Day 65: Tina Naughton Powers

December 4, 2009 at 12:01 am, Category: Inspiration

“I think that we’re all reflections for each other, and the more that we believe that we can do something and the more energy we have, there’s an old paradigm of power over, instead of power with; and I think we’re all talking about empowering each other.  And when we do that, there’s no limit to any of it.”

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Toni Reece: Thank you so much, Tina, for agreeing to be with us on today’s interview; and before we go into the questions, can you please introduce yourself?

Tina Naughton Powers: Yes, hi, my name is Tina Naughton Powers, and I’m so happy to be here, Toni, and I do intuitive speaking, I do psychic work.  I also write books that try to lift people to a higher vibration so that it’s win-win for everyone.

Toni: Sounds fantastic and very much interesting as far as our listeners and readers will find you.  Based on the work that you do or even in your personal life, Tina, who do you inspire and how do you go about that?

Tina: You know what, children … I work with children.  I’ve written a book called The Land of Imagination, and I wanted to teach children that when they get older they don’t lose their child self so that they keep their dreams alive in their heart.  And so many times I go into the schools and talk with them about what it is they want to do, if they want to be reporters of good news.  I used to work in news casting, and I found that so much of it was so negative that we’re all watching.  The first 9 stories of a newscast, which tell us everything that’s wrong, and so these little kids, they inspire.  When you inspire somebody else, you also get inspired yourself, that’s how it works.  Wouldn’t you agree?

Toni: I absolutely agree.

Tina: And then also I work with adults at a place called Miraval Spa and Resort, and I do talk about teaching people to remember to listen to their intuition, their inner compass, that part of them that knows that, of course, they can do the acting; of course they can do the writing; of course they can express themselves.  And it doesn’t matter about how big it is, how small it is; it’s all just creative expression and that really, internally, we know what’s best for us.  And my goal is to help people listen to themselves rather than what others define them as.

Toni: When you are doing that type of inspiration as far as helping people listen to themselves and to express themselves in this creative fashion, how do you see that transferring into children and adults exploring their potential?

Tina: Well, I think when we’re very young, we do things naturally.  Like I remember getting a friend and wanting to do plays and talking with people and just wanting to express myself.  And I think as we get older, sometimes we lose that part of ourselves, and so we think that we have to play it safe.

And so I think hidden in all of our hearts – and sometimes it’s not so hidden – are the things that we’re passionate about, are the things that maybe we’ve kept quiet as we’ve gotten older and gone, “You know what?  I don’t know how to do that perfectly, so I’m not going to do that, I’m not going to try.”

The goal is, is that we keep that child part of ourselves as we become adults, and we’re not afraid to start something new.  We’re not afraid to take that painting class because we’re not already Picasso.  This really wise woman once said to me, “Are you trying to impress man or express God?”  Because if you’re just trying to express something, then you can’t lose.  There’s no judgment on it.

Toni: And is that a lot of the basis of the work that you do is to provide that safe space for children and adults so that they can be expressive, they can feel that trust that they need to listen to their intuition?  Is that part of the work that you do?

Tina: Yes, absolutely.  It’s to create that space where they remember who they are and how they feel.  Because we become so many things, especially as we grow older, you know?  You might be a wife, mother, you have your job, and you forget what it is that made you feel alive, that lifeline.

And so it’s my hope that the people that I come in contact with remember who they are and remember that sometimes it’s even just the small things that bring great joy.  I think that joy comes from within, happiness.  Certainly happiness can be an event.  It can be a person in our lives, but many times that’s fleeting.  Joy comes from within.

So what are those things that bring you joy?  And sometimes it might just be raspberries.  Sometimes it might just be taking a walk, noticing the sunset.  It’s the spaces in between all of the other … you know, stopping the mind from going and going.  I mean, how often do we think the same thoughts every single day?

Toni: Absolutely, absolutely.  So how do you go about this?  If you could give just a short example of how you work with kids and adults in order to just get them closer to that space …

Tina: I’ll first of all ask them what did you always dream of doing?  And then, a lot of times their hands will raise up and they’ll say “Well, you know, I dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but I ended up in banking because I was told that you had to make a living.”  And then I’ll try to introduce, “Well, what about animals?  Did you have a lot of them in your life?  Is there a way that you can add that?  Can you go volunteer at the no-kill animal shelter and go walk them?  Can you add a bit of that passion?”  So getting back to the things also that you would do for free; what are the things that you would absolutely do for free?  (crash)  Sorry about that!

Toni: Oh, no problem.

Tina: And then also many times I get messages from guides.  Now I believe that we all have guides on the other side.  Now, what’s the other side?  That’s another dimension where we have repeated messages coming to us constantly.  It’s the metaphysical world, and a lot of times I will receive all sorts of … you know, if I’m sitting with a client or I’m in a group setting, I will focus on one person and I’ll maybe hear for them, “You know what, I’m hearing and seeing an image of you speaking in front of people and also a book.”  And they’ll say, ‘Well, I always dreamed of doing a book.”  And then I might get the information from their guides “She started it already; there are pieces of it all over the place.”  And so I’ll say, “Have you already started this?”  And they’ll say “Yes!”  And I’ll say, “And you have it hidden in different parts?”  “Yes!”  And so they keep getting some confirmations where they start to believe “Maybe there is somebody that’s helping me” or “Maybe this is confirmation and cheerleading from another way.”

Toni: It’s fantastic; it sounds like it’s a lot of generation of self-belief that comes from you to them.

Tina: Yes, yes!  I believe, and one person once said, she said “You know what?  You can see the gifts and talents in others and help lift them to that space.”

Toni: Yes, that’s what I’m hearing.  With the work that you do, Tina, how do you stay inspired?  What do you need to be inspired?

Tina: Let’s see … I need to keep my creative expression open,  meaning that I need to sit down and write.  For me, writing gets all of the thoughts out of my head and onto a piece of paper where it clears the space so there’s no longer static there.  There’s a book called The Artist’s Way which is very helpful, and she alludes to it as “morning pages.”

So a lot of times that’s when I get up and I write, and I get everything out.  Stream of consciousness — there’s no judgment on it — and it helps me tremendously.  You’ll get a lot of your guidance in your dreams in that way.  And then also, first thing when I wake up in the morning, I ask my guides, I ask whoever is there to help me if they can give me any images, any input, any suggestions for the day.  Sometimes when we’re in between worlds, that is the greatest place to start because we’re not fully in the other world yet, if that makes sense.

Toni: Can you explain that just a little bit more?

Tina: Meaning when I’m lying there, you mean?

Toni: Right.  When you’re in between worlds.  Just so that we’re really, really clear on this because it’s so important.

Tina: When you wake up in the morning, you know you might just be lingering in a dream or you have not completely stepped in to your daily routine?  So instead of staying there for 5 more minutes pressing the snooze button praying for another moment, just relax into it when you’re still in between the dream time and the waking time where you’re fully alert.  And at that moment, it’s a great time to commune; some people might call it your higher self, some people may call it guides.  It’s the perfect time to receive inspirational messages.

So you pay attention to how you feel, you’re open to receive meaning that you don’t struggle for it.  You just ask if there’s anything to help you with that day, anything to help you on your path, and please make it really clear.  Sometimes I ask for unmistakable signs.

Toni: Unmistakable signs – I love that!  Can you give me an example of one?

Tina: Absolutely!  When I was living in Chicago — and this is when I was fully awake, out of the dream time — this is a little fast-forwarding, but I asked for an unmistakable sign if I was to move back to Arizona, because I just couldn’t decide whether that was going for me backwards, because that’s where I was from originally, or if it was really guidance that I was receiving.  So I said “Please, guides, just give me an unmistakable sign so I know I’m on the right track.”

And what happened was, about a month later I was in Arizona, I was pulling out of a driveway with a friend and this van crossed my path, it said “Welcome Home Tina” in pink spray paint.  And I said “Is that real?  Am I seeing things, am I going off the …“ and she said “Yeah, I see it!”  And so it crossed my path and I went “Okay, I’m not going to question that anymore.”  We did end up moving back to Arizona, and at that point Miraval called.  I started doing talks – so unmistakable signs are pretty unmistakable.

Toni: It’s like that big old club that comes over your head, isn’t it?

Tina: Absolutely!  And then sometimes as humans we go, “Is that really a sign?”  I’d asked for it, but … it’s like, we ask and then we receive, but that it’s not thinking that we made it up.  I think we tend to do that.  Did I just make that up?

Toni: That’s why it was nice that you had somebody with you!

Tina: I did have verification.  You do find, though, that people who are a little more progressive or outside of the box or always maybe thought to be a little crazy, and then everyone catches up, you know?  The world was flat …

Toni: That’s fantastic.  How do you take all of this that you do and roll it into the continuation of exploring your own potential?  What do you need to do to keep that exploration moving?

Tina: You know, I need to surround myself with people who lift me up and not pull me down, if that makes sense.  So it’s monitoring where I’m plugged into, because certainly doing the talks, doing individual sessions, as writing, you know we need people around us who also lift us up as well.  So I think it’s really important who am I surrounding myself with.

Certainly there will always be things that we don’t want to do that we have to, but in those sacred spaces, picking and choosing and plugging into a higher vibration of people that are mirroring back to us, and that we can talk with and that inspire us back; it’s a give and take.

Toni: Do you consciously seek people out that are part of that mindset?

Tina: It becomes very apparent when that’s not happening, and I go “Oh, okay maybe there’s a lesson here, there’s something that I need to learn, or maybe I did an old pattern again”, but yes, more and more, the older I get, the more I notice how does my body feel around this person.

I always say the body never lies.  It will tell us what’s authentic, where we want to be, if we really tune into it.  And I think it’s something that we consciously just need to be aware of because sometimes we’re so in the mind that we don’t have everything lined up – mind, body, and spirit.

Toni: What I’ve heard during your interview is what you seek for inspiration and what you’ve just talked about as far as how you have to explore your own potential by surrounding yourself with people who lift you up.  And whether it’s consciously or recognizing when it’s not there allows you to then be that mirror of reflection to other people.  And I would imagine that is how … that is the same type of work that you would do either with children or adults, and to be in that positive frame of mind so that they don’t recognize that this isn’t working.

Tina: Absolutely; and the mirror is such the right terminology.  I think that we’re all reflections for each other, and the more that we believe that we can do something and the more energy we have, there’s an old paradigm of power over, instead of power with; and I think we’re all talking about empowering each other.  And when we do that, there’s no limit to any of it.

Toni: It’s amazing.  We are going to provide at the bottom of the blog post how people can get ahold of you to learn more about what you do so that they can also, if they choose to, to be inspired by you.  The snapshots of information and really the nuggets of inspiration that you’ve given during this interview, thank you so very, very much for that.

Tina: Oh, Toni, thank you so much and tpowers.com is probably the best way to speak with me.

Toni: Okay.  Thank you very, very much, Tina, and I hope that we speak again soon.

Tina: Thanks Toni, and I love what you’re doing.

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