Field Notes

The Difficult Path is neither a shortcut nor self-punishment—it’s the soul’s steady choice to show up, reflect, and trust your truth. In this powerful article, Cheryl Marlene offers an affirmation and a guide to choosing presence over perfection, one moment at a time.

Your best self is not a perfect self—it’s a living, breathing truth in motion. Cheryl Marlene offers a sacred commitment and declaration for stepping forward in trust, presence, and soul-guided integration. A transformative path of becoming begins with your truth, here and now.

Cheryl Marlene shares a profound reflection on divine presence beyond religion. In mantra, prayer, and breath, she finds God not as rule or savior, but as boundless, loving presence—ever here, ever now.

Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, offers more than relief—he reveals truth. Cheryl Marlene shares her personal practice with the mantra Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha, showing how connection and balance emerge when you face life’s challenges with presence and trust.

Healing balance is not found outside of you—it’s a sacred rhythm within. In this reflection, Cheryl Marlene reveals how inner shifts, external conflict, and spiritual awareness come together to open the door to peace, presence, and transformative release.

Fierce self-care is not soft or passive—it’s the bold, determined devotion to one’s well-being and becoming. Through personal transformation, Cheryl Marlene shares how reclaiming space, body, voice, and trust can fuel powerful shifts in life, creativity, and health.