Master Your Moments
Stop missing your moments. Master your moments. Live in the present with a heart full of forgiveness, gratitude, joy, love, and peace. In fact, the only way you can live in the present and master your…
Are You Losing Your Todays To Your Yesterdays?
Time is time, and you don’t get any of it back…not even the smallest measure of it. If you’re stuck, it’s likely because you are trying to relive a moment that no longer exists. Think…
What Is “The Past”?
“The Past” is how we establish milestones. “The Past” is comprised of our former “todays”. “The Past” is how we archive memories…good, bad, hopes, heartbreaks, and “I remember whens”. “The Past” is a has-been. It…
“Living” In The Past
You cannot live in the past. The laws of time and eternity prohibit it. BUT, if you have not made peace with your past, your past is living in and with you. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst…
The Moments of Your Life
Every moment of your life is precious, and you cannot get a single one of them back. So, to the degree that you do not intentionally bring your entire focus to this moment, the one…
Flowing and Growing
If you’re not flowing with time, you’re not growing in time. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Time Is A Current
Time is a current, and as such, is always flowing…even as you read this. As the saying goes, “Time waits for no one.” And, you most certainly cannot get a minute of it back. So,…
Allow Yourself to Heal
Pain is excruciatingly painful. We don’t like pain. That’s why we constantly seek to avoid it. Healing is also painful, but in the most productive and positive way. Yet, because we don’t like pain, we…
Finding Love
You cannot live in the expectation of finding love in others if you cannot first find it in yourself. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
You and The Universe
What’s in you goes out into the universe, so developing and tapping into the love within you is essential to your existence and to that of those around you. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on…
What Is Spiritual Wellness?
Your Spiritual Wellness consists of: Your Beliefs Your Convictions Your Values Your spiritual wellness drives every other aspect and dimension of your life. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Are you spiritually well?
The wellness of your spirit (Spiritual Wellness) drives your emotions, thoughts, speech, and behavior. You can tell if you are spiritually well by how you feel, what you think, what you say, and how you…
Nurture Your Spirit
Nourish and nurture your spirit so you can lead a holistic, balanced life. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Forgiveness does not necessarily mean reconciliation. Forgiveness is spiritual. Reconciliation is physical (personal interactions). Everybody needs to forgive. Those involved can then determine if reconciliation is possible and desired. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on…
Forgiveness and Healing
If you want healing in your life, you have to forgive. If you don’t want to forgive, stop asking for healing. They are a package deal. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Temporary Setback vs. Spiritual Redirection
Sometimes a spiritual redirection manifests as a temporary setback, but it’s a setback at all. It’s a course correction you needed to get on the path that leads you towards more life, health, and peace…
Your Circumstances
You are not defined by your circumstances, but you do have find healthy, non-dysfunctional ways to deal with them and the people around you. You cannot do this if you do not look after your…
Every Breath
Every breath represents yet another opportunity to do the right thing. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Relationship Answers: The REAL Reason Why Your Relationships Don’t Work
Do you really want to know why your relationships don’t work? Because everyone and everything is spiritual FIRST. What does this mean? 1. It means that if you do not understand your spiritual genealogy (your…
Seasons of Your Life
Do you know what season of your life you are currently in? ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
The Change of Seasons
The change of seasons applies to your lifecycle at least as much as it does to the climate and environmental cycle. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Graced
You are graced to be you. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Define thrive…
On several occasions, I have been asked to define the word “thrive”. Here’s my answer (the way I define thrive): To thrive means to live at an increasing level of spiritual awareness, self-awareness, and self-care…
Fully Becoming
In order to fully become your highest and best self, you have to appreciate who you are, where you are, especially the parts you may not like at the moment because they’re part of you,…
The Current of Time
You are in the flow or current of time. Time is moving, and therefore, you are constantly being moved by time. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Time Control
You cannot control time. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
What Is Your Spirit?
Your spirit is the unseen part of you that connects you to the unseen part of the world you live in; and, even to eternity. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Time Management
Time management is a form of self-care. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Assess Your Spiritual Wellness: Part 2
Assess Your Spiritual Wellness: Part 2 Assessing your spiritual wellness requires you to look inward. You have to ask yourself the right, and sometimes hard, questions to get honest answers. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is…
Assess Your Spiritual Wellness
Assess Your Spiritual Wellness Take the time to assess your spiritual wellness. This is a private exercise because you, and you alone, are the steward of your personal beliefs and values. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele…
3 Discouraging Developments That Diminish Your Spiritual Wellness
3 Discouraging Developments That Diminish Your Spiritual Wellness 1. Bereavement (Loss) 2. Betrayal 3. Disappointment ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
3 Encouraging Expressions That Edify Your Spiritual Wellness
3 Encouraging Expressions That Edify Your Spiritual Wellness 1. Appreciation 2. Fulfillment 3. Kindness ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Nurturing Practices for Your Spiritual Wellness
What practices do you consider to be nurturing to your spirit? ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Nurture Your Spirit
Develop practices that nurture your spirit. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Your Spiritual Wellness Requires These…
Improving your spiritual wellness requires consistency and constancy. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Resilience: The Art of the “Bounce Back”
We have to learn and develop resilience in order to bounce back from challenges. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
You Can’t “Hack” Your Process
Attempts to “hack” or shortcut your life process will only lead you back to repeating those parts of your process until you learn the lessons meant for you to learn. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is…
A Higher Purpose
You were born with a higher, spiritual purpose. Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
The World
The world is not something is not something other. The world is people. We are the world. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Excuses or Excellence?
It will be easier to make excuses than to walk in excellence until we learn better. ~ChaplainMichele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
The Spiritual Aspect of Your Personal Wellness
When you understand the power of the spiritual aspect of your personal wellness, you will begin to see everything through the lens of your spirituality rather than the lens of your emotionality. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst…
Everyone Is Spiritual
Everyone is spiritual even though everyone is not religious. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Overcome Personal Deficiencies and Deficits
When we become aware of and experience personal deficiencies and deficits in life, the last place we look is at our spiritual health and wellness. This should be the first place we look. ~Chaplain Michele…
We Are The World
The world cannot get better, if we don’t get better. We are the world. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Learn to Love Unconditionally
Delve into the concept of unconditional love. As human beings, we are built for it; yet, we also have to learn to give it and learn to receive it. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is…
The Ripple Effect
If you want joy and kindness for yourself, spread joy and kindness to others. The ripple effect is real. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Cultivate Inner Peace
You won’t get world peace until you cultivate inner peace. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Forgive Yourself
Forgiving yourself is as important as forgiving others. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
Spiritual Resort or Spiritual Boot Camp?
From a spiritual perspective, your lifetime is meant to be a boot camp to drive spiritual maturity instead of a resort that fosters spiritual immaturity. ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.
We Want Things Fast
We want everything fast and faster, yet, in many ways, we are moving at a slower pace in giving than we expect in receiving ~Chaplain Michele #SpiritFirst Chaplain Michele is on YouTube.