The Octopus’s Garden and Shadow Work

So many people –friends, clients, the collective, and myself included — continue to feel buried trauma, memories and emotions bursting from deep waters of the subconscious. Intense stuff, launching from ocean floor to the surface! Despite the Shadow nature of this gunk, I keep sensing waves of healing and liberation.

Last night, David and I were digging around for clarity about certain relationships, and I went to sleep asking for some kind of dream commentary. I awoke after about five hours of sleep with a joyful song and visual still playing.

Gift Certificates and December 2017 Special

December brings the return of Gift Certificates, as well as a new “Holiday Empath and Meaning Session,” which seems much needed right now. Details below.

GIFT CERTIFICATES AND DECEMBER 2017 SPECIAL:

Gift Certificates:

Each year, people ask if they can gift a session to a loved one. I like to offer a discount to honor the love and care behind this gift. Certificates purchased in 2017 will remain valid through December 31, 2018. Since people always ask me this: no, you may not purchase a gift certificate for yourself. You can, however, request someone else get you a gift certificate. 😉 When you contact me to order a gift certificate, please let me now the name of the person you’re gifting, as well as any details you’d like me to include on the certificate. I’ll create and email you a personalized PDF, which you can email or print out for your loved one.

2017 gift certificates cover any of my services at $99/half hour instead of the usual rate of $133/half hour. 

(If you’d like to offer your loved one a Tarot reading, I can also turn the $44 November Tarot Special into a gift certificate, as long as you purchase that one by November 30th.)

Please contact me by December 31, 2017 to create your half-hour session, custom created gift certificate(s). If you’d like your certificate ready by a particular date, please allow at least a 48-hour turnaround.

 

Holiday Empath and Meaning Session

This is a new offering, specially designed for sensitive souls who find the frenzied holiday season overwhelming or uncomfortably devoid of meaning. I will tailor this session to your needs. We can cover:

• Energy protection strategies to help you stay balanced and serene
• Soul connections or past life bleedthrough influencing family dynamics
• How to create your own deeply meaningful celebrations
• Finding your Soul’s “Reason for the Season”
• Strategies for travel, work parties, house guests and/or animal care
• Whatever other holiday related concerns you have

The Holiday Empath and Meaning Session covers 40 minutes for $133. Offer valid through December 31, 2017. Please contact me to sign up.

 

 

Portals at Asylum Lake

On Thanksgiving, David and I took a hike at one of our favorite spots in Kalamazoo — Asylum Lake Preserve. We always find portals and magical spots, and Thursday was no exception. Here are some that David managed to catch on his iPhone.

We call this one “The Ganesha Tree,” and he opens the way to one of the trails. Can you see the elephant eye, ears, leg, and trunk? I think it looks even more like Ganesha from the other side, but the lighting worked better this way.

You can see the smaller of the two lakes behind me (above), and the larger of the two lakes below:

We also saw some amazing faery portals:

New Fireside Chat with Zany Mystic and Timothy Glenn

Happy Belated Thanksgiving! We have so much gratitude this year that David and I have spent much more time settling in and hiking the nearby woods and lakes than typing up blog posts.

As a result, I’m just getting this November 18, 2017 Fireside Chat posted now. You can listen to the archive by clicking here. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet either, but I can promise you a different experience with Lance White and Timothy Glenn than you’re likely to get with any Black Friday crowds!

Thank you for your supportive readership and kind comments throughout this past year. Such a whirlwind of changes! I know that’s the case for many others, too. For whatever reason you find yourself here — on this blog, on this planet at this time — thank you. I wish you joy and grace as we continue Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. 🙂

 

Garden Update ~ Chilly Outside, Blooms Inside

We’re down to just kale, collards, lettuce and mums outside, but inside, we’ve got happy plants and the first blooms on a Christmas cactus.

 

Past Lives and Law of Attraction

I forgot I had written this post until someone recently asked about significant moments in my recovery from a 1998 traumatic brain injury. I’ll share it here as an illustration that healing can come in unexpected, multi-layered ways. When we open ourselves to previous “no-go zones” life and healing unfold in marvelous ways.

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When I first began working professionally as a Medical Intuitive ten years ago, I sometimes received past life “hits” while scanning someone’s energy. Every once in awhile past lives surfaced as a factor in symptoms, but I preferred not to access that sort of information. It seemed “weird,” “unprovable,” “way too out there” and downright “New Age-y.” I felt odd enough reading energy and sensing mind-body connections in strangers. All this seeing the unseen stuff seemed like it could take over my life, so I drew an arbitrary, but firm, line around past life issues. The only way I mentioned them was if I could absolutely find no other reason for a particular condition. Even then, I shared the information apologetically, as though turning to other lifetimes for an explanation somehow entailed my own failure to provide a good reading.

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The storied days

I love this post!

A Recurring Theme

Wise words from faery sis Tania Marie, and a synchronously recurring theme in life, sessions and work on my novel:

“You are free to choose your beliefs, and the actions you take, as well as the experiences you have, will reflect those beliefs. Choose with utmost heart awareness so that when you experience the reflection of your beliefs, you won’t feel like a victim, but rather, will be empowered by whatever gifts you’ve given to yourself, as your chosen growth.” ~ Tania Marie

November 2017 Specials

Two weeks left for these!

Also a quick note: as usual, I will list a gift certificate option in December, but the Tarot Special also makes a nice gift. If you’d like to purchase that for someone else instead of yourself, please let me know, and I can create a gift certificate you can pass along to your loved one.

With the intense energies activating deeper revelations, both the Tarot and Medical Intuitive sessions this month have been potent. Lots of awakening and opportunities for healing!

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NOVEMBER 2017 SPECIALS

By popular request, this month brings back $44 tarot readings. The second November Special stems from the first. Although the cards can sometimes provide very general information about health, they’re no substitute for a Medical Intuitive Reading, which uses an entirely different process on my end. I love tarot, but it does not lend itself to every type of question. Since so many people request medical intuitive support, I decided to run a second November Special just for that. Please read each description, so you can determine which special makes sense for you at this time.

$44 Tarot Readings

Half hour tarot readings at 20% off the usual rate. Tarot readings offer an energetic check-in, the chance to ask questions about pending decisions or intentions, and represent a fun, yet powerful way to gain perspective on relationships and challenges.

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Medical Intuition: Quick Insights into Common Symptoms

This post from over eight years ago wants to go up again. Whenever I post information like this on my blog, it comes from general observations, so it may or may not be specific to you. Observations become general for a reason, though, so I’ll post this for anyone it may assist. (As usual, not diagnosing or prescribing, just sharing!)

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I’ve had so many blog posts swimming around inside my head lately, but every time I start to write one down, I get another idea. Add to that my fascinating research for Schizandra and the Peruvian Jaguar and, well, I haven’t actually posted in awhile. It just occurred to me that I receive so many of the same questions from people that I might share a few general tidbits here. These aren’t meant to replace medical advice, of course; they’re meant to give you pause and reflection on what your body might want to tell you through your symptoms. If these don’t resonate with you, there may be a deeper soul issue wanting to come through. Please feel free to contact me for a personalized reading. ‘Til then, enjoy!

Hip Pain/Hip Issues: People rarely call me for this issue on its own, but I notice it a lot when…

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