Category Archives: Personal Development

Life = Lessons {and listen to your body!}

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A little over a week ago I was in the hospital.

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I wasn’t visiting someone, it was me in the bed, hooked up to noisy machines and doing my best to smile and remain chipper through blood tests (I have tough veins) and transfusions.

Could the process have been avoided?

Some say yes, but frankly, I say no.

The thing is, I wasn’t being a good steward of the machine I call my body. I was avoiding it’s signals, like a teenager avoiding a call from a less-than-exciting boyfriend.  I thought if I ignored the calls, they’d go away.

“Head in the sand” is not a particularly good method for anything in our lives – spiritually, financially or physically. We’ve all heard the saying, “what you resist persists,” so why did I continue to resist?

As I was watching Dr. Robin L. Smith on Super Soul Sunday yesterday morning, I was struck by the message – that the only way to live is THROUGH.

No matter who you are, or how cool your “gig” is – you have work to do here on the planet.

I’m guilty of having mixed feelings about this spiritual work – I’ve beaten myself up needlessly for not doing enough to walk my talk.  I’ve taken to some pretty harsh inner dialogue about my worthiness.  I’ve also been more than a tad bit judgey in my day about the challenges supposed “self-help gurus” deal with.

During my 4 days and 3 nights in the hospital I was lucky enough to have nothing but free time to chat with God and the Angels – of my own accord (no pain killers for me with this go) and to learn some very human lessons.

The thing about lessons – we can hate them or we can embrace them – but they’re coming none-the-less.  And just like learning higher math – you don’t get to the next lesson until you’ve mastered the one you’re on.

I’ll be sharing some of the insights – especially what I learned about letting go of people that make your blood pressure boil and owning your power – in future posts.

Hopefully you’ll take away some good stuff about owning your power, listening to your body, and surrendering to the Universe.  It’s all there if you want it.

Hugs,

Peggie

 

P.S. I was also given enough free time to start finishing a few programs I’ve been thinking about for months and one – a year.  Subscribe to the ezine if you want a first look at what’s happening!  http://eepurl.com/nyBWH

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Reading your Own Hand Markings: A Primer

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Earlier this week I gave you a general look at the meanings of your fingers.   The context for these posts are about discerning the meaning of a callous, freckle, cut, or bruise, but I hope you can see how having this very general understanding of your hands can help you as you look to your higher self for some guidance.

One of the things that always amazes people is how accurate this tool is.  Your hands are like a profile assessment that you just can’t fudge.  And, like a personality or profile assessment, your hands are meant to be a tool on your path to success, abundance, wellness and fulfillment.  Your hands alone cannot predict your future.  Your hands alone simply show your predispositions and your core desires and challenges.

Sometimes it’s a little overwhelming to be fully “seen” – even if it is also validating.  Still, validation is essential for our travels through life – it’s never an excuse to sit back and let life slide by, rather, knowing our deepest truth and strengths can help us set sail in the direction of our dreams.

Today, let’s talk about a few more areas of the palm, okay?

The MOUNTS are like little mountains in the palm of your hand.  They can be fleshy or depleted – again, this isn’t complicated stuff.  We look at everything in the hand in relationship to everything else there — in other words, some people just have fleshy hands, and others tend to have flat hands.  When you’re looking at your hand take that into consideration – if the entire hand seems “flat” but a particular mount (or mound) really protrudes — you might want to thing about that zone having an overarching impact on the hand (and therefore the personality/current situation).

Each finger has a mount – and for general purposes, you’ll refer to the meanings of the fingers for the meaning of the mount.

Take note of the mounts in each of your hands – is the mount below Jupiter big and puffy while the mount below Saturn is concave?  What inferences can you draw from that situation?

A couple of other mounts for you to note:

The Mount of Venus:  This mount is that fleshy pad seemingly attached to your thumb.  The mount of Venus is about Venusian energy – the ability and desire for play, pleasure, sensuality, comfort and fun.  It can also represent overindulgence in any of the listed things.   If you were to have a cut or a freckle or some other such marking here, what, if anything do you think that would represent?

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The Mount of the Moon: This mount is found on the opposite side of the hand of the mount of Venus.  The outer, lower edge of the palm.  The mount of the Moon is representative of feelings, sensitivities, empathy, the need to connect with others on a deep level, tuning into the divine.  Think about the repercussions of too much or too little Moon-ness!  What might a marking on this zone of the hand represent?

As we continue to explore the meanings in our hands, I’d like to invite you to this month’s free teleclass on Heart Lines and Essential Oils.  We’ll be gathering for the teleclass at 6pm Eastern and finish up at 7:15 pm.  If you’d like to join us, please RSVP here and send me your email address to receive the call in  information!

We’ll continue the hand-reading basics with a look at the life and head lines!

Hawks, Nature and New Years

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Right now I’m sitting at my desk, nursing a cold and observing my friendly hawk on a branch >this< far from my window.  I love living so near the woods and I am deeply honored by the proximity of the very regal birds of prey that frequent my yard.

When I was younger I was quite afraid of birds.  In general I never liked to be walking where there were flocks gathered.

In college there were some very mean mockingbirds that liked to dive bomb students making their way to the bursar’s office.

When I worked in the District (of Columbia) on Spring days it was amusing to watch the mockingbirds dive bomb men and women in suits who were making their way across the park.

So a new year has arrived and I’m a little miffed that I’ve got a cold and I’m a tad irritated by some unfinished business from 2012.  I’m leaning into the frustration and trying to listen to the messages that are there for me amid the frustration.

Despite the frustration and irritation, I understand there is something new for me to learn and that in order to move forward, it’s required I release the tension, heal the past and trust.

Trust is my faithful companion – learning what it means to surrender and to release is a lesson to face each day, but I’m forever grateful for the journey.

I hope your 2013 is joyful and that amid the questions and fears you can find peace.  Peace is there for all of us.

 

New Year for the Business

From a business perspective, I’ll be focusing on guiding you to peace in your relationships and your careers.  I’ve found that there is a direct correlation between the two – and I’m working on programs and projects to help you clear what’s in your way.

While my fees are increasing for my one-to-one services, I’m offering more low-cost and no-cost group adventures – so that if you’re still recovering your own financial footing you can still find a way to invest in and take care of yourself.

You can also use the handy-dandy pop-up I’ve installed – to schedule a time to chat in case you’re trying to decide what service is right for you!

More to come about the changes and insights for the new year.  I’ve committed to release the “way to do” blogging and to go back to being me and talking with you on a regular basis.  That means some posts will be like this, and others will be bullet-pointed “how-tos” and everything in between.

In the meantime, I’d dig it if you’d let me know how you’d like to communicate here – and how I can help you find your peace at work and play.

 

Why I’m a Believer in the Power of Essential Oils

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I started working with Young Living Essential Oils because a tiny sample bottle, sent from a friend, made me feel better.

Although a different friend had told me about Young Living four years ago I wasn’t ready.

Life is funny like that.

4 years ago I was struggling – in pretty much everything in my life but my relationship.  I seemed to thrive on roller-coastering my way through my life.  I had made many positive steps in my life but I still was carrying around … something.

This October I got a tiny sample of something called Di-Gize and I started applying the oil in little drops around my belly each night before going to bed.

Anyone who lives with Chron’s or Ulcerative Colitis knows that bed time can be a time of nightmares — and I was tired of waking up each night with pain and other issues.  Although I was skeptical, I figured the oil couldn’t hurt. To be honest, I didn’t really like the way it smelled either – I have a pretty sensitive nose and the fennel scent, while subtle, stuck out to me.  None-the-less, I was willing to give it a go.

That was probably 30 days ago now.

I’ve been, for the most part, sleeping through the night.  I finished up that little sample bottle and ran out to invest in my own future in Young Living.  My intention was to find a way to get myself healthy.

Then I realized that dogs were attracted to some of the oils.  I let them sniff them and I applied various oils to their fur  – to help them relax when they were stressed and I’ve been working with the oils to help heal Deuce’s alleriges.

It’s an ongoing process but the dogs are happier too.

Next I insisted Michael use some Thieves and Purification when he started sneezing (always the pre-cursor to a full-blown cold) just before our long-awaited vacation.  He was pretty reluctant at first, but gave in.  Within two days he said, “I don’t what exactly it is, but the cold never came — it’s gone!”

From then on I was hooked.

I’ve got healer gift markings in my hands.  I joyfully serve people who are ready and willing to start healing what’s holding them back — how could I NOT see the ways that Essential Oils are there to help ?

I’m as excited as I was when I learned to read hands — the possibilities for healing have just multiplied beyond even my own imagination!

I’d love to hear your thoughts about tools for healing in the comments!

The Shocking Truth

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I’m just back from a truly energy-shifting and love-filled trip to my home state of New Jersey.

I planned the trip when I was feeling a little stagnant in my business.  The idea to “take my gifts on the road” has been pulling at me for a while and so has the idea of “home.”  It seemed a natural fit to head north.

At first I was intimidated about the whole thing (I tend to get overwhelmed when leaving my home space – that’s what a Cancer-rising can do to you I guess).  Yet pieces fell into place and I made a public proclamation and the next thing I knew I was packing up the Pet-Girl-Mobile and on my way to New Jersey.

Before my trip I specifically asked my Guidance for two things:

  1. The help I needed on the trip to be of the greatest service to others and myself; and
  2. Clarity about the focus of my business and who specifically I can help most effectively.

You see, although I was feeling stagnant when I planned the trip – once I set the energy in motion to move ahead on something I’d been thinking about for months, business started picking up and new opportunities were pretty much landing in my lap.

This, as you may imagine, was a very good thing.

It got me out of the “I’ll never be able to make a difference or make a living” rut and suddenly some of the fears that had been hanging out in my left shoulder disappeared.  (That is if ‘suddenly’ means after 9 or more months of back-and-forth doubts and happiness).

Despite being a good thing, it drove home the fact that I’d been trying to help EVERYONE with everything.  Being professionally busy is a blessing that I will NEVER take for granted, but still there was a sense of disorganization looming just beyond the horizon.  Because I built a corporate career in Sales and Marketing, I knew for a fact that trying to be everything to everyone would wind up badly.  The fuller my client schedule, the more I started thinking about who I can help MOST.

Each day I set my intention around the two requests I’d made, and although the class I originally thought I was going to New Jersey to teach fell through, I had a number of gifts head my way.

Believing I can do everything myself, I tend to be a “lone ranger.”  Asking for things is not in my nature.  Still, for this trip, I asked for a number of things – including beds, client referrals, and home-cooked meals.  Lo and behold – they were all brought forth.  I did my best to remember to receive with grace and to not apologize for my requests and ‘neediness.’

During this trip I had the great gift of sharing fingerprint translations with three gifted and funny women.  As you know, in-person readings are not the norm for me when I’m in the home office – in fact they’re only available as part of the VIP days – but when I’m on the road it is a great change of pace to schedule readings in people’s homes.

In these readings I met three healers who each have a deeply etched line of Mercury.  Each is a woman in her 30s with gifts to offer the world.  Each also has a deep seated need for security.  They all have different careers and backgrounds, but the common denominator is the spiritual work that emerges as part of their enhanced life purpose.

My title for this post is the “shocking” truth – but it’s really tongue in cheek.  The truth of who can best be served by my unique set of gifts are women shockingly similar to me.   The guidance I received is clear – I’m here to help women who are seeking a way to bring their spiritual gifts and healing work to the world – while still maintaining security and focus on their practical lives.  Frankly, they may not ‘see’ themselves as Spiritual Healers and Teachers at first, but the underlying gift they have is specifically related to spirituality in the real world.

It just goes to show you that when you ask for Guidance,  you shall receive.