So You've Awakened... Now What?

A spiritual learning community for exploring what comes next—with curiosity, discernment, practice, and trust in your own intuition.

  • AWAKEN

    How Do You Know You're Having a Spiritual Awakening?

    What Happens After the Awakening?

    Why Spiritual Awakening Can Feel So Confusing

    So You've Awakened... Now What?

  • GROUND

    How to Stay Grounded During Spiritual Awakening

    What Is Discernment—and Why It Matters

    How to Trust Your Intuition Without Fooling Yourself

  • PRACTICE

    What do I actually DO?

    • Your First 5 Spiritual Practices

    • How to Start a Spiritual Practice

    • The Three Practices I Recommend to Every Beginner

    • Creating a Spiritual Journal That You'll Actually Use

    • How to Develop and Trust Your Intuition

  • EXPLORE

    What tools might help me?

    • Should You Learn Tarot?

    • The Four Elements: The Foundation of Tarot

    • What Is Astrology Really For?

    • Understanding Your North Node

    • How Dreams Can Become a Spiritual Practice

  • DEEPEN

    Where do I go from here?

    • Courses

    • Workshops

    • Community

    • More advanced practices

    • Tarot

    • Storywork

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Welcome In. I’m Sharmaine.

You don't need another person to tell you what to believe.

You need good questions, useful tools, grounded practices, and room to discover what is true for you.

A Light Grows Brighter is a spiritual learning community for curious, thoughtful people who are ready to move beyond collecting spiritual ideas and begin developing a practice of their own.

Expand your knowledge. Deepen your practice. Trust your intuition.

As an intuitive guide and storyteller, I support people navigating their spiritual awakening through tarot, story work, and teaching that brings clarity, strength, and direction.

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Spiritual awakening can feel disorienting. This free guide offers a clear framework to help you understand where you are and what your growth is asking of you next.

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Book cover titled 'Which Phase of the Soul's Journey Are You In?' with a spiral seashell image and subtitle 'Discover the 8 Archetypes of Spiritual Growth' by Sharmaine Jackson, PhD, JD.