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Radleigh Valentine on Angels, Prayer, and Why You're a Manifesting Machine

Radleigh Valentine on Angels, Prayer, and Why You're a Manifesting Machine

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Radleigh Valentine is back, and he came with a prayer, a story about a dog he absolutely did not want, and more wisdom than any episode should be legally allowed to hold. Radleigh is an angel whisperer, oracle deck creator, and Hay House author who has spent decades helping people understand that angels are not fluffy sideline characters but active partners in this very human life. He and co-author Heather Hildebrand wrote their new angel prayer book in eight weeks on deadline, and somehow that constraint cracked something wide open. In this conversation, Radleigh walks Sarah and Jane through his own complicated history with prayer, how he walked away from it entirely when he left organized religion, and how he quietly found his way back to it without even realizing he was doing so. He talks about the book's structure as a divination tool organized by topic, the surprising teaching that came from co-writing with someone whose prayer style is completely opposite to his, and why he believes prayer at its core is an act of self-worth. The episode moves through law of attraction, the concept of rockets of desire borrowed from Esther Hicks, and Radleigh's genuinely original take on why humans keep wanting more. His idea is that we are not broken or greedy but simply trying to recreate the feeling of being on the other side, where connection, communication, and abundance were instant and effortless. He also opens up about his divorce, his move back to Denver, and how the hardest years of his personal life became the exact material that led to this book. KEY TAKEAWAYS Prayer does not belong to any one tradition. If you left organized religion and stopped praying, you likely just renamed it. Radleigh called his "meditations" for years before he let himself have the word back. Reclaiming the practice on your own terms is a valid and worthwhile spiritual move.There is no single right way to pray. Radleigh and his co-author Heather Hildebrand have completely opposite styles. She writes long, layered, comprehensive prayers. He writes short, direct ones. Both are legitimate. The lesson from their collaboration is that you are an artist of prayer, and finding your own style matters more than doing it "correctly."Prayer as self-compassion reframes the whole practice. Asking for what you need is not demanding or greedy. It is an act of tenderness toward yourself, and at its root it is a declaration that you believe you are worthy of being heard.The desire you feel for more is not a flaw, it is the design. Radleigh draws on Esther Hicks and Neale Donald Walsch to make the case that we are "wanting machines" by intention, always firing rockets of desire because we are wired to keep creating and moving toward joy. You cannot get it wrong because you cannot get it done.Human striving may be a memory of the other side. Radleigh's take is that cell phones, airplanes, and money are all attempts to recreate what was effortless in the spirit realm: instant connection, instant travel, instant abundance. We are not chasing external things so much as we are trying to feel what we already know.The angels are in everything, including the algorithm. From a Facebook puppy post to a radio DJ saying "Three Dog Night" at exactly the right moment, Radleigh's stories illustrate that divine guidance does not wait for sacred spaces. It will use whatever is available, including your social media feed.Worthiness and prayer are inseparable. The reason so many people struggle to ask for what they want, whether in prayer or in life, comes back to a deep belief that they do not deserve it. Radleigh's point is that having angels assigned to you by the divine is itself evidence of your worth. DIRECT QUOTES "When I left organized religion, I threw the baby out with the bathwater. I was just like, not praying, thanks. And threw it out." "Prayer in its very essence is a desire to feel worthy. We are trying to be in a place where we feel worthy enough to ask for this, to therefore be worthy enough to receive it." "We are wanting machines. Right? We are. We're wanting machines. But by design. I mean, it's the design." "We are trying to find joy. We are trying to find happiness because we are used to it on the other side." "We have jet airplanes because we are used to being able to be anywhere we want to be instantaneously. We want money because we are used to being able to acquire anything we want instantaneously. Human life in so many ways is trying to recreate our life on the other side." LINKS AND RESOURCES Radleigh Valentine: https://radleighvalentine.com/ *New book: https://radleighvalentine.com/dearangels *Free 3-part Series! https://radleighvalentine.com/prayer YouTube with Radleigh's art! https://www.youtube.com/@mediumcurious Medium Curious – https://www.mediumcurious.com Book a reading with Jane Morgan https://www.janemorganmedium.com/ Book a reading with Sarah Rathke https://www.sarahrathke.com/ Jane's Substack – https://...
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