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Don’t Confuse a Bitter Pill with a Life Sentence: or Some Palm readers really P*ss me Off

By on April 6, 2012 in palmistry, Personal Development, Questions about Palmistry

 

Sometimes I get so ticked off at other palmists.  Not the ones I know personally, but those other people out there, touting themselves as healers and palm readers who are acting in simply shameful ways.

Last night I met a colleague for the first time in person.  I’d always felt that she was a little chill toward me — and I couldn’t figure out why.  I wrote it off as my own inferiority complex and fears of rejection and the fact that the majority of our interactions happen on line in various social media venues.

When we met she was gracious and delightful and her eyes were full of light and dancing.  She had insightful questions about using hands to help real people in the real world.

Then she pointed to my hand

specifically to that little fork toward the bottom of my life line – where it wraps around the Mount of Venus (that cushy spot below your thumb) and asked, with urgency, “What does that mean?!”

She showed me that she had one too.

I told her that I liken it to a reminder of an event that happened in our earliest years that is in direct alignment with our “stuff” (what I also refer to as Life Lesson or Massive Growth Opportunities).  Sometimes I’ll refer to it as a bitter pill.  You know, when you get an aspirin stuck in your throat?  That feeling and taste sticks with you and that’s what this mark is all about.  Something that sticks with you.

My colleague asked, “so this isn’t going away?” 

“It’s possible, but not likely.”

“Does it go away when you completely deal with whatever it is in the past?”

“Possible, but as much as I’d like to think that I completely heal and learn all facets of my primal wound and lesson, I suspect it’s a lifelong process.  So it will probably be here for the long haul.”

 

 

She seemed relieved.

Then she showed me that she had the same thing on HER dominant hand.

We chatted a bit about childhood and healing and epiphanies and then she told me,

“I had my hands read a long time ago and the palmist told me that this was sign of a life altering illness and I’ve been carrying that around ever since.” 

While she didn’t say exactly how long ago that was, I suspect it’s been more than a decade.

This is what gets me about these so-called palm readers.  Making bold statements like that can alter the life of someone.  And not in a good way. It’s just not cool.

My entire way of being in the world is based on the belief that every single person on the planet has free will.  So how could I predict whether or not someone might or might not face a debilitating illness?

Surely, a bitter pill in the hand can lead to challenges (physical or otherwise)  if the pill is not faced and dealt with.  Life is full of opportunities to face challenges and trauma and come out stronger and more well than when you started.  On the flip side, if you’ve got a childhood trauma that you’re repressing or are not willing to face – it’s eventually going to catch up with you.  Your choice though what you do with it.

The bottom line is this – palmistry is an amazing tool for gaining clarity, working through the tough stuff and creating a map for the best version of our lives.  It’s NOT a game, nor a fortune-telling device where your future is set in stone.

Everything in your hands can change – depending on the choices you make.

If you’ve ever had a palmistry reading with someone who scared the beejesus out of you – tell me about it in the comments – I’ll help you figure out what’s really going on in your hand, okay?

 

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Your Divine Feminine Power

By on March 6, 2012 in Hand Analysis, palmistry, Personal Development, Success

The theme is this — reclaiming our power in the world.

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At least that what everything comes down to for my clients.  True for me too (marketing lesson 101 – your clients are so much like you it’s like looking in a mirror).

The word power conjures up almost as many chills and challenges as the word money though.

Women come to me wondering why they feel so scattered.

Or what exactly it is that they’re doing wrong in their business because they do not have enough clients to pay the light bill (much less the mortgage).

They’re stuck in a relationship that doesn’t fill them up — but they can’t see the light to clear up the mess.

That’s when the digging starts.

Because ultimately they want something to feel different.  They think what they want is something tangible – like a week in Aruba or hot stone massage or time to read a novel – but what they really want is the power to choose the life that feels right for them.

They’re shouldering a bucketload of shoulds and it’s exhausting.

This is where the fun starts.

It’s also scary.

We react with our egos when we’re confronted with the fact that maybe we’re not owning our power.

Power isn’t a title you get at work.  It isn’t the right to wield your wishes on anyone or anything else on the planet.  Power is an inside job.

In hand analysis there’s a lot of power information sitting on and around your first finger.  We call it Jupiter.  He’s the god of the gods – Zeus’ counterpart.

Whether or not you have a strong Jupiter finger is less important than what you do with that finger – or the energy that the finger represents.

Jupiter requires that you get very clear on YOUR vision.

What do you want your present (and future) to look like?  More importantly, what do you want it to feel like?  What will change when that happens?

Now – what’s stopping you?

Dealing with Jupiter and embracing the wisdom of true power in our lives isn’t a one-shot deal.  Most of us spend a lifetime coming to terms with our power.  It’s tied to our value.  It’s tied to our beliefs about money and time and worth.  Still, it’s a worthwhile journey.

I’m not big on catch-phrases – and frankly I think the word “empowerment” has been overused.  Still.  What will it take for you to return to your own wisdom and choose the direction of your own ship?

Want to learn more about how ancient wisdom can help you harness your Divine Feminine Power in the modern world? Sign up for the Weekly Wisdom Ezine (over there on the right hand side).  You’ll get regular insights, tips and specific guidance for identifying, and applying your magical power in the world.

 

 

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Freeing the Soul to Grow

By on February 24, 2012 in Personal Development, Spirituality

“Compassion needs space because love needs a place of unimpeded encounter between grace and nature.  In a world crowded by information, we need to find space for the soul to grow.” ~ From Compassion: Living in the Spirit of St. Francis by Ilea Delio, OSF

Finding space for the soul to grow?

Lately I’ve been in a Spring cleaning mode.

Could be the early onset of Spring here in Northern Virginia, or the knowledge that we’ll be moving at the end of the Summer.  Still, the urge to release what isn’t serving me seems to be stronger than I recall it being in previous years.

I’m taking time to look through everything that I’ve been carting from home to apartment to house over the past 10 moves and am really sitting and letting my heart release what no longer is needed.

Much of the stuff I’m releasing are clothes, jewelry and books.

These have been talismans for so long.

I’ve held onto them like Dumbo had his feather – believing that if I didn’t have that “lucky” shirt or book full of wisdom at my fingertips — that I’d somehow be ‘less than.’  As though my power and my value were determined by the things that I had.

I’ve also held onto gifts and doo-dads from people I love and have loved.  I’ve always had a deep attachment to things given to me, even casually, by those I love.  The cast off match box or the button found on a walk have been touchstones, reminders of the person.  Sometimes I hold the doo-dad well after the relationship has run it’s course.  Other times I know that I don’t need the lapel pin, missing all the shiny parts and the rhinestones to remind me of my Grandmother.  She is always with me, in the scent of rose that comes out of nowhere, somehow mixed with the scent of stale cigarette smoke.  The pin won’t be worn and it won’t be put on display.  It’s time to let it go.

Releasing in this way is cathartic and important.

It’s also a great stress reliever.  I never realized before how holding onto to so much – so many memories and naming myself the keeper of the flame was weighing me down.  The daily living with it all was so ‘normal’ that I almost didn’t realize that the stuff had more power in my life than I did.

Letting things go – consciously and compassionately is such a freeing process.

I realize now that doing it is freeing my soul to grow.

What frees your soul?

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Spending Wisely is Your Choice

By on February 23, 2012 in Personal Development, Success

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All the work is inside work.  Even the work I do with clients is inside work for me and for them.  When you are stuck, frustrated and feeling all kerflugled it’s easy to think there’s an answer or a fix outside of you.  That if you find the right teacher, guru, book, workshop or website you’re going to find the key that has been missing.

So much easier on many levels to go digging for answers than to sit still on the couch and face the thoughts swirling in your head, right?

The thing that gives my clients the biggest jolt when we start working together is my strong request that they find five to ten minutes a day to be still.

I don’t call it meditation.  I just call it still.  It’s about breathing and being with yourself.  That, my friends, is so often the scariest place in the world to be.  Still.  With yourself.

You can hear your heart beat.  You can tell where your breath is shallow.  Your brain starts rebelling, reciting rants and lists of reasons that sitting still is wasting your time.  But time is all we have.

That’s a cliche, sorry.

Time is what you got baby.  If you’re not spending it in ways that bring you peace, what are you getting in exchange?  What are  you trading your time for?

Here’s a little idea – for the next 24 or 48 hours jot down on your calendar or in your smart phone what you’re doing or where you are in 15 minute increments.  After the time is up take a look back.  Were your minutes spent doing and being the best version of you?  Were you moving forward and taking action on your dreams and desires?  Because just like money – where you spend it is a much greater indicator of your priorities than you might think.

What say you?  Are you spending wisely?

 

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