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"Good Fortune" Synchronicity

• THeresa Marie

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What if the very frustration you’re trying to outrun is the message that unlocks your next chapter? That’s where we start—knees-deep in gig work fatigue, stalled expectations, and the nagging sense that purpose is passing by—until a surprising chain of synchronicities turns the wheel.

We open up about the tension between big vision and the urge to control every outcome. The dream list is real: grow a moving meditation community, keep the podcast sharp and useful, write an unconventional devotional, and step onto stages to serve at scale. But the path wasn’t linear. We trace the spiral—like climbing the Statue of Liberty—where higher views bring narrower steps and built-in benches to pause, reflect, and recommit. That pause arrives as a bold pivot: accepting a steady day shift to stabilize finances, reclaim time, and power the creative work that actually moves the needle.

Then the universe holds up a mirror. A film about a delivery driver lands like a love note to perseverance, capturing the grind, the doubt, and the decision not to abandon the dream. That moment reframes structure as freedom: three set days for the paycheck, three intentional days for deep work, and a clear six-month runway to exit the job with momentum. We talk practicals—time blocking, aligning will with intent, pausing classes to rebuild cadence—and the deeper lesson of synchronicity: when your inner decision is clear, life tends to answer with meaningful echoes.

Come for the story, stay for the strategy. If you’ve felt stuck between survival mode and your calling, this conversation offers a simple, sturdy blueprint: choose structure that protects your energy, treat time like capital, and let the right signals guide your next step. Subscribe, share with someone in the grind, and tell us—what structure would unlock your dream this season?

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There are no koinky dinks, only the perfect and divine synchronicity of the universe. And today I am gonna do a little bonus episode to give you this weekend warriors proof that that is actually a true statement. And I welcome you back today to Free to Just Be, the podcast empowering humanity to courageously step out of old patterns, matrix programming, heal from childhood traumas, and leave behind false beliefs in order to give a big old hug to brand new ways of being. And I hope this finds you on this magnificent Monday in the greatest health with vibrant energy today, because you and I have all chosen to accept the full responsibility for our body, minds, and souls. And here on Free to Just Be, I'm going to try to inspire you to truly be who you came here to be, which of course is authentic, free, and align with our highest potential. So won't you join me on this transformative awaking awakening journey to rewrite our narratives and live lives of purpose and passion? And I am so happy to be here on this just wonder filled, beautiful, sunny first day of uh real autumn weather here in Middle Tennessee. And I so appreciate you giving me some of your valuable time. And I hope you'll just take a minute right now and smash the like button and subscribe to the Free to Just Be podcast so you don't miss any real-time uh proof that you and I are indeed on an awakening journey. I would so appreciate that. And uh before we close out our 12-part series on authenticity, I thought I would just uh give a little break time and share with you the incredible synchronicities that occurred in my life over the weekend. Um so just to set the stage a little bit, I just want to let you know that um having been on this awakening journey for um well over a decade now, um I am well aware that when something new is trying to enter my life, um, and I say trying because sometimes I'm I'm the one that's resisting it, uh sometimes willingly and knowingly, and sometimes I just don't get it, and um, it takes a little longer for this new chapter to arise. But some of the ways I know that that is occurring is frustration builds uh in body, mind, and soul. And for a long time now, um, I am next week, it will be three months uh that I've been back in Tennessee from my Florida um journey. And since I got here, I I have been frustrated by how things are going. My controller, I've I've shared with you that I am a number eight on the anneogram uh chart, and uh soon and very soon I'm gonna have a uh person who has some expert skills in reading and using the anneogram. But the number eight on the anneogram, uh my downside is that I like to control everything. And being very aware of that, uh my controller has been freaking out. Why? Because things haven't gone the way I wanted them to go. So my controller is, you know, in the background going, what is going on? What is going on? You know, I thought by now I'd have launched uh and expanded my moving meditation practice. I thought by now my podcast would be viral. I thought by now I'd already be on stage talking to thousands of people live and and on and on. And yet I'm not there. And sometimes on our journey, we have to step, you know, kind of like um I'll give you my analogy, the parallel analogy of what I'm trying to share. When I was a kid, I went to um the Statue of Liberty when I was in second grade. And the Statue of Liberty is a staircase, a spiral staircase that takes you all the way up to the Statue of Liberty's head. And then there's another side staircase that will take you up into the torch itself, which you can walk around the torch, and then you begin the journey back down that spiral staircase. And it's it's a chore, and there's a lot of steps, and the higher you get, the narrower and steeper um the steps become. And what they do is they have these um benches, these hanging benches, so you can step off the staircase and you can take a break from your journey up, which is a perfect way to describe the ascension journey. We are literally taking one step up at a time, and it definitely feels like a spiral because that is how energy flows. Energy is not linear like we think, it is a spiral, which is why I love in my moving meditation the movement of the figure eight, because that's how our DNA flows. It flows in this spiral, right? So that is what we often have to do. We have to step off the ascension path for a few moments, you know, either a few moments, a few hours, a few, however long we need, in order to look back at that staircase. Oftentimes we have to look at where we came from or remind ourselves where we're going in order to see where exactly we are, right? So that has been the last several months for me. I have been ascertaining um why my quote-unquote plan, as the controller would would say, has not come to fruition. And I I finally began to um make some landings on those inquisitions. And this weekend um was very, very helpful for that. And sometimes the answers come in unique ways. And so um, as many of you know, a couple of years ago I stepped out of my paycheck at at uh an Amazon warehouse here in Metal Middle Tennessee, and and that was my second round at Amazon. And the reason I did so is because I was tired of night shift, I was tired of punching a clock, I had already um begun to door dash, which I um now recognize was another step towards independence and true entrepreneurship, but definitely not quite. And um so I stepped away from that Amazon position and I began to door dash on the regular, in other words, that became my source of income. Now, when I was in Florida, I also had um a little bit of a stipping um due to um helping open this wellness center. So I was getting paid a little bit each week from there as well. And then toward the end, uh the closing of that particular chapter of my ascension journey, um I I knew a couple of months before I uh cut the ties with that organization that it was coming. I knew that I wasn't vibing with that uh particular job, and it it was not where I wanted to be. And so there came a time where I said, all right, um, this will, you know, um I'm getting ready to head back to Tennessee. I'm gonna be here for X amount of time. And I was asked, well, um, what do you want us to do? You want us to, you know, just pay you the normal pay and then back you out over the next six weeks, say? And no, I had already made the decision. I couldn't, I couldn't stay with that organization, so I said, no, um, just go ahead and make this my last uh check. And so they did, and then I had the um conundrum of, well, how will I replace that$500 a week? And you know, I was so cocky. I thought, well, I'll just do it with door dashing. Well, then I made the transition and I I got myself packed up and I came back home and um also let my husband know that I did not want to combined incomes yet, because as I've said many, many times on this podcast, relationships, time management, and finances are my three big rocks that I really, really need to get in order in my life. And so uh after 22 months, my husband and I have really um, we are well down that reconciliation path. I'm now um almost three months back home. Uh we are doing very, very well. Um, and soon you'll hear some more about that. So the relational piece is there. And I told my husband, no, um, I need to continue to work out my financial situation on my own. I appreciate your offers to help, and eventually we will coincide as a married couple again. But please don't help me. And I think I've also shared that there uh a couple of episodes ago that, you know, that really triggered me, you know, a couple of times because uh my husband is is very diligent and he is uh very perceptive, and and what you say is what you do is how my husband lives his life. And that is not how I've lived my life. I change my mind all the time. I'm the rain shower, and he is the jet stream. And it's very, very interesting to me how we are literally beginning to change roles. And I now find myself at a place in my ascension journey where I recognize that I need to have a whole lot more of that jet stream focus that my husband has and learn how to manage my time better, where he, who is an incredible time manager, extremely diligent, extremely focused, is learning to let go and lead a more stress-free life because the way he has um held his life together is by those very stringent breakfast at six, dinner at six, and I, you know, and and so he's learning to let some of that go, and I'm learning to add some of it. So it's a really interesting time in both of our lives. And now that we are both currently working towards our ascension journey up those steps together, and we realize that we're both involved in that, we're literally beginning to help one another through our own processes. All that background being said, for weeks now I've been very frustrated with DoorDash. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels literally nine, ten hours a day, sometimes driving and delivering and and driving to the next location and picking up and delivering, and it's very monotonous, and I am not seeing the fruits of my labor as any DoorDash or as any gig worker would say. Um gig gig work is is very good when it's a um a sideshow, when it's it's uh in congruence with a regular paycheck, and you want a little extra gig work is awesome because you can do it after your regular job for a couple of hours, you can do it on the weekends, uh, you can do it if you want to go on a trip or what have you, and you have a financial goal. But to do it as a regular form of income, this ambassador of Qi has discovered that that is not working for me. Not only is the financial piece not working, but I was struggling to have time to do the things I love and know that I'm called for, thus the podcast, thus, all the materials that I'm working on, um, thus expanding my um moving meditation class. And so something had to give, and I was getting more and more frustrated, and I knew that that frustration will would eventually break open into a new pathway, but I didn't know when it would happen. And um I have been very blessed with uh uh four very excellent core students who have worked with me on my inconsistencies, uh, have stayed with me when I moved to Florida. They took my class on Zoom, they were so excited when I came back, and I didn't have a building to teach in, and the weather was still conducive. So we were meeting outside in a park under the trees, which we all loved. And there were several times where um something would come up in my family and I'd have to cancel the class. And these are very diligent, consistent students that are practicing on a daily basis that have been with me, and we have been sharing these uh wonderful moving meditations for two years now. So I knew, and and they and we know each other. We're not only just student and teacher, um, they teach me quite a bit as well, and we are friends. So, all that background being said, um there's been this building and this building, and they, you know, my students have been saying, well, you need to you need to expand, and it's it's time you go get more students. But see, I had this financial dilemma, you know, in the background running. So about two weeks ago, and I shared this on a podcast as well, I found myself filling out this application for Amazon again, but it was a day shift. And 80% through filling this application, I like suddenly became aware and and like woke up and said to myself, What are you doing? You don't want to go back to Amazon. And I felt the Holy Spirit say, just fill out the application. And when I did 10 minutes later, because I have been there twice and they have all my information, I was already given an offer and a start date. And I literally start back on a 40-hour week, four-day, 10, 10-hour shift at Amazon on Wednesday. And when that occurred, I immediately felt relief pour over my body. Why? Because now I know that I will have X amount of dollars every two weeks deposited into my account, and I recognized that now I now I can turn the page. Now I know where my steady bill income will come from. I know exactly when I have to be there. I know that um I'll leave at 6.15 in the morning and I'll return at 6.15 at night. So now I can formulate my time management and I now will have three whole days to focus on none other than the things that I want to do, the things that will launch me into full-on entrepreneurship. So that is the process I am now working towards, right? All that background being said, on Friday, I was uber frustrated. Okay. Friday, everybody is driving in that Friday realm. I'm in Murfreesboro, the fastest, most rapidly growing city in the United States, um, which is about 20 minutes from my home, which is also where the Amazon plant that I'll be working is. And I I had been driving for nine hours, okay? And I I still hadn't made headway. And the frustration just bubbled up to the point where literally I pulled over and and I literally said out loud, eff it. This is not living. This is still a form of bondage, and of course it is, right? And all of my mentors in the last 30 years, and I've been to many different um uh sites and mentors for finances, and they always say similar things. Now, if it's a Christian version, they're gonna tell you to tithe first, give back to God first. And that's a personal thing that I talk to God about because right now I don't really um vibe with anybody in particular that I feel safe with, especially after my Florida um uh lessons, um to give my money to, to know that they are actually going to be utilizing it for kingdom work. Now, I I do give to uh, you know, these are my personal uh places to give. But anyway, the other financial mentors would also say the same thing. You pay yourself first, and I'm in my car on the side of the road laughing. Oh, right. Well, I sure haven't been doing that. All I do is try to run around and chase after money to pay bills, and I'm sick of this, I don't want to do this anymore. And I literally was thinking, you know, I can't wait till this Amazon starts so I can have some consistent finances in my life again. And that's when I determined, you know what? I'm turning this Dasher app off, and I am going, you know, my husband and I are going to the movies on Sunday. We're gonna go see that new Seth Rogan movie with Canoe Reeves. I always call him Canoe, I know it's canoe, but whatever. And it looked like a comedy, and we need the laugh, and we need to go out on a date, and it's my turn to come up with something for us to do. So, you know, I really didn't have that 25 bucks to spend, and I just said, you know what? This we are not just gonna work, we're gonna have a life, right? So I bought the tickets, I text my husband, and I said, you know what? You and I are gonna sit out by a bonfire, and we are gonna have a couple of teas, and Sunday we're gonna go to the movies. So I got a thumbs up from my husband and I head home. Sunday we go to the matinee, and we get there, and all that background to show you the synchronicity of what is occurring in this Ambassador of Chi, Teresa Marie's Ascension Journey. The movie opens, and literally the main character in the movie is a struggling gig worker. They don't call it DoorDash, they call it foodie or whatever, but he's obviously delivering food like I am. And literally on this big screen, he's depicting everything that I just shared with you about being a gig worker, the frustration, and and you know, and and it's so bad that he was living in his car. And as some of you know, I literally had seven boxes in my car when I left for Florida, and I was so excited to start that leg of the journey. And the first two weeks I literally stayed in an empty cabin that had nothing but power to it. And I so related to this character, and I mean, to the point where we were laughing hysterically, but I was also feeling the welling up of tears because, you know, the movie, 75% of the movies set the stage for the difficulty of life, of the struggle, of living in the matrix and living in um, you know, and they depicted the two opposites, those struggling financially and those living in financial freedom, which is where all of us are eventually going to go, by the way. Do not ever forget that fact. And the culmination of the movie, the main lesson was don't give up your dreams. Recognize how blessed you are right where you are, right here and now. And and I remember the main character saying, You're telling me that I need to go back and live in my car without a job and no income. And he was told yes, and to find the blessing in that. And before the movie ended, he did find the blessing and he went back. And I tearfully, as my husband and I were driving home, my husband said, Wow, that that was thank you so much for taking us here. This was great and what a great movie. And I bawled like a baby for a few minutes, and I said, I so related to that, because I was ready to give up my dreams. Why? Because it wasn't going like my controller wanted it to go. And yet I recognize fully today that not only am I getting yet another opportunity to make my dreams come true, this was the page turning that I have very frustratingly been waiting for. A new pathway, a new opportunity to take another step up the ascension ladder. And so I made some very um concise and very important and very um heartfelt decisions on the last twenty-four hours. I let my students know that we were gonna pause. Probably I uh I I'm giving myself till the end of the year to get my time management together, to uh jumpstart my finance again, and to make some major headway on my mission, my vocation. Why? So that I can leave the J O B just over broke, which Amazon will help me do that. And with a little extra ump from the gig every now and then, I'll get there a little quicker. So imagine that. Not only did the answer come, but it was through a movie that depicted the exact place that I was in and gave me the hope to continue my mission. And that is a prime example of how things work on this ascension journey. It's messy. Lori Ladd calls it crunchy, it's crunchy. It is like I've said many times, this ascension journey is no joke, it's daunting and exciting, it's breathtaking and scary as all shit. It is not for the fearless or the weak need. It takes tremendous courage. But oh baby, when we continue on, when we see the lessons, when the lessons open up new pathways, it becomes exciting again. And I know that I know that I'm gonna go back into a frustrating period of time as the next pathway opens up. But for right now, I'm settling in. I am learning to manage my time even in the next two days before I start this Amazon job. And I'm very, very grateful that there are no koinky-dinks. You know, um, Carl Young defined synchronicity as a meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved. Now the universe knew that I was crying out, that I did not want to be a gig worker forever, that I wanted to work towards my vocation, but I wasn't sure how to get there. And then pieces started falling into place, and then he put a cherry on top of it and gave me the encouragement I needed. And Neil Donald Walsh said this don't miss the synchronicities of what is happening right now, finding its way into your life. Humanityville, don't miss it. Because they will come in at just the right moment. There are no coincidences in the universe, only convergences of will. I have a will to complete my mission. I have a will to expand my moving meditation classes. I have a will to write my very unconventional devotional book. I have a will to stand before thousands and motivate them to stay on their ascension journey. Convergences of will, intent. My intent is to be out of Amazon within six months. My intent is to utilize this time at Amazon to get my financial world in order. My intent is to manage my time so that two days of the week, ten hours a day, I'm working on nothing other than my vocation so that I can leave the J O B. And what's the last convergent experience? Experience is the stuff of life. So wherever you are in your ascension experience, humanity will continue to intend to become that higher self and to step into your real true purpose and mission of why you're here. And strengthen your will because wherever you are, and whatever kowinky dinks might be coming into your life right now, they're all going to converge on a shift in your life. And when it does, you will be at peace.