Denise Linn - Soul Coaching: 28 Days to Discover Your Authentic Self

SOUL
COACHING

Also by Denise Linn

BOOKS

The Hidden Power of Dreams:How to Use Dreams on Your Spiritual Journey
Past Lives, Present Dreams:How to Use Reincarnation for Personal Growth
Sacred Space:Clearing and Enhancing the Energy of Your Home
The Secret Language of Signs:How to Interpret the Coincidences and
Symbols in Your Life
Quest:A Guide for Creating Your Own Vision Quest
Sacred Legacies:Healing Your Past and Creating a Positive Future
Altars:Bringing Sacred Shrines into Your Everyday Life
Space Clearing:How to Purify and Create Harmony in Your Home
*Feng Shui for the Soul:How to Create a Harmonious Environment
That Will Nurture and Sustain You
*Space Clearing AZ:How to Use Feng Shui to Purify and Bless Your Home
*Secrets and Mysteries:The Glory and Pleasure of Being a Woman

AUDIOS

*Secrets and Mysteries
*Angels! Angels! Angels!
*Complete Relaxation
*Journeys into Past Lives
*Life Force:Access the Energy Field Around You
*Phoenix Rising:Rising Above Limitations

VIDEO

*Instinctive Feng Shui for Creating Sacred Space:How to Cleanse
and Harmonize the Energy in Your Home

All of the above are available at your local bookstore. The ones with asterisks may also
be ordered by visiting: Hay House USA: www.hayhouse.com
Hay House Australia: www.hayhouse.com.au
Hay House UK: www.hayhouse.co.uk
Hay House South Africa: www.hayhouse.com.co.za
Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

SOUL
COACHING
28 Days to Discover Your Authentic Self

Denise Linn

HAY HOUSE, INC.
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Copyright 2003 by Denise Linn

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com
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Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer Design: Amy Gingery

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Linn, Denise.

Soul coaching : 28 days to discovering your authentic self / Denise Linn.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 1-4019-0231-6

1. Self-actualization (Psychology)Problems, exercises, etc. 2. Spiritual lifeProblems, exercises, etc. I. Title.

BF637S4 L565 2003
158.1dc21

2003012608

ISBN 13: 978-1-4019-0231-5
ISBN 10: 1-4019-0231-6

12 11 10 09 8 7 6 5
1st printing, October 2003
5th printing, October 2009

Printed in the United States of America

This book is dedicated to my husband,
David, and my daughter, Meadow.
Their continued support and love
replenish my soul.

Contents

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER ONE:
Air WeekClearing Your Mental Self

CHAPTER TWO:
Water WeekClearing Your Emotional Self

CHAPTER THREE:
Fire WeekClearing Your Spiritual Self

CHAPTER FOUR:
Earth WeekClearing Your Physical Self

CHAPTER FIVE:
Beyond the 28 Days

I remember so clearly the moment I got itwhen I finally began to listen to the messages from my soul.

When I woke up that morning, I did not feel any different than I normally do. I shuffled out of the bedroom, stumbled into the bathroom, and squinted at my disheveled appearance in the mirror. Yet as I gazed through my blurry eyes at my image in the mirror and splashed water on my face, fragments of the previous nights dream floated before my eyes. Something about this particular dream struck a chord buried deep inside me. Suddenly it was as if an immense dam broke within me, and I felt something inside shout, Enough!

It was just one word, but it felt like a thunderbolt rolling through me. I started to sob. I did not really know why I was crying, but I knew that something was wrong with my life. My professional and family lives were good, but sometimes, when I was alone, a quiet desperation would creep over me. I felt like something was missing from my life. It was as if I were waiting for happily ever after to begin and my real life to start. And I had been waiting for a very long time.

When I was in high school, I thought that when I finally moved away from the violence and sexual abuse at home, my happily-ever-after life would begin. But when I moved out, nothing seemed to really change. Then I was sure that my perfect life would finally start after I got out of college... when that did not work, I decided that happiness, security, and contentment would start when I got married. As you can guess, that did not happen either.

There was always some future goal that I had to fulfill before my real life began, such as owning a home, having a baby, writing a book, or traveling. All the time, I kept waiting for happily ever after, but there was always some obstacle in the way or something I had to accomplish first. I thought that when I was done with my to do list, then I could relax and do what I wanted, but somehow I never did. Consequently, I was never really content, and I always postponed my hearts desire.