Does your name fit your unique personality to best advantage?
Have you outgrown the influence of your given name?
Are you using the most balanced form of your first and full name spelling?

In the earliest of times and through many cultures, names were considered tools for growth and a medium for personal evolution. Sure, names have always been a handy means of identification. But ancient people understood that each name carries an energetic frequency that affects the name bearer's life in a multitude of ways.

So it was, in Native American tradition that people would take on a new name when going from one important phase of life to another. It was not uncommon for an individual to "wear" several names during one lifetime. Likewise, there are many instances in the Bible where a name was changed when a person was struggling or shifting perspective. Jesus, recognizing that apostle Simon was weak in confidence, changed his name to Peter. Sarai, frustrated at never conceiving a child, had her name changed at 90 years of age to Sarah. In Jewish tradition, even today, when a person is gravely ill, the rabbi will sometimes step in and change the individual's name to provide a more solid and stable energetic frequency for recovery.

To receive a name at birth, never again to question or evaluate that name, is to ignore one of life's most powerful resources. In fact, many names have built in variations that can be activated as conditions require.

Consider these examples of a potential ill fit:

• An emotionally reactive, unassertive procrastinator using "Mike" instead of the much stronger option, "Michael."
• The child struggling in school with hyperactivity and a lack of focus using "Kevin," rather than the more grounded spelling of "Kevan."
• The woman passed over for promotion after promotion when using "Liz" as a first name, instead of the power options found in "Eliza" or "Beth."
• The teenager dealing with seemingly insurmountable substance abuse problems and depression as "Carolyn" when "Carolynne" would encourage more expression and confidence.

• to achieve a less cumbersome spelling.
• to acquire a name that better promotes a particular career.
• as a result of a marriage or divorce.
• simply because the name does not or never has felt comfortable.
• because the effects of a name spelling are highly discordant, negative and detrimental.
• to assist in the achievement of particular life goals.