating beacons of light even though they appear solid to us. Our minds are full of electrical impulses that help us think. Divine energy runs through our physical and energetic bodies to provide us life. How do we get all of this LIGHT into alignment? As I asked that question, the first thing I heard was ‘fall in love with whatever it is you need to do!’. I feel Jeshua saying that this is the lightest and most fun way to focus. Bring love to whatever you are doing. The energy of love naturally brings a lightness. With the energy of love, all things come into alignment. The body and mind follow the spirit of love. Feel your heart and connect with the energy of love. Now, begin the activity you have ahead of you. This concept of falling in love applies even to tasks that you don’t want to do, like paying bills or washing dishes or reading email. When we bring our heart into everything we do, focus becomes effortless. If you need to use your mind to solve a problem, love the problem first. If you need to use your body for physical labor, love you body and the project in front of you. If you need to use your spirit to inspire others or help others, love who is in front of you. If you need to work with people who frustrate you, love them first. If you need to be with family who challenges you, love them first. Bringing our hearts full of love to everything we do allows us to focus. It’s why they often say that when you do something you love, it’s no longer work. Yet, we can truly bring love to whatever we are doing to create effortless. That is the true meaning of living from one’s heart. There is no perfect thing to do in the world, there is only a perfect way to be. FULL OF LOVE. In love and light! ✨
By Sheila Franzen 09 Mar, 2023
This phrase, ‘Consciousness is a Game’ came to me in my journal writing this morning. I find myself pondering it and wondering if I’m making light of consciousness or if there is something more to this phrase that popped into my awareness. The first definition from Webster is “the quality or state of being aware especially of something within oneself”. What if we look at consciousness as a game? A game is defined by Webster as “a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other”. Now we have a mental competition surrounding the quality of our state of being aware of ourselves. Isn’t that interesting? On one side, we have our mind. It’s an extremely powerful tool for us to use, yet it often focused on things that don’t help us more forward. Our mind is often about survival. It’s unconscious patterns try to keep us safe so that we don’t repeat mistakes of the past (this life or others). Our mind is where fear lives, fear that what happened in the past will occur again in the future. Our mind is where anxiety Iives, our worry about the unknown of what might happen in the future. On the other side, we have awareness. This ability to be aware of ourselves and others. Awareness allows us to notice what is going on. Pure awareness means we observe and we don’t react. Awareness provides us the opportunity to see the truth. The Game: Mind vs Awareness This play back and forth between mind and awareness is our opportunity for growth. It’s where the journey of consciousness takes place. In those moments where we are drowning in our fears and anxiety, we can use our awareness to recognize that it’s just a fear or anxiety. In those moments where we feel like life is fighting us or we are losing, we can use our awareness to observe that while things are happening, we still exist and we are the observer. In those moments where we feel like we are not enough, we can use our awareness to remember our worth. The game is simply our ability to shift our perspective. We live on this incredible planet called earth and it is a planet of duality. Duality means that we learn through differences and we learn through opposition. One way to leverage the aspect of duality is to discover ways that we can feel like we are winning and not losing. Don’t forget to anchor in the wins. What do we do when our favorite team wins or our child wins their soccer game? We celebrate! Why is that? Because celebration gives the mind new patterns, it teaches the mind that the new thing we just did is a good thing. The mind now has information to remind us of good and not just the bad. Our journey through consciousness is one that is always expanding. Every moment of awareness about ourselves is a win, it’s a journey into greater consciousness. This awareness allows us to see the truth and beauty of ourselves and our souls. Would you like to find more wins? Schedule a coaching session with me! I have a unique ability to help others see a new perspective. Let’s find a win for you!
My Curveball... How I Became a Cancer Healer
By Sheila Franzen 01 Mar, 2023
We Are All Impacted Everyone likely knows someone who has cancer today or will have it tomorrow. I hope that my sharing inspires you to educate yourself and your loved ones on this epidemic that is affecting us all.
By Sheila Franzen 27 Jul, 2022
As I begin to pack up, I pick up the deck of Goddess on Earth oracle cards that I brought along. I don’t use cards much, yet occasionally I enjoy the variety of asking for a message. Today, I asked what I needed to know as I closed out this beautiful little 48 hour healing retreat I’ve been on. I draw the card for Kali about severing outdated ways. I laugh out loud. 🤣Seriously? !? One can’t even make up the synchronicity and perfection of the universe. The first 24 hours of my little healing retreat were amazing! My sweet orchid inspired me , a friend reached out for support and I had the opportunity to share healing in a way I didn’t know was possible. It was beautiful. The second 24 hours weren’t so beautiful. You know, you set the intention for healing and sometimes you get what you ask for. Healing is a process. It isn’t always about fun and joy. Sometimes there is pain and letting go. Yesterday provided space for me to notice pain, experience triggers and dig deep. It wasn’t much fun. And it was just perfect. Today, I started again with a walk on the beach. I was in resistance and had my shoes on. I get the message…. Take your shoes off. So, I do. I feel the sand and the water and my body does a deep inhale and exhale. I respond with ‘OK, yes, that feels better.’ I’ve continued journaling and writing this morning, listening and learning. I come back to love is the answer. More love for myself, my body and the beautiful people in my life. I find myself in gratitude for the 48 hours I’ve had to enjoy with myself to learn, to heal and to let go. Back to Kali and this card about severing outdated ways. Ascended Master Kali has been in my awareness lately. I have a friend that has been working with Ascended Master Kali in meditation and with her clients. Then yesterday, I was listening to a course I had purchased and the instructor mentioned Ascended Master Kali as well. 🤔 I have to admit that with other’s description of her, I’ve not been drawn to her. She felt a little scary to me. Then I realized, that’s silly. I can go meet her and meditate with her. In meditation, she felt strong and powerful. I asked her about letting go. Immediately, I understood that it’s about letting go at every level. Letting go of what I think I’ve been or not been. Letting go of what I think is right or wrong. Letting go of fear. Letting go of patterns. Letting go of beliefs. Letting go from the depth of my being. Letting go. It’s perfect and exactly what I needed to hear. My retreat feels complete and I let go as I return to my day to day life. The ocean has provided me a recurrent rhythm to journey deeper in to my Be-ing. Kali has shown me that it’s OK to let go of everything I know or think I am. I am grateful for the journey and I choose to let go. 🙏
By Sheila Franzen 25 Jul, 2022
I’m embarking on spending 48 hours alone with the intention of a mini healing retreat for myself. I am opening to what is next for me. I sit with the emptiness and ask to be shown what I need to know. As I enter our favorite Trader Joe’s store to collect some food for the next 2 days, I am drawn to stop at the orchids. I have loved orchids from the first time I ever saw them. Their is a beauty and perfection to an orchid that is just stunning. Today, as I looked at them for 30 seconds or so, I had this depth of information that came into my awareness. I understood that we each have this perfection within us. The perfection of a flower, the beauty of the orchid. A single orchid plant has in it’s memory the infinite wisdom to create more and more blooms that look just the same. Yet, if you look closely enough, each are unique and different. As humans, we are unique and different. Sure, everyone tells us that. Yet, today I understood it. I am unique. There is no one else with my DNA, with my personality, with my gifts, with my quirks, with my annoyances. They are all mine, only mine. We each have a unique Higher Self, our creator, that is like the plant of the orchid. We are created in their likeness, yet we are unique. We are our own bloom, in absolute perfection. Our eyes, our smile, our bodies. We are absolute perfection. Many years ago, I recall hearing the concept that each of us is already perfect. I tried and tried to understand it. I couldn’t accept it, because all I could see were my imperfections. Today, I fully understand my perfection and the perfection of each and every person in my life, in the world, past, present and future. I stand in awe as I walk this journey of life in contemplation and curiosity. I am grateful for the awareness that my Higher Self and the Ascended Masters share with me. I’m always in awe when so much knowing can happen in a mere 30 seconds! I love all of you. I stand in absolute awe of your beauty and perfection. PS. I look at her beauty again several hours later: I see eyes looking at me, a butterfly in the center, angel wings behind, whiskers to the sides. I could stare at this miniature orchid for hours and see more each time. Ah, the perfection of an orchid!
By Sheila Franzen 22 Jul, 2022
We had the unique experience to learn and be inspired from one of the most unique people I’ve ever met. Monte was our tour guide in Washington DC today. While we were waiting for Monte to arrive, the driver, who has been doing tours in some form or fashion for the past 30 years, after arriving in this country from Israel, said that Monte is the best he’s ever worked with! He was absolutely right! We had so much fun learning and enjoying their presence today. Monte’s passion for US history was infectious and he’s just been a US citizen for 16 years. He grew up in Kosovo in a war torn country the first 26 years of his life before he came to the US. He fought alongside his countrymen for their freedom. He shared how grateful he is for American soldiers who helped secure their freedom; ONLY when they were requested to arrive. His perspective of the gift of being a US citizen reminded my Heart & Soul of the privilege I enjoy as a US citizen that I frequently underestimate. Yet, what inspired me even more is the choices he makes every day to fully live and enjoy his life of freedom. He approaches life with the wonder of a child and learns more about US history every day. He has studied criminal justice, the law and political science. He is one of the most versed people I’ve ever heard talk about US history. I wish he would have been my History teacher! I might have had more interest. He shared that he wakes up every day grateful to be in this country and that he chooses to enjoy every second of it. Can you imagine choosing to enjoy the gift of freedom every day? Hour? Second? Personally, I’ve spent a lifetime practicing choice and learning about choice. It is a simple thing, yet so difficult when life is challenging. Standing in one’s power of ‘I choose’ requires 100% responsibility for one’s life. I haven’t met many people who stand in this kind of responsibility for their lives. In the few hours of interacting with this gentleman, I observed his passion and joy and choice to LIVE life to the max ALL the time. Listening to his stories, his joy and his passion for life and the United States of America renewed my hope and belief in America. Even with all the turmoil we are currently in, we are viewed as one of the most free countries in the world. Thank you Monte for a beautiful inspiring tour of our Nations’ Capital. I’m generally not much of a history person, yet I thoroughly enjoyed your passion, your knowledge and most of all your choice to become a US citizen. We need more people like you inspiring all of us around the gift we take for granted every day.
By Sheila Franzen 23 Nov, 2021
Last week, I shared how to identify your Ascended Master Business Support Team. If you haven’t done that, start there first. Now that you know who they are, it’s time to connect with them to support you. First, remember that you have to ASK! They can’t step forward and support you without you asking. To connect with your team, you just need to bring them into your awareness. I usually close my eyes and ask them to step forward. Something like this “Would the Ascended Masters supporting my business please step forward so that I can connect with you?”. I greet them in gratitude and then ask for what is next. 9 Ways to work with your Ascended Master Business Support Team Need a social media post? Ask them what to share for the day. Need an idea for a blog article? Ask them what they would like to share related to your business? Need more clients? Ask them to bring into your awareness any limiting beliefs so that you can clear them. Need more flow of money? Ask them to show your future clients the path to find you. Need a new idea? Ask them how you can best serve through your business. Need others that can support you? Ask them to connect you to the people that you need. Not sure what you need? Ask them to guide you and support you. Feeling like you need energy? Just sit and ask them to provide you energy for what is next. Feeling stuck? Ask them to show you how to be more grateful. Gratitude for what you have creates a flow for more to come to you. I would love to hear how this works for you. How else do you work with the Ascended Masters?
By Sheila Franzen 16 Nov, 2021
After one of the early sessions in my new monthly offering called Expand Your Business Now, one of the participants had the insight of connecting with her business support team for her business. For those on a divine mission to be of service to humanity, the Masters stand waiting to help you and your business in every way possible. Just as a team of Ascended Masters stand with you on the path of ascension, they will stand with you in your business as well. Working with the Masters in our day to day life is different than working with business coaches or other support teams in physical reality. They stand waiting to support you WHEN and ONLY WHEN you ask for support. They are not able to step in and assist if you don’t ask. It’s just the way it works with free will here on earth. Connecting with Your Ascended Master Business Support Team Have a journal ready for taking notes as you receive information. One . Find a quiet space and enter into a meditative state. If you are familiar working with the Masters in the Ascension Temple, it is a wonderful place to connect. Two . State your desire. I would like to know who the team of Ascended Masters is to support my business. Could you please step forward so that I know who you are. Three . Listen. Listen with your heart. ❤️ You might have a number pop into your head or see a group. You might feel their presence. Ask who they are. Four . Write down whatever you receive. This will be unique for you. It could be anything, just write it down. Don’t question it. Just write it. It might not make sense now, but at some point over the next days, it likely will. Stay tuned next week for how to work with your Business Support Team. I recorded this meditation for you to connect with your team. As you listen to it, you’ll be supported by my Higher Self, Jyahlien and my Business Support Team as you step forward and allow the Masters to support you and your business.
By Sheila Franzen 08 Sep, 2021
Do you have any old injuries or health challenges that you’ve just come to accept as part of life? Do they feel like they will never change or never heal? I sure do! This story is about my left shoulder and it’s 10 year journey. 10 Years Ago… Our 2 adopted children had been with us for 3 months whe...
By Sheila Franzen 01 Sep, 2021
Do you often feel like you have no energy? Do you avoid going into public places because it feels overwhelming? Do you wonder why? I’ve had a daily morning routine for years now. It varies slightly, yet the primary focus is a moment for me to feel and connect to my own energy, to the essence of who...
By Sheila Franzen 11 Dec, 2020
Almost every morning, I open my eyes and think, what do I need to do? I’m a busy person and I often wake up thinking about what needs to happen. Sometimes I even wake up in the middle of the night thinking about my to-do list. On Sundays, I try to take a day off from ‘work.’ I intend to allow mysel...
Healing Business Etiquette
By Sheila Franzen 10 Dec, 2020
Have you ever considered what is unique about running a healing business? I've launched my own healing business this year and it's had me thinking about all the healers that I've worked with and my experience with each of them over the past 30 years. Running a healing business is similar to other businesses. You have to collect money, track your income and expenses and have a way to schedule people. These are the basics of any business. Ideally, you also want to make sure you have an LLC and consider the steps and legal things to have in place to support your business. You can check out my article on starting a business for more information. Mostly, I find myself thinking about what it means to be a healer. How are healing services different than coaching or therapy or counseling? How is my role different? What are the guidelines or etiquette for being a healer? Healing should only be given with permission. Generally, you don't offer healing to anyone. Individuals need to own their own healing process. You can share that you do healing and then you allow the space for them to ask for their own healing. You can always send the energy of love to someone or say a prayer for them. You can ask the Angels and the Masters to help them in any way that they can. It's just not respectful to send people healing if they haven't asked. Do you want people working on you and sending you healing if you haven't asked? Prepare people for what to expect. When people are new to receiving healing, it's important for you to explain what will happen, especially for remote energy healings. Send them an email and help them understand what they might experience and to be sure to let you know if they need any support. It's also super helpful for a remote energy healing to send people a follow-up to let them know that you've completed the healing and any additional information for them to integrate the healing that they have received. During the session, keep your focus on being of service. Depending on what you offer in your healing practice, this is the art of keeping the focus and attention on the person receiving the healing. For an energy healing, that might be sharing what you are observing in the healing while avoiding sharing about your own experiences in healing. In a reading, that might be sharing the information you are receiving while keeping stories about yourself to a minimum. The key here is to keep it always about the person receiving and not about you. The Masters also keep showing me that no matter what kind of healing you offer, see the person as pure light. Look past the issues or concerns they have brought to the healing and see the pure light in their hearts. I have been blessed to step forward as healer allowing my Higher Self to serve through me. We offer a variety of healing offerings . I hope to meet you soon!
By Sheila Franzen 18 Aug, 2020
You’re ready to launch your online healing business and you know you want a website, yet you aren’t sure what else you should be considering. While launching a website is a big deal, there are some other things that you may want to consider as well. It’s one thing to have your website up, it’s […]
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