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Inner Light: Navigating Mental Wellness

“Inner Light: Navigating Mental Wellness” features psychology, philosophy, relationship, and mental health articles for wisdom-seekers.

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5 Signs the Universe Wants You to Change Your Life

A higher power has your back and will nudge you in the right direction

5 min readMar 5, 2025

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Someone sits under the night sky contemplating the universe
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When I say the Universe wants you to change, what I really mean is that it’s urging you to alter an unhelpful element or situation that no longer serves you. We all receive signs when it’s time to move on to new pastures. But we can be reluctant to heed them. Sometimes, we don’t even see them. We’re too busy following old behavior patterns to note the Universe tapping us on the shoulder. When we don’t listen, it taps harder until we get the message.

By then, it tells us to change in extreme ways. Otherwise, we would carry on regardless. It’s happened to me. I lived in a house I couldn’t manage. The building was huge, too massive for my little family and too big for our wallets.

We struggled to maintain the place until a flood wiped out the ground floor, sweeping many of our belongings away with its tide.

That’s when I got the message to downsize and live in a place I could look after and love.

Most of the time, signs arise in small, almost unnoticeable ways. Doubtless, they tried to grab my attention before delivering a super-sized message in the form of a disaster. If only I had noticed…

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Inner Light: Navigating Mental Wellness
Inner Light: Navigating Mental Wellness

Published in Inner Light: Navigating Mental Wellness

“Inner Light: Navigating Mental Wellness” features psychology, philosophy, relationship, and mental health articles for wisdom-seekers.

✨ Bridget Webber
✨ Bridget Webber

Written by ✨ Bridget Webber

Compassion, wisdom, and psychology. Mental health, former counselor. Loves lamas, the cool side of the pillow, puddles, and humor. Dunks biscuits. Wants peace.

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