Handling the Death of a Friend

Posted on Jul 22, 2009 in Healing, Spiritual living

I recently lost a very dear friend – she was the first person I really connected with when I moved to this area and she was a big part of the reason why I felt so welcome and at home here. Apart from my Nan, a good many years ago now, this was the first time I’d had to come to terms with the death of someone important in my life and it has been an illuminating experience.

Family matters

Posted on Mar 18, 2009 in Spiritual living

In my healings over recent months the issue of isolation is coming up again and again – people feeling alone, different, as if they don’t fit in with their family or the people around them. I can completely empathise with this as it’s something I struggled with for many years. I tried to fit in, to make friends within certain groups but it felt like a lot of hard work for very little return. What I finally realised was that I was looking to others for validation, identity, a sense of belonging and even my own happiness.

Me and my shadow

Posted on Mar 18, 2009 in Healing, Spiritual living

Do you ever ask yourself why a particular person or trait in someone irritates you so much or catch yourself reacting over-dramatically to something really quite trivial? I have come to recognise that when I do, it’s my shadow rearing its head. What I’m actually reacting to is something that I don’t like or want to admit exists within me, only it’s so much easier to see it in other people!

The perfect year? Reading for 2009

Posted on Jan 1, 2009 in Spiritual living, Tarot

I have a tradition of pulling a Tarot card as an overall guiding message for the world in general at the beginning of each new year. I use my beloved Thoth deck, which has some differences to the traditional Tarot but in my experience is deeply powerful and empowering.

The card I’ve drawn for 2009 is Adjustment (Justice in the traditional Tarot). In shades of blue and green, it shows a woman balancing perfectly on tiptoe holding a sword point down in front of her.