Release what isn't working in your life and open your heart and mind to allow in new energy, relationships, and surprises that the universe may be ready to give you. Sometimes when the things you desire don't readily appear, you have to make space for them. For example, if a relationship has soured and counseling or other avenues for repairing it have not helped, it may be time to move on. If your life seems stalled because your career has hit an impasse, your job doesn't inspire you, or everywhere you look things are broken, outdated, or not used, bless and release them. Here are four ways to start the process:

• Shift the status quo when the passion dies. If you hate your job and want to find a new one or even start your own business, tender your resignation. Bless and release the old work and get started manifesting your dream vocation. Feel the excitement of embarking upon a new path to a new dream. Brainstorm, write a business plan, figure out marketing, find funding, and set your dream into forward motion. When you do, you'll see how the universe puts the wind into the sail of your ship and pushes you quickly onto your chosen course.

• Clear the clutter from your life. Energy flow is impeded when you are surrounded by clutter. Get that energy moving again by removing things that you no longer use, don't work properly, or are broken. Also put away pictures and the myriad things throughout your house that remind you of the demise of relatives and friends. Establish a special designated area in your home to honor them (for placement, read books about feng shui). Nourish relationships with helpful people and you'll open yourself to the inflow of healing, vibrant, and beneficial energy.

• Reprogram your thoughts. Your outer life is a manifestation of your inner thoughts and feelings. When you release old patterns of negative thinking and replace them with powerful positive thoughts and expectations that make you feel hopeful and happy, you set into forward motion vibrations that can then attract an abundance of good things to you. Do you desire love with a man who is trustworthy, capable, and emotionally healthy? Examine your thoughts to see why he is not already in your life. Maybe the pain and drama associated with a previous relationship caused you to fear a future one. But if you can't imagine the possibility of a wonderful new love, how will it ever come to you?

• Learn to rely on your emotional guidance system of intuition or sixth sense to know when to let go. If something is not right in your life, you may be overriding the signals from your emotional guidance system that warn you to steer clear or break away. The more you rely on your inner guidance, the more you will trust it when it warns you to shift direction. Sometimes just a little shift is all that is needed to create a vacuum for financial prosperity and the abundance that you may seek.