<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Lighter Way | JC Smit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intuitive Guidance & Coaching | Let’s find clarity, peace and a lighter way forward, together. ♥​]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:02:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thelighterway.ca/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When Spirituality Becomes Just Another Thing to Fix Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.



How easy it is for spirituality to quietly turn into… another form of pressure. Another book. Another practice. Another thing to work on.



For a while, it can feel good. Like you’re doing something. Like you’re getting somewhere.

]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/spirituality-has-run-amuck</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc4542</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition is the Gateway to Healing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve come to see intuition a little differently over time.
Not as something mystical or out of reach—but as something very simple. Very close.


Your body is actually communicating with you all the time.



The tension, the tightness, the anxiety… 

even the random aches that don’t seem to make sense. I don’t see them as punishment anymore.]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/intuition-is-the-gateway-to-healing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc4540</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:00:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letting Go of a Painful Past]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t think we hold onto the past for no reason.
Even the things we wish we could forget… there’s usually something in them that hasn’t fully settled yet.

For a long time, I thought letting go meant pushing things away or trying not to think about them.
But that never really worked.]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/how-do-i-let-go-of-bothersome-and-even-painful-events-from-my-past</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc4539</guid><category><![CDATA[JC Smit]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:27:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spirit is Always With You]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many years ago, at the beginning of my spiritual journey, I thought that in order to talk to God or Spirit, I had to set aside a special time and place to meditate or pray.



I would close my eyes and focus on my breathing, wondering if I was doing it right. But instead of helping me connect, it actually distracted me. The clock would tick louder than usual. I could hear my cat in the litter box like it was digging to China. My mind would wander to everything I had to do that day.]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/spirit-is-always-with-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc453a</guid><category><![CDATA[JC Smit]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:27:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping Your Patience When Nothing Is Working Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are times in life where it feels like nothing is moving.
You’re doing what you can. You’re trying to stay positive. But things just aren’t lining up the way you hoped they would.
And that’s usually when the word patience shows up.



But if I’m being honest… patience has never been an easy thing to sit in
Because it can feel a lot like waiting. And waiting can feel a lot like nothing is happening.
What I’ve started to notice, though, is that it’s not always about waiting for.....]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/how-to-keep-your-patience-when-nothing-is-working-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc453b</guid><category><![CDATA[JC Smit]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:27:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dealing with Emotional Pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over time, I’ve come to see emotions a little differently.
For a long time, I thought certain emotions—especially anger, frustration, or sadness—were things I needed to fix or get rid of.
But that never really worked.



If anything, the more I pushed them away, the louder they seemed to get.

What I’m starting to understand now is that emotions aren’t the problem]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/how-to-stop-feeling-emotional-all-the-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc453d</guid><category><![CDATA[JC Smit]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:27:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Have Come to See the Law of Attraction]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was reflecting on a group I hosted one evening where we talked about the Law of Attraction.
What stood out to me was how differently everyone understood it—and how frustrating it had been for some people.

Because a lot of us have been taught that if things aren’t working in our lives, it must be because we’re doing something wrong.
I used to believe that too.]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/what-is-the-law-of-attraction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc453e</guid><category><![CDATA[JC Smit]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:27:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Got What You Need. Jump In.]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a brief moment, I thought about skinny dipping but that thought quickly escaped my mind with the amount of campers that were milling...]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/you-got-what-you-need-jump-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc4537</guid><category><![CDATA[JC Smit]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losing Your Way is Part of Finding Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t think we talk about this enough.
That feeling of losing yourself… of not knowing what you’re doing, who you are, or where you’re going.
We tend to see it as something going wrong.
But I’m starting to see it differently.
Because a lot of the time, what’s actually happening is that the version of you that wasn’t really you… is starting to fall away.]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/you-must-lose-yourself-first</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc4536</guid><category><![CDATA[JC Smit]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Hiding and Dare to Fly]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve always felt a little different.
For a long time, I was still able to blend in—especially with family and friends. But as I got older, that started to change. My life was moving in a different direction, even before I fully understood what that direction was.
I just knew I didn’t fit the same way anymore.]]></description><link>https://www.thelighterway.ca/post/stop-hiding-and-dare-to-fly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c00244081e97f440bc4538</guid><category><![CDATA[JC Smit]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>JC Smit</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does the Fountain of Youth Really Exist?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I actually think it does.Just not in the way we’ve been taught.
We’ve accepted, almost without question, that aging is inevitable—and not just aging, but wearing down. Slowing down. Losing ourselves a little more each year.
But lately, I’ve been wondering…
what if that’s only half the story?
Because I’ve noticed something.

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