Valerie Sheppard and The Heart of Living Vibrantly™
Explore Self, Awaken Heart, Discover Truth
It's the start of whole new year! It's Chinese New Year, marking the start to a new lunar calendar cycle and a time for millions of Chinese and other Asian cultures to celebrate, which they do with parades, family feasts, special prayer ceremonies, and fireworks! The new year traditionally lasts for 15 days, is the longest and most important of the Chinese holidays. The celebrations tend to … [Read more...]
I started teaching my "Be Still and Mindful" meditation tele-series last week, so peacefulness has been on my mind more than usual. I'm loving helping the students connect to inner peace. This week, we'll be discussing mayhem and how it shows up outside as part of our Soul calling us to recognize the distress inside. Seeking inner peace is the way to experience a more peaceful environment … [Read more...]
I was just published in the Nov/Dec issue of 11:11 Magazine featuring Jack Canfield, Iyanla Vanzant, and Barbara Marks Hubbard! My article, "The Art of Allowing Happiness" starts on page 21. 11:11 Magazine is filled with life-enhancing quality articles and features geared at helping you live a more fulfilling and purpose-filled life. In fact, it's a Nautilus Award Gold Medal winner, and the only … [Read more...]
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson I am giving thanks for all that I have and all that I don't have; all that I am becoming and all that I have been; all that I have accomplished and all that I have lost. In the midst of all that, re-affirming … [Read more...]
As I multi-task, simmering the cranberries for home-made cranberry sauce while I write this message, I can't help but think of Thanksgiving just 2 days away. I'm struck by how my whole life is so radically different than it was this time last year, and how different that was from the years before it. I've truly undergone my own exquisite renaissance! I not only highly recommend it, it's the … [Read more...]
