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		<title>Full Immersion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2020 01:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>To me it's about slowing down and really being present in the moment. Opening up to it. Embracing it. Being in awe of it. Simply being in it. Making the time to give myself the gift of full immersion and full appreciation.</p>
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<p>I haven’t been feeling well and have needed to spend a lot of time resting on the couch. It gets old really quickly because there’s so much that I want to be doing, especially hanging out at the beach where I frequently see sea lions and harbor seals. But, until my body feels stronger, it will remain on the couch.</p>
<p>One of the things I like to do to help cheer myself up is to visit three of my favorite sea otters through an aquarium’s webcam. I’ve met them all before, and I love being able to watch them when I can’t be there in person. (They were all rescued as babies and aren’t able to be released back into the ocean, so they’re given as good of a life as possible at the aquarium and they all seem pretty content from what I can tell.)</p>
<p>Anyway, yesterday I turned on the camera and saw one of them (Oswald, I think) swimming around. A couple walked up to the viewing window, and I was excited to feel their excitement once they saw him swim right past them. (None of the otters pay much attention to the people in the window – they just swim on by.) Sure enough, as he got closer, one of the people quickly took a picture. I thought they would then put the camera down and be so fascinated that they would have a hard time tearing themselves away from the window as all three otters swam near them so agilely and playfully. However, they didn’t. As soon as they got their picture, they immediately left…onto the next exhibit, most likely.</p>
<p>Now, I admit that it’s very possible that I’m projecting here and writing my own story that is far from the truth. I can’t possibly know what was going on in their minds. Maybe they went to a different window and stayed and watched the otters from there. Or maybe they had already been watching and just wanted one more photo. All I know for sure is that my heart hurt after witnessing this because it was indicative of what I see so often when I’m at the beach, in a restaurant, or anywhere, really: the experience itself takes a backseat to getting the picture. Rather than immersing ourselves in life, so many of us have gotten into the habit of taking pictures of it so we can mark that we were there and then share them on social media as proof. Rather than fully soaking up the beauty and the magic of what’s happening right in front of us, so many are missing it all. And that makes me really sad.</p>
<p>We have some friends who told us that they once went to an art exhibit where a replica of a famous painting was made and put into a separate room because so many wanted to take selfies in front of it, rather than really taking in the beauty of the actual painting. I remember the first time I saw one of Jackson Pollock’s paintings up close for the first time, I was moved to tears. He&#8217;s my favorite painter, and the MoMA in NYC was showcasing many of his paintings. This particular one was so grand that you had to step far away from it just to take it all in. I sat on a bench in front of it in complete awe &#8211; mesmerized by all of the colors, the emotions, the strokes, the splatters…all of it. I don’t have a picture of that moment on my camera. But I will forever have a picture of it in my mind. And when I think about it, I feel all of the same emotions and awe that I felt then, all those years ago.</p>
<p>Now, I’m certainly not saying that we shouldn’t take pictures to document our adventures and moments from our lives that we want to remember and share with others. I do this all of the time. But what hurts my heart is when the documenting becomes more important than whatever we’re experiencing, looking at, enjoying. Because, in my opinion, the magic lies in the experience itself, in allowing ourselves to fully immerse in it. When we do, we won’t need a picture to remind us of it. It will be etched into our brains forever.</p>
<p>My fear is that by putting the focus on the picture instead of the experience, so many are missing out on life…on beauty. It’s true that Oswald the sea otter doesn’t care whether someone is fascinated by him and fully appreciates him. But I would hope that if the people I saw in the window had spent just a few more minutes watching him, they would have created a memory that they would never forget: seeing how graceful he is in the water, watching him play fight with Schuster and roll over and over again together until one of them decided they’d had enough and swam off, seeing him dive to the bottom to grab a toy or some food and come back up and put it on his belly to play with it or to eat it, and seeing him vigorously clean his body in the absolute cutest way ever. In my mind, that’s what it’s all about. The picture documents the experience. But if you don&#8217;t allow yourself to fully have the experience, the picture quickly loses its meaning and gets mixed in with all the others.</p>
<p>I guess to me it&#8217;s about slowing down and really being present in the moment. Opening up to it. Embracing it. Being in awe of it. Simply being in it. Making the time to give myself the gift of full immersion and full appreciation. And then taking a picture of it to help me remember this moment in my life and also to be able to share this moment with my friends and family.</p>
<p>As for Oswald, I hope to see him and his friends in person soon. In the meantime, I’ll keep turning on the webcam and appreciating them as fully as I’m able to. They’re amazing. This world we live in is amazing. Life is amazing. And I definitely want to soak as much of it up as possible in whatever way I’m able to. I wish that for us all.</p>
<p>Hugs,</p>
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		<title>Letting Go of the Shell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Last night, Dan and I were talking about how, as a child, I collected seashells (in the same way that others collected baseball cards or stickers) and would ask anyone who had been to the beach to bring me back some.</p>
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<p>Last night, Dan and I were talking about how, as a child, I collected seashells (in the same way that others collected baseball cards or stickers) and would ask anyone who had been to the beach to bring me back some. I grew up in a suburb of Denver and had never seen the ocean, and I couldn&#8217;t explain why I felt so drawn to shells. (I now see that my soul was calling me home to the ocean, where I feel the most myself.)</p>
<p>Anyway, my stepsister lived some of the time with us and some of the time in France. She traveled around the world with her mom and had recently found the most exquisite shell that I had ever seen. It was round, about the size of a small sand dollar but spiraled all the way from the outside to the center. It was magical. After much begging and wheeling and dealing, she finally agreed to give it to me in exchange for many of my most prized shells. I was elated.</p>
<p>Soon after this, we decided to set up a stand at the end of our driveway to sell our least favorite shells to anyone who was interested. Needless to say, we weren&#8217;t hopping with business. In fact, only one person came by: a classmate who was riding her bike and happened to see us. She said that she had some shells of her own and would bring them by so we could trade. When she came back, we traded a few shells with her, and she went home. I realized then that my beloved shell was missing. I went to her house and asked her if she took it, which she vehemently denied. But I knew that she had. I was heartbroken, and I never spoke to her again.</p>
<p>Soon after that, we moved to California, and I lost touch with most of my childhood friends. So that brings me back to last night when I was reminiscing about all of my shells with Dan. I have no idea what happened to my childhood collection, but since we&#8217;ve moved to the coast, I&#8217;ve started another one. Each time I go to the beach, I find the perfect shell that will remind me of the time I spent there. It&#8217;s become a healing practice, and I love filling my container with shell after shell&#8230;evidence of following my soul and creating a life that feels just right for me.</p>
<p>I hadn&#8217;t thought about that missing shell for years, and it popped into my mind last night. I wondered about the girl who stole it. I figured her life must&#8217;ve been horrible and that karma would have taken care of everything. So I looked her up. Well, she seems to be thriving. She placed 6th a few years ago in the Mrs. America pageant, has a successful real estate business, a beautiful family, and looks like she&#8217;s thoroughly enjoying life. At first, when I saw this, I was taken aback and wondered how this could be. Surely she must feel remorse. Surely it must be eating her up inside. I had imagined her being in prison by now&#8230;</p>
<p>And then I realized that I wasn&#8217;t perfect as a child either. I did things that I later regretted, things that I&#8217;ve let go of and have forgiven myself for. And while I didn&#8217;t steal someone else&#8217;s beloved shell, I realized that there may be others who are looking at me and wondering the same thing that I thought about this classmate of mine. And realizing this helped me release the anger that I&#8217;d been holding onto all of these years. We were just kids, and it was just a shell. And it&#8217;s time to finally let it go.</p>
<p>How about you? What are you holding onto? What are you ready to let go of? It&#8217;s my hope that you&#8217;ll find loving ways to do so.</p>
<p>Hugs and love,</p>
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		<title>Special Announcement: My Final Soul Clarity Monthly Reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 05:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This will be the final month that I'll offer the soul clarity readings, and it's my hope that you'll feel my gratitude for each of you who have been part of my community over the years and have received messages from me.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.jodichapman.com/2020/02/01/special-announcement-my-final-soul-clarity-monthly-reading/">Special Announcement: My Final Soul Clarity Monthly Reading</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.jodichapman.com">Jodi Chapman</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*** Thank you so much to each of you who participated in this final reading. You&#8217;re all so appreciated. ***</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.soulfuljournals.com/product-details/soul%20clarity%20cards.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft" title="Soul Clarity Cards - Jodi Chapman" src="http://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/soul-clarity-cards-deck1.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="238" /></a>I wanted each of you to know that this will be my last monthly soul clarity reading. I know this announcement will come as a surprise to many of you (especially to those who have been part of my community for the eight years that I&#8217;ve been offering these readings on my site each month).</p>
<p>And I know that while some of you won&#8217;t give it a second&#8217;s thought, some of you may feel all sorts of emotions about this &#8211; which is perfectly normal. I&#8217;m not a huge fan of change, and I know that if I had gotten used to something being a certain way for a while and it was no longer going to be that way, I would need a moment (or two or three) to work out how I felt about it, to come to terms with the new reality, and to express my feelings.</p>
<p>I get it. Really, I do. And I want each of you to know how much thought I&#8217;ve put into this decision and how it wasn&#8217;t an easy one for me to make. For more than eight years, I&#8217;ve spent each first day of the month in front of the computer, pulling hundreds of cards for very grateful people. And for many years, it felt fun and right and like I was doing something helpful and putting goodness into the world in a small way. (And hopefully I was.)</p>
<p>However, as I&#8217;ve mentioned in previous posts, my goal for the year is to simplify my life. I&#8217;ve been overextending myself and my energy for far too long, overlooking my own needs in order to try to keep everyone else happy. And that&#8217;s ended up with my health spiraling downward into a pretty scary place. And it&#8217;s from this space of exhaustion and overwhelm that I&#8217;ve realized that I have to let certain parts of my business go in order to heal. And that&#8217;s hard for me because I want to help you all. It feels good to do so. But what I need more than anything right now is to help myself.</p>
<p>So, over the coming weeks, I&#8217;ll be letting go of many parts of my business. And that includes the monthly readings. This will be the final month that I&#8217;ll offer the soul clarity readings, and it&#8217;s my hope that you&#8217;ll feel my gratitude for each of you who have been part of my community over the years and have received messages from me. And it&#8217;s my hope that you&#8217;ll stay and continue to be on this journey with me&#8230;even though I&#8217;m not sure where it will lead.</p>
<p>My soul wants me to share with you that while I can pull these cards and give you the messages that your own soul needs you to hear, so can you. Sometimes we forget that we can trust ourselves and know, really know at a deep level, what we need and how to move forward. You really don&#8217;t need me to tell you what you already know. We all have the ability to go within and discover the answers inside our hearts. Every single one of us can tap into our inner wisdom at any time. It&#8217;s so important for you to know that. And however you do that is up to you. You can pull a card for yourself from my deck or someone else&#8217;s, you can meditate, you can journal&#8230;whatever feels best for you.</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t have many more decks in stock, and we probably won&#8217;t have more printed. So if you&#8217;re wanting to order one, my suggestion would be do so soon just to be safe. (They&#8217;re on the same site as our remaining Soulful Journals, which we&#8217;re also saying goodbye to.) <a href="http://www.soulfuljournals.com/product-details/soul%20clarity%20cards.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Here&#8217;s the link to order. </strong></a></p>
<p>This is truly a time of simplifying and letting go and allowing my heart and body to heal. My plan is to focus on writing my own books and helping others write theirs. And hopefully within that space I&#8217;ll still be able to pop in here and share some inspiration now and then.</p>
<p>My wish for all of us is that we listen to our bodies and then give ourselves permission to do what they ask of us&#8230;even if it&#8217;s uncomfortable or if it doesn&#8217;t make sense or if it has the chance to upsetting someone else. Even then. We have to take good care of ourselves. We really do. I&#8217;m just now getting that at a very deep level, and it&#8217;s humbling and scary and also exciting at the same time.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing how my life opens up because I&#8217;m finally honoring my body and soul.</p>
<p>So, for the last time&#8230;let&#8217;s get to the readings.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800080;"><em><strong>Free Message:</strong></em></span></h3>
<p>The <a href="http://soulfuljournals.com/product-details/soul%20clarity%20cards.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Soul Clarity Card deck</a> includes 48 cards to help you get clarity on what your soul wants you to know. They come wrapped up in an organza bag and include an amethyst gemstone (which helps you connect with your soul).</p>
<p>My soul speaks to me in concise phrases, and so these cards were created with that in mind. Each card contains a guided action for you to consider – something to help you live soulfully and mindfully.</p>
<p>I believe that the answers are always within us, but sometimes our light gets covered up by life – all of the to-dos and the shoulds and work and errands and hurt and anger and all sorts of gunk. And it can be hard to sift through all of that and find our way home – back to our soul. These cards are a tool to help you on your journey back home.</p>
<p>Each card contains words that your soul needs you to hear. And whichever card you choose will be exactly the one you need in that exact moment. That’s just how it works!</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Here’s how it works: I’ll pull one card for anyone who leaves a comment at the end of the post by 11:59 pm pst today (2/1)!</strong> </span>If your comment is posted before then, I promise I will pull a card for you. Each month when I open this up, I receive hundreds of requests, so please be patient with me.</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>All you have to write is “Yes, please!” or something similar. </strong></span>Please don’t feel that you need to share what you are looking to heal or what you would like guidance for. You are more than welcome to, but it’s not necessary. I know that this can be very personal, and your soul and the universe already know what you need. (If you are reading this via a reader or email, <a href="https://www.jodichapman.com/2020/02/01/special-announcement-my-final-soul-clarity-monthly-reading/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">please click here</a> to be taken to the post.)</p>
<p><span style="color: #993366;"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>A technical tip for you:</strong></span> </span>Do not subscribe to comments when you leave a comment below. If you do, you&#8217;ll receive tons of emails. Instead, you can go to the comments page and do a search for your name later in the day after I&#8217;ve had a chance to pull your card. (On a PC, you press the “control” button + the “f” button.) This makes it super easy to scroll to your name and your reading.</p>
<p>Thank you so much to each of you who have been on this soulful journey with me. It&#8217;s my hope that we&#8217;ll continue it together&#8230;just without the readings.</p>
<p>Big hug to each of you.</p>
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		<title>Books I&#8217;m Reading to Welcome in the New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 03:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I wanted to share some of the books that I'm reading that are helping me come back to myself - back to my own heart, my own creativity, my own strength, my own voice, and my own dreams.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.jodichapman.com/2020/01/05/books-im-reading-to-welcome-in-the-new-year/">Books I&#8217;m Reading to Welcome in the New Year</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.jodichapman.com">Jodi Chapman</a>.</p>
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<p>Like many of us, each year I come up with a word that best embodies my intention for the year to come. As many of you know, 2019 was an extremely hard year for me that was filled with a lot of loss and health issues. Throughout the year, I felt overwhelmed, overtaxed, and oftentimes just over it all. And I wanted to make sure to go into 2020 with a fresh start, a clean page, and a new beginning. I wanted things to flow much more easily. I wanted to give myself the time needed to heal my body and also my heart. So I decided that my word would be Simplify. In fact, just reading that now brings a huge exhale throughout my entire body. And that&#8217;s how I know that this is exactly what I need.</p>
<p>So, in the coming weeks, I&#8217;ll be taking a close look at each aspect of my life and my business and will be saying goodbye to anything that isn&#8217;t essential or that takes away from my own healing in any way. I&#8217;ll be making some tough decisions and will need to let go of many things that have been part of my life for a very long time. And I know that I&#8217;ll be ending parts of my business that not everyone is ready to say goodbye to. And, as someone who wants to make everyone happy, that&#8217;s hard and something that I&#8217;m dreading. But I know that doing this is absolutely what&#8217;s needed for my own healing.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll share more specifics about all of this once I have the details worked out, but for now I wanted to share some of the books that I&#8217;m reading that are helping me come back to myself &#8211; back to my own heart, my own creativity, my own strength, my own voice, and my own dreams. (I realize that there are a lot of books here, which sort of goes against simplifying&#8230;but I guess old habits die hard. But, I will say that I&#8217;m enjoying all of them, and I can&#8217;t imagine not reading any of them.)</p>
<p>It&#8217;s my hope that if you&#8217;re also in a space where you&#8217;re recalibrating your life, these books will help you figure out what feels good and what doesn&#8217;t. It&#8217;s my hope that they&#8217;ll help you get back on track and put yourself front and center for possibly the first time in a very long while. It&#8217;s my hope that they&#8217;ll lead you back to joy and vitality&#8230;back to YOU.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s definitely what they&#8217;re already doing for me, and I&#8217;m so happy to share them with you (in no particular order).</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>A Book That Takes Its Time: An Unhurried Adventure in Creative Mindfulness</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/35vYVWF" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23664 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/book-that-takes-its-time-257x300.jpg" alt="" width="257" height="300" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/book-that-takes-its-time-257x300.jpg 257w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/book-that-takes-its-time.jpg 260w" sizes="(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px" /></a>This unique book is exactly what my hurried self needs to slow down, get back in touch with my creative side, and know that it&#8217;s okay to simply BE. It&#8217;s so much more than just a book. It&#8217;s loaded with mini books inside, stickers, postcards, collage boards, and so much more. Using the materials provided, I&#8217;ve already made a timeline of my life, created a vision board, written down beautiful moments from the day on cute little cards&#8230;and I&#8217;m just getting started! I can&#8217;t recommend this book enough. I believe that it&#8217;s a must have for anyone who&#8217;s looking to get back in touch with who they are, slow down, and recenter themselves.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/35vYVWF" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>This Year I Will&#8230; A 52-Week Guided Journal to Achieve Your Goals</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/36rgpVh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23675 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/this-year-i-will-212x300.jpg" alt="" width="212" height="300" /></a>I love guided journals (which is why we&#8217;ve written 16 of them!), and this book has already been wonderful in helping me get centered into this new year and recognize what my goals are and how I can stay on track with them to make sure they are realized. Each week contains different writing prompts to help you keep you goals at the forefront of your mind, and I&#8217;m truly enjoying it. I love how the questions go deeper than most planners, which is just what I need this year.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/36rgpVh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2QUcHx0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23665 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/breaking-the-habit-204x300.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="300" /></a>So many people have recommend this book (as well as all of Joe Dispenza&#8217;s work) to me, and I finally pulled it off the shelf and began reading it. I&#8217;m a huge believer that our thoughts become our reality, and, due to a variety of factors, my thoughts haven&#8217;t been in as high of a vibration as I would like them to be in lately. So, I decided to give Joe and his book a try, and, while it took me a little while to get into it, I&#8217;m now really enjoying it and am looking forward to seeing where this knowledge and practice leads.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2QUcHx0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>The Wisdom of Anxiety: How Worry and Intrusive Thoughts are Gifts to Help You Heal</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/36Dgs04" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23676 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wisdom-of-anxiety-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>My thoughts have a way of getting away from me if I&#8217;m not conscious of them, and I&#8217;ve been anxious as long as I can remember. What I love about this book is its approach in seeing anxiety as a loving teacher, rather than something to feel ashamed about or embarrassed by. And it&#8217;s exactly what I need right now to help me welcome this fresh wave of anxiety into my life, rather than try with everything I have to push it away. It&#8217;s just so much easier not to resist what our body is trying to tell us&#8230;and instead simply listen.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/36Dgs04" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>Know Yourself: A Book of Questions</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2QJ61BC" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23669 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/know-yourself-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>This book is a <em>Flow Magazine</em> book (similar to the first one I recommended &#8211; I love all of their books, by the way!), and it&#8217;s been a lot of fun to ask Dan the questions and have both of us answer them. They&#8217;ve led to some really great conversations and wonderful self-knowledge and knowledge about the other as well.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2QJ61BC" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>The Self Love Workbook: A Life-Changing Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Recognize Your Worth, and Find Genuine Happiness</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2FlgDBn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23672 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/self-love-workbook-243x300.jpg" alt="" width="243" height="300" /></a>I&#8217;ve been feeling lately that I&#8217;ve been so busy helping others over the last few years that I&#8217;ve forgotten how to help myself. And I love that this book will help me do exactly that: to give myself an extra dose of love while also giving myself permission to be truly happy. I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing how I change after completing this workbook. It&#8217;s my hope that I feel more grounded and loved and accepting of myself. We shall see!</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2FlgDBn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>100 Days of Actions and Intentions to Create the Life You Wish For</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/36t0K7J" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23662 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/100-days-210x300.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="300" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/100-days-210x300.jpg 210w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/100-days.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" /></a>While I&#8217;ve only read a few pages so far in this book, it seems to have something magical to it. It just says what I need to hear exactly when I need to hear it. For example, a couple of weeks ago I was in the waiting room for a follow-up ultrasound to make sure everything was okay in my body. I was nervous and opened this book up on my Kindle and the passage that came up was about how much our bodies are teaching us and to honor it and thank it for always having our back. I knew in that moment that I would be okay&#8230;and I am.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/36t0K7J" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>2020 My Shining Year: Life Goals Workbook</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2SVr0UE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23673 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/shining-year-234x300.jpg" alt="" width="234" height="300" /></a>I make time each year to go through these workbooks. Dan and I do them together, and they&#8217;re a great way to get clear about what we want and also what we don&#8217;t throughout the next year. It also contains a great section on closing the circuits to 2019, which I very much needed.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2SVr0UE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/35vYuvv" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23674 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/subtle-art-201x300.jpg" alt="" width="201" height="300" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/subtle-art-201x300.jpg 201w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/subtle-art.jpg 334w" sizes="(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px" /></a>I hate it when people are mad at me, and I&#8217;ll oftentimes do things that hurt myself just to not hurt/disappoint/upset someone else. Well, because this is my year to put myself first, I knew that I would need some help in this department of setting boundaries and being okay with not being liked. This book is helping me do exactly that.</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/35vYuvv" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>417 More Games, Puzzles, and Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/3033AOJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-23663 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/417-brain.png" alt="" width="199" height="254" /></a>Dan and I love spending our evenings together solving brain puzzles on the couch while our cat, Biddle, sleeps on our laps. We were coming near the end of the <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZT5gtT" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>one</strong></a> we&#8217;d had for a while and were happy to find this sequel to it! (And we bought a <a href="https://amzn.to/2Qs2AQO" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>third one</strong></a> that&#8217;s pocket sized &#8211; perfect for road trips!) These books are a fun way for us to unwind together at the end of a busy day and keep our brains sharp at the same time. They&#8217;re a lot of fun (at least we think so). 🙂</p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/3033AOJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Learn more here.</strong></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>Two Books for Couples: One Question a Day for You &amp; Me: A Three-Year Journal </em>&amp;<em> A Year of Us: One Question a Day to Spark Fun and Meaningful Conversations</em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2tvnHZt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23671 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/one-question-a-day-207x300.jpg" alt="" width="207" height="300" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/one-question-a-day-207x300.jpg 207w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/one-question-a-day.jpg 280w" sizes="(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px" /></a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2T1D6LE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23677 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/year-of-us-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>Dan and I have always loved books of questions that help us get to know each other better, so when I saw these two books I knew they would be perfect additions to our nightly routine&#8230;and they are! <em>One Question a Day</em> gives each of us two lines to answer a question, and then you&#8217;re meant to come back to it for three consecutive years to see how your answers change. <em>A Year of Us</em> offers one prompt for each day, and some of them we&#8217;ve really had to think deeply about. They&#8217;re definitely not the standard questions that you find in similar journals. We&#8217;ve already learned more about ourselves and also one another, which I love.</p>
<p><strong>Learn more <a href="https://amzn.to/2tvnHZt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/2T1D6LE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</strong></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time </em>&amp;<em> Happily Ever Esther: Two Men, A Wonder Pig, and Their Life-Changing Mission to Give Animals a Home </em></strong></span></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2Qoe5J4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23666 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/esther-the-wonder-pig-196x300.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="300" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/esther-the-wonder-pig-196x300.jpg 196w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/esther-the-wonder-pig.jpg 326w" sizes="(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px" /></a>  <a href="https://amzn.to/2Nd7nUr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-23667 alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/happily-ever-esther-206x300.jpg" alt="" width="206" height="300" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/happily-ever-esther-206x300.jpg 206w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/happily-ever-esther.jpg 342w" sizes="(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px" /></a>I am obsessed with Esther the Wonder Pig. I found her on Facebook last year and quickly fell in love&#8230;not just with her and her story but with her dads, her extremely protective and loyal turkey friend, Cornelius, and her best dog friend, Phil. These books share her unique story and contain so much love and hope in them. As a vegetarian and a lover of all animals, I love the awareness that her dads have created through their books and social media&#8230;not just for Esther and their sanctuary animals but for all animals. In my mind, these are must reads, for sure!</p>
<p><strong>Learn more <a href="https://amzn.to/2Qoe5J4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/2Nd7nUr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</strong></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Books that I haven&#8217;t started yet but are on my bookshelf: </span></strong></em></p>
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2Qqa3zX" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-23668" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/joy-of-missing-out-198x300.jpg" alt="" width="198" height="300" /></a>    <a href="https://amzn.to/35oYeOD" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-23670" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mindful-year-188x300.jpg" alt="" width="188" height="300" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mindful-year-188x300.jpg 188w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mindful-year.jpg 313w" sizes="(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px" /></a>    <a href="https://amzn.to/37FFbku" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-23678" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/everything-is-figureoutable.jpg" alt="" width="182" height="276" /></a></p>
<p>I hope this list was helpful for you! These books are certainly helping me create my own best life this year. It&#8217;s just getting started, and I&#8217;m already feeling more centered and optimistic. And I know that these books are part of that switch within me. Have fun reading!</p>
<p>Hugs,</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>P.S. We&#8217;ll be closing the doors for our Your Soulful Book writing program on January 14th,</strong> </span>so if one of your dreams is to write a book this year and you would like the support of a loving community and all of the tools and resources you&#8217;ll need to make that happen, we hope you&#8217;ll join us! We only open the doors once a year for this program, so if you’re feeling called to join us please do so soon! We’re offering a special discount just for you! <strong><span style="color: #000080;">You can learn more and sign up here: </span><a href="http://www.yoursoulfulbook.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.yoursoulfulbook.com</a></strong>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Happy 2020! I’m so excited about the possibility of this year, and I can’t wait to see how it all unfolds for us all. Each month, I pull one Soul Clarity Card for each person who leaves a comment on my blog.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>*** Thank you so much, everyone! I&#8217;ll be back next month with more readings! ***</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993366;"><strong><span style="color: #800080;"><a href="http://www.soulfuljournals.com/product-details/soul%20clarity%20cards.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft" title="Soul Clarity Cards - Jodi Chapman" src="http://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/soul-clarity-cards-deck1.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="238" /></a>Happy 2020! I’m so excited about the possibility of this year, and I can’t wait to see how it all unfolds for us all. Each month, I pull one <a href="http://www.soulfuljournals.com/product-details/soul%20clarity%20cards.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Soul Clarity Card</a> for each person who leaves a comment below. This month, please feel free to interpret it as your card for the month or your card for the year. (You’ll know by how it resonates in your soul.)<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;">Before we get started though, I wanted to share a few updates with you!</p>
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<h4><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>1. The doors close soon for our Your Soulful Book writing program!</strong></span></h4>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>We’re so excited that our writing program starts on January 15! It’s for those who would like to write a book of their own that helps and inspires others, and we’re truly honored to support everyone along the way.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>If you haven’t joined us yet, there’s still time!</strong> </span>Registration is open through January 14, so please be sure to sign up before then. We only open the doors once a year for this program, so if you&#8217;re feeling called to join us please do so soon! We&#8217;re only opening this up to those in our community this year, and we&#8217;re offering a special discount just for you!</p>
<p>If one of your dreams is to write a book, we would love for you to be part of our program! In it, we include everything you’ll need to write, finish, publish, and market your own book! We’ll support you during each step of your outer and inner journey of being a writer, offering concrete writing/marketing tools while guiding you through the emotional highs and lows that you’ll experience throughout the process of bringing your soulful book to life. And you&#8217;ll be part of a loving community of authors who can support you each step of the way!</p>
<p>Your words matter. Your message matters. Your book matters! It can change the world, touch hearts, and inspire thousands…but only if you write it! If you’re ready to bring your soulful book to life, we would be honored to support you on this life-changing journey!</p>
<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.yoursoulfulbook.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>You can click here to learn all about it and sign up: http://www.yoursoulfulbook.com.</strong></a></span></h5>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Please be sure to sign up before the doors close on January 14. </strong></span></p>
<p>If you have questions about this program, please feel free to email them to us here: <a href="mailto:info@yoursoulfulbook.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">info@yoursoulfulbook.com</a>. (You can also email us to schedule a time to speak to Dan directly about it before signing up – it’s free and there’s no obligation to join!)</p>
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<h4><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>2. Dan&#8217;s Teaching a Free Writing Class Next Week! </strong></span></h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://eepurl.com/gNObtj" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-23594 alignnone" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2020-dan-class-copy.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="267" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2020-dan-class-copy.jpg 499w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2020-dan-class-copy-480x257.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 499px, 100vw" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">You&#8217;re invited to Dan&#8217;s free online class on January 7th from 5-6 pm pst! It’s called “Write Your Soulful Book in 2020”&#8230;and it will help you do exactly that!</span></strong></p>
<p>In this class, you’ll get more than just a motivational pep talk; you’ll get time-tested tools that actually work – tools that will set you up for book-writing success right from the start…and help you cross the finish line with joy, ease, and (most importantly) a book you can be proud to call your own!</p>
<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://eepurl.com/gNObtj" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Please click here to learn more and sign up!</a></strong></span></h5>
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<h4><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>3. Our Ebook Is Available!</strong><strong> </strong></span></h4>
<p><a href="http://www.365soulfulmessages.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-23596" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ebook-copy.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="216" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ebook-copy.jpg 500w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ebook-copy-480x208.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw" /></a></p>
<p>The printed version of our latest book, <em>365 Soulful Messages: The Right Guidance at the Right Time</em>, came out in November, and we’re so happy to share that it continues to receive such positive feedback. Thank you to each of you who bought it and shared about it – we’re truly grateful.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Our electronic version of this book is now available! And if you order it by Jan 31st, you’ll have access to over 35 bonus gifts!</strong></span></p>
<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.365soulfulmessages.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Please click here to learn more!</a></strong></span></h5>
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<h4><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>4. Be Sure to Enter Our New Giveaway!</strong></span></h4>
<p><a href="https://www.jodichapman.com/giveaways/soulfulloveset/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-22072 size-medium alignleft" src="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/soulful-love-set-giveaway-copy-1-300x296.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="296" srcset="https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/soulful-love-set-giveaway-copy-1-300x296.jpg 300w, https://www.jodichapman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/soulful-love-set-giveaway-copy-1.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Each month we offer a new giveaway on DandiSoul.com, and we&#8217;re so excited to share this month&#8217;s giveaway with you now!</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>We’re giving one lucky winner our Soulful Love Journal Set!</strong></span></p>
<p>Whether you’re married, in a relationship, or ”it’s complicated,” these three journals can help you connect (or reconnect) with that someone special, get to know each other better (whether you’ve been together for a few days or many decades), and share your love in fun and soulful ways. And they’re perfect gifts for Valentine’s Day!</p>
<h4><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.jodichapman.com/giveaways/soulfulloveset/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.jodichapman.com/giveaways/awakenandgrowbook/"><strong>Click here to learn more and enter to win!</strong></a></span></h4>
<p>Good luck, everyone! We look forward to announcing the winner next month!</p>
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<h4><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>5. Announcing Last Month&#8217;s Giveaway Winner!</strong></span></h4>
<p>Thank you so much to each of you who entered our giveaway last month to win a 60-minute soulful writing coaching session with Dan! We randomly chose the winner, and it&#8217;s Gigi F.! Congratulations! We&#8217;ve sent you an email with the details.</p>
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<p>And now for your reading&#8230;</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800080;"><em><strong>Free Message:</strong></em></span></h3>
<p>The <a href="http://soulfuljournals.com/product-details/soul%20clarity%20cards.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Soul Clarity Card deck</a> includes 48 cards to help you get clarity on what your soul wants you to know. They come wrapped up in an organza bag and include an amethyst gemstone (which helps you connect with your soul).</p>
<p>My soul speaks to me in concise phrases, and so these cards were created with that in mind. Each card contains a guided action for you to consider – something to help you live soulfully and mindfully.</p>
<p>I believe that the answers are always within us, but sometimes our light gets covered up by life – all of the to-dos and the shoulds and work and errands and hurt and anger and all sorts of gunk. And it can be hard to sift through all of that and find our way home – back to our soul. These cards are a tool to help you on your journey back home.</p>
<p>Each card contains words that your soul needs you to hear. And whichever card you choose will be exactly the one you need in that exact moment. That’s just how it works!</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Here’s how it works: I’ll pull one card for anyone who leaves a comment at the end of the post by 11:59 pm pst today (1/1)!</strong> </span>If your comment is posted before then, I promise I will pull a card for you. Each month when I open this up, I receive hundreds of requests, so please be patient with me. (If you happen to miss this deadline, please know that I’ll do it again on 2/1.)</p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>All you have to write is “Yes, please!” or something similar. </strong></span>Please don’t feel that you need to share what you are looking to heal or what you would like guidance for. You are more than welcome to, but it’s not necessary. I know that this can be very personal, and your soul and the universe already know what you need. (If you are reading this via a reader or email, <a href="https://www.jodichapman.com/2020/01/01/free-soul-clarity-message-plus-a-giveaway-a-free-writing-class-and-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">please click here</a> to be taken to the post.)</p>
<p><span style="color: #993366;"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>A technical tip for you:</strong></span> </span>Do not subscribe to comments when you leave a comment below. If you do, you&#8217;ll receive tons of emails. Instead, you can go to the comments page and do a search for your name later in the day after I&#8217;ve had a chance to pull your card. (On a PC, you press the “control” button + the “f” button.) This makes it super easy to scroll to your name and your reading.</p>
<p>(Please note that I start the readings around 10 am pst on the 1st.)</p>
<p>Big hug to each of you.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>P.S. We have 2 time-sensitive reminders: </strong></span></p>
<p>Dan&#8217;s free soulful book-writing class is on January 7th from 5-6 pm pst! <a href="http://eepurl.com/gNObtj" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>You can learn more and sign up here. </strong></a></p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be closing the doors for our Your Soulful Book writing program on January 14th (for an entire year!), so please be sure to sign up before then. (We have a discount for you, too!) <strong><span style="color: #000080;">Details here:</span> <a href="http://www.yoursoulfulbook.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.yoursoulfulbook.com</a>. </strong></p>
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