10 Self-Care Practices for Earth Angels
by Tanya Carroll Richardson (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) Have you ever heard the term earth angel? Maybe somebody once described your second-grade teacher, your mother’s nurse—or you—as an earth angel. In my new book, Are You an Earth Angel?, I offer my take on earth angels, based on the earth angels I’ve […]
How to Recognize Signs from the Universe (And Your Loved Ones in Spirit)
by Tammy Mastroberte (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) My grandmother on my mom’s side passed away on New Year’s Day when I was only five years old. I grew up in the Catholic religion and was told she was in heaven and looking down on me. But as a child, all I wanted […]
Time to Cultivate a Spirit of Wander
by Bill Apablasa There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go. – Tennessee Williams Time to Hit the Road When was the last time you just got up and left? Your feet twitched and the road called? Not on vacation, or a day at the beach or trip to […]
When Was the Last Time You Ventured Into the Woods?
by Suzanne Hanna When was the last time you were in the woods? Several years ago I was at an all time low in my life. It wasn’t one defining moment; it was several moments that were strung together, creating a noose around my neck. I was suffocating. Each day I could feel my energy […]
Hoarding to Fill Emptiness: How to Tell if Spiritual Lack Is Causing Clutter Accumulation
by Alexandra Chauran (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) When I was in my early twenties, my life was as a pile of unsorted mementos. Fresh out of my parents’ home and merging my childhood and young adult belongings with those of my boyfriend at the time was absolute chaos. I also struggled with […]
Personal Crises: Identifying and Conquering Our Struggles
by Alexandra Chauran (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) Middle age gets an undeserved reputation for crises. Some blame the stars, pointing to a rough Saturn Return painting the astrological skies. But, realistically, the rash actions that we associate with a midlife crisis can happen at any and every phase in life. Once you […]
Your Destiny as a Super-Powered Being of Light
by Kala Ambrose (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) One of the most important lessons I have learned in this lifetime is that “the only constant in life is change.” For some people this is a difficult concept to accept, as they find comfort in establishing a sense of order based on the belief […]
The Gift
by Nancy Margulies While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. In August of 1998, boarding a Greyhound bus heading from Boulder to Denver, I noticed a young black […]
Reaching Out
by Paige Pagnucco The look is instantly recognizable: a slight bit of disarray, a slouched shoulder, and a frantic eye searching for a remedy. Recently, my son and I were returning home from our first mother-son trip since the twins were born. We couldn’t have had a better time. We had arrived at the airport […]
PGS – Your Personal Guidance System
by Joanna Pinney Buell We arrived at our destination without a GPS or directions from Google. We’d been there once before. I recalled the way was simple and straightforward. I knew we had a map in the car from our previous trip and I had directions on how to get to the cottage. The directions […]