Underneath It All - How a stinky onion can show the way to our core essence

A few weeks ago I was peeling an onion and immediately noticed a stench. When I looked at the end I saw the there were two bad layers buried within the onion. At first, I tried to get rid of the smelly layers by cutting more slices off of the end of the onion. It quickly became apparent that that wasn't going to work as each slice contained a piece of the smelly two layers. I thought of throwing the whole onion out, but then an idea came to me; if I cut through the good outside layers and then the two brown layers, I can get to the core inside. That's exactly what I did and in the end I was left with a much smaller onion core that was pure white and perfectly healthy.


Looking at the experience from a personal and spiritual growth perspective; if we are the onion, then at some level there are stinky layers within ourselves that need to be healed. A lot of the times we walk around thinking we are whole and that nothing is wrong. Often others can smell the stench of a bad layer before we do. When we do smell it, sometimes we want to cover it up, other times we believe there is nothing we can do about it and then there are those times of despair when we just want to throw the whole onion out and forget about it.

The secret is to go deeper. To be willing to peel back the layers of ourselves in order to get to our core essence. The true shining self that lies within was there all along and is waiting for us to discover and reveal it. It takes courage to be willing to peel back the layers and reveal more and more of our true self to others. Most of the layers have been added at some point for protection of some kind and we can feel naked and exposed without them.


In my life, I've noticed that as I continue to peel back the layers and reveal more and more of my true self, my life has become increasingly blessed, on purpose and peaceful. I encourage everyone to find the courage to peel back the layers of yourself to go deeper than ever before. The core of each and everyone of us is pure beauty and love and the world is waiting for the real you to show up.

Good Things Multiply

In looking over this blog and the posts I've made so far, I realized that I've posted a lot when I've gone through a truly transformational part of my life. So in hindsight it looks like I have a lot of trials and tribulations in my life - and I do, don't get me wrong. But what I've come to notice is I'm far less likely to post when I'm feeling great. I'll share with my friends what's going on, but somehow I thought in order for it to be worthy enough to post it had to be either dark or a huge insight.

I know in my head that the more I acknowledge the stream of good things, creativity and synchronicities in my life, the more they will grow. So starting right now I'm acknowledging some of the great questions I've asked that have been answered synchronistically in my life lately include...

How do I network online? I received an email from a artist friend to attend a social media university course as her guest - thanks Diana.

How do I network in person? A contractor who was doing some repairs on my house mentioned a new BNI (Business Networking International) group meeting 10 min from my house.

How do I become more focused and hit my deadline? This one gets a little convoluted... but I got an email with a free video from Joe Vitale, the only catch was that I had to register for a Simpleology account. Long story short, I never watched the video (sorry Joe), but started taking the Simpleology 101 lessons and am much more productive now than before. I even started to get scared because I had such a clear path to my target and was moving so fast! (see my Afraid of Success blog post).

So the great saying "ask and you shall receive" is so true, time and time again I've witnessed the power of asking questions in my life. I can not emphasize enough how powerful they have been for me. My aha moment and the part I'm really starting to pay more attention to is that the pace of the synchronicities increases in my life as I pay more attention to them and acknowledge them with a simple thank you. So thank you for this insight and what else is possible?

Be You (Everywhere)

I've been taking a social media university course with David Riklan (which is very good by the way), and at first I thought I don't really like this Twitter thing at all. Then Warren Whitlock one of the instructors shared how it's not about getting a huge following, it's about making real connections with other people. That totally flipped the lightswitch for me and I've been loving Twitter ever since. I went out and searched for people with similar interests to me and found some really cool people online. I'm so excited now and feel connected to the people who I'm following and who follow me.

I've also been having a hard time lately writing regular blog posts. I was not feeling the inspiration and couldn't quite put my finger on what was off. I finally realized that I was trying to be witty and wise instead of being me and sharing what I've learned. So the big takeaway for me was, whether I'm on Twitter or writing my blog, having lunch with a friend or holding the door for a stranger, all I have to do is show up as me (everywhere)! That's all any of us really wants anyway - a real connection with a real person. In the end, who really wants to be friends with the perfect person who never makes any mistakes, won't talk about anything real in his/her life and doesn't need our help? My posts from now on will be about me, what's going on in my life and what I've learned from it. Me, pure and simple :)

Afraid of Success

Last night I realized that I'm on a clear path to becoming a fully self-sufficient intuitive healer and it scared me half to death. I've been using Simpleology 101 and it's helped me to put together a clear marketing plan. I can now see the steps I need to take to get me from today to my online email launch in less than two weeks and I was stuck in place not moving at all. A whole wave of self-doubt came up - what if I don't provide enough value? what if I get stuck or don't know what to do?... I'll stop the pity train there for the sake of those of you reading this. Let's just say it spiraled downward from there.

Have you ever noticed how sometimes it's not that we're scared of failing, but that we're scared of success? Why is that? It's a totally irrational fear. I mean it must be someone with a crazy sense of humour that would spend months putting together a plan to be a successful intuitive healer (run a marathon, have a dream relationship... you fill in the blank) and then stop dead in her tracks less than 2 weeks from it actually coming to pass. I mean really! For me it all comes back to my own self-esteem and feelings of worthiness. I know in my head that I just have to keep taking the next step, but this morning I couldn't force myself to do it, my heart wasn't in it.

I finally gave myself permission to take a personal day and just do whatever I needed to do. I kept reminding myself that "this too shall pass" and that when obstacles appear it's a sign that we're taking action and moving forward. This is where I'm so thankful to have friends, intuitive guidance and the willingness to be emotionally present. I listened to some Abraham-Hicks tapes, wrote and allowed myself to flow with whatever emotion came up. I feel much more relaxed and focused again now. I know that I've cleared a major hurdle on my path to success and am moving forward again. I'm thankful that I was able to take this time to take care of myself. All I have left to say is thank you for this experience and what else is possible?

The World's Worst Boss

Well if you haven't guessed by now, the world's worst boss is me. I am harder on myself than anyone else. I'm so driven to succeed sometimes that I've got to stop and just breathe. I've been putting a lot of pressure on myself lately to get my website launched (which I did last month - yeah!) and now to launch my grand opening online. I've been making tremendous progress and learning so fast, but I don't always give myself credit.

So here's to me and all of the other over-achievers out there who are self-employed entrepreneurs and are stressing themselves out. "I'm proud of us, we're doing just fine. We're exactly where we need to be at this moment. And finally, take a deep breath and just breathe. Let all the tension, frustration, what ifs and I'm not doing it fast enoughs go... and breath and smile. Everything is okay." Thanks for walking through that with me, it felt great.