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  • What Are You Actually Practicing? (Despite Your Best Intentions)

    What Are You Actually Practicing? (Despite Your Best Intentions)

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    You have a morning routine. A meditation practice. Maybe a course in miracles lesson you read before bed. But that's not what's actually running your life.

    One of us skipped her routine for a single morning and by 3pm was googling trucks for five hours straight. Another spent a "wonderful" birthday replaying every word she said the night before β€” and couldn't figure out why until she named it out loud. A third called it a relapse.

    None of them saw it coming. That's the point.

    In this episode:

    The moment a five-day-old truck accident turns into something the family starts calling a "Swedish death cleanse" Why "I'm so glad you're not dead" is not the grateful thought it sounds like The single ACIM lesson one host calls her favorite β€” and what it has to do with never having to defend yourself again What happens when you ask "what did I practice yesterday" instead of "what do I believe"

    Awareness is curative. But only if you're willing to look at what you're actually doing on repeat β€” not what you meant to do.

    This week: notice what you're practicing. You might not love what you find.

    Resources mentioned:
    A Course in Miracles β€” Lesson 153, "In my defenselessness, my safety lies"

    Connect with us:
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  • Are We Secretly Happy They're Failing?

    Are We Secretly Happy They're Failing?

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    You saw the headline. Someone got caught, someone got fired, someone finally "got what was coming to them"... and for one second, before you could stop yourself, it felt good.

    This episode goes looking for the reason why. Amanda, Penny, and Morgan follow that thread from a reflecting pool in Washington D.C. all the way to their own reactions to the current political administration, and land on a question none of them fully want answered: if your peace depends on someone else being wrong, how much peace do you actually have?

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    What We're Wrestling With

    πŸ”Ή Why does someone else's failure feel like your win?

    πŸ”Ή What happens when "karma's gonna get them" becomes your whole spiritual practice?

    πŸ”Ή Is there a difference between having an opinion and needing someone else to be wrong?

    πŸ”Ή What would it actually cost you to root for someone you disagree with?

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    Resources Mentioned

    πŸ”Ή A Course in Miracles (ACIM)

    πŸ”Ή Abraham Hicks and the Law of Attraction

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    πŸ”Ή A Note on This Episode

    This conversation touches on real, current reactions to the Trump administration and national headlines β€” held here not as a political stance, but as a mirror for where each of us gets to choose peace over being right.

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    πŸ”Ή Subscribe so you don't miss what we get into next.

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    πŸ‹ WORK WITH THE LEMONETTES πŸ‹

    πŸ’› Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]

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    πŸ’› Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): [email protected]

    πŸ’› Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]

    πŸ’› Penny (Performance Coaching): [email protected]

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  • The Cage You Built Yourself

    The Cage You Built Yourself

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    You've wanted more freedom in your relationships. More space to breathe. Less reactivity. Less noise in your head when someone does the thing they always do.

    You've done the work. You know the tools. And yet β€” the cage door closes anyway.

    What nobody told you is that your freedom and their freedom are the same thing.

    Morgan, Penny, and Drusilla sit with a question most of us are not ready to answer honestly: What if the freedom we're fighting for is actually the very thing we're blocking β€” by refusing to give it away?

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    πŸ”Ή What happens in your body the moment someone disagrees with your values
    πŸ”Ή The difference between the problem and the meaning you make of it β€” and why only one of those is real
    πŸ”Ή How judging someone else's behavior quietly locks you both up
    πŸ”Ή What it actually looks like to stay openhearted when everything in you wants to close
    πŸ”Ή Why assumptions β€” not conflict β€” are the real thief of your freedom
    πŸ”Ή The one practice that might be the hardest thing you do this week

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    MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

    πŸ”Ή The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz β€” https://bookshop.org/a/94543/9781878424310
    πŸ”Ή Abraham Hicks β€” abraham-hicks.com
    πŸ”Ή Jennifer Hadley / Love Ministry β€” powerofloveministry.net
    πŸ”Ή A Course in Miracles β€” https://bookshop.org/a/94543/9781883360269

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    THIS WEEK'S PRACTICE

    Meet everyone without judgment. Not for a week. Try an hour.

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    WORK WITH THE LEMONETTES

    πŸ’› Amanda Snyder β€” Spiritual Counseling | [email protected]
    πŸ’› Drusilla Talley-Williams β€” Spiritual Counseling | [email protected]
    πŸ’› Melissa Dugan β€” Business & Marketing Coaching | [email protected]
    πŸ’› Morgan Turner β€” Spiritual Counseling | [email protected]
    πŸ’› Penny Herman-Polayes β€” Performance Coaching | [email protected]

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  • The Art of Receiving: Learning to Receive What's Already Here

    The Art of Receiving: Learning to Receive What's Already Here

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    You already know how to give.

    You've been doing it your whole life β€” giving your time, your energy, your attention, your patience. You're good at it. You've made an art form of it.

    But somewhere along the way, did you forget how to let life give back?

    This is the question that stopped all five Lemonettes in their tracks. Because here's what nobody tells you: the opposite of receiving isn't giving. It's resistance. It's control. It's busyness. It's being so locked into getting things done that the gifts showing up all around you β€” right now, in this moment β€” go completely unnoticed.

    πŸ”Ή The sunset you didn't pause for.
    πŸ”Ή The compliment you deflected.
    πŸ”Ή The check you argued over.
    πŸ”Ή The spiritual lesson you listened to at 2x speed.

    Sound familiar?

    In Part 3 of The Art of Receiving, the Lemonettes go deep on what it actually costs us to stay in doing mode β€” and what becomes possible the moment we slow down enough to notice what's already here.

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    πŸ‹ IN THIS EPISODE

    πŸ”Ή Amanda's "receiving revolution" β€” and why it might be one of the most radical ideas we haven't tried yet
    πŸ”Ή What Eckhart Tolle says about the inner body β€” and why it changes everything about presence
    πŸ”Ή Drusilla's return from Japan and what blissful receiving actually feels like in practice
    πŸ”Ή The "river under the river" β€” a Jungian framework for the gifts that live beneath the noise
    πŸ”Ή Why slowing down isn't optional if you want to receive anything at all
    πŸ”Ή Simple, real entry points: accepting a compliment, letting someone pick up the check, the art of noticing on a dog walk
    πŸ”Ή Morgan on gardening, yard work, and why the body knows what the mind keeps missing
    πŸ”Ή Penny at 2x speed on her spiritual journey β€” and what it made her finally see

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    πŸ‹ RESOURCES MENTIONED

    πŸ”Ή The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
    πŸ”Ή A Course in Miracles (ACIM) β€” including the principle that giving and receiving are one in truth
    πŸ”Ή The Having β€” the book on receiving God's gifts (discussed by Morgan, Amanda, and Melissa)
    πŸ”Ή Positive Intelligence (PQ) coaching β€” Penny Herman-Polayes
    πŸ”Ή Tai Chi and Qigong β€” as practices for inner body awareness and presence

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    πŸ‹ CONNECT WITH US

    Subscribe so you never miss an episode.
    Leave a comment β€” tell us: what gift have you been walking past?
    Leave a review β€” it helps more women find this conversation.

    Find us on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook: @FiveLemonsLaughing

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    πŸ’› WORK WITH THE LEMONETTES

    πŸ’› Amanda Snyder β€” Spiritual Counseling
    [email protected]

    πŸ’› Drusilla Talley-Williams β€” Spiritual Counseling
    [email protected]

    πŸ’› Melissa Dugan β€” Business & Marketing Coaching
    [email protected]

    πŸ’› Morgan Turner β€” Spiritual Counseling
    [email protected]

    πŸ’› Penny Herman-Polayes β€” Performance Coaching
    [email protected]

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    Your transformation is our greatest joy.

  • The Art of Receiving: Why Healthy Love Feels So Wrong

    The Art of Receiving: Why Healthy Love Feels So Wrong

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    You already found someone consistent.

    They text back. They show up. They communicate clearly.

    And somehow… you got bored. Or suspicious. Or weirdly distant.

    That's not a character flaw. That's a nervous system doing exactly what it was trained to do.

    In Part 2 of our Receiving Revolution series, the Lemonettes get honest about one of the most quietly painful patterns in our relational lives: we say we want love, but what we actually seek is what feels familiar β€” and for most of us, familiar meant chaos, inconsistency, or having to perform to be chosen.

    So when real love shows up β€” steady, safe, undramatic β€” it doesn't feel like love. It feels like something is missing.

    What we get into in this episode:

    πŸ”Ή What happens in your body when someone actually loves you well

    πŸ”Ή Why "peace feels boring" is a perception problem, not a love problem

    πŸ”Ή How self-love and the capacity to receive love move together β€” and why you can't separate them

    πŸ”Ή What it looks like to love someone without withholding β€” and why that changes everything

    πŸ”Ή A real-time demonstration of receiving under pressure (Penny's neighbor, the board meeting, and the ACIM lesson that made the whole room go quiet)

    πŸ”Ή Why defenselessness and safety aren't opposites β€” they're the same thing

    One question is woven through this whole conversation, and it might just follow you into your week:

    What can I receive from the universe right now?

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    RESOURCES MENTIONED

    πŸ”Ή A Course in Miracles β€” Lesson: "In my defenselessness my safety lies"

    πŸ”Ή The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

    πŸ”Ή Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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    WORK WITH THE LEMONETTES

    πŸ’› Amanda β€” Spiritual Counseling | [email protected]

    πŸ’› Drusilla β€” Spiritual Counseling | [email protected]

    πŸ’› Melissa β€” Business & Marketing Coaching | [email protected]

    πŸ’› Morgan β€” Spiritual Counseling | [email protected]

    πŸ’› Penny β€” Performance Coaching | [email protected]

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  • The Art of Receiving: Why It's So Hard to Receive

    The Art of Receiving: Why It's So Hard to Receive

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    You say yes to everyone else.

    You show up, you give, you hold it together.

    But the moment someone tries to take care of you β€” something tightens. You deflect. You minimize. You say "I'm fine" before the offer is even finished.

    Most of us were never taught how to receive. We were taught to give, to earn, to achieve, to push through. And somewhere along the way, receiving started to feel like weakness. Like debt. Like danger.

    So we stopped letting it in.

    In this episode, Amanda, Melissa, and Penny get honest about why receiving is so much harder than giving β€” and what it's actually costing us when we keep it out.

    They don't have a tidy answer. But they have an honest one.

    In this episode:

    Why so many women were conditioned to give but never taught to receive The physical experience of bracing against love and support What your relationship with compliments reveals about your self-worth Why receiving and self-worth are more connected than most of us realize The difference between a transaction and true receiving β€” and how one quietly blocks abundance Why letting yourself be supported might be the most revolutionary thing you do this week

    This week's practice:

    Notice where life is already trying to support you. And instead of deflecting β€” just let yourself receive it. All you have to say is thank you.

    Work with the Lemonettes:

    πŸ’› Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]

    πŸ’› Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]

    πŸ’› Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): [email protected]

    πŸ’› Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]

    πŸ’› Penny (Performance Coaching): [email protected]

    Connect with us:

    Subscribe so you never miss an episode Leave a review β€” it helps more women find this community Follow us on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram
  • Spiritual Bypass Isn't Healing: Amanda's Journey from $1,000 Loss to Genuine Forgiveness

    Spiritual Bypass Isn't Healing: Amanda's Journey from $1,000 Loss to Genuine Forgiveness

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    In this episode, we're sitting in the uncomfortable space where spiritual practice meets real life β€” and it's not what you'll see on Instagram.

    One of our beloved Lemonettes got scammed out of $1,000 this week. What happened next? She went to bed. She felt silly. She stayed there for days. And then β€” here's the part that matters β€” she asked for prayers. Not for herself to "rise above it," but genuinely, for the people who scammed her. For her husband. For her own nervous system.

    This is what it looks like when you're applying your spiritual work in real time:

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    THis EPISODE COVERS

    πŸ”Ή The anatomy of a horse scam (and how it nearly drained $3-7K)
    πŸ”Ή Why intelligent, aware women still fall for fraud (and why that matters)
    πŸ”Ή The difference between spiritual bypass and real emotional processing
    πŸ”Ή What genuine forgiveness actually takes (hint: it's not always instant)
    πŸ”Ή How Amanda moved from shock β†’ anger β†’ bed rest β†’ actual prayer in just days
    πŸ”Ή The nervous system work underneath spiritual practice
    πŸ”Ή Why taking responsibility (even 10%) is what moves you forward
    πŸ”Ή Penny's own scam attempt (and what almost worked)
    πŸ”Ή Real practical steps to protect yourself going forward

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    WHAT MAKES THIS RELATABLE

    Amanda didn't instantly transcend this. She felt all of it β€” the shock, the shame spiral, the anger she needed to release in the car with her husband. She laid in bed watching TV instead of meditating perfectly. And that's exactly right. That's what life actually looks like when you're doing the work.

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    KEY TAKEAWAY: Spiritual practice isn't about never getting hurt, never feeling angry, or moving past pain in real time. It's about not hiding when hard things happen. It's about asking for support. Taking responsibility for your part. Allowing your body the time it needs to process. And letting genuine compassion emerge on its own timeline, not on yours.

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    RESOURCES MENTIONED

    πŸ”Ή A Course in Miracles (ACIM) β€” the forgiveness framework that anchored this conversation
    πŸ”Ή Al-Anon's 4th Step (searching and fearless moral inventory)
    πŸ”Ή Practical fraud prevention: Report Facebook scam profiles directly; use PayPal business (not Friends & Family); never Zelle money you can't afford to lose; always verify through official channels

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    If you've ever been scammed, nearly scammed, or felt the shame of falling for something that seemed so obvious in hindsight β€” you're not alone. And you're not stupid. This happens to intelligent, aware, spiritually-grounded women all the time. The difference is what you do next.

    Consider Penny's assignment: Write down the shame-filled moments you've never told anyone about. If you have a trusted community (like we're building for you), start sharing them. Watch what happens when shame loses its grip.

    πŸ”Ή Leave a comment with your own scam story (or near-miss). We're reading every one.

    πŸ”Ή Work with the Lemonettes if you're ready to go deeper on forgiveness, nervous system healing, or stepping into your own integrity:

    πŸ’› Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]
    πŸ’› Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]
    πŸ’› Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): [email protected]
    πŸ’› Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]
    πŸ’› Penny (Performance Coaching): [email protected]


    πŸ‹ More will be revealed on the spiritual community piece β€” stay tuned.

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    #SpiritualPractice #ForgivenessThatWorks #RealLifeSpirituality #ACIMTeachings #NervousSystemHealing #ScamAwareness #ShameLessSharing #SpiritualBypass #CommunityHeals #AuthentcAuthenticSpirituality

  • When Rejection Is Actually Alignment

    When Rejection Is Actually Alignment

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    We all know the sting of rejection.

    A door closes. An invitation gets declined. Someone chooses someone else. And the voice in your head immediately whispers: You're not enough.

    But what if that's not what's happening at all?

    In this episode, the Lemonettes reframe rejection as alignment in action β€” the moment your frequency says "this doesn't match who I am," and the universe listens. We talk about:

    πŸ”Ή Why taking rejection personally keeps you stuck in people-pleasing cycles
    πŸ”Ή How your energetic bubble attracts and repels exactly what's meant for you
    πŸ”Ή The difference between "rejection" and "redirection"
    πŸ”Ή Real-life examples of how quickly faith kicks in when you stop making rejection mean something about your worth
    πŸ”Ή The practice that actually helps: gratitude, curiosity, and staying in your power even when things fall away

    This isn't about toxic positivity. It's about learning to read what's bouncing off you as information, not injury.

    What falls away often isn't loss β€” it's alignment taking shape.

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    πŸ‹ FEATURED TEACHINGS

    A Course in Miracles: Holy Spirit solutions (win-win-win outcomes) The power of gratitude practice in faith Michael Singer on heart vs. mind (fear at the root level) "Rejection is God's protection" reframed as frequency alignment

    πŸ‹ CONTEMPLATION QUESTIONS

    When have you mistaken redirection for rejection? What's currently bouncing off your bubble that you're resisting? How does your nervous system respond when something falls away?

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    WORK WITH THE LEMONETTES

    πŸ’› Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]
    πŸ’› Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]
    πŸ’› Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): [email protected]
    πŸ’› Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]
    πŸ’› Penny (Performance Coaching): [email protected]

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  • One Person's Authenticity Changes Everything

    One Person's Authenticity Changes Everything

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    When one person stops performing and shows up fully, it changes the whole room. Amanda, Morgan, and Penny dig into what it really means to show up authentically, the parts of themselves they've hidden, and what shifts when they finally stop editing themselves.

    Discover how your willingness to be seen is an invitation for others to do the same.

    Resources Mentioned:

    A Course in Miracles

    Jennifer Hadley

    Regina Dawn Akers

    Gene Keys

    Human Design

    Work 1-on-1 with the Lemonettes:

    Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]

    Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]

    Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): [email protected]

    Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected]

    Penny (Performance Coaching): [email protected]

  • Belief Vs. Faith: The Proof That Changes Everything

    Belief Vs. Faith: The Proof That Changes Everything

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    What if you've been using the wrong word your whole life? Faith is NOT the same as belief. And that changes everything.

    What if belief and faith aren't the same thing?

    In this episode, Amanda, Morgan, and Penny explore the radical shift from mental agreement (belief) to lived knowing (faith). Drawing from A Course in Miracles, The Four Agreements, and their own transformative experiences, the hosts unpack:

    πŸ”Ή Why the Greek word "pistis" means proofβ€”not blind faith
    πŸ”Ή How your body and nervous system become your compass for what's true
    πŸ”Ή The moment you know something so deeply that you don't need to convince anyone else

    This episode invites you to: Stay awake through your day and notice: Am I operating from belief or from faith? From fear or from knowing?

    Perfect for anyone questioning inherited beliefs, deepening their ACIM practice, or ready to trust their inner knowing more than borrowed doctrine.

  • Whose Voices Are You Listening To?

    Whose Voices Are You Listening To?

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    The voice in your head running stories about what people think might not be yours β€” it might be an echo of how your parents spoke about others. In this episode, we explore inherited patterns, forgiveness, and the freedom that comes from recognizing whose voice is actually speaking.

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    πŸ‹ Have you ever wondered why you're so afraid of what people think?

    The voice in your head running stories about gossip, judgment, and what people think might not be coming from them at all. It might be an echo.

    In this episode, the Lemonettes explore how the way your parents and caregivers spoke about other people quietly became the inner dialogue running your life β€” and how recognizing those inherited patterns is the gateway to releasing them.

    We talk about the connection between parental judgment and the constant fear that people are talking about you. We share personal stories of inherited comparison, bias, and criticism. And we get honest about the benefits we get from staying afraid β€” the victim identity, the excuse to stay small β€” and why releasing those actually heals the whole system.

    You'll hear about steps toward freedom: awareness, questioning, forgiveness, vulnerability, and turning it over to something larger than yourself. We explore Jennifer Hadley's forgiveness work, The Four Agreements, and A Course in Miracles principles on how what we think becomes what we attract.

    Most importantly: you don't have to work it from both sides of the coin. Heal your own patterns, and watch the external shift naturally.

  • Love Serves All, But First It Tests You

    Love Serves All, But First It Tests You

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    After 90 days, Drusilla and Melissa share how their year-long intentions to "love" and "surrender" are being testedβ€”and why difficulty is exactly what spiritual commitment looks like. A raw conversation on internal conflict, nervous system work, and learning through purpose instead of pain.

    When you declare "love" as your intention, you don't get protection from challengeβ€”you get invited into it. And when you commit to "surrender," you discover that letting go doesn't feel like relief. It feels like standing in the fire.

    In this check-in episode, Drusilla and Melissa return to share the three months since setting their year-long intentions. They talk about how those commitments are showing up in marriage, career, friendships, and their own nervous systems. Drusilla walks us through the forgiveness letters, the internal conflict work, and the moment she realized that all conflict is internal. Melissa shares her surrender experimentβ€”losing her home and car, but finding the most comfortable beds she's ever slept in, the best food she's ever eaten, and a stability she never had when she thought she had everything.

    They discuss why your mindset matters more than your circumstances. Why the body is the hardest place to surrender. How nervous system regulation unlocks the spiritual work. And why getting to the other side of difficulty is where you actually develop faith.

    This is a conversation for anyone who's declared an intention and then wondered why it immediately started pushing back. It's for anyone learning that love and surrender are not gentle conceptsβ€”they're invitations to show up differently in the face of everything that scares you.

    Resources:

    A Course in Miracles Lesson 78

    The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer

    Jennifer Hadley's teachings on learning through purpose

    The Having

  • January You vs April You: Who Are You Becoming?

    January You vs April You: Who Are You Becoming?

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    Amanda, Morgan, and Penny revisit their intentions for the year and reflect on what surrender, acceptance, and willingness really look like in everyday life.

    What happens when the beautiful intentions of January meet the reality of life by spring?

    In this deeply honest and uplifting conversation, Amanda, Morgan, and Penny check in on their words for the yearβ€”surrender and acceptanceβ€”and reflect on how life has challenged, reshaped, and deepened those intentions.

    From grief and uncertainty to inner child healing and learning to trust divine unfolding, this episode offers a compassionate reminder that growth is not about perfection.

    It's about willingness.

    In this episode:

    First-quarter life check-in

    Revisiting your intention for the year

    Surrendering control

    Accepting difficult emotions

    Releasing future-fixing

    Learning to trust the unfolding

    Spiritual support and mentorship

    Inner healing and self-compassion

    Reflection prompt:

    What did January-you believe?

    What does April-you know now?

  • Rage Without Collapse: Standing with Women in the Shadows

    Rage Without Collapse: Standing with Women in the Shadows

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    A note on what you're about to hear: We know the apparent contradiction. A Course in Miracles teaches us that love holds no grievances, that anger is never justified. And yet here we areβ€”five spiritual women, grounded in ACIM, sitting with our rage. This episode doesn't resolve that tension. It lives in it. Because some truths require us to hold paradox: we can be devoted to forgiveness AND outraged by systemic harm. We can believe in the illusory nature of the world AND show up as witnesses to suffering. We can stay rooted in love AND refuse to spiritually bypass what's happening to women right now.

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    In this episode, we move from thought to action—and sit with the tension between spiritual faith and the "real-world" exposure of violence against women. When the Epstein files drop, when Gisèle Pélicot's trial reshapes how we think about consent, when young men grow up in a culture that celebrates dominance—how do we, as spiritual women, show up?

    We're talking about the difference between spiritual bypassing and genuine presence. Between feeling powerless and realizing you have choices in your own sphere. Between rage that's justified and rage that consumes.

    Key Takeaways:

    πŸ‹ You have power in your choicesβ€”your money, your attention, your voice, your vote.

    πŸ‹ Standing up doesn't require changing the whole system. It requires changing what you participate in.

    πŸ‹ Collective healing starts with "let it begin with me."

    πŸ‹ Rage and love can coexist. Anger and grace are not opposites.

    πŸ‹ What you focus on multiplies. Choose wisely.

    Resources Mentioned: Gisèle Pélicot's trial, The Manosphere documentary, The Hundredth Monkey phenomenon, R. Kelly case, A Course in Miracles, 12-Step recovery

    Work with the Lemonettes: Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected] Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): [email protected] Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): [email protected] Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): lovelightmorgan.com / [email protected] Penny (Performance Coaching): [email protected]

  • What Would Love Do? Showing Up as a Spiritual Student in a World on Fire

    What Would Love Do? Showing Up as a Spiritual Student in a World on Fire

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    "I need do nothing" β€” it's one of A Course in Miracles' most quoted teachings. But what does it actually mean when the world feels like it's cracking open? All five Lemonettes gather for an honest, grounded conversation about what spiritual students are really called to do right now. Meditate? March? Both? From vibrating love to voting with your pocketbook, this episode goes deep on inner work as world work. Every thought is a prayer. Where is yours pointing?

    Are we supposed to light a candle and scroll past the chaos? Or is love actually calling us to something more?

    In Episode 170, all five Lemonettes β€” Amanda, Drusilla, Melissa, Morgan, and Penny β€” come together for a timely and spiritually grounded conversation about what it means to show up as a spiritual student right now. The episode weaves together teachings from A Course in Miracles, Conversations with God, and David Hawkins to explore one of the Course's most abstract teachings: "I need do nothing."

    The conversation moves through personal shares on where each host feels Source nudging her β€” from Penny attending national marches and working her neighborhood, to Morgan feeling a quiet excitement as old systems come to light, to Melissa stepping off the political treadmill from abroad and cleaning up her side of the street, to Amanda learning, slowly and uncomfortably, to get comfortable with peace.

    Key threads: the holographic universe principle, the idea that every thought is a prayer, the epidemic of loneliness the ego feeds, and the reminder that one person vibrating love counterbalances 750,000 in fear.

    Let there be peace on earth β€” and let it begin with you.

  • When Honesty Breaks Connection: Emotional Dumping vs. Emotional Honesty

    When Honesty Breaks Connection: Emotional Dumping vs. Emotional Honesty

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    Have you ever been completely honest β€” and somehow made things worse? In this episode, Amanda, Melissa, Penny, and Drusilla unpack the difference between emotional honesty and emotional dumping, and why "telling the truth" can sometimes break the very connection you're trying to protect. Drusilla shares a raw, real story about a life insurance dispute that turned into a full emotional dump β€” and what she learned on the other side. Real talk. Real growth. Real life. πŸ‹

    Most of us were taught two options when it comes to our feelings: hold it all in, or let it all out. But neither of those actually creates connection β€” and sometimes, what feels like honesty is really unprocessed emotion spilling out all over the people we love most.

    In this episode of Five Lemons Laughing, Amanda, Melissa, Penny, and Drusilla explore one of the most important distinctions in relationships: emotional honesty vs. emotional dumping. Emotional honesty is sharing your experience calmly and clearly, staying connected to yourself in the delivery. Emotional dumping is when the feeling is so big, it just floods out β€” and as Penny says, it's like you "show up and throw up."

    Drusilla brings the receipts with a deeply honest story from her own marriage: a life insurance open enrollment conversation that turned into a full emotional dump, a betrayal trigger, and a vacation that started with some serious tension. She and the Lemonettes unpack what was actually underneath it all β€” old wounds, fear, the ego's insistence that boundaries are necessary β€” and how she and her husband recovered, faster and with less residue than ever before.

    Melissa reflects on letting go of defensive living and having real conversations without being attached to outcomes. Amanda shares how practicing the smaller uncomfortable conversations has built her foundation for the bigger ones. And Penny closes with her post-its:
    πŸ“ No matter what, everything's gonna be okay.
    πŸ“ There's no getting life wrong.
    πŸ“ Harvest the learning.
    πŸ“ Don't live defensively.

    This episode is a follow-up to Ep. 168 on Boundaries, Consequences & Punishment β€” and it's real life, messy, and exactly what it's supposed to be.

  • When Setting a Boundary Feels Like Being Mean β€” Untangling Boundaries, Consequences & Punishment

    When Setting a Boundary Feels Like Being Mean — Untangling Boundaries, Consequences & Punishment

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    Boundaries, consequences, punishment β€” they're not the same thing, and mixing them up costs us. The Lemonettes untangle all three through real stories, ACIM, and a question: What would love do?

    Have you ever set a boundary and immediately felt guilty? Or let someone face their own consequences and wondered if you were being too harsh? That confusion is exactly where this episode lives.

    In Part 2 of their boundaries conversation, the Lemonettes get honest about the difference between protecting yourself and punishing someone else β€” and how easy it is to blur those lines without realizing it.

    Amanda walks through a live example with her 1,000-pound horse. Melissa reflects on how years of people-pleasing eventually turned into punishment. Drusilla shares what it's like to be in a relationship where trust has grown so deep that the very concept of "boundaries" has started to dissolve. And Morgan draws on A Course in Miracles and Conversations with God to offer a reframe that might change how you see every difficult relationship moment: is this boundary coming from fear, or from knowing who you are?

    The episode closes with a question that's both simple and impossible: What would love do here?

    This is a real conversation β€” messy, nuanced, and honest. No easy answers. Just five women figuring it out together.

    Resources mentioned: A Course in Miracles, Conversations with God (Neale Donald Walsch), All the Way to the River (Elizabeth Gilbert), Jesus and the Essenes (Dolores Cannon)

    Your transformation is our greatest joy. Keep coming back β€” we love you.

  • Why Nobody Feels Heard (And the One Thing That Changes Everything)

    Why Nobody Feels Heard (And the One Thing That Changes Everything)

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    We all want it. To be seen. To be heard. To have someone look at us and say, "I get it. I see you. And I'm not here to fix you."

    In this episode, Amanda, Melissa, Morgan, and Penny dive into one of the most fundamental human longings β€” and what happens when it goes unmet. Sparked by a real-life neighborhood conflict that ended in a lawsuit, the conversation opens into something much bigger: the punishment loops we run in our closest relationships, the power of one person to shift an entire room, and why true healing is always an inside job.

    You'll hear about the ho'oponopono prayer in action, a moving story from Elizabeth Gilbert, a deep look at The Queen's Code, and one of the most honest conversations about marriage, resentment, and what it actually means to let someone off the hook.

    Resources: lessonsonlove.org | The Queen's Code by Allison Armstrong | A Course in Miracles | Ho'oponopono Prayer

    Your transformation is our greatest joy. Keep coming back β€” we love you. πŸ‹

  • Love is the Answer: Returning to Love in Relationships, Conflict & Everyday Life with Adam Guzman-Poole

    Love is the Answer: Returning to Love in Relationships, Conflict & Everyday Life with Adam Guzman-Poole

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    This episode, the Lemonettes go deep on love with special guest Adam Guzman-Poole β€” holistic counselor, coach, and author of Lessons on Love: Sacred Stories on Relationships, Balance, and Becoming Your Authentic Self.

    We explore what it means to return to love β€” not just in romance, but in how we treat ourselves, our communities, and even our most difficult people. Adam shares the Indigenous medicine wheel as a framework for whole-self care, the Tonglen practice for transforming conflict through compassion, and a moving story from his book called "Lean On Me" β€” about a drunk stranger on a plane and the miracle that unfolded when Adam chose love over frustration.

    Resources: lessonsonlove.org | Tonglen (Pema ChΓΆdrΓΆn) | Viktor Frankl | Stephen Covey | Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Trusting the Pace of Your Path: You're Not Behind

    Trusting the Pace of Your Path: You're Not Behind

    · Five Lemons Laughing

    Ever feel like you should be further along by now?

    In this heartfelt and hilarious episode, the Lemonettes explore that nagging inner voice that says you're behind β€” in your healing, your relationships, or your spiritual growth.

    Through personal stories (including a postponed live event, a loaner car meltdown, and an Ulta checkout saga), we unpack:

    β€’ The difference between preference and attachment

    β€’ Why expectations create suffering

    β€’ How we judge our spiritual reactions

    β€’ The "second arrow" of self-blame

    β€’ The power of surrender and acceptance

    β€’ Why laughter might be your most underrated spiritual tool

    Plus, we end with a 1-minute laughter challenge you can try today.

    Your transformation is our greatest joy. And here's your reminder:

    You are not behind.

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