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Flower Energy Cards
I just found out about these beautiful cards from Alaskan Essences, Inc. They are a pictorial deck that features affirmations and information on the energy that each flower embodies and carries with it. All the flowers pictured are native Alaskan wildflowers, so I would especially recommend a deck like this for anyone from Alaska who…
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This Holiday Season
Every holiday season it seems harder and harder to find that perfect gift. Everyone seems to have everything they need or want – except for the really expensive things. So what’s a well meaning gift giver to do? Or maybe you’re thinking about going green or supporting the economy – I have some suggestions for…
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Thanksgiving Thanks 2011
I spoke yesterday of writing this post today and have found myself putting it off and putting it off. I thought it would be easy just to write a big old post about all the things that I’m thankful for and have gratitude towards but it’s actually surprisingly difficult. There is SO MUCH GOOD in…
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Who’s in Your Tribe?
According to the World English Dictionary, a tribe is: a social division of a people, esp of a preliterate people, defined in terms of common descent, territory, culture, etc. Though we consider ourselves a literate people, this pretty well describes a tribe. Especially the “etc” part. But in our modern culture, people use tribe in…
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Facing Our Shadow Selves
Tarot Elements developed a spread to help us face our shadow selves and reintegrate it into the rest of ourselves. It’s a wonderful spread and can be used for self-healing and getting to know yourself. While they view the shadow self as the Jungian view, I have a different perspective. A lot of people think…
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What Can We Learn From Wolf?
Wolves are amazing animals, but they have a reputation that paints them in a grossly vicious fashion. Wolves are not vicious and instead are cautious, take care of their pack, and primarily prey on the old, sick, or young. They rarely face down a healthy adult prey animal and even more rarely attack human beings.…
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The Cherokee Legend of Two Wolves
I love this story. I have tried to verify the origin and everything says it’s Cherokee, but it is the internet so you never know. Anyways, this is an amazing story and I thought it was a good time to share it. This version is taken from http://www.firstpeople.us. An old Grandfather said to his grandson,…
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Why Self Care Matters
I’ve done a lot of readings the last few days and one thing has really stood out to me. The most common piece of advice I’ve been giving people is that they need to work on self-care and being more confident in who they are. This applies to all areas of your life – romance,…
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Harvest Moon Jewelry
In honor of the recent Harvest Moon, I’d like to direct your attention to one of the jewelry pieces I have available right now! It’s name is Harvest Moon and it’s a lovely piece of Jasper wrapped in copper. Being related to the Harvest Moon, this piece is all about taking action to reap the…
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What Are You Reaping?
So, yesterday was the beautiful Harvest Moon for 2011. It also, coincidentally, was the farthest away the moon is in its orbit around the Earth, so the moon was undetectably smaller than usual. This may make the moon’s energies slightly lest potent, but there will still be a strong effect. The Harvest Moon is an…
