Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the ‘creative bug’ is just a wee voice telling you, ‘I’d like my crayons back, please’.
Hugh MacLeod
Hello, Lovelies!
This Quarter I am using the Sacred Earth Oracle Deck cards by Toni Carmine Salerno and Leela J. Williams, illustrated by Helena Nelson-Reed for my weekly oracle readings.
Our card to guide us for the week ahead is CONTEXT. This magical card heralds a powerful week for mothering and healing our Inner Child.
Have you ever over-reacted to a situation where you were criticized, laughed at or dismissed? Are you experiencing unrealistic levels of stress and anxiety that seem unrelated to your current life? Do you feel completely blocked creatively or in some way that is important to you?
CONTEXT reminds you that the child within you, your Inner Child, is bringing up insecurities, fears and pain from your childhood right now, in order that the wise and mature part of you can help the child inside you to heal.
How do you do that?
For the big things, there is always therapy. Maybe it’s time for you to finally speak with someone, so that you can understand, learn from and let go of the past.
There’s a second way that we can reconnect with, support and heal our Inner Child – and that’s through play.
Oh, I know. I hear you groaning. You don’t have time for fun, or you can’t because there is nothing to do and no-one to play with, or you’re just too busy and grown-up now. Or you don’t KNOW what even is fun anymore. Which is precisely why you need some!
This week CONTEXT reminds us that our Inner Child will always be a part of us, and that play is an integral part of being human. When we play – as adults or as children (and yes, adults need play more than ever!) – it supports our emotional wellbeing. Play allows us to enter a state of relaxation, and it improves our problem-solving ability, stimulates our creativity, enhances our mental clarity and boosts our imagination. Not ever playing is REALLY HARD on your Inner Child. (Hint – that means it’s hard for you too!)
If you’re a sporty person go for a swim or a run or a climb. If it’s safe to do so, meet your friends to throw a few hoops, or get together for a casual game. Not sporty? You can still take the dog for a walk, dance in your loungeroom, take a stroll through the neighbourhood and snap some pictures, blow bubbles or play pirates in the back yard with your kids. No kids? Offer to babysit for someone you know and play with those kids. I’m sure their caregivers will appreciate the break!
Bring out your jigsaw puzzles, board games, art supplies. Get your inner-crafty-person on and make something. Colour something. Or pop into the kitchen and bake something. Go dig in the garden and grow something. Pull out your oracle or tarot cards and give yourself a reading.
Want to be creative but find yourself terrified to start? Tell yourself, ‘This won’t count, I’m just going to experiment a little and have fun with it – I can do something serious later. Right now, I just need to play.’ That way you take all the pressure and expectation off yourself, which is how your Inner Child ALWAYS created!
When we move into a state of play, our natural curiosity and inner wisdom will illuminate for us what we most need to know right now, especially in regard to our spiritual journey or our life path. And when we play, and we relax, our Inner Child feels heard, nourished and supported. The self-sabotaging behaviour, anxiety and self-doubt will begin to settle. Wisdom, creativity and inspiration will start to flow.
Mother yourself this week. Eat your vegetables. Get enough sleep. Pay your bills. Put yourself first. Take some downtime and some fun time. You’ll be so glad you did!
My Top Tip For The Week Ahead: Stop pushing yourself so hard, or being paralysed by fear, and do one fun thing. Do it just for the sake of enjoying yourself. Do it as the defiant, strong and sassy child who lives within you, and has always known what he or she wanted to do next. Be okay with feeling awkward. Be okay with it not being perfect. It’s PLAY. Play doesn’t count toward your big important life goals and expectations. But it just may be the thing that gives you back to yourself so you CAN get unstuck and start living life more fully.
Crystals to support you this week – Smoky Quartz, Citrine, Fluorite, Blue Howlite, Selenite
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It’s a place where you can have as much or as little contact with like-minded others as you wish. There are a variety of self-paced courses, activities, videos and audios to support your learning. There are also regular live online events where we come together so I can teach face-to-face, and so we can share and grow as a group. (Can’t make it live? Don’t worry – they’re all recorded!) Many friendships have been formed here, and the sense of community and caring is one of the things I love most about the Inner Circle.
My Journeymakers Circle group is where I am doing all of my major teaching this year, at a price much more affordable than attending a live event or residential retreat with me. It’s a place where the online community is as important as the teaching. As a member of the Inner Circle you will have access to:
- Monthly live Guided Group meditations including energy work and healing, and a downloadable meditation to work with for the month
- Fortnightly Book Club – where we use a book to discuss important themes, practices and concepts in an intimate and supportive environment (It’s much more than a book club – and you don’t even have to have read the book to join in!)
- Open Office Hours – regular live webinars where I answer your questions about intuitive and spiritual development and metaphysics
- Regular members-only channelled webinars
- A whole library of course material, videos, audios and downloadables
- Access to the comprehensive Journey Through The Year online course, packed with information and activities to guide you through 2021 – seriously, this course is THE BEST!!!
- Access to our private Inner Circle facebook group – an active and wonderful place filled with like-minded people
This membership subscription is only $40USD per month or $457 annually. Click on this link for more information and to join us.
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My 2021 Journey Through The Year online course gives you videos, lessons, guidance, activities, downloadables and reflection points to work with for 2021. The purpose of the course is to help you hone your intuitive skills, and become more mindful, empowered and energetically connected. There’s a comprehensive introduction to 2021, and how to make the best of it. Then each month you’ll explore the energies of the new month, with journal prompts, rituals, a meditation, activities to help you apply the teaching in your daily life, essential oil and crystal guidance, and information about the astronomical events of that month. This information builds on the work in my Journeymaker’s Planner and won’t be available anywhere else.
This course costs just $147.75USD (This price is reduced and gives access to the full year of teaching) and many of the activities and information will stay relevant long after the year is over. For more information or to purchase click here
Budget tight? I just discounted my gorgeous Planner!
I have just discounted the final copies of my Journeymaker’s Planner to only $15.00 USD (that’s 50% off!) and this low price includes a comprehensive free online course. It was created to help you learn to tap into your intuition, honor your heart’s path and follow your calling using skills like meditation, mindfulness, journaling, self-care, intuitive card reading, energy work, and much more. This 368-page book is a spiritual toolkit disguised as a diary & planner.
There are 52 pages of rituals, information and activities to help you make the most of this year. Read about the energies of 2021 and how to make the most of them. The Planner is then divided into Quarters, each with a theme to support you. Every month starts with guidance for the energies ahead, and suggestions for crystals, gemstones and essential oils. After each Quarter you’ll find a review to help you learn, grow and plan. There are full year calendars for 2021 and 2022, monthly calendars showing moon phases and astronomical events, and week-by-week diary pages for you to plan your days. There is still so much year left – it’s not too late to get started and to make the most of the months ahead.
To support your purchase there is also a Free Online Course, available in our Journeymaker’s Academy. (If you used the course in 2020 go back and check it out for the new updated content and content specific to 2021!) Learn with me as I show you how to review 2020 and learn from the year, choose a project and habit for 2021, do a 10 card tarot or oracle card spread to guide you for the year ahead, and then create a plan for 2021 that is workable and supportive. No prior experience is needed. I’ll teach you everything you need to know with the free course that accompanies your Planner. You’ll learn to work with our monthly money tracker, Sunday planning sessions, weekly tarot or oracle card, habit and goal setting, reviews, coping skills, lightwork, meditations, affirmations and more. And you can start at any time, because the work is self-paced and can guide you at any stage of the year.
And for every Planner sold, ten trees will be planted, to give back to Mother Earth.
To order the Planner choose one of the links below:
Amazon USA (for all sales outside Australia)
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This week I’m working on finishing the draft of our 2022 Journeymaker’s Planner, doing some emergency client sessions, and trying to get on top of the mountain of washing that happened while I was waiting for my washing machine and dryer to be installed in our new home. I’m also drafting our next Channelled Webinar series for the Membership Group, and getting ready for our next Book Club meeting. (Seriously, Book Club has become one of the things I love best about our membership group – it is such an intimate and safe space for sharing and connecting, and it’s a highlight for me!)
To honour my Inner Child I’m also planning some ocean swims, a visit to a bookstore AND some time in the garden. What will you do? Let me know in the comments.
Love, sunshine, crayons and the smell of the briny sea, Nicole xx
