Episode 013: Commitment to Our Path
With juniper winter
Living our soul's purpose requires that we are committed to the path that our life presents to us. Without commitment to our growth and the willingness to be flexible as our journey unfolds, our purpose will always elude us.
On this episode, I speak with Transformation Coach Juniper Celeste Winter about her spiritual journey and about the importance of committing to her path as a shaman in the making.
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Episode Transcript:
Juniper: [00:00:00] And as I have continued on this journey, I have realized that it's not about what I do. It's about who I am, who I create myself to be. It's about being most in alignment with my most authentic self and the more and more I become true to me, more authentic every day and deepen that authenticity, the more it becomes impossible not to live my purpose.
welcome to the Path and Purpose Podcast, where your journey of self-discovery meets with a collective awakening of humanity. I'm your host, Dr. Cameron Martin. In this exciting time of expansion and growth, we are witnessing a profound shift in consciousness. As spiritually awakening individuals, we are called to embrace our inner wisdom intuition and the deeper knowing that we're meant for more.[00:01:00]
As an eternal student of the universe and a spiritual leader, I have dedicated my life to supporting your journey of transformation. Through this podcast, we embark on a shared exploration where you can find inspiration, insights, and guidance from the stories of others who are walking similar paths, to see your truth reflected in their experiences, and to ignite the confidence to believe in the bigger purpose that awaits you.
This podcast is here to provide inspiration, insights, and guidance so that the path to living your soul's purpose becomes less of a mystery and more of a discovery.
Humanity's Ascension is calling for courageous souls like yours. Together we rise, aligning with our higher selves and embracing our divine nature. Get ready to be inspired, encouraged and reminded of the magnificent being that you are. Join me for this episode of the podcast where we will explore the many paths to living [00:02:00] our soul's purpose. As we've discussed on many episodes before there are many paths to living our soul's purpose and everyone's journey is truly unique. Today. A guest on this episode is going to share her path of her spiritual journey, which started very spiritual as a kid, and then kind of led to a period of disconnection. And then yet again, to discover her powers spiritually and her connections spiritually. Now, as I'd mentioned, everyone's path is different, but what makes the difference in terms of living our purpose is commitment. And commitment is really about saying, yes, this is the journey that I am on. [00:03:00] No matter what happens, no matter what gets thrown at me, no matter what the universe wants to present or put in my path, this is what I'm doing. So for me, the work that I do in the world, uh, is my path. And I am well aware of it. I left a job. The last job I had, well over two and a half years ago. And for me there was really no turning back. Why? Because I am fully committed to what this path looks like. I'm fully committed to going through whatever it may take to support people on their spiritual journeys. And it has taken quite a bit. I've had many, a trust fall with the universe about where I live. About money stuff about trusting that things were show up when I need them to, I mean, right now I'm even on a two and a half month journey through Europe and Mexico. Um, and my own journey of spiritual [00:04:00] seeking will say, because I know I'm being asked to do it. It is part of my journey. It is part of my purpose. It is part of my mission. And what keeps me going is commitment. And so, you know, sometimes people work with me and maybe they're having a reading or something and they want to know what their life's purpose is and they want to be aligned to it. But alignment will only happen. If you are fully committed and that is saying yes, universe, I'm here for the ride. No matter what gets presented. Now commitment is not attachment Saying i'm committed to this path no matter what it takes is what it absolutely must
My mission on this planet is to support spiritually [00:05:00] awakening humans in discovering their soul's purpose. And I know that if you're listening to this episode, discovering your purpose matters to you too. And I also know that sometimes it can feel like the spiritual journey is never ending, and that our purpose is some far off thing, but there's no need to waste precious time living without clarity and alignment.
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Track 1: On this episode of the podcast [00:06:00] today, I am joined by Juniper Celeste Winter, a very good friend of mine. So I'm really happy to share this space. Her and I have had many, many, many spiritual conversations together, but today's will be special indeed. So Juniper is a transformation coach. Really, she's like a spiritual shaman in the making.
Um, she's really resilient. She's overcome many things in her life, including PTSD, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and alcoholism. She really does have a habit of turning her struggles into superpowers. I can say that as a friend and professionally. She had a former career as an air traffic controller, and she has a degree in horticultural science and botany.
She currently lives in Maui. Welcome, Chiripper. I'm so
excited to have you today on the episode, on the show.
Juniper: Have you ever had your guests be in your house on your show?
Track 1: Uh, yes, but I was sitting [00:07:00] next to them. So Juniper is in my house. Um, she lives on Maui and has been impacted by, um, the fires, which maybe we'll talk about in the episode, who knows, but anyway, she's keeping, uh, keeping it nice and safe over there. So have I ever done an interview like this? No, not at all.
Um, so I'm going to start like I do with all my guests, and then we'll see how the conversation goes. And I know you and I, like, we could have so many conversations. I'll try to keep it really pointed for our listeners today. But the first question I ask everyone is what sparked the beginning of your spiritual journey or your spiritual awakening?
And I am very curious what your response is going to be. I was, part of me wants to say her life, her birth, but you can, you can tell me what do you think was really the beginning, the
catalyst for you
and your spirituality?
Juniper: Well, it's kind of like you said, like, some of it is my life. [00:08:00] Like, I have, I was born aware. I was born knowing things and in tune with things that I didn't realize at the time made me different. or that I didn't realize were, um, not normal. I remember that I kind of figured out when I was about two, um, that, And my mom didn't see the things that I saw. So that was kind of one of my first realizations that, you know, I could see beings, I could see entities. I interacted with these other beings. And um, I remember one time driving in Virginia, like we were moving. So we were driving down this, um, really dark road at night and we drove by and I remember seeing this small gray entity, this being. And it looked to me almost similar to like the Statue of Liberty, [00:09:00] it had like spikes on its head. At least that's my now reference. Um, and I remember pointing at it in the car. And I saw it through the front and I was like, Mom, what's that? What's that? And she kept, she was so confused. She's like, what do you mean?
What's what? What is what, sweetie? Like, the plants, the trees, this and that? Like, what are you talking about? And then I'm like, that thing that's right there! And then when we turned or we drove past it and I broke eye contact with it, I looked and it was gone. And I realized based on her reaction and how confused she was. Um, that she didn't have any idea what I was talking about or what I was seeing. And I was kind of like, oh, she can't see this. Um, and I remember being like, that, like I said, I was two years old then. And I remember other subsequent things where my mom always said that my imaginary friends were so vivid and so real and that I described them with so much detail.
And I was like, yeah, because they're not imaginary. Like, [00:10:00] these are my friends. Um. And I also think that I was surrounded by a lot of beings because I moved so much. I, I, mean, you know now that I've lived in 13 states, I've been to four of them, or moved to four of them twice. So I've done 17 of these major moves, I've lived in over 50 places, and I um, a lot of that movement also happened when I was really little because my dad was in the Navy.
So I was very alone growing up. I didn't... Have like regular friends. My mom would do home, my mom did home daycare. I was around daycare, kids, some, but it was like I never felt like I fit in. And any time that I was somewhere where I started to get a friend, it's like we moved again. So being in isolation was a lot of my upbringing, and I feel like my spiritual journey was almost more of a like, process of going into the [00:11:00] dark when I started to experience, um, things that made me less tapped in, um, or not made me, but I experienced a certain degree of, um, events that felt, I want to say, I want to avoid the term trauma because at this point I don't think of it that way anymore.
Although it did certainly feel traumatic at the time, um, but I experienced certain wounding. A lot of that wounding was like sexual assault, but I also experienced a lot of physical, mental, emotional abuse or wounds that just kind of made me shut down. And that's where the alcoholism began. And that was when I started numbing out and it was interesting to kind of experience disconnect. And when I felt that disconnect is actually when I felt more normal and like I fit in more with other humans. [00:12:00] When I felt disconnected, I understood their experience better because I had never understood that feeling before, but I still had this inner light and inner knowing that I had experienced already my whole life, this deeper connection. So for me, getting sober was more like. Um, a resolution to, or a determination to get back to that state that I knew existed within me. But I had to kind of go through this, um, period of struggle of, of whatever you want to call it, suffering, struggle, that, that human condition we had to go, I had to go through that period of, of like, this is what it feels like to be like alone in the dark with your struggles. Then decide that I had something within me that could grow beyond that and so I did get sober over a decade ago Like [00:13:00] 11 and a half years ago now. Um, and that was kind of a spark Another huge awakening was becoming a mom. You know that Ari is, you know 10 now and so she was a lot of my motivation To like really look at things really look at shadow patterns and tendencies and anything and kind of go Who do I need to be to not repeat any of the cycles any of the trauma?
I mean, obviously I'm gonna repeat some of it because I'm human but like who do I need to become to reduce any of these generational cycles and patterns at least as much as possible and That was a catalyst and the Biggest catalyst was, um, so from, from having her and asking those questions to myself, um, and her dad was kind of a catalyst [00:14:00] for a lot of things because our relationship was very codependent.
And so that was forcing me to like, look at myself and go, why am I in this? What, what are my habits? What are my patterns? Like what part of me is still contributing to this or is contributing to this? What is my responsibility and why? And when I was asking myself all of those questions, I, I ended up on this journey that brought me to seek, um, to, to go back to school after I got out of the military.
And I got my degree in horticulture and botany, um, because I wanted to be, I wanted to become a shaman, but without, at the time, I don't know that I had a good, clear understanding of what a shaman was. I just wanted to become a healer and I didn't, like, shaman was my word for that. And I knew a lot of shamans did, like, things with plants and plants.
So it was like, I went on this journey, but it turned [00:15:00] into, um, me realizing that the actual plant medicine had more to do with food, with nutrition. And realizing that, like, how we grow our food and things is what impacts our body, our health. Um. And on that journey, being guided onto that journey with dreams and visions and meditations and science and synchronicities, it was like, do this, go into horticulture and I went into horticulture first and I kind of had to realize, like, I'm not a grower, um, to add the botany major, I had to realize that I loved science and I, I was avoiding it out of fear that I was afraid that I wasn't going to be able to do this, that I wasn't good enough, but that was just part of that journey. But, um, in 2017, over the summer, I realized like, okay, I committed to going to school for horticulture, at least at the time, and that I [00:16:00] was doing that to become a healer, really to heal myself, obviously, because that's how we become healers. Um, and I realized that I had never asked. I had never asked, um, Mother Earth if that's what I was supposed to do, if that was who I was supposed to be, and And so it was like, my whole life has kind of been this spiritually guided journey, but that moment, um, over the summer of 2017, I had this, like, epiphany, like, I didn't ask. And I'm guided to do some type of something with plants, whether it's plant medicine or plant, like, obviously, like I said, I, it's more of a food for me, but, um, and I'm hoping to be this. Healer in the community, but I didn't ask if that's what I'm supposed to do, and so I asked Mother Earth to please make me into a shaman. Like I said, that was the word that I had at the time. [00:17:00] Um, healer, shaman, I understand that shaman is kind of a loaded word for some people, but um, yeah, I wanted to be a healer, and I asked Mother Earth, I said, Gaia, like, please help me to do this, please help me to be of service, and I made a pact with her to And it was like, how do I make a pact with another earth?
And it was like, spit in your hand, grab some dirt, rub it around. And it was like, it was like a pact. It was like, I was like, okay, mama, let's do this. You know? And as soon as I did that, um, I remember this vision of like, all of a sudden there was a fire and I was surrounded by guides. And I had done a lot of animal totem work before that, like I knew my nine animal totem, I had discovered that, and As soon as I made this pact, it was like, this, like I said, visual, um, it was like, get into the [00:18:00] fire. And I was like, okay, so I, it's like, I, I, like, the fire moved to me, like, in my mind's eye, right? Like, I'm in the fire, and it's burning stuff away, and I have, Like, almost like, it's like, it's like I was surrounded by masked Native Americans or something. Like, these, like, Native type of Indigenous people were, like, surrounding me and dancing around me while I sat in the fire and things just, like, came out of me. And it was like, you have a new totem now. Like, you have new animals, you'll figure them out. And, and that happened. It was like this massive shift of, like, I had committed myself to this path of service and healing, and even though my journey had been so long up to that point, I feel like that marked the beginning of like, you are a hundred percent on this journey, you're going to be of service, and I did, like, I've committed to that, like, that's the other half of that, it's like, to have had [00:19:00] that experience and then not do anything with it, that's one thing, but like, to truly commit to, like, Okay, mama.
Okay, universe. Okay, mother earth. Like I promised you to be your servant. How can I start? And yeah, like that's gotten me to where I am today.
Like, you know, like, it's time. Put yourself out there. Get comfortable being uncomfortable. So now
Track 1: Yeah, it is time. You know, it's, it's interesting because some people, you know, their spiritual journeys kind of show up like surprise. It happens well. In traumatic ways, sometimes relationships falling apart, death of parents, you know, whatever, job, uh, falling away, your
house burning to the ground, that didn't happen to you, by the way, but for, for,
Juniper: my house didn't burn down my my work burnt to the ground
Track 1: um, but, but also [00:20:00] sometimes the spiritual journey, like you said, Or for you, I was like, it was always present. It was actually so much so always present that I had to go through an experience in life where it wasn't present.
And then come back. And then in that process, knowing sort of the expansion and maybe limitation of yourself.
Um, so that you can support and help others. You know, you also mentioned that many of the things you moved through, you wouldn't consider trauma anymore.
What would you consider them though?
Juniper: they were
definitely Wounds it was wounding but I am realizing too that those have just been catalyst for healing, um catalyst for awakening I is taken a great degree of Self reflection and inner work to really, truly get to a point where I [00:21:00] appreciate those experiences to the extent that I would not change a thing. For a long time I felt like a victim to those experiences and I did experience that victimhood mentality and I did, um, Go through that and that's why I drank like I did not have the tools or the understanding or the emotional maturity to Understand those experiences in a way that empowered me. And so my spiritual journey has been about learning how to understand those experiences in a way that's empowering rather than degrading and disempowering so The experiences of having been raped, of having been, like, like, had these situations, like, that were mentally abusive, I mean, I live with a guy that almost killed me, like, I've been in some [00:22:00] extreme situations, um, and to be able to go back and go, that was a blessing and I am here today, is a really, really big transformation that not a lot of people make. ,
Track 1: I'm really curious, in your journey, along your journey, what tools, modalities, I know you mentioned animal totems, which, I'm not sure that my audience will necessarily know what that is, because I barely know what it is.
Um, but anyway, I'm curious, what sort of modalities, tools, And things have been really powerful and useful for you a long way, and if you want the
rest, that'd be cool.
Juniper: yeah, yeah, so
that has actually been one of my most powerful initial, um, tools, was I discovered, at the time it was, like, I discovered medicine cards, which is a deck, and it, [00:23:00] um, it's about 40 different cards, but realistically, to say that we have 40 different animal species that are, represent our totems is. It's very unrealistic, so, um, I, I actually ended up channeling, I used the cards initially and I was like, this isn't right. Um, I knew that
Track 1: That sounds like the juniper I know.
Mmm.
Juniper: Like,
that's not right. These are not my animals. Um. Yeah, so I, I, I looked at them and I, I knew that the animals were as close as the cards could represent to the animals that I was connected with. I understood that, that there was like, this was the closest resonance that this deck had to represent the animals that I worked with, but, um, some people, I think there's different names for these different things, [00:24:00] like, uh, the Native Americans used the idea of a nine animal totem. I think there's a lot of validity to that because there's a lot of different ways to see these spirit guides, but I have experienced that our earth guides through this earth walk are in some way connected to her. And so we have angelic guides, we have other spirit guides, but I do feel deeply that we all have earth guides. And a lot of those earth guides are represented by at least animal spirit energies. Um, and these energies, I like animals because we can study animals and we can discover things about animals and we can understand the spiritual message from an animal and we can relate that back to our lives in very real ways. Whereas [00:25:00] Working with spirit guides that are just angelic, um, that can be a little bit trickier
Track 1: harder to grasp, right? It's like, the thing that you
Juniper: yeah, exactly.
Track 1: like, what is
that?
Juniper: Exactly, like,
not, and I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with working with these beings or entities or some people call them deities or whatever, there's nothing wrong with that and I've worked with a lot of these beings. I like how Dolores Cannon phrases it in one of her books, she calls them, one of her, um, patient, or like, clients call them, um, in their regression, fields of consciousness. I feel like there's that, like it's like an energy. There's an energy that is a field of consciousness that we can tap into. And I think that names and calling them things just gives us a vehicle to tap into those. Um, for me, I like working with spirit animal guides, with totem animals, because that [00:26:00] field of consciousness also has a big tangible in this realm, in this dimension on earth. And so that makes it a little bit more of a grounded source. And so Nine Animal Totem is, like I said, that's like a Native American tradition.
It's if you want to read about it, um, you can just Google it, but it's also in those medicine cards. Um, and I figured out which animals that I was connected with in which direction, how that like related to my life. And it's something that you just meditate on, you know, it's something that you, uh, work with. And so those animals have guided me in so many ways, um, and yeah, I could go on about that for so long. I've had so many experiences with animals with, you know, a hawk flying a foot over my windshield in my car while I'm driving and I have this thought and it's the universe being like, pay attention to [00:27:00] that.
Track 1: I'm remembering now, actually, I'm pretty sure it was our very first, if not the second conversation we had, you were working in a store and I was talking to you and I don't know, we just, it was like, uh, we look at each other. Let's have a deep spiritual conversation. Like, I don't even know your name, but who cares?
But I remember one of our first conversations was about animal totems now, and spiritual animal totems. And I remember
we agreed, and we're still doing it, to do a training.
Juniper: We're
Track 1: I was like, yeah, I'll do an astrology reading for you. She's like, and Juniper's like, yeah, well, I'll do an animal totem reading. It'd be really powerful.
I'm like, great. Cool. Let's do it. And
I've been friends with you for like two years now, and that hasn't happened yet.
And I mean, you're living in my house. Right.
Juniper: need to do this. We just
Track 1: But it's gonna happen, and I have no, no worries about that, of
course, but what I really love about, because nobody's talked about this on the show, though, is [00:28:00] the, the power of the Animal Totem as far as the spiritual
archetype that one can relate to. Right? If we... If we think about dolphins, for example, this is like play and, you know, creativity, but definitely play.
And they're always together. Um, you know, when we think about like fox, it's
like cunning and he, he, I don't know. I always think foxes, although I did see a fox in Romania, super cute. I know they're kind of like, they would rip your head off. But anyway, point being, I think this may be. You know, why indigenous cultures that were so much more connected to nature, first of all, would have seen and understood these archetypes of animals, um, in the physical, but also the spiritual realm and their interconnections.
I'm curious, uh, what, because you are someone that I believe is pretty tapped in a lot of the time. So what does it feel like for you to be [00:29:00] connected with your higher self? How do you know when you're
connected? How do you know when you're not?
Juniper: yeah, um, a lot of it has to do with grounding and groundedness. So this is like the issue that I've had with a lot of some like trying to go down a strictly spiritual path or trying to focus on like just working on consciousness and connecting up here can actually like over open your upper chakras and then you can not be grounded and I mean. In the most extreme cases of that, that's where we see schizophrenia or bipolarism or like, you know, these conditions where people are just like, uh, they're, they're in the ethers, they're being guided by entities and beings that may or energies or whatever that may not have their best interests at heart. And then they're not necessarily grounded. And so that's why I feel like one of the most important tools that I had was working with animals, animal totems, because those are energies. [00:30:00] That are grounded on the earth and that have the best interest of the earth at heart. And so, when those animals are working with you, and you're working with those animals, they are, um, working in alignment with, like, getting you in alignment with the earth.
So, for me, um, I worked a lot on being more grounded, being more in my body. That looks like a lot of things for me. Sometimes it's yoga, sometimes it's being outside in nature. A lot of the time it's sticking my toes in the sand and just standing on a beach. Um, or putting my back against a tree and asking the tree to root me and ground me.
Um, some daily practices that someone can do is to just in meditation, like visualize that they have like roots going into the ground I [00:31:00] try to make sure that I'm in my body, that I'm grounded, that I'm embodied and then, um, set intentions that any messages, anything that I receive is from my own highest self and or the other beings who love me unconditionally. And have my own best interests and the best interests of the mission on planet Earth at heart. And so I always try to align with those energies. And then what that feels like sometimes, it's different. Like sometimes it feels like I'm tingling in my third eye. Sometimes I feel stuff in my crown. Sometimes I feel stuff in my heart. Like, but that's where being grounded is so important because how I feel the message and where I feel it in my body tells me a lot about where it's coming from. And then I don't have to necessarily attach to that message, I get to then use my own consciousness, my own awareness, my own, like, go, okay, does [00:32:00] this message make sense? Does this fit with me? Does this resonate in my heart and in my soul? Um, so I've seen a lot of people, you know, get messages, channel a message, but then not, like, do this check of like, but how's this feel in my body?
How's this grounded? How's this resonating?
Track 1: Yeah, resonance, resonance for sure is super important. I mean, I think this is one of the things, and you're speaking about something so important on a spiritual journey, but inside the spiritual communities and stuff. There's plenty of people out there that can channel and get messages and all kinds of stuff.
But as you mentioned, they're very up in the ethers, and maybe they have these crazy visions of things that have seemingly no connection to physical reality at all. Some of these people, maybe you have a reading with and you're like, I
don't know if that was about me, like
some crazy shit, right?
like, many people have these experiences or like
that.
Juniper: It's where [00:33:00] we get like, the weird, like, the psychic woo woo.
Track 1: Yeah.
Juniper: where you get
Track 1: the ball lady that's staring at nothing. Anyway, well, not
nothing. I don't want to discount anything, but
Juniper: Or stereotype. Or is it stereotype for a
Track 1: Totally. And I think what you're pointing to is super important for anyone who's on a spiritual journey, whether it be just beginning or or not, which is your connectedness to your body, because same thing.
I get messages all the time. I get thoughts that show up in my mind. I see things sometimes. Sometimes I hear things, but It's an, it's for me, it's always coming back into the body and like, do I feel it in my heart? Does this resonate or do I feel fear? If it's fear and anxiety, then this message is no good.
Like, I don't need to worry. You know what I mean? You know, when I'm getting messages from Christ, for example, always in the same spot on my head. Always. Always, always, always.
My higher self tends to communicate all over here. [00:34:00]
Juniper: Right. I kind of get, like, a crinoline. But
Track 1: Yeah,
Juniper: I get a lot of third eye stuff.
And another reason why the totem animals were an important tool for me is because I have a tendency to like, I'll feel it in my body, I'll feel it in me, it'll resonate on a certain level, I'll be like, oh, it'll offer clarity.
That's another really good point is if a message is not always confusing, because sometimes we have confusion before clarity. But most of our, like, most potent messages are going to add clarity. Like, those are the messages that are, like, really from your higher self. You're going to be led into greater and greater clarity, not away from it. But also, uh, I get a lot of signs and synchronicities with animals. So to me, like, that's another reason why I like animal totems. Not that there can't be other modalities or, you know... Synchronicities with Ganesha, [00:35:00] for example, or are these other entities or beings? I've definitely had those experiences, but to me a very valid one is I have a thought or I have a download and immediately like a bird flies over or immediately my head yanks and I see an animal and there's validity to like angel numbers to these synchronicities for sure, but for whatever reason animals have always been one of my biggest guides and messengers. Um, and especially birds, birds,
Track 1: me too.
Juniper: always, yeah, birds always,
Track 1: I do think there's an important lesson here about knowing what resonates for you, because I know some people that signs and numbers 333 444 555, you're one of those people, that you see it all the time. I don't necessarily, so, I mean I do
sometimes, but I don't give it as much credence,
and so my guides don't show me things that way.
But, other things that I [00:36:00] know are real for me... Um, yeah, our science come through that way. And our journey, part of our journey is for us to build our relationship with our higher self in such a way that we know how those, um, messages come through for us as an individual. I'm, I'm very curious. Do you
think you're living your purpose?
Juniper: yeah. Um, it's, it's interesting because part of our purpose, how do I say this, initially I feel like my path and my journey began because I thought I was supposed to like do something or be this, or, you know, like I was, I was seeking purpose, I was seeking fulfillment. And as I have continued on this journey, I have realized that it's not about what I do. It's about who I am, who I create myself to be. It's about [00:37:00] being most in alignment with my most authentic self and the more and more I become true to me, more authentic every day and deepen that authenticity, the more it becomes impossible not to live my purpose. But also, it's like, is my purpose a set goal? Is it a set mission? No, like I get to choose what really, really resonates with me and appeals to me in that moment. And that's where being in touch with yourself, being in tune with yourself, being in tune with your body is so important. I think that purpose is also though about commitment. Um, so it's been this journey of a combination of being guided. How can I be of service? What is the [00:38:00] best thing that I can do now?
And then committing to that. But I think I feel really called to share this right now. I think some people get stuck in their heads about being commitment. We tend to be afraid to commit, um, thinking that something's going to be forever. And really the only guarantee in life is change, and I have discovered that when I commit my path to something, it will end or transform in some way.
At some point, it will have a major transformation. But if I don't commit to seeing what that thing that's right in front of me through to the end, then I don't get to the next step. So, like, being an air traffic controller, that was kind of my 1st step in this. In some ways, learning to, to commit to something [00:39:00] because that was a really challenging job and a lot of people wash out, a lot of people can't do it. So that was something that like almost, I just was like determined to do it because so many people can't. And I was like, no, I'm all in. Does that mean that that job is forever my purpose or that that was my career? Absolutely not. But because I committed to it and sought through to the end until it kind of just naturally fall apart, like fell apart or like shifted on its own, I learned so much from that experience. And then I was brought to my next experience,
Track 1: I think what you're sharing about, uh, committing. To your path, whatever that may be in this moment. That's really the big piece. Uh, when people ask what is my purpose, what am I here for?
But you're here to commit to your journey and commitment is about a choice.
And I really like what you said too, about choice because I [00:40:00] choose. In every moment I choose when I came to this planet, um, chose to have a lifetime and I'm making choices along the way and I'm going to continue to make choices that are in alignment with my path as it unfolds, which I think is just a beautiful way.
To sum that up, for those of you that are interested in connecting with Juniper, you can check out the links to her work, uh, in the bio, including, um, her work with Black Lotus Majestic, uh, she has a really powerful, uh, coaching program, and just as an aside, uh, as a friend, Juniper is always a wonderful source of wisdom and knowledge and information too, so, Um, thank you so much for sharing this time with me
today.
This is so much fun.
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