Stop Blocking Yourself!
Have you ever felt like your life is just going nowhere, or you can’t connect emotionally to another person? At these times there is always one thing after another, and events in your life simply don’t seem to ‘gel’, or go right. Maybe you can’t get the job you want, or you are lonely.
There are so many barriers we have to deal with, but there is a way to overcome all of this. The best way to do it is by truly knowing yourself – through self-discovery – and by letting go of people and material things that hold you back.
So many times we invest so much wasted energy in people-pleasing. Instead of constantly trying to please others, we could use this time to live a happier life, with greater more spiritual awareness, which will in turn make us much more useful in our service to others. Instead we spend so much time thinking about things we may have done wrong, the wrong others have done to us and regretting what we could have done differently. Continue reading
What Is Empathic Ability Really?
The assumption is made that empathic ability is the eye or window into another person’s soul. But ask yourself, what good is that if you do not know your own soul?
I have adopted the field of empathic work because I saw that it is a common problem for many.
We collect emotional information that we acquire from others, and it can affect us in different ways: we can allow their temporary emotional identity to overwhelm us; we could understand it; or we could ignore it.
What I have found is that most people are inherently empathic. This means, like a sponge they ‘mop-up’ their partner’s emotions and this can affect them – their choices within their lives, their subsequent relationships or their entire future. Continue reading
Déjà Vu, Or Memories From A Past Life?
At one time or another, each of us has had the feeling that what we are saying or doing has been said or done before. The feeling is fleeting; it comes and then it goes just as quickly. Most typically, we write it off as déjà vu, which is the French for ‘already seen’ or ‘seen before’.
You may also have experienced déjà visité, which means literally ‘already visited’. It refers to the sensation of being in a place and then having the sudden, fleeting feeling that you’ve already been there, although you know that you have not.
Depending upon one’s perspective, déjà vu and déjà visité are explained by doctors and neurologists as a function of brain processing, while psychoanalysts view it as an unconscious desire or a premonition. Spiritualists, however, believe it is a fleeting memory from a past life experience. As a result of my personal experience with healing past lives, my vote is definitely with the spiritualists. Continue reading
Is There A Secret To Successful Relationships?
I was speaking with a girlfriend the other day about how much women share with each other as friends. We really do. This kind of ‘sharing’ is emotional, spiritual, and deep. This, in turn, helps us deal with stress and difficult, if not impossible life experiences. It is a way for us to share our innermost fears, dreams and secrets, with support and love.
Of course, many of us also have family support. With family we share ideas and, for most, our family is a ‘soft place to land’ when things get tough. Then there is also the relationship support we get from a romantic partner in our life.
These are great support systems, if you have it, but not all of us do. And that kind of support is much different than the support we get from our girlfriends. All three have a different purpose and a different effect on our lives.
I am blessed with having a close ‘inner sanctum’ of friends who I love dearly. They are there for me when I need them, and they are unfailing. Continue reading
Talking To Pets On Both Sides Of The Veil
So many beloved pets have crossed over the ‘rainbow bridge’ recently – leaving their owners with unbearable grief. I’ve found myself consoling several clients over the past month, as well as focusing on connecting them with their furry ‘children’ on the other side.
Doing these pet psychic readings reminded me of my own pain last year, when my two Rottweilers, sisters Sophie and Jasmin, passed within months of each other.
Unless one has loved and lost a pet yourself, it is hard to understand the awful sense of loss one experiences. It also takes a considerable amount of time to come to terms with the fact that they are no longer in the physical. The grief is at times unbearable, despite the inner knowing that they have gone ‘home’ to spirit, on the other side of the veil. Continue reading
How Many Other Things Are We Missing?
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Spiritual seekers tend to be very keen to beat the drum of abundance – which is too often merely a thinly disguised obsession with material wealth and earthly comforts.
We simply take too much for granted every day; blessings of Joy, Beauty and Divine Grace are seldom acknowledged in our lives. How spiritually aware can we truly be if we hardly ever stop to smell the roses?
Have you heard the story of the internationally acclaimed violinist who disguised himself as a street busker with a baseball cap, and then proceeded to play Bach undercover at a metro subway station? An email outlining this intriguing story has been circulating since December 2008. There have been claims that it may be a hoax, or an urban myth, but it is indeed a true story. The event was captured on video with a hidden camera. Continue reading
Technology Does Not Make Love Any Easier
If you have ever felt the emotion of unrequited love for another person, you know how bittersweet it can be. If love is one-sided, because you love someone who doesn’t share the same sentiments, you can set yourself up to be very vulnerable to being hurt.
This is especially difficult if you are still in your teens. I believe that fairytales like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty can sometimes set young girls up for so much disappointment in love and relationships. Too often reality is not quite like in those bedtime stories.
But these days young women have more to contend with than the fantasies of their childhood. Our relationship landscape has become riddled with the intricacies and complications created by the technology of the Information Age.
When we are young we often get our hearts broken, and we are so often let down by those we choose to love. We want to believe in idealistic love and that it can overcome all. Fortunately we do grow up and gain some life experience. Continue reading