In therapy, it’s essential to create a nurturing and accepting environment where clients feel safe to express themselves. This applies to both individual and group therapy settings. When using tools like tarot cards in therapy, oracle cards in therapy, creative expression, or accompanying stories, avoid focusing on the client’s artistic or interpretive skills. These tools… [Read More]
Bearing Witness to a Soul’s Passing
I don’t know when I knew or how I knew what to do or how to do it. I’ve just always had a sense of when a soul needed assistance at final passage, or- after passing, a loved one needed reassurance that safe passage to the other side and into the light was successful. I… [Read More]
We’re Talking About Spiritual Coaching!
It’s been less than a year since Case Studies in Spiritual Coaching: A Survey Across Life, Wellness, and Work Domains was published. So I thought I would give a summary of activity since the book came out starting with our most recent effort! Perspectives Article Most recently, I co-wrote an article with Dr. Madison Leigh… [Read More]
Reiki Identity Crisis: Massage Therapist or Energy Healer?
Are you a massage therapist interested in learning Reiki? Are you already a Reiki practitioner? Do you teach Reiki? Do you practice another modality such as coaching, therapy or aromatherapy? I am a Usui Reiki Master Teacher and I have been teaching an online Reiki Master Teacher course for nearly 10 years. Currently, my course… [Read More]
Waking to Stillness
The faint sound of a rooster’s crow, the ceiling fan whirring, and rain frogs chirping from last night’s shower. That is ALL I heard this morning upon waking from a deeply lucid, deeply restful (which don’t typically coincide for me) slumber in my new country home. For the past year and a half, I have… [Read More]
How to Conduct an Essential Oil Oracle Reading
Have you ever used essential oils as the Oracle? Let me explain. I use Oracle cards. Generally I do a daily card pull or a three-card spread for my clients. I have been using oracle cards for years. But I also use essential oils. Essential oils, oracle cards, tarot- these are all different variations of divination tools…. [Read More]
On Using Intuition: Be Careful the Ego
Ego vs Intuition… this is about using your intuition appropriately when guiding others so that you are… Intentional Mindful and Discerning… about what you share with your clients and how you share. I am speaking specifically to the intuitive information we receive and how to know what to do with the information. Some refer to… [Read More]
Inspired and Spirited About the Senses
During my doctoral studies I was required to read Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction by Christine Valters Paintner and Betsey Beckman. This book is full of gems. I do not paint or sculpt. I sometimes sing, but mostly my creativity comes out in my writing. In chapter 10 Beckman offers… [Read More]
