Courage: A Sacred Yes to What’s Calling You
- Amara Honeck
- Aug 10
- 3 min read
If this Sacred Pause offered something meaningful — a shift, a breath, a moment of clarity, a return to self, a spark of intuition, or a soft sense of healing — and you’d like to receive more moments like this each week, join me for the Sacred Pause Newsletter.
You’ve just opened your next Sacred Pause — a quiet invitation to breathe, reflect, and reconnect with the wisdom already within you. Each week brings a gentle insight, a sacred action, and an image from spiritual and ancestral traditions to support your journey.
Take what resonates. Move at your own pace. Trust your intuition.
Let this moment of stillness ripple outward.
Share it with someone who may need their own Sacred Pause today:
This Month's Theme: Courage
Courage isn’t always loud or bold — often, it’s quiet, personal, and fiercely intentional. This month, we’ll explore how courage rises through presence, alignment, and deep listening. Through each Sacred Pause, you’ll be invited to take meaningful risks, reclaim your inner strength, and act from your deepest truth — even when the next step feels uncertain. Courage, after all, isn’t the absence of fear; it’s the choice to keep moving with integrity and heart.
"Living Sacred means choosing alignment, even when it challenges comfort and certainty. And that choice — again and again — is an act of courage."
This Week's Sacred Pause
Choosing alignment, even when it challenges comfort and certainty, is an act of courage. Let this practice be your invitation to step into that courage.
🔥 Sitting in sacred space, light a candle and name aloud a truth you're ready to honor — even if it feels small. Let the flame hold your intention.
✨ Each day this week, return to the candle for a few quiet minutes.
💛 Just sit with the flame and ask: “What does alignment look like for me today?” Let this be alignment with your highest purpose, your deeper truth, a step you're ready to take, or a dream you're ready to grow into.
🌀 Let the candle become your witness. Let the repetition build your courage.
Alternate Stillness Practice: Courage
Not every pause asks for action. If this week's practice doesn’t resonate, simply sit with the quote or image. Let it steady you — a quiet space to meet your fear, your longing, or your strength with honesty.
Or let your attention return to a previous week’s Sacred Pause, gently waiting in the Back Issues Archive — still carrying a spark meant just for you.
Deepening Your Practice
✨ Phone Lock Screen: Let this week’s Sacred Pause stay with you. Visit my Resource Page to download a phone lock screen image that holds the quote and practice together — a simple, soulful reminder for your week in the palm of your hand.
✨ Guided Meditations: You might also feel drawn to choose a guided binaural beats meditation to go deeper into this month’s theme by asking a question in the theta state using one of these meditations.
✨ Back Issues: Every pause we’ve taken together leaves a trail — a thread of stillness, reflection, and sacred remembering. If you missed a week or feel called to revisit a moment, you’ll find each past issue waiting for you in the Back Issues Archive.
Need Gentle Guidance? Schedule an Appointment
If you feel called, I offer one-on-one sessions to support your journey.
With Gratitude
Your presence matters. If this week’s Sacred Pauses offered something meaningful — a shift, a breath, a moment of clarity, a return to self, a spark of intuition, or a soft sense of healing — and you’d like to support future pauses, here’s one small way: ☕ "Buy Me a Coffee." Your support is deeply appreciated.
May today’s Sacred Pause be a quiet ember of courage — steady, glowing, and ready.
---Amara
Amara Honeck
Spiritual Mentor | Sacred Living Guide |
Shamanic Practitioner | Author
Great Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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