The Power Is Yours

I love sharing notes of love with you and with everyone else as well! Please pay it forward and send this to those that you feel need to hear it. Spread the love! Let the ones that you care about know how much they are loved and appreciated!

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Rainbow Blessings

Earth Magic is the most powerful. The Earth is our Mother, she holds us and sustains us, holding us close and protecting us. Letting the Sunlight land upon our face, the wind in our hair, the water around our body, and the dirt between our toes. Today's Oracle Card comes from the Earth Magic Oracle Cards.

Today's Card is the Rainbow and it represents blessings.

Rainbows are one of the many beautiful, magical, breath-taking, aspects of nature that just makes us stop for a moment simply to admire the beauty of it.

This is your reminder for today: Take time to be grateful for your blessings.

It is so important to take the time to close your eyes, take a deep breath, and tell the Universe how thankful you are for all that you have. Don't just be grateful for the big things. Be grateful for the little blessings as well.

Today the blessings that I find in my life are: My wonderful online tribe (that means YOU). Blissfully cool air conditioning. Bright, happy, sunlight. Hot, sweet, coffee. The sound of birds chirping outside of my window. The way my body happily sighs and immediately relaxes the moment I climb into bed. The taste of cold water. My friends that just warm my heart and make me happy.

What are you grateful for today?

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My Heart's Wish

I'd love for you to join the Tribe of Wishcasters! Every Wednesday we flock to our blogs, we answer a question, and then we all visit each other and leave a comment like "As you wish for yourself, so I wish for you as well." 

It's a great way to connect, to share, to find GREAT new blogs, and to bring our wishes one step closer to manifesting. So join in! Today we are asked:

What is your heart's wish? 

Oh what a lovely thing! I can think of so many things to wish for, so many wonderful things that my happy little heart wants.

My heart's wish is to continue to feel joy, to love to its fullest capacity and then a little bit more. My heart's wish is to love each and every person I come across and to shower them with happy, little, rainbow-colored, droplets of love.

Wanna know my greatest wish for this sweet little heart of mine?

My heart wishes to always be listened to. It may not have the strongest, loudest, voice. It speaks in a quiet, self-assured, voice full of sweetness and honesty. The words are wise and true. I shall try a little harder to listen to them.

Happy wishings to all of you amazing women!

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The Magic of Imagination

Well hey there pretty one!

A happy new week to you! Guess what I just love? (aside from you of course) I love my imagination!The most wonderful thing about imagination is that it is entirely yours. It can take you wherever you want to go and it can turn you in to whoever you want to be. It is limited only by your own limitations. Lately I've been spending a little time each day in day-dreaming land and it has been absolutely wonderful.

My imagination has nourished my soul.

I've talked about moving into my new apartment last month, and how ungrounded I felt. I don't know if I mentioned the unpleasant dreams I kept having to go along with it. For almost a week straight I had terrible dreams and I was so tired of waking up feeling grumpy because of them. I was determined to find a way to make the bad dreams go away and I did. When I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep, I'd let my imagination take over and think of something soothing and relaxing.

It brought be closer to the Divine.

I've had quite a close relationship with the Greek Goddess Aphrodite for a few years now. In the last six months or so I've drifted away from my spirituality a little bit. It's mainly been because I'm happy. When I'm depressed, I turn to my spirituality a lot more, like a lifeline. Things have been pretty okay depression-wise so I haven't relied on it as much as I used to. I didn't realize I missed it so much until a few weeks ago.


During my imagination time I found myself in a dimly lit cave by the ocean. The sand was warm against my skin as I laid down in it. I could hear the ocean waves outside, lulling me into relaxation. It was bliss and I could feel and see and smell everything. It was cozy and intimate and I felt so safe. In my imagination Aphrodite was there and we sat and talked. That's my kind of worship. I needed cave time, I need to focus on me, I needed darkness and water and waves and the smell of the salty air. I was able to get that because of my imagination


Imagination can lead you to magical and beautiful places.

• Not only that it can reduce stress, ease anxiety, and allow you to relax as well as sleep better. It's pretty much meditation (really lazy unstructured meditation! Which is totally okay!) and I am all for that. 

So I would love to know, what things do you imagine? How do you use your imagination and how does it affect your every day life?

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Self Love Assignment #1: The List

One day I'm going to make an ecourse full of self love awesomeness, until then, why not throw in an assignment every now and then to keep you on your toes?

Today's assignment is to make a list of reasons why you love yourself. So get thee to thy quill and parchment (Pen and paper, and MS Word count too) and make a list of reasons why you love yourself. (bonus points and a gold star if you blog about it)

Make the list as long as you can, fill up a whole sheet of paper, make it fun by using paints and marker, make it big and bright and beautiful!

My (little) list of things love about me:

Each and every freckle on my face, especially the tiny one on my third eye chakra and the one on the side of my upper lip and the one above my eyebrow.

The way I sound when I am giggling so hard I can barely speak, also how I laugh so hard I snort.

The curve of my belly when I stretch.

The curly craziness of my hair that sometimes makes me feel like a lion.

My intuition and how it usually steers me in the right direction.

My capacity for compassion and forgiveness.

The fierce loyalty I have to the people that I love.

My ability to turn nearly everything into a dirty joke. 

The way that I dance when I am happy.

The way that I dance when I am sad. 

The maturity and wisdom that I have for my age.

The fact that I do what I love and love what I do.

What are the wonderful things you love about you?

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Sacred Journey: Fathers, Joy, Friends

Hello my lovely Sweeties,

How's your week going? Check in with yourself right now in this moment. How are you feeling?

It's time for another stop on our Journeys, a check-in with one another. A place of hugs, gentle soothing whispers, songs of triumphs and you-can-do-its.

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end” - Ursula K. LeGuin

So let's have a chat about where we are right now.

If you follow me on my personal facebook account (if not, feel free to add me as a friend) then you might've noticed that I was a bit bummed last Sunday on Father's Day. The sad feelings of missing out on something I never got to have didn't last as long as they had in previous years. I grew up not knowing my biological father and my grandfather disappeared from my life when I was around twelve so there's a hole where that father figure should be. The thing that made me feel a bit better about the whole thing was telling my friend, who's the father of three great kids, how much I appreciate the wonderful job he's doing. Allowing myself to redirect my feelings in a positive way really helped me feel better about the entire situation.

I've been very happy lately. I love those moments in life where you just joyfully plod along without a care in the world and everything just seems to fall into place. I think that my one night stand with joy has turned into a full fledged relationship! Wish us luck! I hope that this week you have embraced joy, I'd love to hear what made you joyful.

Something that has touched me deeply is the movie For Colored Girls. It's the story of nine African American women who's lives are interwoven. It was a very powerful movie. Having never seen the play or read the book, I really didn't know what to expect going into it. The movie made me cry, the poetry of the movie was truly beautiful and heart-touching. You know that feeling that you get in your soul that gives you goosebumps and makes you shiver? I got that watching it. I especially loved the theme of sisterhood that was woven throughout the story. Women coming together to support one another is a beautiful thing to me. I never realized that one of my favorite quotes: "I found God in myself and I loved her. I loved her fiercely." Originated from the book. Love.

Speaking of sisterhood, I began regularly talking to the friend I've mentioned before. Our friendship ended terribly last year and I've missed her desperately the entire time we weren't speaking. I was very heartbroken over it. Talking to her again has made a lot of things clear in my head. I realized that we've completely grown apart and are in different places. Talking to her has made me see that I didn't really miss her, I missed what I wish the friendship was, I missed the good times (which were few and far between in reality), and in my mind I had built it up into something that it wasn't. I realize that now and it gives my soul a bit of peace. There's an emptiness and a hollowness in our words to each other. It's friendly and polite and I am happy that we can be that. However that connection that we had (or that I imagined we had) isn't there. That's totally okay and I think making peace with that has really helped lift my mood these last few weeks. I feel like all of these months I've been mourning a giant hole within me only to now realize that it isn't there anymore. Growth: it happens whether you want it to or not.

So this week I ask you, what struggles are you having? What are you loving, enjoying, reading, creating? What are you proud of? What have you struggled with? What epiphanies have you had? If you have a blog, post the link to your favorite post of the week. If you like to photograph, let us see the picture! I love to spend just a few moments with you, sharing in your life and in your journey. Feel free to share this on Facebook and Twitter, invite your friends to take a moment to share their journey and to share in ours. This is a place of oodles of love and acceptance!

Much love to you sweet soul.

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The Magic of Your Story

Morning my beautiful Blossoms!

Last week was such a gentle and relaxing week full of taking time for myself, filling up my well, and taking it easy. Right now inspiration and beauty (and tons of love) is just spilling out of me.

Last week as I looked back through blog posts, some of them over a year old, I realized something that I never really acknowledged back then.

My story matters and so does yours.

All-in-all, believe it or not, I'm a pretty boring person in the day to day. I don't travel, I don't go out on retreats, I don't go out often, and I live alone without the entertainment of children. I live in my own little self contained, homebody, world that consists of working from 10pm to 7am at Walmart, doing my spirit work when I get home in the morning, playing computer games with my bestie for an hour or two, and then sleeping. My routine doesn't change very much. Even though I'm incredibly boring my words still matter and my voice still needs to be heard, and I am still wise and full of wisdom.

So are you!

Despite how "boring" you think you are don't ever let that stop you from being a guide, from sharing the wisdom you've gleaned from the mundane. You have a story to tell, so tell it.

Today's card comes from the Wild Wisdom of the Faery. The Storykeeper faery sits on her throne recording my story, recording yours, knowing that each journey holds an immense amount of power. She encourages you to be the main character in your own journey as you are meant to be. Step up, be strong, brave, and magical and know that you are the writer, the author, of your tale. You get to decide what you do and where you go next. You get to write your own happy ending... and the epilogue... and then the next book... and the one after that... You hold the quill, the pen, the keyboard at your finger tips. It's all up to you.

How do you feel about telling your own story? If someone was writing a book with you in it do you think you'd be a main character or a supporting one? Why?

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Top 5 Posts About Meeeeee!

Why hello there cutie! How's it going?

I'm doing well! This week of relaxing has totally done me a world of good, stopped me from reaching business burnout, and now I am so ready to get back on the horse, or if you're a fan of Leonie Dawson... donkey!!!

Right now I am sitting on my couch o' inspiration, typing away as the sun shines through the window and the breeze makes the curtains dance. I hope you find magic and beauty in your day as well.

So this post is a culmination of other posts all about yours truly! Read these and you'll totally know me better by the end of it. There's also tons of questions in this blog for you to answer.

Feel free to answer my questions, I wanna get to know YOU!

An Inside Look At My Business
So you wanna know how I accomplish everything that I do? Check out this post. I share my social media secrets, my routine, and how I write my posts every week. Do you have any business secrets to share? I'd love to hear them!

Snatam Kaur
Weird name, amazing woman. (It's pronounced Suh-nah-taum) She is my inspiration for so much that I've done and aspired to be. Snatam is an American Singer/Songwriter and a member of the Sikh religion and probably one of the most beautiful souls there is. (I include links to her music, go forth, make your ears happy, and have a listen to my favorites!) I'd love to know who is your inspiration! Who is it!?

In A Tree
I climbed my first tree last year and it was AWESOME. Embrace thy Inner Child! A day that started out really horrible turned into a day where I did something new and realized that I could embrace happiness, I could turn it around and I could be HAPPY. There's also a video of me, in a tree, at the end. Outside comfort zone much? When did you last do something fun and child-like?

So This is What it Feels Like
This was the post that I wrote right after I had that lightbulb moment of knowing how I am supposed to contribute to the world, what Blessing Manifesting was going to grow up to be. I love this post because it was just as I was starting out, I figured this blog would be just like my myspace blog of yeaaaars ago, random posts about what was going on in my life. Funny how it turned out, no? What were you doing last year at this time? How have you changed?

Why I Am a Bad Friend
This post was one of the hardest ones I wrote in the beginning. It was hard to put it all out there and speak my truth about my social-awkwardness and the childhood that contributed to it, but made me a better (more awesome, wonderful, amazing) person in the end. I never went to Prom or Graduation, I never felt like I was "Normal" and you know what? I'm totally okay with that now. Do you find it easy to make and sustain friendships? Share with me your secrets!

So there you go, a closer look at me! I'd love to know you too so answer those questions or share your blog links/posts with me. I love to learn more about YOU and YOUR journey. 

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Top 5 of Magic Manifesting

Happy Monday!

Hopefully you've had a great start to the week and if not here's what I want you to.

Deep breath.

Let it out.

Know that everything is going to work out. Know that someone out there loves you a whole bunch. Know that right now in my mind I am wrapping you in super gigantic bear hugs.

So let's make magic shall we? There are so many ways to add magic to your life. Something as simple as lighting a candle, taking a big whiff of lavender, or holding a crystal in your hand. Here are some of my favorite magical-type posts.

Spider Wisdom
Spiders have a pretty bad reputation, yet they're also pretty magical. They teach us to step back and look at the bigger picture. To see how we are woven into this great tapestry of life. They are really amazing creatures and not as dangerous as you may think.

The Magic of Prayer
Prayer is so powerful. I would love to hear how you pray and about your spiritual practices. It's so fascinating to me so feel free to share how you do your thang. Also remember that your relationship with your God/s/dess is like any other relationship, remember to check in every once and awhile.

Love + Aromatherapy
Wanna add some feel-good lovey dovey vibes to your space? In this post (originally written for valentine's day) I share with you the best two oils to use to create a great atmosphere.

The Goddess Hestia
Hestia, Greek Goddess of the Hearth and Home, she who sits quietly in front of the hearth fire. Hestia has always been one of my favorite Goddesses. Find out why!

Jar Candles
Why candles in jars can be powerful tools to help you manifest awesomeness. A candle and a permanent marker can lead to a powerful magical practice.

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Top 5 Self Love Posts

Hello my beautiful Blossom! I've been enjoying the week off from blogging, relaxing, filling up my well with inspirational bogs, know any I should check out?

Today I wanted to share with you my bestest, most profound and awesome, posts on Self Care and Self Love.

To me, one of the most important parts of self love isn't about massages and pedicures, it's about loving the inside. It's about taking care of all of the stuff that holds you back. The mistakes, the shame the "I'm not good enough because..." That stuff holds no place for you, no value for you unless you take the wisdom, move on, and let go. That is self love. When you really love someone you don't judge them or punish them because of the past.  This should hold true for you too. You deserve nothing less.

Mirror, Mirror
On the wall, who's the fairest one of all? Looking into the mirror, gazing into your eyes, and saying those three little words "I love you" can be one of the hardest exercises you can do to begin loving yourself. Do it anyway.

39 Things You Need to Know in 2012
My most popular blog post to-date, 39 very, very, important things that you need to know. Print them out, write them down, tack them up where you can see them and soak them in. You need to know that you deserve to be treated well, to find support, to be loved, and to not put up with anyone's shit.

Stop Worrying About What Other People Think
It is your right to NOT let other people's opinions about you become your opinions about yourself. So what if people don't like you? That's their problem. So what if people think you're strange or weird or the things that you do are silly... still THEIR problem. Tell 'em to bugger off.

Making Amends with the Past
Sometimes the only thing that you can do is own up to your mistakes, accept them, acknowledge change and growth (even though sometimes it hurts) and be grateful that it happened.

Closing the Door On the Past
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller

Wishing you a beautiful week, my love.

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Top 5 Love Notes

Hello my sweetheart, as you now the next seven days are going to showcase the best of Blessing Manifesting and the best that I have to share with you. I'd love your comments, shares, and love! It always makes me so happy to hear that something I say has had an effect on someone else. One of the best things ever.

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Top 5 Oracle Posts

Hey sweets! I've been feeling myself approach that feeling of business burn out so this week, (in line with my self care principles!) instead of writing up new content, we're going to take a trip down memory lane of my favorite blog posts each day this week.

Honesty
How you tell the truth says a lot about who you are. Especially how honest you are with yourself. Is there something that you need to be honest with yourself, or someone else, about? How can you do it in a gentle, compassionate, way?

I am lonely and I am pure spirit
Being single, I get lonely a lot. In those moments it's important to tell myself that it's all going to be okay. I realize that I am part of something magical.

Let others help themselves
I'm a bit empathic, which means that I pick up moods and feelings very easily and this can be very problematic at times. I feel another's hurt and pain so clearly sometimes that it becomes my own and I need to FIX it. It took a lot for me to realize that sometimes you need to let people help themselves.

Thoughts Can Be Changed

I came to a pretty awesome conclusion. "It is only a thought and thoughts can be changed." Whoa, that easy huh? Well it's not, but it IS possible. 

Strangely Lonely

There's something about me that stops me from giving my whole heart, or makes me crazy when I do. I hold on way too tight to my childhood wounds, to the fear that if the people who were "supposed" to love me, didn't, then there's no way that someone would love me of their own free will. Heavy stuff.

I'd love your comments on those posts or right here. I would love to hear what resonates with you here. Much love to you!

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Book Review: Anne of Green Gables

I've been really into reading lately. I'm feeling that energy of being burnt-out. I've accomplished a lot in the past few weeks, business wise, and I find myself realizing that the well-spring of energy and Dominee-bounciness needs a bit of time to fill up again so I've happily been relaxing with a good book.

Today I wanted to give a review of one of my favorite childhood classics, it's always fun to remember the things that have caused us joy. Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy M. Montgomery. I'm pretty fanatical about this book and I've read it a million times.

For those of you that have never read the book (where have you been by the way?) Anne of Green Gables is about a red-haired, orphan, girl and her adventures in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Anne is an 11 year old orphan who's parents died when she was a baby. She spends the majority of her childhood being bounced around from home to home, cleaning and looking after children until she eventually lands in an orphanage. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, siblings who are getting on in years, are looking for help on their farm so they send word to the orphanage that they want a boy. Due to a miscommunication they get Anne instead.

Talkative, imaginative, Anne is just the burst of fresh air that Mathew and Marilla never wanted in their quiet lives, however they decide to keep her and form a wonderful bond of love and family.

My favorite thing about Anne is how she lets her imagination run wild. She always sees things from a point of view uniquely hers (I totally do that too) and most of the time she is optimistic about it and she learns from her mistakes.

Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book:

"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?"

"Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"

"Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."  

What's your favorite book from your childhood? What did it teach you?

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Nail Polish Magic

Today's post is a little bit different. It's fun and simple and a great way to add some good mojo to your day.

You see, I'm all about practical magic and adding little touches of magic into your daily life.

There are tons of ways to add a touch of magic into your life and one of my favorites is by painting my nails. 

Yes, you heard me correctly! If you are at all interested in magic then you've probably heard about color correspondences and how each color can create a sort of atmosphere or feeling. For example you probably associate red and pink with love, green with money, yellow with happiness, blue with emotions and so on.

You can use that same kind of philosophy in painting your nails. If you're in a bad mood try painting your nails yellow, if you want to repel negativity do black, if you want to be more peaceful paint them light blue or white. See! It's as easy as that. You can also paint them using chakra color associations. Need to feel more grounded? Red. Having communication issues? Blue.

Painting each of your finger nails a different color to create a rainbow effect is an instant mood lifter, I've done it. I also love painting my nails silver in homage to the full moon and or seafoam green when I'm feeling especially in love with Aphrodite.

Here's a quick list of colors and their associations:
Red: Passion, courage, motivation
Pink: Self-love, harmony, romance
Orange: Alertness, harvest, happiness
Yellow:  Creativity, intellect, communication
Green: Healing, prosperity, fertility,
Blue: Wisdom, calm, joy
Purple: Spiritual protection, wisdom, psychic powers
Black: Protection, neutralizing, grief, truth
White: Higher self, enlightenment, health

Do you use certain colors to help improve your mood or atmosphere? Do you have any quirky tips to fitting magic into your daily life?

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Beauty In the World

Hello darlings! Happy Self Care Sunday! How are you taking care of yourself today? This is just a quick note to share one of my all time favorite songs. "Beauty In The World"by Macy Gray.

One of my favorite things to do when I am walking home from work is to listen to this on my mp3 player. It's such a wonderful upbeat song and it reminds us to be happy and joyful and it makes me want to dance!

I know that a positive attitude is not a magic problem-fixer, but it does help, it makes things a lot easier to deal with when you can at least acknowledge the good in life. There's a flip side to every situation.

Here's your Self Care Assignment for today:

Take a deep breath.

Notice what is beautiful about your life right now. Your reflection in the mirror, the sunshine on the wall of your living room, your child's face, your best friend's laugh. This is nourishment to the soul and we probably need to take care of that most of all.

Feel free to share your "beautiful thing" with me because I'd love to know what is beautiful for you right now 

What beauty in the world do you see right now?

Lovexagazillion,

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When Good Dreams Go Bad

Hello love! I've started doing Sacred Journey posts every Friday. It's a place to vent about your week, share the things that filled you with so much joy that you just can't keep it to yourself, ask for hugs, for love, for understanding. I have a bottomless Well of those things for you.

Especially the hugs.

It's also the place where things get really deep and personal for me. Most of my blogs about my personal life have a theme, a lesson, or bit of advice and I love that I can take those experiences and provide you with wisdom from them. However, there are other life experiences that leave me just as lost and clueless as everyone else. 

The Sacred Journey posts are where I show up and share my journey. 

I talked last week about how I went and saw the Avengers and I had a great time. I went into the movie drooling over Mark Ruffalo aka the Hulk (I've loved him forever) and I came out with a huge crush on Hawkeye. I'm a bow and arrow kind of girl (ask me about my obsession with Legolas) and Thor and Iron Man... just... the hotness.

A few nights later I had a dream, and it was a very nice dream.

It starred my very own Captain America.

Not my first choice, or second, or third, but he's a pretty good looking man (eye candy for you). In this dream he took me out on a date and it was wonderful. He was dressed all nice, went to dinner and he was polite, thoughtful, and well-mannered. When I got upset about our friends ditching us for the double date he put his hands on my shoulders and he was comforting. He was calm and stable and pretty wonderful. Great traits to have in boyfriend.

Except that in reality those traits scare the beejesus out of me.

During my first/last/only relationship, it really wasn't possible for us to go out on dates. In the two years that we were together we never went out to a restaurant together or really spent any significant amount of time together. A few days after having this dream I realized that thinking about it no longer gave me that happy/goofy "I had a dream about a cute guy" feeling.

It made me frustrated and sad.

And I know why.

I'm not going to be that girl in the dream.

I have commitment issues. I have gigantic commitment issues. I can commit to friends, to my job, to this website, but I can not commit to another person in a romantic way unless they are unable to commit to me back. Then it's "safe".

I've been that way since I was a teenager. The thing is, the thing that is most frustrating is, I don't think I want to change. I don't think that I want to go through the all of the inner work of getting over all of those issues and it leaves me feeling strange and left out of "normal". It's not how I am "supposed" to be. People are "supposed" to fall in love, have relationships, get married, and live happily ever after.

All in all, a very sweet dream left me feeling grumpy because I wish I wasn't this way, but I also don't want to change. So what's a girl to do?

Go back to having dreams about zombies, hopefully.


So tell me sweetheart, what's up with you this week? What are you up to? What are you reading/thinking/dreaming? 

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Don't let criticisms stop you!

Today's Oracle Card comes from Louise L. Hay's Wisdom Cards which I just completely love. If you need some great affirmations, a dose of daily self love and acceptance, then get thee out and buy these. Today's message is this:


"I no longer criticize myself. I am free to love who I am."

I want you to say this out loud. I want you to love exactly who you are. Every little bit of you because you deserve it. You deserve to stop with the negatives about what you think you are. Right here, right now, love it all.

I am so thankful for all of you readers. You are strong, courageous, lovely women.

You make a difference in everything that you do.

You are raising loved, adored, cherished, children.

You are sharing your bold, beautiful, art.

You are letting wisdom and soulfulness into the world with your beautiful words.

Everything that you do has a ripple effect and I know so many of you are contributing love and compassion out into the Universe. It's pretty freaking amazing.

Let go of the criticisms that are weighing you down. They don't compare to all of the great things that you are and do.

They shouldn't hold you back from being able to love yourself. Whatever is stopping you, refuse to let it stop you any longer. Love you for you.

What things do you love about yourself? What criticisms are you letting go of right now?

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Delight in the simple things...

Good morning Wishcasters! This week's prompt "What do you wish to delight in? made me think of my post on Sunday called 5 Ways To Embrace Joy.

I wish to delight in the little things.

Over the past few weeks I've lost my ability to delight in those little moments in life that just make you sigh in pleasure.

I've been so busy with my normal job, and my business, that I find myself approaching feelings of burn-out. I know that it's a reminder to slow down, shift some things around, and find a routine that allows me to have more 'breathing' room.

Sunday I ended up staying awake two hours after my bed time, snuggled up in bed on a cool day, reading a romance novel and it was wonderful. I think it was one of my favorite moments of the entire week, even though it left me tired and grumpy the next day.

This week I want to delight in the little things, but I also want to make time for them as well. 

Right now I am going to take some time to make myself a nice meal and I am going to delight in how good it feels to sit, relax, and enjoy.

Wishing you lots of delightful moments!

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Book Review: The Red Tent

Today I wanted to talk about a very special, beautiful, life changing book, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. When I first set my feet on this path of women's spirituality I heard about this book over and over again and how wonderful it was. There was this woman's movement of honoring your menstrual cycle and seeing it more as a form of power and less as an inconvenience. I loved that idea.

I saw the trailer for the movie "Things We Don't Talk" which is all about the modern-day Red Tent movement, women coming together. Women leaning on each other. Being comforted by each other. Drawing power from one another. I thought it was a beautiful idea and it inspired me.

So I bought the book.

It sat on my book shelf for many months as I got busy with life and forgot about it. I sometimes wondered if the book was for me. It's based on the stories in the bible. I'm not a big fan of the bible, it's not something that I find interesting or that I have any desire to read about.

Yet there came the story of Dinah. Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob, who had twelve sons. The book starts off told in Dinah's voice but it is about her four mothers. Leah -- the mother who birthed her. Rachel -- her beautiful aunt who had so much sorrow in trying to bear a child. Zilpah who told her the stories and mysteries of the Gods. And lastly, Bilbah, the one that said little and listened much.

You learn the tales of these wives, who were also sisters and mothers. Their jealousies, their sorrows, and their joys.

Dinah grows up among these women, learning from them, loving them and being loved by them as the sole girl-child. She was their legacy. The one to carry on their stories. Eventually Dinah grows up and she falls in love for the first time. Tragedy strikes and Dinah's whole world is shattered. Not being familiar with the bible, I was really shocked by the turn of events in the book and I had doubts about whether or not I was going to like the second half of it. Dinah's whole world changed and so did the course of the book.

I found myself falling in love with the book even more as it progressed. It ended up being a beautiful story of women helping women. Friendship, grief, birth, struggles, love, sadness, family, forgiveness, motherhood... The themes in this book were just so powerful, especially the ever present theme of sisterhood that appeared over and over again.

I found something in my heart calling out for that sort of sisterhood. 

Not even just in the sense of the Red Tent, a beautiful sacred space shared by women, but also in wanting a strong female friendship. Someone that I could be a sister to and that I could give that in return. It made my heart mourn a little bit for the lack of it. It pulled out that motherly, nurturing, side of me. It made me want to give love and kindness to every woman that I meet.

I think the world needs a little more of that.

I want to give the world more of that. Women can be judgmental, we can be catty, and we can let jealousy rule us in terrible ways. What if we tore that down? What if we replaced it with compassion? What if we stopped judging one another and just loved each other for one simple reason? Because we can, because it is in our power to do so?

What are your feelings on sisterhood? How do you feel about other women? Do you find it easy to form bonds with them? 

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Heart Chakra Magic

Namaste!

Today we're talking about chakras again. You can read about the Root Chakra, Sacral Chakra, and the Solar Plexus Chakra, if you're interested in knowing more about them as well. Today we're learning about the Heart Chakra, which I think is the chakra that ends up needing the most healing.

The Heart Chakra
Color: Green
Location: Center of the chest

This chakra is the one that we all understand. We believe that we hold our emotions right here *taps chest*. We talk about our heart breaking. We talk about how we get so overwhelmed with emotions that our hearts literally hurt.

The Heart Chakra represents love and compassion, it governs our feelings of unconditional love and forgiveness. This is all very deep stuff and work that Blessing Manifesting revolves around. I am all about heart. The color associated with the heart chakra is green (and sometimes pink). I love that it's the color of earth, such a soothing, healing, beautiful, color.

When your Chakra is open and balanced you'll be able to express acceptance of yourself and others. 

This is where your love just flows out of you. You'll be in touch with your compassion and be able to feel happiness, joy, and love without negative feelings following along for the ride. You're able to be sympathetic to others (not overly so) and form nourishing bonds with your family, friends, and those around you.

Emotional signs that this chakra is blocked are repressed emotions and the inability to feel things or to get in touch with your feelings. Constantly pushing people away, distancing yourself, and not letting people get to know you, is a sign that you might need to do some heart-work.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, if your chakra is over-balanced  you are completely dominated by your emotions. You're desperate to please others and you feel things for them instead of yourself. There's a thin line between being compassionate and empathetic and invading other people's happiness and feelings. 

A few ways to heal those imbalances are with crystals such as rose quartz, green aventurine, moss agate, and rhodonite. Rose Quartz is really great for fostering a sense of love for yourself, if that's something that you are having issues with.  You can place the stones in your receiving hand (usually the left one) and while breathing deep, let their energy flow through you. You can also lay down and meditate with the crystal placed over your heart. Making a necklace that hangs over your heart is a great idea too. 

You can also experiment with essential oils like rose. Roses are a symbol of love and desire and are perfect for facilitating love both for yourself and others. Put rose in a massage oil and rub it over your heart. You can wear it while meditating or going about your day, you can put it in a bath, add it to candles or diffusers, or put it in spray bottles with water to anoint your space with. Rose has been associated with Aphrodite/Venus, Goddesses of Love, you can call upon her for guidance and to surround you in a loving atmosphere.

Does your Heart Chakra feel balanced? What issues do you struggle with?

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5 Ways to Embrace Joy

Happy Self Care Sunday! Last week we talked about how to take care of ourselves when we are over-run by emotions, important stuff! Today we're going to talk about things that you can do to embrace joy.

Joy: A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

We can find joy within (and outside of) ourselves in a variety of ways. You should know yourself inside and out. You should know how to take care of yourself, how to make yourself happy, and how to do sweet things for yourself. You'd be amazed at how delighted you can make yourself feel.

1. Wake up in the morning and ask yourself. "What do I need today to make me feel happy?"

Sometimes the answer to that is so easy and simple. Maybe it's a coffee from Starbucks, or a chat with a really good friend, or an hour snuggled up in bed underneath blankets with a romance novel. Most of the time the things that give us the greatest amount of joy are simple. Hugs make for wonderful moments of joy as well.

2. Spend an extra amount of time in bed.

Sometimes spending extra time in bed is a sign of depression, but other times it's a great way to unwind, relax, and languish about as the world spins madly on. Take a nap in the middle of the day. Lay there and allow your mind to wander to wonderful, fantastic, daydreams. Cuddle up with someone, a child, a partner, a pet (or a gigantic, fluffy, pink, stuffed Unicorn...). Affection is great! Go to sleep a little bit early, waking up feeling well-rested and not wanting to bash in the alarm clock is one of the greatest feelings in the world.

3. Let go of the past.

The thing that most stops us from feeling joy, is being hung up on the past. Even if you aren't consciously thinking about it, sometimes we have the habit of believing that we don't deserve to feel joy. You make excuses about not having the time to do things that make you feel joy. Let it go. You deserve to feel joy. You deserve to feel happy. I promise you that you are deserving. Cross my big ol' heart. Forgive yourself.

4. Wear something today that makes you feel confident and sexy.

When you look in the mirror with a big grin on your face it makes your day about hundred times better. You walk around with a swing of the hips and a gleam in your eye that lets the world know that you believe in you, that you love yourself and they should love you too. Want to know what makes me feel sexy? My baggy pajama pants and a tank top. I just feel like I'm completely being me.

5. Stop comparing yourself to others.

What makes you happy may not be what makes other people happy and that's totally okay. I know women that would absolutely be in 7th Heaven if you gave them a credit card and a shopping spree, or sent them out to a club with their friends, someone else might find joy going rock-climbing, or taking a nature walk, or camping out in the living room with a movie. Your definition of bliss is yours to create. You don't have to conform, you don't have to feel guilty or weird about what makes you happy. Just because you're on a spiritual journey doesn't mean you can't be happy about a new pair of shoes! When you let go of that hang-up of I am "thisway" so I have to like "thisstuff", joy flows so much more easier!

So there you go! Five ways to help you embrace joy, believe me, there are tons of other ways and you can definitely expect me to share them in the future!

What is your favorite way to embrace joy? I'd love to know what makes you happy and joyful!

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Sacred Journey: June 1st

Happy month of June my sweet Blossoms! How's life treating you? In case you're new to Blessing Manifesting, every Friday we have our Sacred Journey.

It's where we all gather here and share love and support for each of our individual journeys.

One day I plan to have an online forum where we can all congregate and form bonds of sisterhood. Until then, this is enough. One day I will run an in-person, monthly, Red Tent gathering, until now, this is what I do. I create this online space where I invite you to sit with me and talk with me, and the other sweet souls who wander here. We all need a space to be ourselves and let our souls speak.

So here's where I am right now. 

I'm finally recovering from the month of stress that was April. With finding a new apartment, figuring out how to move all of my stuff, and spending money I didn't want to spend, it was stressful. I handled it pretty well although there were days where I'd dip into depression for a little while, I always managed to pull myself out before it got too bad. I'm still getting used to my new space but as it begins to transform into more "me", I begin to love it even more.

I read and finished the Red Tent and I found myself in tears at the end of it, marveling at the capacity that we, as the wonderful human beings that we are, have for forgiveness and for love. It was truly a beautiful book and I look forward to sharing my review of it this Tuesday. Now I'm going to read Women Who Run With the Wolves, although I've heard it's a difficult read.

I feel like big things are happening for me business-wise. I re-did my coaching and oracle readings page to better shine out with my "me"ness. Right now my Summer Blessings ebook (which I think will be renamed "Sacred Journey: Summer or something to that effect) is being nurtured inside of my creative womb, along with a Self-Love ecourse I really want to release by the end of the year. I'm really excited about it.

If you read last week's Sacred Journey then you'll know that a few days ago I went to the movies to see the Avengers (which was completely amazing by the way). I went with my best friend, his kids, and his wife that I used to be very close with until destructive habits on both our parts ended the friendship. I hadn't seen her in the better part of a year. I was so nervous and worried about seeing her again. It went well, we both played nice and joked with each other and I even got a hug. After the movie when I was back at home I did start to feel a little bit of grief about what used to be. I felt the loss of sisterhood, of my first superclose female friend, and there was some sadness that I had to deal with.

I kept coming back to something a friend said on one of my posts. "I love you... from a distance." Right now that's good enough, that's what's nourishing, I'm happy that it seems that we've moved past the bad stuff of the past and can have good feelings towards each other even if it's from a distance. I'm happy for the growth.

This month I really want to get back into making and creating art. It feels like it's been so long since I painted anything and I feel my paints and brushes calling to me. I find myself painting in my daydreams. I need to manifest that into a reality.

So tell me lovely reader, what are your plans for this month? What was your hardest moment last month and how did you get through it? What made you joyful? I would love to hear anything you'd like to share!

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