Spiritual Transformations through Health Challenges

Gain a new perspective on the positive aspects of health challenges.  Teresa and Tom discuss how  awareness  of thoughts and energy leads to healing.  They provide tips on how to transform illness or "dis-ease" into an empowering growth experience.   Listen in as they  share from their  recent experiences to  stimulate  insights into your health scenarios.

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Welcome back to season four, episode one of enthusiastically spiritual podcast. Hi, everyone. Hello, Teresa. So I have Tom here with TNT Spirit Works. And we are doing beginning of the year another what's up spiritually, because we've had a lot going on lately. So we wanted to touch base kind of give you guys some insights that we've been putting together for ourselves spiritually. And so I'm glad that Tom's here today to start this new year with us. And I'm glad you're here today, Teresa.

to start this new year with us and happy new year to everybody. Oh my God, another year, 2024. And there's so much more. You rhyme. That was a rhyme there, Tom. It's an attempt. So yeah, starting this new year. And no matter when you listening on this podcast, it doesn't have to necessarily be for the beginning of the year, but just we want to give some insights around staying healthy and around.

you're not healthy, kind of things that may transpire that you don't quite maybe understand. And we had some big insights lately. So you want to share a little about that, Tom? Yes. And one of the things that came to mind is, well, the last few days we've had a flu. And it turns out there's this flu going around, as a couple of friends told me. Didn't know that beforehand. And it hit kind of hard and fast, but then it was over with. And then

know, a day or two of recovery, a couple of days of recovery, but to get back to full strength. And as I was regrouping, you know, what I was going through, I thought, now, why are we getting sick? We take the vitamins, we do all this stuff, just traces really into health and eating right, and that kind of thing. And, you know, so what is it about us that's attracted this? And I guess, you know, at the beginning of the year,

it's a good time to shed old concepts and old ways of thinking. That's really what I mean by concepts is old ways of thinking that don't work or really fit for me anymore. So share a little bit about what you went through when you're going through this process. Cause I guess what I really wanna share first off before you say anything about this, Tom is, so in the past I've gone through illnesses. We had like a stomach bug, you know, there've been flus, obviously COVID.

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And usually on the other side of being ill, I've noticed I feel better. I feel like, wow, almost like, you know, like I've shed some stuff, right? I just feel more exhilarated, more enthusiastic. And so where Tom and I are at right now with our are regrouping with one another and our understanding about spiritual spirit and energy and how things work, we are really able to get a deeper understanding of how we move through these illnesses. So I would love for you to share.

your experience as you went through this event, and then I'll share mine. Well, my experience was that I became aware of, say, negative thoughts that creep in or concepts that I have. And I said to Teresa after, you know, the next morning kind of thing, like, gosh, it was really funny, you know, but when you're not healthy, it's amazing what you think. It's really good to be healthy. You know, we're really fortunate that for the most part, we're really healthy.

And yet why, why do we go through these things? And it struck me that as I begin to grow spiritually and I'm beginning to shed those concepts, that there needs to be a purge in my system because some of that energy I may have been carrying for, dare I say it, lifetimes, and I'm beginning to come into a new awareness. And the thing that always strikes me about the new awareness is it's always clearer, simpler than what would typically

know, go on with me. So I feel that in a way, for me, my experience was I picked up that bug so that I could really purge what I was beginning to let go of. I was beginning to come become aware of thoughts and habit patterns in my thoughts that weren't serving me. Another way I might say it is like, you know, I'll do something, but I get stimulated by

a thought or a concept that I start thinking too much about things, or I'm not as positive as I normally am when I'm relaxed. So getting that to summarize getting that illness, so to speak, or getting that virus was really a blessing because it helped me purge more physically, you know, we live in the spiritual and material worlds. So that's just my impression of what was going on.

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And do you feel the same? Yeah, so what I went through is, as I'm laying there on the floor, in front of the toilet. We've all been there. Oh my gosh. I had an overwhelm of different thoughts, different visions from past lives, different, like Tom was saying, negative insights, negative thoughts, that just kind of flooded in and flooded out, and flooded in and flooded out.

And honestly, I've never had this happen before. So like I said, there's definitely a different awareness now of what we went through as well as, obviously separately, but yet we came together like, holy crap, we both had the same type of things happen or the same awareness for sure. And yeah, so I felt as I was just not, I wasn't being attached to any of these visions and any of these words that came to my head, but I just like...

noticed them. And so like later on afterwards, when we were regrouping, I could then verbalize, well, let me share with you what I experienced, because it was really, it was on a whole different level than I've ever recognized before. And so that's what why we wanted to really bring this forward today and in the sharing about, you know, there's so many people in the last few years, especially who've come up ill, who've, you know, some have passed away, and some still are sick. And in just the variations of

gosh, it could be lifetimes where we're purging and having do this through our physical bodies because like Tom is saying, the spirit and matter were both of them. So they, and they have to really, what's the word I wanna say? They have to like rebalance or, yeah, like- That's a good word for it. Yeah, rebalance or, you know, like when I'm moving at a certain level spiritually, my physical has to come up to match that.

And so in order for that to happen, and moving into 2024 with some new things coming and new things gonna be opening up, I needed to shed a lot of that past stuff. And ironically enough, it was like, two days before the first of the year. So it was like, Spears like last minute, okay, let's get this done guys. It was unexpected for me. And I went first and then Teresa followed and the next day or two. So...

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What's really interesting to me is that, you know, my key word in the words that I work with for January is destiny. And I'm very aware of a changing climate. Our business is evolving. We're, the way that we go to share is evolving. And...

as we move through this next evolution and provide our service or my service and your service in a more clear way, it's time to let go. And so the timing was perfect. And I guess what's interesting for me is I went, you know, I've never thought of illness as being a positive thing. Although there's been a number of times, at least a few times it come to mind when I've had similar purging situations actually.

more intense than what I went through, you know, a few days ago. And I thought, you know, I must be doing good spiritually, because man, I hit it, got through it, and over and done with. So I am a healthy guy, you know, I could move that through. And to me, that's now that's me thinking positive. So me thinking positive is not

being airy-fairy like, oh, I shouldn't have gotten sick, and I'm, you know, something's wrong with me spiritually, and what did I do wrong? It's more like, oh, I needed to get something to move through me, I picked up a bug, and I dealt with it. You know, my energy dealt with that. So that's a different way of thinking of these challenges we go through, you know, physically. What do you think about that? Yeah, what just popped into my mind as you're saying that is how...

we've all been since, you know, the, the plan dynamic and how that all shifted and how there's been so many people sick. And that is part of what's going on, like on different levels, as we're all energetically. And I don't care if you're who you are on the planet, the energy shifted and you are moving to a different plane of energy. Now, whether or not you recognize it or not, that's, you know, each person's own individual journey, but recognizing that the earth is shifting, we all physically have to shift.

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people are sick. It's no wonder people are getting cancers and people are getting diseases and different things because of the fact that their bodies is having to recalibrate and having to you know to really shed a lot of the old stuff and again some people make it through and some people don't but it just really gives me a bigger picture on why we do get sick and what that and what that means on the spiritual level. Now of course this you know

varies to each person, right? I mean, each person has their own journey. And this is what Tom and I are sharing is just our own perspective from what we just put together and the profound realization that we both had going back and forth that, wow, we kind of experienced the same thing and moving forward into this new energy that's coming in, that's really already here in 2024 and the newness that we're really moving into. Yeah, the two things come to mind for me is,

colleague of mine in the spiritual world reminded me of, you know, that if the virus didn't kill me, I still have something to do here. And that's now how do I look at that positively? Well, I'm here. You know, I'm here to be a part of this experience.

and rather than think of the not so good or the look at my future with dread, because there's always challenges that come up, you know, to our mindset, our concepts, but I'm still here working it through, you know, looking at evolving. And I feel like going through the, you know, incident of picking up a bug and moving it through, I'm in a better place than I was spiritually before. And

All I mean by that is I just, I do feel clearer. I'm more aware of thoughts that aren't me, or that are not serving me. Those two types of thoughts that either just aren't even, not even my thoughts, or they're thoughts that I play, my little tapes I play, that don't serve me, because it's not gonna help me accomplish a goal. If I focus more on what I want to do, or the goal that I'm...

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looking to achieve, that's where the energy is or the solution is. And what do you think about that? Yeah. And I guess, you know, what comes to me about all that is just, you know, we're sharing this just to give you a bigger picture perspective of when you or someone around you love may go through something. And looking at that person as a soul going through

a change in their physical body. And, you know, it's not the most fun, because like when my mom was around me when I was going through this and she was worried and concerned, which we do when people get really sick, but.

But knowing that, okay, on the bigger picture as a soul, in a physical body, everything has to shift and change. So if you can think about that next time you get sick, I know I wasn't thinking about that the other day, but now that I was thinking about, oh my God, how long is this gonna last? But- Get rid of the pain quick. Without a doubt. And when's this gonna stop? Partly. But really, now that we've gone through it, you know, it's just a different plateau of thinking about getting sick, a different level of understanding.

when we do go through these things in our life in the physical body, how that affects our spiritual and matching it up. Yeah, and the second thing that this colleague reminds me of is that a mentor of mine, we get a call and a very spiritual guy and a spiritual leader and well-renowned. And I would say, oh, we're getting a call. And he said, yeah, I need to take a bit more time for myself.

And I thought later, took years to realize that that's actually a very positive thing. He just said he didn't see it as a negative. He just said, Oh, there's a sign I need to what, where am I not taking care of my needs? Where am I not? Yeah. Taking care of my needs. I guess I said it that simply and I'm going to leave it that simple. No, that's perfect, Tom, because moving into 2024, we've been sharing a bit on this podcast about how I'm taking a creative pause.

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or the next couple of months and kind of reformatting and just kind of giving some space because I've done so much work in the last couple of years that it's time for me to really kind of step back and go, okay, so how do I want to move forward with all that I've put together or a new direction with spirit? And so it's funny, my mom this morning, I was talking to her, you know, how you doing, blah, and she goes, well, I guess, you know, because I've been saying how I need to take a break. And she goes, well, I guess this is how you get your break. Like, it's kind of like that. Like, I guess, you know, the universe is going, okay, so.

to slow down, to tune into spirit, and to really be guided to what's next, I needed to kind of go through this in order to go, okay, I'm calming down, I'm moving into the new year. So it's just interesting how things do happen like that when we've put out there, like I put out there, and I know that it's time for me to step back a bit and go, okay, just kind of, you know, see how things, where everything's at and how to move forward with things. Yeah.

know, that saying out of the mouth of babes, we could also say out of the mouth of moms comes wisdom once in a while. A lot of wisdom as a matter of fact. Wow, that's pretty appropriate, mom. I'm surprised. Sometimes it surprises me, but no, it doesn't. She's very in tune. So one of the things I want to share before we go today is just some tips when I am going through an illness, you know, how I think and the cleansing and things like that, that I find do work.

Um, and, or help, let me say they help a lot in changing my energy. Um, but I guess at the end of the day, you know, it's really up to me to decide. I want to change, you know, my thoughts and how I look at life and how I think about things. But some of that is subconscious, you know, we're, when you were sharing

It's not like, I mean, I'm, I was aware that I'm shifting some attitudes and some ideas about things or false concepts I have about life. You know, still peeling layers of an onion in different situations, but that in a way, I attract that illness because there's, there's really, there's something really at the core that's a subconscious feeling. In other words,

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experiencing a certain emotion in certain situations, you know, or I, you know, and I'll say like, I've been noticing the last few weeks, like, well, geez, you know, I've experienced certain emotions around certain situations, I keep attracting certain things to me to, you know, why do I become aware of that? And I guess the real discipline for me is not to beat myself up, because I should have known better, or I should have

why didn't I know that sooner spiritually? Cause that's a pitfall that, that I have, you know, that it's better to say, okay, well, I'm here now because moving forward. And as we move into 2024, you know, really, there's just, there's no judgment in what you do next or what your solution is or what my solution is for what I'm doing moving forward. There's just clarity. And then with clarity,

I get the facts and then I'm my feelings, you know, I'm really glowing. And then that's when I can trust, you know, that things will move because I'm sharing you key words that really work with my spiritual gift order. My visionary part, clarity, my intuitive part is getting the facts. My feeling part is that glowing wellness.

well-being feeling and then that trust is that prophetic part that everything's going to be okay. Well, I'm glad you talked about feelings because this morning before we got this podcast going, we were sitting around. I was really sad and I was actually teary and this happens every so often going through my processes, Tom and I talked about. She processes. I process and it's good to process. So as I'm going through this sadness, I'm like, why am I sad? And I was sad because

after what I had just gone through and moved out a lot of things, there is almost like a hollow shell within me of, you know, this feels different. This is not what I normally feel like. This is not. It's almost like, like going through, you know, well, I'll say it like an ice bath. And these people go in the ice bath. And what happens is they get rid of a lot of energy around them. They come out going, wow, holy, you know, holy heck, I feel like a new person now. And it's kind of like that. But

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But not recognizing until we were talking about, you know, sharing about this today is why I was feeling sad is because I am moving out of that old energy that I've had around me for so long and within me, and now moving forward into a new destiny, a new tomorrow of, you know, things that are coming forth. Yeah, it's an odd occurrence. Intellectually, I could say, isn't it odd? But, you know, spiritually, it's just that

For me, I would say it's a feeling of longing for something because that habit, those old habits, the way we think, and the energy behind those habits, and sometimes energy we attract behind those habits has been with us for quite a while, either our whole life, or possibly lifetimes, that we're looking at, as a visionary, I'll say looking at things from a different perspective or.

letting go of concepts or ideas, thoughts, things, habits that have held me back from just following through with my to be happy and free.

Anything else you want to say about that? Well, I want to move back to when you mentioned tips. Okay, so when I was going through my purging, I wasn't thinking about cleansing. I'll be honest with you. There was the last thing on my mind was, I need to cleanse and call my angels in close. So just because I'm human, right? And I'm going through this process and I'm not thinking about all that or light a candle or whatever the heck you do to cleanse yourself, okay? I was not going there. But I want to give you a really good tip for.

If you have someone that's in a hospital situation or you're moving into a hospital situation, there are hospital angels and you can always call on them. So I'll tell you what, lately my mom has been back and forth to the hospital a couple of times, different things. And before I move into the hospital, I always call on the hospital angels to give backing and I swear they always do. So I wanna give that tip today. That's, you know, of course that's.

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you're not being sick but assisting someone else in there and just knowing that the angels at the hospital know what the patient, your mom, your son, whoever it is needs. So that's one tip I want to just share because that really has helped a lot as we've gone in and out. And matter of fact, one time years ago when I did that, I remember seeing a lot of angels around my mom. As soon as I called them in, it was pretty amazing. So that's a tip I want to give you for anyone in the hospital that might be ill or even in a medical situation.

There's hospital angels. One of the tips that I'd like to share is that as I'm, you know, going through those negative thoughts when I'm not feeling so well, I just noticed them. I just noticed, and none of it seems that I, I must say that I didn't relate to the thoughts that well. Like I almost felt like that doesn't, that's not my experience. That's almost like somebody else's experience. I, you know, I kind of relate to it. So,

One of the things I do is I mentally spiritually cleanse and that, you know, I'll close my eyes and I have visualized myself doing that cleansing technique which we've shown you before. And on one of the previous episodes, just previous to this one or two. There's a little short video on that as well. If you need a refresher.

I visualize myself cleansing and I say in the name of the love within or in the name of healing or the God within I cleanse my body and I cleanse my soul and I'll say that you know a number of times and at least a few times. It's almost a mantra or a chant that it you know can kind of become and it takes a little bit like I still will feel

I do feel an improvement, I must say there's a little delay and then I start to feel an improvement. So that's one tip. The second tip is to when I come out of the illness, you know, there is this, my sense in my feelings is like, my, my thoughts are clear. And notice my thoughts are clear once I'm feeling better again.

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as I move through my day, and I move through different opportunities in my day, I start to become more aware of when the thought moves in, that's not so positive. Or a way of saying it for me would be like, I find a way to suffer through an activity, you know, and it's really subtle, like I'll do some bookkeeping, and then I'll need to call somebody. And then, you know,

brain will go, gosh, they never give you the answer when you want it. You have to wait forever. Like, I think these, you know, almost automatic thoughts, or I'll feel a little pressure all of a sudden as I'm working with the books. And in the past, I used to just accept that pressure. I used to just say, well, that's, you know, I'd allow myself to indulge in feeling the pressures about the

It's weird, I know, but it's one of the ways I could explain it. And for me, it's like, it's like I subconsciously thought or even conscious, like, well, I'm working hard, because I'm feeling the pressure of this, when really, there never needs to be any pressure. There's just energy and moving forward. And I have all the patience I need. So to sum all this up, I just find afterwards, I have a bit of clarity.

know, once I've reached a new kind of a hot point or new level, but it takes a bit of discipline for me to practice. Oh, that's not my thought. Oh, I don't need to feel nervous as I'm doing the books. Stop cleanse, you know, do something to change my energy. Take a deep breath, get back to it. Take a break every hour for 10 minutes, you know, or every 50 minutes just to get my energy moving in a different direction. Come back to it fresh.

And that's always a tough one for me, because I love to just like barrel through things and I'm real mission oriented and that kind of thing. So those are a couple of the tips. Cleanse, a little bit of thought discipline, and just be aware of the unconscious, almost unconscious how feelings will move in and know that I don't have to accept those feelings. I wanna feel great.

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Yeah, so in moving into the new year, everyone, all you listeners out there, I hope that this has given you a bit of an insight into, you know, next time you're ill or someone else is ill, you know.

honoring the journey as challenging as it may be as people move through things as in yourself too, but just taking it to a different level. And maybe you might start noticing some things like we noticed this last time, which I'd never noticed before. And you know, just really honoring again, just honoring the journey really. Any last words there, Tom? Well, I think for me, you know, that the theme of spiritual freedom, you know, we've been talking a lot about that. And I go,

I've been often saying to myself, well, what does that mean? I mean, I know what religious freedom means, but to me, spiritual freedom is allowing myself to feel how I want to feel, or how I truly feel as I move through my experiences. And that's really what I... Beautiful. How I would sum it up.

Awesome. And so again, everyone, this is season four, episode one moving into 2024. And so the next couple months, yes, I am taking a creative pause. And Tom and I will occasionally be doing some of these episodes the next couple months, but otherwise, we'll be doing some re inspired episodes that you can look forward to that Tom's going to share a bit on those, which will be a lot of fun.

But we thank you so much for listening in to another episode of Enthusiastically Spiritual. If you want to check out, I have a pretty active Facebook account on Teresa Schantz that I'm on all the time and I do lives and different things. You can always check out that. You can check out Tom also on Facebook and otherwise we'll be back again soon. Yes. And look at the show notes for the Soul Quake Survival Guide, a book written by Teresa that's receiving rave reviews lately. And can help you get through any kind of soul quake.

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And if we can be of service, let us know. Thank you for letting me share. You're welcome, Tom. All right, everyone. Well, thanks so much. And until next time, just remember that life is too short to not be enthusiastic about your unique journey.