It’s often tempting to make promises to yourself (or you family and friends) at the beginning of a new cycle. Perhaps this year you can try a different approach by using the energy of your personal year to set your intentions about what you want to do in the new year. [Read more…]
How to Ask a Person to Change Behavior
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As an empowerment coach my focus is on how my clients can make decisions that bring more joy and satisfaction in their lives. An area that may be challenging is to establish boundaries so that my client feels empowered to live with less stress and more self confidence. Holding to the boundaries may require a person in my client’s life to make changes. [Read more…]
Gratitude Ritual
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A life that focuses on being grateful in the world is a happier, less stressful life. It doesn’t mean that you won’t have moments of doubt or even anger, but focusing on thankfulness will take the steam out of negative feelings. [Read more…]
Celebrating the Dead Around the World
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October is often said to be when the veil between the worlds is thin, allowing the spirits of those who passed on to come back to this realm. Some cultures see this time as frightening, while others see it as a joyful celebration because they believe the ancestors come back to celebrate. [Read more…]
Setting Intentions
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Setting your intention is different than telling yourself what you “should” be doing or want to do. When you set your intention you state your highest desire and activate your goals. Setting your intention is active, not passive. [Read more…]
What keeps you from moving towards your goal?
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Let’s say you want to become a contestant on a program like Dancing with the Stars. Pretend that you don’t know which dance you want to specialize in, and you get to choose your own dance partner. Let’s say you don’t feel that you can choose the right partner because you don’t know your specialized dance. You assume that you need the “correct” partner in order to move forward and you end up in a spiral rather than moving towards your goal. [Read more…]
Change Your Story
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Have you let others define who you are? Many of us hold onto negative childhood experiences that keep us back from our true self. We often don’t hear, or believe, the compliments or praise from others because old stories fill so much space that we don’t allow room for new stories to develop. [Read more…]
Empowerment During Times Of Change
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The energy around this time is change and renewal. We look at the plants budding and the flowers poking their heads out of the soil. Use the energy of this time to decide what you want to change in your life by following the steps below. [Read more…]
Ritual for Lubercalia (Valentines) for Everyone
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Valentine day was hijacked by the early church from an established pagan festival called Lubercalia. The festival was to honor Lupa, said to be a she-wolf who helped nurse orphaned infants to save them from starvation. In addition to celebrating fertility the rituals were to clear the community of evil spirits. The Church decided the rituals were too violent and sexually-charged and replaced it with a celebration of a martyred romantic priest. [Read more…]
New Year Tarot Reading
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These are some questions to use as a base for your New Year reading. [Read more…]
