” Everything I want is ALWAYS on special.” ~ Nicole Cody It’s the official end of Summer here in Australia today, and I’m having a Flash Sale to celebrate the change in seasons as we welcome the coming cooler months of Autumn (or for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere as you welcome the […]
Holding Hands Because It Matters
“Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible.” ~ Tia Walker We have an elderly family member in hospital right now. It’s a place she has visited frequently these past few months after her the first major fall. She is old and frail and her health is failing. Things keep going […]
Embrace Your Inner Activist
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ~ Elie Wiesel I have a challenge for you, dear readers – I want you to embrace your […]
Monday Oracle 25 February 2019
“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.” ~ Joss Whedon Hello, Lovelies! As we slide towards March let’s use these last few days of February well. February is a month for action and self-empowerment – for taking your plans and turning them into goals, action steps and habits. It’s a […]
Retreat Success and Finally – a Day Off!
“ When you prepare for something big in your life and work towards it with such intensity, it takes confidence to take a day off and have peace with it. ” ~ J.R. Rim Hi Everyone! This is Chelsi and I am hijacking Nicole’s blog. Kidding aside, I would like to tell everyone that after a […]
The Authority of Soul
“Whatever you are physically…male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy–all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.” ~ Cassandra Clare I am so wearied by […]
Wallpaper and White Paint
“People who appear to be resisting change may simply be the victim of bad habits. Habit, like gravity, never takes a day off.” ~ Paul Gibbons We’re on Retreat, as I lead a group through the process of connecting to their Calling. In each activity, as is always the way, some students charge on through the work, […]
Monday Oracle – 18 February 2019
“ It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. -Irish proverb ” ~ Louisa Thomsen Brits, The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well Hello, Lovelies! February is a month for action and self-empowerment – for taking your plans and turning them into goals, action steps and habits. It’s a month […]
Rain and Deep Soul Work
“… so this is for us.This is for us who sing, write, dance, act, study, run and loveand this is for doing it even if no one will ever knowbecause the beauty is in the act of doing it.Not what it can lead to.This is for the times I lose myself while writing, singing, playingand […]
The Definition Of Courage
“This, ultimately, is the lesson to come away with from our brief foray into the world of experimental psychology: To build your working life around the experience of flow produced by deep work is a proven path to deep satisfaction.” ~ Cal Newport Hello, Lovelies! From today I am leading the ‘Connect To Your Calling’ Retreat for […]
Valentine Chocolate Oracle for Manifesting Love!
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”~ Dr. Seuss Valentine’s Day has a wonderful sentiment – that we should celebrate love and lovers, that we should name the emotions that often sit silent in our heart. But why have just one day for the […]
When Love Keeps You Up All Night
“One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” ~ Jonathan Safran Foer I’m late blogging today. We have an elderly family member in care whose health deteriorated last night, and it has taken precedence over everything else. There have been endless phone calls back and forth […]
Nicole Update and a Pep Talk!
“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”~ John D. Rockefeller Hello, Lovelies!Thanks so much for all the love and positive energy that has flowed my way the past week or so. I’ve felt it, […]
Monday Oracle – 11 February 2019
“ A vision without a strategy remains an illusion. ” ~ Lee Bolman Hello, Lovelies! February is a month for action and self-empowerment – for taking your plans and turning them into goals, action steps and habits. It’s a month for speaking your truth and standing your ground. It’s a month for creating positive change, embracing your […]
About That Sense Of Impending Doom…
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” ~ Cormac McCarthy Did you see my post about psychic anxiety and that sense of impending doom I was suffering from? Well, it’s quite gone now. Perhaps due to the fact that Ben and I were involved in a high-speed impact traffic accident on […]
The Joy Of Rain
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” ~ Bill Watterson Down in our part of the world we’ve been in drought all Summer. The land has been so dry that the pasture has become crunchy and brown beneath our feet. Great cracks have opened up in the land. […]
Do You Have Psychic Anxiety?
“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.” ~ Paulo Coelho Over the years I have come to recognise a certain set of feelings which I have given […]
A Week for Action! – Monday Oracle 4 February 2019
“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ~ St. Francis Of Assisi Hello, Lovelies! February is a month for action and self-empowerment – for taking your plans and turning them into goals, action steps and habits. It’s a month for speaking your truth and standing your […]
A New Online Course For You! Craft A Visionary Talisman
“This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don’t have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down. We all need such places of ritual safekeeping. And […]
Energies of February 2019
“ Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don’t make it wait any longer. ” ~ Steve Maraboli Hello, Lovelies At the beginning of every month, I discuss the energies and gifts of the month ahead and how we can best use them to make our lives satisfying, meaningful and productive. I also choose […]