Love Beyond Appearance

May 7, 2019 | Blog, Videos | 1 comment

Love Beyond Appearance

In this video, Jesua explores the vulnerability of letting ourselves be seen just as we are. She shines a light on the deeper reality of who we truly are beyond our fleeting appearances, and the every-day ways we can discover to cross the bridge from shame and self-loathing to self-compassion and self-love.

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Humbling Gifts of Rejection & Failure

Humbling Gifts of Rejection & Failure

In this video, Jesua shares about the gifts that come with the experiences of rejection and failure. By sharing her intimate journey of working to get her debut book published, she exposes the humbling process of receiving rejections and declines. Jesua reflects on...

Seeing Our Unconscious Commitment to Suffering

Seeing Our Unconscious Commitment to Suffering

In this video Jesua explores the powerful process by which we can discover how it is we are unconsciously attached, committed or even addicted to the very patterns of suffering we most wish to be free of. It’s a truly empowering gift to take full responsibility for...

Meeting Shame with Self-Love

Meeting Shame with Self-Love

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A Simple Breathing Practice

A Simple Breathing Practice

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Burning Cleanly

Burning Cleanly

In this video, Jesua examines what it means to "burn cleanly" in the fires of our given life challenges. She delves into the possibility of a certain quality of self-honesty that allows us to notice what it is we have to add, in any given situation, in order to...

Meeting the Discomfort of Uncertainty

Meeting the Discomfort of Uncertainty

In this video Jesua explores the possibility of meeting the discomfort of uncertainty, unknowability and heartache with a simple willingness to bear it…  Asking questions such as:  How can we allow our pain to inspire a prayer that truly serves what we are alive for?...

What’s Here Right Now?

What’s Here Right Now?

There are limitless ways to distract ourselves and avoid what’s actually present—everything from substance use, to staying busy, to social media addiction, to worrying, to buying things, to gossip, to texting, to obsessing about other people’s issues. But there is...

Are You Loving Yourself Right Now?

Are You Loving Yourself Right Now?

Intimate Question of The Moment: Are you loving yourself right now? Can you feel it? Do you know it? Can you say it? And if not, are you willing to WANT to love yourself?Can you confess this holy want to yourself? Self-love is the key. Self-love is home. Here's to...

Courage

Courage

“Courage” is a poem film, intended to transmit an inclusive perspective on Life, Love, and this precious, fleeting chance to show up generously as ourselves, and give what we were born to give.

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