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In lieu of my newsletter this week, I thought you might enjoy a Holiday Gift Guide, whether you’re shopping for someone you love or for a little something to help you make it through the holidays.

Personally, I LOVE to shop for the holidays online and I thought you might appreciate these suggestions for sensitives and creatives that you can have delivered right to your door. I know Hanukkuh has already passed for those of you who celebrate, but I hope you’ll find these ideas useful anyway, and I hope it will come in handy for those of you with an eye still toward Christmas shopping. Some of these items come from me, others are stocked at Amazon.com; you may find them elsewhere as well.

Happy Holidays!

With love,

Jenna

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Great Books for Sensitive Souls

The Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide: An Alternative Health Answer to Emotional Sensitivity & Depression
by Kyra Mesich, Psy.D.

Many sensitives have read The Highly Sensitive Person, but I ALSO highly recommend this powerful, short book by Kyra Mesich. This mini-book (110 pages) makes a more direct connection to the empathic and psychic abilities often displayed by sensitives. Dr. Mesich believes that “distorted” empathic ability is at the root of the “less desirable traits” of being highly sensitive, including feeling “easily hurt and overwhelmed, a prevalence of negative emotions, depression and anxiety, and stimulus overload.”

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine M. Aron, Ph. D.

An excellent book pioneering the concept that highly sensitive people (HSPs) are NORMAL and play a crucial role in our society. This is THE seminal book on high sensitivity; if you haven’t read it, please do. It really is required reading for anyone with highly sensitive wiring.

The Psychic Pathway: A Workbook for Reawakening the Voice of Your Soul by Sonia Choquette

Sonia Choquette’s work on developing your intuition is grounded, practical, and fun. She offers great techniques and helpful information for learning to work in concert with your inner voice. This is a powerful look into making use of one of the greatest gifts of high sensitivity: keen intuition.

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Great Books for Creatives & Creative Visionaries

The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Guide to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron

I highly recommend this book to ANYONE seeking more clarity about their own lives and their own creative process (artistic or otherwise), whether they consider themselves to be an “artist” or not.

The Procrastinator’s Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now by Rita Emmett

A terrific little book that explains lots of little tricks to overcome procrastination.  An excellent read for creatives of the world.  Many of us procrastinate because we are perfectionistic, and this book offers great tips for working with that.

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

A powerful, inspiring calling to step up and be the leader and visionary you are meant to be. Godin is practical and persuasive in his views.

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

I love Anne Lamott’s style and advice about getting words on the page, “bird by bird.” Another great treatise on going after a project bit by bit rather than becoming overwhelmed by the entirety of it.

The War of Art
by Steven Pressfield

An inspiring book on overcoming Resistance, the arch enemy of creativity. One of my favorite sections covered examples of how, where, and when other writers write. Great permission to do it YOUR way, but to DO IT.

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Great Products for Sensitives & Sensitive Creatives

Grounding & Protection Jewelry

I designed my Grounding & Protection jewelry to be attractive AND useful. This is a perfect gift to give yourself before you’re sitting across the table from Aunt Mabel when she starts throwing psychic darts at you, or maybe one to suggest to your non-HSP spouse who wants to get you something special this year.

When you invest in a Grounding & Protection necklace before December 31st, you’ll receive a matching pair of earrings as our gift to you ($35 value).

Lavender Essential Oils

For sensitives who like scents, I particularly like Aura Cacia, though there are other wonderful brands. Lavender is very soothing and calming to frayed nerves, particularly when added to a bath, rubbed on your feet, or even misted onto your pillow.

Sleep Mask and Other Travel Aids

For a traveling sensitive soul, a sleep mask is a must-have (along with ear plugs and even noise-cancelling headphones). There are many different guides of sleep masks; there are many variables to consider: the tightness and thickness of the strap, the material, the thickness of the padding, the light-blocking ability. I find that a soft scarf will do the trick in a pinch, but it’s also nice to have something I don’t have to wrestle with in the middle of the night.

Be Calm Balls (Still Point Inducers)

A handy tool for a sensitive soul — like an instant reset button. The Be Calm Balls induce a “still point,” which allows you to switch from flight or fight mode to parasympathetic dominance quickly. Another life saver. Only 4 left in stock. We will no longer be carrying this product; available only while supplies last.

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If you have other suggestions, I’d love to hear them. Please post them in the comments below.

May your holidays be filled with richness, love, and good cheer!

One of my favorite movies as a teenager was The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8^th Dimension. In it, Buckaroo Banzai quotes Confucius, saying, “No matter where you go, there you are.”

Isn’t that the truth?

I noticed over the weekend that my “not enough” issues were coming up (part of my Life Lesson). “I’m not good enough, I’m not creative enough,” my inner critic was saying. (My inner critic was having a field day over a short screenplay challenge I was working on.) I did some inner recalibrating to quiet that negative limiting voice and carried on with my project.

Later I noticed I had another story going on in my head about how I didn’t have enough time or energy or money.

Isn’t that interesting?

My outer experience was reflecting my inner experience. If on the inside, I’m thinking I’m “not enough,” what will I experience in my outer world? Not enough. Hmm!

This is a perfect example of the Law of Attraction. In other words, what we focus on expands.

So if I want to experience “enough” I need to shift my attention to all the ways in which I am already experiencing enough. Enough food, enough love, enough attention…

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What are you focusing on?

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What’s Jenna Up To?

~> January 21st & 22nd, 2011. Voice Your Vision Mastermind Retreat. In-Person Workshop in Berkeley, California. Clarify your unique vision to implement your Life Purpose in a specific, step-by-step plan. TWO SPOTS remaining. This small group retreat is perfect for you if you know your purpose but you’re wondering, “What’s next?” Details: www.VoiceYourVisionWithJenna.com

~> January 27th & 28th, 2011. “Powerful Strategies to Slay Your Inner Critic Demons So You Can Leap Into the Creative Spotlight.” Appearing as a guest expert at Baeth Davis’s “Claim Your Spotlight” program in Los Angeles, California.

~> February 10, 2011. Virtual Workshop: Claim Your Calling: 5 Steps To Get You Back On Track With What You Were Put Here To Do. Details. Three-payment plan option ends December 10th.

Yep, you read that right, it’s about time for Mercury to go retrograde again, starting December 9th.

I find it to be extremely helpful to know when it’s coming up, because it makes a big difference in my energy levels and my forward momentum, or lack thereof. When Mercury goes retrograde, it can feel like EVERYTHING is going backwards, as if I can’t get anything done, or even as though I simply lose interest in something I wanted to work on.

You might not think of me as a skeptic, what with doing hand analysis and talking about astrology, but I like to feel it before I believe it, and I can tell you that my own personal experience is that I feel the effects of the retrogrades whether I know about them or not, so I’ve chosen to pay attention.

The good news is that the coming month is a good time catch up on anything you’ve fallen behind on. I also think it will be a good time to reflect, rest, renew, and contemplate the year ahead. Seems like a perfect time for thinking over what went well this last year, what didn’t, and what you’d like to do differently next time around.

Here are a few pointers to keep in mind:

1. You will have to do things over again. Rethink, redo, rewash, reconsider, etc. So just be ready to do that: Give yourself lots of extra time so that when the wrinkles come up, they aren’t a big deal.
2. If you want to work on something during the retrograde, start it now. Mercury Retrogrades aren’t a great time to start new projects, but are great for finishing those that are already underway.
3. Know that communication will be challenging (Mercury is the god of communication after all), so give yourself (and everyone around you) a break. If you say the wrong thing, apologize and try again. Ditto with sending the wrong email, etc.
4. Don’t go “global” with whatever is happening; remember that it’s all just temporary. So that means if you can’t take action on something for some reason (lack of motivation, lack of interest, obstacles), just carry on and know it’ll all work out in its right and perfect time. You may find you need to put something on hold until the new year, or simply just find a new way to approach whatever it is you’re working on.
5. Have a wry attitude about the whole thing. Just laugh. It’s all good.

If you’d like to read more about Mercury in Retrograde, check out my previous posts on the subject here.

And by the way, Mercury goes direct on December 30th, and the intensity of the energy seems to peak at the beginning and at the end of the cycle. Enjoy the ride!

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I always love to read your comments. How do you handle Mercury in Retrograde phases? Do you notice the energy shift? How do you handle it?

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What’s Jenna Up To?

~> January 21st & 22nd, 2011. Voice Your Vision Mastermind Retreat. In-Person Workshop in Berkeley, California. Clarify your unique vision to implement your Life Purpose in a specific, step-by-step plan. THREE SPOTS remaining. This small group retreat is perfect for you if you know your purpose but you’re wondering, “What’s next?” Details: www.VoiceYourVisionWithJenna.com

~> January 27th & 28th, 2011. “Powerful Strategies to Slay Your Inner Critic Demons So You Can Leap Into the Creative Spotlight.” Appearing as a guest expert at Baeth Davis’s “Claim Your Spotlight” program in Los Angeles, California.

~> Spring 2011. Virtual Workshop: Claim Your Calling: 5 Steps To Get You Back On Track With What You Were Put Here To Do. Dates to be announced shortly. Details: www.ClaimYourCallingWithJenna.com.

I’ve been pondering a new set of “rules to live by.”

I consistently err in not having enough FUN in my life. I work hard, focus on family, have a critical eye, strive always for more and better, and sometimes forget to enjoy the ride. Big mistake, particularly for someone with Venus as part of her purpose. Venus is the Lover of Life, the savoring goddess of all things delicious, feminine, loving, sensual, mothering, and beautiful — the Yummy Mummy.

So I’ve been playing with the idea of simple guiding principles or “rules” to help me shift my thinking and direction. Here they are, as a work-in-progress form. I’d love to know what you think.

It’s a bit of a dangerous undertaking since my Rulebreaker self doesn’t delight in rules and restrictions or shoulds, but it’s got me focused on the simple-is-good idea, which I’m liking.

As often as possible:

1. Eat outside.
2. Savor sunlight.
3. Entertain friends.
4. Travel widely.
5. Explore nature.
6. Move joyfully.
7. Dress deliciously.
8. Daydream frequently.
9. Embrace music.
10. Cuddle closely.

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What are your guiding principles for your life? Any you can suggest that I missed? I’d love to hear from you.

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What’s Jenna Up To?

~> November 29th, 2010. Mark Your Calendar! My annual birthday sale is coming up — one day only. Details to be announced soon.

~> November 29th, 2010. Also on my birthday: Doing a photo shoot for my new website photos with the fabulous Lindsay Miller.

~> January 21st & 22nd, 2011. Voice Your Vision Mastermind Retreat. In-Person Workshop in Berkeley, California. Clarify your unique vision to implement your Life Purpose in a specific, step-by-step plan. FOUR SPOTS remaining. This small group retreat is perfect for you if you know your purpose but you’re wondering, “What’s next?” Details: www.VoiceYourVisionWithJenna.com

~> January 27th & 28th, 2011. “Powerful Strategies to Slay Your Inner Critic Demons So You Can Leap Into the Creative Spotlight.” Appearing as a guest expert at Baeth Davis’s “Claim Your Spotlight” program in Los Angeles, California.

~> Spring 2011. Virtual Workshop: Claim Your Calling: 5 Steps To Get You Back On Track With What You Were Put Here To Do. Dates to be announced shortly. Details: www.ClaimYourCallingWithJenna.com.

One of the participants at my recent Voice Your Vision retreat shared this powerful quote from Barbara Sher, “Isolation is a dream killer.”

Similarly, my teacher Sonia Choquette says, “You cannot do it alone.”

How true!

As a sensitive woman, mother, home-based business owner, spiritual coach, intuitive, hand analyst, and ready-to-take-the-world-by-storm creative writer, I can tell you that the hardest days are when I feel like I have no one to turn to and there’s no one else out there who gets who or where I am. Luckily, I’ve learned a few things about this along the way.

When it comes to making your dreams real, here are a few things to keep in mind:

1. Your nascent vision is like a tiny seedling. Plant it in fertile soil, water it, nurture it, and protect it. Don’t put it somewhere it could be trampled on. Share it only with your best supporters.

2. Get the right support from the right people. You must have “believing eyes” to witness your project into wholeness. Do not allow the naysayers and doubters to topple your tiny creation before it learns to stand on its own two feet.Get in touch with your supporters when you need them, and do the same for them. Make sure you have a balanced, equal exchange with people who are emotionally whole enough to truly be there for you.

3. Dream big or stay at home. Don’t hold back from your vision — go all the way with it. Push yourself to your creative edge. Ask, “How can I take this to its next greatest level of expression?” If you need help pushing yourself to that precipice,  you’re in the right place. You’ll be seeing more from me modeling this very, very soon (stay tuned!).

4. Don’t take your critics too seriously. Like most of us, you probably make the mistake of listening to criticism (from yourself or from other people) far too early in your creative process. Your inner critics are speaking from fear and doubt, and your outer critics are doing the same. Very often, your outer critics are simply projecting their own fear and excuses onto you. So take it with a grain of salt. And turn to your supporters to get you back on track when you make the mistake of listening to the wrong voice.

5. Trust yourself, first. So often you dismiss your greatest, deepest truths because you think they are too simple, too complicated, too unrealistic, etc. But if you simply allow yourself the permission to explore what your inner voice is telling you, miraculous things can happen. You may want and need to have your inner truths heard and witnessed before you’re willing to give ourselves that permission.

That’s where your supporters or coach come into play. Either way, sometimes allowing yourself to voice your vision to the right listeners is just the powerful kick-start you need to make your dream become a reality.

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Did this spark anything for you? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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What’s Jenna Up To?

~> November 22nd, 2010. Leading a private in-person half-day retreat in Berkeley, California.

~> November 29th, 2010. Mark Your Calendar! My annual birthday sale is coming up — one day only. Details to be announced soon.

~> November 29th, 2010. Also on my birthday: Doing a photo shoot for my new website photos with the fabulous Lindsay Miller.

~> January 21st & 22nd, 2011. Voice Your Vision Mastermind Retreat. In-Person Workshop in Berkeley, California. Clarify your unique vision to implement your Life Purpose in a specific, step-by-step plan. FOUR SPOTS remaining. This small group retreat is perfect for you if you know your purpose but you’re wondering, “What’s next?” For details, send a blank email to: coach115-557948@autocontactor.com. Early registration ends November 26th.

~> January 27th & 28th, 2011. “Powerful Strategies to Slay Your Inner Critic Demons So You Can Leap Into the Creative Spotlight.” Appearing as a guest expert at Baeth Davis’s “Claim Your Spotlight” program in Los Angeles, California.

~> Spring 2011. Virtual Workshop: Claim Your Calling: 5 Steps To Get You Back On Track With What You Were Put Here To Do. Dates to be announced shortly. Details: www.ClaimYourCallingWithJenna.com.

Tiffany Shlain, honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” is a filmmaker, mother, artist, founder of The Webby Awards, and co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Tiffany is currently completing a feature film called “Connected: A Declaration of Interdependence.”

Her last film, “The Tribe,” was the first documentary short to be #1 on iTunes.

Tiffany was also the keynote commencement speaker this year at UC Berkeley.

I interviewed Tiffany over the summer about what it takes to succeed in making your creative vision a reality.

Watch the video interview (just over 11 minutes) and be inspired by her perspective on always living a creative life, having fun, dealing with the self-doubts and naysayers, having a sense of life purpose, and living on the edge.

Find Tiffany online at www.TiffanyShlain.com and http://www.ConnectedTheFilm.com.

Artists, visionaries, and healers face the intense darkness of creativity on a daily basis.

Robert Johnson, author of Owning Your Own Shadow, writes about “why so many creative people have such a miserable time of it. . . . Narrow creativity always brings a narrow shadow with it, while broader talents call up a greater portion of the dark. While those with the largest talent seems to suffer most, we all must be aware of how we use our creativity — and of the dark side that accompanies our gifts…. all these [creative] acts will have an equal weight on the opposite side of the scale and lead us into [destructive behaviors].”

So when we create, we face the necessity of destruction to balance our creativity. Our “positive” behavior must be balanced by “negative” behavior.

“There is, however,” Johnson writes, “a broader kind of creativity that folds the darkness into the finished product and finds fulfillment in the shadow.”

Creativity is essentially a birthing process, but it evokes death as well.

Here’s what I mean: One of my colleagues reminded me recently that creating anything requires a metaphorical death. Your ego has to die in order to let go enough to bring your creative vision into the world. You have to embrace an attitude of reverent surrender and to shift into an internal space that’s connected with the divine, rather than the ego, in order to create. Fear and all. No guts, no glory.

In other words, in order to birth our ideas and visions, we have to die. DIE! No wonder it’s so incredibly terrifying to create.

It requires a huge leap into the unknown, a leap of courage, even just to begin.

And no wonder we have so many excuses not to create: Too busy, too tired, too stuck. Don’t care anymore. You know the drill.

But at end of the day, your excuses not to create — or to live your particular life purpose — are manifestations of your fears about birthing your creative work into the world.

Since birthing isn’t pretty or easy, that’s no surprise.

You have to be able to walk into the darkness, transcend the huge void between the light and the darkness, get down on your knees in abject surrender, and give it everything you’ve got in order to bring what you’ve been given back into this earthly plane.

If you’re not doing that, you’re probably playing too small. A lot to live up to, right?

Interestingly, in our culture, you’re trained to hide from your darkness, to put a pretty face on it, and not to mention it. Not to appreciate it. But that’s where the true jewels lie. All that tension, that angst, that creative frustration is actually a huge untapped energy source, just waiting to be released in a glorious explosion of full, whole-bodied creative expression.

As Johnson says, “We are … talking about sainthood in the original meaning of the word — a full-blooded embracing of our own humanity, not a one-sided goodness that has no vitality or life.”

How can you bring your darkness — your shadow — into your creative expression and thereby find your own true “sainthood”?

How can you release being “good” to find your true self-expression?

I’ll be contemplating the answers to these questions with you.

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What did this article spark for you? Please share your comments on the blog below.

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What’s Jenna Up To?

~> November 5th. Virtual Workshop: Claim Your Calling: 5 Steps To Get You Back On Track With What You Were Put Here To Do. Registration is now closed. Details: www.ClaimYourCallingWithJenna.com.

~> November 12th and 13th. In-Person Workshop in Berkeley, California: Voice Your Vision Mastermind Retreat. Clarify your unique vision to implement your Life Purpose in a specific, step-by-step plan. ONE SPOT remaining. This small group retreat is perfect for you if you know your purpose but you’re wondering, “What’s next?” For details, send a blank email to: coach115-557948@autocontactor.com

Do you ever feel lost? Pulled in so many directions at once that you can’t figure out what you’re interested in or how it all could possibly fit together?

Underneath the apathy and confusion, there is still a voice saying, “There has to be more than this!”

There is.

The good news is that it DOES all fit together, because YOU fit together. You would not be the you that you are without all the fabulous bits that come together into the delightfully human being you are.

See, you were DESIGNED this way. You have a purpose and a plan — your Spiritual Master Plan — and your soul signed you up for ALL the challenges and opportunities you are experiencing.

But it can feel pretty confusing and discombobulating until you finally understand what that plan really is.

Here are 3 tips to help you find your True Calling and understand your Spiritual Master Plan:

1. Pay close attention to your deepest, most secret most inner longings. They are the voice of your soul, calling you to the exact right place where you belong.

For instance:

• Do you dream of being on stage?
• Writing a best selling novel?
• Producing a life-changing film?
• Changing the way people think about their spirituality?

Pay attention to these.

And no, you are not just fooling yourself. Your soul knows what it knows. You wouldn’t be called to it if you didn’t have it in you.

Dollars to donuts, if you’re called to it, it’s part of your purpose.

2. Track the challenges in your life and unravel the common threads. Your challenges are your teachers. They show you the places you need to heal and grow so that you can become who you are meant to be.

Are you struggling with:

• Finding your sense of self-worth?
• Trusting the Universe and trusting other people?
• Feeling bombarded by life and like nothing works out for you?
• Or, …?

These clues tell you 1) what you need to work on, 2) what you’re here to teach others, and 3) what you’ve chosen to master in this life time.

Now you know what to work on.

3. Build a relationship with your Higher Self. When you pay attention to those longings, also ask your higher self for guidance. S/he embodies who you are, even if you don’t yet consciously grasp the enormity of your magnificence.

By strengthening that relationship with your Higher Self, you strengthen that magnificence within you.

What admirable traits do you see in him or her?

• Wisdom?
• Beauty?
• Kindness?
• Serenity?

These are powerful hints that guide you to who you really are at the core.

Cultivate them.

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If you’d like a short-cut and masterful assistance accessing these steps, I’ve designed a beautiful program, called “Claim Your Calling: 5 Steps to Get You Back On Track With What You Were Put Here To Do.” It’s happening on November 5th, and registration CLOSES TODAY, Friday, October 22nd. You can find out more here: http://www.ClaimYourCallingWithJenna.com. The great news is that when you register, you can bring a friend for only $197, which means you’ll both save big when split the investment. Plus you’ll have the great fun of partnering to commit to the lives you were designed for.

Last week I wrote about Life Lessons, and how when you struggle in life — when the going gets tough –  you need to remember what you’re REALLY doing — you’re experiencing, training in, and learning to master the Life Lessons you signed up to learn in this life time.

A few of you asked me to give me an example of how this works.

Here’s mine (and you can watch and listen to me speak about this in the free video class I taught last week):

According to my hand analysis, part of my Life Lesson is Trust, Intimacy & Surrender.

The lesson of Trust is about learning how to trust the Universe to take care of you and to trust your own inner voice and divine wisdom. It shows up around feeling not listened to, feeling lonely, and feeling like you can’t trust anyone (including — or especially — yourself). When you don’t listen to that inner voice, you’ll create trust, surrender and intimacy issues with yourself and others.

My recent car accident was a powerful reminder of this lesson for me. In the video broadcast, I talked about how I can choose to see being upside down in a ditch after someone ran us off the road as a failure of my intuition, as the Universe out to get me, as some kind of punishment, or some other way of feeling victimized by life.

Or, I can choose to see that experience as another reminder of what’s really important to me (my family and my creative work) and how not in control I really am.

See, the Life Lesson of Trust, Intimacy & Surrender is designed (in part) to train us to let go of the illusion of control. What better reminder that I am not in control than being the passenger in a car, hit by someone else, and forced off the road? What better reminder to get off the main highway of life, follow my own inner leader to where I’m meant to be, and step even more fully into what I am meant to do?

What better reminder to “WAKE UP”!?

So I can remember that what I’m really experiencing is not just a car accident, but is actually an opportunity to further master my life lesson and to TRUST THE UNIVERSE that I am okay, that I am always okay, and that I will be taken care of.

In case you’re wondering now about your own Life Lesson, here’s a list of the 10 primary life lessons, what they are, and how to antidote them:

1. Failure — Struggling with incompletion, failure, and lack of results. Learn about success and getting results in the world. Become a doer. Get things done.
2. Powerlessness — Dealing with overwhelm, feeling helpless, feeling trapped. Learn to reclaim your own authority from others you have given your power to. Become a leader.
3. Irresponsibility, Money & Integrity Issues — Being irresponsible with time and money. Learn to value yourself, to deal with time and money with integrity. Become a businessperson.
4. Apathy, Creative Blocks & Hiding Out — Struggling with creative blocks, confusion, and apathy. Learn to use your creativity despite your fears of not belonging or being good enough. Become an artist.
5. Difficulty Speaking Up (Staying Mute) — Going silent, not speaking up. Learn to express your real point of view and experience. Become an author and speaker.
6. Family & Community Issues (Trouble with the Tribe) — Feeling disconnected, being the black sheep. Learn to overcome feelings of disconnection and finding real family and community. Become a family or community leader.
7. Boundaries (Victimization, Shame & Numbness) — Being the victim, having weak boundaries. Learn to stand your ground and become a passionate advocate for what you believe in. Become an advocate.
8. Lost Self-Worth, Integrity & Guilt — Devaluing yourself. Learn to value yourself, talents, and gifts. Take time for yourself. Open to receive. Become a mentor.
9. Paralyzing Fear of Rejection & Conformity. — Feeling paralyzed. Overcome the fear of being rejected for your creative explorations and innovations. Accept being different. Become an innovator.
10. Trust, Intimacy & Surrender – Control and trust issues. Learn to listen to and trust your inner voice, surrender to the Universe, to yourself, and your path. Become a healer.

Keep in mind that your lesson may actually be a combination lesson — mine, for instance is Surrender, Trust & Intimacy PLUS Apathy & Creative Blocks, which summarizes to Trusting My Creativity. My experience is that each piece of your lesson factors into the equation. Your Life Lesson is determined by your lowest ranking fingerprints in a hand analysis reading.

Also keep in mind that your lesson may show up in infinite variations, but it’s always your Life Lesson. It may look like a car accident, an illness, an argument, a confrontation, an embarrassment, but it’s always your Life Lesson, teaching you what you signed up to learn. Look for it, and you’ll see what I mean.

For instance, on the Creativity side, I’ve had repeatedly painful experiences of turning away from my creativity and not trusting my creative ability over the years — I dropped out of art school, architecture school, and theater studies. I’ve had people steer me away from my creativity, like my parents and my school advisers. I’ve had beloved friends and random acquaintances publicly ridicule my creative efforts.

On the Trust, Intimacy & Surrender side of the equation, I’ve also had repeated incidences of intimate betrayals.

ALL of these things happened when I wasn’t trusting myself or my creativity.

They can LOOK like different things on the surface, but at the bottom line, they are all about my Life Lesson.

And to come full circle, remember that you teach what you are here to learn.

In my case, I’m here to help you learn to trust yourself, surrender to the Universe’s divine plan for you, and to overcome your inner obstacles to making your creative visions become tangible creations. In other words, I’m here to help you heal your relationship with yourself and with your creativity so you can create something amazing.

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What did this article spark for you? Please share your comments on the blog below.

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If you’d like to discover your specific Life Lesson, as well as your Life Purpose, please join me for my upcoming virtual workshop and course, called “Claim Your Calling: 5 Steps to Get You Back On Track With What You Were Put Here To Do,” coming up this November. Registration CLOSES this Friday, October 22nd at Midnight Eastern Time. Register this week and bring a friend for only $197! Details: www.ClaimYourCallingWithJenna.com.

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What’s Jenna Up To?

~> November 5th. Virtual Workshop: Claim Your Calling: 5 Steps To Get You Back On Track With What You Were Put Here To Do. Registration CLOSES THIS FRIDAY October 22nd at Midnight Eastern Time. Register this week and bring a friend for only $197! Details: www.ClaimYourCallingWithJenna.com.

~> November 12th and 13th. In-Person Workshop in Berkeley, California: Voice Your Vision Mastermind Retreat. Clarify your unique vision to implement your Life Purpose in a specific, step-by-step plan. Early registration ends THIS FRIDAY, October 22nd. This small group retreat is perfect for you if you know your purpose but you’re wondering, “What’s next?”