Boundaries and Vision: Protecting Your Inner Sanctuary
Posted on July 8, 2026 Leave a Comment
Plus, I am sharing my radio interview with 95.9 KTIL/Tillamook Today!
Hi there,
I hope all is well with you and yours!
The inner and outer foundations help us preserve and protect our inner sanctuary. The inner foundation are the beliefs that we hold about life, others, and ourselves. The outer foundation is our conscious mind. It is influenced by what we watch on television, the people we associate ourselves with, the songs we listen to, the books we read, where we live, etc.
“Over time, our inner and outer foundation can weaken as a result of weed infiltration and storms–those extended life experiences that can attract weeds (persistent negative emotions), such as anger, anxiety, confusion, fatigue, and depression.
The inner storms are the accumulation of anger, anxiety, confusion, fatigue, and sadness, which in turn can lead to depressive states, extreme anxiety attacks (e.g., panic attacks), and extreme sadness (e.g., depressive states). Our perception of outer storms (e.g., pandemics such as COVID-19) can also add to these states. During storms, we can get so caught up in them that we forget about our garden and the walls that portect and preserve who we are.
As a result of these storms, we can begin to question or existence and life’s meaning and purpose. We can become so caught up in what we are hearing, seeing, and experiencing that we forget the powerful being that we are.
We are not here to be victims of our experiences. We are here to transcend our experiences–guilt free. We learn. We grow. We remember who we are.
Storms can be a challenging opportunity to revisit our vision in life. Often, as a child, there was something we loved or wanted to do but may have gotten detoured via traditional beliefs and other opinions, including sterotypes.
The boundaries we set protects and preserves us as we move grow into who we are. This is where life principles come into play. Life-giving principles keep us rooted in our truths. We know what we stand for and therefore we remain steadfast in our purpose. We center ourselves on truths and therefore are able to calm the inner storms.
Vision Before Assessing Your Boundaries
When was the last time you sat still and aligned with the innate blueprint—the one our Creator put inside as it handcrafted you to perfection.
This week, I encourage you to grab a notebook/sheet of paper and something to write and spend some quality quiet time with yourself. Consider these questions: “What is my life’s purpose?” “What did I like to do as a child?” “Am I doing work that is nourishing (e.g., joy, peace, challenging me to grow brighter and stronger) me from the inside out?”
Let your hands guide you as your vision unfolds on paper.
The truth has no time limit or time restriction. It knows the right time to reveal itself to you.
If you do not receive an immediate answer, you can go on about your day and do something else. Often, the answer comes when we least expect it.
Everything you are and do come from your thoughts; we are our beliefs turned inside out.
When was the last time, you assessed your foundations? What beliefs are leading you to do what you do? How is your external environment supporting or not supporting your vision?
Our body is always sending us signs and symptoms. How we respond to life events tell us a lot about our inner foundation. During your alone time, I encourage you to ask these questions which are good for assessing our inner foundation and if it needs rebuiling.
Just two questions this week to consider….
- What do I believe about food, physical activity, and rest? What you eat, how much, how little, where, how often, and why stem from what you believe about yourself.
- How is what I am watching on television/at the movies, the music I listen to, conversations, and environments supporting my vision?
We cannot change what we are not aware of. Everything comes back to “the person in the mirror.”
Thanks for reading and feel free to share your insights.
P.S. KTIL/Tillamook Today radio interviewed me on June 30th. We discussed emotional healing after COVID-19 and resurfacing our divine purpose.
You can listen here
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Thank you so much!
As always, make this lifetime great because the power to do so resides within you.
Timika
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July News: I Am a Winner!
Posted on July 8, 2026 Leave a Comment
A Seed Planted
Hi there!
I hope all is well with you! Be careful of what you put behind “I am”. I am sharing some good news….
One of my mother’s principles that I write about in my upcoming book, The Inner Garden: “Be grateful for what you have, and God will bless you with more.”
I’m so thankful for #JulyFilmmakersClub Stage 32. I won a free pitch session–another step in my writing career. I’ll take it!
It only took a few minutes to put in my entry, and I did not think anything else about it—-“a seed sown and undisturbed.”
I found out that I had won on Monday. The day before, I wrote on my calendar to research pitch executives on Stage 32 this coming Saturday.
I am in the head and heart space of living on purpose. How are you?
More to come……..
#writer #screenwriting #Stage32pitch #generationalhealing #breakthecycle #filmpitch #writing #filmmaker #Oregon #tillamook #oregoncoast
Make this lifetime great because you are here to do so, no matter what, including your past.
Timika S Chambers
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Get to the Heart of the Matter: It Is Not Too Late to Modify Your Life’s Course or Embrace the Highest Vision of Yourself
Posted on June 29, 2026 Leave a Comment
Hi there,
Welcome to another day to align with the highest version of yourself!
Research shows that most cardiac events happen on Mondays. But, if you have been watching my Facebook Live, part of my Facebook group Fulfill Your Divine Purpose, or reading my posts (e.g. Twitter, YouTube, and others), this phrase does not surprise you.
“You do not have to be a statistic.”
Many factors contribute to cardiac these cardiac events, including pending work deadlines and the stress of commuting to work. However, there are some underlying reasons that can also increase work-related stress.
There may be some of us who are:
- Living out our parents or grandparents successful or unsuccessful dream,
- Working a job just to make ends meet, but unable to fully express our gifts and talents,
- In a career because a career assessment revealed you should be working in a certain field,
- in a job to prove something to others,
- Living out traditional expectations–get a job, keep it, provide for your family, and then retire…….
The job/career may be different, but the common underlying reason is emotional dis-harmony due to lack of authenticity. You may not be aligned with your true purpose.
All of us have something powerfully unique within us–seeds of greatness in our own way. We have abilities, gifts, and talents we are invited to embrace, nourish, and express on Earth. I’m not talking about financial fulfillment. I’m talking about spiritual success.
We are here to serve others–an extension of our Creator’s love for humankind. Our heart’s desires will always be there and so is that occasional pull and whisper that we will never be satisfied until we accept the true expression of ourselves.
To cultivate authenticity, we must “get to the heart of the matter.” Why am I stressed about going to work on Monday? Why do I feel like I can’t be successful doing what I love? What limitations have I accepted, planted, and harvested from others’ opinions, stereotypes, my beliefs?
This week, I gave my Notes on Life: Empowering You to Be You subscribers five questions to consider. One of them is:
What emotions consistently arise before, during, and after work?
How do you feel when you walk through the doors of where you work?
No blame. No guilt. Just observation.
I remember my whole facial expression changed as soon as I entered the breezeway of where I worked umteen years ago. Although I was and still am very grateful for the opportunity, I knew I did not belong there.
Change does not always come over night. But when we start turning inward to reflect on our lives–when we answer the call of our purpose, we can believe that some day we will awaken and do exactly what we are here to do.
Our bodies are the vehicles for our purpose. They know what we are here to do and often send us signals when we are misaligned.
This week, let’s spend some time paying attention to what our bodies are telling us. Heart conditions are preventative, and they are not just grounded in what we eat. A risk factor is not a fact or absolute. We only get one original heart from our Creator, and it is our responsibility to take care of it.
I remember watching a documentary of Sidney Poitier several years ago and hearing him say that he had finally found what he was put here to do–acting.
We can all utter those words.
If you are wondering if that’s possible, I believe that anything is possible.
And from what I have experienced, both “good” and “bad”, whatever I believed often came true.
So, if you can have the life you desired that does not oppose another (another topic for another day), then why not? Why not believe that you can have the life you desire? That you don’t have to be stressed out and make a great living doing what you love by cultivating the divine talents you have?
Next week, we will look at our inner (beliefs) and outer boundaries (circumstances, etc) in cultivating growth, The Inner Garden style.
Make this lifetime great because you are here to do so no matter what!
Timika
