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Affirmation Booster 4
/in AffirmationsIf not, this may be why…
If you affirm “I am inspiration.” and then you follow it by thinking “Yeah, right! I am not! Nothing I do has ever inspired anyone. I’m boring. I can’t even inspire myself to get outside in the sunshine today.”, it just won’t work.
Those negative follow-ups are also affirmations and there’s a lot more of them.
It’s unfortunate but we’re overrun by negative words and self-limiting thoughts. They’re often the norm.
So saying these affirmations once and then spending the rest of day thinking or saying the opposite just won’t create the changes you want.
Affirmations are tools that have to be used often and used well. It takes practice to get your brain out of its usual groove to make better and happier choices. This takes time and determination.
So if you feel yourself wanting to counter what you say as you go through these 11 affirmations, pause.
Find an example of this statement’s truth in your life, no matter how long ago or how small. Focus on it as you repeat the affirmation. Believe it.
Then give it space to grow by cultivating a self-loving environment during the rest of your day.
Come back to this post several times during the day and weeks. Put your favourite ones on post it notes and in your voice mail.
Affirmations are a fun way to reprogram your beliefs and transform your life. You just need to believe they work.
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Horsing Around – Emergence, the painting
/in Paintings“Emergence” (9″ x 12″) SOLD
What would you do if you had a week to horse around?
What lights up your fires of passion, play & purpose?
How can you do more of what uplifts you?
Making time for play and for giving to yourself is key to health & happiness.
It doesn’t mean you have to make it your channel for income as I have with my full-time art & intuitive play, but it does mean making it a priority.
So pause for a moment and ask yourself “What do I love to do that I haven’t done in a while?“.
Then take out your schedule make a date to add more play into your life – and more of the people, places, actions, objects that hold that essence for you.
Horsing Around in the Studio
Paint has long been my playmate & teacher. I was self-taught for the first 20 years or so, discovering my voice and my passion through play.
Intuitive painting is very freeing because you don’t know where you’re going when you start.
Layer by layer, you allow the painting to become what it wants to be. Do you want to try? Check out my free Guide to Intuitive Painting.
Intuitive painting is an opening for me to embrace the mystery and channel energy, imagery, and whatever personal development lessons the process has in store for me and my clients.
Emergence
Personal development is also one of my passions, my play, and my work.
I’d been staring at the background for a couple of months, unsure of what would emerge from it.
Then, as I re-connected to a deeper truth, strength, freedom, joy, and abundance, the horse emerged from the fire – first in my mind’s eye and a week later, on canvas.
As a Fire Horse (in Chinese Astrology), 2018 is the year for me to make peace with myself. So be it! So I let it be.
No more thinking small. No more playing small. No more undervaluing myself and my work. Instead, I emerge into yet another layer of potential that has always been there – an indomitable spirit of creativity, beauty, and love.
Our potential is inherent. It’s always been there!
What About You?
They have so much to teach you about being who you truly are.
It’s not about improving, fixing, healing, controlling or manipulating anything or anyone.
It’s about allowing your truth to emerge, to make you free.
You’re like no one who has ever existed. Your gifts are precious.
Your passion, play & purpose – your happiness – brings a smile to the face of the planet and beyond.
So keep focusing on what brings you joy. Get hooked on your own passion, play and purpose.
And ask the Universe for the channels to allow these to emerge more fully in your life.
You’re worth it. We deserve it! We deserve you!
May you too emerge more fully into yourself this year.
If you need a reminder of the power and potential that has always existed within your core and need the energetic support to allow it to emerge, this painting’s for you!
“Emergence” – 9″ x 12″ (SOLD)
Acrylics on canvas. No framing required.
On a Side Note
Have you spent hours watching clips of “The Voice”, “The X Factor” “Britain / America’s Got Talent”, etc. on YouTube?
In my efforts to reduce the number of hours I spend on Netflix, I’ve started treating myself to shorter inspirational blasts of these talent shows.
Wow! It’s so moving to see people who’ve discovered their passion and want so badly to express and share it.
These people aren’t horsing around.
They’re emerging into their truth, their gifts, no matter their conditions. It’s sooooo beautiful!
I join in the applause for these bullied kids, dreamers, cancer survivors, burn victims, grief-stricken souls, and determined spirits.
These shows are doing so much for them and for us – our lives are enriched by holding a space for their emergence.
To be honest, I haven’t watched the clips entitled “most stupid”, “embarrassing”, “most rude”, etc. I’ve focused on witnessing examples of overcoming challenges and dreams coming true. I’m hooked!
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May your story & mine also inspire others to emerge more fully into the amazing being they already are.
What’s 1 gift that’s emerging in your life these days. Please share in the comments below!
Derek Rydall’s Awakened Wealth Mastery Quotes
/in InspirationIf you’ve been following me this year, you know that I’ve been very enthusiastic about Derek Rydall‘s Awakened Wealth Mastery program.
I created this video as a summary of his course and a gift for my classmates.
May it also nourish your transformational journey. As you listen, repeat the quotes, contemplate their meaning, and feel their truth in your life.
Get Back to Your Self
Sometimes, we need a little help to re-member who we truly are.
So when I noticed that I was letting conditions affect my inner & outer reality, I decided it was time for a focused inspirational boost.
Derek Rydall’s Awakened Wealth Mastery Program and book “The Abundance Project” did just that.
It’s true. All the answers are within us.
Sometimes, however, it’s good to have someone who’s been through it before to lead the way.
Derek’s teachings reminded me of who I am and how things work. I really resonated with his style of writing and speaking.
Do What Works – Study Styles
This one-hour video is a summary of Derek’s course. Quotes were taken from over 30 hours of audio lessons, calls, and our workbook.
There are so many ways to study. Find what works for you!
Engaging in this creative project helped me really focus on what I was learning / hearing.
Every day during the course, I created & shared a slide that had one of Derek’s quotes along with one of my energy-infused paintings. I’d then share a related story in our Facebook Group.
This exercise worked for me. So did a weekly study day with my local accountability partner and friend.
The more we did the work, the more our inner and outer worlds changed. It’s been amazing!
Here, all 65 slides are accompanied by Christopher Lloyd Clarke’s “Across the Sky”.
May this inspirational trio help raise your vibration & your consciousness.
I know I’ll be watching this video once in a while to refresh my memory of who I truly am and how things truly work.
May it be yet one more tool in our inspirational tool belt.
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Would you like your own original Dominique Hurley painting? Click here to see what’s available.
You can also order prints on canvas/fine art paper here.
Visualization Vibration Radiation (VVR) Painting
/in PaintingsThe beauty of unconditional giving – of love, respect, attention, support, etc. – is that it returns to you manifold through the Universe’s many channels. That’s the Law of Compensation. As long as you’re not giving to get…
Inspired by a vision I receive when doing Derek Rydall’s Visualization Vibration Radiation (VVR) meditation, this painting celebrates the unfoldment of unconditional love within the couple relationship.
It’s about truly seeing, accepting, and loving your partner – wishing for his/her happiness without expecting anything in return. To learn more about this, I strongly recommend the books by Dr. Greg Baer of RealLove.com .
Does this painting speak to you? It could be because you’re committed to emerging into your inherent potential as an individual while sharing a path & vision with an equally committed partner.
The energy work involved in creating this piece is a continuation of what I channeled earlier this year in “A Return to Love“.
As they say, “Where attention goes, energy flows“.
Opening to Love
Doing the VVR meditation reminded me of elements of my ideal life I’d been ignoring – focused instead on my personal development and the growth of my career as an artist & intuitive.
What can I say? I’m happy alone.
And I’ll be happy when I meet the man who matches that vibration and also wants to focus on being in an increasingly unconditionally loving relationship.
But this doesn’t mean that the painting is meant to stay with me.
My joy / manifestation was in its creation. Once birthed, it’s meant to nourish more than one person’s transformational journey.
The Painting Elements
Reflection
It’s more visible in some lights than others due to a special paint I use – also symbolic.
Nautilus
The radiating sun over the ocean, shaped like the ancient nautilus shell, symbolizes our unfolding, our growth, our evolution – as individuals and within our relationships.
Emerging from the centre of the Universe, its warmth energizes our expansion, our movement, our spiritual evolution – from the inside out and the outside in.
It’s also representative of Source Energy, of God, of the movement into and out of Divine Mystery.
Water
As for the ocean, I’m just a water baby. I need it. It nourishes me in body, mind, and spirit.
Water is a universal symbol of fertility, purity and higher wisdom.
No, I don’t want to get pregnant. But relationships are fertile grounds for growth, for love.
Water also speaks of blessings, intuition, reflection & transformation. Its’ a symbol of movement, of circulation – the ebb & flow present in the rhythms of life and relationships.
As this couple stands within the home they’ve built for themselves, their love reflects the beauty and magnificence of all there is – past, present & future.
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Prints available in many sizes & mediums.
Sacred Earth Ceremony
/in Events, InspirationBlessed be all those who nurture Mother Earth and our sacred relationship with nature.
The photos in this post are from one of many Sacred Earth Community Blessings my friend Alison Normore, founder of the Institute of Ancestral Wisdom, recently conducted on the east coast of Newfoundland.
What you’re seeing is the creation and offering of a despatcho – a prayer bundle or offering. These are like mandalas as they hold symbolic elements and prayer. They raise the vibration of both the participants and space in which they are created / released. Filled with biodegradable ingredients, they are infused with Life Force, intention, and energy-shifting prayers.
Alison’s annual tours take her across the island, wherever she’s invited.
I met Alison when she brought Peruvian shamans up to Canada for a training in 2011, my first year in Newfoundland & Labrador. Since then, we’ve facilitated at some of the same events and supported each others’ sacred work.
Alison’s mission is to share
I’ve facilitated workshops with Alison before and no doubt will again. If you’re interested in working with her in Gros Morne National Park, she’s got an Awaken the Dreamer Training (June 15-21) – “an experiential deep dive into the ancient ways of knowing and navigating the spiritual realms.”
Whatever your plans are this summer, I invite you to pause and give thanks for this Sacred Earth, our birthplace and our home. May Mother Earth and your own soul delight in sacred play & ceremony.
Earth Day Re-Connection Meditation
/in Guided MeditationsIn this Earth Day Re-Connection Meditation (32 minutes), you’ll first ground yourself through your roots to the core of Mother Earth, Source Energy, and your past experiences / past lives.
You’ll then expand upwards and onwards into your Highest Vision & potential.
May you receive the gifts necessary to fully be present in the now and to access the next inspired steps along your Path to your Highest Good.
This is a recording of a live group meditation I channeled at the Earth Day Body Mind Spirit Retreat at The Wilds in Salmonier.
As usual, I asked Divine Consciousness for a creative visualization experience that would serve all those who would ever listen. May it nourish your transformational journey.
It’s best listened to with headphones.
The vision I received in this meditation reminded me of my painting “Lighting the Way” featured in the video. You can order prints on canvas or fine art paper here.
P.S. If you’d like me to channel a meditation mp3 just for you, based on your needs, no matter where you live, I’ll do that for you for only $247. You can also contact me if you’d like me to lead a live meditation for you or your group.
What’s Your Mini Delight?
/in Paintings, Photography ProjectsYou’re likely not a stranger to busy times. What’s important is that you make the time for a mini delight even in those hectic periods: short uplifting breaks that raise your vibration and nourish soul.
What are your mini delights? What people, places, activities, or objects awaken in you the feelings you love to feel? How can you bring more of these into your life?
If you can’t spend a whole day with your BFF, grandchild, or parent right now, make a call or write a letter. Connect and add a smile to your heart.
If you can’t take a trip to your favourite destination, take a 5-minute video or photo album break.
If you can’t go shopping for a new dress, wear your favourite one, even if it’s to clean the house.
Trust me. Making the time for a mini delight will do wonders for your productivity, your effectiveness, your mood, your life!
My Mini Delights – Photography & Paintings
April has been the busiest month in years for me. When I wasn’t leading or speaking at one of many public events, I was preparing for these. It’s been amazing on so many levels!
But I haven’t had much time to paint or take as many nature photo walks as I like / need to.
Instead of dedicating full-days or even half-days to my photography and painting, I’ve been taking mini delight breaks.
Here are a few photos from short breaks in my backyard this month. I’m blessed to have a river to play with.
And here are a few from my walk to an appointment. Instead of borrowing my housemate’s car, I left an hour earlier and walked there, getting my exercise, fresh air, and photography bliss.
Can you believe that some of these mini delights came from a big ugly green plastic spout in a hillside gutter? And the others from a tiny creek I was drawn to by the trickling music of water. I had to precariously perch myself on unstable river stones and lean through the branches and barbed wire, but oh what fun!
And here are the mini delight paintings I’ve had fun creating lately. They’re only 5″ x 5″ and so conducive to short painting breaks.
Some have already found homes, but contact me if you’d like one for yourself or a Mother’s Day gift.
Purple Petals (5″ x 5″) – SOLD
A happy little celebration of Spring.
Passion (5″ x 5″) – SOLD
If you look closely, you’ll see the 3D sparkly paint: a mix of wild & classic elegance.
Listen In (5″ x 5″) – SOLD
This conch shell is a symbolic reminder to pause, and to hear the echoes of your intuition, of your heart calling you onwards and upwards in your life. The shell is covered in glass beads, refracting the light, you Light.
Unfolding (5″ x 5″) – SOLD
This one’s a celebration of the natural evolution of the soul – an opening and emergence of who you truly are.
Daisies 1 & 2 (5″ x 5″) – Sold
These were the first created and purchased to celebrate a blossoming long-distance relationship. One hangs in each of their homes.
See all my available originals by clicking here.
To order prints of my paintings & photography, click here.
Unleash Your Creativity Guided Visualization
/in Guided MeditationsThat’s what this meditation I recorded live at a retreat is all about.
It doesn’t matter if you consider yourself an artist or not.
The Unleash Your Creativity Guided Visualization will help you invite inspiration into your art, your life, your kitchen, your relationships, your office problem-solving sessions, and so much more.
It’ll help you:
Your experience and results will be different every time you listen to it.
I recommend you set up your work or play station ahead of time so that you can listen to this 24-minute recording and then flow right into your creative activity.
It’s best enjoyed with headphones. Do not listen while driving.
Enjoy!You can access other meditations using the “Guided Meditation” search category in the sidebar or on my YouTube Channel.
Hire Me for a Custom Guided Visualization Experience
Would you like me to channel a guided visualization meditation specifically for your needs? Please go to my custom Discovery Journey Meditations page for details.
Or contact me if you’d like me to come channel one live for your group.
Affirmation Booster 3
/in AffirmationsThey keep you small, affect your self-esteem, and increase the power of negativity in your life.
The good news is that you have what it takes to change all that.
Affirmations are a great tool to help you create a joyous and fulfilling life.
By consciously choosing words that connect you to your True Self, you transform your reality.
It’s like re-programming your subconscious to create better experiences through positive words, thoughts, and feelings.
So here are 11 more affirmations to work with. The energy-infused artwork behind them will also help raise your vibration.
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A Return To Love – Painting & Vision
/in Paintings“A Return To Love” – keep scrolling for more photos.
The energy still emanating from the painting “A Return to Love” supports those wanting to manifest or deepen a loving couple relationship. Is that you?
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Focusing on the vision of your ideal life is an important step of the manifestation process.
By first imagining the various aspects of your ideal life (relationships, career, environment, social/recreational time, health, etc.) you put yourself in the feeling state of that being, doing & having. You’re increasing your vibration and sending your wish list to the Universe through your feeling state.
I knew that.
The added layer that Derek Rydall has added in the course work I’m doing in his Awakened Wealth Mastery program is to then let go of the details of the vision to amplify the feeling tone – ten times, fifty times, a hundred times… Really feel it!
By letting go of the details and focusing on amplifying the feeling, you allow yourself to trust that the Universe will respond with people, opportunities, etc. that match the amplified feeling tone. They’ll likely be even better than you originally imagined.
As Derek explains it, it’s about giving in, surrendering – of
Envisioning The One … or the Next One
When doing Derek’s meditation, I’m no longer single.
I’m sharing life with the ideal-man-for-me and our cat & dog in our beachside home doing the work we love. Our intent is to grow more into the unconditional love we already are at our core with ease, grace, and joy.
In this vision, we were already vibrating high when we met and help raise each other higher through our commitment to our own and each other’s happiness.
I’ll spare you all the details, only to say that the feeling of it is wonder-full. When amplified, it’s divine! It takes my previous 2 long-term relationships to a whole new level.
In the past 7 years as a happy single, I’ve been focused on my art, my business, and my personal development.
It’s time to bring the romantic partnership energy back up from wherever I buried it. My first step is to feel it and paint it.
A Return To Love – Painting in the Feeling Tone
Painting has always been a way for me to live in my feeling tone – to stay connected with my Higher Self and team of Divine Helpers for long periods of time, raising my vibration.
So I decided it was time to co-create a new couple painting.
The only 2 couple pieces I’ve painted since my return to Newfoundland were both in 2015: Side by Side and Divine Union .
Since then, that energy’s been on the back burner. It wasn’t on purpose. I was just too busy working at home or attendeding women-only events.
So here’s “A Return to Love” the first of what may be a new series featuring couples / partnership energy.
“A Return to Love” celebrates the union, or re-union of the divine masculine & feminine within ourselves and the couple.
Their movement towards each other is propelled by love & compassion (mica energy used in the scales on their tails).
This painting invites you to be in ideal partnership – to dance in the deep emotional pools for the natural evolution of your souls.
The Tibetan or Chinese turquoise is reported to add the energy of prayer to its subject. It’s a bringer of natural good fortune, fidelity & protection. It’s also a good stone for clearing the Throat Chakra – for self-expression. It supports the desire to be real, to be authentic in all you are, do, and have together.
As you’ll see in the photos, the figures appear white from one angle but are iridescent pink / blue from another. This encourages you to reveal and unconditionally love each others’ true colours in the fertile waters of relationship.
May “A Return to Love” also help you to manifest your ideal partnership – either with someone new or within your existing relationship.
See all my original paintings here and prints at my print-on-demand store.