Janet Conner
Janet Conner has a simple message: Everyone has direct and immediate access to the Voice of Spirit. Everyone. Janet teaches people how to connect to that Voice and receive the guidance, direction, and miracles they need to create the life they want. Her new book, "Writing Down Your Soul: How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within," comes out this December from Conari Press. Learn more at www.writingdownyoursoul.com. Janet is also the creator of "Spiritual Geography," the soul writing system that heals the broken heart. "Spiritual Geography" workbooks are available through Amazon or Spiritual Geography. Contact Janet at janetconner@tampabay.rr.com
Janet Conner has a simple message: Everyone has direct and immediate access to the Voice of Spirit. Everyone. Janet teaches people how to connect to that Voice and receive the guidance, direction, and miracles they need to create the life they want. Her new book, "Writing Down Your Soul: How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within," comes out this December from Conari Press. Learn more at www.writingdownyoursoul.com. Janet is also the creator of "Spiritual Geography," the soul writing system that heals the broken heart. "Spiritual Geography" workbooks are available through Amazon or Spiritual Geography. Contact Janet at janetconner@tampabay.rr.com
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Forgiveness is a trinity
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jan 2 2007 01:14AM
When we say 'forgive,' we typically mean forgive the other guy, but total forgiveness has three separate but equal parts. And it isn't forgiveness until you do all three.
Learn to endure happiness after betrayal
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Dec 12 2006 12:36AM
This may not sound difficult to you, but I had NEVER been to a movie by myself. I had never said, "One, please."
Are there any unbreakable vows?
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Dec 5 2006 12:26AM
Vows aren't weighty promises. True vows are words that articulate who I am, who I was, who I always will be -- a description of who I am at my core.
To heal your heart, bury your dead
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Nov 28 2006 12:31AM
Your spiritual task in the Country of Choice is to build a life. 'Building' sounds like creating, not destroying. But before you can build, you first must kill something.
A broken heart still leaves you choices
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Nov 21 2006 12:25AM
You have been wronged and betrayed by the love of your life, and every well-meaning so-and-so is advising you to "Get a life!" Resist the urge to poison their coffee.
Receiving the gift of Trust
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Nov 14 2006 02:10AM
What happens when you release things that once were dear to you? At first it's painful. But if you really do it, then new things, new people, and new information will flood in to fill the vacuum.
A betrayed and broken heart needs miracles
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Nov 7 2006 02:16AM
The secret is in a deep and profound knowing that God is ready, willing and able.
Who does God think you are?
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Oct 31 2006 02:18AM
Another paradox: In the torture of heartbreak you will find your true self.
Surrender helps your broken heart
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Oct 24 2006 01:18AM
Everyone has heard the notion that if you want something you first must let it go. And everyone hates it.
Choose not to be a victim of betrayal
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Oct 17 2006 02:33AM
If you can create an unhappy life with your fear thoughts, conversely you should be able to create a beautiful one with your peaceful, loving thoughts.
How could I have been so stupid?!
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Oct 3 2006 12:22AM
When a relationship ends, we berate ourselves for being so stupid. But underneath all the "stupid" things we did or tolerated, is a bedrock of fear. And it's the fear that must be forgiven.
The illusion of having to, over choosing to
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Sep 26 2006 12:55AM
Are you being somehow "forced" to do things or do you choose? The difference is huge. In fact, it's everything. If you want to heal a heart broken by love's betrayal, this is an important question to ask yourself. And the answer may not be what you expect
After betrayal, now face your illusions
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Sep 12 2006 01:33AM
Your heart has been broken by your lover's betrayal, and the bad news is: you created your world. The good news is: if you created an unhappy world, you can still learn to create a happy one.
Sick and tired of being sick and tired
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Sep 5 2006 02:34AM
You've been betrayed by your "one true love," you've done the crying jags, and now you want more than anything to exit your private hell, this one-horse Country of Pain. Good, because it's time to jump out of the frying pan and into... well... you know.
The healing power of hate. Huh?!
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Aug 29 2006 01:11AM
Write "I hate him" (or "her") ten times. If the feeling is true for you, it will take over. Let it be stupid. Let it be ridiculous. Let it be nasty. No one is going to see this but you and God. And guess what: God already knows! You might as well know, to
Are you crazy? Incompetent? Stupid?
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Aug 21 2006 12:48AM
Do you feel like you're crazy sometimes? Is it you, or are you being manipulated by your partner? How can you find out? And what's prayer got to do with it?
The lonely headwaters of Cry Me A River
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Aug 15 2006 02:31AM
Coming out of Betrayal, your task in Pain is to feel your feelings. I know it sounds like being advised to lean into an oncoming left hook, but what else can you do with your feelings but feel them? Plenty, as it turns out.
To heal betrayal, first learn to see
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Aug 7 2006 12:40AM
In order for your heart to be broken, your eyes have to stop seeing. So, our first task in the journey to wholeness is to learn to see - really see.
The question you must answer before divorcing
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Aug 1 2006 02:01AM
Do you know why you are getting a divorce? Not the reason you give the world -- your real reason. Don't get a divorce until you do.
How to wake up and smell the coffee
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jul 25 2006 01:30AM
Betrayal of love is so painful that it's easier to hoodwink ourselves into believing in a reality that doesn't exist. The truth is we can "awaken" at any time. But only if we are ready to see the truth and ask ourselves, "Am I willing to live like this?"
Flung into the land of Betrayal
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jul 18 2006 01:02AM
Betrayal in love is emotional knee-capping - the ultimate deal-breaker.
The greatest war ever written
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jul 11 2006 02:24AM
Read the Psalms. These people knew a prayer was for praising God and promising to be better, while beseeching the Lord to kick some serious butt. You can learn a lot from a prayer like that.
Your teacher is right in front of you
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jul 5 2006 01:43AM
We've all heard the saying, "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." So, why haven't we found that all-knowing teacher, the one who knows - truly knows - how to transform your life from problems to peace?
The guns of divorce
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jun 27 2006 01:57AM
The fax machine spat out two-inch tall, thick black letters, "YOU STUPID BITCH. YOU'LL NEVER WIN! And so on, for three or four or five angry pages. I'd pick them up off the floor, read them, sigh, and file them in the latest three ring binder.
'Neutrality' is the first casualty of War
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jun 20 2006 02:07AM
Everyone wants to get out of the Country of War. Once you recognize your form of battle - hot or not - you can begin the spiritual exploration that reveals the exit.
War! - huh - What is it good for?
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jun 13 2006 12:29AM
We may enter War blind and angry but, if we avail ourselves of the gifts inherent in the struggle, we can exit more awake, more aware, and wiser - definitely a little bit wiser.
Prayer Rx
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jun 6 2006 02:40AM
Everything is dark when you're deep in the pain. Saying your prayer prescription, over time you will notice that the pain lessening. And one day, you will realize it's gone.
Fear of being alone
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
May 30 2006 02:19AM
Everyone going through a divorce is afraid to be alone To study alone, fully and completely; to make peace with being alone; to befriend being alone; it is important - no, essential - to be alone.
Pray always?! You kidding?
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
May 23 2006 01:08AM
I know it comes from the Bible and all, but not even contemplative monks pray all the time. So, how can ordinary people with busy lives ever hope to "pray always?" Maybe it depends on what you mean by "prayer."
Does your mind pray? Or does your heart?
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
May 16 2006 12:54AM
Prayer is basically words in your mind. The key to effective prayer is to align your mind and your heart so that you're sending one message, not two. As always, the question is how do you do that?
E = MC prayer
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
May 9 2006 02:43AM
Thoughts (the stuff of prayers) are energy. The good news is your thoughts are magnets creating and attracting energy. On the other hand, be careful - very, very careful - what you wish for.
Making prayer sandwiches
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
May 2 2006 02:03AM
Are your prayers effective? Do you find your life changing as a result of your daily prayers? Don't be surprised if your answers are no, no, no, no, no, and no. Write edible prayers and you will transform your world.
Saying Hail Mary over and over and over
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Apr 24 2006 01:46AM
Another meaning of rote is consistency. Prayer miracles don't happen because you say particular words, but because you have a prayer practice and you stick to it.
When prayer feels like you're talking to the wall
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Apr 18 2006 01:16AM
Everyone has had prayers that just seem to fizzle and die on our lips. Are there rules for effective prayer? What does an effective prayer look like? How do you know if you're praying effectively?
Did you waste your life on that marriage?
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Apr 11 2006 02:17AM
I am surrounded by divorced people. If your relationship ends, you will find yourself screaming "I wasted the best years of my life." But did you? And what are you going to do about this feeling? The anger and pain won't disappear just because you don't
How to forgive and make it stick
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Apr 3 2006 01:02AM
All spiritual traditions agree that forgiveness is essential and transformative. There's just one problem: They don't tell us how to do it so that it actually works.
A shotgun divorce
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Mar 28 2006 02:43AM
A faint heart can forgive partially at best. And that's not enough. Only when you finally, completely, and totally forgive, can miracles happen.
The thorny road to forgiving an s.o.b.
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Mar 20 2006 02:36AM
I wanted to lock my ex-husband into the role of "bad guy." But I had asked God for help with forgiveness, and suddenly it was raining forgiveness. I was awash in a sea of it. (Part three of a series)
The agony of self-forgiveness
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Mar 13 2006 02:25AM
Like the flight attendant's pre-takeoff instructions about the oxygen mask, you must forgive yourself first, before you can even think about forgiving another. (Part Two of several.)
The gut-wrenching, near impossibility of self-forgiveness
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Mar 6 2006 01:50AM
COMMENTARY: The marriage went south and I knew God would forgive me. God has this forgiveness thing down pat. The problem was forgiving myself. So, I asked God to do it for me. God's the expert. Why not give it to the best? (Part One of several)
Nets for people who fall out of marriages
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Feb 27 2006 01:54AM
Our lives are glued together by beliefs, people, jobs, children, homes, friends, and family. We put one foot in front of the other every day because of desire, or obligations, or dreams. But what happens in a divorce? What keeps you from falling?
The problem with leaps of faith
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Feb 20 2006 01:52AM
A broken heart and fear of your husband puts you in a real interesting place. How can you leap into the future when there isn't one?
Irony: divorce is the perfect time to learn about love
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Feb 13 2006 12:56AM
But before you jump into another relationship, listen to what the man in the moon knows about love. If we aren't clear about what we want, rest assured, the universe will just send the previous lover, in a different package. (Part two of a two-part series
What the man in the moon knows about love
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Feb 6 2006 01:38AM
A group of women putting the pieces of our lives - of ourselves - back together. We had each other, and with ears to hear, we learned everything there is to know about love. (Part one of a two-part series)
A little prayer can be a dangerous thing
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jan 30 2006 12:46AM
How do you pray? Follow this formula for "dangerous prayer" and watch out! You will get all that you ask for, but maybe not in the way you were thinking - or wanted.
Out of spousal abuse, the question: who listens when we pray?
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jan 23 2006 02:31AM
Realizing I was afraid of my husband made my relationship with God real. I needed help and wanted to know, who are you God? It seems like a perfectly reasonable question if you are going to pray to this entity, if you are going to turn your life over to i
Hearts broken by divorce require spiritual healing
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jan 17 2006 02:36AM
COMMENTARY: Has your heart been broken? Then, welcome to the mystical world of Spiritual Geography. You may not think of yourself as a pilgrim, but you are. You are a modern pilgrim, exploring a place you've never been before.
The power of written prayer - four steps to effective sacred journaling
Column: Writing Down Your Soul
Jan 9 2006 02:23AM
Under stress? Need divine guidance? Here's how to turn up the volume on that "still small voice." You will write, and God will listen. God will write, and you will listen. It's that simple - and that mysterious.
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