I skirted into Yellowstone a bit as I was driving along highway 101. It's a shame that I can't explore the interior of that mysterious land but there has been major flooding this year and many of the main roads have been washed away. I haven't been there since I was in my 20s - I'm going to call that a crime given the fact that I don't live very far from Yellowstone National Park. Trust me, it's back on my Bucket List and moving up fast in priority. Even on the parameter I could feel that the energy there is very special. Unique to say the least. I must return!

I’m packing and getting ready to leave my sister and brother-in-law's house.  My sister got sick (she’s better now) but we canceled our road trip to Tennessee so she could rest up.  In the meantime, I got a good rest of my own in a lovely home surrounded by nature (including a hiking path practically at their back door which I utilized once or twice a day).  It turned out to be just what I needed.  I leave today feeling peacefully rested and in the flow.  I’m not leaving too soon, nor have I outstayed my welcome. As I’m In the bathroom packing up I see a medium sized spider.  I constantly get messages from nature and animals.  But long ago, I told the creatures of this world that I will not receive information from them if they are inside my house.  Spiders, ants, moths - you name it.  And if they come into my house, they have to leave.  If I can make that happen humanely, I will.  If not, then they will be moving on to their next l...

I opened up my laptop and the screen showed a wonderful aerial photo of a group of zebras on the move.  It felt like there was a message there for me so I asked and sure enough, the zebras had something to say.  I have been getting messages this morning about how much my sister loves me and I love her.  This may not seem like much but with someone with an abuse history, feeling the love (even if it’s genuinely there) can be difficult.  That has been a main theme of my life’s journey and my healing path continues to bring me to a deeper and deeper sense of the love that surrounds me.  It is truly humbling and awe inspiring.   This has also been an issue with my family at large.  I am the black sheep.  I left the norms of my family’s structure long ago.  Some have been more accepting of me than others.  I have come to peace with that.  I would rather be hated for who I am (real me) than loved for who I am not (fake me).  But...

This afternoon I set out to get some juice for my sister and me.  She isn’t feeling well and I found a great place that makes the best juicer-juice.  Nothing but the veggies!  It would be a supportive boost for both of our immune systems - hers for healing and mine for guarding.  After the acquisition of juice and sundry items, I was heading back when Spirit told me to turn left… and keep going.  I traveled the better part of the valley.  It was a spectacular view of a long running rim of sandstone.  Eighty million years ago this was the shore of the Western Interior Seaway from Mexico to the Arctic North.  Now it’s a pretty view.  And this can be said from down below where I drove it’s length and also from up above where my sister and brother-in-law live.  I felt like Spirit was telling me it was important that I view the entirety of this particular land mass, which I did from end to end.  And then I headed back wondering if a land...

My Office I’m chilling at my sister and brother in law’s house.  It’s 5 a.m. -ish and I’m called outside to listen to bird song, feel the energies of the early morning movement, and to write.  I find that post leaving-the-day-job (a week and a half ago), I am ever slipping into a deeper sense of silence and peace.  As I progress through my decades-long healing march, I truly marvel at every plateau.  At each point as I look back, I see how ve ry stressed I was.  When I think I can’t get any more calm, I do.  And looking back at the last plateau as I am doing now, I am shocked again to see how wound-up-tight I was.  No wonder my body shows all the signs of lif e-long chronic stress and pain.  But all of my body ailments, along with my nervous system, are all healing.  It’s been a slow crawl but it’s picking up speed.  I had a barometer moment yesterday when I looked down at my hip and leg and I realized that I like my hip and leg.  I...

Leaving Challis this morning, I headed north on highway 93 which meanders along the scenic Salmon River through the town of Salmon and then on up into Montana where I made a sharp right at a mountain summit onto highway 43.  As I came down into the lower valley I became the tail end of not one, but two small town fourth of July parades!  I’d almost forgotten it was the 4th.  A few people waved so I smiled and waved back.  What else was I to do?  I stopped in Wisdom Montana to find a coffee and a bathroom - not in that order.  They were so nice there.  I don’t know if it was because everyone was in a jovial holiday mood or that’s just the way they do things in Wisdom, but the people were friendly and the coffee was free!  I did ask how they got their name (one of the coolest town names I have ever heard).  I was told that Lewis and Clark traveled through this valley on their way to the Pacific Ocean.  They were happy with the decision of ...

Big road trip under way!  I'm meeting my sister in Montana and then we are driving to Tennessee!  I'm so ready to get out of town, and we will be driving through places I have never seen before.  I love to see new places and feel their energy.  I guess I should back up a bit and tell you that several days after I wrote the blog, "At the Kids Table" my dream job manifested into the 3D.  It checks all of the boxes.  This magic manifestation shit is real!  (More on that in a later blog.)  In the meantime, I will tell you that I have quit my day job and I couldn't be happier.  Along with my new dream job, I am also diving deep with my own business of 32 years as a healer, physic, teacher, mentor, and group facilitator.  Currently I have three online classes coming up and three groups that are happening - some online and some in person if you should happen to be in Boise Idaho.  I'm very excited about all of this as my business expr...

What have I been doing with my life? Am I really still sitting in this same dead-end job? I got an award this week from my company for being an employee for five years. I was shocked. When did that happen? I quickly added up the years in my head. With two plus years working remotely due to COVID, plus... Yep, it all added up to five. What was meant to be a little, easy job while I was going through the last couple of years of school has turned into what? A career? That was not the plan.  I graduated in December 2019 with a degree in leadership and dispute resolution. The plan was to take my shiny new degree and get a shiny new job, including an impressive, hefty new job title that would look stellar on a business card. Nobody puts, "Administrative Assistant" on a business card. And I'm old enough to know that the title actually means, "Secretary." Now, don't get me wrong, the secretaries of the world are the ones who actually make things happen. As my boss o...

Why is it so frickin hard to ask for help? Why does it seem that the more I actually need help, the harder it is to ask? After years of therapy, healing, and introspection, I could tell you my list of Whys. I won't bore you with the list as I'm sure those of you who resonate with this challenge have similar lists of your own. Let's assume for this post, that we are all working on healing those old emotional wounds that have held us back from healthy living, yet  asking for help is still difficult.    First of all, recognition that we need assistance can be a hard part of the process. Once we allow ourselves to know we need it, the next step is to simply ask . If it's hard to ask (for any reason), do it anyway. If you don't feel like you deserve it (for any reason), do it anyway.  Who do we ask? Sometimes throwing spaghetti on the wall can be the best approach. Toss out a call for help and see what sticks. Help can come from surprising corners. If we predete...

Like the hermit's of old, I have a cave of meditation. They would go into the deep, dark, dank earth for solace and solitude. In that quiet place they could go within themselves to find their connection with the Divine. I have been sitting in my house-cave for longer than the pandemic has been around. Two months before that hit, I graduated from Boise State University. School has a way of killing one's social life. So, between these two back to back life events, I've been sitting fairly quiet for the past five or six years, with the last two being especially still. An imposed vow of silence. What does Pema Chodron call it? I believe it's, "Hot Loneliness." It means being, "Pregnant with the desire to escape it." Now, doesn't that just hit the nail on the head! What can make us squirm more than our own company?  As soon as COVID hit my awareness, I turned to my Wise Ones. What is this and what does it mean for me? All of the feedback I got was the...

New ETs keep coming in. I was introduced to a new group a few nights ago and holy cow, talk about powerful! The high vibration of these folks would knock your socks off. I so enjoy being in their company. It seems something big is about to happen on our planet but I don't have the details. How can the world not feel this? My guess is more and more humans are catching on. My only suggestion here is to pay attention to the vibrational energy of the extraterrestrials you are dealing with; There are the good, the bad, and the ugly. 

Four stones which had fit nicely in the palm of my hand, are gone now. I had already planned on taking them back to Mother Earth as they had recently told me that's where they wanted to go now - one specifically wanted to be in water. When they heard I was going to the zoo a couple of days ago, they asked me to take them along. I said, "Of course."  It's hard letting go of friends. I'm talking about all varieties: Stones, helping spirits, humans. But I have learned that when it's time to part ways, holding tightly does not feel better in the end. Best to go with the flow of life and let it be. Actually, it's a great argument for living in the moment, cuz that's all we've got folks. And in the next moment if our friend is gone, we can be at peace that we had not squandered our time with them. These particular stones had been with me for some time; they were acquired along my life's journey. But I have long known that I do not possess my friends ...

This technique is used when the answer to your question is going to be a simple "yes" or "no" answer. I use this on a near daily basis with anything from, "What do I want to order on the menu?" to "Do I want to take this job?" Let me break this down a little bit.  Our body is wise. It is in cahoots with our soul. They know who we are and why we are here. And best of all, they know how we can get there! Choices. Do we go left or do we go right? The answer to that question is always going to depend on who we ask and what their agenda is. Everyone has an agenda, even if they are not clear about it. (hint: just because people are operating from their own unclear agenda, our intuitive abilities can see clearly the What and the Why and then we can act accordingly - just because other people are muddled, that doesn't mean that we need to be) The real question is, what do we want to know and whose agenda do we want to use? To explain this technique, ...