Archive for the ‘Self-Help’ Category

Every day we make choices. Sometimes if we stop and look at those choices, it will give us a good indication of our patterns. For example, we say we want to be happy, but do we then make choices that will bring us happiness during the day a priority?

Perhaps we say we want this or that, but then we put it last on the list for the day, or don’t put it on the list at all. We can choose serenity over a boyfriend or girlfriend. We can choose peacefulness over fussing and fretting. We can choose quality time with our child rather than going out drinking. So sometimes, we are our own worst enemy with the choices we make each day. Often we do not see the patterns of our choices, and we cannot change something we do not see. This is when self-awareness must be developed.  Read the rest of this entry »

As a Reiki practitioner I find that using crystals is very beneficial both to me and my clients. There are seven main crystals that I use both to heal my clients and for my own benefit as well.

One of the crystals I use often is blue calcite. Blue calcite is one of the most soothing stones for the emotional body. Blue calcite is also known to lower blood pressure and dissolve pain on all levels.

Blue calcite stimulates creativity, inspiration and is very useful in overcoming writer’s block. It also enhances dreaming and is a gentle stone for both recuperation and relaxation.

Blue Calcite can also lower anxiety, calm nerves, and release negative emotions. It also helps to remove blockages from the third eye and stimulates ones intuitive and psychic abilities. It also soothes the throat chakra in order to promote clear and positive communication and speech. Read the rest of this entry »

You are not who you think you are. You are not that face you see in the mirror every morning. You are not someone’s child, or someone’s parent, or partner or friend. You are not the physical body you admire or criticize when you take a shower, or when you get dressed.

Neither are you the profile description on your social networking page, or your high school diploma, your driver’s license, or your title at work. You are not defined by your career, or the things you own, or the family and friends you love. You are not a name or an address, or a six-figure salary.

You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the years several people have asked me if psychics are born, or if you can learn to be a psychic. In my opinion, the answer is that a person can fine tune psychic abilities by working hard both to learn and to understand what is being said, but in general, the abilities show up early in life and are either encouraged or squelched.

When a child is fortunate enough to have a parent or parents who are psychic, the child is vastly more likely to have a tendency to also be psychic and to gain parental approval for reporting what is seen. Children also have less ‘noise’ distracting them or social ‘filters’ repressing them. Therefore, children say what they see, without editing for acceptance. However, what they say may be very hard to understand. That is where ‘working hard’ comes in.  Children with psychic abilities typically lack the ability to easily translate what is seen or heard into a message that is easily understood by the person the message is intended for. That is where both maturing and training to enhance clairvoyant abilities begins. Read the rest of this entry »

I find myself advising my clients to play more in order to move themselves out of feeling ’stuck’ in their lives. I especially recommend this to people who are having serious financial issues because it lightens the load and it is usually either free or not very expensive to be playful. I also recommend this to couples who are not getting along because they usually are not having fun with each other anymore. This is not meant to be a simplistic remedy for complex issues. Advising people to remember to play is just one of the ways to get people back into the flow of life and out of the ruts we all fall into.

There are many ways to play that cost nothing. For example, if you live near a body of water you can skip stones and see if you can keep beating your own distance record. If you live near the woods you can collect wild flowers and place them between book pages in plastic to dry them and flatten them – they make wonderful book marks. Take your shoes off and wade in the water or mud. Read the rest of this entry »

I wouldn’t call it bitter. I think it’s just sweet. I’ve always believed my life seems like it’s gotten better and better as each decade has gone by. So, I don’t see any bitterness about it.

I know that some people reading this will be shocked by these words. Each day seems like a new battle for some. Waiting for the brass ring to come at the end of the ride. Each day seems to get just a little longer, harder, more waiting. But each day we have a choice.

Yesterday, I heard a speaker talk of when Jesus Christ, the master, walked the earth. Bitterness and jealousy destroyed him on the earthly plane. He promised to come back. His followers waited. Each one believed that he would return in their lifetime, yet he did not. Some lost faith, some forgot, went about their ways. Many people today still believe, they wait with hope and love for his return. This is the Higher Power’s ultimate lesson in waiting. Read the rest of this entry »

We all notice the cycle of the Moon and how it waxes and wanes from month to month. In astrology the lunation cycle is understood by the angular relationship of the Moon and the Sun.

It begins each month at the New Moon and the new Moon falls in a different zodiacal sign each lunation, or month. This is also called the ‘dark of the moon’ and at this time there is no solar reflection. If one is born at the New Moon, you will have the Sun and Moon in the same sign of the zodiac.

As the moon waxes, we begin to see the small sliver of solar reflection in the night sky. This reflection continues to grow through the Full Moon when the Moon is reflecting as much of the Sun’s light as is possible and then the waning half of the cycle takes effect. Read the rest of this entry »