“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
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Hello, Lovelies!
This Quarter I am using the Sacred Power Reading Cards by Anna Stark, illustrated by Louis Dyer, for my weekly oracle readings.
Our card to guide us for the week ahead is BOUNDARIES.
2025 is a year for pattern breaking, deep healing, mysticism and new directions.
June energies support connecting to learning, increasing your knowledge, honing your talents and sharing your wisdom and gifts. It’s a big month for intuition that reminds you to honour your red flags and gut feelings.
🛤️ Monday Morning Musings: Boundaries & Breaking Free
Theme: Moving Beyond What’s Been Holding You Back
This week’s card is Boundaries—but not in the way we usually talk about them.
This isn’t just about keeping others out.
It’s about noticing the boundaries you’ve built around yourself.
You know the ones:
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The thoughts that say “I can’t do that”
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The habits that keep you small
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The comfort zones that have slowly become cages
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The stories that begin with “I always…” or “I never…”
We tell ourselves these things to stay safe.
To avoid failure, pain, rejection, vulnerability.
And for a while, they work.
But eventually, those boundaries stop protecting us—and start preventing us.
🌀 The Illusion of Safety
We all crave a sense of control in a chaotic world. So we build invisible fences:
✨ Don’t speak up—what if they don’t like it?
✨ Don’t try—what if you fail?
✨ Don’t hope—what if it doesn’t happen?
But this week, the Universe is gently (or not so gently) reminding us:
Safety at the cost of your soul isn’t safety – it’s stagnation.
Avoiding risk might feel smart. But over time, it leaves us weaker, sadder, and smaller than we were ever meant to be.
You are not here to shrink.
You are here to expand.
To stretch. To shake things up.
To try. To speak. To leap.
To live.
🌱 This Week, Ask Yourself:
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Where am I holding back out of fear, not wisdom?
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What am I avoiding that actually wants to grow me?
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What outdated boundary is asking to be re-evaluated—or released?
Some boundaries do serve us. Others are ghosts of past pain.
This week, listen for the difference.
🔥 A Call to Rise
This is your soul asking you to take off the brakes.
To move forward even if your voice shakes.
To stop editing yourself down to what feels “safe.”
To stop telling yourself the old story when a new one is trying to begin.
You don’t have to blow up your life—just stop pretending that fear is truth.
You don’t have to know how it all ends—just take the next step with courage.
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You are not your limitations.
You are not your wounds.
You are not your past.
You are powerful, capable, and ready—even if you’re scared.
Let this be the week you prove it to yourself.
🌟 Top Tip for the Week Ahead – BOUNDARIES
Theme: Move Beyond the Walls You’ve Outgrown
This week, notice where your boundaries have stopped being protective—and started being limiting.
Ask yourself:
“Am I avoiding this out of wisdom… or out of fear?”
If it’s fear? That’s your cue to stretch.
✨ Try.
✨ Speak.
✨ Step out.
You don’t need to bulldoze through life.
Just stop building fences where you want to grow gardens. 🌱
Crystals to support you this week – Amethyst, Red Jasper, Septarian Nodule, Fire Quartz, Hematite, Pearls
It’s suddenly cold here at the Treehouse. We’re bundled up each evening and in the early mornings, but the middle of the day is still sunny and bright. I even stayed in bed all of Friday and Saturday, keeping warm and trying to push past the worst of the side effects of this latest round of drugs. It helped, and it gave me plenty of time for journalling, napping and pulling cards.
I’ve also been slowly plugging away on an edit of my 140 000 word manuscript, a speculative fiction story currently titled How To Survive Dying – about a Death Retrieval Technician who helps stuck souls cross over death, and which explores the concepts of Soul Groups, reincarnation, love and connection. I’ve been laughing and crying through parts of this story, so I think it’s headed in the right direction.
This week I’m focused on clearing some space in my stock room to make room for crystals and my 2026 Planner, which is currently being printed. I’m loving our cover design for next year. Here’s a little preview…
I’ve got a great sale on at my Etsy store, with discounts on almost everything of between 30% to 75%, including my Planner. It’s not too late to start, and it will help support you through the rest of the year and set you up well for 2026. Come on over and check it out! Nicole’s Etsy Store It’s a great time to stock up on oils, journals, malas, crystal bracelets and stones. All your Etsy purchases will be loving gift-wrapped by me, and sent out with an extra sprinkle of love!
My 2025 Journeymaker’s Planner is also on sale at 50% off at
Amazon USA – Hard Copy
Amazon Australia – Hard Copy
That will help you be ready for my mid-year Planner challenge. More on that soon.
For those of you who are working with my Whole Soul Journey for June, remember that you have a window of 19 to 23 June for the Solstice Rituals and activities, and a window of 21 to 27 June for the New Moon rituals and activities. If you missed the start, you can still do the Full Moon activities. Just make sure to get them done BEFORE you start on the Solstice work!
Love and hugs to you, and gentle encouragement for you to face those boundaries that are hemming you in. Your soul longs for greater space and freedom. Reach for what you want. It’s time to better support yourself to try those things you’re putting off. There will never be a perfect time, so you might as well just start! Nicole xx 😊💖✨🙏🏼💖🥰
Thank you I needed to read this today