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Episode 15

15. What Are Affirmations? Using Spiritual Statements to Connect With Your Spirit Guides

In this episode of The Spiritual Sanctuary: Wisdom for the Divine Feminine, we explore affirmations—what they are, how to create them, and how these intentional statements can strengthen your connection to your spirit guides. Affirmations are more than positive words; they are energetic tools that shift your frequency, open your intuitive channels, and help you communicate more clearly with the spiritual beings who support your path.

Together, we explore how affirmations influence your mindset, raise your vibration, and create an energetic bridge between you and your guides. You’ll learn how to craft affirmations that reflect trust, openness, and spiritual connection, and how to use them during meditation, journaling, ritual, or daily practice.

As we move through this discussion, we explore deeper questions such as how affirmations shift your intuitive awareness, why certain statements open the door to guidance, how repeating intentional language affects your energetic field, and what role belief and consistency play in communicating with your spirit guides.

For more resources, guided meditations, and classes on intuitive development, visit bertena.org.

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Bertena Varney

Bertena is a spiritual teacher, priestess, and intuitive guide who blends ancient wisdom with grounded, modern insight. She is the creator and host of The Spiritual Sanctuary, a podcast devoted to the Wheel of the Year, Divine Feminine wisdom, goddess traditions, ritual, meditation, and soul-aligned living.

With decades of experience as a college educator and a deep background in spiritual studies, Bertena brings a rare combination of academic depth and embodied spiritual practice to her work. Her teachings weave together seasonal spirituality, priestess paths, somatic awareness, tarot and oracle wisdom, and contemplative ritual—always with an emphasis on empowerment, discernment, and personal sovereignty.

Bertena is the founder of the Ancient Arts of the Priestess Academy, where she offers self-paced courses, seasonal lessons, and immersive spiritual education rooted in the cycles of nature rather than hustle culture. Her work is especially supportive for women seeking a slower, more meaningful spiritual path—one grounded in trust, rest, and inner authority.

Through her podcast, courses, and writings, Bertena invites listeners into a sanctuary space where wisdom is remembered, not rushed, and where spiritual growth unfolds in its own time.

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