Speak Life 💗

On February 23, 2026 By Heather Wiest

What’s the best thing someone could say to you right now?

All too often, we take the people we love the most for granted: our lovers, family members, and close friends. We forget the enormous power of our presence and words. Make a conscience choice to nurture your relationships with verbal communications of love. Be kind and sincere. Ask open-ended questions with an open heart. Listen empathically and non-defensively. Remember, there are no conditions, no strings, no expectations, and no manipulation. Simply, love to love. ~ Joyce Marter

Give the gift of your full presence. Speak words that build up, edify, encourage, and heal. Love big. Love more. Embrace these 50 Loving Sentiments. Remember the expressions that resonate with you, and share abundantly with those around you. SPEAK LIFE.

1. I am here for you.

2. Thank you. Thanks for all you do for me, and all the ways in which you add value to my life.

3. You are beautiful. What I find most beautiful about you, inside and out, is: _____.

4. How are you? Truthfully, fully and completely—how are you, really?

5. Tell me about your dreams.

6. Tell me about your fears.

7. Tell me your beliefs about life, love, the world, etc..

8. I am thinking about you.

9. I appreciate you.

10. I care about your feelings.

11. You are important to me.

12. I made a mistake and I’m sorry. I sincerely apologize. Please forgive me.

13. I value our relationship.

14. I am grateful and fortunate to have you in my life.

15. What can I do to support you?

16. How are you feeling about our relationship?

17. How are you feeling about me?

18. The qualities I love about you most are: _____.

19. I notice and really appreciate your efforts and growth in these areas: _____.

20. What’s most meaningful to me about our connection is: ______.

21. Great job! Nice work! Well done.

22. These are the ways in which you have touched my life and made me better: _____.

23. It’s an honor to know you and be close to you.

24. I want the very best for you.

25. I cherish the following experiences we’ve shared: _______.

26. I trust you. I trust in our relationship.

27. I forgive you. I let go of my resentments.

28. These are all of the wonderful, positive qualities I see in you: _____.

29. Your greatest gifts and strengths are: _____.

30. I respect you.

31. I respect your decisions even though they’re different from mine, or what I’ve recommended. You’re free to make your own choices.

32. I support you in any and every way that I can.

33. I believe in you.

34. I lovingly and trustingly give you the time and space you need.

35. You can achieve anything you want in life.

36. You are special. You are divinely and uniquely YOU.

37. You are free to be your authentic self in the context of our relationship.

38. I welcome you to be honest and truthful with me.

39. I desire to have/maintain an intimate and loving relationship with you.

40. You elicit the following positive emotions and feelings in me: _______.

41. You are not responsible for me, for my negative behaviors, or my poor choices.

42. What would you like from me or from our relationship?

43. It’s not your fault. I don’t blame you.

44. I support you in taking care of yourself.

45. Your feelings are understandable and normal responses to everything you have been through.

46. I do not expect you to be perfect. I absolutely understand you are a human being and that none of us are perfect.

47. I acknowledge my areas of needed improvement including ABC, and am working on them by doing XYZ.

48. It’s important to me to know and understand you.

49. I come to you with an open heart and an open mind.

50. I love you fully, completely, and exactly as you are.

What’s the best thing you could say to someone right now?

Lift your head a little higher, spread the love like fire, hope will fall like rain, when you speak life with the words you say. Raise your thoughts a little higher, use your words to inspire, joy will fall like rain, when you speak life with the things you say. ~ Toby Mac

You Are Limitless…

On February 16, 2026 By Heather Wiest

It’s time to give yourself some space to explore. When’s the last time you were quiet and undistracted—maybe outside in nature or in a cozy spot in your home with devices off—and allowed yourself to JUST BE, daydream and wander? Allowing thoughts and ideas to arise and travel from one to another without hesitation. Feeling nudges and Spirit-longings come to the surface to be exposed and nourished? We need time and space to hear promptings, to receive insights, direction and inspiration. We have to gift ourselves this time. You are worth it. Yes, the laundry and notifications will still be there, that’s OK. You need this dreamy space to receive, adjust, change, grow—and become the best version of YOU!

Absorb these song lyrics from Limitless by Colton Dixon:

Oh wake up you dreamers
Become make-believers
This is who we are

We are limitless, limitless
Limitless, limitless
The power of love
Alive in us
Is limitless, limitless
Unstoppable and nothing less
No nothing can hold us down
We are limitless

Doubt sees a mountain, no way around it
Faith sees a victory, no doubt about it
Fear sees a ceiling, hope sees the stars
Love be the light inside of our hearts

“Awaken to the storyteller within and share your story with the world. Tell it with joy and flair. Commit to telling it with love and passion. Tell it through living your life fully, doing your work well, and creating the best life you can. Be who you are and love being that. Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people’s souls.” ~ Melody Beattie

“… ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.’ But we know these things because God has revealed them to us by his Spirit, and his Spirit searches out everything and shows us even God’s deep secrets.” ~ 1 Corinthians 2:9-10

Hear the deep secrets. Awaken to the storyteller within. Remember you are LIMITLESS = without end or boundary.

I Found You. ❤️

On February 10, 2026 By Heather Wiest

Quest by Susan Frybort
Take me past
the guarded place
in you
where confusion
covers itself
in unrelenting confidence
then marches on
In lively steps
Take off the facade
let it fall away
into nowhere
Turn around and face me
I search the infinite depth
where beyond all entrenchments
I find your thirst
to be met 
and understood
the sadness in your bones,
the want of your silent cries
to be heard
and be known—
abiding within those 
unseen landscapes
is a world of precious
dreams
Let me touch where
the battle wounds
lie quietly healing—
Buried beneath
an armored sheath
rests a lifetime of love
and loneliness,
blame and triumph, 
honor and defeat
Within this blended web
of scars and treasures,
glistening with honesty,
there you are—
I FOUND YOU,
beneath the soldier’s plated heart
So loosen the knots around my own
see all its agony bared and mending
and in between each open space
we’ll breathe upon the frailty
All the wishful longings to be had
bring to me yours
as I meet you there with mine.

This week we focus on TRUTH and INTEGRITY — aligning our thoughts, words and actions. In Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, SATYA, or truthfulness, is identified as the second yama (observance, social behavior) on the path of yoga. The guiding principle in adhering to satya is removing what the yogis refer to as the “veil of self deception.” When body, mind, and spirit are in sync, truth rises to the top. In Hebrew, integrity means whole or complete. Be motivated by the truth in your innermost being. Create the space and time to listen for inner truth, heeding any wisdom received. “Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.” ~ Psalm 51:6

❤︎ I connect to the truth deep within.
❤︎ I listen with an open heart.
❤︎ I am safe to make changes and move forward.

Value your connection to truth…We often know the truth long before we let ourselves see and believe it, long before we’re ready to acknowledge it. For many reasons — fear, timing, and a myriad of issues too long to list — we ignore and discount what we know in our heart. But the truth doesn’t go away. And even if we try to run from that truth, our experiences will ultimately lead us back to it.”
Melody Beattie, Journey to the Heart

Remember a time when you listened to the voice of your own conscience and experienced the power of embracing your truth. What did it feel like in your body and inner being?

Now be open to any ways you are not acting with integrity at this time in your life — not living your truth. When is your behavior clouded by desire or aversion, or influenced by someone else’s expectations? How does this feel in your body and mental self? Experience without judgement, observe and just be aware.

Observation and awareness are the first steps toward change.

Quest to find the true you. You are safe to make changes and move forward. Integrity is your legacy.

“No more running, no more hiding, no more hurting, no more crying,
no more trouble, no more sighing, no more falling, no more striving,
no more heartache, no more fighting, no more fears, only FLYING!”
~ Lifehouse, lyrics from Flight

What truth do you need to hear or speak this week? ❤️

Develop A Vision ✨

On February 2, 2026 By Heather Wiest

“Take time to develop a vision. As above, so below. First it happens in spirit. Then it manifests in the physical. Not the other way around. First we see a vision. Our soul tells us through the words and eyes of our heart. Then the steps become clear and we see the order in which they should be taken. We waste so much time and effort when we try to accomplish something before we have envisioned it. Learn to let the vision come first. Take time to shape it in spirit before you try to shape it in physical form. If you can’t see something clearly, the vision may not be complete. Take the time you need to think about it, to let it come into focus, to let the vision take shape in your mind. Operating from vision will guide us onto our highest path. It will also make our life and work much easier.” ~ Melody Beattie, Journey to the Heart

Take time to develop a vision for all you want to do. Let your vision guide you. When it manifests itself first in spirit, the physical form will follow.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.
Jonathan Swift

The Open Door
A door opens. Maybe I’ve been standing here shuffling my weight from foot to foot for decades, or maybe I only knocked once. In truth, it doesn’t matter. A door opens and I walk through without a backward glance. This is it, then, one moment of truth in a lifetime of truth; a choice made, a path taken, the gravitational pull of Spirit too compelling to ignore any longer. I am received by something far too vast to see. It has roots in antiquity but speaks clearly in the present tense. “Be,” the vastness says. “Be without adverbs, descriptors, or qualities. Be so alive that awareness bares itself uncloaked and unadorned. Then go forth to give what alone you can give, awake to love and suffering, unburdened by the weight of expectations. Go forth to see and be seen, blossoming, always blossoming into your magnificence.” ~ Danna Faulds

“Wait. Wonders are unfolding. Cultivate silence. God speaks in silences. A silence, a soft wind, each can be a message to convey My meaning to the heart, though by no voice, or even word. Each word or thought of yours can be like a pearl that you drop into the secret place of another heart, and in some hour of need, lo! the recipient finds the treasure and realizes for the first time its value. Individual efforts avail nothing. It is only the work of the Universal Spirit—My Spirit—that counts.” ~ God Calling: The Secret Pearl

Recharging Mudra Flow

We give so much of ourselves everyday and in every way. Remember to take time to meditate, to listen, receiving Divine love, peace, wisdom and strength. Continue to develop your vision and be a radiant offering and blessing to others!

Mudra = seal; an action taken to lock in an intention.
1. Inhale in Anjali (offering) mudra at heart center. 2. Exhale as you cup hands into Kapota (Dove, gesture of peace) mudra. 3. Inhale as you bring fingertips inward to create the budding of a flower. 4. Exhale into Pushpanjali (offering of flowers) mudra; representing your offering or service to others. 5. Inhale lifting hands into Padma (lotus, openness & growth), receiving & recharging in Divine love. 6. Exhale drawing all from above into heart center, Anjali mudra. ♡

Therapy Session 💛

On February 1, 2026 By Heather Wiest

It has been three years since I began guiding individual therapy sessions in my “sunshine room” as a part-time Licensed Clinical Social Worker (returning to this field after a long hiatus). This month I celebrate the sweet milestone of a 1000 sessions offered and thirty-eight clients served since 2023. I can only do this supporting role with God’s leading wisdom, and the power of the Holy Spirit flowing through me… thank you, Lord!

I wanted to share a few key insights gained from my combined work as a mental health therapist, yoga teacher, workshop leader and retreat facilitator.

1. The key to changing your life is in your nervous system.

The more you resolve unfinished survival responses that live in the body, the more safe and ready you’ll feel for major changes and upgrades in your life. A regulated nervous system is an essential environment for healing and growth in body, mind and spirit.

2. Therapy can help you discover and heal unconscious patterns that have been sabotaging you for years.

Most of those patterns were created to protect you or to help you cope with a difficult emotion or situation. But over time they became unhelpful or destructive.

For example, “I have to be strong. I can’t rely on anyone.”

You may have learned early on that being capable, independent, and emotionally contained was the safest option. Needing help might not have felt available – or safe – at the time. This pattern helped you survive and stay functional. Over time, though, it may leave you feeling exhausted, lonely, or unable to truly receive support, even when it’s there.

Or, “I’m always thinking, scanning, and preparing.”

You might notice your mind constantly analyzing, anticipating, or replaying situations. This likely developed in an environment where staying alert helped you avoid conflict, danger, or emotional pain.

This vigilance once protected you. Now, it may keep your nervous system from resting, showing up as anxiety, tension, sleep issues, or a feeling of never fully switching off.

Or this one, “I disconnect or go numb when things feel too much.”

You may notice moments where you feel distant from your emotions, your body, or even other people – especially when stress or intensity rises.

This was a wise response when feelings felt overwhelming or unsafe. Later in life, it may also dull joy, pleasure, creativity, and a clear sense of what you need or want.

None of these patterns are flaws.

In somatic work, we don’t try to get rid of them – we learn to see and feel them, gently unravel them, and help your body discover it has more options now.

3. Healing often feels subtle and natural, not dramatic.

Instead of fireworks, you may notice better sleep, easier breathing, less reactivity, more presence – and realize later how much has shifted.

Practice Tip: 2-Minute Good Morning Nervous System Reset

Upon waking up in bed:

• Place hands on the sides of the neck
• Gently massage just behind the earlobes
• Slowly trace down the sides of the neck using soft, circular motions.

That’s it.

It feels amazing – but more importantly, it does something incredibly powerful.

First: it stimulates the vagus nerve (the longest nerve in your body, connecting your brain to your gut and vital organs). Parts of it sit close to the surface of the neck.

By massaging here, you tell your body:

You’re safe.

Your nervous system regulates. Cortisol stays balanced. Stress doesn’t even get a chance.

Second: it supports the lymphatic system – and the brain.

During the night, the brain does a deep clean and dumps metabolic waste into the neck area. But the lymphatic system doesn’t have a pump like your heart – it needs movement.

This gentle massage helps flush that waste out, keeping the brain fresh and the system clear (bonus points if you also move your body after).

So in just a few mindful minutes, you’re:
-> calming your nervous system
-> supporting brain health
-> setting the tone for your entire day

Are you desiring a deeper level of healing and wholeness? I encourage you to seek out additional support and encouragement. If you reside in the State of Arizona, I have availability for another client or two. Please contact me with interest or questions.

In my own healing journey from childhood trauma, nervous system regulation has been a beautiful catalyst for inner and outer restoration, and continues to guide my ongoing wellbeing. Through spiritual practices, therapy, breathwork, yoga, healthy social connections, and all experiences encouraging peace, joy, and a sense of aliveness… I thrive!

How are you thriving? What experiences bring you peace, joy, and a sense of aliveness?

Maybe a retreat vacation is just what you need. 💛

If you are in the market for a high-end all inclusive adults only resort in Isla Mujeres, Mexico (Cancun), I will be the guest Wellness Professional for the week of April 13-April 18, 2026 at Impression Isla Mujeres by Secrets. Join me for a variety of offerings and practices as I share my passion in paradise!

Or, join Hanan and me as we Breathe In Budapest, Hungary, September 17-24, 2026. We’d love to have you adventure with us!

Find joy in something new.

These are the days of discovery. You will discover me in hidden places and in previously unknown ways. I am calling you into new experiences. Into adventures of life and spirit. Life isn’t meant to be boring and monotonous. It is yours to enjoy! I want you to ask me to lead you into these times and places of adventure – both great and small.

It’s time to step away from the security of what you’ve known. Do something new. Embrace radical change. Challenge yourself and become comfortable with discomfort. Look at fear and laugh in its face. Do things you’ve been too afraid to attempt. Separate with procrastination once and for all. Take the risk. You may find exactly what you’re looking for in the very places you’ve been afraid to go. Do you feel me prompting you? Don’t ignore the nudges of my Spirit. You will find me in the most unlikely places. You will find joy in the unknown. Be bold and do something new!

From I Hear His Whisper, by Brian Simmons

So much love & gratitude,
Heather

✨Love ~ Serve ~ Inspire✨

Month: February 2026