Guarded Hearts, Sacred Energy, and Showing Up Anyway
Guarded Hearts, Sacred Energy, and Showing Up Anyway By Angel, Founder of AMC Rise and Thrive Hello beautiful souls, Today I am sitting in front of a blank page, and my mind feels like a snow globe that’s just been shaken. Thoughts floating. Emotions swirling. Nothing landing in one neat, focused place. Usually, something rises clearly to the surface when I sit down to write. A theme. A sentence. A message that feels ready and waiting. But today, my heart is carrying too much at once. And maybe that, in itself, is the message. So come sit with me in the middle of the swirl. Let’s talk about energy, protection, loyalty, grief, and what it means to keep showing up—even when your mind feels scattered and your spirit feels stretched thin. Because sometimes the holiest thing we can do is stay present in the middle of what we cannot control. When Love Faces Reality I recently went to see my friend who has been placed on hospice. Even writing that sentence feels heavy....

