Winner of blog contest for October was

AMY P. of MO USA. Congratulations Amy. As already mentioned, I have had your candle shipped and the Gold Canyon Representative will email you with your tracking number! Enjoy!

Okay, here is something "new" for NOVEMBERS blog contest and will run all NOVEMBER. Every monday starting November 12th and then on Nov. 19 & 26th I will post something on this blog. All you have to do is respond in the comments section based on the information in that post and you could possibly be the winner! So thats three winners for the month of NOVEMBER!

Now, this is definatley something new! I had a client offer to do a tarrot reading for me in exchange for extra questions for herself, including a connection with a loved one who passed over. As most of you know already, I can't read myself (most people can't!) so of course I am always open for that and took her up on her offer.
I asked at least 5 questions, and everything that came back was pretty much inline with what I had felt but could not know for sure, and also what Cheri Mancuso had already mentioned in my reading with her. They lined up really well!.

Pam, is VERY good with reading Tarrot cards and has offered me to offer her services for this month for my blog contest. What you win, is ...... her email to contact her with, and the ability to ask THREE questions. It does not matter what you ask her, can be about ttc, pregnancy, marriage, money, friendship, careers....etc.. whatever you think of, will be answered!

So three people will win this great opportunity to have it done for free!

After this november contest is over, I will post a link to her site, as well as a link to her email so that if anyone else was interested in trying her out, that you could do so. I dont plan on listing that information as of yet, cause my winners get to go first! hahaha!!

I am playing "hookey" from work today, this time telling them I was "pretending" to be sick. That way they knew exactly why i was not coming in but staying at home. And like my last post when I actually told them I was sick, and then I got sick the next day, I felt by being honest with playing "hookey" i might get to skip the karma and not be sick tomorrow! lol

I am online, its 1:14pm, and will be online till just over 3:30pm where I will get as much readings done as possible before picking up my daughter from daycare. Then I will be back on again tonight as well doing more readings when my little one is in bed:)

Best wishes!

A storey of hope!

Here is an inspirational storey from Steph. I met her on todays parent and did a prediction for her. Although her ttc was a stressful journey, and had its ups and downs, there was certainly a silver lining to look forward to. This storey is to show you, that although what you may be up against seems "pointless" to continue and it seems "easier" to just give up, sometimes its the perserverance, that pays off in the end:)

"After only taking 9 months to conceive our first daughter, we were not prepared for the long road that fertility would take us down when trying for our second child. When DD#1 was 22 weeks old, I got AF for the first time. DH and I discussed TTC again and decided to get started right away as we knew that since I was 36, it might be harder to get pregnant the second time around. Little did we know that it would take 2 years. After TTC for 9 months, in May 2005 I contacted my OBGYN to have some testing done. I could not get in to see him for another 4 months so I went to my GP and got a referral to the Ottawa Fertility Clinic, knowing it would take forever to get in there. My OBGYN had all the testing done in advance that was required by the Fertility Clinic. I had bloodwork, hysterosalpingogram, ultrasounds, paps and a variety of swabs. Finally there was a cancellation at the clinic so our appointment was moved up to December 2005. In the meantime, I bought a ClearBlue Fertility Monitor (my best purchase EVER). Little did we know that when we visited the clinic, we were actually pregnant. Very Happy Christmas to us! BFP on Dec 22, 2005. I called the clinic to cancel our place on the IUI list but they said to hold off as they hate jinxing anyone. Good thing as on January 18th, I started bleeding. We had a number of ultrasounds done and the heartbeat was there. We were relieved. But on January 30th, the heartbeat was no longer and I had a D&C on January 31st. It was the hardest thing that my husband and I have ever had to live through. I spent weeks crying on and off. How could this happen? We ended up having an IUI done on March 17th, 2006 (all those meds and shots GROAN). It did not take. It was our last chance to have a fertility treatment as the clinic was moving and would not be ready to do more procedures until summer. While we waited, we tried the Sperm Meets Egg Plan (SMEP) and I got pregnant again in late May. Again, I started spotting and this time my HCG levels never got off the ground. I miscarried again on June 6th. I was fed up. In July, we tried the SMEP one more time. We knew that we were on the eve of the 2 year anniversary of TTC. We didn't put much into it as we were in the middle of putting our house up for sale and finalizing the touches on the house we had built. Cheri told me "APRIL" back in September 2005. I thought I would have to get pregnant in August to give birth in April until someone pointed out to me that I would actually have to get pregnant in July. When this was pointed out to me, I knew right then and there that I was pregnant. I bought a Clearblue Digital test the next morning and there it was: +. To be honest, we never really believed that we would have that baby. I bled 3 big bleeds from week 5 to week 13. I had 6 ultrasounds in that time as I was a nervous wreck. I literally was making myself sick. Until I had that baby in my arms, I was not a believer. But here I sit with my 7 month old Megan in my lap while I type this (did I mention Cheri said GIRL!). She is VERY real indeed. And she was worth every minute."
Steph

Dreams can be important too!

I truly believe that for people who wish to get answers or guidance in their lives, that dreams are a link to ones soul. Not only can it help you connect with a loved one who has passed over, it can offer you insight into a problem your currently experiencing, and it can also connect you with your guides.

Not all dreams have meaning, but with practice, and the use of a dream journal, you will figure out which ones have meaning, and which ones just relate to something you had been thinking about before bed, or relate to a movie you just watched before closing your eyes.

Usually the repetitive ones are the ones you need to pay attention to, the ones that also have alot of vivid information. We all dream, just some of us seem to remember them more, all the details and information.

If your currently going through a tough time and looking for guidance, before going to bed, lay on your bed as if your ready to fall asleep and close your eyes. In your mind I want you to say " please provide me with the answer to "insert your question here" in my dreams and allow me to remember when I wake up. Saying this three times usually puts it in your mind enough that you will actually remember your dream.

Dreams always need to be interpreted. They never come out "easy" and always have to be translated to find out what they mean. I use www.dreammoods.com to try and interpret mine.

There is one dream that has been coming since I got pregnant this time. And I thought I would share it. As of right now, I have a feeling as to what it points too, but do not have confirmation as of yet if its "accurate" and almost scared to find out lol.

When my husband and I first started trying to conceive, I asked my daughter if she wanted to be a big sister. To this she replied "Sure". She then looked at me and said " you have someone in your tummy". (at this point I did not know that I was in fact pregnant) and I said "Oh really? Is it a girl baby or a boy baby?" And she said "maybe its one of each!".

Then a few weeks later, I posted on my blog about how I had a dream about my sister, my dad and my daughter going through these tunnels, and involving a waterslide. That instead of going down them as my sister was pregnant (shes actually due in 2 weeks!!) and I thought I could possibly, I had seen behind these glass doors, TWO pools.

A dream a few weeks ago, had me working for this company called "two spoons". It turned out it was a stripper bar (no idea how i ended up working there! lol) and if you wanted, you could do "extra" services for tips. I had just decided to stick with busing the tables, finish my shift and quit! lol. I remember that there was male waiters and female waters and it was geared towards both sexes (girl/boy)

Then a few nights ago, I had a dream that my friend trisha had given birth to twins. There was a boy there with light colored hair and light colored eyes (this is the same description of a boy I had seen even before having kids at all) and then she also had another little girl there with darker hair and darker eyes.

So lately, all dreams relate to TWINS, and one girl and one boy. I have no idea if they are "warning" me of the possibility of twins, or if perhaps my possible "Fear" that it might be twins is coming up in my dreams? I guess my fear stems from the fact that we planned on two only, and never even thought of a possible third! lol

So anyways, just thought i would say, that dreams can be powerful things. I know that people who have passed over also use this as a means to communicate. To show you that they are okay.

I was not able to use the computer last night. Sunday night are very hard for me to get tons done as they are usually more family oriented. I will get going on them today and tonight and get as much done as possible.

Further developing your own "gifts"

I have mentioned in numerous posts in this blog that we all have psychic abilities. Each person will find that there strenghts are usually in different areas. Not everyone is able to connect with someone who has passed over, not everyone is clairaudient, but they CAN be. The thing is, you are going to be stronger in one area at first, and with practice, determination and the use of your "gift" you will be able to open up alot more "doors" and either add new gifts to strengthen and use, or being able to use your strongest gift to its fullest potental.

A client of mine, recently asked if I would post on my blog ways of people opening themselves up to their own gifts. What I have done is located a site that basically explains exactly where I would have started off with, and would be beneficial to anyone wanting to explore their own abilities.

Just to let you know, that when first opening yourself up to your own psychic abilities, its normal to experience headaches, fatigue and nauseousness. These are all symptoms I experienced for the first 3 days after opening myself back up. I will try to post things like this frequently to help guide people on opening themselves up to use their own gifts to help others.


Everyone is psychic. What a person can or cannot do is not an indication of your true abilities. However intuition is interesting. The more you listen to it the more feedback it will give you. Therefore, you really need to practice trusting your intuition, paying attention to the way your unconscious mind tells you information. For some it is a simple knowing in the quiet moments of meditation. For others it may be a gut feeling or a body sensation. The unconscious mind can use any of your senses to communicate; these include the five following senses.
Vision this involves isolated images or symbols you see or it can be more detailed images of clairvoyance or remote viewing.
Hearing also known as clairaudience, involves hearing words or sounds in one ear and not the other. This can be scary for those who are not familiar with it as hearing voices is traditionally a sign of insanity.
Touch is probably also considered clairsentience as it is a feeling intuition as physical body sensations.
Smell can also give psychic information whether simple or complex.
Taste although far less common than the other methods, it has been known for some psychics to get a taste in their mouths when interpreting psychic information.

There are many ways you can practice using your intuition. Some are listed below.
Traffic: If you live in a city with frequent traffic reports try to guess which roads are bad and why. This works even better if you have two routes to get home, each with an equal chance of having delays. You can guess which roads to use to get home faster, and then listen to the traffic report. It is not helpful if one road is always bad, because then logic takes over.
Shopping: Without checking the adverts try to guess what you are going to pay for something and where the best place to buy it is. Afterwards check out the facts.
Parking: Try to let your intuition guide you to the best parking space. This is particularly useful during the holiday season.
Telephone: See if you know is on the telephone before you pick it up.
Sports: Without knowing anything about the game or the teams try to guess who will win and what the scores will be. Then check out the results.

The trick is to find something you care about, or something you cannot know for sure based on past knowledge and experience and you can get feedback on. Then pay attention to the difference in feelings between that which proved to be right and that which proved to be wrong. Take notice if you have ignored your intuition and see if you later regret not acting upon it, be aware of how that information came to you so that next time it happens, you do not ignore it.
Learn to listen to feedback from your body on the psychic hits you get. One of the best psychic development techniques is learning to tell when you are getting information that is right or wrong.
Work on issues you hear all the time that you rarely act upon. You have to work on your psychological baggage; I cannot emphasize this enough! All information is accessed and processed through the unconscious mind. If you have issues and you do not want to look at them you will find that the psychic information you receive will be distorted. Many people have found they are blocked by the spirit realm because they are unwilling to tackle their own issues.
The more you trust your intuition, the more information you will receive. This knowing will become more and more definite and you will want to pass this information on. If you believe you have information for someone, be ethical. There are stories of many psychics who have been said to loose their powers because they abuse their gift. It is impossible to say how true this is, however, if you do not lose your abilities, you certainly run the risk of other difficulties. Always get a persons permission before you give out information as without their permission you could place yourself in big trouble and in extreme cases criminal prosecution. Be ethical, be considerate. Always ask for permission before you give out information to someone. Never promise what you can not deliver, whether it is a sure-fire investment or the spirit of someone’s long lost grandfather. Honesty is the best policy in this line of work. Remember, everyone has days off and it is no different for psychics, you need to break away for a day to recharge your energy levels.

Key points to remember
If you find yourself wondering if you are crazy, it probably means you are sane. People having an initial psychic opening often start their conversations with lines like “you are going to think I am crazy but” or “you are never going to believe me but”. The mere fact that you doubt you own sanity is a reassuring sign that you are still in touch with reality, you are simply trying to figure it out.
The issue is not whether you are hearing voices, but what those voices are saying. There is a rule, “if the voices are helping you then it does not matter”, whether those voices are a part of your unconscious mind or spirits, it is alright to have them around. However, if the comments are destructive, negative or hurting you, then it is time to lose the source they coming from.
The hard thing you need to learn is what not to say. You can receive a lot of information that is better left unsaid. This is probably the most difficult thing to learn, because it requires good judgment which sometimes only comes with time and practice. Some psychics claim they say everything that comes to them. In these cases I suspect their guides are trying to filter the information before it gets to their mouths. However, for most of you it is wise to consider what might be helpful (if you can word it right) and what would only be harmful, whether true or false.
It is important to live in the present. You may be vividly aware of past lives and you may be able to slide mentally into the future. However, you are living in the present and that is where you need to focus. Most people forget their past lives for a reason; they have past and that is where they belong. The future will take care of itself if you remember to focus on the present without being pulled off balance by the past.
When you first start receiving information or seeing spirit it is very hard to switch it off, however, this is something you must do. It is common when you first start to open up as a psychic, that you will see colors or images (especially faces) at night. This is partly because of the normal shift in consciousness that occurs as you fall to sleep or are waking as it increases the ability to sense things. To some extent, this is normal.
As you begin to trust your intuition and the information you receive you will find it hard to switch off. Turning off your psychic gift is something you have to do or you will suffer from information overload.
Imagine your sensitivity to psychic information as a number on a control screen in your mind. Then visualize that number going down, decreasing until you are no longer aware of psychic information. In the morning you can always reverse the process and return the number back to where it was before.

Sometimes time is all we have

I did a reading with someone the other day named Leeanna. She really wanted to connect with her father who had passed over. He unfortunetly suffered from an illness that eventually took his life.

Sometimes we wish if death is meant to be for a loved one, that it be quick and painless. That no one is left to suffer and wait for the coundown of their lives. Othertimes, we hope that we know soon enough, so that we may say our goodbyes. Say the things that have always been left unsaid, to reach out and remember.

Regardless of how much we do or do not have in our lives with our loved ones, cherish the time you have, make new memories and always tell them how much you love them.

Here is Leeann's storey.

In regards to my dad (deep breath) he is everything you explained him to be. I can not express how much my family and I miss him. When my father fell ill initially, my family and I had no clue what non-hodgkins lymphoma consisted of. We were tramatized to say the least. I was about to study abroad in Florence, and decided to move back home from Manhattan, cancel my abroad plans, and take a little bit of time off from school. Although, my father lived six years after his diagnosis..I am so glad I did what I did. My siblings are all married with children, so I was able to do extra-special things, i.e.: when he was very ill the last year or so, every morning after my mother woke up to make him breakfast, I would hop into bed with him and hug him from behind...he would put his arm over mine, grab my hand, and just hold it and kiss it and tell me things from his heart and I would do the same. Sometimes I would lay in his lap as if I were 5 and he would rub my head and he would tell me how much he loved me. When he was hospitalized I took a leave of absence from work to stay with him and my mother in the hospital...and on the nights he was feeling better, we would eat pastries or something he would enjoy, watch poker, and giggle. (FYI: my ex, David and my father were very close, my father called him son and undoubtedly treated and loved him like one...and David the same. We both chose to live at my parents house, rather than the one we bought 2 1/2 years ago to be with my father as much as possible.) Well, with all my babbling maybe there is a lesson I can teach...my fathers sickenss, suffering, and death taught me that you must always do what is in your heart. School will always be there, a job is just a job at the end of the day...and is replacable. Spending every moment with the ones you love, whether sick or not is what makes life worth living. I have extremely fond memories of my father from the age of 3, but when I think of him I tend to think of the laughter we shared in the last 2 years...the years that I changed my direction to be with him...I contemplated taking a leave of absence from work because I did not think it was the responsible thing for me to do...when I think back now, I think "thank goodness." I can not express enough how TIME is what matters most and nothing is ever more important than the time with our spouses, our children, our parents, and our friends that are family.