In this interview with my good friend Alison Wearing, we explore how to make sense of our lives through the act of writing, and ultimately, transcend the stories that have defined us so that we can be free to become truly the authors of our own lives.

Alison is a bestselling, multiple award-winning writer, playwright and performer -- a multi-talented adventurer with deep insight into the transformational process.

Join our conversation where we discuss...

• why we (and especially women) feel compelled to write our own stories
• how the rigour of good writing can free us from distortion and projection
• the use of the creative imagination to manifest a reality through the page
• how writing about the past can initiate a healing process and change the future

"The work we need to do to create great art is actually the same work we need to do to become a fuller, richer, more expansive human being”, Alison says. This goes to the heart of our illuminating and inspiring...

Today in The Grace Space I'm happy to introduce you to a friend of mine, Lili Barbery-Coulon.  Lili is a teacher of Kundalini Yoga and the author of two books, including Reconciliation: From Body Hatred to Self-Love (Marabout). 
 
Lili worked in the fashion and beauty industry in Paris for 15 years before completely transforming her life in 2016. The former beauty editor at French Vogue and journalist at M, the magazine of Le Monde, Lili is now fully dedicated to sharing the tools that changed her life, and I'm delighted that she's sharing them with you today here in The Grace Space!

You'll learn...

• about Lili's journey to success in the upper echelons of the Paris beauty and fashion industry -- and how it failed to bring her happiness
• how she learned to transform egoic distortions into spiritual presence through the practice of Kundalini Yoga and meditation
• how to hold negative feelings and self-judgment with compassion and develop...

Welcome as we continue in our study and discovery of the Universal Laws by which this entire creation operates, and by which we ourselves are operating whether we realize it or not!

Forgiveness is a Law of the Universe, honoured as a main pillar of every spiritual tradition. 
It is a radical and powerful way of life that builds a bridge between our finite self and our Infinite Nature. 

Forgiveness is sometimes misunderstood as excusing bad behaviour or forgetting about the past, but it's actually a dynamic and cleansing act of self-love that delivers peace of mind and develops spiritual muscle.

In today's episode, you'll learn...

• why forgiveness is a principal tool in the dissolution of karma  (which is really just another word for paradigm)!
• what forgiveness ISN'T
• why it's so essential to have a vision for your life and the role that vision plays in your ability to forgive
• to take the curse off a very loaded word -- sin -- by considering it from a more...

Self-forgiveness is the beginning of true self-love and self-compassion.

In this episode, you'll learn why many of us carry a substantial amount of baggage when it comes to our self-esteem, and how forgiving yourself heals inner divisions.  Here are some of the highlights:

•  As we learn to forgive everything, we grow lighter. This is what enlightenment is. We literally become more energy and less matter as we dwell in the upper range of elevated emotions like love, gratitude, freedom, appreciation, and grace. 
• The forgiveness we extend to others, we must also extend to ourselves. 
• If you want to know what you really and truly believe about yourself, deep down, look at your life. It will tell you what you actually believe you deserve.
• Many of our unconscious belief systems are centred around shame, guilt, and a belief in punishment.
• We don't attract what we want, we attract who we are. If we do not love and appreciate ourselves, we end up...