so who here has some "one day" these clothes will fit?

I have been going like crazy with the laundry and trying to put it all away while trying to entertain the baby. (Shes pretty happy with my underwear on her head as a hat! lol - YES THEY ARE CLEAN!)

Anyways, I was putting away my pants and opened my "pans" drawer. They are filled with my "one day these will fit" pants. I was thinking that I should try them on. I have still not lost all of the weight I put on with having the baby so was wondering how much longer I had before I would have to consider the pants to never fitting again. I know I technically get to blame the baby weight on the baby until shes one right? It seems with breastfeeding, I was told that the "weight just falls off". Well not for me. Seems like my body stores the extra weight for "just in case". I do not want to jeopardize breastfeeding as my goal is to feed her till shes one with breast milk and then slowly wean her off. So for me, I will worry about weight loss at that point.

But I am sure I have TONS of clothes that I need to go through that I probably don't have a hope in heck in ever fitting in again. I can't be the only one who has kept ahold of these clothes as in thinking perhaps one day I will actually fit back into them? Anyone?

Fertility Charms have ARRIVED!!!

I opened my mailbox and inside was the fertility goddess fertility charms!!! How exciting!

The best way to do this though I feel is to individually "charge" them to each persons energy. So if your interested in purchasing one of these charms, emails me with FERTILITY CHARM in the subject line (cheri22@gmail.com) as the quantities are limited. I will then tell you how to purchase them. I will need from you your first and last name, as well as a picture of you. As long as your face is visible and not covered by sunglasses or a hat, the picture is usable. I will then use reiki to attach the energy specifically to you so that the fertility charm is already "energized' to match you and only you. Along with the fertility charm will be a positive paragraph that you will need to say while the fertility charm is in your hands. This will also help open your mind and soul to be more positive, to relax a bit with ttc, and use the "power" of the fertility charm for your own fertility needs. All I ask, is that you do not allow anyone to "read" the paragraph while holding the charm. They can look at the charm, they can read the paragraph but not at the same time. I don't want energies to be "crossed".

This charm can be attached to a zipper, can be added as a necklace, can be placed under your pillow or even carried around in your purse. It needs to be "close" to you at times so don't stuff it in a drawer or at the back of your closet. Its a way to help guide the energy you need into your trying to conceive efforts.

Here is what they look like. I have half in pewter and half in gold. The cost is 5.00 (Canadian) plus shipping. As they are small, the cost for shipping is really minimal. ( I can get you a quote ahead if provided your shipping address)

Fertility charms are not a guarantee for a pregnancy, but they provide the positive energy into the process.

The winner announced!

Well you guys were all pretty close. The funny thing is most people seemed to pick the 12th, this is actually my MOTHERS birthday! So its really funny that most people would be told that day. My birthday is actually the 17th!! There are two people who have answered with the 17th so rather than pick only one, you guys have both won!
SUGARBABYDOLL, you have won a reading with lyuda, as originally promised and Ivette, you have won a reading with me. Please both email me at cheri22@gmail.com and put "blog contest" in the subject line with who you have won the reading for so I can either schedule you in or forward your email to Lyuda to claim your prize!

Today has been an "easy" type day. Not really doing much of anything. I went shopping. My daughters birthday (well both girls actually) are in May, and I went into town a bit (20 min drive to the nearest "bigger town".) and they had the fur real friends that my eldest has been talking about. So I grabbed it as my mother will be paying me for it and giving it to her as a birthday present. I also picked up a cute little "cell phone" for the baby. For those of you who have babies now, or did previously and now grown up, I think that it goes with out saying that babies LOVE cell phones. I have let the baby play with my previously, but she wants the music to play, and as soon as she gets it, she closes the phone. Then opens it and is PISSED that the music is gone and will usually chuck it. This has left me obviously not allowing her to have the phone at all. Well fisher price has a "cell phone" that has some pictures on it, and is a flip phone and she loves it. She can push buttons, the music still plays even though shes closed and reopened it and shes just in love with this thing. So I guess I need to pack this in my purse and hand it to her to play with if she should get fussy. Should she chuck it, we are still good!

I also managed to pick up my cousins wedding shower gift. So I feel like I managed to plan ahead. I am slightly ahead on predictions as well which I think is nice. So hopefully I can keep up the pace and get even further ahead.

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Potato chips a male contraceptive?

I signed up for this newsletter ( The link to the site is listed below) and found this information really interesting and really thought perhaps other people might like to hear this, or even explore this information more!


I wanted to alert you to some information that
I just dug up in my research.

Have you every heard of gossypol? No? Well,
I hadn't either. Turns out it is a toxic substance
found in the cotton plant, which is mostly removed
through hydrogenation when making cottonseed
oil. Why should you care? Well, it turns out that
gossypol is basically like a male birth control
pill. It greatly reduces male sperm count and
sperm motility, and was actually being considered in
China for use as a male contraceptive.

While most of the gossypol is removed from
the cottonseed oil, some of it is still there. So,
to be on the safe side, it's probably best for
your partner to avoid products made with
cottonseed oil. This would typically be some
salad dressings and especially snack foods--
such as potato chips.

Please check out the labels and stay away. As
I discuss in my book, Personal Path To Pregnancy,
there are several ways you can focus on nutrition
to improve your fertility. This includes eating more
of some things and definitely staying away from others.

If you want to learn more about ways to
increase your chances of getting pregnant, check
out http://www.PersonalPathtoPregnancy.com

Late giveway!

This is a giveaway for Lyuda's reading! Sorry for the late post. Wanted to make sure that I completed all the readings I had for today.

Okay, to be able to enter to win this chance at a reading, you need to be able to use again your "pendulum" as well. As mentioned in a previous post, you can do this with pretty much anything, whether you have a necklace with a jewel on the end, or a elastic with a ring, or even a roll of tape...etc. You can pretty much make a pendulum out of anything! Google it if you need more information.

I am going to make this easy, I want you to tell me which day of June my birthday is? I want everyone to write down the numbers 10-20 as my birthday falls into this time frame. Use your pendulum and ask it for each number, circle is no and back and forth (or up and down) is yes:)

Post your answer in the comments section of this blog. Everyone who gets the number right is entered to win. I will announce the winner on Sunday!

Time for me to head to bed! I am exhausted!

Another storey to inspire!

My client just got a bfp and said she would share her storey of her journey in order to provide hope to those of you still on your trying to conceive journey. Here is her storey

After having no trouble getting pregnant with our son (4 months, no OPK, no temping, nothing), we started TTC #2, expecting a similar experience.

We hoped to have 3 or 4 children, and we were both 35 when our son was born, so time was of the essence!

I am a planner and I had it all mapped out, so that I would go back to work from maternity leave, for just long enough to be eligible to take another year off (the advantage to living in Canada - the 1 year mat leave). We started trying as soon as we hit a month (Oct '07) where the EDD would land within these parameters. Being more 'savvy' about the ways of TTC, this time we started out using OPKs (thank goodness for the Internet cheapies!).

After 4 months, we got a BFP, just like last time, and we thought things were falling into place just perfectly. At 8w5d I went for my first u/s only to find that what they found was measuring 5w6d, with no heartbeat. We went through the torture of holding onto hope for a week, waiting to go back for a follow up, only to get more bad news. A D&C ended our innocence on the TTC front.

We took a couple of months to recoup and got a BFP again in June '07, only to have spotting, that turned into bleeding by the time I reached 5w3d.

We continued to try after that for months, with no luck. In January '08 we decided to go to an RE to see what they thought was going on.

We went through some testing (not enough really) and started out on Metformin (1000mg/day) Clomid in Feb '08. We did 3 cycles of Clomid, 1 with IUI, all with no luck. I was ovulating on my own before, and always had regular cycles (slightly less regular then before I had my son, but still 27-31 days on average).

Since this wasn't working we moved on to trying Injectibles and IUI. In June '08 we did our first injectibles cycle and got a BFP. Only to have it all end with spotting, and bleeding at 5w3d, exactly like the last time, right down to the day of the year (July 1st is not a good date for me). Because it ended on it's own and my HcG levels were down to nothing right away (so they must have not risen at all past my 2 blood tests), we started right away on a 2nd round on Injectibles/IUI. This second cycle again we got a BFP. I made sure that they did more beta checks this time, and after 3 consecutively doubling levels, we were feeling positive. At 7 weeks we went for our first u/s and what they found was (once again) measuring 5w6d, with no heartbeat. We waited a week, and once again, things had not progressed, and I had to have a D&C.

At this point , any confidence I had with this RE, was completely gone by then, and we decided to try somewhere new. I got a name of an RE from some friends, and we made our first appointment. The new RE spent an hour with us on our first visit (which is more time then we got with the last RE the whole time we were patients there). He was known for his aggressive approach, and his thorough testing. He did a lot of testing, some repeats of before, some new angles. On Dec 1 '08 we started our first cycle being monitored by this new RE. He put me on a prescription prenatal vitamin, and changed the Metformin dosage to 3000mg/day (he told me the last dosage was like 'spitting in the wind'), other then that it was a natural cycle. One test that I had was a Sonohysterogram. I had had one before (and an HSG as well), but the previous ones lasted about 5 minutes, this one was 20-30 minutes.

On Dec 27 '08 on a whim I decided to poas, because I wanted the bad news sooner then later (and we had a house full of people coming the next day), and was shocked to see 2 lines! My RE watched me very closely with beta draws every 2 days for a week, and then weekly blood work and u/s until 10 weeks.

My beta levels rose beautifully the first week and then slowed down, but continued to rise (the highest I think I heard was 24,000), but at 7 weeks, there was a beautiful heartbeat, and every week after that it was still there!

I am now just over 14 weeks and things are still looking good! I have no idea what it was that worked, the important thing is that it did!

Cheri's original prediction for me was March - and the with my first m/c we got our BFP in mid Feb (which wasn't far off of March), with our 2nd m/c my EDD was Feb 29. When I told Cheri about what we were going through she gave me a new prediction of September. And when I told her about us going to the RE she said she also saw June playing a role, but that she was sticking with September, m/c #3 we conceived and found out in June. Cheri also told me that the testing would take time, but that it would be an easy fix, she couldn't have been more right!

Now I am due September 7th, and in 5 weeks I hope to find out if she was right about it being a girl!

Audrey C.

If you have a storey you would like to share, please email cheri22@gmail.com. I do provide an exchange of a reading bypass (worth 10.00) for your storey as a way to "trade". I feel that inspirational stories really help people and put them in a more positive mind frame, and I too love to help people!

Something freaky! lol

A few nights ago I woke up to go and feed the baby and after getting her back to sleep and heading to my own bed, I felt two women who had passed over around me. Was really strong and freaking me out. Almost like they kept coming in and out and being stronger and then weaker as if trying to get my attention. I do not like being "invaded" when trying to sleep and so strongly either. I am more comfortable when trying to reach someone rather than them finding me. As I learn this portion of my gift perhaps I can help them connect the other way, but until then I am not ready for that. I asked them kindly to please leave (you usually have to say, if your not from the light, please leave and say it three times before they will go. Usually this will refer to spirits earth bound rather than ones coming back from "home) After they left, I was left in peace and headed back to sleep. It was the next day that my husband was telling our guests that around 9pm the same night I had that experience that the shower radio (that we have had for THREE YEARS) all of a sudden turned the radio on. This has NEVER happened in years we have had it. So it freaked him out, and I instantly knew it was one of the women I had seen.

Anyways, not sure if anyone pays attention or realized this, but this is the first month since I have been blogging (since 2007) that I have gone this high in posts! (a record 22 as of this one and there is still march time left!) So to "celebrate" the first person to comment in this blog comment, wins a FAMILY BYPASS reading from me! This is a 25.00 value. All I ask, is if you have won from this blog before, please allow someone else the chance to win the prize:)

April will have a "special of the month" that I will announce closer to the date:)

Have a good positive day!

Ps. something else really cool, I just did spell check as normally I type fast (62 wpm) and have spelling mistakes, I think its my first long post where it did not find any! Yea me! now I just have to work on my grammar! lol

something to ponder... (and the secret psychic is revealed)

If one is a goose, and a flock is "geese" then why is that one sheep is just a sheep but a flock of sheep is still sheep? I vote that one sheep should be called a shoop! I know, sounds silly, I guess you can gauge what type of mood I am in today! I am feeling good (knock on wood) I feel that I will probably "suffer" off and on with health related issues until June as I mentioned before, so please bare with me when it comes to my complaints! I am going to start taking some vitamins again and hopefully that will cut down on the amount of colds and such I seem to be getting.

okay, for the reveal, the secret psychics name is LEAH. I have known her since we were in grade 8. So we would have been both 13 years old. I am now going to be 33 in June, which I guess means we have known each other for almost 20 years!. It was not until later this year that we had "discovered" each other's talents. I guess you can say its not something you just "announce" and I don't read people without their permission and knowledge. So after reconnecting with her on that level she agreed to be the secret psychic for my blog and get her name out there. I have been keeping "tabs" with the people who have received her reading as a way to find out what people's feedback has been. So far so good! I have copied/pasted some of the feedback to those of you who are interested in possibly asking her for a reading. First, let me post the link to her site. Please be aware shes updating it and having it "revamped' so its currently under construction.
http://tarot-by-tom.biz/psychometry/psychometry.htm

FEEDBACK from the winners of the secret psychic

Hi!
Leah was AMAZING. Spot on. I really enjoyed talking to her. She told me a lot about myself that I need to think about, she gave me hope about future kids, DH's job, my health, and a few other things. She's great. I am SO grateful to both you and her for making this happen.

What do I need to do from here?

Thanks!!
Kim

I finally got my reading from her today. My first reaction to her was that predicting conception was not something she was use to because she had to ask me what TTC, and BFP meant. Those are pretty common across the net on TTC, baby and family message boards, blogs etc.

I had also told her me and Dh's full names and also my sons full name, but told her that my dh adopted him, (so while his last name was not his birth given name, it is now legally his name.)

she then told me

linking in i felt that you weren't going to be conceiving on your
own. i felt there was going to be another adoption. i feel that there is
going to be 3 babies... in total. 2 adopted and one natural. and i feel
like the 3rd one could be natural and will mostly be a surprise. i feel
the second one will be another boy but the last one i feel will be a girl.
and i feel this could all possibly happen with in the next 5 years

This kind of confused me because she said 3 total and that the second adopted would be another boy. I am my sons Bio mother so technically for me, it would only be one adopted, if she were correct. Does that make sense?

Also, do you happen to know how she interprets her readings? Is it by tarot cards or is it through guides like you? The reason I ask is because I enjoy readings, and I have gotten from you, Brooke, Mommy hopes, and a couple others, none of which has ever mentioned anything about me adopting...they've all felt like I would conceive, do so naturally and a girl...lol Now obviously none have been correct...so far....but I just thought it was interesting.

anyway, there is my feedback. I am sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but I just got my reading this afternoon!

I am a regular reader of your blog, and was curious about Elizabeth? Does she have a website or is she just going through your Blog? Could I try to win a reading from her through your blog still?

Thanks again!


Niki


I had a great reading with her! I wasn't sure what to expect, but I got a lot more than I thought I would! She did the reading the same day I contacted her. She answered my questions that I had even before I had a chance to ask, and covered an area I would Never have thought about which has given me an opportunity to heal. Thank you for the chance to have a reading with her! Its amazing how accurate she was!

kathy

Cheri,

I’ve got to say that the gift of Leah’s reading has become a double-edged sword. She was very accurate on many things…it freaked me out a little, as I’m not sure I believe in all of this. She did not see a fourth child, like you did, just the possibility of a third…and she wanted me to think long and hard about the third. She had the feeling that another child would cause me great emotional pain…and that it COULD have mental or emotional disturbances (starts middle of page 2)…could I get another reading from you to address this…do you see this?

I liked your reading better…much more cheery (but this wasn’t Leah’s fault.) I received your reading today and I had to laugh out loud at the accuracy of some of it possibly coming true.

I’m sure different psychics see different things…do you know the accuracy of Leah? She sure hit the nail on the head on many things! (As did you.)

Anyway…I’m kind of freaked out…I hate to ask you this…and if you can’t I understand…but I was wondering if you could possibly push me ahead of a few others since you’ve already done a reading for me and just tell me if you think a third child would be healthy, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Your reading sounded as if the next child would be fine.

Anyway…I’m kind of a mess…going to go to paypal now and pay for another reading from you…and after this one I’ll stop bugging you.

Leah said that things don’t happen by accident…and I’ve always believed this to be true.

The only thing I can think of is that the reading by Leah was a wake up call for my husband and me to try to get things back on track and better before we bring another into the world. Also, I need to get a grip on being a “control freak” so I can relax and enjoy life (I come by it honest, my mother is a control freak too.)

Anyway, I thought you might want to take a look at Leah’s reading so I included it as an attachment.

Thanks so much for everything,

Julie

(PLEASE NOTE: Julie has since learned the interpretation of the message she received from Leah and now understands what it meant, when properly interpreted)

Cheri,
Leah was great! We did MSN messenger and she stayed on as long as I wanted. She was accurate about a lot of stuff. We'll see about the future things though. The only thing I am wary about is that she said that we were going to take our oldest dog to the humane society and that someone would adopt him within two weeks. At this point, the thought of dropping him off at the pound makes my heart break and I would sooner lose a finger than do that. I'll let you know if you two say the same thing about me getting pregnant:)

Here is the Blurb from Leah, telling you about herself if anyone is interested in knowing about "who" leah is!

So let me tell you a bit about myself. I am married to the man of my dreams and soul mate. We live in Ontario, Canada. We don’t have any children, as I’ve made my spiritual work my baby, and my husband is more then happy to support me in that decision. I have been involved in metaphysics for most, if not all, of my life. My mom would tell me stories of some of the things I was capable of at an early age. When I was about 4 years old my mom had an operation and she was home and resting on the couch and asked her if I could give her a healing. To humor a little girl she agreed, but was shocked to feel the intensity of the heat and energy coming from my little hands once I placed them on her belly. And this is just one of many stories she has related to me over the years.

I come from very spiritually talented parents. My mother was a psychic medium who later became a minister of Spiritualism and my father was a trance medium.
My parents were always very supportive of me in my spiritual studies. Answering any questions I had the best they could. (And I had A LOT of questions!)
After many years of training under my parents and a couple of spiritual mentors, as well as, much guidance, lessons and tests from my spirit guides here I am now. Finally ready to live my life’s purpose and dream.


Now that that’s done, let me tell you the kind of spiritual service I provide.
If you are wondering how I work with you when providing the healings on each service I go into a meditation and work with your energy body. Except with the Soul Cleansing, that is done in a trance, almost sleep-like, state.


Psychometry reading ~ I connect with your energy through either your first and last name or a picture of you. When doing the reading in person I use a personal item of yours, such as, a ring or necklace that only you have worn.
When connecting to your energy I may help you in a number of ways. With relationships, blocks you may be having in your life on any level. I also help you to realize where you may have emotional or mental blocks in your life that is stopping you from accomplishing a certain goal(s). I am also able to connect with loved ones that have passed over and to be a “translator” of sorts so you and your loved one maybe able to communicate.

Aura Cleansing ~ Sometimes our auras have warps, dark clouds or dark patches in them. This can occur from interacting with the general public, from being around negative people or just walking into a building that have stagnant energy, and this energy can attach to your aura. These warps, dark clouds or patches can possibly cause depression, moodiness or sometimes even physical ailments.
To help alleviate the possible problem, I work with colour vibrations, to smooth out the warps and/or remove the dark areas. Which can minimize the symptoms your may be experiencing.

Energy Cleansing ~ Energy cleansing is similar to Aura cleansing but its on a much deeper level into the body. With energy cleansing the “junk” that I am clearing out is not only in the aura but also throughout the entire body. The stagnant energy that might be in your body is from emotional hurts and baggage from past experiences that may be causing any number of negative effects. I also use colour vibrations to cleanse the body and over all energy field.

Chakra Balancing ~ Sometimes our chakras are out of balance. Sometimes they are too open and sometimes they are too closed, neither is good. By connecting with your energy body I see how open or closed your chakras are and if there are any dark spots that need to be removed.

Soul Cleansing ~ Soul cleansing is removing blockages from past lives that may be hindering you from moving forward in your present life. This service is the most intensive for, not only myself as I do the clearing, but also for the client that wants it done Since it is an “all over” clearing, and depending on the person, it can have some very intense emotions coming to the surface for 2 days to a week after the clearing is done. While this person is going through this clearing I am available for consultations, regarding the cleansing, for the week following the initial consultation request. This following week is included in the price.

Can I trade this body in for a younger model?

I hate being sick.. I really do.. I am sure If I ate more fruits and veggies, perhaps I could keep them away? But honestly, I don't remember being sick this often except when my eldest was a baby! So my strep throat does not feel sore anymore which is good, but I have a cold now. Are you tried of me complaining yet? Stuffy nose, itchy eyes and sneezing like crazy. My dad's wife suggested perhaps allergies, which perhaps it is, but I guess we will see. Its apparently pollen season so it would explain it. I am not sure if I have any allergies or not. Probably would be a good thing to get tested.

Now onto the winner. I have drawn SUIE, congrats to you on winning a reading with Brooke777!!!! You just need to email me or if you want, you can use the links on the bottom right of this blog and email her and let her know that you won.

Don't forget, tomorrow is the reveal of the secret psychic for those who are interested in getting a reading from her.

Those who suffer from PCOS

I actually was checking a link for Elizabeth's site (the other psychic who's readings will be offered on some Thursdays) and found out she had a blog. I checked it out, and the first article there was her storey on her struggle with PCOS and what she did to change her life and what worked for her. I thought others suffering from PCOS might enjoy her article and information and perhaps it will work for them as well.

here is a link to her article and her blog!
http://www.lovelightandinsight.net/blogupdates.htm?blogentryid=4476500

Check it out!

Also, another client of mine has also a blog of her own, and she too suffers from PCOS and has information on their as well. This is what she wrote to me about her blog

Cheri,

I truly believe that I was led to you. You put me in touch with the secret psychic (named edited as its still a suprise!), and she planted a few ideas in me.. I have started a blog to try and help women who are TTC who have a "classic case" of PCOS like myself. I know you talk to so many women on a daily basis, and if you come across anyone who specifically wants to TTC using a diet plan like I did, let them know of my blog. If I can help even 1 family, I'll be happy.

Thanks,

Julie S

http://pcosmom.blogspot.com/

Blog Give away!

Should have been posted on Thursday but forgot I had the other post scheduled so it looks like today is the key!

Lets practice Reiki! I just want you guys to try and use this on yourselves right now, I want you to sit in a place that is quiet where you are free of distractions. So if there is a TV on or something else, turn it off. If there is other people in the room, go into another room for even 5 minutes. I want you to sit on something comfortable, and I want you to put your hands together chest level and palm to palm. Almost like your "praying". I want you to close your eyes, and I want you to focus. I want you to "see" and "feel" your hands heating up. I don't want you to rub your hands at all, I just want them to be touching and for you to "send" heat vibes through your hands. The best way to get started is to visualize a wave of energy from your head, and push it through your arms and into your palms. Most people will find this task to be really easy, others might need more practice. This is a good start to getting the energy flowing that is usually used for reiki!

So to be entered to win, I want you to try this, and then I want you to post in the comments section and let me know if it worked for you. If you felt heat, if you felt the energy, if you felt anything at all. Even if you tried and it did not work, post your experience here. You only need to try for about 5 minutes and then come let me know how it worked. Everyone who responds will be entered to win. The winner will be announced on Sunday.

To those of you who like going to baby swaps!

This is a place where you can go and buy baby and kid "Stuff' from clothes to cribs and toys galore! They are usually gently used condition and can not tell its used! I have bought TONS of stuff when it happens out here as it has saved TONS of money!

A client of mine wanted to pass on some information for a baby swamp near her so if anyone is interested in going, here is the information! (we have one located in my site in the beginning of April and I am going!!)

Subject: How to get into the LA Kids Consignment Private Pre-Sale!!!

Wow - we reached 375 consignors for the Spring 2009 sale in 9 days this time! Therefore,

Consignor Registration is now closed. Don't worry, you can still come shop for bargains!!! Don't miss this sale, with 375 consignors there will be over 40,000 new and gently-used kid's items including clothing, toys, shoes, strollers, books, puzzles, infant gear, indoor/outdoor toys, maternity and sooooo much more!!! Everything for infants through pre-teens!

DO YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE PRIVATE PRE-SALE?

Beat the crowds! Just volunteer - It's so easy, one shift gets you into the pre-sale! Moms, dads and even grandparents can volunteer! Volunteer 2 or 3 shifts and get into the pre-sale even earlier! Find out how on the website: Volunteering

WANT TO CONSIGN BUT MISSED THE DEADLINE?

1. Email me to put your name on the wait list - if someone drops out, you can take their spot! Make sure to include your name and phone #.

2. Our Santa Clarita Valley Kids Consignment Sale will be in April. We'll be opening registration for that sale soon. Find out more on the website. Make sure you're on the SCV Kids Consignment email list to get notices about that sale - it is a different email list from the LA Kids Consignment email list.

3. Come shop and/or volunteer and find out how the sale works - You'll learn about the process and be ready for the next sale!

Thursday, March 26th - Pre-Sale for Volunteers & Consignors - PASSES REQUIRED

Friday, March 27th - 9am-5pm

Saturday, March 28th - 9am-5pm

Sunday, March 29th - 9am-2pm (50% off most items)

Location

City-Art

7733 Hayvenhurst Ave.

Van Nuys, CA 91406

CASH ONLY

DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS THAT TARGETS LA FAMILIES?

Check out the Sponsor opportunities with LA Kids to help you reach thousands of LA families with flyer, coupons or even samples. Our packages are really affordable! Read more online or contact Kristin at lakidsconsignment@earth link.net.

Kristin Nelson

www.lakidsconsignment.com

www.scvkidsconsignment.com

(thank you Chris for sharing this with everyone!)

Shifting your vibration to manifest your desires

Shifting Your Vibration to Manifest Your Desires

February 12th, 2009 by Steve Pavlina Email this article to a friend

You are not a physical being in a physical universe. You are an energetic/vibrational being in an energetic/vibrational universe. You are both a transmitter and a receiver of energy.

One of your greatest challenges as a human being is learning how to live as a vibrational being in a vibrational universe.

Attracting Compatible Patterns

You don’t attract into your life what you want. You don’t attract what you think about. You don’t attract what you feel. Desires, thoughts, and feelings are all important, but these are more effects than causes.

You attract what you’re signaling.

Think of yourself as a vibrational transmitter. You’re constantly sending out signals that tell the universe who you are in this moment. Those signals will either attract or repel other vibrational beings, events, and experiences.

You naturally attract that which is in harmony with your state of being, and you’ll repel that which is out of sync with your state.

If your energetic self radiates wealth and abundance, your physical reality will reflect wealth and abundance for your physical being.

If your energetic self radiates anger and frustration, your physical reality will reflect that as well.

Since the signals you’re sending out at any given moment tend to be fairly complex, your experience of physical reality will be equally complex.

Once you can accept that your vibrational self attracts compatible patterns, it becomes clear that if you want to experience something different in your life, you must somehow change the signals you’re putting out.

Your Vibrational Hum

Listen to the vibrational hum of your being. Quiet your mind, tune in to your inner being, and listen to the ever-broadcasting radio station that is you. What types of signals are you broadcasting in this moment?

When I tune in for a moment, I can sense some of the signals that are emanating from me. I can feel that I’m radiating happiness and joy. I can sense that I’m sending out signals to attract positive, loving new relationships into my life. I can sense that I’m radiating financial abundance and increase. I can sense that my energy is very mental at the moment because I’m writing this article.

These are all thoughts, however. The true signal I’m emitting isn’t a thought. It’s a frequency. I might describe this frequency in words, but I can never get the words quite right because human language is inadequate to the task. If I try to describe my current signal anyway, I might use the following adjectives: flowing, smiling, happy, peaceful, soaring, white, soft, strong, expanding, warm, mindful, smooth, and energized.

I can also tune into signals from my environment. I can sense that my belly is broadcasting satiety since I just had lunch (a mixed green salad and some olives). I can observe that it’s 49 degrees F outside. I can hear soft music coming from my computer speakers (sound is yet another vibration). I can subtly perceive Erin’s signal transmitting from the next room. I can feel the combined energy of the people reading my articles around the world.

Overall, I can sense that the signals I’m sending out and the signals coming from my environment are in sync. I feel happy, peaceful, and abundant, and my environment reflects that. This is a stable state, one I experience often.

Your energy signature is the summation of all the signals you’re sending out. Your thoughts and feelings aren’t the cause of these signals though; your thoughts and feelings are actually effects of the signals. If you change the signal you’re emitting, your thoughts and feelings will shift as well.

Vibrational Equilibrium

Your vibrational being and your environment will tend to move toward equilibrium over time. If your current life situation appears fairly stable, it’s safe to say that you’re maintaining equilibrium.

For example, if you’re financially broke, and if this is a stable situation that has persisted for some time, then it’s likely that most of the energetic signals you’re exposing yourself to are also vibrating at a similar frequency of broke-ness. This includes the place you live, the people you interact with, your work environment, the events on your calendar, your furniture, and so on. Your being is immersed in a field of these signals, and this encourages you to vibrate at the same level.

If you continue to surround yourself with signals that reinforce your current state, then that state will persist indefinitely. You may be able to get away from it for a while, but you’ll keep coming back to it if that’s your equilibrium.

Shifting Your Vibration

Creating a temporary shift in your vibration is easy. You can create such a change in seconds. Jump around and move your body. Sing your favorite song. Smile for a minute. Hold a yoga pose. Take a cold shower. All of these will change your state. However, this won’t create any sort of lasting change if you return to your old vibration afterwards. If your dominant signal remains unchanged, your equilibrium won’t shift.

In order to shift your equilibrium, you need to break the old equilibrium. This means you must create a lasting disconnect between your current vibration and the environmental vibrations that are compatible with it.

There are basically two ways to do this.

First, you can shift your own vibration long enough to create a lasting disconnect with your current environment. If you start transmitting a new signal, you’ll soon repel whatever in your environment is incompatible with your new signal. You’ll also begin attracting other people, events, and experiences that are compatible with your new signal. Hold the new vibration long enough, and you’ll see your whole physical reality change all around you.

You can apply this approach by visualizing your goals very vividly for at least 20 minutes per day. Visualize in such a way that you can feel strong emotions. An emotional shift indicates that you’re broadcasting a new signal. The longer you can hold this new vibration, the faster your reality will shift.

The second method is to intentionally replace many of your environmental signals with new ones. Then you must hold yourself in that new environment. This will feel uncomfortable at first because you won’t initially be compatible with those new signals. You must allow them to recalibrate your own vibration until you become compatible with them.

You can apply this approach by changing your environmental landscape — physically, socially, and otherwise. For example, stop spending time with your lazy friends, give away your TV, and hang out every day with the most productive people you know. This will feel uncomfortable at first, but eventually you’ll start to integrate those new signals, and your own vibrational pattern will soon shift to come into resonance with these new people.

So to sum up, you can either change the signal you’re emitting, or you can change the signal soup you’re immersed in. Either way can be very effective at creating a lasting change in your vibrational pattern.

Creating What You Desire

To create what you want in your life, you must shift your vibrational pattern such that you’re emitting a signal that’s vibrationally compatible with your goals and desires.

You can identify that new vibration by vividly visualizing your goals until you feel different emotions, and those emotions stabilize at a certain point. Notice how your vibrational inner being feels, not just emotionally but energetically. Then return to your old state, and notice the vibrational difference between the two states. Compare and contrast the old vibration with the new one.

For example, here’s how I’d describe the vibration of being broke and deep in debt, a frequency I emitted for many years: tight, knotted, twisted, chaotic, rough, blurry, red, dark, fast, changing, pressed, and squeezed.

Here’s how I’d describe the vibration of financial abundance: open, free, clear, bluish-white, flowing, smooth, bright, focused, and intense.

Each vibration has a different energy signature. If I temporarily shift my default vibration to a state of feeling broke (just by imagining it as real), I can feel my vibrational self shifting its frequency too. If I held that vibration long enough, I’d soon find that my physical reality followed suit.

Hopefully it’s obvious by now that if you want to shift your vibration, it’s a bad idea to consistently expose yourself to incompatible signals. Watch the TV news about the ongoing financial meltdown and the recession/depression, and notice what happens to your vibration. Then notice what happens to your finances in the long run. If you want to experience financial abundance, this is a very bad time to watch or read mainstream news. This is the perfect time to read high-quality books or articles instead.

Learning to sense and control the vibrational frequencies you’re emitting is powerful stuff. Once you really get this, you can intentionally shift your frequency at will to experience what you desire.

If you want to experience wealth, you can create that. If you want to experience a new relationship, you can create that too. If you want high energy and good health, you can create that as well.

This isn’t to say that it will be easy for you to accomplish all of these things. It takes practice to adjust your vibrational frequency correctly, so be patient with yourself. Rome wasn’t manifested in a day.

This article taken from

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2009/02/shifting-your-vibration-to-manifest-your-desires/

I am back! Let's get the show on the road!

Its always harder to sneak online during the day when the baby is awake. She even sees me looking over at the computer she seems to get upset! ha ha. I have toys in here that would distract her if I was just sitting there, but when I check emails, shes at my feet wanting to be picked up, pointing at the kitty calendar...etc. Its cute, but harder! I wanted to make sure to post the last of the giveaways this morning rather than later tonight when she was in bed.

Okay first, lets start with me. I know you all want to hear about me! (just kidding). Turns out I STILL have strep throat. I went to the Dr yet again yesterday. I told him he should just rent me a room in the back as it seemed like I was always there this year. I figure this pattern is going to happen until I turn 33. This actually happens in June. I really feel that the age of 33 is going to be amazing and alot of good things will happen. I guess for me, I love when numbers match and feel them to be "good luck" or really positive. Like when the clock says 11:11 and such. So being 33 for me just seems lucky and i have a sense that things will shift health wise for me, so looking forward to it. This year I seem to be stuck with colds, flu's aches and pains, and sore throats! So hurry up June! Anyways, I was at the DR to get more of the breastfeeding drug (domiperidone) to make sure I keep making it. I want to breastfeed till the baby is one and was having some supply issues. While there, mentioned that my sore throat was back. They checked it, sent the swab to the lab and found out I STILL have strep throat. Here comes another round of antibiotics for 10 days! ACK!

Okay, so lets get started with the contest. There are TWO winners tonight, I called my sister and told her to pick two numbers between 1 and 14 and shes drawn lucky number
2 who happens to be "Kimmiemommie" and Lucky number
8 who happens to be "Lynn"

Congrats to you both on winning the contest! Please email me at cheri22@gmail.com with "secret psychic" in the subject line so I can send you to the right person. Stay tuned on Monday next week for the reveal:)

The last of the Secret Psychic Giveaway!

I left this deliberately for today! Today is known as "St. Patrick's Day" and is supposed to be lucky. You know leprechauns, gold at the end of rainbows, lucky rabbit feet..etc.

There are actually TWO readings left to be given away and to make today even more lucky, I am offering them BOTH in this contest alone. Next Monday I will announce who the secret psychic was and anyone who was interested in contacting her can.

Now to be entered into this draw, I want to know what you think is lucky! This can be something that has special meaning to you, can be an old wives tale you have heard, or even something superstitious!

As usual, all you have to do is post in the comments section with your answer as well as your name or login or email so that you can be identified should you win! I am going to be back online later tonight to announce the two winners so good luck!

I'd write more, but there is a little 10 month old baby at my feet that does not like me typing so will cut this short and write more tonight!

The winner!

Thank you guys all so much for sharing your dreams. I can tell you that I have had TONS of dreams. Its the nights when I don't dream that I am often wondering why! They are always "crazy" dreams too and so funny to try and explain to someone. I actually have a dream journal! I remember posting on here now over a year ago when I first started trying to conceive for my second baby, I actually had a dream that was too funny. (you can probably do a search through my blog and locate it) Anyways, I was dreaming that I was with my father, my sister and my current daughter on a water slide. I remember going through it and we separated, it was like going down two tubes! I remember thinking I shouldn't be on the water slides as your not supposed to when your pregnant. We were heading to the bottom and I remember getting out. I also think I headed to the pool which was behind a door, and there was two. I remember telling everyone on the blog, that I thought perhaps it was a pregnancy dream but was not sure. Then I was worried about it meaning twins! lol. Anyways, if I can locate it, I will edit this post so that you can read it and get a good laugh.

Anyways, the winner for the contest is number 6! Congrats to Dayna! If you look on the lower right of this blog, is a link to Elisabeth's site. From there, you can contact her email and let her know that your winner of this blog. She will take it from there:)

EDITED:
I found the link!!!
http://iamcheri22.blogspot.com/2007/09/dream-little-dream-with-me.html

This is the dream I had, and was BEFORE i found out i was pregnant. I got a bfp on the 15th of September:)

How to discover your life's purpose

I found this really interesting article that is supposed to help you find out your life purpose and actually seems really neat. I figured I would copy the information and also link back to the article in case anyone else wanted to explore other features listed:)

How do you discover your real purpose in life? I’m not talking about your job, your daily responsibilities, or even your long-term goals. I mean the real reason why you’re here at all — the very reason you exist.

Perhaps you’re a rather nihilistic person who doesn’t believe you have a purpose and that life has no meaning. Doesn’t matter. Not believing that you have a purpose won’t prevent you from discovering it, just as a lack of belief in gravity won’t prevent you from tripping. All that a lack of belief will do is make it take longer, so if you’re one of those people, just change the number 20 in the title of this blog entry to 40 (or 60 if you’re really stubborn). Most likely though if you don’t believe you have a purpose, then you probably won’t believe what I’m saying anyway, but even so, what’s the risk of investing an hour just in case?

Here’s a story about Bruce Lee which sets the stage for this little exercise. A master martial artist asked Bruce to teach him everything Bruce knew about martial arts. Bruce held up two cups, both filled with liquid. “The first cup,” said Bruce, “represents all of your knowledge about martial arts. The second cup represents all of my knowledge about martial arts. If you want to fill your cup with my knowledge, you must first empty your cup of your knowledge.”

If you want to discover your true purpose in life, you must first empty your mind of all the false purposes you’ve been taught (including the idea that you may have no purpose at all).

So how to discover your purpose in life? While there are many ways to do this, some of them fairly involved, here is one of the simplest that anyone can do. The more open you are to this process, and the more you expect it to work, the faster it will work for you. But not being open to it or having doubts about it or thinking it’s an entirely idiotic and meaningless waste of time won’t prevent it from working as long as you stick with it — again, it will just take longer to converge.

Here’s what to do:

1. Take out a blank sheet of paper or open up a word processor where you can type (I prefer the latter because it’s faster).
2. Write at the top, “What is my true purpose in life?”
3. Write an answer (any answer) that pops into your head. It doesn’t have to be a complete sentence. A short phrase is fine.
4. Repeat step 3 until you write the answer that makes you cry. This is your purpose.

That’s it. It doesn’t matter if you’re a counselor or an engineer or a bodybuilder. To some people this exercise will make perfect sense. To others it will seem utterly stupid. Usually it takes 15-20 minutes to clear your head of all the clutter and the social conditioning about what you think your purpose in life is. The false answers will come from your mind and your memories. But when the true answer finally arrives, it will feel like it’s coming to you from a different source entirely.

For those who are very entrenched in low-awareness living, it will take a lot longer to get all the false answers out, possibly more than an hour. But if you persist, after 100 or 200 or maybe even 500 answers, you’ll be struck by the answer that causes you to surge with emotion, the answer that breaks you. If you’ve never done this, it may very well sound silly to you. So let it seem silly, and do it anyway.

As you go through this process, some of your answers will be very similar. You may even re-list previous answers. Then you might head off on a new tangent and generate 10-20 more answers along some other theme. And that’s fine. You can list whatever answer pops into your head as long as you just keep writing.

At some point during the process (typically after about 50-100 answers), you may want to quit and just can’t see it converging. You may feel the urge to get up and make an excuse to do something else. That’s normal. Push past this resistance, and just keep writing. The feeling of resistance will eventually pass.

You may also discover a few answers that seem to give you a mini-surge of emotion, but they don’t quite make you cry — they’re just a bit off. Highlight those answers as you go along, so you can come back to them to generate new permutations. Each reflects a piece of your purpose, but individually they aren’t complete. When you start getting these kinds of answers, it just means you’re getting warm. Keep going.

It’s important to do this alone and with no interruptions. If you’re a nihilist, then feel free to start with the answer, “I don’t have a purpose,” or “Life is meaningless,” and take it from there. If you keep at it, you’ll still eventually converge.

When I did this exercise, it took me about 25 minutes, and I reached my final answer at step 106. Partial pieces of the answer (mini-surges) appeared at steps 17, 39, and 53, and then the bulk of it fell into place and was refined through steps 100-106. I felt the feeling of resistance (wanting to get up and do something else, expecting the process to fail, feeling very impatient and even irritated) around steps 55-60. At step 80 I took a 2-minute break to close my eyes, relax, clear my mind, and to focus on the intention for the answer to come to me — this was helpful as the answers I received after this break began to have greater clarity.

Here was my final answer: to live consciously and courageously, to resonate with love and compassion, to awaken the great spirits within others, and to leave this world in peace.

When you find your own unique answer to the question of why you’re here, you will feel it resonate with you deeply. The words will seem to have a special energy to you, and you will feel that energy whenever you read them.

Discovering your purpose is the easy part. The hard part is keeping it with you on a daily basis and working on yourself to the point where you become that purpose.

If you’re inclined to ask why this little process works, just put that question aside until after you’ve successfully completed it. Once you’ve done that, you’ll probably have your own answer to why it works. Most likely if you ask 10 different people why this works (people who’ve successfully completed it), you’ll get 10 different answers, all filtered through their individual belief systems, and each will contain its own reflection of truth.

Obviously, this process won’t work if you quit before convergence. I’d guesstimate that 80-90% of people should achieve convergence in less than an hour. If you’re really entrenched in your beliefs and resistant to the process, maybe it will take you 5 sessions and 3 hours, but I suspect that such people will simply quit early (like within the first 15 minutes) or won’t even attempt it at all. But if you’re drawn to read this blog (and haven’t been inclined to ban it from your life yet), then it’s doubtful you fall into this group.

Give it a shot! At the very least, you’ll learn one of two things: your true purpose in life -or- that you should unsubscribe from this blog.

Taken from here

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/01/how-to-discover-your-life-purpose-in-about-20-minutes/

Good news!! I am a twit! lol

I don't know, sounds funny! But I just signed up for "twitter" and no idea how to use it, but I enjoy the ellen show and shes on there and wants everyone to sign up and have one million followers so I thought, what the heck! So if anyone else is a twit, look me up, I am under iamcheri22.

You will also never guess.. but I have ANOTHER sore throat! I have been taking antibiotics and it went away, I was 'sore throat free' for all of two days. I don't get it! So here I am suffering with another one. Not nearly as bad, but enough that I get to complain about it. Its also making me snore at night which is driving my husband crazy! ( my throat is a bit swollen which is why I am snoring - my storey and I am sticking to it!) Anyone got any ideas on what this could be? Any natural remedies?

Okay, today is the give away for Elisabeth's reading. For those who are not familiar with her, shes been on my blog on the links to the bottom right, and she has said she would love to be featured on the blog as per my previous post!

So, for this contest, I would like to talk about dreams. I want to hear dreams you have had that have turned out to be like a premonition. Does not matter how crazy it was, or how silly it sounds, I want to hear about it, and then want you to translate it and tell me what happened from your dream.. basically did your guides or loved ones, direct you away from something, warn you from something or even give you an answer?

I really feel that dreams are a way of connecting within yourself and your guides. As a way of gathering information and getting insight. Sometimes people don't remember their dreams when they wake up, but you CAN! Before going to bed, you just need to ask your guides to allow you to remember the details of your dream when you wake up. Have a pen and paper close by!

So as the contests always go, please post in the comments section and leave your email address or a login name. Some way that you can be easily identified. I will draw a winner on SUNDAY as usual. Thus giving everyone enough time to enter!

Good luck!

Can Yoga help you concieve?

I was sent a link to a site about yoga and this particular yoga helping with fertility and conceiving! Do I think it will work? I always believe that when you can de-stress that it allows your body to open up to what is around it and allow things to come through. I have often suggested to my clients if they can't find a way to meditate, that perhaps trying yoga or the like would do the trick. So yes, its possible that yoga could actually help with fertility!

I thought others might want to check out this link, they sell a DVD called "Bend Breathe & Conceive" Fertility Yoga. There are testimonials on there and seems that the DVD is really cheap! Check out the site and find out more information for yourself and see if this would be a benefit to you!

Here is a tidbit from the site
Trying to conceive is among the most exciting times in our lives, filled with hope and exciting plans for the future.

But as many of us know all too well, trying to conceive can also be a time of great stress and anxiety, with pressure that steadily increases month after month.

This tension that comes with trying to achieve pregnancy comes with consequences of its own. “Fertility frustration” triggers the release of stress hormones, which in turn have a negative impact on reproductive balance and our ability to conceive.

Yoga can help to restore your reproductive balance and counter the effects of stress in a way that encourages successful conception. In fact, a recent clinical study found that just 10 weeks of yoga resulted in significantly increased conception rates.

http://www.bendbreatheandconceive.com/

The winner!

Thank you all for your wonderful tips! I do have to say that I agree, writing everything down also helps me to stay organized. I actually have a daily planner here at my desk with everything written down. All the readings to be completed by a particular day, any activities for the kids (like birthday parties they need to attend) etc. So I agree, write EVERYTHING down if you can!! I find that being organized, also sets the tone for the day. When I know what to expect it just seems to go so much more smoothly. When I forget something, I feel screwy!

Okay, the winner for the contest is lucky number 9 katzjammies/Michelle!~ Congrats to you on the win! If you could email me at cheri22@gmail.com and put in "SECRET PSYCHIC" in the subject line so I can locate your post?

So stay tuned to the blog, I do have stuff coming up to be posted that I think will be interesting for everyone to read!

getting a good jump on the day!

Well, I managed to put the baby down for a nap while my eldest is in kindergarten!!! How is that for cool? usually the naps don't line up this way. So here I am sneaking on the computer while shes sleeping, going to do the reading give away for the secret psychic and hopefully get a few readings completed while she naps! Wish me luck!

Okay, as you know there is only a few opportunities for the secret psychic before I announce who she is, and then if anyone is interested you can contact her for a reading. The people who have won so far have provided good feedback for their readings. The latest winner (niki thanks to julie passing on her prize!) has yet to contact me, but have asked her for feedback as well. I like to keep up to date on peoples experience so I can let everyone know.

For this contest, I kinda like to mix it up. I know most of you are interested in further developing your talents, but I do know that there are some people who are still a bit too shy or unsure about their talents and enjoy being able to participate as well. So this is a "non" psychic reading giveaway. Which means EVERYONE can enter!!!!

I like to say I am organized, I usually try and keep things like that, so at times I might have to consider myself a control freak! I can deal well with change if I am the one that initiates it, or if I am "alerted" to it about to happen. Other times when something is changed on me, when its something I have planned and felt good about, I feel "off" and will usually catch me off guard and makes my day feel screwy! I am sure others can attest. Its just a matter of me "resetting" myself but at times it does not happen as fast.

Okay, so this contest is where you enter your tips on something you find helps you to stay organized. Something other mom's might find useful and fun. It does not matter if you find someone posted the same or similar in the comments section, just go ahead and post your ideas as well.

I will start!
Did you know that when you take two girls (as in my daughter and her friend) to swimming lessons, while they are washing off the chlorine in the shower, if you put out their clothes in the order they like to put it on, that it saves valuable time and headaches? I learned that the hard way! The first time was a nightmare! (okay, not that bad but drove me crazy) the clothes were all out, they were inside out, took forever and the baby was upset!. So, the next time, I sorted the clothes, made them right side right (is that a word?) and got it ready as they showered. My daughter puts her underwear on first, then her shirt, pants, socks, shoes.. her friend does underwear, pants, shirt, socks, shoes...etc. So I found putting them in layers on the table in the order they like, cut down on the time we were in their changing, they were able to do it themselves, and the baby stayed happy! No Chaos!

So, as you know, post in the comments section with your idea/tips, if you can't think of something, google is your friend! I will allow ANY tips/tricks that you will think will help other moms (and dad's) to stay organized! Please include an email address and or login name so that you can be identified should you win. I will draw the winner TUESDAY morning to allow enough time for people to enter!

Also on a side note, we are now announcing ELIZABETH into the mix for the free readings. I am just verifying with Lyuda that shes still in (As I think she might have gotten a bit busy) and then we will have FOUR in total. I will alternate between me, Brooke777, Elizabeth and Lyuda each THURSDAY for a free reading give away!

Quote of the day!

in the comment to one of the posts below, someone had mentioned that they would love it if they came to the blog and there was a "quote of the day". Something that would change with each visit that they made. Something that perhaps would be for them and not everyone getting the same thing. For a limited time, I have "installed' a widget that is called the fortune cookie. Supposed to be insightful and more importantly FUN! Its on the bottom right, and you should only have to click on it to get your "fortune" told!

Fertility charms

I have managed to secure some pretty amazing fertility charms!I am really excited as I know this is going to really help alot of people who are positive as they can be, but just need that extra push! I don't have them in my hands at the moment, but waiting for them to arrive. I still have to infuse them with reiki and still set up the enchantment that needs to be said. This charm can either be placed on a zipper, a necklace, inside your pillow case or beside your bed. There are so many things or places you can put this! So just keep your eyes on the blog, when I am ready, I will announce it with a picture and letting you know how it works and for those of you who are interested, I will let you know when they are available and how to get one!

Myths about being psychic

Three Myths about Psychic Ability

Myth # 1: Only ‘Gifted’ People Can Develop Psychic Awareness

Clients often ask me ‘do you really think I could develop some psychic ability – is it possible for me?’

We all have the potential to be gifted psychics. Your intuition is your birth right, but for many of us our psychic senses diminish in childhood as they are not nurtured in the same way that our five physical senses are. Those who are psychic have either:

1. retained their psychic abilities from childhood
2. actively worked to re-awaken their intuition
3. undergone some sort of experience that has spontaneously unlocked their intuition, like a near-death experience

Myth # 2: Psychic Development is Scary Because You Have To Communicate With Spirits

I didn’t want to talk to spirits or see them - I was afraid of being startled.

Talking to disembodied spirits and seeing them is a big aspect of psychic awareness. But I later learned that there are other ways to tune into Spirit. Psychic awareness can also be gut feeling (Clairsentience), an inner knowing (Claircognizance) or listening to your inner voice (Clairaudience).

If you’re a beginner in psychic development, you can begin by tuning into your own Higher Self. You don’t have to talk to disembodied spirits to do that.

Your Higher Self is already communicating with you constantly – whether you are perceive it is another matter. If you’re stuck in a job you hate with no escape in sight, your Higher Self may whisper to you ‘you know this job isn’t for you…why don’t you pursue your dream of writing a novel?’

This sense of knowing that you’re not fulfilling your purpose by working in a job you hate is just as much part of your extra-sensory perception as clairvoyance is.

You can begin developing psychic awareness just by allowing your Higher Self to guide you. Take note of what feels ‘right’ to you, on a deep level and take action accordingly. It is one thing receiving intuitive guidance, but acting on that intuitive guidance is something else entirely and can take a great deal of courage at times!

Myth # 3: All psychics are clairvoyant by definition

I thought that all psychics had to be clairvoyant. This was mostly because many professional psychics are natural clairvoyants.

Most clients do not primarily utilize the gift that we normally associate with being psychic – clairvoyance. Over the last several months around 35% of my clients have been primarily claircognizant (this means that their strongest natural psychic ability is claircognizance), 30% clairsentient, 30% clairaudient and only 5% of the people I read for were clairvoyant.

Many people haven’t heard of clairsentience and claircognizance (and few have heard of clairaudience), which is interesting because according to what I’ve seen over the past several months, these psychic gifts are so much more common than clairvoyance.

Does this mean that the people who aren’t naturally clairvoyant can’t be gifted psychics? No, what it means is that most people have a different psychic skill set from the one we’re used to hearing about most - clairvoyance. But clairvoyance is not the only skill to develop. Clairsentience, claircognizance and clairaudience are equally valid intuitive ‘vehicles’ too.

So now when clients ask me “do you really think I could be psychic?” – my answer is always yes, if you can do the following: identify your strongest psychic gift , honour and acknowledge the guidance you receive through that intuitive ‘vehicle’ and then make time to consciously develop it .

The rest will follow. Once you honour and develop your primary gift, you will find that other skills that once weren’t so natural to you will develop as well.

Here is a little twist for you all!

As most of you have read below, the person who won the reading is Julie. Turns out shes also one previously for the secret psychic! She has told me this (as I had not realized this myself! lol) and has actually offered to pass it on to someone else so that they too can have a turn. She really enjoyed her reading with the secret psychic but feels it would not be fair to other blog readers to have the chance twice. She has picked a new number for the winner. She said that she loves the show Lost (so do I!!!) and that it starts at 7pm, so shes drawing number 7 as the lucky winner. Now going back through the post, that shows as Niki!!! So congrats to you Niki now on being the lucky winner thanks to Julie! You just need to email me at cheri22@gmail.com with "secret psychic" in the subject line so I can locate your email and forward your email where it needs to go:)

Lets also talk "lucky charms". I know that some woman can't really do the visualizing techniques as either they don't have the time, or the attention span to do it and constantly find their mind wandering to other things rather than focusing on the positive thinking aspects. Have you thought instead of using a "fertility" charm? Something that represents fertility and either putting it under your pillow, or wearing it around your neck...etc. Keeping it close to you and thinking of it, rubbing it and being positive about this? I was thinking of locating something like this for people who were interested in having something like this. So let me know if anyone is interested and I will start to research into this ia bit more.