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7 Signs You're Going through a spiritual awakening✨

  • Writer: Liv Arcangeli
    Liv Arcangeli
  • May 28
  • 6 min read

Updated: May 29



If you've landed on this page, it’s likely that you’re either going through a spiritual awakening or standing at the edge of beginning this journey. You might be noticing that something is shifting inside of you. It could feel sudden, or maybe, over time, your whole inner and outer world feels like it’s shaking you to your core. Maybe it feels incredibly confusing—or maybe you even feel like you’re going a little crazy (I know I felt this way). My friend, this could very well be you going through a spiritual awakening.


Sunlight beaming through trees, symbolizing divine presence and the energy of spiritual awakening


You Are Not Alone.


I want to start by saying: you are not alone.

Years ago, when I began my own spiritual awakening, I had no idea what was happening. I felt completely disconnected from everything around me. I couldn’t relate to anyone, and I honestly thought something was wrong with me. But what I now know is that I was going through one of the most natural and powerful transformations a human being can experience: the expansion of consciousness—a coming home to the self.


This journey can feel lonely at times, but trust that there is a rapid shift in human consciousness happening right now. More and more people are waking up to who they truly are. More and more are realizing that the way we’ve been living for so long just isn’t working anymore. And the only way forward… is to discover what lies beyond this paradigm.

If you feel like you’re the only one, trust that there are so many more behind you. And as you awaken, those around you will begin to as well, often without you even trying. It might not seem like it right now, but we’re all in this together.



What Is Spiritual Awakening?


As we awaken, we become deeply aware of ourselves in this body. You could call spiritual awakening the path to bliss or enlightenment—the path to fully realizing who we truly are. It’s a process of breaking down everything we once believed to be true.

It’s about dropping the masks society has put on us, releasing all the things we thought we were, and questioning the ways we’ve been told to live our lives. It’s a dismantling of the stories and the limited constructs of the mind. Spiritual awakening is starting to see through those illusions and wholeheartedly coming to a place where you know and believe those old things were never true.



Your whole world starts to shift. Every inch of it…



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7 signs you're going through a spiritual awakening


Here are some signs that you are going through a spiritual awakening or are about to embark on one:



  1. You are beginning to question everything.


You may be asking yourself questions like: Who am I? What is my purpose? What is my place in this world?


Questions like these can feel scary and uncertain, because everything that once felt stable might now seem like it's shifting beneath your feet. But beginning to ask them can also feel deeply exciting—because ultimately, you're starting to take yourself to the place your soul has been yearning to go your whole life. That said, it doesn’t come without questioning your entire existence.




2. Everything Seems Like It’s Falling Apart.


Because you're beginning to question your entire existence, it's an invitation for everything to start crumbling. Honestly, this can be one of the most challenging parts of the journey, because it’s so hard to be with what’s happening. But the truth is, the crumbling is exactly where we need to be.


This unraveling can show up both in your inner world and in your outer life. Your job or relationships might stop resonating. The things you used to enjoy might no longer make you happy… It can feel like everything is shifting in many ways.



3. You’re Getting Triggered... a Lot.


This ones big. 


If you’re finding yourself getting triggered a lot, the universe is working in your favour to bring to the light what wants to be healed. Its as if you're receiving a gentle nudge (or maybe not so gentle) saying “her pay attention to this!”.  “You have been operating in this way that wont serve you anymore, now we are here to move through it so it doesn't have to hold you back any longer. 


Trust the process & be compassionate with yourself for this one.



4. You feel a deep inner longing for something greater, but you’re not sure what or why.


It can feel like a quiet or loud energetic pull—like a force that’s bringing you closer to something you don’t fully understand, and a complete relinquishing of who you thought you were. This is when you begin to move beyond your roles and identities and start connecting with something greater than yourself, knowing that your purpose and place in the world lie somewhere within this new realm you’re being called toward.


This force is inviting you into a new way of being.




5. You have a desire to get closer to God (or Spirit, the Universe, Source…)


 It doesn’t matter what we choose to call it—we’re all speaking about the same essence, and each of us is free to believe in whatever feels true. One thing often shared by those going through a spiritual awakening is a deepening desire to connect with the Divine.

It’s a profound shift—because suddenly, you don’t feel so alone anymore. What once felt heavy or painful begins to soften and dissolve as you align more deeply with the light of the universe.




6. You’re feeling more joy, hope, and inner freedom


Woman dancing freely in nature with sunbeams and trees, symbolizing inner peace, joy, and spiritual awakening

If you’re not feeling this one yet, don’t worry. It took a long time for me to experience it too. But as you awaken to who you truly are, you begin to understand more deeply the laws of the universe, and you start to realize that our purpose here on Earth is, quite simply, to be happy.


Not only do you begin to heal from the pain that’s been blocking your joy, but you also start learning how to experience true bliss. After years on the spiritual path, I began tapping into moments of real bliss, and I discovered there’s a whole new level of happiness available to us—one that’s lighter, freer, and more expansive than I ever imagined.

This state tends to emerge farther along the awakening journey, but as you deepen your spiritual practice, you may begin to feel glimmers of it along the way.





7. The journey is taking you.


I often joke that I didn’t choose this path. it chose me. Of course, there’s a paradox here, because I do actively choose this life every single day. But at the same time, there’s a deep sense of surrender. Once you begin to understand that life is working for you, not against you, it becomes easier to move with the flow instead of resisting it. Not only does that make life feel lighter and more joyful (as we touched on above), but it also brings you into greater alignment with where you're truly meant to be.


We often resist this process because we’re conditioned to control everything. But what if, instead, we allowed this powerful force to carry us? What if letting go took us somewhere even more beautiful than we could have imagined?


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There you have it! 7 signs you’re going through a spiritual awakening.


Of course, this isn’t a complete list. There are many signs and expressions of awakening, but these are the ones I’ve found to be most common in my own experience and in the journeys of the clients I’ve supported.


If you find yourself resonating with even a few of these, trust your path. The spiritual journey is not always easy, but it is profoundly beautiful. I invite you to begin exploring and celebrating this part of you that is blooming. The more you allow this part of yourself to come alive, the more it will soften the challenges of the path. You are on an extraordinary journey. don’t underestimate the power of what’s unfolding for you.





If you’d like support along the way, I offer Deep Transformational Coaching a powerful space to help you navigate your awakening, understand your inner world, and accelerate your path forward. I see my work as co-creation: two beings coming together in service of one soul. There’s a unique magic in this partnership—it creates the perfect conditions for radical transformation to occur.


It would be an honour to walk this journey with you✨💗







Liv Arcangeli smiling, Transformational coach, reiki master practitioner, spiritual guide based in Toronto


 
 
 

3 Comments


marsha_shelson
Jun 02

Wow Liv, you articulated that so incredibly well! I felt your writing it was so very spot on for me

You are an amazing writer!

Thank you for sharing!

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Vanessa Comella
Vanessa Comella
May 30

You always have such incredible insights, Liv. Thank you!

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Deise Maciel da Silva
Deise Maciel da Silva
May 30

Aho!

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