How To Tap Into Your Intuition http://learntruehealth.com/intuition/ Discovering Your Life Purpose, Intuition, Spirituality, and Angels I am so thrilled to have Veronica Drake on the show today to talk about life purpose, practical spirituality, and intuition. If you want to be healthy physically, we also need to address all the other planes of existence. Holistic health is not just about the physical aspect. If you're missing something emotional, mentally and spiritually, there's not enough kale in the world to fix that. Tumultuous Past "I'm always mindful that our biography, our story, becomes our biology. The life that we live becomes a physical reality so for a long number of years, I was spinning my wheels," shared Drake. "I was ignoring everything about my life that hurt. I lived in a bubble. I wasn't raised with any image of a God. In fact, I have a very dysfunctional background." Drake's mother is schizophrenic and bi-polar. Her father was an alcoholic. Drake says her childhood reminded her that she wasn't good enough. She had no support system. It was scary. Drake married young just to get out, and the one she married took care of her which she needed desperately. She wanted to be wanted. Drake had her first son at 21 and her second son at 24. She thought that was the answer for everything but life got worse. Drake became addicted to Xanax and pain medication after suffering from a back problem which she ended up having surgery for. Drake says her story led her to make decisions based on other people's definitions of who she should be and what she should want. So when she felt she couldn't do that anymore, Drake was about 32 years old. She wanted to commit suicide. Divine Intervention When Drake was on the brink of ending her life, she felt this incredible warmth and light come into her car. She felt hugged. Her foot came off the accelerator, and it was in that moment of November 1996 that Drake found God. The God of her understanding. Drake believes that God can be who she or he is to you. And the God of her understanding was one who put her on the path to spirituality, to understand her role in the world. Practical Spirituality "Spirituality is a simple process. We have it in us. After I had tried to commit suicide, I was waiting for the next epiphany," explains Drake. "The Divine put obstacles where I had no choice but to surrender to what was." It was 1998 when Drake got serious about getting on this spiritual path. It started with her collection of quotes. She would get magazines, cut out quotes and place them on her desk. When Drake looks back at those quotes, it was everything she teaches right now. She took those quotes to heart. One of her favorite quotes is, "You change when it becomes harder to stay where you are." "I imagined I saw my life as is. I knew that I was here for more than what was happening in my life," Drake said. "I just put this imagery in my brain. And the brain cannot distinguish from the reality of living it or imagining it." So as Drake was feeling this life of being an inspiration, slowly it began to happen. She says we are all born with a sacred contract that identifies our life purpose. Communicating With Angels There were a lot of things going on in Drake's life and a big obstacle was her addiction to wanting attention. Self-talk, quotes, and understanding that she was never alone, to begin with, Drake began to communicate with the angels. "I'm skeptical and same with my intuition. When I started to get rapid fire answers about what to do, I would listen to directions," said Drake. Angels are fascinating to me. When my mom passed away, I met a woman who did angel readings. All of a sudden I'd feel this presence. I've had moments of despair where I feel loved and supported. Getting Into Coaching Drake started a women's group called the Lady Bugs, and the only rule was that you couldn't complain about the men in your life. She started out in her house with eight women then it grew to 30