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Soulbyte for Monday August 4, 2025

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-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Let not the troubles of the world add to your own troubles any more than they have to. Take control of your subconscious mind, of what you allow it to say to you, of what you allow to come into it, and of what you allow it to present to you as truth. Be aware of how the subconscious mind is like a sponge. It will soak up what is presented to it, endlessly. The trick is to stay on top of it, on top of what is presented to it and on top of using your autonomy to conclude something other than the norm. Look forward to freeing your mind of its habitual patterns, of its old beliefs and of its automatic decisions. With an open mind and an open heart turn away from the old and ask to be shown new ways of interpreting life, new visions to supplant old ones, and new ideas to take the place of the old. You do have the capacity to do this type of replacement work within your own mind. Take a moment today to think in a different manner about one important thing that controls your life now. See what you come up with that will help you to shift into a new, more positive mode of mind.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for August 1, 2025

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-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Empty your mind of motives of power and let go of your attachments to the sadnesses of your life thus far lived. Open instead to the idea that you have not really lived at all yet. Turn your mind and your eyes in a new direction now. Take on a different kind of power, the power that embodies responsibility, honesty, truth and humbleness. This kind of power does not show on the outside in material ways but appears as an inner glow. This is the internal experience of your true self. With kindness to yourself, and with a heart-centered desire to finally make the change that is so necessary now, embark on that new journey you have so wished for. If you proceed with an open and eager heart you will be offered all the assistance you need. If you stay stuck in victimhood, in blame and self-pity, you will have to work a little bit harder, until you are ready. But know that new life awaits! When you are ready, take your first real and honest step. You will feel very vulnerable at first, but, as you learn to trust that you are being helped along the way, your confidence will increase and pretty soon you will be flying along. Keep your finger on the gratitude button as you go. That helps immensely!

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Thursday July 31, 2025

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-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

As the world churns along, doing its daily task of keeping everything going in the direction that it has determined is the path to take now, you personally can step off that path and take your own individual path. A solo journeyer may find that their path is often lonely but it is also extremely satisfying and gratifying. There is no better journey than the journey into the self, the journey of self-exploration and the journey of creative expression that lies outside of the norm. Allow yourself to step off the mundane path of existence that everyone is on, often called the rat race, and take in the beauty that is right beside you but so hard to see and experience when you are running the race that society dictates as the one and only race to run. There are many other paths to take, and most of them do not involve running! Instead, you will be filled with a calm knowing and a certainty that there is so much more to life, and that you are capable of so much more too.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Wednesday July 30, 2025

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-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

When you give something away you make room for something new to come into your life. When you let go of something in your mind you open up for new insights to come to you. When you say goodbye to old habits and behaviors that no longer have purpose in your life, you say hello to new and beneficial, healthy habits. When you let go of something that no longer is necessary, on all levels of your being, whether thoughts, habits or beliefs, you allow something new and fresh to approach you. With more room inside you for something new, and awareness that you are only going to let in that which is beneficial to you, you begin to take back your power and to own your own life once again, or perhaps for the first time ever.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Tuesday July 29, 2025

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-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Don’t forget to use that magic broom that we taught you about last week. Use it to sweep negativity away, to clear your channels, your inner organs and your energy blockages so that you free up more energy. Use it daily as part of your morning and evening practice, to sweep away anything that might get in your way as you start your day and then at night to sweep away anything that might have attached to you during the day. Sweep your inner house every day and you will begin to notice a change coming over you. Perhaps you will begin to feel clearer in mind and body. And that is certainly good!

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne