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The Living Enlightened Academy

Practices for living what you know

Over 35 years of teaching, gathered in one place: simple, practical tools for bringing your spiritual understanding into everyday life. Begin wherever you are.

Elizabeth Cantey, D.D.

Finally live what you know.

Your Awakened Life


A 12-week private coaching journey: from reacting to responding, from knowing the Truth to living it.

This is the heart of my work. You've read the books. You meditate, most days. You know you are not your thoughts. And still... one tone of voice, one phone call, one unexpected diagnosis, and your peace is gone.

Knowing the Truth isn't the same as knowing how to live it. That gap is where we work together, in the real mess of life, not just on the cushion.

Peace that holds, even when life gets loud.

This is for you if...

  • You've been on the spiritual path for years, and you still get hooked by the same people and the same situations.
  • You know what you should do, and you can't make the change stick.
  • You're ready to stop managing your reactions and start living from who you really are.
  • You want a guide who has walked through real challenges herself, and is still human.

What's included · 12 weeks

  • Twelve one-hour, one-to-one sessions with me on Zoom
  • Personalized guided meditations, recorded for you, to listen to anytime
  • The SHIFT Method™: working with what's underneath the habits you can't seem to change
  • Your Document: a living set of declarations about who you are being
  • Aware · Allow · Align: practices for noticing your thoughts and feelings as they happen
  • Journals and workbooks created for your journey
  • Support between sessions, so you're never doing this alone

See the full program →

I loved having the support and understanding that Elizabeth provided for me. I needed some drastic changes in my life and wasn't ready to create them. I didn't know how. She gave me tools and practices and worksheets to keep me on track. I am in a much better place than I could've imagined 6 months ago.

MISSY K. · COACHING CLIENT

Book a Living Enlightened Conversation

A free 30-minute conversation about what keeps pulling you out of your peace, and whether Your Awakened Life is your right next step.

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The Story I Tell


One practice from the SHIFT Method™. It takes you underneath the sentence you have been telling yourself, to the one that has actually been running things.

It's a gentle first step, and you can use it again and again.

Get the free worksheet

The Story I Tell worksheet

Books


Living Enlightened book cover

Living Enlightened: The Joy of Integrating Spirit, Mind, and Body

Gold Winner, COVR Visionary Awards

A practical, heart-centered guide to bringing your spiritual understanding into everyday life, so that spirit, mind, and body work together.

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Why You Can't Change Your Habits book cover

Why You Can't Change Your Habits—even when you really, really want to

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Why change is so hard, even when you know exactly what you want, and the SHIFT Method™ for working with what's underneath it.

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Elizabeth Cantey at a Los Angeles Tribune event

Out in the world

With the Los Angeles Tribune

As a founding member of the Los Angeles Tribune Women's Group, Elizabeth shares her books and teaching at events and gatherings.

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Coming to the Academy

Courses and practices on the way


Each of these is being finished and recorded now. Get the free Story I Tell worksheet below, and you'll be the first to hear as each one opens.

Coming soon

Online course

Meditation Made Easy

Meditation is meant to be enjoyable! A friendly, step-by-step introduction to the many ways to meditate, so you find exactly what works for you, and keep coming back to it.

Coming soon

Live group course

The SHIFT Method™

Why is it so hard to change, even after the workshops, the goals, and the resolutions? Willpower alone rarely works, because unconscious patterns are at play. Together, over several weeks, we work with what's underneath.

Coming soon

Mini-course

Morning Magic

A short morning routine of breath, intention, and gratitude, so you begin your day centered and clear, instead of rushed and scattered.

Coming soon

Mini-course

Nighttime Bliss

A simple evening routine to quiet the racing mind, release the day from your body, and drift into deep, restful sleep.

Coming soon

Workbook

Mindfulness Made Easy

How often are you using your mind? How often is your mind using you? Simple, practical exercises for coming back to the present moment, again and again.

Coming soon

Workbook

Gratitude Sparks

Make right now a time of miracles. Reflection questions to help you pause, celebrate how far you've come, and set the stage for what's next.

Ready to begin now?

Book a Living Enlightened Conversation

A free 30-minute conversation about where you are, what's happening in your life, and what you're ready for next.