This is a reality I witness a lot of people struggle against. Wanting a straightforward path to follow their hearts. A clear step-by-step A to Z process. They feel confused and disappointed in search of their hearts in this way.
Over the years I’ve been asked the same question in different forms. The essence of this question is how does the spirit world connect to our practical everyday life? And recently someone asked me this question about plant spirits.
When I follow the thread of when poisonous plants showed up in my life, I continue to discover that they called me much sooner than I consciously recognized. In fact, every few months they show me another moment in time when they called me and I wasn't quite ready to say yes. For example, recently my husband started reading a book that I read not quite a decade ago. And guess who stars in the first chapters of the book? Poisonous plants :)
From the impact of childhood traumas to the ancestral burdens we carry, there is wisdom in the poison of our wounding.
Recently I was catching up with a dear spiritual friend of mine that I haven’t spoken to for quite some time. But we’ve had deep spiritual conversations and attended retreats together on and off for the last eight years.
Bridgekeeper. This is a title I heard given to me from the Spirit world many years ago on retreat. It’s a word that keeps returning time and time again. During meditations. During dreams. Synchronicities. And during sacred reflection time.
As I’ve turned this word over in my mind, heart, and soul, I’ve come to know that part of my sacred work in the world centers on bridge keeping. Which of course makes me a bridgekeeper.
I sensed burnout in myself earlier this summer and started slowing down. I gave myself more rest and turned my focus towards nurturing my creativity. These shifts nurtured me, but I needed more.
I wanted to feel the inherent goodness in life. Not to cover up the challenges, but to balance out the challenging feelings I hold.
Last summer I took two months off of social media to clear out the volume of the external world. I wanted to hear my inner channel more. I realized that other people’s ideas of success were slowly creeping into my unconscious mind. And it was time to clean them out!
know the impact of slowing down first hand. I’ve taken two breaks from my podcast in the past two years. Each time I’ve taken a break, my listenership drops and takes months to regain. And I took a massive income hit after suffering a miscarriage this March. Needing time away from clients and teaching to heal.
We can’t hide from the fact that our capitalist system devalues slowing down or taking a break.
Now let’s pretend only 5% of your ancestors are well in spirit. That gives you 104,857 ancestors cheering you on!
Ancestors are a well of support often overlooked in modern days. Pushed aside when our rational minds can’t explain the unexplainable. Or shut out when blood relatives have done real harm in our lifetime.
When I started my ancestors' work, it was a complicated choice. Bloodline relatives abused me in the past. And my lineages have histories of addiction, violence, and sexual and physical abuse. In other words, there’s a lot of baggage.
I never thought I had “money issues.” In my previous tenured government job I operated on autopilot with predictable income. But when I left my 9-5 to run my own business, how money flowed to me changed.
I couldn’t operate on autopilot anymore. I needed to be on top of my finances every single day, week, and month of the year. And if my income dropped, I was responsible for bringing it back up.
Many years ago I had the opportunity to connect with my ancient blood ancestors for the first time.
As I tuned in I saw a tundra landscape. Northern lights illuminated the sky overhead. And a community of ancestors led by a woman approached me.
They surrounded me with joy, cheering and dancing in a circle. It felt like a homecoming that we’d all been waiting for. And one I didn’t know that I’d been waiting for deep down inside.
A few months ago in an online forum I’m a part of for magical practitioners someone asked a common series of questions. New to magic and ritual and she wanted to complete a clearing ritual.
“What herbs do you use?
What crystals do you use?
And what rituals do you use?”
It’s common for my clients to have dreams with young children. Even infants and teenagers.
Sometimes these dreams can be the spirits of children that have transitioned and passed. Or children who are yet to come to planet Earth.
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