It’s July 3rd, 2024; We have an original traditional country song for you that’s got a lot of zippy piano runs. This upbeat and lively song is all about ‘searching for a way to get next to you.’ Ah, our singer wants to ‘see you to your door or see you in my dreams.’ The radio-ready original country about searching for a way to get close to you will remind you how it feels to search for love. A charming production mix by Steven Cooper in Nashville, TN.
Love in person or in dreams
Here’s the one-hundred-eighty-fifth new music post for 2024, as I consistently offer you new music to dance and dream to–whichever fits. Richard used to send me care packages (including music for new songs so I could go out and sing them during karaoke with friends) when we first met and lived many states apart–I lived in Florida but had been traveling to Missouri for work, so we did the long distance dating thing for the first year.
Why is ‘distance’ so hard when two people are in love, but the best to solve our differences?
Meme: Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously. –Unknown
Energy transfers over distance
The closer you get the more another person affects your nervous system. This is so even because ‘matter in the universe is spread out over huge distances’ particles react the same way to external stimuli:
Einstein ‘spooky action at a distance.’ Energy Transference. This is why consent is important before we offload our (emotional drama trauma) baggage onto others. Energy transfer is real.
Yes, Everything Happens for a Reason and Everything Resolves to Gratitude. Knowing that each of us (as fractals) uplifts my mind and allows me to view life as a lively kaleidoscope grand design that moves about in an ever-expanding, revolving, melodious, consciousness.I have a love/hate relationship with ‘energy transfer’–the more I learn about it, the less I seem to know of it. Even as an empath, I am not always able to discern another’s intention. It’s a good thing “Learning should be lifelong because change is inevitable” –Sheila Murrey! Ha! (Yes, that is one of my quotes from decades ago.)
Enjoy (IN Joy) everything and love! Be Everything All the Time. May we all soar in ’24!
Yours in expanding, learning-all-the-time, spiraling consciousness,
Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
About us
We’re songwriters seeking placement of our original songs in TV, film, games, etc. We’re songwriters seeking bands to play our songs. Video content creators, filmmakers, podcasters, production companies, deejays, Vloggers, YouTubers, and more can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such. Everything is available at: Listen4Music.com
My husband of 19 years, Richard Murrey, is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (having penned over 400 original songs). You can view his artwork and hear original songs at: http://listen4music.com
My meme: Do you know why the grass is greener over there? It rains a lot more! –Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey
Spiritually speaking
As a Minister and Spiritual Advisor, it is my pleasure to help you find a way to Connect with spirit. Our ever-living God Omniscience knows ALL. The invitation is open to you.
I speak and offer advice by invitation only. If you would love me to speak at your office, bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture/chiropractor office, natural health foods store, art fair, music, or yoga festival–comment on this post or reach out to me via my social channels.
Getting to the heart and soul of, Integrating the Spirals™ and why I share so much. If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio:
Breathe. Breathe with me in. Follow the breath. All through your lungs front to back, side to side and let it out very slowly.
Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening wherever you are in the world.
Why do I share sooo much??? I’m not trying to change anyone!
I’ve been there
After all the counseling, Coda, AA (Al-Anon), Nar-Anon, Trauma Resolution Therapy (TRT), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Past Life Regression Therapy, and now, Near Death and Share Death Experience (NDE and SDE) work I’ve been doing, I can sooo feel into people’s stories (experiences)!
In a perfect world, no one would take advantage of Empaths or Sensitives, but alas we are where we are and all we can do is our PART. Why? Because we are each a fractal of Omniscience and as one ray of sunshine wouldn’t judge another ray of sunshine for being a different frequency/color, or length, or strength, we are who we are. Dogs are dogs and cats are cats. As long as we remember this and do not try to change the dog to a cat or cat to a dog, the more peaceful life we can live. Love whatever forward motion steps in the progression of your life that you can make, not so you can change/save/perfect others, but so you can GROW your soul!
I can FEEL into your SOUL – part 1I can FEEL into your SOUL – part 2
Peace to the heart
A dear friend of ours who crossed over to the Grand Beyond several years ago always said these words to us instead of ‘Goodbye’, ‘See ya later’, or ‘Catch ya later, alligator.” He would say, ‘Peace to the heart.’ I loved that! And I started saying it too. Not to everyone, but to special friends–mostly friends who knew him. When we attended his funeral I recorded it. And I listened to the recording recently. It made me smile to remember the way he impacted the lives of his friends. We miss him but then when we say, the words he taught us, ‘Peace to the heart” we smile and it soothes us.
I see your soul
When I meet with kindred spirits in the Integrating the Spirals course sessions, I listen to each intently because I know what it’s like to have my voice squelched. I know what it feels like when someone doesn’t listen to me or even let me speak. So, you will always be HEARD. I love listening to your stories and heartaches. It allows me the divine privilege to see your SOUL. And growing our soul is of utmost importance because that is what we take with us to the Other Side (when we go). Growing our beautiful butterfly-like soul is what our spirit longs to do! Of course, few have even glimpsed what that means. Few have glimpsed the Other Side of The Veil.
Join me Sunday 6/11/2023: Integrating the Spirals – Session 1
Our first FREE Integrating the Spirals Zoom call will be Sunday from 1pm to 3pm Eastern time zone (New York USA time). If you want to join, let me know. If anyone recognizes this Energy exchange, tips are welcome at: PayPal.Me/SheilaMurrey but please give no more than is comfortable for you, recognizing we are all in a different place financially. I’ll send you the Zoom call info when you register by sending your email to me at: sheila(dot)murrey(at)gmail(dot)com – I think you know how to replace the (dot) with a period and (at) with the @ sign to make that work. No spam (neither to you or to me). Wink!
Connecting
Working the Integrating the Spirals™ DE-Program Session 1 will be all about how to get started integrating what you’ve already bought, and connecting with our ancestors (and what do if you don’t know who your ancestors are).
It’s a big topic, and why we need two hours. But don’t worry, We’ll do three 40-minute calls to keep Zoom happy and to have nature/restroom breaks. Depending upon how many want to join, I may buy Zoom again (I used to have it but class sizes dwindled), thus they hold me to 40 minutes. Usually people start to get tired after 40-minutes anyway. Again, we’ll see how this goes.
About us
My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com
In and beyond this magnificent Universe, Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you because you are a fractal part of Omniscience. You are truly never alone in this ever-expanding Universe. We are each fractals of Omniscience akin to glints of sunlight on the surface of a large body of water or the rays of sunshine shining upon us.
Fractal of Omniscience. “Spiral Sister”🌀Observer & Perceiver of Energy & Wisdom from Nature. Empath|Author|Connector|Speaker|Singer.❤️🦋🌀🎼〰️🙏🔥☯️
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be–who your soul beckons you to be. It’s important because who you are in this world affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
For more on the heart and soul of Integrating the Spirals, and why I share all I do, follow us on TikTok “Spiral Sister” and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeonyour
I could write a whole book on how I discovered I’m an empath interested in the metaphysical connectedness of ALL to ease sadness and loneliness, but would anyone want to know? Because who am I? If I were famous some might be interested in that but mostly no one cares. And I’ve already explained a bit of how I discovered I am an empath in both my books, Take It Upon Yourself to Live a Wholly Vibrant Life (still in process of getting the second edition out to Amazon), and in Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection. If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio:
How did I get here?
In short, I can tell you I’ve always known there was something riding on the airwaves that got me from quiet, insecure, and overly sensitive only child to where I am today–a woman ready to grab the mic and talk unashamedly about my life and the hell I’ve gone through to get to this awakened (not woke) state I Am currently living. I’ll talk on any stage without jitters. I’ll talk without a script. I don’t know how to get speaking engagements though–that seems to be a full-time job in and of itself (booking those events).
Here’s a short list of events that I feel opened me to the metaphysical:
Listened to my dad talking on the CB radio when I was very young
Dad telling me about “talking skip” with people all over the world on his radio in the middle of the night
Dreaming dreams
Having my mom vividly explain her dreams to me
Loving listening to the FM radio upon waking up in the mornings
Experiencing a seance with Catholic friends where “it got real”
Playing haunted house with my best friend
Playing in an old cemetery next door to the house I grew up in until 6th grade
Playing on the tracks with my first friend Joey and other neighborhood children
As an adult, experiencing hypnotherapy, past life regressions, and “visitations” from my mom and others from the Grand Beyond (Other Side)
How this can ease sad and lonely feelings
I have been working on getting the revamp of Integrated Spiral done– and rebranding it as, Integrating the Spirals because it’s more important than ever for such a time as this. And because I know more sad and lonely people than ever before. (Let me know if you’re interested in taking my Integrating the Spirals course.)
As an empath I simply want to help ease suffering. I help some by showing them how to meditate so they can understand the value of Detachment. And so they can learn the value of tilling their inner soil with their breath. And to provide peace and calm. And to Connect them with their spirit, higher selves, Omniscience God, and receive personal guidance.
Meditation provides those things and so much more. And many great and wise people meditate. I did a study many years ago on how many celebrities and authors meditate on a daily basis and it was astounding how many do practice meditation and claim not to go a day without it!
And it seems to fit (me anyway) because I am always repeating cycles, learning lessons, and breaking patterns–or attempting to break the patterns/cycles. And the bad guy did win every once in a while as Billy Preston sang in the song.
We often repeat patterns in our life several times before we learn the hidden meaning–the lesson. I use the term, Parts Integration because we’re always bringing information IN, integrating some, balancing, and releasing what we can’t use at the time. We’re doing the best we can with the information we understand at the time. We’re dancing either IN or OUT of rhythm with nature and the universe. I am letting the music move me around. Perhaps that’s Destiny.
We receive multitudes of incoming information
I think we must let go of some of the stuff we take in on a day-to-day basis, as we receive so much! We receive multitudes of disparate information, sh*t from all sides, on any given day. There’s no way we can consciously process it ALL. Right? So, we dump quite a bit but does some of it get stuck in our subconscious?
Never alone
Now, that I’ve been volunteering as an email correspondent for Dr. Raymond Moody (of Life After Life) and reading the multiple stories of Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and Shared Death Experiences (SDEs) that people from every walk of life and culture have written in about what they’ve experienced, I cannot believe we’re alone in the universe.
Those stories alongside my own experiences and encounters have grown my faith in the subject of “aloneness” to a great extent. While I don’t consider myself a medium or psychic, I am clairsentient and FEEL a clear Yes and No in my body when I ask specific questions, when having a conversation with someone, watching an intense movie, or listening to songs. It’s a sensation I’ve talked about many times before in this blog so I won’t belabor it here. (You can read about GodBumps here and see my interview with one of the authors of the book, GodBumps here if you missed any of those.)
Release what doesn’t serve
Having gone through the stuff I’ve lived through and having sat through many therapy sessions and times of self-reflection and meditation has given me a certain set of skills that allow me to offer others assistance.
Some of the best things I learned was to write down my experience and then write it again, removing all emotion. To talk stuff out, even with only me (my Self), and use Tapping to release the emotions from my body. And finally to release what doesn’t serve you; let it go and be the “I Am” at this moment–utterly grateful, happily and blissfully–incomplete. Namaste.
Transcribed by https://otter.ai and grammar-checked using Grammarly.
About us
My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com
In and beyond this magnificent Universe, Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you because you are a fractal part of Omniscience. You are truly never alone in this ever-expanding Universe. We are each fractals of Omniscience akin to glints of sunlight on the surface of a large body of water or the rays of sunshine shining upon us.
Fractal of Omniscience. “Spiral Sister”🌀Observer & Perceiver of Energy & Wisdom from Nature. Empath|Author|Connector|Speaker|Singer.❤️🦋🌀🎼〰️🙏🔥☯️
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be–who your soul beckons you to be. It’s important because who you are in this world affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
For more from me on how empaths can grow in the metaphysical connectedness of ALL to ease sadness and loneliness, follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeonyour
I got to talk with Gloria about some of my highest and most favorite topics (hint: Omniscience God), meditation, breathwork, my new book, and MORE! @GloriaGraceRand #GloriaGraceRand#podcast #newbook#BlueEyes#interview
Gloria is the host of ‘Live. Love. Engage.’ podcast and the founder of the Soulful Women’s Network.
Here’s how you pick up a copy of my new book, Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection (as we discuss in the podcast) https://amzn.to/421PCMs
Would you watch or listen to our podcast?
Let me know what thoughts may have dropped in for you while reading this. Would you watch or listen to our podcast? What information would you be interested in hearing from us? Share your thoughts. I’m interested! I’m thinking of calling it, POROUS! What do you think?
About us
My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com
In and beyond this magnificent Universe, Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you because you are a fractal part of Omniscience. You are truly never alone in this ever-expanding Universe. We are each fractals of Omniscience akin to glints of sunlight on the surface of a large body of water or the rays of sunshine shining upon us.
Fractal of Omniscience. “Spiral Sister”🌀Observer & Perceiver of Energy & Wisdom from Nature. Empath|Author|Connector|Speaker|Singer.❤️🦋🌀🎼〰️🙏🔥☯️
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be–who your soul beckons you to be. It’s important because who you are in this world affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
A quick note as I was shopping just now at the grocery store, Publix for those you know it. They were playing music on the overhead speaker system, PA system. And a song came on by Cher. It was Believe. It’s an old song older and I immediately thought, “Do you believe in life after life or life after death”? If you would rather listen instead of read, play the audio:
I’ve been working with Dr. Raymond Moody volunteering as one of his email correspondents. Life after Life was the book he wrote years ago. He brought to the awareness of the masses, something a phrase he coined, which was a near-death experience (NDE). His book Life After Life figures prominently in my life right now because I use it in a lot of my research to answer his correspondence when people write to him.
The song comes on and I’m thinking yeah, yeah, right now I am. I believe in life after love. I believe in life after life, life after death. I thought, how porous of me! And the longer I stood there pondering the word porous. Porous – poor us, right?
Rich or Poor?
But, on the way to the store I had been thinking, we’re ALL rich. What if we could just make out a mantra every day to say to ourselves, I am so rich in experience. I am so rich in love. I’m so rich because I have my relationship with my family, my friends, the clean air I’m breathing and access to a car, that kind of thing, right?
So I stood there in the checkout line contemplating that word porous. And I thought that would be the best. I had a Drew Barrymore moment I guess and I got all excited. I almost wanted to break out into dance, you know? Right there in a Publix grocery store!! Ha! I just saw myself as Drew Barrymore going–that’s it! That’s our podcast name. Porous – Poor us! I thought I like the word Infuse too. It sort of meant the same thing but it didn’t quite have the ring to it that porous has.
A sponge
As an empath. I believe that I’m porous as a sponge. .I’ve said it even in job interviews! I’m porous. I soak in a lot of information from a lot of different perspectives and subject matter and when I go to events, I love that because I bring in–just soak in information from all sides, all angles, all different cultures, races, creeds, religions, all of it!
Soak up from Omniscience
Of course, as my spirituality has matured into the omniscience that it has, where everything is omniscient, everything living is omniscient with life. So nature is omniscient. God is omniscient. You know, it’s all beating with us breathing with us being with us, feeding us information and information out. We’re just part of this network in this cycle. It’s all cyclical.
Yin and Yang
It’s all you know, growing and shrinking. We’re expanding and we’re shrinking at the same time. You know, the one I’ve talked about before many times in Yang, you take the yin and yang, you blow it up like a balloon or a ball and you squeeze one side. It appears to get smaller, but the other side just gets bigger. And the circle everything contained in that circle stays the same. It’s like my friend Nikki says, Balance is tricky because balance can be 50/50, 60/40 or 8020. If you imagine that yoke the yin and yang as I started to say yoga ball. While we don’t have to go that big, maybe we do you know, maybe the ball is the earth right? And so, metaphorically speaking, you squeeze one side the other pops out bigger, but eventually squeezes to release the tension. So now, things can be more in harmony and work closer to 50/50.
Right now our country seems like it’s the USA anyway, seems like we’re at this 50/50 point. And our Republican-Democrat, pro-anti-Trump, pro-anti-Biden administration, you know, that sort of these conversations, even if you just break it down into conversations about specific topics pro-choice, pro-life, pro-immigration, pro, no borders, you know, pro-guns, pro knives, I mean, you know, pick your poison people you know, evil lies in men’s hearts.
If people want to hurt somebody they’re gonna find a way to do it whether they have a gun or not. Though, yes I’ve heard the argument of course that a gun make it easier, and a sword can be pretty easy to–if it’s sharp enough and you know how to use it. If you know how to wield the sword, so to speak, but not to go off on a tangent. No spiral thoughts today. Just wanted to get that out there.
Connects to previous conversation about ‘Strong Enough’
[Verse 2] What am I supposed to do Sit around and wait for you? Well, I can’t do that And there’s no turning back I need time to move on I need love to feel strong ‘Cause I’ve had time to think it through And maybe I’m too good for you, oh
Am I strong enough? She thinks she’s strong enough to get through it. But she also seems to be questioning if a man is strong enough. I don’t know. How do you interpret that?
Porous – Poor us?
I wanted to share that kind of Aha and see what you think about us (Richard and I) doing a podcast. I don’t know. I mean, we may start it together. My husband and I just have a lot on our plate right now. So we’ll see how things go in the next couple of months. Please comment and share. I’d love to build a community here. If you want to and if this resonates with you Thank you so much.
Blessings, Blessings abound. And remember, We Are All Connected. Many blessings much love! Peace.
Transcribed by https://otter.ai and grammar-checked using Grammarly.
Would you watch or listen to our podcast?
Let me know what thoughts may have dropped in for you while reading this. Would you watch or listen to our podcast? What information would you be interested in hearing from us? Share your thoughts. I’m interested!
p.s. I had drafted this post yesterday but didn’t get a chance to complete it until today.
About us
My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com
In and beyond this magnificent Universe, Omniscience knows ALL. Omniscience is always with you because you are a fractal part of Omniscience. You are truly never alone in this ever-expanding Universe. We are each fractals of Omniscience akin to glints of sunlight on the surface of a large body of water or the rays of sunshine shining upon us.
Fractal of Omniscience. “Spiral Sister”🌀Observer & Perceiver of Energy & Wisdom from Nature. Empath|Author|Connector|Speaker|Singer.❤️🦋🌀🎼〰️🙏🔥☯️
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be–who your soul beckons you to be. It’s important because who you are in this world affects us ALL. We Are All Connected.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
Why does grief wash over us like waves?
Our body is supposedly 70% or more water or fluids, right? And we know the Energy of the moon pulls and pushes the oceans of the world into waves. Thus, is it any wonder how Energy ebbs and flows within us?
As a highly sensitive person (HSP) and empath, I know that , “Energy in motion = Emotions” and that my “work” (if there is any), is to simply Allow the Energy to flow through, so it doesn’t get “stuck.”
Seemingly, Energetic experiences can cause a sort of stickiness (that energy healers can feel when they move their hands near a body).
❤️🦋🌀
If I desire to be well and live in peace, and I do, then I must master the Art of Allowing.
To heal wounds, past traumas, and triggers, I must observe when they occur (or when past ones rise up for clearing and healing), acknowledge them. Share or journal. Or do whatever I can to make peace with the emotion and let it go.
Why does anyone or our illusory Egos, hold on to hurt, anger, sadness, jealousy, or bitterness?
We can choose to, “Be Here Now.”
We can choose to feel the pain of an experience, pull out whatever we can learn from it, seek the silver lining, forgive ourselves or others, and let it go. Yes, we can.
“Disturbances cause imbalance.”
Humans tend to fight (from their state of struggle) because each wants to live an independent life and another seeks to Control them. Thus, like a butterfly in a cocoon, we fight to free ourselves.
When we choose to be consciously aware, we can ride the waves into the shore.
Energy moves. Let it flow. And like a surfer, enjoy (IN Joy) the ride. Feel. Cry. Release. Smile.
We Are All Connected. OM
Many blessings to you in ALL ways.
Fractals of Omniscience
Fractal of Omniscience. “Spiral Sister” Observer & Perceiver of Energy & Wisdom from Nature. Empath|Author|Connector|Speaker|Singer.❤️🦋🌀〰️
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be. As it does affect us ALL because We Are All Connected.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
For more about this blog, how I create digital designs, why I wrote a holistic health book, and more, find me on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Why should we care about anyone’s lifestyle choices?
Why should you care about whether my husband and I have sex or not? Or why should we care who sleeps with who? (Consent implied.)
Why are other people’s personal lifestyle choices any of our business? Why do we judge?
I get that you may care about my well-being because:
I am a human;
I’m a woman, mom, and grandmother;
I am kind;
I am an empath;
I am sensitive.
And that’s all well and good.
I care about you too! Because We Are All Connected.
We are each a bright shining fractal of Ever-Living, LIMITLESS Source Energy! Creation never ceases!
I am love-and-in my spirit and heart: I love unconditionally–that means without conditions, such as: I don’t care how much money you have or don’t have. I don’t care what ancestry you have, what skin tone, what ailments, what religion-or not, and certainly not what gender or sexual orientation you are-think you are or want to be!
Underneath the outer layer of our skin, we are all pink! Our blood is blue until exposed to oxygen and then, it’s red!
I think we care about each other because we are human. We are ALL human beings.
Why are other people’s personal lifestyle choices any of our business? Why do we judge?
Sex life – must it be out in the open?
There, I said it.
Where are my BISEXUAL friends?
Men, women, non-binaries?
Are you willing to speak up?
And why is it important to authentically speak our truth?
I don’t want to exclude ANYONE. I want to be known for Inclusivity.
Because We Are ALL Connected. Because I believe each of us matter. I believe each of our voices matter. ❤️🦋🌀〰️
And, yes, I want you to yell FIRE in a theater, IF it’s on freaking FIRE!
Speaking your truth is healing!
Family secrets
For many years of my life my mother didn’t trust my dad. She loved him dearly, but he had committed infidelities. She trusted me and told me when I was young of his indescretions. Probably not the best thing to do, but my mother was very close to me. For years, she called me her miracle child, her angel. And I don’t think she ever meant to turn me against my dad, but she needed someone she could trust and so, she confided in me.
Many years later, after her passing, my adult son, found pages and pages of her diary. And many of the things he read were disturbing.
He’d not heard all of the “bad” stories about my dad before and he was getting the uncut version from mom’s writing.
Since my son was very close to my dad, these revelations from the pages of mom’s diary threw my son into a tailspin, literally! (In fact, he had an accident one night after learning all that and it nearly killed him!)
In one letter my mom even accused my dad of “running around with men.”
I had seen a similar note she had written too, and she had used the word, “camp.” Since they did call their northern home “the camp” and since we all went camping, I didn’t think much of it, until I mentioned it to a gay friend. He asked me, “don’t you know why men use the word, “camp”? And I didn’t—though I had heard some references to certain movies being “camp,” like the Rocky Horror Picture Show, which was pretty gay.
Anyway, I will never know if my mom’s suspicions were founded on anything true or not, other than I know my dad was a lady’s man. And my whole point here is to ponder why I should care anyway.
When a friend of mine posted the following one day on Facebook, it brought up all these memories and I started taking down some notes on the subject:
Post from a friend
Jan 31, 2019 S.S. a friend of mine posted the following on Facebook:
Who are my BISEXUAL friends out there?! Men, women, non-binaries? Are you willing to speak up? I’ve been reflecting on the invisibility of our kind… LOL. It’s funny, but not funny. Sometimes it’s really damaging or just plain frustrating. Are we now willing to admit it to it? When maybe it’s been safer not to. It’s been a long road for me to talk about it publicly. But then, how do we find and know each other? For support, for connection, for community… It’s a unique and often lonely path seeking to be understood by our families, our culture, even our friends… even WITHIN Pride community. Can we find better ways to be included? To support one another. To be seen and heard. How does being bisexual affect our relationships? Our choices? Our mental health? How do we self-determine or craft our personal narrative outside the lines of “moderate” culture? How do we get better at articulating our truths in this world?… Thoughts? Love you ALL for your courage to live authentically! ❤❤❤ #BeProudOfWhoYouAre #RadicalAuthenticity (As a disclaimer, bisexual is just the term I identify with most strongly. Of course, this is meant to be inclusive of those who consider themselves pansexual, omnisexual and heteroflexible. 😊)
Jan 31, 2019 S.S. posted on Facebook
I humbly applaud my friend for her transparency to share. I felt the courage and conviction of her words. Yet, I sat on several drafts of THIS post for YEARS.
No labels
I am all for NO LABELS!
I could care less what people do (or with whom) in the privacy of their homes, cars, RVs, motel rooms, tents, bathrooms, etc. and I don’t even mind public reasonable shows of affection (it doesn’t have to be vulgar—yes I know I am still judging). And between consenting adults, please. (My mind cannot abide with people taking advantage of children—see my previous post about that.)
Yes, I accept all for who they are. (But I don’t have to live with them.) I have had way too many experiences on different levels than to judge—more than I just did.
We were given a brain and free will though. We do NOT have to remain in abusive situations!
My adult kids and I have talked about this issue a ton of times, and I love our open communications about it all. (We have talked more since my son found mom’s diary pages.)
Neither of my kids judge others either, and as a parent, that’s something I am exceedingly happy about. (Because I feel it’s the one thing I did right as a parent)! 😉🥰❤️
But secrets can still be disturbing when they are revealed.
Putting all this out here, on my public blog? Well, it sort of feels like I am in that dream where you go to school naked!
It is far easier for me to tell you what Heaven (what I call the Grand Beyond) looks like than talk about sex here.
Isn’t that weird?
Are you ready to bare your soul? Free your soul?
❤️🦋🌀〰️
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
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Empaths can build their resiliency. Growth and progress is possible. ❤️🦋🌀〰️🔥🙏☯️
When a Giver takes, why does a Taker get mad?
Reach out. Many of us have been where you are in your growth progress. We can help each other.
Many blessings to you in ALL ways.
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
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As a highly sensitive person and empath, I experience the feelings of others.
I love to find new ways to think and feel that help me keep my heart open to others (and my ego in check. Meaning maintaining a healthy ego—not being egotistical). ❤️😉
On empathy and being an Empath
The Power of Like and Connection
A friend of mine, Michelle Howe, runs Empath Evolution. I highly recommend her and her work.
About Empathy, Michelle writes, “The POWER of LIKE…….. is really the power of connection…. it’s not about how much you know…. or, what you look like….. or, how much money you make…. It’s the power to put others at ease within conversation and CONNECT to FEEL GOOD with one another.
It’s so interesting….. In making my decisions, this one little thing overrules the rest of the stuff. I have to really enjoy someone which, means our energies compliment one another……. You know it immediately… it’s like a soft pillow.”
And my reply was: I love that! And now I feel even better about myself as I have often been told (in my tech career), that I easily put others at ease. ❤️🦋🌀😉
Speaking of Power
After watching the story of how Sly Stallone got his movie, Rocky, made—I made the following observations:
Sometimes we do things (things of which, we may not be so proud), but all of it had to happen, just the way it did, for us to build our character, and allow us to have compassion and empathy for others. For when we walk empathically on the Earth, we can be real and genuine. And then, when we make it to what most perceive as “the top,” we carry ourselves with grace, and easily off grace to others.
I can only speak for me, but I think keeping my ego in balance, taking responsibility for all of my thoughts, words, and deeds, using natural health solutions, and staying grounded, are all major reasons I am drawn to Shamanism.
Empaths and Boundaries
I wholly agree with Sadee Whip.
Sadee says, “I often hear people who identify as empaths talk about how overwhelmed they get, how much they take on the energy of others, how hard it can be feeling so much of what is going on around them, etc.
My dears, what you are actually identifying is not the burden of being an empath, but the imbalance you are experiencing at the lack of your own developed warrior energy.
Warrior energy is an ability to use healthy anger and righteousness to set boundaries, say “no”, and properly protect and defend oneself.
If you are experiencing problems being an empath, seek to bring about balance and wholeness within yourself.
This means use your voice.
Say no.
Tell people they are full of shit when they are.
Don’t let others walk all over you.
Don’t let others disrespect you.
Don’t give of yourself until you are depleted.
Ask for what you need.
Accept responsibility for your circumstances.
Being an empath, I promise you, is not actually the problem.
Learning to be open and not bleed out is an art. One worth practicing. Focus on your warrior energy and bring that into balance with the empath energy and you will find both peace and power.”
And to this question: How does this work for healers – mental health therapists, social workers, teachers, etc? I can only say no and set boundaries to an extent in my daily life. My entire day involves saying yes to walking with others through their trauma and pain.
My friend, Andrea, shared her answer: It’s more about people letting others energies in. Picture your own personal energy space surrounding you about three feet out, with a pink cord from your heart out to others. We stayed connected to others by the pink heart cord, but we don’t let others energies into our personal, self contained space- unless we want to.
This practice is one people can learn to keep others energies from affecting them, draining their energy and so forth. One can do energy clearing every day, from head to toe, visualizing a silver waterfall (and if you do this while showering it can be even more effective, as water is extremely energetically and physically cleansing). And then you can visualize your body surrounded by white or gold light. You can also visualize the violet flame inside your chakras too. This burns off all residual energies of others. (Many thanks to Andrea for this recommended practice!) You can read more at: Andrea’s Personal Blog.
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
For more about this blog, how I create digital designs, why I wrote a holistic health book, and more, find me on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Your chattering mind may be telling you that negative, wrong, or hurtful things seem to happen to innocent people (and children). But dear heart, we don’t know why they came to live at this time in history, or the lessons they are here to learn. As well, other people’s problems aren’t really our business—unless of course, they ask for your help.
As well, when you get pulled DOWN by such thinking (about others), that is the law at work. Balancing ALL. ❤️🦋🌀
Now is the time
We are living in such awakened and conscious times! Yes! And we can look back and see the historical suffering that has occurred and learn from it. We are the ones we have been waiting for! We are the healers and light bringers. We can raise the vibration of the ALL!
True help
When you look at others who are confused or hurting, you desire to help. But true help, their growth—is an inside job (for them). You can be kind to them and offer them compassion, and comfort, but often growing can be painful.
Racists can be kind.
Meditate. Go within yourself to ease and clear your old patterns. This will expand the consciousness of those around you, as a ripple emanating in the water as a stone is dropped in. Those with lower vibratory tendencies will shape up, or ship out (and away from you)! You’ll know this is true as you begin to lighten up, and notice many around you, in your sphere of influence, living a lighter life.
Reach out
Reach out to me if what I have said resonates with you. I am in your circle ready to share tips and practices with you as you step up your inner game.
I’ve been where you are, doubting the law of attraction and that the path of least resistance is real. I’ve valued my intellect over my intuition too. But no more. Now, I observe detached from problems and focus on self compassion, play breaks, and time basking in meditation. I was one they said was “so serious.” I’ve lightened up and know you can too.
Light workers don’t hate
Lastly, you may consider yourself a light worker. But here is a big truth. Light workers don’t hate.
So, if you are struggling with that or find yourself questioning this truth, please reach out. I would love to offer some wisdom (and a whole lot of unconditional love), I feel will offer you freedom from some of the heavier thoughts you may be thinking.
❤️🦋🌀🙏☀️💦🌱
A bit about us:
My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he is a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (of over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
For more about this blog, how I create digital designs, why I wrote a holistic health book, and more, find me on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
I don’t know if I’ve ever (publicly) explained this before, but I absorb, and tolerate, even accept ”upset“ to a point, but after kindly expressing my concerns or frustrations (to one or more people), and not being heard, I then speak in a firm, perhaps demanding ”tone” or get loud.
At some point, my emotions boil over. And it only seems people hear me then. Ugh!
Either you want people to share, or you don’t. I am not shy, nor boastful. I am nice. I am kind.
The stream of consciousness, when cut, will come out in another way. Because Life ALLways finds a way.
Have you been belittled, or picked last?
In my 58 years on this planet, I’ve learned that I’m typically too nice, overly sensitive, and emotional. But, I am not a victim, and certainly do not wallow in victimhood.
I’m a deep and careful listener, loyal friend, and strong advocate (especially for the underdogs, misunderstood, misfits, and those who create a healthier world for us all—beyond the next 7 generations). I am a critical thinker. And embrace individuality. I love the freedom I find in BEing independent.
I have a profound knowing that We Are All Connected. And that we’re only as strong as our weakest link.
We can pull together, or we can pull apart.
Notice the separation of the colors of the rainbow 🌈? What does it make you appreciate?
Even the rainbow’s colors are separated. But, by what? Though the colors are separate, we love the rainbow.
I listen first
I sit and I listen, gratefully with as much compassion as I have access to with mySelf, as others talk, often sharing too much of the current discord.
Then I speak.
But, it doesn’t feel good to me, when my voice gets “put in the back of the bus” by someone.
I only speak when I feel a strong urge. When I am compelled to share. I am propelled by Omniscience. And when my voice is cut off while I am sending love, what shall I do? This physically hurts me. I care deeply. But because of my complexion, my pain doesn’t matter? We ALL have a message, but here I go again, having to write it through my tears because SOMEONE felt they needed to hear from their more important “in that moment” others.
Imperfect action
In my humble opinion, promoting or monetizing poor behavior—is of a low vibration. And it serves to perpetuate one-sided, dense thinking. And yes, I know how that sounds. I am well aware that is a judgment, and obviously, others see nothing wrong with it to further their “cause.” We never really know who (or how) others, no matter their complexion or ethnicity, have been persecuted.
Learning all the time
Do you believe as I, that life is a school? And that Everything, in particular, every experience we have is presented to us for learning?
Do you often wish you would respond to each challenge with your best response? Perhaps people use bullying tactics to feel empowered. Perhaps bullying is their way of standing in their power. But, to the one in their way, it feels as though they are preying on the vulnerable or weak person.
I write a lot about the power of words, and tone. And tone can be expressed in writing, as well as when spoken. Thus, I thought I had grown to a place where words couldn’t hurt me. But, I believe that we all mirror each other to some degree.
Mirror work
I don’t want to mirror someone’s dark side, so I often walk away, and simply stop arguing or fighting. I realize that “sending them love” would be my highest vibrational response, yet I am not always emotionally strong enough. At times, I have pushed back and been direct, only for the situation to escalate—even to the point of physical abuse.
An example:
This brings me to relate a recent situation: I was emotionally triggered by a response (that looked and felt quite rude), to a comment made by one of my longest and dearest friends on my group, We Are All Connected. My dear friend had expressed her deeply religious comment (based on her belief) to a beautiful photo I had shared. The problem was that an acquaintance didn’t like my friends’ comment and felt offended by it because he is an atheist.
Initially, when I read his comment I felt it in my body. And the feeling wasn’t good. My gut wrenched because I felt like I had been punched! I wanted to spare my friends feelings, and as the admin, I removed HIS comment. That set off more back and forth from him because he felt I was choosing sides. And I was. Not because I don’t like him, or dislike atheists, or because I like her more, and approve of her religious beliefs, but simply to FEEL BETTER. (And he clearly broke the group rules anyway—he was not kind.)
Second example:
I have taken a lot of being talked down to, even in the business coaching program I am currently in. I often receive criticism, push back, month after month. Though we are encouraged to think big, and come up with a program worthy of a $10k price-tag, MY ideas are often dismissed as either “fantasy,” “unrealistic,” or that we may not be UP TO delivering what we want to offer.
So, I had one of those “last straw” moments in a group the other day. And unfortunately that moment coincided with other personal stressors (which I had tried to explain to my coach the day before, but was ushered to focus on our objective for efficiency’s sake).
Either you want people to share, or you don’t. I thought the point of a small group discussion was to speak our heart?
Of course I honor everyone on our intimate group calls. But, they had been quiet and I felt the inspiration to speak, so I broke through any thoughts about being misunderstood, and I opened my mouth to speak healing.
I will never know, now, what the last sentence would have been (it was only one more sentence), because our coach felt he needed to hear from others in our group (whom had not spoken in 8 minutes, and no one knew why). And thankfully, I had gotten to share a few thoughts, a few minutes earlier. I think my grandmother may have been speaking through me. And it’s sad her words were not allowed to be heard. I think she wanted us to realize that we never know who or how others, no matter their complexion or ethnicity, have been persecuted. But apparently, that was not the time (to speak that knowledge aloud).
Empowerment Coaching
I can find value in Everything. And I can turn, turn, turn, to the next best feeling.
All that to say, as a writer, and spiritually open-minded, caring, empathic, and such, I came abruptly, face-to-face with my own fallibility. I am human. I am not perfect. So how can I be an empowering coach?
By teaching you this? Thank YOU (in appreciation of whomever is challenging me in any moment), for helping me make a better choice.
Ponder
Maybe we need to start by changing the way we think about these words:
black and dark, white and light.
Look deeper.
Consider this:
People for whatever reason, even as children, are afraid of the dark.
Light complexion people tend to call anyone with a darker complexion, black.
Black in the light spectrum is the absorption of all the other colors.
Others?
Let’s ponder this.
At some point, in the spiral of time, humanity will learn to appreciate, honor, and even revere, the CONTRAST that brings about Creation.
ALLways remember:
You are worthy.
Your inner YOU is L-I-M-I-T-L-E-S-S
As ALLways, thank YOU for helping me make a better choice.
❤️🦋🌀🙏☀️🌱
A bit about me, your Spiral Sister
I would love to speak at your bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture / chiropractor office, or other holistic / natural fair or festival. I support healthy lifestyle businesses. For information on ALL of my books, visit my Amazon Author page.
An Amazon bestselling author of two co-authored books: Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice, Energy of Receiving, and author of the captivating Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection as well as the incredibly helpful 2nd edition of Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally.
Be the best version of who you want to be.
Information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.
For more about this blog, how I create digital designs, why I wrote a holistic health book, and more, find me on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Energy moves. Let it flow. And like a surfer, enjoy (IN Joy) the ride. Feel. Cry. Release. Smile.
We Are All Connected. OM
Many blessings to you in ALL ways.
Integrating the Spirals 