All progress and growth stop when we cannot forgive. Our bodies, minds, and spirits come to a standstill – cycling through passed events over and over with no solution. This is a touchy subject and is much easier said than done. The traumas people have endured, especially over the last year, must not be belittled, but validated, processed, and released.

We all want to be happy. In fact, happiness is our true nature. Happiness is a constant, like Primordial Energy. It is always there, like the sun, which is always shining. Sometimes clouds block the view, but when the wind blows or the heat of the sun’s rays dissolves the obstruction, we see and feel its light shining once again.

Our entire lives, we’ve relied on these sources to gauge morality & social cues. However, one thing always stood firm and clear: our PERSONAL normal should not be held to the standards of another person’s normal without educated critical thinking, research, and honest self-expression.

Are you feeling anxious? Do you feel harassed by the voices in your head? Can you imagine what you would feel like if they were silenced? I don’t want you to feel like there is something wrong with you— we all experience this.

Have you been on edge, maybe feeling a little down lately? Are you frustrated trying to find peace? Much of what triggers these emotions is due to the thought loops that cycle through our awareness.

In today’s unsettling times, with so many untruths clouding our judgment and filling us with fear, it is easy to be swept away with stress and anxiety of the unknown. It’s time to send your spirit a life vest and pull you out of the uncertainties.

The imagination and our memories play a very big part in the way the mind behaves. Imagine you are walking across a dark room. There is a rope on the floor up ahead. Instead of seeing a rope, you imagine it is a snake.

I have a variety of essential oils at my fingertips, each with different gifts and benefits to the body. As unique as the different instruments in an orchestra, each individual essential oil adds value and beauty to the whole.

Many of us use the word meditation as a blanket term to cover practices that though they are adjunct and can launch us into the state of meditation, are separate practices. There are distinct differences between meditation, creative visualization, and mindfulness.

I do my daily affirmations, but they don’t work. Do they work for anybody? I am about to give up.

My partner gets angry very quickly for seemingly unimportant stuff. Are there any tips for him and me?

Julie Britt, Feng Shui consultant, life coach, and relationships mentor answers this question.