Unlocking the Gifts of Your Shadows

This new painting was inspired by a course I’m taking with Derek Rydall – have you heard of him?  Read on for the full story of how you too can unlock the gifts of your shadows using his process.

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I love so much about the life I’ve designed for myself, but the lack of income in the past year was taking its toll. Hard work wasn’t resulting in increased sales and the “why bother?!” soundtrack was getting louder in my head & heart.

I’d asked my team of Divine Helpers to point me in the right direction. “What’s my next best option to have a more fruitful career as an artist & intuitive?”

Part of living an intuitive life is realizing when you’re off track and need help. For me to continue inspiring others to connect and be true to their Higher Self, I had to admit that I too needed inspiration.

Everything pointed to the need to go deeper within to see what was sabotaging my financial success. I knew better than to blame the local economy or anything outside myself.

When the student is ready, the teacher appears. This time, he showed up in the form of the spiritual visionary and thought leader, Derek Rydall.  I’d never heard of him, but the 4-hour recording my friend sent me started shifting thing in both my inner and outer reality.

That was sign enough that my request for guidance had been answered. So I invested in his Awakened Wealth Mastery 9-week live program -“to create a life of sustainable wealth in every area regardless of the conditions”.

It’s already been fruitful! In week 1 alone, I listened to over 20 hours of audios while painting. Perfect!

This painting, “Unlocking the Gifts” was inspired by Derek Rydall’s Shadow Process, which you too can experience for free on his website.

You’ll grow as a result of Derek’s 30-minute Shadow Dancing Meditation.

It’s all about embracing your shadows and unlocking their gifts.

It asks you to look at the area of your life that you feel most stuck in – that you want to grow the most in. Then you’ll be lead in a process that helps you identify:

1. your shadow
2. when it was created
3. how it helped you grow – its gifts
4. its message for you now
5. specific action steps to take to help it feel loved, safe, validated & supported

I was amazed at the results this morning.

One shadow really caught me by surprise. Somewhere along the way, I learned that getting rewarded for my gifts was unspiritual. I had no idea I believed that on any level since on a conscious level I see money as just a part of the energy flow. Very very interesting…

The beauty with this process is that by embracing your shadow, you unlock its gifts (the reason for the spiral in my painting). It’s not about battling it or hating it. It’s all about love!

My Divine Helpers kept playing with me once the Shadow Process was done.

As soon as the audio finished playing in my iTunes, a random song from my music collection started. It was “Sweet Dominique” by Adam Cohen. It’s a rather sexy song with the lyrics “I didn’t know that we could go so many kisses deep, Sweet Dominique”. After going so deep in my shadow process, I felt so acknowledged and loved when hearing this song! The timing made me laugh!

Then, when I went into our class Facebook Group to share this story, I explained that the “Dominique” song I’ve been hearing my whole life when I introduce myself to others is the Singing Nun version about a poor religious brother called Dominique. In the English lyrics, it says:

“Dominique, nique, nique, over the land he plods
And sings a little song
Never asking for reward
He just talks about the Lord (x2)”.

So yeah – the message about blessed poverty was deeply ingrained. He was poor, but he was happy and doing God’s work. I’d like to be happy no matter what, and although I choose simple living, I’m not interested in being poor.

What do your shadows have to teach you? What gifts are waiting to be unlocked? Try his meditaiton to find out.

“Unlocking the Gifts”. (12″ x 18″) – SOLD
Acrylic, glass beads & aventurine on gallery-wrapped canvas (no framing required)