Five Lemons Laughing

Morgan Lemly Turner
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Five women on a spiritual journey together. Join Amanda, Drusilla, Melissa, Morgan and Penny, as they share their personal experiences of applying spiritual principles & practices in their daily lives... The lemons discuss their breakthroughs, breakdowns, insights, and challenges, always with lots of laughter & compassion. As authentic as it gets, these are the lemons making lemonade.

  1. 3d ago ·  Video

    The Art of Receiving: Why It's So Hard to Receive

    You say yes to everyone else. You show up, you give, you hold it together. But the moment someone tries to take care of you — something tightens. You deflect. You minimize. You say "I'm fine" before the offer is even finished. Most of us were never taught how to receive. We were taught to give, to earn, to achieve, to push through. And somewhere along the way, receiving started to feel like weakness. Like debt. Like danger. So we stopped letting it in. In this episode, Amanda, Melissa, and Penny get honest about why receiving is so much harder than giving — and what it's actually costing us when we keep it out. They don't have a tidy answer. But they have an honest one.     In this episode: Why so many women were conditioned to give but never taught to receive The physical experience of bracing against love and support What your relationship with compliments reveals about your self-worth Why receiving and self-worth are more connected than most of us realize The difference between a transaction and true receiving — and how one quietly blocks abundance Why letting yourself be supported might be the most revolutionary thing you do this week     This week's practice: Notice where life is already trying to support you. And instead of deflecting — just let yourself receive it. All you have to say is thank you.     Work with the Lemonettes: 💛 Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): amandasnyder123@gmail.com 💛 Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): djtalley@comcast.net 💛 Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): melissa@dugan2.com 💛 Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): morgan@lovelightmorgan.com 💛 Penny (Performance Coaching): coachpenny@me.com     Connect with us: Subscribe so you never miss an episode Leave a review — it helps more women find this community Follow us on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram

    42 min

  2. May 25 ·  Video

    Spiritual Bypass Isn't Healing: Amanda's Journey from $1,000 Loss to Genuine Forgiveness

    In this episode, we're sitting in the uncomfortable space where spiritual practice meets real life — and it's not what you'll see on Instagram. One of our beloved Lemonettes got scammed out of $1,000 this week. What happened next? She went to bed. She felt silly. She stayed there for days. And then — here's the part that matters — she asked for prayers. Not for herself to "rise above it," but genuinely, for the people who scammed her. For her husband. For her own nervous system. This is what it looks like when you're applying your spiritual work in real time: ━━━ THis EPISODE COVERS 🔹 The anatomy of a horse scam (and how it nearly drained $3-7K) 🔹 Why intelligent, aware women still fall for fraud (and why that matters) 🔹 The difference between spiritual bypass and real emotional processing 🔹 What genuine forgiveness actually takes (hint: it's not always instant) 🔹 How Amanda moved from shock → anger → bed rest → actual prayer in just days 🔹 The nervous system work underneath spiritual practice 🔹 Why taking responsibility (even 10%) is what moves you forward 🔹 Penny's own scam attempt (and what almost worked) 🔹 Real practical steps to protect yourself going forward ━━━ WHAT MAKES THIS RELATABLE Amanda didn't instantly transcend this. She felt all of it — the shock, the shame spiral, the anger she needed to release in the car with her husband. She laid in bed watching TV instead of meditating perfectly. And that's exactly right. That's what life actually looks like when you're doing the work. 🍋 KEY TAKEAWAY: Spiritual practice isn't about never getting hurt, never feeling angry, or moving past pain in real time. It's about not hiding when hard things happen. It's about asking for support. Taking responsibility for your part. Allowing your body the time it needs to process. And letting genuine compassion emerge on its own timeline, not on yours. ━━━ RESOURCES MENTIONED 🔹 A Course in Miracles (ACIM) — the forgiveness framework that anchored this conversation 🔹 Al-Anon's 4th Step (searching and fearless moral inventory) 🔹 Practical fraud prevention: Report Facebook scam profiles directly; use PayPal business (not Friends & Family); never Zelle money you can't afford to lose; always verify through official channels ━━━━━━ If you've ever been scammed, nearly scammed, or felt the shame of falling for something that seemed so obvious in hindsight — you're not alone. And you're not stupid. This happens to intelligent, aware, spiritually-grounded women all the time. The difference is what you do next. Consider Penny's assignment: Write down the shame-filled moments you've never told anyone about. If you have a trusted community (like we're building for you), start sharing them. Watch what happens when shame loses its grip. 🔹 Leave a comment with your own scam story (or near-miss). We're reading every one. 🔹 Work with the Lemonettes if you're ready to go deeper on forgiveness, nervous system healing, or stepping into your own integrity: 💛 Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): amandasnyder123@gmail.com 💛 Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): djtalley@comcast.net 💛 Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): melissa@dugan2.com 💛 Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): morgan@lovelightmorgan.com 💛 Penny (Performance Coaching): coachpenny@me.com 🍋 More will be revealed on the spiritual community piece — stay tuned. ━━━ #SpiritualPractice #ForgivenessThatWorks #RealLifeSpirituality #ACIMTeachings #NervousSystemHealing #ScamAwareness #ShameLessSharing #SpiritualBypass #CommunityHeals #AuthentcAuthenticSpirituality

    39 min

  3. May 18 ·  Video

    When Rejection Is Actually Alignment

    We all know the sting of rejection. A door closes. An invitation gets declined. Someone chooses someone else. And the voice in your head immediately whispers: You're not enough. But what if that's not what's happening at all? In this episode, the Lemonettes reframe rejection as alignment in action — the moment your frequency says "this doesn't match who I am," and the universe listens. We talk about: 🔹 Why taking rejection personally keeps you stuck in people-pleasing cycles 🔹 How your energetic bubble attracts and repels exactly what's meant for you 🔹 The difference between "rejection" and "redirection" 🔹 Real-life examples of how quickly faith kicks in when you stop making rejection mean something about your worth 🔹 The practice that actually helps: gratitude, curiosity, and staying in your power even when things fall away This isn't about toxic positivity. It's about learning to read what's bouncing off you as information, not injury. What falls away often isn't loss — it's alignment taking shape. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍋 FEATURED TEACHINGS A Course in Miracles: Holy Spirit solutions (win-win-win outcomes) The power of gratitude practice in faith Michael Singer on heart vs. mind (fear at the root level) "Rejection is God's protection" reframed as frequency alignment 🍋 CONTEMPLATION QUESTIONS When have you mistaken redirection for rejection? What's currently bouncing off your bubble that you're resisting? How does your nervous system respond when something falls away? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WORK WITH THE LEMONETTES 💛 Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): amandasnyder123@gmail.com 💛 Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): djtalley@comcast.net 💛 Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): melissa@dugan2.com 💛 Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): morgan@lovelightmorgan.com 💛 Penny (Performance Coaching): coachpenny@me.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SUBSCRIBE & STAY CONNECTED Leave a review. Drop a comment. Follow us on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. Your transformation is our greatest joy. 🙏 #SpiritualGrowth #ReframeRejection #ACIMInsights #PersonalTransformation #FaithAndTrust

    46 min

  4. May 11 ·  Video

    One Person's Authenticity Changes Everything

    When one person stops performing and shows up fully, it changes the whole room. Amanda, Morgan, and Penny dig into what it really means to show up authentically, the parts of themselves they've hidden, and what shifts when they finally stop editing themselves. Discover how your willingness to be seen is an invitation for others to do the same.   Resources Mentioned: A Course in Miracles Jennifer Hadley Regina Dawn Akers Gene Keys Human Design   Work 1-on-1 with the Lemonettes: Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): amandasnyder123@gmail.com Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): djtalley@comcast.net Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): melissa@dugan2.com Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): morgan@lovelightmorgan.com Penny (Performance Coaching): coachpenny@me.com

    45 min

  5. May 4 ·  Video

    Belief Vs. Faith: The Proof That Changes Everything

    What if you've been using the wrong word your whole life? Faith is NOT the same as belief. And that changes everything. What if belief and faith aren't the same thing? In this episode, Amanda, Morgan, and Penny explore the radical shift from mental agreement (belief) to lived knowing (faith). Drawing from A Course in Miracles, The Four Agreements, and their own transformative experiences, the hosts unpack: 🔹 Why the Greek word "pistis" means proof—not blind faith  🔹 How your body and nervous system become your compass for what's true 🔹 The moment you know something so deeply that you don't need to convince anyone else This episode invites you to: Stay awake through your day and notice: Am I operating from belief or from faith? From fear or from knowing? Perfect for anyone questioning inherited beliefs, deepening their ACIM practice, or ready to trust their inner knowing more than borrowed doctrine.

    39 min

  6. Apr 27

    Whose Voices Are You Listening To?

    The voice in your head running stories about what people think might not be yours — it might be an echo of how your parents spoke about others. In this episode, we explore inherited patterns, forgiveness, and the freedom that comes from recognizing whose voice is actually speaking. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________   🍋 Have you ever wondered why you're so afraid of what people think? The voice in your head running stories about gossip, judgment, and what people think might not be coming from them at all. It might be an echo. In this episode, the Lemonettes explore how the way your parents and caregivers spoke about other people quietly became the inner dialogue running your life — and how recognizing those inherited patterns is the gateway to releasing them. We talk about the connection between parental judgment and the constant fear that people are talking about you. We share personal stories of inherited comparison, bias, and criticism. And we get honest about the benefits we get from staying afraid — the victim identity, the excuse to stay small — and why releasing those actually heals the whole system. You'll hear about steps toward freedom: awareness, questioning, forgiveness, vulnerability, and turning it over to something larger than yourself. We explore Jennifer Hadley's forgiveness work, The Four Agreements, and A Course in Miracles principles on how what we think becomes what we attract. Most importantly: you don't have to work it from both sides of the coin. Heal your own patterns, and watch the external shift naturally.

    47 min

  7. Apr 17

    Love Serves All, But First It Tests You

    After 90 days, Drusilla and Melissa share how their year-long intentions to "love" and "surrender" are being tested—and why difficulty is exactly what spiritual commitment looks like. A raw conversation on internal conflict, nervous system work, and learning through purpose instead of pain.   When you declare "love" as your intention, you don't get protection from challenge—you get invited into it. And when you commit to "surrender," you discover that letting go doesn't feel like relief. It feels like standing in the fire. In this check-in episode, Drusilla and Melissa return to share the three months since setting their year-long intentions. They talk about how those commitments are showing up in marriage, career, friendships, and their own nervous systems. Drusilla walks us through the forgiveness letters, the internal conflict work, and the moment she realized that all conflict is internal. Melissa shares her surrender experiment—losing her home and car, but finding the most comfortable beds she's ever slept in, the best food she's ever eaten, and a stability she never had when she thought she had everything. They discuss why your mindset matters more than your circumstances. Why the body is the hardest place to surrender. How nervous system regulation unlocks the spiritual work. And why getting to the other side of difficulty is where you actually develop faith. This is a conversation for anyone who's declared an intention and then wondered why it immediately started pushing back. It's for anyone learning that love and surrender are not gentle concepts—they're invitations to show up differently in the face of everything that scares you. Resources: A Course in Miracles Lesson 78 The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer Jennifer Hadley's teachings on learning through purpose  The Having

    37 min

  8. Apr 13

    January You vs April You: Who Are You Becoming?

    Amanda, Morgan, and Penny revisit their intentions for the year and reflect on what surrender, acceptance, and willingness really look like in everyday life.   What happens when the beautiful intentions of January meet the reality of life by spring? In this deeply honest and uplifting conversation, Amanda, Morgan, and Penny check in on their words for the year—surrender and acceptance—and reflect on how life has challenged, reshaped, and deepened those intentions. From grief and uncertainty to inner child healing and learning to trust divine unfolding, this episode offers a compassionate reminder that growth is not about perfection. It's about willingness.     In this episode: First-quarter life check-in Revisiting your intention for the year Surrendering control Accepting difficult emotions Releasing future-fixing Learning to trust the unfolding Spiritual support and mentorship Inner healing and self-compassion       Reflection prompt:     What did January-you believe?   What does April-you know now?

    37 min
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Five women on a spiritual journey together. Join Amanda, Drusilla, Melissa, Morgan and Penny, as they share their personal experiences of applying spiritual principles & practices in their daily lives... The lemons discuss their breakthroughs, breakdowns, insights, and challenges, always with lots of laughter & compassion. As authentic as it gets, these are the lemons making lemonade.

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  • Creator
    Morgan Lemly Turner
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    180
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023
  • Show Website
    Five Lemons Laughing

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