Not only is she from the same Caribbean, island I’m from, (St. Croix), she grew up across the street from my grandmother’s house.
Anyway, she was motivated to write her book when she realized “the importance of including our ancestors on our journey.”
“It wasn’t until I got to a place where I fully surrendered to the guidance of our ancestors, that is when things truly began to shift for me,” she explains.
What holds folks back from living their best life?
Fear, she says — fear of surrendering and doing the hard work of personal development. “You have to be ready,” she says. “People can give you advice, but you have to be ready.”
Healing is a journey that never ends, says Ife. “We are never fully healed. Your new level of existence requires a new level of healing. As we ascend, more healing is required.”
I really hope you check out our conversation. She shares gems we can all benefit from. Interview With Ife Milligan.
Ife and I share similar views on purpose. “Your destiny and purpose are inside of you,” she says. “Our purpose might shift and change as we evolve. There are destinies within destinies.”
I love the notion of destinies within destinies — sounds so mystical.
What would your life look like if you released your fears and surrendered some more?
If you trusted your intuition more? If you stopped caring about what others think? If you made a commitment to work on self-improvement every day?
If you are willing to make some changes, you can end 2022 strong. And you can blossom in 2023.
This is all for now. I would love to hear your thoughts, so feel free to reach out to me, and I will write you back.
Also, please subscribe to my new You Tube Channel. I will be interviewing healers, spiritual coaches, authors and finance professionals, and I don’t want you to miss out. Here’s the link: James Weeks You Tube Channel.
May the ancestors guide and protect you until we connect again.
Love
James Weeks
Author
Meditations Across The King’s River
P.S. If you would like to book a spiritual reading, you can do so here: Book A Reading.
I did a recent FB live talk about following your life’s purpose.
Here’s the replay if you missed it: Purpose Driven Conversation.
Purpose is important because without clarity about your purpose, you will drift forever.
Or you might not dare to be all you can be. Too many of us end up settling for so little in life. It doesn’t have to be that way.
I was inspired to do this talk about purpose because a client wanted to know if she could discover her purpose through a spiritual reading.
Here’s the thing, a spiritual reading can be insightful and can point you in the right direction.
However, so many clues about your life’s mission are already deep within you. It’s your job to put those clues together, and it’s not that difficult.
Don’t overthink it — feel it.
I always let folks know that a spiritual reading led me to my path as a priest in the Yoruba spiritual tradition. But I have so many other passions, and I didn’t discover them in through a reading. They came to me naturally.
I think of purpose as a journey without end. You are an eternal soul. There’s no limit to what you can do or be.
We are sovereign souls — not machines. So don’t put yourself in a box, and never allow others to put you in a box.
Follow your heart!
What is your heart telling you about your purpose? Your relationship? Your job? Your health? Your next steps?
And what do you plan to do about what you already know? This is the key — take action. The truth is sometimes we know what to do but we’re just not doing it.
Don’t let fear get in the way!
We are six months away from 2023. If you haven’t been working on the things that are important to you, it’s time to correct that.
I shared several tips for connecting to purpose in my FB talk. Would love to know what you think. Here’s the link once again. Tips For Following Purpose.
This is all for now. Hope you are enjoying the summer. Respond to this newsletter, and I will write you back as soon as possible.
I was listening to one of my mentors early Sunday morning.
He was talking about having a plan and sticking with it — even when you don’t feel like it.
And he also spoke about not letting fear or emotions get in the way of what you set out to accomplish.
I appreciated his wisdom. It reminded me of a verse in my spiritual tradition that says, “the way is straight – it does not deviate.”
The truth is we can have more success in almost any area of our lives if we stay the course. If we find reasons to stay on our path instead of finding reasons to stray from it.
It all comes down to discipline. With discipline the impossible becomes possible.
With discipline a new life, a better life, can be crafted from your current life. With discipline, you won’t even recognize your current life 24 months from now.
My mentor challenged us to come up with a plan for the next 30 days and to stick with it.
He explained it takes at least 30 days to break bad habits and to replace them with good habits.
I’m excited, and I’m committed!
What area of your life will you commit to improving for the next 30 days? For the next 60 days? For the next 90 days?
And what sacrifices are you willing to make?
For me, I will be launching an updated version of my book Meditations Across The King’s River with a new publisher by end of 2022 or by early 2023, and I am also working on an audio version of my book as well.
I also continue to mentor others in finance, trading and investing — this is a crucial skill to know as our country slides deeper and deeper into a recession.
Generational wealth is important. Do you want it?
Enough about me, what’s going on with you? What are you working on these days? I encourage you to keep going. Do not deviate.
And don’t be discouraged if others do not see value in what you are doing and what you have to offer.
Would love to hear from you. Respond to this newsletter, and I will write you back asap. Be blessed until we connect again.
But this was the first time, audiences around the world got a chance to hear from Malcolm directly and could ask questions.
Here’s what we discussed:
1. How he went from being an aspiring thug to a successful businessman.
2. How our spiritual journey to Nigeria, West Africa in 2003 changed our lives.
3. How his crisis helped me discover my calling as an Ifa priest and diviner.
4. How he stays spiritually and emotionally grounded during these challenging times.
5. How a message from my deceased grandmother helped us.
I was glad I had that public conversation with Malcolm for many reasons.
It deepened my appreciation for the Yoruba spiritual tradition, and my elders in Nigeria who gave me hope at a time when things in my family seemed bleak 20 years ago.
Here’s the thing, Shirley, we all experience some kind of crisis at one point or another. That’s life.
But what if the challenges you’re going through turns out to be a huge blessing that changes your life forever?
And what if the wisdom you gain from your crisis impacts people all over the world? This is what happened for me and my son.
Our crisis eventually set us free. Is it fulfilling? Yes! Was it easy? Hell No!
Miracles happen, Shirley, and a miracle can happen for you. I know this from my own experience as well as from the testimonies of others.
Do not give up hope, and do not lose focus.
Dig deep, call on the Higher Power, and keep it moving. People will come in your life and people will go, but promise yourself you will keep it pushing.
This is all for now. Please know you have my support in all you do.
Here’s the link to my interview with Malcolm once again: Interview with Malcolm.
Would love to hear from you. Feel free to respond and I will write back as soon as possible.
I didn’t grow up dreaming of being a writer and I told Casey that right away.
And I had no idea I was destined to be a filmmaker, a finance coach or a spiritual guide in the Yoruba sacred tradition.
But my journey led me to all of these things.
I believe your journey will take you places you cannot begin to imagine.
Because of all you’ve been through, you might doubt there’s a divine plan for your life, but I know God has something specially designed for you.
But keep this in mind, What you hope to achieve won’t happen overnight. None of the things I’ve accomplished so far have happened overnight. It’s been a step-by-step journey.
During my interview, Casey asked what advice I would give to those who feel depressed, discouraged or overwhelmed by all the tension and craziness in our world.
Here’s what I told him
1. Practice daily self-care. Take time out for reflection.
2. Check in with your own Spirit consistently.
3. Focus on what inspires you. This is all I try to do every single day. Follow inspiration.
4. Instead of only doing what you want to do. Do what you need to do.
5. Try to look at your problems in a different way? Ask yourself: How can I grow from this experience?
