Here are some of my photography projects and outings.

Nature Break – Fall Kaleidoscope

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The busier you get, the more you need nature breaks. There’s nothing quite as grounding and connecting as a walk amidst Mother Nature’s ever-changing beauty. And oh, how that fresh air nourishes the body, mind & spirit.

But if you can’t get out there, I believe the energy from nature photographs has its own nourishing effects.

Today, I offer you a nature break online through this Fall kaleidoscope of Newfoundland colours. 

These are some of the pictures I’ve delighting in taking & sharing in the last few weeks –  from a stretch break in my backyard, a walk on the neighbourhood trails, a bike ride by the ocean, and a cross-province road trip to teach at a spiritual retreat.

Sunday’s 120km winds pretty well took care of all the leaves, so I’m glad I took advantage of Mother Nature’s offerings before that.

Enjoy, until your next heart-to-heart, face-to-face date with nature.

To see them larger, click on the first and use the arrow to scroll through.

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The Layers of Life

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“The Journey: All the Way Home to My Self”

You’re a work of art! Did you know that?

I didn’t say a piece of work… I said a work of art.

Who you are now is a result all your layers of experience from this lifetime and beyond.

They’re what brought you here. They’re the reasons you have the gifts you have to share. They’re why you have the compassion, understanding, perspectives, tools, skills & inner resources to be and do YOU!

As I share in the creative layering process for both my intuitive painting and photography, I invite you to honour the many layers of your life that make you who you are today: your experiences, challenges, blessings, relationships, dreams, etc.

Whether it be in intuitive painting or photography, the final art piece is infused with the energy, symbolism, texture, and colour of the layers that came before it.

Keep reading to discover the parallels between intuitive art & your life.

The Layers of Intuitive Painting

I paint in layers. Some paintings have 20 layers of paint on them. The creative process is as important, if not more so than the final piece.

I sometimes start with a vision I receive for what a painting wants to become, but I often have no idea. I just paint, following the flow of inspiration, layer by layer.

This asks me to:

  • embrace the mystery
  • let go of expectations
  • accept what is
  • be in the present while pulling from my experiences and skills set
  • enjoy the process.

Each layer, with its intentions, flow & designs, interaction with previous layers, happy accidents, channeled energy work, or misperceived disasters, helps shape what’s to come.

Here are but a few of the layers in the creation of: “The Journey: All the Way Home to My Self” – you can see all of them and close-ups in the blog post on its creation.

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In the end, the piece has a depth of texture, colour, energy, and meaning that goes beyond what the eyes can see. It’s a portal from the process to the Universal Energy Flow. This, I believe is why healers and spiritual seekers have long since been called to my work.

The Layers of Intuitive Photography

I use a similar process when I create the Visual Gifts for Divine Storytelling Time clients – these are a unique and empowering self-study intuitive reading package created at a distance to help you tune into your intuition and take inspired action in your life.

After channeling your soul story for about an hour, I am intuitively guided by your Team of Divine Helpers and mine to pull photographs from my vast collection of images from around the world.

Each of these holds additional symbolic or energetic clues for the client to explore on their Intuition into Action Treasure Map.

Together, these photographs hold the essence of their story and act as a visual portal to move them forward on their Path to their Highest Good. As I manipulate the layers digitally, I create a custom piece that the client can have printed up to wall size – with or without the affirmation.

For example, this client’s Visual Gift was created using 6 layers from 4 photographs (2 repeated with different effects):

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  1. a stone angel holding a tray with a shell necklace and a bigger shell in the middle;
  2. a strong perspective line of towering palms leading up to the Kalachakra Stupa in the Paleaku Gardens Peace Sanctuary in Hawaii;
  3. a nightlight in the bathroom that changed colours, attracting a beautiful moth
  4. on the way back from a ceremony in Bali, a picture of a street market through the rain splattered windows of the car

The final result is something new & unique, only possible with the meaningful and colourful layers of what came before it. It’s a work of art inspired by the client’s life and his / her Divine Storytelling Time guidance.

Your Life is a Work of Art

Can you see now how your life is also a work of art?

Sure, it may have had an awkward teenager phase or layers you’d rather scrub off.

But in truth, every layer is a gift.

It’s just about learning to look at each layer through the eyes of your soul, through the eyes of Source to see how each has added the necessary energy, texture, colour, and gifts to what is opening up to you now.

Please allow yourself to see that and to stay open to what the next layer is calling you to co-create.

You’re a work in progress – perfect in your imperfection – and the creation of this masterpiece won’t be over until it’s over.

Happy co-creation!

Oh – and feel free to comment below on how this post has helped you see with new eyes.

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What’s Your Mini Delight?

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You’re likely not a stranger to busy times. What’s important is that you make the time for a mini delight even in those hectic periods: short uplifting breaks that raise your vibration and nourish soul.

What are your mini delights? What people, places, activities, or objects awaken in you the feelings you love to feel?  How can you bring more of these into your life?

If you can’t spend a whole day with your BFF, grandchild, or parent right now, make a call or write a letter. Connect and add a smile to your heart.

If you can’t take a trip to your favourite destination, take a 5-minute video or photo album break.

If you can’t go shopping for a new dress, wear your favourite one, even if it’s to clean the house.

Trust me. Making the time for a mini delight will do wonders for your productivity, your effectiveness, your mood, your life!

My Mini Delights – Photography & Paintings

April has been the busiest month in years for me. When I wasn’t leading or speaking at one of many public events, I was preparing for these. It’s been amazing on so many levels!

But I haven’t had much time to paint or take as many nature photo walks as I like / need to.

Instead of dedicating full-days or even half-days to my photography and painting, I’ve been taking mini delight breaks.

Here are a few photos from short breaks in my backyard this month. I’m blessed to have a river to play with.

And here are a few from my walk to an appointment. Instead of borrowing my housemate’s car, I left an hour earlier and walked there, getting my exercise, fresh air, and photography bliss.

Can you believe that some of these mini delights came from a big ugly green plastic spout in a hillside gutter? And the others from a tiny creek I was drawn to by the trickling music of water. I had to precariously perch myself on unstable river stones and lean through the branches and barbed wire, but oh what fun!

And here are the mini delight paintings I’ve had fun creating lately. They’re only 5″ x 5″ and so conducive to short painting breaks.

Some have already found homes, but contact me if you’d like one for yourself or a Mother’s Day gift. 

Purple Petals (5″ x 5″) – SOLD

A happy little celebration of Spring.

Passion (5″ x 5″) – SOLD

If you look closely, you’ll see the 3D sparkly paint: a mix of wild & classic elegance.

Listen In (5″ x 5″) – SOLD

This conch shell is a symbolic reminder to pause, and to hear the echoes of your intuition, of your heart calling you onwards and upwards in your life. The shell is covered in glass beads, refracting the light, you Light.

Unfolding (5″ x 5″) – SOLD

This one’s a celebration of the natural evolution of the soul – an opening and emergence of who you truly are.

Daisies 1 & 2 (5″ x 5″) – Sold

These were the first created and purchased to celebrate a blossoming long-distance relationship. One hangs in each of their homes.

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Tune In #27: Planting Seeds

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You’re planting seeds every day – through your thoughts, feelings, actions, and vision. Your inner and outer landscapes are a result of the seeds you planted in your past.

What kind of growth would you like to see in your future? What seeds do you need to plant right now?

Let your intuition guide you. Tune in!

Pick the photo that attracts you the most and scroll down to start planting seeds that are right for you. 

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As you contemplate your chosen image, also add your own interpretation. This is a great way to exercise your intuitive muscles. Why do you think that image is calling you?

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#1 – Serenity

"Serenity" from the Treedom Collection

Are you able to stay calm, peaceful, and untroubled in the midst of chaos?

Or are you thrown off kilter by changes in plans, unexpected results, world news, and unhappy people?

Wouldn’t you like to be the eye of the storm instead of jumping right into the drama, adding more energy to it?

Serenity is something you can nurture within yourself so you can act instead of react to life.

The more deeply rooted you are in your own serenity, the stronger a source of peace you’ll be for those around you. They’ll gravitate to you. Your very presence will calm them down. What a gift!

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re asked to check in on your serenity levels. Then take inspired action to become more peace-full.

  • Do what you need this week to nourish your spirit: rest, breathe deeply, meditate, and de-stress in healthy ways.
  • Simplify your life – be it your space or your schedule. With more room to breathe, you’ll breathe easier and be more loving (see this post).
  • Be patient with yourself. It takes time for the seeds of serenity to germinate and grow. Keep practicing with self-love.

So what do you need to be more at peace with everyone and everything?  Schedule it right away. You’re worth it!

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#2 – Generosity

"Generosity" from the Treedom Collection

According to the Law of Compensation, the more you give, the more you get.

The opposite is also true. The less you give, the less you get.

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re asked to reflect on both your level and quality of contribution.

Take note. True generosity comes from planting healthy seeds. Their energy is pure.

So keep an eye on your motives. You don’t want to be planting tainted seeds. Giving just to get doesn’t work.

  • Are you being generous or manipulative? Do you help others just so they can owe you a favour? Do you expect or demand reciprocity though guilt?
  • Are you a gift-giver just to be liked?
  • Do you give advice just to increase your sense of self-importance?
  • Do you volunteer because it’ll look good on your resume or gain you recognition?
  • Do you donate out of a sense of obligation?

There’s a difference between giving to get and receiving through giving.

Giving feels great when it’s aligned with your beliefs and values. It increases your happiness, opens your heart, supports cooperation, promotes gratitude, inspires more giving, and is good for your health. That’s part of the abundance the Universe returns for your generosity.

So back to the question: How can you be more generous? Is this a question of quantity, quality, or both for you?

Let your generosity be inspired, not forced. The quality of energy you put into your gifts will affect the difference they make in the world.

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#3 – Stillness

"Stillness" from the Treedom Collection

Be still.

Quieten your mind and your heart to reconnect to your essence.

This is easier said then done.

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re invited to carve out time in your busy schedule to connect to Source through stillness.

Start by setting your intention. Expressing it through rituals can help: prayer, smudging, lighting a candle, pouring a hot bath, sitting in a dedicated spot, etc.

Then meditate or focus your attention in a way that calls you.

You might:

  • sit in silence with your eyes closed to slowly scan your body from head to toe,
  • focus on your breath,
  • listen to a guided meditation,
  • repeat a high-vibration phrase or Sanskrit mantra,
  • contemplate the wind in the trees and the birds in the sky, etc.

Simply observe where your mind goes without judgment and gently redirect it back to your point of focus.

And breathe deeply so that Life Force fills your lungs and spreads throughout your body. Your breath is your connection to Spirit. It’ll help you decrease the static on the line between you and your team of Divine Helpers for clearer communication.

Whatever stillness practice you use, know that you’re planting seeds of awareness, connection, and wellness in your body, mind, and spirit.

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#4 – Witness

"Witness" from the Treedom Collection

Don’t you feel all warm and fuzzy inside when you know that someone’s truly seen and heard you?

They’ve shared in your sorrows and joys by simply being there – open and accepting.

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re invited to become more of a witness in the lives of others. Really listen. Share in their experience.

Be fully present, whether you bump into a friend at the store for 2 minutes, share a meal with your family, or meet someone new at a networking event.

Be careful not to jump right in with your story or try to fix the situation with your advice.

Try not to compare yourself or your situation to theirs. Gently bring your focus back to them. Witness their truth of the moment.

See and accept them for who and how they are right now. Acknowledge the beauty of their perfection in their imperfection.

Life isn’t meant to be lived alone. Being human is a shared experience. By being a witness to the ups and downs of those who entrust you with their moments and stories, you connect the Spirit in you to the Spirit in them. You’re planting the seeds of love.

Go ahead. Practice truly seeing and listening to the people you meet today. Be the witness they deserve!

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Planting Seeds

What seeds have you planted today? Please comment below on how your image and its message will grow within your heart and your life. Thanks.

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Tune In #26: Connect Up

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How can you best connect up to life’s opportunities, like-minded people, your Team of Divine Helpers, etc.? Tune in and find out!

  • Pick the photo that attracts you most and ask your heart “How can I best connect up to what’s in my Highest Good this week ?”
  • Contemplate your image for answers before reading the text below. It’ll strengthen your intuition.
  • Journal before and after to go even deeper into the messages of your heart.

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#1 – Vision

"Vision" from the Connection Collection

It’s OK to have your head in the clouds for short periods of time every day. Actually, it’s fantastic!

In order to connect up with the life you want, you need to imagine what that life looks like, feels like, is like.

Visionaries blend wisdom and imagination to create new possibilities. Inventors first give birth to innovation in their minds.

So go ahead. Fill your head with what might seem to others as unrealistic ideas. Imagine already being and having what it is you want. Schedule visionary breaks and invite the angels to play with you.

Have fun this week exercising creative daydreaming in line-ups, on your daily bus ride, while brushing your teeth, or right after waking up.

Explore the manifestation powers of your mind.

But don’t forget to come back into the here and now with those feelings and visions. Let their essence inspire creativity and action.

P.S. This image was digitally created using a photograph of a horse and the sky above it.

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#2 – Impact

"Impact" from the Connection Collection

You’ve heard the slogan “Just Do It!”, right?

Well, it’s time.

You’ve been in your head long enough.

Stretch your comfort zones and grow through action.

Dive into that project that’s been calling you.

Go to that class to learn what you need.

Tackle that problem head-on.

Join that club to meet like-minded people.

Ask that person out for lunch.

Call that potential client or collaborator.

Make an impact in your life and in the world around you this week by moving ahead in the areas that both excite and scare you.

Take action!

P.S. Sitting in a zodiac and watching this humpback whale coming straight at us was exhilarating. It’s boldness and curiosity had a great impact on me.

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#3 – Mystery

"Mystery" from the Connection Collection

Your first job as a co-creator with the Universe is to have a clear vision of what it is you’d like to live, have, create, etc.

Your next job is to let go of how that will manifest. Don’t try to force things to happen your way.

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re being reminded to let go of control. Have faith, trust, believe! Embrace the mystery. Get comfortable with the unknown. Let your plan evolve through inspiration.

Focus on what’s working and keep your energy aligned with the end result to keep attracting it to you. Don’t put the energetic brakes on by focusing on what you don’t have or the fact things aren’t working as you’d planned.

If you’re so bound on things manifesting in a particular way, you may miss the magical opportunities right in front of you.

For example, if it’s more money you need for a project, you may be so fixated on having your loan approved that you didn’t pay attention to a lucrative short-term contract proposal or an acquaintance’s offer to volunteer, which would reduce the costs of the project. Let your angels get creative and be ready to receive.

Stay excited about your vision and focus on the beauty of the co-creative process. Know your “what”, but leave the “how” up to the Universe.

Then keep your eyes, ears, and heart open. You’ll be inspired to take the necessary actions to achieve your goals and recognize alternative solutions to your challenges.

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#4 – Trinity

"Trinity" from the Connection Collection

What does the word “trinity” bring to heart for you?

Is it:

  • Father, Son, Holy Ghost
  • Mother, Father, Child
  • Past, Present, Future
  • Body, Mind, Spirit
  • Creation, Preservation, Destruction
  • Thought, Feeling, Emotion
  • Maiden,Mother, Crone
  • Power, Wisdom, Love
  • other?

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re asked to reflect on how to best connect up to the three prongs of the trinity to empower your life.

Do you have an equally strong relationship with all three? Have you neglected any?

Are you stuck in one phases resisting the natural progression to the next?

Take some time to ponder why you chose this image and what your soul is calling you to be and do in response.

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How Are You Connecting Up?

I’d love to hear one specific way your image and its text has inspired you. Please share in the comments below.

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Tune In #25: Come Into Bloom

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Tune In 25-Come Into BloomTune in to your intuition and come into bloom. It’s your time!

Which of these 4 photographs attracts you most today? Pick one.

Then scroll down to find out which area of your life is ready to blossom.

The text is just another tool for you to tap into the messages from your heart. Make sure to add your own interpretation.

You’re truly the best to figure out why you feel called to a particular life-enhancing energy-infused image.

P.S. These photos are all from my Blossoming Collection.

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#1 – Unconditional

"Unconditional" from the Blossoming Collection

“Love sees the thorns but cherishes the rose anyway.”
― Jeffrey Fry

To love someone unconditionally is to see and accept that person for who he or she truly is.

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re invited to contemplate all your relationships.

Do the people in your life feel comfortable showing their true colours to you? Or do they wear masks because the price of being themselves in your presence is too high?

You can’t change how they choose to be. But you can certainly cultivate a more accepting and loving environment for them to grow in.

To really love, you first need to truly see. That means it’s important to look beyond the masks and mud to reconnect to the truth.

One way to encourage others to be who they truly are is to show yourself as you truly are. Show both your flowers and your thorns. Be honest. Be vulnerable. Be quirky. Be brilliant.

By seeing, accepting, and loving yourself for who you truly are, you’re opening the garden gate to others. They may feel freer to blossom in your light. Some won’t like it, but that’s their choice.

Living your life as someone else defeats the purpose of being alive. So be your Self and allow others to do the same.

As they reveal their essence to you, check in with your heart to see if you’re fully appreciating them, thorns and all.

Are you open to their differences? Can you empathize or sympathize with their growing pains? Can you celebrate their buds and their blossoms?

May you grow in both your giving and receiving of unconditional love.

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#2 – Allowing

"Allowing" from the Blossoming Collection

Doesn’t it feel great to give?

Do you like to give gifts, advice, donations, affection, time, or help?

Do you enjoy organizing parties or preparing meals for friends and family?

For someone to express their joy of giving, there needs to be someone whose equally happy to receive.

If that person, however, is so focused on what they don’t have, they close themselves off from you. They won’t even see your gift, appreciate your love, or hear the invitation.

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re being asked to explore the ways you can allow the Universe’s abundance into your life. How can you become a better receiver?

Do you graciously receive gifts and compliments? Are you open to asking for and receiving help?

Can you let go of control for even better solutions to present themselves?

Are you allowing the flow of energy into your life – be it love, money, inspiration, well-being, experiences, etc.?

Allowing is an art. It’s at the core of the Law of Attraction.

Get in touch with your heart’s desires in any area of your life. Appreciate what you already have and imagine the feeling of having more of it.

Like attracts like. So if you’re broadcasting to the Universe your appreciation for the money or love you already have, you’ll attract even more to you.

Allowing means not resisting how the energy of your thoughts and feelings work.

If your thoughts turn to lack, for example, it’s like closing yourself off from the flow of abundance. It’ll pass you by.

Get the flow moving. Be open. Ask and you shall receive. The Universe loves to give.

Think, act, and feel as though you’re abundant right now. In truth, you are! Once you allow for that truth to sink in, you’ll become a much better receiver to gifts of the Universe.

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#3 – Geisha

"Geisha" from the Blossoming Collection

Sometimes misunderstood, the Japanese Geisha is a professional entertainer, not a prostitute.

She’s a highly cultured woman trained in the arts of dance, music, conversation, and yes, a little flirtation.

In traditional Japanese culture, the wife’s role was to be modest and responsible. The Geisha’s role was to be skilled, entertaining and seemingly carefree.

If you’ve picked this card, you’re being asked to contemplate the balance of these qualities within yourself and your relationship.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a man, woman, single, or married.

Are you blooming true or hiding parts of your authentic beauty? Have you become too serious and blasé about life?

If you’re in a committed relationship, are you both a friend and a lover? Or have you become more of a mother / father to your partner?

How can you be more entertaining with and for each other? What skills would you like to bring into your relationship? Dancing, communication, cooking, Kamasutra positions?

If you’re single, are you so focused on your work that you’ve stifled your need for culture?

What skills would you like to add to your life? Painting, music, dancing, etc.? You don’t need someone else to get dressed up for or go out with – get glamourous for the fun of it!

So go ahead! Bring your Geisha side out, so you can form, nurture and grow your relationship to Self and others!

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#4 – Sun-Kissed

"Sun-Kissed" from the Blossoming Collection

Are you bored or overworked?

It’s time to have fun outdoors!

If you’ve picked this photo, your soul is calling you to shake things up a little.

What can you do outside to raise your vibration? What brings you joy!

It’s never a waste of time to boost your batteries.

Get out in the sunshine and bask in the wonder of being human.

Feel the sun on your skin and the breeze in your hair! Stop and smell the flowers! Make snow angels! Play!

Beware of energy-sapping escapism. This isn’t about losing yourself. It’s about reconnecting to your Self and nature in fulfilling ways.

This could be on your own or with friends. Perhaps it’s travel, photography, nature contemplation, or skiing. Whatever it is, make time for it and do it soon.

You’re worth it!

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How Will You Come Into Bloom?

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Tune In #24: Your Treedom of Choice

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Want to find out what your intuition is saying to you? Tune in! 

Pick the tree photo that attracts you most. 

Then, scroll down to find out how it’s asking you to exercise your treedom of choice. 

As you contemplate your chosen image, also add your own interpretation. This is a great way to work out your intuitive muscles. Why do you think that image is calling you?

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Always take what serves you and leave the rest.

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#1 -Perception

"Perception" from the Treedom Collection

How you understand or interpret what’s happening in front of you will depend on your perception.

How do you see, hear, or feel your environment?

Are you focusing on the light or the shadows? Do you have a filter of love or fear?

You may have learned a fearful approach from your parents or circumstances. But habits can change. It’s your choice.

As you walk through your day, simply become aware of your default choice.

  • How do you act or react when you see a homeless person?
  • How do you feel when the phone rings?
  • Where do your thoughts go when you’re dealing with money?
  • What goes on inside you when someone gives you a compliment?
  • Do you feel jealous or happy for those spreading good news on social media?
  • How do you act or react to the fluctuations in your business?
  • etc.

Every moment of your waking day is a window into the world you’re creating for yourself through your perceptions.

Don’t beat yourself up for your limiting beliefs and patterns. They’re a gift and a teacher.

The more you understand what love and fear feel like in your body, the better equipped you’ll be to choose love.

If you’re constantly checking in with your observer Self as you act and react to life, you’ll start redirecting your gaze and your ways.

So write yourself some post-it notes or activate a chime on your phone every 15 minutes as a reminder to check-in. In that moment, are you in love with life or in fear of it? Is it time to switch filters?

Your Truth is love. May you find your way back to it over and over again. Namaste.

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#2 – Freedom

"Freedom" from the Treedom Collection

“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor Frankl – Holocaust Survivor & Psychoanalyst

Viktor Frankl discovered the difference between liberty and freedom during the war. His book “Man’s Search for Meaning” is a powerful testimony to it.

Liberty is the freedom granted to you from society or some other external control. Prisoners, for example, have limited liberty.

Freedom, on the other hand, is the power to act or think in your chosen way no matter your external circumstances. It’s the choice you make in that space between stimulus and response.

Viktor Frankl trained himself to exercise his freedom until it grew beyond the limits of liberty. He practiced mental, emotional and moral disciplines through memory and imagination. In the end, he had more freedom than his Nazi captors.

So how does this relate to you?

Do you have limited liberty in your life right now because of your circumstances? Are you:

  • a busy parent
  • a caregiver to your elderly relative
  • working in a job with excessively high demands
  • limited financially,
  • physically disabled or ill?

You get the picture. Are you feeling ‘imprisoned’ by anything in your life?

If you’ve picked this photo, there’s an invitation here for you to grow through your imagination. Visualize what it is you want. Feel it. Dance in your mind even if you’re bedridden. Close your eyes for 5 minutes during your busy work day and walk on a tropical beach with the sand and salt water between your toes.

Be happy. Be free.

Exercise your power of freedom to choose how you’ll act, think, or feel in your circumstances. Make life-enhancing choices in that space between stimulus and response.

Ask your angels for support. They’re always there to help, but you need to ask. That’s also part of free will.

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#3 – As Above So Below

"As Above So Below" from the Treedom Collection

According to the Law of Correspondence, the world as you see and experience it emanates from your thoughts and feelings. The more you nurture and cultivate your inner world, the more your outer world will match your true essence.

“As above, so below, as within, so without…”  Hermes Trismegistus

Your current reality has sprouted from your mind.

How do you feel when you read that? Is there resistance?

Where in your life can you acknowledge this?

In which areas is this harder to accept?

Moment by moment, you can choose light or darkness – love or fear.

Your mind is your gateway to transformation! Isn’t that wonderful?! You don’t have to go looking for it – you already have all you need to change either your life or how you perceive it.

Take this moment, for example. Does reading this make you want to beat yourself up for your failure to create the world you truly want? Are you experiencing any negative feelings about yourself, the text, or me? Or are you reading this with hope and empowerment, grateful for the reminder that you can create a new reality?

Just like with our friends the trees, your full potential in this world already lies within you. By tapping into your true essence and nurturing your growth, you can evolve as you were meant to do / be.

With every new day, you’re given another opportunity to re-create a world more aligned with your Truth. What can you do or how can you be today to cultivate the ground in which your future grows?

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#4 – Stand By Me

"Stand by Me" from the Treedom Collection

You’re not alone. You’re never alone.

You’re constantly floating in a sea of unconditional love – supported and carried upon its all-seeing, all-accepting waves.

If you’re not feeling it though, your imagination can help.

You’ve heard of fake it til you make it? So go ahead. Pretend. It’ll help you let go of the real illusion – your disconnection from Source.

See yourself standing in a beam of light. Imagine that you’re being showered by the Creator’s pure love. See His messengers, the angels and archangels, standing all around you. They are! Have a group hug if you like that idea. Stay in that vision for as long as it takes to melt your resistance.  Ask them to help you let go of all that no longer serves you in body, mind, or spirit.

Take a walk in nature and imagine that every tree is a source of eternal wisdom. Touch or hug one and pretend that it’s infusing you with both grounding and connecting energy. It is! Let Mother Earth nourish you. Connect with her through your bare skin and imagine her sucking out of you all negativity, tiredness, concerns, etc. She is!

Now pretend that your family, friends, colleagues, and strangers are a reflection of Source here on Earth.  They are! Imagine that God lives within them as He/She does in you. Let the Spirit in you honour the Spirit in them in the way you talk, listen, interact, and treat them.

You’re never alone. You may feel lonely at times, but that’s because you’re feeling disconnected from the truth. Reality is that you’re always in the presence of pure unconditional love. Simply use your imagination to melt away any resistance to it. Let it in. It’s already yours.

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Tune In #23: What’s Your Transformation Affirmation?

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As we near the new year, you’re invited to adopt a transformation affirmation to support you in your growth.

Affirmations work. As long as you can feel the seed of truth in an affirmation, repeating it can help you transform your reality by influencing your feelings, your vibration, and your power of attraction.

So tune in.  

  1. Pick the photo that attracts you most.
  2. Feel what guidance it has for you.
  3. Read the text below and either adopt its affirmation or write  your own (in the present tense).

Tune in 22-Your Transformation Affirmation

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#1 – Unfolding

"Unfolding" from the Transformation Collection

“I create my reality.”

I create my reality
Through my thoughts,
Emotions, actions,
and vibration.

My life is unfolding perfectly.
Everything that happens, happens for a reason.
I love what is,
Knowing that I created it
So I could learn and grow.
My challenges happen for me, not to me.

I am tapped into my guidance.
Intuition is the wind in my sails.
It drives me to inspired action.
It fuels the transformation.

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#2 – Transformation

"Transformation" from the Transformation Collection

“I am a radiant being filled with light and love.”

Blessed be the day I was born
A splash of colour
From the Creator’s palette.
I am a radiant being
Filled with light and love
For my Self, Source,
And all that is.

Make me a vessel
of your Joy.
Make me an instrument
Of Thy Peace
So that my unique soul imprint
In the fabric of life
Can be an agent of change
In myself and the world around me.

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#3 – Harvest

"Harvest" from the Transformation Collection

“I give and receive love easily and joyfully”.

I live in the essence of abundance,
Rejoicing in the eternal harvest
Of opportunity and possibility.

As I work with the law of karma
To transform my inner landscape,
My intentions inspire action
My actions cause reaction.

I give and receive love
Easily and joyfully.
As I smile, the world smiles back.

I feel grounded
In the knowledge that
I reap what I sow
And from here, I continue to grow.

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Share Your Transformation Affirmation

What affirmation resonates with your goals for 2018? Did you keep the one from the text or make your own?

Email it to yourself, leave post it notes on your mirrors, call it in to your voice mail, get creative with it.

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Tune In #22: What’s Your Stepping Stone?

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What can help you progress towards your goals? Tune in! Pick a photo and discover what stepping stone your Divine Helpers are laying down on your Path. 

First, contemplate what you feel your photograph is saying to you.

Then scroll down for extra guidance.

Tune In 22 - What's Your Stepping Stone?

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#1 – Reflection

"Reflection" from the Connection Collection

Things are looking up!

You’ve been busy doing the groundwork and your magic is shining all around you.

Can you see it?

Stop the busy-ness for a few minutes and contemplate how your radiance is lighting up your inner and outer space. Where can you see the reflections of both your being and doing?

As an instrument of God’s love (or whatever term you’re comfortable with), you’re helping spread the Light (yours as a reflection of the Creator’s).

Bask in the luminosity of your efforts and what they’ve inspired in others.

As you witness the effects of your own Light, you fuel your flame and spark new ideas of how to brighten your days and those of others.

Your stepping stone rests in your recognizing your own value. If you don’t value yourself, no one else will. To make a difference in the world, you need to own your power and its Source, whatever you call it.

You’re here to illuminate. You’re already doing it. Acknowledge your role as a microcosm of the divine and don’t be afraid to shine! We need it. We love it! We’re grateful for it!

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#2 – Remembering

"Remembering" from the Connection Collection

What task, project, or goal do you need help with?

If you’ve picked this photo, your stepping stone lies in the recesses of your mind.

Trust that you have what you need. You just have to remember what that is and dig it out of your tool box to put it to good use.

Sometimes, we busy ourselves with yet another course, book, or more research. Is that really necessary?

You already know the person you need to contact to help you with your project. You already have the resources or skills necessary to achieve your goals.

For example, if you’re looking to discover your purpose in life, look to your past to see what brought you the greatest joy growing up.

If you’re looking to make good investments, reconnect with a blogger you used to follow or seek the advice of an expert you once heard about in your social or professional circles.

If you’re having issues in your relationship with your dog, look at the book that’s already on your shelf, connect with that behavioural therapist whose card is in your desk,  or re-watch a TV show that matched your philosophy.

Your memory is like a filing cabinet filled with valuable information and resources.

But don’t waste time digging in too deep. Ask your guardian angel for help remembering. Spend a few moments staying open to the information being pulled out for you. If it doesn’t come up right away, go on to other tasks and it’ll likely pop out on its own or in a dream.

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#3 – Treasures

"Treasures" from the Connection Collection

You are so abundant!

By focusing on what you already have, you’re opening yourself to the energy flow of even greater abundance.

Your stepping stone to true happiness lies in your gratefulness for the treasures in your life.

Take out a piece of paper and pen and start listing your answers to these questions.

  • What do you already appreciate in your physical environment or location?
  • Whose loving presence helps you connect to the love inside you?
  • What activities bring you the most satisfaction and fun?
  • What aspects of your business or career are the most fulfilling?
  • What has already nourished you on your path of personal or spiritual growth?
  • How are you healthy and well?
  • How have your finances already served you?
  • How are your challenges a gift?

Where attention goes, energy flows.

If you focus your attention on your own treasure chest, it’ll magically seem fuller and keep on filling.

Enjoy the process!

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#4 – Timeless

"Timeless" from the Connection Collection

“True imagination is not fanciful daydreaming; it is fire from heaven.” Ernest Holmes

Were you slapped on the wrist for daydreaming in school? Forgive your teacher for not recognizing the very important work you may have been doing. It’s possible that you were laying the foundation stone to a great invention, creative project, or solution to a problem.

It’s too bad that some of our educational and social systems take away people’s power by discouraging imagination. Your stepping stone is in reclaiming this gift, your key to freedom.

Do you give yourself the time and space to play with your imagination?

It’s your key to creativity and a window into infinite inner and outer worlds. It’s never a waste of time. As one of the 3 levels of Higher Knowledge, it’s the gateway to inspiration and intuition.

So nurture your imagination. Learn to relax. Lose track of time. Play. Be in the free flow of the moment. Get creative.

Creative visualization is a great way to play with your imagination to create your dreams and build your future.

“Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.”Bo Bennett

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Tune In #21: Is It Time to Branch Out?

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Are you feeling a desire to diversify and explore new areas in your life? Is it time to branch out ?

Intuitive hearing aids like these visual prompts can help you better understand your soul callings.

So tune in! Which photograph attracts you most today?

Then, scroll down to dig deeper into its invitation.

Tune In 21- Time to Branch OutNote: The texts below are a cue to ignite your own intuition. Contemplate the image and listen to your heart to gain even greater meaning from your choice.

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#1 – Vibrations

"Vibration" from the Treedom Collection

Absolutely everything is pure energy vibrating at different frequencies: people, plants, objects, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and even consciousness!

These aren’t only spiritual concepts, but quantum physics ones as well.

As a spiritual being here on earth to have a human experience, you’re bound to vibrate at various frequencies during your life, your chapters, your days and even your minutes.

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re asked to pay attention to how well you’re doing in your role as a vibration manager. Are you working the Law of Vibration to your advantage?

Your circumstances will help you figure that out. What you’re living now is the result of your past frequencies. Your future will be the result of your current ones.

By vibrating at a certain frequency, through the power of your emotions, you attract what is also vibrating at that same frequency. If you want better experiences, you need to send out better vibes.

Doing what you love, what inspires love, and brings you joy will raise your vibration. What comes to heart when you read this?  Add more of it to your life to open up brighter avenues.

Start your day consciously programming your vibration. Abraham (channeled by Esther Hicks) describes sleep as a reset button. That’s why it’s so important to spend the first minutes upon waking on the higher frequency vibrations instead of instantly checking emails or listening to the news.

Abraham also explains that you have 17 seconds after a negative thought to get off that vibration frequency before it sticks. So stay conscious of your thoughts and feelings during the day. If you feel yourself spiralling downwards, do something quick to change your frequency. Look at your baby’s photo, put on your favourite song, hug a tree, or tell yourself “cancel” and change your thoughts.

Your angels are your vibrational bridge to the pure loving essence of Source.  Ask them for help. They’ll always support your efforts to live at a higher vibration.

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#2 – Grace

"Grace" from the Treedom Collection

Success in all areas of your life is often the result of hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, and sacrifice. This is true.

It’s also true that success is the result of loving what you do or what you’re learning to do.

If you’ve picked this photo, you already know this.

Here, you’re invited to remember that success also includes knowing when to let go, take breaks, and care for yourself.

You can’t do this if you’re operating from a strictly left-brain action-oriented approach. You need to reconnect to your intuitive right brain to make sure the energy you’re investing is going in the right direction.

Sure, there are times when you need to push yourself hard. But there are also times when you need to recharge your batteries in nourishing ways. Burn out won’t serve you or your projects.

Are you determined to reach your goals through blood, sweat, and tears? Or can you invite more ease and grace into your process? It’s time to branch out in your approach to success.

Go ahead. Relax in nature to gain greater perspective. Breathe deeply of the forest’s balm. Oxygen is your Life Force and your connection to Spirit. You’ll achieve much greater success in life if you’re in tune to your your intuition, your guidance, your essence.

Let the trees sweep away your stress and tension. These are like static on your line of communication with your heart. Then ask your Self and your team of Divine Helpers what’s needed right now.

Achieving success through inspired action, which comes from being connected to your inner guidance, is a lot more effective than trying to force things to happen through purely left-brain thinking and planning.

So go ahead, book an essential oil massage, relax among the trees, and make sure you’re getting enough sleep. You deserve it. And so do your projects.

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#3 – One Step At A Time

"One Step at a Time" from the Treedom Collection

What do you really want in life?

Is it better health, a loving partnership, a successful business venture, to move to a warmer climate, a degree, more time with your family, to let go of limiting beliefs?

If you’ve picked this photo, you’re invited to bring your soul callings back to mind and to heart.

Are you being distracted by alls sorts of demands and temptations?

Do you find it difficult to say “no” to invitations and requests that take you away from your priorities?

Have you lost faith in your ability to manifest what it is you truly want?

Know that achieving your goals will happen one inspired step at a time. That’s the Law of Action.

So enjoy the scenery, but don’t branch out to explore the many paths around you simply because they’re there.  Stay on track – your track.

Keep your vision in mind and at heart.  Writing a vision statement and repeating it every day can help.

Saying “no” is also a gift to your Self and to those making the requests. Being at a party or a member of some committee when you’d rather be elsewhere won’t be of benefit to anyone.

The Law of Action is not about aimless busy-ness. It’s about the continuous process of tuning in, communicating to the Universe, staying open and receptive, and following through on guidance. It’s this kind of action that creates the necessary momentum to manifest your vision.

So take the steps, open the doors, collect the right tools, send your signals to the Universe, allow, receive, and manifest your dreams.

And remember … no concert pianist started by playing a perfect sonata. Be gentle on yourself as you walk your Path, one step at a time.

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