Courage to Follow You Higher-Self Guidance: My Semi-Sabbatical (Personal Story)

Danielle Rama Hoffman: 00:00:00

Welcome to the Seven Figure Spiritual Leader with Danielle Rama Hoffman. Your fast track to partner with source to create your legacy business without overworking. Now let's dive into today's episode.

low your Higher Self Guidance: 00:00:15

My Semi Sabbatical Personal story. As we're kicking off this episode, I want to begin with a shout out a shout out to you a shout out to our clients at divine transmissions, for really following your Higher Self guidance, more and more and more divine guidance more and more and more, if I was to really synthesize and pinpoint and get to the essence of my seven figure spiritual leader success, I would definitely have to say it is because I have been leading a divinely guided life, a higher self guided life for a long time. And I am continually amazed by the level of higher self guidance that I see our clients really leaning into. So I wanted to begin with that because I, I live this way, I have been living this way for some decades. And I am continually really deeply inspired by what I'm seeing in our clients and the willingness to follow that higher self guidance, the inner authority, the inner sovereignty, that inner discernment, especially, and not only especially yet it especially when it seems to be outside of what is expected of us, as women, and society, as healers, as business owners, whatever your different categories that that you hang out in, are. And, and this skill is, is so much a part of the new paradigm, it's so much about, really, some of the ways of navigating this larger evolution and consciousness. So to me, it's no longer Of course, it's always in line with our free well unconscious choice. But it's no longer like, Oh, I'm going to dip my toes into following my higher guidance, and developing that skill set. What I feel I get or when it's not too scary. It's really feeling like the operating system, the new operating system of the new paradigm is that we are connected to our higher self to our inner authority, our divine self, whatever you want to call it. And we have the courage always the choice Yeah, the also the courage to follow it because it's one thing to receive guidance. And then it's a second thing to choose it and to implement it, to follow it. So to our divine transmissions clients to those of you tuning in here in this podcast, I really I want to start this episode was celebrating you, with acknowledging you with letting you know that I'm deeply inspired by you and you're following your highest path fuels me and following my highest path and it's, it's, it's, it's really a circulation of energy. And I I know that when I share as well and I model how it is that I'm living as this spiritual leader that it also inspires you and and that's such a beautiful thing that we get to uplift one another that we get to really be like the oh my gosh, like this will happen to me I'll be hiking or I'll be unloading the dishwasher or or teaching a class or whatever it is and and some of our clients will come into to my mind I'll just be like, Oh my gosh, that is so incredible and crazy cool, and I feel so inspired. I heard and so do stop. And, and I do make it a practice as often as I as I can to share that with our clients to say that to say, wow, you're not only really stepping into the next ascension spiral of your journey of your leadership of your contribution, and having the ripple effect and in a wider way, you're also really deeply, deeply, deeply inspiring me. And I just as we're, as we're talking about this, I just want to do a little snapshot or out out crop or, or like another bubble within this, like, go into another breakout room, so to speak, of this podcast, that really, as I'm sharing this, and I'm appreciate it and I'm acknowledging and I'm, and I'm recognizing the the circulation, the giving the having and receiving between myself and our clients and the community. And the larger community, which you're a part of here in this Now moment. That's really based on also a lot of now moments partnering with the guides and the advanced spiritual work that I've done. And our clients have done with mentoring with Ascended Masters, which the step zero is that coming from a place of equality from a place of equanimity, peer to peer divine, to Divine Light BEing to light being and it is a game changer, it's a revolution, it acknowledges what's always been there, yet, in a way that's even more forward facing.

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And so if that's perking up your ears, and you want to dive in right away to that, and to receiving the activation for that, we have it available on our website, it's a visionary heart activation, which is the first Divine Light activation of the full 24 Divine Light activation sequence, which is all about an evolutionary sequence and really embodying your light being incarnate itself, your highest current New Paradigm mission, because I don't care how long you've been on the path, you may be just starting your business, or you may be a mom and that's how you share your contribution. Or you may be someone like me, that's, that's been an entrepreneur for 25 years. And, and, and be making phenomenal money and having a global impact and all those things. I don't care where are you on your path, there's always an upgrade to your current contribution and your new paradigm mission is it's it's a new paradigm. So this is also new paradigm living and higher self, following the guidance of your higher self is one of the ways that we are are living in the new paradigm.

low your Higher Self Guidance: 00:08:11

So that brings me to my personal story of my my semi sabbatical. And you've probably been aware and I know I've shared it before, on the podcast and other places, it's some of the episodes are about like how to move from burnout to brilliant, how to be burnout at six figures out of your zone of genius or or aspiring to six figures to how to really be in radiant energy, at even higher levels of of impact and income. And those topics are are directly coming from my personal experience. And also what I what I see in the transformational space and what is very much also a part of survival consciousness. So I remember I was in a high level business coaching program, because I always love to have mentors. I think that would probably be my number two secret man magic or secret sauce to really have the success that I have is that I lead a divinely guided life and also that I that I mentor, not only with the guides in the physical plane and I do feel like source and the guides are my primary mentors, yet also mentors in physical form by pedals, coaches. And so I remember I was in In a coaching session, and my whole system was just getting more and more frustrated and, and I was really close to tears. And my my beautiful, magnificent coach at the time was was holding space and, and asking questions and exploring. And one of the amazing things about coaching is that it can often be about what is it that you're creating? What's the next project? What, what's the next book? What's the vision that you hold? What's kind of like, what's the next thing and my experience of coaching is that it often creates some to dues like some what the guides called to Joy's some action steps. So there's some clarity in the coaching and then there's an implementing in the coaching. And I noticed, like in the, in the however many months when I was really at this height of, of being physically drained of being in a burnout and the Madeline's were really also assisting me and rewiring my system and, and embracing more of that feminine energy. And, and so the the coaching was like going in the direction, what do you want to create? What's the outcome you want to create? Where where is it that you're headed? What what what are we coaching about, and I was like, there's this part of my system that was like, you know, if I was financially free, I would go on sabbatical. And, and with this, like, with tears in my eyes, and like frustration in my system, and this whole kind of no energy, this this, like, stop energy. And, and it felt so well, half of it felt resonant, because the if I was financially free, is is part of the illusion, illusion lie. Because, of course, there is more than enough money for me to just slow down in the business to take time off. So that kind of conditionality, I wouldn't say was divine truth, I would say that was the way that the part of me that that has just been on path and of service. And all in in my business for so long, was opening the window to the idea of taking a sabbatical. And so it simultaneously felt like divine truth. And then there was this other part of me, that felt really sad about that it felt that I was feeling really like it was just bringing up this kind of surprise, energy and sadness, energy, and there was a lot of overlays to that, like, what does that mean? And I've been so purpose driven for so long. So mission oriented, who am I, if I'm not so focused on on the mission? And does that mean that I failed? And? Yeah, that somehow it's going backwards, or all of those different kind of overlays around it. And yeah, it was really crystal clear. That that that was the project. Since I love a project.

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We're here from my perspective to create in the physical plane divided transmissions is all about spiritual leadership, and evolving our consciousness and also how that shows up in our daily life, how we create in the physical plane as multi dimensional beings and so I love a project. And so it really was my true answer in the coaching of Okay, my next project is really kind of recovery mode and get out of burnout for sure. And, and I'm out of it now. So I'm talking about this like after the fact and this semi sabbatical energy. And it did take some months and some wrapping up some projects and, and some deeper exploration and, and the courage to really follow that semi sabbatical energy, the semi sabbatical and to me, it felt aligned, rather than complete sabbatical that was more semi sabbatical. It was more continuing to, to be contributing to clients to be yet it just scaled back scaled back and at the time of this recording, so it's summertime and and I've also kind of had that semi sabbatical energy in the podcast where I'm moving from three podcasts a month to once a month. And that semi sabbatical really is felt a wind up and has been giving me so much space, as well as we're preparing for our hike of the another part of the Camino for three weeks. And, and continuing to keep the energy going, that that actually felt more generative to my system. And I, the higher self guidance was more like, oh, yeah, that's actually going to fuel you more than if you just stop, we go from 100 to zero. And so I'm, I'm sharing all of this, to really highlight that there are different stages in our higher self guidance. And then implementing it can also be graceful, it can also be planned in a way or there can be containers set in place, where where there's their structures to support that higher self guidance. There's this space to support that higher self guidance, and there's the courage to it.

low your Higher Self Guidance: 00:16:34

So I was in preparation for this podcast, I was looking up the definition of sabbatical. And it's really a term that comes from universities. And the definition was something like taking a year to study or travel. And that the sabbatical is often happens after a seven year working cycle. And, and so, you know, and that the university that it's a paid time, it's a paid survive sabbatical. Now that's in a university structure. Of course, I'm a CEO of my own company, and I choose to continue to be paid on sabbatical. And there are things in the business that have already been in place that that that's, that's the fact that the part that really got me contemplating on a deeper level was a lot of things. Was it a sabbaticals for for study, and the sabbatical is for travel. And, and the second thing is, that happens every seven years. So I start my I started my business, or being an entrepreneur in 1993, the time of this recording, it's, it's 2022. And so what what is that 29 years. And so, that would have been, let's say, four years of sabbatical, I'm doing this in my head. So if I mess up, you get the point. So, that would have been like four years of sabbatical. If I was following that, now, I do want to really celebrate, that I have been somebody who has always had travel as a part of my, my path and, and, and vacations and, and study that, that, that I have an ongoing practice, of, of study of spiritual growth of evolution of, of taking programs, of course, there's a direct study that I have with source and, and the multi dimensionality of it that as I am downloading books and programs and offering them to those that have a divine appointment with that, that that's also a form of study or evolution, and that travel has been a part my beloved freedom in is from Europe and, and so a long time we we would always go and see his family while they were still incarnated on the earth plane and and we call we co lead journeys to Egypt and and France and we would always add on also some travel for us and and really, those those two aspects study and travel are again like I feel like a way of life and something that is very high up for me when I talk about my multi dimensional abundance temple, and that's something that we focus on in the Magdalene coats of love. It's like what really is your multi dimensional abundance temple? What is it abundance to you? What is wealth to you? What is richness to you? And, and growing expanding, and I know that if you're here, these may be and most likely are really high up for you as well. And, and that that that study is like opening up to new ideas and and there's so much I could say about this yet the the undercurrent of the idea of the sabbatical and it being paid by the university is that this sabbatical is actually of service to the next seven year cycle when the university professor comes back. And that's a completely different way of thinking than my initial response to the higher self guidance of going on sabbatical, which is, well, can I do that? Is that selfish? Does it mean that I've, that I've failed, or that, that there's something wrong with me or that my business is going to dry up or whatever those the illusion lies are that came up for me that may come up for you as well, when you receive some kind of higher self guidance, and it also can come up as well, when we you know, when we step into a program, and I've had this happen for me, and I see it with our clients as well, is that there's there's that choice to study, to expand our consciousness to to hire a mentor, to step into divine light activation, or Magdalene codes or our scribe your book was source program. And there's a financial investment, there's a time investment, and it's also investing in changing and the part of us that wants to keep us the same goes, Oh, is Am I safe? Or that there might be that moment of after following the higher self guidance of like, Is this is this okay? Am I going to be okay, is this safe? Was this a good decision? Did I do my pros and cons list like there can be the reverting into the old operating system. And so this, this recognition of having a commitment to our spiritual evolution is directly tied to our divine service. And when we're following our higher self guidance, and when we are really providing opportunities for ourselves to expand, then that's a greater service to others. It's, it's a part of the contribution. And, and that is really been, as I've been on semi sabbatical now for some months. And, you know, this whole thing really unfolded I want to also say, after, during that the 2020 period, where I wasn't traveling as much, and I was growing. And there was amazing things that happened between 2020 and 2022. Where there was the really the brain fourth of the Magdalene codes, and there was a lot of Inner Inner shifting that happening. Yeah, there was less travel, there was less of that in person. Like during that time, I stopped leading in person retreats. And so there was a part of my system, we weren't going on vacations as much we weren't seeing other people as much during that in there. And that was true for for most of us and and so that like lifeline in my system was also part of the burnout and, and so there's there's that really reframing the the resting energy, the rebooting energy, the personal growth or spiritual growth, the strategy, the travel, to not only be for us personally, and how much it feeds us, yet also very much tied into our contribution tied into our mission tied into our divine service, and tighten to the next cycle of, of what it is that we're up to. And that is, is such a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful thing.

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And so, as we're unpacking this idea of sabbatical and, and, and maybe this year, you're here because your Higher Self has guided you here. And there has been in some form of burnout, there, there's been some form of higher self guidance that you haven't had the courage to follow that, that this, this idea of adding in more steady, more personal growth, more spiritual growth, more mentorship, and not necessarily more yet really what what's aligned. And also more travel. And travel can mean a lot of things. It's, it's that kind of vacation mind or that travel mind where you may notice that when you when you travel somewhere there, at least for me, and I see with our clients, when we go to Egypt, or we go to France, or we go to Sedona, or we, we go somewhere together, there's like, a complete openness that happens, there's a tunnel vision of our everyday lives that can happen. And then there's this opening where we're open to the synchronicities where we're paying attention, we're open to connecting with others, there's a, there's a, there's a whole nother level, that starts to happen. So that travel energy, it and study, it's not that they're taken literally, although they may be. However, they're, they're multi dimensional, and there's the energy or the essence of how those and space and time how those really fill our culture and again, they, they they surplus as they assist us in another cycle. And that's also such an important part of the the ascension dissension ascension spiral. And, and, and so that integrating what's gone before having the space and the energy of a new creative way. So that we're creating from that curiosity and that exploration and that overflow. And part of during this semi sabbatical, there's also been some really deep waves for me, it was interesting that I found myself in bed for a few days, with a with a little head congestion cold. And it had been more than two years that my body had had any kind of adaptation sensations or, or physical, slower vibrations. And during that time in bed, I didn't really feel that bad, but it was just really clear, okay, be in a horizontal position, rest, relax, be in bed. It was like a little sabbatical within a larger context. And during that time, there was conversation with the guides and downloads that were happening and integration and, and this the inspiration for our life review, ceremony and manifestation workshop, which, which is also available on the website, which in a way provides in a condensed ceremony or environment or form, as well. The essence of sabbatical, which is integration, and then in some ways, clarity of what's next. And so one of the pitfalls that I I find with this focus on Ascension, ascension, ascension, ascension ascension, is that it? It skips the dissension spiral it skips the embodiment piece, the integration piece, the becoming piece, and when we we bulldoze our higher self guidance or we chickened out. And again, I am a proponent of following Higher Self guidance in a way that feels like there's surplus or there's overflow or there's expansion, where sometimes maybe we receive guidance, like I didn't implement the guidance right away. We prepare for it so that while we're following it the whole time we're not in fight or flight so you may be receiving higher self guidance to to leave your job. up, for example, and start your business and write a book or create a new modality. And that may even be with me in the guides. And, and yet, rather than just like, Okay, tomorrow I'm gonna go quit my job, there's a there's a preparation, there's a putting a date on it, when that might happen there, there's, there's also creating the container so that the sabbatical or the higher self guidance is, is really the purpose of it can really be accessed. And that's a, that's a very key component. And so the integration is a part of as well, following our higher side self guidance and some of our higher self guidance, like what I've been getting and the way with the Magdalene ends, which is to move into more states of being and I've added more time, and other activities and my my work days have been more concentrated or condensed, that that a part of that is also to have the space for for integration, and you can integrate while you're in action, those two things are not mutually exclusive. Because I know for some of you, you have kids, and you have your schedule, and that's that's the way that it is it's not like for me as an entrepreneur, I can choose am I working three days a week? Am I working three weeks a month? Am I working three hours a day, am I working 100 hours a week, I can choose some of those things. So as we're wrapping up here, I would really invite you to recognize that at times when your Higher Self guidance is along the lines of slow down, that there are some short things that you can do, that may include adding in some study some personal growth, some spiritual evolution, some support some some mentorship, and also that that travel and travel can be a long trip, but it can also be an afternoon in in the woods and have that same energy or going to a museum if that's what you what you like that there's a vacating of, of what it is that you are usually up to.

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So I'm sending you blessings and courage to receive your Higher Self guidance. And then the choice to follow it. And then the courage as well to, to follow it. And also the courage to say no, and to renegotiate it. Because that's also what I did, I got it, the guidance and yet, I didn't implement it right away. There was a setting up of the state and the universities do that as well. There's not like, okay, the professor's gonna go on sabbatical. without there being a plane of what's happening with the class. It's what who is somebody taking them over those those kinds of physical plane logistics. So really patting yourself on the back for the higher self guidance that you're already following. And the the extraordinary moment that we just shared together, which also has incorporated in a way a travel from your daily life. And this study this spiritual evolution by tuning in here. So if you're enjoying this podcast, I would really love for you to to leave us a review. To leave us a review and if you know anybody who might be vibing with what we're laying down here to just share this with them. You may think of somebody who say wow, they've been thinking about a sabbatical and maybe listening to this podcast would really be be a contribution to them. Okay, well, sending much love and appreciation. Bye for now.