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Hello, my friend. Welcome back. I'm so happy to spend this time with you today. And today's conversation is all about receiving. Receiving is something that I noticed a lot of us struggle with, myself included. And when I think about the word receiving, the first thing that always comes to my mind is if you're a lover of the TV show Friends, do you remember when Joey was marrying Chandler and Monica and he gave that speech and he said, It's a love based on giving and receiving as well as having and sharing, and the love that they give and have is shared and received. And through this having and giving and sharing and receiving, we too can share and love and give and receive. Do you remember that? That always made me laugh so hard. And of course, that sentence is like word soup, but honestly, I feel like that's how I think about receiving sometimes. I make it that complicated. So today I hope that I can help make it a little bit more simple. And if you feel like you struggle with receiving, I hope that this helps. And I think it will. Okay, so in order to illustrate this concept of receiving, I have a little story that happened to me. Uh, let's see, I think it was maybe two weeks ago now. So there was a day where I was wearing my absolute favorite purple dress. I love, love, love this dress. The color is like one of my favorites. It's like a soft purple. I wear it all the time, honestly. I wear it at least once a week. And I actually have this dress in like four different colors. I love everything about it. So I had on my favorite purple dress and I had some errands to run. And the first place I went that day was to PetSmart. And as I was walking into PetSmart, this woman was passing me and she looked at me and she goes, I love your dress. And I looked at her, and for whatever reason, I like very shyly was like, Oh, thank you. And then I like walked, walked to where I needed to go. It was so awkward and so weird of me. And I just I noticed right in that moment, oh my goodness, I received that compliment so horribly, so horribly. And I actually felt really bad for many reasons. Okay, so that happened, and then as I was leaving the store, I passed another woman coming out of her car, and she goes, I love your purple dress, and I knew it. I knew in that moment, oh my goodness, okay, this is showing me something. And at that moment, I was like, Okay, I this is another opportunity for me to openly receive and be grateful for this compliment. So I said, Thank you so much with an open heart and an open energy. Then I get in my car and I go about my day, and then later that day, I was picking up food and I walk into the restaurant, and sure enough, I pass a woman sitting at the bar, and she says, Oh my gosh, I love the color of your dress. And I said, Yes, another opportunity for me to receive this with an open heart and a grateful energy. And so I said, Thank you so much. And I made eye contact with her and I just soaked it in. And I was so proud of myself. And so I was so grateful that in that day I got the opportunity to correct for having received that first compliment so poorly because being able to receive with an open and grateful heart is a practice, it's a practice because so many of us growing up, we were taught to be the giver and not the receiver. So it's not normal for a lot of us. And what I have learned is that the way you receive small things is often the same way that you receive other things in life, bigger things, maybe things that mean a little bit more to you, like money or relationships. How you do one thing, you do most things. And we, especially as women, we tend to spend so much time and energy giving, giving, giving, whether it's our attention, our energy, our resources, our time, we give to everyone around us. And that's beautiful. And I don't want to take away from how important and beautiful and loving and nurturing that is. However, we also need to be able to receive, and that's where I find that a lot of us struggle. We feel really uncomfortable with receiving. When we give, the universe wants to give back to us through lots of different avenues, but we naturally often push it away, and we don't even realize it most of the time. So when someone compliments us, we'll say, like, oh, this old thing, or if someone offers us help, we'll say, No, no, I'm fine, or someone wants to buy us a coffee, and we say something like, Oh, you really don't have to, right? Those are all really familiar to you, aren't they? They're familiar to me. Our first instinct is often to deflect instead of just receive. And those tiny moments are so important to notice because if it's difficult to receive a small compliment or a little bit of help, then it's also probably really difficult for you to receive a larger amount of support, or if it's really hard to receive a tiny gift, it's probably really hard for you to receive a larger amount of abundance. And it this isn't about like being entitled, it's just about an equal, energetic exchange. It really is a law, it's a universal law. What we give, we receive. So I encourage you to practice this. First, notice it. Notice when you are being given something, whether it's words of affirmation or a tangible asset or whatever it is, whatever it is. Notice that you are in the position to receive. Take a deep breath and receive it with a fully open heart and a grateful energy. Just say thank you and receive it. Allow yourself to receive. It is natural, it is good, and it can be things too, like receiving a moment of peace or receiving a beautiful sunset. Those are things to receive as well. We don't always think of them as being things to receive, but they are. So don't rush past these moments that are meant for you to take in. And once you get more comfortable with this, you'll see how beautiful and prosperous and abundant life can really be for you. I was recently at an event and I was pulling some cards for people, and I was selling a few little things, one of them being some crystal bracelets. And this person walked up and they said, Oh, how much is this little like Onyx crystal bracelet? And I said, Oh, it's five dollars. And he gave me $30, and I went to give him most of it back, and he goes, No, no, no, that's for you. And I said, But it's only five dollars. Why are you giving me so much? And he said, That's for you, that's for you. So instead of saying no, no, no, and forcing it back to him, I said, Thank you so much, thank you, and I tucked it away. So you can see that yes, it's a practice, yes, it's something that we have to get a little bit more comfortable with, but it's so incredibly healthy for us to receive the love that we so freely give. So this week, make it your mission, pay attention to every opportunity that you have to receive. Take a breath, let your body relax, open your heart, take it in, and say thank you, thank you, thank you. Okay, and today I'm pulling a card from this deck called The Secret Language of Color. And I actually really love this deck. And the card we get is the color of Scarlet, and this card says attract success. Scarlet is a color of passion, success, and vitality that is known for its power and strength. It stands out and demands to be noticed. It's a color of victory. Scarlet allows you to confidently achieve your dreams. Realize your dreams with the power of Scarlet. To attract great opportunities into your life, imagine soaking your feet in scarlet liquid. Then imagine putting on scarlet socks and imagine that there are 10 steps to your success right in front of you. As you take each step towards your success, breathe in the scarlet energy of power, success, and confidence. Imagine getting closer to your goals with every step until you feel like you have the success you desire. And it says, say out loud, divine spirit, please infuse me with the energy of persistence, confidence, and success. So I suppose if you're having struggles with being able to receive, or even with being able to notice the opportunities that you have to receive, call upon the color of scarlet. So you could do that little visualization, or you could wear something in that scarlet hue, a little bracelet, a little piece of clothing, or decorate your space with something that's scarlet too. These are all ways to work with that very powerful color, and it's a beautiful cue to your subconscious to remind yourself hey, this is what I'm doing this week. I'm open to receiving in confidence, in gratitude, in love for myself because I am worthy of it and I am deserving of it, and this is my natural birthright. Okay, my friends, I'm gonna follow up with you, and I want to know what you received with an open heart. So follow me on social media, it's at Sanctuary with Ashley because I'm gonna make a post like a week after this, and I'm gonna say, All right, what did you openly receive? So write it down because I want to know. Alright, I am sending you so much love. Oh, and before I go, I wanted to say we are not doing intuitive bundles this week like usual. We are gonna do them next Thursday. That'll be Thursday, July 9th at 6 o'clock central time. So you have plenty of time to purchase an intuitive bundle on our website if you would like to join our live. Um, but it's gonna be delayed a week because of the holiday here. So I look forward to seeing you then. And we also have animal communication coming up on July 11th. So if you would like to learn how to communicate with the animal kingdom, it's very fun. I hope to see you there as well. Okay, now I'm really going. Okay, love you, love you, love you, love you. I hope you have the most beautiful, radiant, prosperous week. Okay, bye for now.