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Friday February 5, 2010

Fearless Fridays: how can angels help

How often do you experience fear on a daily basis? Realistically, how can angels help you deal with fear?

I still remember my first day of school. I was so excited about learning and looking forward to having a new adventure. I remember my mom walking me to school, holding my hand. I knew I was safe and walked into that classroom with my head held high. I was so happy about being in school I smiled as my mom left. Most of the other children were crying and I remember the teacher asking me why I wasn't crying too. In hindsight I wasn't crying because I felt safe and viewed school as a big adventure.

Friday January 29, 2010

Fearless Fridays: 7 angels that will help

Angels are certainly the antithesis of fear. The obvious angels to call upon in times of fear are your guardian angels and the ministering angels but here are seven more that will help fill your heart and your mind with love and alleviate your fears.

Friday January 15, 2010

Fearless Fridays: why do bad things happen

I so often hear these type of questions: "Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God let a child die needlessly, a natural disaster kill or displace millions? Why does God allow violence? Why did God allow the earthquake in Haiti?"

Life is God's unconditional gift to us, the rest is just part of living here on planet earth and all of the events in life are incredible gifts. I believe we can use every event to either deepen our experience of oneness and our connection to the divine or enhance our filter system. A vengeful God that believes there is only one path to salvation or one that punishes people is one way to maintain our limiting beliefs and deepen our sense of isolation from the divine.

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Friday January 8, 2010

Fearless Friday: replacing fear with love

Last week I talked about the power of love and this week I am going to expand on that a bit more. Ultimately we have two choices; love or fear. When we choose one we ease out the other one.

When we open the front door at night the light rushes out and dispels the darkness. Love can do the same thing to fear if we let it. When you shine the light of love on any of your fears you see them differently, you can receive the gift of those fears and you can lovingly and gently let them go.

Friday January 1, 2010

Categories: Angels, Fearless Fridays, Love

Fearless Fridays: Love

Happy 2010!

Fear is an absence of love. We can either focus on faith and love or doubt and fear. So rather than talk about fear on this first day of 2010 and I want to talk about love.

What is love really? There is our fear based limited love full of rules and conditions and then there is the unconditional love of the divine, that limitless, expansive, accepting love of God however you perceive that energy.

Friday December 18, 2009

Fearless Fridays: angels and fear

As a little girl I remember wondering if angels ever were afraid. My mom assured me they always felt safe so I wanted to be an angel.

Friday December 4, 2009

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Fearless Fridays

Have you ever noticed how fear seems so much more prevalent in humans than love. What's up with that?

Friday November 27, 2009

Fearless Fridays: Black Friday

One of the most important questions I ever pondered was, "Is this a safe universe or a hostile one?"

Friday November 20, 2009

Fearless Fridays: what's your greatest fear?

Aloha,I was quite amazed when I was doing research about the top ten fears. They were: long words (that being first really amazed me), flying, clowns, heights, death, being alone, the dark, public speaking, commitment and intimacy. Of course, no...

Friday November 13, 2009

Fearless Fridays: fear of flying

I had no idea they had all sorts of names for fear of flying including aerophobia, aviatophobia, aviophobia or pteromerhanophobia. Oddly enough I overcame my fear by being in a commercial plane that almost crashed.

Friday November 6, 2009

Fearless Fridays: following your bliss

Fear stops us from doing a lot of things that brings us happiness and joy but there are some simple things you can do to free yourself from fear.

Friday October 30, 2009

Fearless Fridays: Death

Death is such a touchy topic for many people. Life is after all a fatal disease, our spirits are immortal our bodies aren't. So how do we deal fearlessly with our own mortality?

Friday October 23, 2009

Fearless Fridays: Halloween and fear

Recently I gotten several emails from readers asking me for concrete ways to overcome fear once it has taken hold of their thinking. I find this Cherokee story of the two wolves a wonderful way to deal with fear.

Friday October 16, 2009

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Fearless Fridays: Releasing the past

Fear is a learned response so we can learn to respond differently. It takes practice and it is possible.

Friday October 9, 2009

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Fearless Fridays: Hinduism

Ganesha is the god of obstacles and of course fear is one of our greatest obstacles to a happy life! He is the best-known and most beloved representation of divinity in Hinduism.

Friday October 2, 2009

Feast of the Guardian Angels 2009: Fearless Fridays

Feast days or holy days are celebrations that commemorate the sacred mysteries. For hundreds of years, millions of people have celebrated this feast so we can use that energy to tune into and celebrate our Guardian angels.

Friday September 25, 2009

Fearless Fridays: living fearlessly

I find that the quality of life is vastly improved by the type of questions we ask ourselves.

Friday September 18, 2009

Fearless Fridays: ordinary angels

I ride my bike along the waters edge each day and see so many ordinary angels. I watch the parents walking with their young children, teaching them about life. I watched a young mother teach her young boy about kindness and gentleness while they feed the birds.

Friday September 11, 2009

Fearless Friday: September 11

Aloha,I began writing my post for today about Hinduism and then noticed the date, September 11th.  I still vividly remember waking up that day and checking my e-mails. For some reason, my e-mail program had developed a quirk; it would...

Friday September 4, 2009

Fearless Fridays: Buddhism

Buddhism teaches us to align ourselves with our spirit and from that perspective there is nothing to fear because we are immortal, eternal and infinite.

Friday August 28, 2009

Fearless Fridays: A Course in Miracles

Here are some quotes from A Course in Miracles about fear that I find most helpful. Over and over again the course reminds us that fear is simply the lack of love.

Friday August 21, 2009

Fearless Fridays: ordinary angels

The third Friday of the month is dedicated to ordinary angels. This month I honor Soldier's angels, people that save the life of a badly wounded horse and share pictures and angels swimming.

Thursday August 13, 2009

Fearless Fridays: the fear of failure

Depending upon how we look at failure it can actually be a very beneficial experience, one that will actually make success and happiness more likely in the future.

Friday August 7, 2009

Fearless Fridays and the Tao

Explore some of the ancient wisdom of the Tao to help you learn how to live fearlessly in the face of fear.

Thursday July 30, 2009

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Fearless Fridays

Fear can stop you from realizing your dreams or propel your toward the life of your dreams. Learn five ways you can overcome your fears and use them to improve the quality of your life.

Friday July 24, 2009

Fearless Fridays

In this video Susan Gregg talks about the insidious nature of fear and how to move beyond it.

Friday July 17, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone, We are either in faith or in fear. When we are connected with that divine spark within, we see life differently and enhance our ability to love others. Today I thought I'd share some of my favorite quotes...

Friday July 10, 2009

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Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone, While I was thinking about today's post, I Goggled fear and found a music video that got me thinking about possible acronyms for fear. I came up with a a few, made a Wordle of them, and I invite...

Friday July 3, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone,I get lots of questions about how to deal with fear so I thought I'd share my favorite and most effective tools for dealing with fear.7 Ways to Overcome Fear1. Have faith. Fear is an illusion, only the love...

Thursday June 25, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone, Sometimes fear can get a bad reputation and we begin to think it is a bad thing. Granted, choices made based on fear often lead to results we aren't wild about, but fear in and of itself is...

Friday June 19, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone,The third Friday each month, I will share stories of real-life guardian angels.One of the most profound questions I ever answered for myself was, "Is this a safe universe or a hostile one?" For many years, I believed...

Friday June 12, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone, For many of us, Friday is the last day of our work week and the beginning of our weekend. When I used to work at a job just for the money, I spent a good deal of my...

Friday June 5, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone,I get so many e-mails from people asking me how to overcome fear. Ultimately, living a life free of fear is so much easier when we trust the process and have faith, but faith in what? As I...

Friday May 29, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha,  When fear is the basis of our choices, the quality of our life is vastly diminished, so I have decided to dedicate Fridays to fearless living. If you have questions or a story to share, please let me know...

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About Angels on Your Shoulder

Susan Gregg is the author of eight books including the award-winning "Mastering the Toltec Way" and "The Encyclopedia of Angels, Spirit Guides and Ascended Masters." She has been exploring spirituality since the early 1970s and completed an apprenticeship with Don Miguel Ruiz. Her greatest passion is showing others how they can be happy and this passion has resulted in her "Food for the Soul" podcast.

Currently, she lives on the Big Island of Hawaii where she is an avid gardener, hiker, and writer. She often spends time playing with the four-legged friends she's rescued or swimming with the wild sea turtles and dolphins.

About the Art

The angel image in the header art above and the Pele image below are from Susan's book, "The Encyclopedia of Angels, Spirit Guides and Ascended Masters." The images are used with permission from Fair Winds Press.


About Pele
Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of the volcano as well as the goddess of transformation, passion, vitality and creation. Pele is a powerful force on the Hawaiian islands. Shortly after I moved to Hawaii, a friend suggested I have my property blessed. I asked Pele if I could live and work on her land. She graciously agreed, so I always take time to thank her and ask for her blessing in my endeavors.

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