Me and Kate with Muktananda at my birthday celebration 2023
Hello beautiful soul!
Every once in a while, someone enters our lives and changes the trajectory of who we become.
In 2019, I was receiving a facial from my dear friend and amazing esthetician, Kate. As she tended to my skin, she chatted with me about her new business coach. She explained how he was helping her clarify her vision, reorganize her business, and clear out any stagnant energy to make room for more abundance.
"Hmmm," I thought. "I could probably use someone like that."
I went home, asked Kate for his contact information, and reached out that very day.
Muktananda was unlike any business consultant I had ever met. I hired him to help me identify where my life and work had drifted out of alignment with my deepest values. He had a remarkable gift for listening, not only to my spoken words but to what my soul was quietly trying to express.
Muktananda helped me recognize that my soul's work would flourish only when the structures surrounding it truly supported who I was. He was clear and direct, yet always held a space of profound compassion and integrity. More than once, he reflected truths that I wasn't yet ready to accept because embracing them meant making big, uncomfortable changes.
He saw something in me that I couldn't yet fully see in myself.
To better understand my work, Muktananda attended one of my channeling groups. The next day, he called while I was standing on the sidelines of one of my children's soccer games. With unmistakable enthusiasm, he told me how moved he had been by the experience and asked if I had any idea what it was like to witness such loving messages come through so clearly and touch an entire room of people.
As I stood there on the edge of the soccer field, I beamed like a child whose parent had just expressed immense pride. His belief in me reached a place that words rarely do.
I imagine many of you have experienced the gift of someone believing in your path—perhaps even before you fully believed in it yourself. Muktananda was that kind of person for me, and for so many others.
Muktananda recently left his earthly body behind. While I miss him dearly, today I'm simply filled with gratitude. Grateful that our paths crossed. Grateful for the clarity he helped me find. Grateful that I had the privilege of supporting him during the last year of his life. And grateful that his influence will continue to ripple through the lives of everyone he touched.
May we all be fortunate enough to encounter people who help us become more fully ourselves.
If you haven't had a channeled message in a while, you may want to join my monthly channeling group, Inner Wisdom Circle. It is my most affordable and most accessible offering within a highly supportive, loving community.
