I was recently in a store to get help with a cabinet door hinge. I couldn’t remove a stripped screw. I came across a gentleman putting away merchandise who worked there and asked for his help. His phone was constantly ringing, his earpiece was buzzing with questions from his coworkers, and then there was me completely ignorant of how to remove the screw yet offering him suggestions. I sensed his overall frustration mount as his patience with me grew thinner by the second. Lon

Have you ever imagined a different life for yourself? Do you spend a little time fantasizing? Do you ruminate on past experiences until the pain is once again real? Where do these thoughts go when you’ve wallowed long enough? Most of them (or a version of them) travel into the astral plain where they wait for other thoughts to join them and gain enough strength to make their way into your reality. Huh? From an energetic stance, thoughts do not appear and then disappear if th

When I visit a home for a feng shui consultation, I usually ask, “How do you sleep?” This is an extremely important question from an energetic stance because it is during our sleep time that our physical bodies return to perfect health. Why? When we fall asleep, we lose all resistance and our physical bodies come back into alignment with well-being. Resistance in our waking hours keeps us in a limited perspective with known outcomes and often fear based assumptions. Having 6

Have you ever been in a crowd of people and felt overwhelmed or uneasy? You probably started to panic inside and tried to get away from the hubbub tout de suite! Perhaps you worry about being around negative people and feel the need to shield up in order to protect your energy around these psychic vampires! How exactly does one protect their energy and is it necessary? Our auric field extends around our body at least 20 feet in all directions. This energy body serves the pur

“Partner with adversity. The light of our highest potential is hunting us down to liberate us from our hiding spot.”-Matt Kahn Adversity always offers us choice. The question I like to associate with adversity is “what’s in this situation for me?” What am I choosing to struggle against? Is this moment calling for me to hold my stance or let it go? By keeping my current mindset, am I staying rigid when life is offering me the opportunity to expand my consciousness? When we are

As human beings we exist in this third dimensional reality, running our experiences through our five senses and our perceptions. Our way of thinking is conditioned by our past experiences. When we use only the evidence of what we are currently living as our guide, we start to believe that this life that we’ve created is all that’s available for us and that life can be hard. What if I told you that more exists, and we can align with more if we are willing to be open to a new

Her name is Fleur. No one is immune from death. Death comes in many forms, and in many stages of life. It is part of the cycle of life. Even knowing that spirits eventually seek release from the constraints of the physical body, we still grieve the loss of our connection to them when they make their way home. Today I share how our angels helps us to cope with letting go of our family pets. As I tap away on my keyboard, my 15-year-old blind, deaf poodle is on her dog bed with

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Guidance can be very subtle. Finding ways to recognize and follow that guidance can be a timesaver. We hear stories about intuition saving people’s lives by helping them to avert danger, but intuition can serve us in small ways as well. Sometimes it’s about getting us into a flow to make our lives easier. Here is what everyday intuition can look like, if you’re willing to recognize it. One morning I got up and began an internet search for a healthy nonalcoholic substitute fo

How to Design Your Life: I grew up in a small town with three sisters. Wanting to indulge our possible talents and interests, my parents invested in a baby grand piano and piano lessons. Our teacher, Anne Scoggins, not only provided excellent instruction in her music studio, but she also insisted we go before adjudicators at Meredith College to get written critiques and a certificate of our progress each year. Not being terribly dedicated to honing our craft, these annual per

Being in the moment does not come easily to many of us. When we hear advice on being “ present ,” let’s face it…we roll our eyes. Who are these hippy dippy people that have time to enjoy the moment? In my meditation this morning, my team of guides offered me a new view on being present and why everybody should make this their intention each day. The arc of a river Living in the moment allows you to connect to your spirit. This is the source of your intuitive self that seeks t

The movie "Saturday Night Fever" opens with John Travolta strutting confidently down the street. His arms move in rhythm to the beat as he puffs his chest out and looks around his city. He owns it, and he doesn’t care who knows it. Watching that scene begs the question “confidence — is it demonstrated and then felt, or felt and then demonstrated?” Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me… We went to see the band The String Cheese Incident over the weekend. They played at an outd

Shout it From the Mountain Top Have you ever had a realization about yourself and rather than sharing that new understanding, you chose instead to keep quiet? I’m not referring to ticking a lock about your opinion. I’m referencing the awareness that you have changed and then choosing not to divulge that new insight with your partner or friend. Perhaps you are afraid of the drama that will ensue, so you believe you are being kind and considerate. It might feel like you are do

Hope Floats Remember the game of bloody knuckles? You pretended to strike your friend with your fist and if they reacted with a nervous movement you shouted, “you flinched!” and then you got to punch them on the arm as their punishment? Ahh, good times! This instinctive reaction reveals a little more when we look at it under the energetic microscope and apply it to how we can change our conditioned responses to situations that bring us pain. Dysfunction junction Many an empat

When I was younger, I remember my mother saying that sometimes she and my father could be having a fight that felt so big to her right before he was supposed to leave for a trip, and he could totally put it out of his mind and go fly a plane. As an airline pilot, and a captain no less, he was able to shift from family life to work life on a dime. As women we have all heard that men have the unique ability to compartmentalize their lives. In fact, I would argue that both men a

This past weekend I attended an academic ceremony for one of my sons. I found myself having a conversation with a biology professor about her time on campus and what being a professor means to her both professionally and personally. If you are a Muppet fan, you would have mistaken me for Kermit the Frog. According to the dictionary envy means a feeling of discounted or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Most of us wouldn’t admit to it

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What goes on in the minds of a consultant and her client during a Feng shui consultation… I have been a Feng Shui consultant for 19 years. My personal belief is that when a client reaches out for a consultation, they are ready for change. It might look like we move furniture around to increase your wealth, align you with more loving relationships or better health, but this ancient Chinese art of achieving balance and harmony goes way deeper than tha ou know what he really thi

When I work with people, I like to warn them that the work we are doing in their home leads to internal changes. How we arrange our space is always a reflection of the way we think and feel about ourselves. Feng Shui is a path to healing. The patterns I uncover are meant to allow my clients to see how they are holding beliefs in place that no longer serve their spirit. Sometimes the changes are drastic, as in people suddenly realizing they can no longer stay in their current

As February comes to an end, our search for our soul mate and loving relationships can and should forge ahead. True love is an energy that breaks through shielded hearts and big egos. It bares all, knowing vulnerability is a strength and the most viable path to connection. Emotional intimacy is tantamount to authentic love in healthy relationships. It is comprised of joining our spirits, thereby conceiving a love that generously flows between us. When we appreciate our own be