Receiving isn't selfish—it's a sacred YES to love. In this deep and funny holiday conversation, the Lemonettes explore the true energy of giving and why receiving with an open heart just might be the key to joy, gratitude, and abundance.

Is it really better to give than to receive?

In this soul-nourishing episode of Five Lemons Laughing, the Lemonettes dive deep into the sacred exchange of giving and receiving—especially during the pressure-filled holiday season.

Amanda, Penny, Drusilla, and Morgan reflect on how obligation and people-pleasing can distort the energy of generosity, and why receiving with an open heart is a spiritual act of love.

You'll hear:

• Real-life stories about awkward gifts, love languages, and holiday guilt

• A reframe of receiving as a form of allowing abundance

• The energetic truth behind giving with a clean vibration

• The wisdom of "Don't block the blessing"—and what it means to receive with grace

• How gratitude amplifies love in every exchange

This episode will leave you with laughter, tears, and a few powerful shifts in how you relate to the season—and yourself.

✨ Featured Topics:

• Giving from love vs. giving from pressure

• Receiving as a spiritual practice

• Transmuting awkward or unwanted gifts with grace

• Abundance mindset and clean energetic exchanges

• A Course in Miracles insights on worthiness and love

Mentioned in this episode:

• A Course in Miracles

• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

• Penny's birthday fundraiser for Community Solutions

Ever feel stuck in a relationship that leaves you anxious, exhausted, or guilty for wanting out? You may be in the FOG — Fear, Obligation, and Guilt.

In this heart-opening conversation, the Lemonettes (Amanda, Penny, Drusilla, and Melissa — with love to Morgan, who's out this week) unpack what it really means to be in a toxic relationship, and how to move through it without blaming, fixing, or abandoning yourself.

Drawing from personal stories, spiritual practices, and insights from A Course in Miracles and Calling in the One by Catherine Woodward Thomas, we explore:

• How fear, obligation, and guilt sneak into friendships, family dynamics, and romantic partnerships

• Why self-forgiveness is the secret to reclaiming your power

• What it means to release relationships with love, not judgment

• How healing your internal story changes who and what you attract

• The truth about boundaries, projection, and emotional safety

Whether you're evaluating a difficult friendship, navigating family dynamics over the holidays, or just feeling the need to "clear the fog," this episode offers guidance, laughter, and spiritual truth.

✨ You don't have to stay stuck. Peace is not cruelty — it's clarity.

• Calling in the One by Catherine Woodward Thomas

• A Course in Miracles workbook lessons

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Are your thoughts keeping you up at night? This week on Five Lemons Laughing, we explore how to get off the "mental hamster wheel" of overthinking and self-judgment — and reclaim your peace.

Inspired by Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen, the Lemonettes share practical tools like the 90-second reset, the power of pausing, and how awareness is the first step to freedom.

• Thoughts are neutral — it's our thinking that causes suffering.

• The 90-second rule can help emotions pass naturally.

• You can detach from the "bullet train" of rumination through simple awareness.

• Spiritual surrender and presence are powerful tools for peace.

• Ask yourself: "Is it true… or is it trauma?"

• Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen

• The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer

• 90 Seconds to a Life You Love by Dr. Joan Rosenberg

• Byron Katie's The Work

• Catherine Woodward Thomas – What's True About You? (coming Jan 2026)

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A real-life restaurant moment triggered a full-on spiritual spiral — and sparked a deep conversation among the Lemonettes about peace, ego, people-pleasing, and how to gently come back to yourself when you think you've "failed" spiritually.

What happens when your nervous system spikes in public — and all your spiritual tools seem to go out the window? In this episode, Morgan shares a vulnerable story about being confronted by a restaurant hostess and how that seemingly small moment sent her into a spiral of guilt, self-doubt, and spiritual second-guessing.

You'll hear us unpack how to:

💛 Tell the difference between surrender and self-abandonment

🌀 Recognize when ego hijacks your spiritual practice

🌱 Reclaim your voice and your peace

🧠 Use visualization to gently rewire emotional reactions

🙏 Forgive yourself and others with honesty and compassion

We talk about:

Nervous system dysregulation in real time

"The shoulds" that sneak into spiritual practice

The blurry line between speaking up and overreacting

Choosing peace without bypassing pain

If you've ever wondered, "Am I spiritually regressing?" or felt ashamed after reacting in a moment of stress — this episode will meet you right there, with love and honesty.

• A Course in Miracles – Lesson 310: "In fearlessness and love I spend today."

• "The Course in Miracles Experiment" by Pam Grout

• The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer

• The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard

• Ho'oponopono forgiveness practice

• A modified Serenity Prayer

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Why her success triggered me — and what I did about it.

We're getting honest about the sneaky ways comparison shows up—when someone else's glow dims your vibe. From jealousy to self-judgment to spiritual guilt, this episode explores how to shift from despair to peace using real-life stories, spiritual tools, and self-forgiveness.

Have you ever secretly felt small in someone else's glow?

Maybe you've thought: "It should've been me."

Or felt a flicker of relief when someone else hit a bump in the road.

Yep. Us too.

In this raw and revealing episode, the Lemonettes share real-life moments of "compare and despair" — from jealousy in a class, to resentment in recovery, to a sneaky flash of schadenfreude at a friend's misfortune.

We talk about:

• What comparison really reveals about our inner world

• Why it hurts so much (and how fast it can spiral)

• The power of turning it over to Spirit

• Forgiveness, emotional validation, and practical spiritual tools

• How to stop judging your insides by someone else's outsides

Whether you're doing A Course in Miracles or just trying to keep your heart open in a world of curated highlight reels, this conversation is a balm.

🛠️ Spiritual tools we share in this episode:

• The "Sweetheart Practice" for emotional healing

• Forgiveness as a path to peace (especially with yourself)

• ACIM Lesson 309: "Projection is a mirror, not a fact"

• Mindset reframes for jealousy, self-criticism, and fear of not being enough

• How to genuinely bless what others have — and claim it for yourself

💛 Favorite quote:

"Despair is just a signal that I'm out of alignment with Love."

Episode 4: The Becoming – Standing in Your Power Series Finale

In this rich, soul-stirring conversation, we're wrapping up our Standing in Your Power series with a deep dive into the becoming—what it means to live like you mean it, right now, without waiting to feel perfect, ready, or fully healed.

The Lemonettes share honest reflections and powerful metaphors—from falling off horses to stepping into spiritual authority—on what it looks like to claim your power while still being a work in progress.

🌟 In This Episode:

• Choosing presence over perfection

• Living courageously through fear

• Rewriting old stories of not-enoughness

• Embracing your power without needing to be "ready"

• How to stop shrinking and start shining

💬 You'll hear:

• Amanda's story about healing fear through her horse, Carson

• Penny's self-love power practice

• Drusilla's insights on anxiety and judgment

• Melissa's post-it wisdom: "Show up without fear"

• Morgan's reminder that your inheritance of power is already yours

📚 Resources Mentioned:

• A Course in Miracles

• Marianne Williamson's quote: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate…"

• Jennifer Hadley – Power of Love Ministry

• Catherine Woodward Thomas – Self-Love Power Practice

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• Morgan Turner – Spiritual Counseling
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• Drusilla Talley – Spiritual Counseling
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• Melissa Dugan – Business & Marketing Coaching
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• Penny – Performance Coaching
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Standing in Your Power | Ep. 3 Claim Your Story: Stepping Into the Role You Were Born to Play

Claiming authorship of your life — what role are you choosing to play?

You're the main character and the author. In part 3 of our "Standing in Your Power" series, we explore how to rewrite your story, drop old labels, and choose truth over fear. Plus: tools for emotional resilience, witnessing, and spiritual authorship.

"You are the character… and the author."

In this heart-opening episode of Five Lemons Laughing, the Lemonettes return for part 3 of our "Standing in Your Power" series. This week, we explore what it means to consciously claim authorship of your story — not the one someone else handed you, but the one your soul is here to live.

We ask the big questions:

• What role are you playing in your life story — and is it the one you want?

• What old scripts or labels no longer serve you?

• How does owning your story change how you show up every day?

✨ You'll hear vulnerable stories of shifting from victimhood to empowerment, letting go of attachments to outcome, and choosing peace over performance.

✨ We dive into spiritual tools like emotional awareness, the witness perspective, and declaring what is not your story.

✨ We remind each other — and you — that the pen is in your hands. What you write next is up to you.

Whether you identify as the heroine, the light of the world, or the joyful shaman, this episode invites you to own your identity, your power, and your path.

In Episode 2 of our Standing in Your Power series, we explore the deeply rooted belief that we're not enough—and how to release it with love, awareness, and spiritual practice. If you've ever struggled with shame, self-doubt, or striving to prove your worth, this conversation is for you. 💛

🌟 Welcome back to Five Lemons Laughing!

This is Episode 2 of our 4-part series: Standing in Your Power — conversations about releasing the stories that keep us small and stepping boldly into our truth.

In this powerful episode, Penny, Melissa, and Morgan explore the inner narrative that whispers "I'm not enough." With honesty, humor, and spiritual insight, they reveal how shame shows up in sneaky ways — and how to meet it with presence, compassion, and courage.

Together, we'll examine:

• The ego's "specialness" trap (thanks, A Course in Miracles)

• How busyness, perfectionism & overachieving mask unworthiness

• Ways we seek worth through relationships, productivity, and approval

• Using emotion as guidance — not as evidence something's wrong

• The power of awareness to dissolve harmful beliefs

• Meditation, resistance, and showing up for ourselves

• Remembering that you need do nothing to earn love 💛

🔁 This episode is both gentle and fierce — a call to stop apologizing for your brilliance and to claim your wholeness now.

• A Course in Miracles – Lessons 284 + 285

• "Awareness is curative" – Jennifer Hadley

• Al-Anon spiritual recovery insights

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• Drusilla Talley – Spiritual Counseling
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