Courtney Tiffany - Journey to Soul: Lessons to help you establish a spiritual practice, reconnect with your intuition, and open up to the Divine Feminine

Journey to Soul first came about as a way for me to organize all I had learned during my spiritual awakening. It was an accumulation of everything I had learned during the two years of my journey toward self-discovery that I could turn into something beneficial for others.

I first created a self-paced online course titled Journey to Soul back in the spring of 2019. I wanted to create something women could do on their own, when it best suited them, so they could understand themselves better. I, myself, had a spiritual awakening after my second child was born just thirteen short months after my first.

I was at a point in my life where all I was doing was feeding babies, changing diapers, and waking up every two hours to rock someone back to sleepor at least thats what it felt like at the time. It was 2016, and I was consumed by motherhood, eventually getting to a point where I didnt know who I was as an individual anymore. All I knew was this new role I had taken on as a mother. I had gone from working full time to being a full-time, stay-at-home mom. I was not only having trouble adjusting to my new schedule but adjusting to my new identity.

I had left the best job I ever had to stay home with my two young children, spending most of my time indoors because carting two young children around town by myself was very overwhelming.

I love being a mother and I adore my children, but I felt like something was missing from my life. I didnt want my entire life to revolve around my children. I know many women who would be satisfied with that life and might judge me for saying this, but I wanted my life to be so much more than just being a mom. I was still an individual and had hopes and dreams for my future.

I remember the day I hit rock bottom in August 2017. My husband came home from work and found me curled up, bawling my eyes out on our bedroom floor. I felt like I couldnt go on. I was in the darkest of places and couldnt see any light at the end of the tunnel. I felt trapped, and I knew if I didnt get help for my postpartum depression, things would only continue to get worse. I told him what I had been going through and that I needed help.

The next day, I called a therapist who specialized in postpartum depression and booked an appointment. During my sessions, she helped me realize I was giving all of my time and energy to those in my family who needed me, my husband included, and that left me with nothing to give to myself. I had to learn to fill my cup first so I could eventually give myself to others. That meant finding a babysitter, asking for help, and stepping away every now and then to be alone. And with some adjustments, I did just that.

Around the same time as my breakdown, I started listening to a podcast by Sabrina Domenosky called Rewilding for Women . She talked about wild women, the divine feminine, and sisterhood, and it was exactly the medicine I needed. She just so happened to be hosting a live event in Sedona a couple months later, so I quickly signed myself up. That weekend was my first weekend away since my children were born!

Surrounded by fifty other women, I dove deep into the many facets of femininity. That retreat lit my soul on fire. I knew things were starting to change in my life, and my old way of doing things was no longer going to work. I spent a lot of time that year journaling, meditating, learning astrology and tarot, and working on my own healing journey. I healed a lot of ancestral and karmic wounds I had been holding on to, and I released the negativity and anger I had been building up.

After the retreat, I made a commitment to start taking care of myself and my needs. I started to live my life more authentically and more in tune with who I wanted to be as a person and what I felt was right. I started using my voice and working on clearing my throat chakra so I could speak my truth. I learned to open my heart, fill my cup, and then let it spill over and spread love to others. I focused on building a community of sisterhood and surrounding myself with amazing women I could lean on in times of need and who respected and supported me no matter what.

In the last four years, my life has drastically changed for the better, which is what prompted me to create Journey to Soul. And now, I want to share it with you in this easy-to-digest format.

Inside this book, youll find twenty-one different lessons to read, preferably over the next twenty-one days. I want you to allow the messages of each lesson to soak in and marinate. You might need time to reflect upon something youve read so it can really resonate with you and be applied to your own life. Besides, experts say it takes at least twenty-one days to build a new habit, and thats what we are doing here. We are creating new daily habits that will help you get in touch with your soul, increase your intuition, and reestablish your spiritual self.

The modern world we live in is crazy hectic. There are constantly screens in our faces, noises in our ears, smells of pollution, and long lists of things to do. Its no wonder we have the highest levels of anxiety and depression ever recorded. While our technology has created some amazing advancements and made our lives a lot easier, it has also harmed us just the same.

We need to learn how to deal with the things that are constantly coming at us, and we need to learn how to cope with the pressures of daily life in a healthy way that works best for us. We need to get back in touch with our souls and do what feels right without being swayed by current societal norms.

I encourage you to grab a notebook as you read a chapter each day and write down your answers to the reflection questions. Take the time to get to know yourself again. Learn what makes your inner flame spark, release the old habits and patterns that no longer serve you, and grow as an individual so you can be the person you really are or who you want to become. Face your shadows, allow yourself to feel your emotions, and heal. I believe we can heal and grow through self-discovery.

Its important to note here that you are only going to get out of this journey what you put into it. If you want to skim the book and pick up pieces here and there, thats fine. But if you really want to go on a transformational journey of self-discovery, I suggest you find the time each day to do the work. We have to hold ourselves accountable if we want to change how we live our lives. Repeat the affirmations, reflect, and answer the questions, and really take everything you are reading to your own inner flame. Recognize your strengths and weaknesses, understand where you need to grow, let go of what is hindering you from that growth, and become the best version of yourself.