Some Amazing Weeks...

What a great week...Weeks like this one just go by too quickly. I had a ton of medium work this week, which anyone who knows me knows that I love...

Follow up:

I was talking with friends recently about how I got into this type of work and what I told them is that it had never occurred to me throughout my lifetime that I could make a career out of talking with "my friends" as I called the spirits as a kid. I had planned on being a writer, not a "psychic." In fact, when my friend's mother Jeannie (who was a hypnotherapist and a gifted intuitive herself), told me that I had this special gift that I was going to use to help others, I thought she was nuts. I was 19 and was more interested in boys than in the spirit world. It makes me laugh now to think of those days, especially when I have a week like this one; a week when I am able to help mothers talk to their children who passed far too young and helped wives hear their husbands tell them about the leaky faucet that needs to get fixed. It sounds funny, but hearing something as simple as, "I see you still haven't fixed the broken door handle downstairs" can be such an amazing comfort to the grieving. It means we're still connected.

I had several pretty amazing readings this week, but as strange as it sounds, my favorite was one that I didn't get to finish. It took place yesterday (Friday), close to the end of the day. It had been a fairly easy day for me thus far - I was busy, but my day was booked with my "regulars," whose energy I was used to, which always makes things a little easier. I was sitting at the front relaxing since one of my readings had cancelled, giving me an unexpected 20 minutes of free time. A few minutes after setting myself behind the front desk, a woman walked into the store and straight up to the counter asking for a 15 minute reading. Even though there were several other readers available at that time, I knew that I was going to be assigned the reading. To be honest, normally I would have been fine with it but yesterday I was having allergies, which can feel just like coming down with a bad cold - making me tired, cranky & achy. Sure enough, the manager stood up and set the appointment with me.

Fortunately the woman turned out to be incredibly nice and seemed to know a lot about the psychic process since she knew not to give any information...When I asked her what she wanted to look at, she said simply that there was a "legal issue" going on. Now, I won't go into details so as to protect her privacy, but I will say that within minutes one of her loved ones had made his presence known strongly and clearly. However, I don't offer 15 minute medium readings and I was booked up behind her, so I stopped the reading and we rescheduled her for tomorrow (Monday). Her loved one was literally hopping around though - he was so eager to talk to her, making me extra-eager as well, lol. I really liked his personality though and am really looking forward to our reading tomorrow. Unfortunately I have a sneaking suspicion that these "allergies" are more likely a cold, since I'm still tired and achy. I will continue to affirm to myself that they are no more than meek little allergies, though!

I've decided to move forward with my podcast, by the way...So those of you who have been very supportive, I truly appreciate it and will begin moving forward with that in January.

I hope you have an amazing holiday!!

Learning to be still....again...

Well, it's been an interesting week, to say the least! It could have been much worse, it was just a bit of a bumpy ride, lol. As you may know, one of my sites was hacked into this week, so as a precaution I completely deleted my old website (which I liked a lot!) and am now in the process of rebuilding the site. Of course it doesn't look the same - I'm just using a temporary look while I'm re-entering all of the information, but hopefully in the end it will be even more to my liking and the liking of my clients.

Follow up:

Another new development is the change in my schedule, which has actually been surprisingly difficult for me. Throughout my career I've always had two days off that were separated; I've never had two days off in a row. This has been a conscious decision on my part because I've always wanted to be available to my clients when they need me. I know that often emergencies will arise and clients will need to talk right away. However, a couple of weeks ago I was sort of cornered into HAVING to take Sundays off. I'm not able to leave my dog children at doggy daycare on Sundays unless I can get off early but unfortunately the store can't allow readers to leave early on Sundays. So my hands were tied. I can't deny that it's actually very relaxing to have two days off in a row...When you only have one day off you don't really relax because you're always subconsciously aware that you have to gear up for the next day of work...But it's difficult to get used to not being there for my clients. It's especially difficult because the rest of my hours are weekday hours, making it difficult for clients who work during the day to see me. I'm considering changing one of my daytime shifts to a night shift to accommodate those clients.

Maybe I worry too much - but I truly do care about my clients and want to be there for them when they need me. I know that there is a lesson here in faith - knowing that the needs of my clients will be met while I myself am getting some much needed rest....and in the necessity of taking care of ourselves - I can't help others to heal when I myself am working wounded (or tired, as the case my be, lol)... And a part of me has a sneaking suspicion that this schedule change is a temporary forced rest... But believe it or not it's a tough one for me... Practicing the tenets my guides have taught me about stillness...the tenets I myself have passed along to students so many times...At this moment I am reminded of how we never stop learning and growing, since I am put into the shoes of the student again...learning stillness inward and out...