Diary of a Psychic Healer

It's been three months since I became a weekday vegetarian for environmental reasons and thought this would be a good time for an update. If you read my reviews of Graham Hill's Why I 'm a Weekday Vegetarian Ted T alk , or the documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret , you'll know that cutting back on your meat consumption may do more for the planet than taking short showers or riding a bike to work. Giving up meat on weekdays has been easier than I imagined, and I don't feel silly for making a sacrifice that is big for me, but only a drop in the bucket when you look at the world's population.  This is what I  have learned from being a weekday vegetarian so far:   We don't need as much protein as we think and this took a lot of the pressure off when I reali zed I was aimi ng for twice the requirement . There are also lots of packaged foods that are fortified with protein. While I would rather get it from a natural source, I do enjoy my new...

Most of us in the western world grow up doing our New Years Resolutions in January, which I have always thought to be a little bit silly because if something is worth implementing in your life, why wait until then? That said, I do understand the value of a yearly milestone that we can tap into, but a part of me believes March/April would be a better time to adopt big resolution . Whereas January is in the dead of winter - a time when most of us would rather crawl under our blankets than go to the gym - the energy around springtime is more conducive to new beginning s, e specially if a great deal of effort is required on our part.  This time of the year also has certain advantages:  It's The Month of Aries.. Think of Aries as the Kickstarter of the Zodiac. Full of fire, drive and a fair dose of impatience, the Ram's energy propels us forward. Not only does this sign take the lead at the start of the Astrological Year, it is also ruled by Mars, the planet of en...

One of my psychic school teachers  told us he had more than  200 oracle decks . My collection is in the low double digits and to keep it from growing exponentially, I put myself on a one-in-one-out plan where every new acquisition necessarily leads to a gift. It also makes me pause before buying a new deck - is it worth giving up an oracle that I already know and love?  The answer was a BIG YES when I spotted Barbara Meiklejohn-Free's Sacred Sites Oracle D eck in the lobby at school last summer. Instead of angels, tarot or archetypes, we have approximately 52 sacred sites from around the world, ranging from Machu Picchu in Peru, to Petra in Jordan and Mont Saint-Michel in France. Each of these sites has an energy that we can channel for self-healing and empowerment. We can also view the cards as an oracle, asking our guides what issues we need to work on, though it may be more exciting to use them as a prompt for astral travel and meditation. Imagine what it would be li...

Four years ago I bought a box of runes at the British Museum in London, and believe it not, I hadn't  used them at all. Not sure why I kept them around all this time, maybe it's because they felt magical and I knew that someday I'd be able to connect with that magical energy.  When I quit my job three years ago my colleagues gave me an Amazon gift certificate, and one of my pressies was a book by Lisa Peschel, called   A Practical Guide to Runes . Again, I had it in my closet but didn't read it, until last week. WOW. The book starts out by telling us how Nordic Runes were used in ancient times, doubling up as an alphabet and an oracle system. Villagers used runes to ask their gods for guidance on practical matters, and they also used the runes to channel their desired intent into the world with a bit of ritual magic. Peschel's book talks us through all of these steps, including how to make your own runes so that unlike me, you don't need to buy them in a mus...

Last year I expanded my definition of healing to include humanity's relationship with the planet as well as our relationship with each other, and with ourselve s . Physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, however you would like to view it.  I also realized that I didn't know enough about environmentalism or climate change, even though the hippy in me is seriously annoyed when people tear down trees to build more apartment complexes. Having grown up in California during the drought years in the 80's and 90's, I am also well aware of the need to save water. Beyond that I have always had this feeling that I wasn't doing enough. And to be honest, I don't know what has to be done on a broad scale, or what we can do to help as individuals. Even if one person's actions are just a drop in the bucket, they add up. So I took it upon mysel f to learn this year .  My journey started with a TedTalk called  Why I'm a Weekday Vegetarian , by Gr...