Simple Living

A Glimpse into My Life Now that I’ve Stepped Away from YouTube Videos

At some point you need to make an honest appraisal of your life and how you are spending your time. I’m still providing readings of course, just on a one-to-one basis. But these days when I have some free time,…

I started reading “A Course in Miracles” and I have a major problem with it

Me and a group of friends thought it would be a nice way to kick off the New Year by having an ACIM study group together. I didn’t really know that much about the book other than that it was…

Emotions are your soul’s way of guiding you: Here’s how to decode them

If there’s one thing I want you to take from this blog post, it’s this: You can rationalize and bullshit yourself all day long, but your emotions will always tell you the truth. Some of you already know this about…

Suffering in silence is not a virtue

As part of my ongoing public service announcement to the spiritual community, I just want to give yet another reminder that it is okay for you to talk about your negative feelings. I just came across an article on Time.com…

How I keep my home & garden 100% pest free without pesticides!

Regular readers are aware that this is my third year living on a rural Virginia property. When we first moved here people told us “You’re living in the South now! You’ll need to regularly get your home sprayed or the…

Please welcome my new kitty Gemini!

I have a very special announcement today as I have welcomed a new kitty into my life! I adopted a kitten at the local shelter where I volunteer, which was a really great opportunity because it meant I was able…

Building Resilience: Gardening through tough times

It’s been a very strange year for the garden! We had record lows all through June, no rain, then two weeks of non-stop rain, then Really REALLY hot. I know it’s been more or less like this everywhere so I…

There is a lesson here

I kept going back and forth about writing this blog post, whether it was appropriate, whether it would be taken the wrong way, but ultimately decided that I should just do it since it reflects my authentic voice. In short,…

The summer’s busy, but take a moment

It has been raining non-stop this whole week! There was a time in my life where I would have seen that as a bad thing, but as a gardener I have learned to really appreciate the rain. This has been…

This is what abundance looks like

It’s the beginning of May and we are already clearing out harvests! So far it’s just mustard greens, turnips, and radishes, but it makes me excited for the season ahead. There is also a realization that there is a pressing…