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Honoring loved ones that have passed at the Western Wall in Israel.

On a recent trip to Israel, I had the amazing opportunity to to help a young woman who was lost in her pain from her recent divorce.

The first day I met her I felt her pain, I saw it in her eyes and the way she held herself. We started talking and eventually had dinner together. That’s when I spilled the beans about my new book Broken Open and my own experience with divorce.

Her mouth was hanging open when I told her “my story”. She had been lied to and betrayed as well.

I gave her three important lessons from the book and asked her to take time to journal about them at night and see if she got any revelations in her writing. If you're currently going through a divorce or have experienced betrayal consider the following tips. Bonus: try these as journaling prompts to reveal deeper answers and layers of healing.

3 Tips for Healing Betrayal

1. Someone else’s unconscious behavior has nothing to do with you but is because of an existing void in them.

2. Own your half of the relationship. Where did you overlook or even deny to yourself things that happened?

3. Healing your heart is an inside job that only you can do it for yourself. Don’t expect someone else’s actions to do it.

The last night of the trip we were all together for dinner and she came over and hugged me. I knew what she was going to say. I had seen a dramatic change in her during the trip. I observed firsthand how she became lighter every day and eventually started smiling. My words had inspired her to look within her. She wanted to thank me for changing how she felt about and perceived what happened in her marriage.

Seeing this young woman come back to life made my trip even better than I could have imagined. I never expected to be coaching someone while in Israel. Better yet, the opportunity to help them feel so much better about themselves. God works in strange ways.

What did you discover when you asked yourself these questions? Comment below! I'd love to hear your answers!

Do you have a big, juicy, audacious dream?

Something that makes you tingle from your head to the tips of your toes?

Something so fabulous that your inner mean girl says, “no freaking way!" ?

Well ladybug, no dream is too big!

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If it couldn’t happen, you wouldn’t be able to think about it. It means that if you can see it, it already exists somewhere in the cosmos. Shit, nobody ever told me that when I was growing up!

Let me give you some examples. When I was kid, I had a problem reading. I had to take special remedial reading classes. When I decided to write a book in 2009, I could see it, I could feel it.

However, based on my previous challenges, I was probably a long shot. I held the vision and in 2012, Alpha Chick was released and became an Amazon Best Seller with six literary awards.

Since my first book, I have connected with women from all over the globe who've shared my passion to serve women in a meaningful and empowering way. I have to be honest, I never thought I would be emailing and personally interviewing them for my podcast! This is just another example of holding a powerful vision.

In my last email, I suggested taking pictures of your dreams and putting them in a folder.

Now I am challenging you to take action on those dreams.

Here are 5 Steps to Turn Your Dreams to Reality

Who do you need to help you with your dream/vision? Think big again, don’t be shy!
What do you need to do to start the process? Creating a mind map or good outline are excellent places to start.
What are the first three steps you can take to start creating it?
How long do you need to make this happen? Create a time table for yourself. Put dates in your calendar for accountability.
What resources or research do you need?

My own bursts of inspiration have come from going through incredible challenges and difficult things that have knocked me to my knees. I’m suggesting you start manifesting before life throws you an unexpected curveball.