Seven Ways to Deepen Your Relationship with Your Angels

Before I was a shop owner, before I was any kind of practitioner in a formal sense, I believed in angels. I think most of us do, even if we don't say it out loud.

The Pew Foundation found that 72% of Americans believe in angels — more than identify with any single world religion. This statistic never surprised me considering angels show up everywhere: in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, and countless other traditions. They are one of the rare threads woven through nearly all of human spiritual experience. Whatever your path, there's probably an angel in it somewhere.

St. Augustine — one of history's great thinkers on the subject — put it simply: "Make friends with angels." Not worship them. Not study them. Make friends with them. Let those relationships deepen the way any meaningful relationship does: with time, attention, and openness. This advice has always stayed with me. The idea that connecting with angels isn't about grand ceremony or specialized knowledge — it's about showing up, being receptive, and nurturing the connection like you would with anyone you love.

If you're wondering what that looks like practically, here are seven things that have helped me, and that I return to again and again in my own practice.

1. Just ask.

This sounds almost too simple, but it's the foundation of everything. Angels offer help constantly — they're not waiting for the right moment or the perfect words. What asking really does is open you up to receiving what's already being offered. Create your own invocations or prayers that feel natural and specific to what you need. No script required.

And here's something worth sitting with: you are completely worthy of asking. Angels work with everyone, regardless of your history, your doubts, or how long it's been since you last reached out. Your request costs them nothing. They exist beyond time and space, responding to everyone simultaneously with unconditional love. You are not a burden. You are not asking for too much.

2. Come with wonder, not worry.

Before you ask, try dropping into that part of yourself that still finds things magical — the part that notices a beautiful coincidence and feels it rather than explains it away. I think of it as the version of myself that hasn't grown cynical yet (usually with a seven-year-old-Meredith face). That openness and wonder is exactly the state that makes you most receptive to angelic guidance. Come to the conversation with curiosity and eagerness rather than desperation or doubt.

3. Hand it all over.

When you ask for help, give them everything. Not just the tidy, presentable request — but the worry underneath it, the fear, the messy parts you haven't said aloud yet. This is the basis of prayer in many ways, and it works whether you're talking to god, goddess, spirit, Universe, or angels. And then release your expectations about how the answer will come. This is honestly the hardest part for me! We tend to have very specific ideas about what help should look like but angelic guidance often arrives in unexpected forms, and when we're rigidly expecting one thing, we miss what's actually being offered.

4. Cultivate genuine gratitude.

Not performative gratitude — real, specific appreciation for things exactly as they are right now, even when things are difficult. If you're struggling to find it, that's okay. Ask the angels to help you find the love that's present in whatever difficulty you're facing. Then have patience with yourself. Let go of any expectation of how or when that love will make itself known.

5. Trust that it is done.

Every request is answered. Help is always given. I know that can be hard to hold onto when you're in the middle of something painful and the answer hasn't arrived in any form you recognize yet. But trust that you are known completely and loved unconditionally — and that nothing that would truly serve you is ever withheld. If doubt creeps in, ask for help with that too! There's no request too small.

6. Act on what you receive.

When guidance comes — as a feeling, a thought, a door that quietly opens — act on it. Don't overthink it. Angelic help is unlimited. You cannot use it up, ask for too much, or wear out your welcome. The faster you move on what you receive, the faster more can flow to you. Think of it less like asking a favor and more like stepping into a conversation that's already been waiting for you.

7. Celebrate yourself.

This one is so underrated! Take a moment — just a moment — to set down any harsh self-judgment or criticism and leave it with the angels for healing. In moments of genuine self-acceptance and surrender, so much more can be done for you than you could accomplish by pushing through alone. Thank yourself for showing up. Thank the angels for meeting you there.

Angels aren't waiting for you to have the right practice, the right words, or the right level of belief. They're already at your side. These seven steps are simply ways of turning toward what's always been there.

I'd love to hear which of these resonates most with you — or if there's something in your own practice that has deepened your connection with the angels that I haven't mentioned here. Share it in the comments below! 🌲