• The purpose of this challenge is to find a deep peace within ourselves that is unshakeable, even during uncertain times such as right now
• During this challenge we will be going deep within to learn more about ourselves to search for our purpose and what truly makes us happy
• We will be looking at our goals and desires to help determine if we are on the path to fulfilling them
• And most importantly, we will be connecting with our Heavenly Father, who is the author of peace, love, and joy and who is the key to unlocking our true potential and showing us how to find and fulfill our purpose in life

Meditation, in my opinion, is the single greatest thing you can possibly invest in.  For yourself, for others, and for your relationship with God.

• You can choose the times of the day that work best for you
• I prefer in the morning and then either mid-day or later at night before bed, but feel free to set the times that work best for you
• Each session will be 15 minutes long and you can set your own timer or use the guided meditation to follow along
• You can feel free to go longer than the 15 minutes
• Make these sessions nonnegotiable, regardless of what else is trying to pull you away (and trust me there will always be something)
• Turn off all devices and notifications to make sure you will not be distracted
• Lock yourself in a room if you feel someone will distract you
• You can put on headphones and listen to any of the songs in the section below to help avoid distractions. Note: These can be extremely beneficial to calm the mind and get into a meditative state. I listen to them often while meditating.

Feel free to follow along to the guided meditation, use your own music, or check out a short playlist I put together of some peaceful meditation music:

Meditation Music

If I started writing all of the benefits right now, I could probably hit on 30% of them by sometime next year…  There are an endless number of benefits to meditating, but below is a list of a few:

• If you are looking for divine guidance in your life
• If you want to know your life’s purpose
• If you are looking for more peace, love, and joy in your life
• If you want to prioritize your life
• If you want to improve a skill
• If you are looking to enhance your creativity
• If you have a life problem that you want to solve
• If you want to remove old limiting beliefs and replace them with new empowering beliefs

Monks…

And a few other groups of people, lol.

Meditation is becoming extremely popular among all walks of life, and for good reason.  Everyone from businessmen (and women), to athletes, to musicians, to artists, to health nuts, to spiritual/religious people, etc. are using meditation to improve in different areas of their lives.  Meditation is now scientifically proven to significantly enhance creativity, mood, memory, cognitive function, physical abilities, etc.

Although there are countless types of meditation, below is a list of a few that I find most impactful:

• Gratitude/Thankfulness/Praise: Offering praise and thanks for all we have been given
• Intention/Prayer: Setting an intention and expressing our goals
• Visualization: Visualizing ourselves attaining our goals
• Solitude/Divine Guidance: Sitting in silence and allowing God to speak

Meditation and prayer can be one in the same, but meditation can be used for many things outside of spiritual practice.  If you are using mediation for spiritual purposes, there are two components.  The first is prayer and the second is solitude.  Prayer is just as you would imagine, intentionally speaking what is on your heart (verbally or non-verbally) and asking for guidance.  Solitude is the space we create for God to speak back to us.  Without creating this space, God has no room to speak to us and offer his divine guidance.