Awaken Your Inner Awesomeness with Melissa Oatman-A daily dose of spirituality and self improvement

How do you react when life deals you a swift blow?  Do you react quickly without thinking, or do you practice the pause?  Today I talk about the importance of pausing when something unexpected happens. Deeds cannot be undone, and words cannot be unspoken once said. We waste so much time and energy worrying about things that don’t really matter in the end. That’s why pausing is so necessary. Take y...

Are you being honest with yourself today? Are you speaking your truth? The Universe is asking you to be brave and to speak your truth today. It’s not always easy to believe something that others do not believe. It’s important to stand up for your truth anyway. I believe that we are all here to serve a particular purpose. And when we learn to speak the truth about why we are really here, our life b...

If you have been experiencing a rough start to 2020, don’t worry. Old cycles are simply ending to make way for new and amazing beginnings. Closing out old karmic cycles is never easy, but you can get through it. It’s so important that you are gentle with yourself during this difficult time. The Universe is bringing you amazing things, so be patient because all of these things are on their way to y...

If you are going through a tough time in your life, know that you are not alone. It’s time to be gentle with yourself. Know that getting through grief is a process it takes time. But things will get better, and you will make it through the other side. In today’s episode, I give you some tips for how to get through grief. It’s important to take it day by day, but eventually your life can go back to...

I just wanna take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who has reached out to us in our time of need. Those of you who have sent prayers and well wishes on social media, as well as those of you who have simply said a prayer or sent positive vibes. I want to thank you all. We have felt the love and  the outpouring of positive vibes that you have sent. It takes time to process grief, but we are gett...

 We were hit with a devastating blow to our family this week. In today’s episode, I talk about what has been going on. I also talk about suicide prevention. I ask that if you are depressed or dealing with depression, that you seek help. You don’t have to battle this alone. It’s so important to rely on others to support you and love you. If you need help, please get it.  National Suicide Hotline 1-...

Sometimes life throws tests at us. Sometimes were tested to see whether or not we’re going to rise above situations or whether we  will drag ourselves down down to someone else’s level.  We have a choice every day as to whether we’re going to let what people say and do bother us. It isn’t worth wasting your time or energy dealing with people who are not at your level. Remember that when people are...

What’s important is understanding how to keep our emotional balance in these times. We have a whole team who is ready to help us at a second’s notice. All we have to do is call on our team, and they will help us immediately. We need to get into the habit of remaining calm, calling on our team, and keeping our emotional balance when we are dealing with tough situations. When you do that, you feel t...

You may be experiencing people coming back into your life. These people may want a second chance to be a part of your life. I believe people can change, but they have to show you that they’ve changed. I’m sorry is not just a phrase. I’m sorry should be an action. If you are faced with people showing back up in your life, then you need to set healthy boundaries with them. If they truly have changed...

Are you relying on other people for advice about what to do in your own life? The Universe says that you know exactly what you are supposed to do. You have all the tools that you need to be successful right now. Your higher self knows exactly what to do, so it’s time to stop for relying on other people for help. It’s time to start listening to your higher self or that internal guidance that you al...

Are you allowing people or situations to throw you off balance?  When someone says something unkind to you, or when a situation occurs that you weren’t expecting, how do you deal with it?  If you get emotional, then you’ve already lost.  It is so important to learn how to remain in balance when things don’t go your way.  It’s tough to do, but it is totally possible.  Don’t allow anyone or anything...

If you want to experience true growth and evolution in your life, then you’re going to have to experience change. Most people resist change, and that’s totally normal. It’s natural to fear what you don’t know. It’s time to stop fearing the unknown. When we resist change we’re actually just making things harder for ourselves. When you learn to trust that the Universe has your back and that everythi...

Are you allowing those around you to throw you off balance?  When we let what others say and do get to us, we’re allowing them to steal our energy sand our personal power. The Universe is asking you to remain balanced. Don’t allow others to affect you. When others try to tell you how to live your life, they aren’t doing you any favors. They don’t have to live with the consequences of their advice....

Are you wasting precious time and energy seeking revenge for people who have hurt you? Do you allow other people’s negativity to affect you in? Time is too precious and your energy is too valuable to allow anyone to rob you of those things. It isn’t worth losing your sleep or losing your energy over other people’s opinion of you. What other people think is none of your business anyway. When you al...

If you have ever experienced trauma in your life, then you know how it affects your present life. It is so important for you to heal that inner trauma because if you don’t, you will project your wounding on other people. If you don’t address the pain and you push it down, it doesn’t go away. That pain is still there, and it will come out in other ways in your life. It will affect every relationshi...

Are you allowing worry over a certain situation or area of your life to dominate your thoughts? If you are, then you are robbing yourself of your personal peace. Worry does absolutely no good for us. It doesn’t help change the situation. All it does is cause us pain, stress, and anxiety.  Plus, when you worry, you are forgetting that the Universe has your back. You aren’t trusting the process. You...

If you have ever been in the ocean, then you know that the waves can get rough. You can either stand with your back to the waves and get knocked off of your feet, or you can stand facing the waves ready to ride them with ease. Life is very much like a wave. We can either allow it to wash over us and overwhelm us, or we can face it, go with the flow, and enjoy the ride. The choice is yours. You can...

Do you have a dream that you keep chasing, but it seems like you are just never going to reach it? The Universe is asking you not to give up on your dreams. Sometimes when we try to achieve our dreams, we tend to rely only on ourselves. When we do that, we are relying on our ego. Our ego stands for Edging God Out. We need to rely on our entire spiritual team to help us in achieving our dreams. You...

Do you feel the presence of someone’s else’s energy or the energy from a past event? As empaths, we sometimes pick up on energy that is not our own. It’s important to understand why you are picking up on this energy and to be able to let it go. Sometimes when we’re feeling the energy of someone else or of a past situation, there’s a lesson that we need to learn. We can always ask what that lesson...

If you are going through a spiritual awakening, then you have probably experienced a lot of emotional turmoil. It’s easy to get lost in all of the sadness and emotional upheaval. The Universe wants you to know today that it does get better, and that it’s important for you to focus on being gentle and kind to yourself during this process. Like any process, it takes time to get through this. You wil...

Have you often felt drained or sluggish? It’s possible that you have low vibrating energy. When your energy is vibrating at a low rate, it can cause emotional drainage, difficulty connecting to your intuition, and many other things. It is super important that your vibration is high. If you are hoping to live your absolute best life, which is a life where you can manifest your dreams, then you need...

Are you relying too much on other people’s opinions to help you govern your life? We all have a belt and energy GPS. That GPS is our intuition. Our intuition connects uto our higher selves. Our higher selves already know what’s best for us. We already know what we should be doing in our lives. So many of us ignore our intuition and rely on the advice of others to help us make important decisions....

When you are hoping to manifest your heart’s true desires, it is important that you get a clear vision of what you want. Sometimes we ask the Universe for a random thing, and we aren’t specific about why we would want this. It’s important to understand why you are hoping to manifest the things you want to manifest. When we get a clear vision, it is easier for the Universe to bring us what’s rightf...

Experiencing painful situations is a part of every day life. Unfortunately, we all have to experience pain. Today I’m talking to you about how to get through the pain with grace and ease. Every painful situation teaches us a lesson, and it’s up to us to figure out what that lesson is. We have a choice every day about whether we’re going to let our pain make us bitter or make us better. It’s up to...

Sometimes it seems like we can’t see the things we want happening. Just because we can’t see them happening in the 3-D does not mean they are not happening. The Universe is working behind the scenes on our behalf to bring us what is for our highest good. The Universe knows the timing that’s right. What is meant for us will come to us when it’s the right time. It’s hard to be patiently wait, but it...