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How to Make 2017 a Better Year than 2016

These are no doubt challenging times.

We are coming to the end of one of the most chaotic and illusion-shattering years in a long time. Most of us have been shaken and shocked at both an individual and collective level in, oh, so many ways…I have experienced it in my own life and see it daily in the lives of my friends, colleagues, clients, and the world-at-large.

We have had to face that some of the situations and relationships in our lives are not what they seemed. The things we have been in denial about or avoiding are now hitting us smack in the face. The pain is palpable everywhere. I am hearing people say, “This was the hardest/worst year of my life. I can hardly wait for 2016 to be over.”

I understand, yet will 2017 be any different if we are not…?

I see those who are still wanting to avoid, go into denial, and live life as usual. Beware—this will simply no longer work. Not only will this no longer work, it will most likely lead to further pain, destruction and increased personal and planetary chaos. The energy on the planet will not tolerate or support such low-level consciousness for much longer.

What is one to do? WAKE UP NOW! Become conscious. Get real about what is going on in your life and the world around you. Learn to feel your feelings and speak your truth. Be authentic. It really isn’t that hard or scary. Living unconsciously is what is hard and scary. Walking around in the illusion that everything is OK and will turn out fine is what led us all to such a precarious place.

Walking Through the Fire of Transformation

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fog-687254_1280 I’ve been working with a client for several weeks now who is in an ambivalent marriage. One of the ways he deals with it is by having affairs. He saw a therapist prior to me who actually supported this behavior and saw it as a way to explore his feelings and help him decide if he wanted to stay in his marriage or not. Several years later, he’s still doing the same behavior and is as stuck as ever.

While I generally stay as neutral as possible around my client’s choices and encourage them to follow their own inner guidance, when I see patterns of behavior in which people are getting hurt I feel it’s my professional responsibility to speak up and push the issue.

We’ve spent some time exploring the history of his marriage and the reasons he does what he does. It’s now time for some change. His wife has found out. She has been hurt. I’ve shared with him that there is simply no easy, painless choice here. It is time for him to walk through the fire of transformation and get to the other side. He has to decide to commit to the marriage or commit to leaving.

Walking through this kind of fire can feel like death. It is the death of life as we know it and our ego does not like that.

Our ego will hold on to situations and rationalize our staying stuck as if our life depends on it. Walking into the unknown takes courage and can be risky. Staying stuck in old “safe” patterns, on the other hand, leads to stagnation and an unlived life.

How to Call on the Divine Feminine for Healing

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Last week was a tough week. I felt a bit stunned at the end of the week by how many women, and men, had come into my office in a state of utter exhaustion, self-doubt, self-judgment and self-criticism. Honestly, it was hard to sit in the energy. I cancelled my last client of the week and had to go home. I never do that.

What is going on? Is there something in the water, the air, or the food we are eating? Is it the GMO’s, the chemtrails, Facebook, (sorry), or the speed of life these days?

I don’t know. But, I do know this level of self-abuse has to stop. It is slowly killing all of us.

I don’t want to get all woo woo here, but I do believe we are going through some kind of collective detox as the energies on the planet intensify for the shift in consciousness we are all being called to make. I feel it is going on both on a global and individual level. As above, so below.

As this shift is happening, we are being stirred and shaken to face our shadows and the dark areas of our psyche that need to come into the light and heal. From what I have seen, in my own life and the lives of others, this does not feel good— to say the least.

This can feel like death. It is the death of the ego which has been our master for so long. (And look where that has gotten us…)

Five Steps to Upgrade Your Brain for Success

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I speak to clients all week long who come to me with problems they want to overcome and goals they want to achieve. Sometimes they have been struggling for years trying to create change and improvement in difficult areas of their life. They may have visions and dreams of a better future, happier relationships, enhanced financial prosperity and vibrant health, but despite years of trying, they simply can’t make it happen.

Why is change so hard?

One of the reasons they may feel so stuck and frustrated is because even though their conscious mind says it wants these changes, the subconscious mind is often the one in control. It is estimated that approximately 95 % of our thoughts and beliefs stem from the subconscious mind and many of these beliefs are fearful, negative and based in survival thinking. The subconscious mind is basically the repository for all of our fear and negativity and its job is to keep us “safe”.

The thoughts stemming from our subconscious mind have often been there since childhood and are deeply wired into our brain by the time we reach adulthood. Essentially, our brain is full of neural networks that keep us thinking the same thoughts and acting in the same ways even when a part of us doesn’t want to.

It used to be thought that once we got older it wasn’t possible to change much of this hardwiring in the brain, however we now know this is not true. Neuroplasticity, or brain plasticity, is the ability to change and rewire our neural networks and this can be done at any age.

So, how do we rewire the brain for less of what we don’t want and more of what we do?

Do You Believe In Angels or Divine Helpers? Three Ways to Access Their Assistance

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Do You Believe In Angels or Divine Helpers I’ve always been open to the idea that we are not alone and that there are angelic beings and divine helpers available to us if we chose to call on them. For years, I have heard and read about ways we can ask for their help and that they love to help us in any way we desire. No request is too big or small, too mundane or complex.

Personally, I have called on angelic helpers for all kinds of assistance ranging from finding lost items to bringing me ideal clients and providing guidance when I feel confused and afraid. When I ask for this help, I trust I will receive it and I generally feel amazed at the way things show up and answers are received.

I know for me, this has been one of the most helpful resources in building a successful business. While I put the usual business structures in place, I do not do too much of the recommended marketing. I find it much easier and enjoyable to ask for divine assistance and I have found it works! I may write more about this in the future as I feel it is a much overlooked resource available to all of us.

Recently, I had a fun way of being reminded of this angelic presence. A few days ago I was looking through some old photos on my digital camera and came across the photo above. This photo was taken 4-5 months ago after a wind storm that knocked down this branch in my back yard.

The branch hit my tool shed door and unhooked the door latch which opened the door of the shed. You can see from the photo that the branch landed in such a way that the door of the shed held part of it and the fence supported the rest.

The strange thing was when the branch was removed there was not one trace of any damage to the shed or the fence. Not even a scratch… The man who came to remove the branch for me was amazed that there was no damage. He commented that if the branch had landed differently my shed or fence could have been destroyed.

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