Spirit Translator: Seven Truths for Creating Well-Being and Connecting with Spirit

By Diana Cole and Kristine Carlson

Connect with your own spirit guide and transform your life

Spirit Translator is a remarkable book that gives readers the tools to find and connect with their spirit guide. In her work as a spirit translator, Diana Cole has asked spirit thousands of questions on behalf of her clients and herself. These messages are distilled into the seven transformative truths for well-being and happiness that form the backbone of the book. She outlines her own walk with spirit; how she transformed a shattered career and broken relationships into a fulfilling life with the help of her spirit guide. Most importantly, Diana helps readers meet and begin a new relationship with their own spirit guides, a dialogue that will transform their lives.

At its heart, Spirit Translator is a book of self-empowerment, giving readers the knowledge to begin a conversation with spirit that will be a lifelong source of well-being and love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: Aug 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781250246431

Diana Cole

Diana Cole is a gifted intuitive, thought leader, and author who guides individuals and groups through the steps of connecting with their own spirit guides and healing through positive repatterning. A successful entrepreneur, she has created nationally recognized brands in the fitness industry. She currently resides with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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To my daughter, Lucie, my beacon of light. And to my husband, Scott, my knight in shining armor.

Spirit Translator: Seven Truths for Creating Well-Being and Connecting with Spirit includes personal stories from the author’s life wherein she has re-created events, locales, and conversations from memory to the best of her ability. In order to protect the privacy of individuals, in some instances she has changed or omitted the names of individuals and identifying details.

Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time, the author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.

FOREWORD

It is my honor to write the foreword for this profoundly compelling book, Spirit Translator. The spiritual lessons it holds and the truths it conveys can be the beginning of a brand-new chapter in your life that adds tremendous depth and meaning.

If you really knew me, you’d know that behind the modern woman who is a mother, nana, author, and retreat leader, I am a spiritual being having a human experience. My prayer is to be an instrument of divine light and love to be played in the magical orchestra of life.

I want to highlight the word instrument. The clearer the tuning fork, the better the sound—and that is true for human beings who wish to live inspired on a daily basis. In a TED Talk I gave a number of years ago, Wake Up to an Inspired Life, I defined inspired as living in spirit. An aspect of living in spirit is to partner with spirit—to watch for the signs and listen for the messages that spirit is always pulsing in your direction. When you can identify that voice of spirit, which whispers more often than it yells, your struggle ends and your bliss begins. Moreover, you begin to realize that you are never alone, and that is when anxiety, fear, and other shades of emotional pain truly begin to recede.

We are all connected to the same source of light and love at the soul level, and spirit speaks with loving guidance, but the key is this: We need to learn how to listen. All of us have the ability to tune in, but some have fully and brilliantly developed their ability to hear that voice of spirit within.

Diana Cole has learned how to listen intently and with accuracy. From a young age—while under the tutelage of her father, who was a teacher of teachers—Diana has mastered her ability to be that tuning fork, to receive instant guidance from spirit as she translates the messages that come in answer to the questions people ask. The inquiry through asking the question is important as it creates the opening to receiving wisdom and direction.

The beauty of reading Spirit Translator is that in doing so you will learn how to listen intently to and receive the kind of wisdom that just makes life easier and better. You can wake up inspired every day by opening yourself to both the questions and the answers that will direct your journey, and Diana shows you the way.

In chapter 12, you will read about a session I had with Diana where she helped me to hear an astounding message from my beloved late husband, Richard. Although my broken-open heart has healed greatly in the years since his passing, I still find that the pain of loss sometimes blocks my ability to hear his voice in spirit. Diana helped me to open and receive important messages that came through in a stunning relay of information and love—flowing from Richard, through Diana’s spirit guides, and then to me. I gave my blessing to share my personal experience here because I believe that the specificity and power of what came through that day may serve to eliminate doubt and awaken the remembrance of spirit in others.

Most of the time, I do feel my beloved husband and receive signs of his presence, guidance, and enthusiasm for what I’m working toward as I carry on his legacy in the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff brand. The eternal nature of our bond is a source of inspiration and fulfillment that is hard to fully articulate, even for me, who is continuously putting things into words as a writer!

I do believe that for each one of us our soul family is all around us and supporting us from a higher dimension. Angels and guides are present, but we need to invite them to be in communication with us. And even if you don’t invite them, they are with you, nonetheless. Our human experience is profoundly enriched as we allow spirit to be that divine direction that adds so much meaning to our human experience.

In the captivating pages of this book, Diana Cole shows you how rich the journey can be as you begin to learn how to tune in to and translate those messages that will assist you in living your most vibrant life. My wish for you is that Spirit Translator be a divine spark that ignites the flame of your own inner wisdom. May it shine a radiant light on the path ahead of you, providing you with clarity, peace, and great joy.

Treasure the gifts of life and love,

 —KRISTINE CARLSON

co-author of the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff series

Into the Hour

I have come into the hour of white healing.

Grief’s surgery is over and I wear

The scar of my remorse and of my feeling.

I have come into the sudden sunlit hour

When ghosts are scared to corners. I have come

Into the time when grief begins to flower

Into a new love. It had filled my room

Long before I recognized it. Now

I speak its name. Grief finds its good way home.

The apple-blossom’s handsome on the bough

And Paradise spreads round. I touch its grass.

I want to celebrate but don’t know how.

I need not speak though everyone I pass

Stares kindly. I would put my hand

Into their hands. Now I have lost my loss

In some way I may later understand.

I hear the singing of the summer grass.

And love, I find, has no considered end,

Nor is it subject to the wilderness

Which follows death. I am not traitor to

A person or a memory. I trace

Behind that love another which is running

Around, ahead. I need not ask its meaning.

—Elizabeth Jennings

INTRODUCTION

You can never unlearn what you will learn in this book. Once you start reading, you can never go back to how you feel today. And that is good news if you’re in pain at any level, or simply feeling uninspired by life. Through this book, and through discovering the messages from spirit that are at its foundation, you will begin to understand that everything you need and want is right here in front of you. You will begin to remember that you are not alone. You will know that you are powerful and you are important—not only in this wild and wondrous world of ours but beyond it as well. Most of all, you will know that you are loved.

FROM BREAKDOWN TO BREAKTHROUGH

There was a time when I was living in an apartment, with only my young daughter, watching my life collapse around me. I had just reconnected with the world of spirit, a tale of remembering that I describe here in these pages, and I was experiencing a powerful upwelling of well-being and clarity through their presence. At a certain moment, I decided to change my thoughts and change my life. Urged by the invisible guidance I was receiving, I followed all direction, faithfully. I chose to believe everything I heard, everything I wrote down, as my wise counselors helped me change my life. All of the failures and pain I’ve experienced have been great gifts. As I have allowed myself to recognize myself as a creator, without self-doubt or shame, I have been able to create my life in miraculous ways.

The first lesson I needed to hear and understand from spirit is that my thoughts mold my life. As I came to discover much later, this lesson was really the first of seven truths that spirit wanted to impart. If I could think positively about every situation, then my life would produce more positive situations. For me, this was simple in theory, but difficult in execution. So difficult, in fact, that I never followed through with this lesson—this essential truth—until my life crumbled. I didn’t follow through until nothing else made sense anymore and I had nothing to lose.

Once I committed and turned my attention to harnessing my thoughts and changing my life, it’s true that some of what I wanted to create was material, but most was not. I did want a home, a car, great shoes, and other material items that made life easier and more enjoyable. But most of all I wanted to wake up every day and feel happy, safe, and fulfilled. I wanted to have an amazing love relationship, a happy daughter, and a happy family. I wanted friends who were positive and held others up—everybody, even the people they didn’t agree with or disliked. And now I can tell you that I have it all. I have it all because I desired it all, I believed it, I thanked it, and I knew it was here for me. Then I let it all go, softly shifting my attention to seeing, acknowledging, and loving the beauty around me even when my preferences weren’t met.

This is my practice every day.

One of the greatest gifts available to us as human beings is the ability to consciously choose our thoughts and perceptions, no matter what. I embrace this gift with both arms! Now I see the beauty I desire regardless of outer conditions. I don’t wait for the world to tell me that it’s OK to feel good, to feel happy, or to be well. And because my cup is full to the brim, I want nothing more than to give to others from that wellspring of happiness. My passion for teaching others how to speak to their guides and how to choose positive thoughts, even when life seems to be insisting on the opposite, is unstoppable now. Through the spiritual lessons woven into each page of this book, I want to help you to feel unstoppable, too.

WHAT IS A SPIRIT TRANSLATOR?

As I describe in the chapters to come, as a child I had a lively and close relationship with the invisible world. I didn’t think of it as special in any way. It was just the way things were. I would hear spirit talking with me in a multiplicity of ways. I would innocently ask questions, and I would receive answers. It was simple.

But one thing I knew really early on was that I didn’t want to be a channel. My father was a spiritual adventurer and pioneer who introduced me to many extraordinary people and experiences. As a child, I attended a number of channeling sessions with my parents, and it was scary! It looked like the channelers were possessed. For one thing, in their trance states their voices would sound different and not in a good way. This was not the connection with spirit that I wanted to experience. It wasn’t until many years later that I realized you could actually be a channel and be conscious, as opposed to a trance channel. When I’m communicating with spirit, I’m in a conscious state, fully aware of what I’m hearing and saying. I receive the messages. And then I relay them to others. I essentially translate the messages into the words that can be easily received by others. My body isn’t being taken over by another force. There’s nothing scary to have to brace oneself against. Now, after years of enjoying the benefits of this give-and-take with spirit, I give readings to others, and most often to groups of people in workshop and retreat settings. This book, in many ways, is a reading for all who feel called to it. Most important, spirit is available to everyone. This book will share messages from spirit, but it will also empower you to meet your own spirit guide and speak to spirit directly.

THE POWER OF TALKING WITH SPIRIT

We all have questions. We all seek answers to why we experience difficulties and obstacles, why things are not going as we had hoped. We have problems with finding good relationships, having enough money, feeling good physically, having enough energy to do what we want to do, navigating relationships with co-workers and bosses, knowing our purpose, and the list goes on. When we are given an answer, another question is born. The questions will never stop, and the answers alone will never really cure a problem. What cures our problems, what changes our lives, is a real, visceral understanding of the spirit lessons outlined in this book. An understanding of these lessons will answer every question, give meaning to every situation.

I practice asking questions and receiving answers on a daily basis. The question and answer process calms me and allows me to feel connected to my spirit. It’s like a meditation practice in that sense. But the big life-changing shifts happened for me when I stopped discounting the messages I was receiving from spirit and really heard them, when I began to pay close attention to the spirit lessons I was given and apply them to my daily life.

As I went back and reread my conversations, I realized that they all tied back to the core spiritual principles that are now contained in this book—the seven truths. They are not the only truths, but they are nonetheless essential lessons that my spirit team guided me to share within these pages.

To get the most out of this book, I have a few basic suggestions. First, I invite you to read with an open mind. Some of the stories may appear fantastical, and they are, but they are also real. Next, there is no need to take notes, because I believe some of these pages you will want to read over and over to help you in times of need. I include three exercises at the back of the book that will help you to fully absorb and integrate the wisdom that is here and start a new life today. Most of all, I want you to be able to relax and enjoy the journey.

PREPARE FOR SUNNY SKIES

Now that I understand the lessons in this book, I am able to fully enjoy my life, to enjoy the great adventure. I don’t have to hold my breath, hoping for sunny skies, fearing the next storm, wondering why I don’t have the life I want. The life I want is mine. I wish that for you, too.

By my recounting my story and taking you along on my journey of discovery, I hope you will be led to understandings and insights that bring you unimaginable peace and joy.

Diana Cole

Spring 2020

Part I

CONNECTING WITH SPIRIT

Chapter 1

OTHERWORLDLY BEGINNINGS

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift.

—ALBERT