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What’s happening in 2024? Let’s cut through the cosmic fluff flying around out there and get to the bottom line of what we can expect and look forward to in the year to come.

My guest this week, Melissa Oatman, shares her channeled wisdom to provide much needed insights and inspiration about what’s to come in 2024.

First, let’s be honest. Looking back, 2023 was a tough year. Many people felt stuck or almost like you were going backwards! The reason is 2023 was a year for learning lessons, one after another. Melissa said it felt like 50 Mercury retrogrades!

Why is that? It was a preparatory year where you were planting seeds that will sprout in 2024. And you were learning about patience because that takes time.

Melissa says the first thing to know about the spiritual forecast 2024 is to create greater balance between home and work. You’ll be able to focus more on friends and family and your own life. Who doesn’t want more balance?

There’s a call for more peace in your life and working on forgiveness. It’s time to let go of harsh emotions to raise your vibration and get to that greater sense of peace.

Most likely you’ll have to learn to say no to some things, so you can say yes to others. You can’t keep adding to your life. Instead, you have to find a way to winnow out activities that no longer serve you and create priorities.

This is where cord cutting can make a big difference. Cutting ties with those who aren’t supportive or don’t have your best interest at heart is an essential part of growth.

You don’t need to have a real-life conversation – you can talk to the person’s higher self in your mind, then let them go.

This year is about rapid growth, especially with your spiritual gifts. Pam Gregory, a YouTube astrologer has also talked about this as well. She says the year is going to go lickety split! If you are already intuitive, then know more is on the way because the veil continues thinning.

This year is also about finding what inspires you. In 2023, most people felt like they were just keeping their head about water. Once Covid hit, many folks realized their life was out of whack and needing several areas to be addressed.

But in 2024, a lot of this work is behind you, so get ready to step into what you’ve created. Rissa Miller who offers tea and smoke readings, said for people who might not be as advanced with their spiritual unfolding, there can be big jumps.

Here’s the interview with Rissa Miller

You might use your intuition more easily, increase your skill, or use it more often. This is a good time to trust your gut and listen to your hunches. Sometimes it’s the little things that really make the difference.

New doors will be opening, but you have to listen to your intuition and see the signs so you don’t miss it. Follow those hunches, even if it’s just to go out and get a coffee. You never know who you might meet!

Be willing to release fear-based thinking. Today, the news is basically fear-mongering – sensationalism sells. But the Universe wants you to look at life and the world from a higher perspective.

Remember we are all one. Ask yourself if what you are doing is for the good of all.

Of course, that doesn’t mean you can never put yourself first. But it’s also true that we can co-exist and think about each other and the planet. You can take small steps that make a difference. Like using less plastic wrap and paper plates or planting a garden.

Neither Melissa nor I want to dig in the dirt, but we both have gardens which we enjoy. You don’t spend hour upon hour to gain the benefits of gardening.

The Universe wants you to let go of the heavy burdens. Remember the lessons of course. But how you look back at it matters. Don’t see yourself as a victim, but recognize what the lessons were and the positive results.

It’s so important to celebrate what you have learned and the challenges you have survived. Take time to acknowledge those shifts. Appreciate where you are and what you have overcome.

Melissa has been through a lot in the last few years with her mom passing and her ex-husband committing suicide. So, she wrote a book to better handle what she needs to process and has another coming out in 2024.

Listen to another interview with Melissa Oatman

Being present to where you are right now will help you be open to new opportunities, rather than thinking of yourself as a victim and feeling stuck. This is empowering and the Universe has a good plan for you – trust that.

When you take action now in 2024, the energy will flow to you to help create your dreams. If you’ve been waiting for your dream job or the right relationship, it’s coming. This is going to be the year.

Melissa has heard this year is going to be so wonderful, you might not recognize your life!

Sit down and do a review of your life. Think about what brings you down and what you want to let go of. Start saying no to things that interfere with your joy or take up too much time.

Next, think about what brings you joy. Is it travel local or exotic? Maybe you’re a foodie and you want to take a cooking class. Make time to do things that make you happy – this helps to create the balance you seek.

What’s something you have always wanted to do? Do it! If you don’t like it, you only wasted a little money and time. Try things to discover what you enjoy.

What a fabulous look into the new year!

Melissa is a healer, channeler, spiritual teacher, and intuitive. She humbly hosts the wildly successful podcast which is in the top 1% of all podcasts, Awaken Your Inner Awesomeness, a weekly program dedicated to improving lives and deepening spirituality.

Melissa is the author of Beautifully Broken, the spiritual woman’s guide to thriving after a divorce or break up.  A single mother of twins from Collinsville, Illinois, she’s passionate about travel, education, and family.

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My friend Marla, the Mystical Matchmaker and I reviewed the lessons we learned in 2023, including the synchronicities and magic that came to our aid.

We moved on to talk about 2024 and how to be open to the most magical life possible. Plus, Marla picked some cards to give us a heads up for the year to come.

One thing we both agreed on, was noticing the little signs really helps. The guidance I seek is not always some big message. So, you have to keep your eyes and ears open to notice what comes your way, even tiny messages count.

There is help out there and sometimes, it boils down to simply asking for it. Marla was taking care of her dear mom as she was slowly passing at home which was her wish. But that was a lot to handle all by herself.

Talking with her cousin Wendy, she was explaining the hardship when Wendy offered to come stay with her to help. She was there for the last six days of Marla’s mother’s life and this made a huge difference.

Even though she didn’t ask directly, she had been asking the Universe to send help and thankfully, Wendy answered the call!

Another story Marla told was about her beloved dog, Macy. Poor Macy had a tumor that needed to be removed and all the tests plus surgery created a bill of $2,500.

Then the very next day, Marla landed a new coaching client for…you guessed it! $2,500!

I shared a story about being on a summit of speakers and how someone had sort of copied a talk title from me. This got me all riled up and distracted from practicing my own presentation which was to be delivered the next day.

Finally, I woke up in the moment and said to the part of myself who was bitching away, “Hey, let’s figure out what I can do, how I want to present myself, and what I want to share.”

I thought of this as redirecting my “Inner Bitch” and getting her to focus on what would be helpful – not complaining about someone else. I only have control of myself, right?

That worked! I did a great presentation and stopped worrying about that other woman. Who cares what she does?

The next day, my client was talking about a problem at work and her own inner bitch was complaining and worried about not being helpful or nice. I explained that all she needed to do was set a clear boundary and make it fact based, not emotional.

She just needed to be bold and say, “I’m sorry I can’t do that for you, but I can do this.” Redirecting her energy to what she could do helped her feel more empowered about the situation and she handled it beautifully.

This conversation was the perfect confirmation that I was on the right path with this “Inner Bitch” idea and I’m going to offer something in 2024 using this concept.

It’s important to be in charge of yourself to avoid potential chronic health issues. This energy can get stuck in your body and cause problems later down the road. That’s why I always recommend energy clearing.

Marla and I talked a lot about not letting the issues in your life pile up. Avoid allowing the complaining to get out of control and seeing everything as a crisis because this keeps it all active in your energy field.

We are not saying you shouldn’t feel your feelings. Of course, you have to process them – this is part of being human. Yet, you don’t have to stay stuck on your problems.

If you want to open up your magic, shift your focus to see solutions or focus on what you do want to create.

Then Marla pulled some oracle cards and chose the card Lady Venus which is about downloads and understanding. It said truth is being revealed and deep insights are coming from the heavens.

So, when you release the chaos and worry, that’s when you get the insights. Put away the drama and let the drama queen go, so you can step into your power.

I laughed when Marla pointed out that for ladies of a certain age, it’s time to make things count. You don’t have that many decades to waste on drama anymore and playing in the muck. Good point!

The next card was Charity – prayer and contemplation. Connect with heaven and receive. Ask and you shall receive. And she picked Archangel Michael – surrender your concerns and allow a miracle to occur.

Switching decks, she picked from the moon cards. The first card was the new Moon in Capricorn which is about your hard work paying off! Yes! Full Moon in Aquarius –  show the world the real you. The last one – the New Moon is about how a new start is coming.

Amazing! Show up as yourself, don’t worry about what anyone else thinks, and be the real you for a fresh start.

Another card popped out, which was the North Node. It’s about stepping out of your comfort zone to step up in a bigger way. 2024 has so much powerful potential, so think about where you can step things up.

One thing you can do to start the year fresh is to sweep your front stoop and wash your front door. These are tips from Feng Shui. Plus, you can smudge your entire house for the first of the year to clean the energy within your home.

#1. My friend Carrie and I were tuning in to ask how we can have more magic in our lives. We heard from the spirit to simply ask to raise our vibration and set an intention to do that. Do this daily like a ritual.

Just as I was telling this story during the taping, my cellphone started buzzing and it was Carrie calling! Talk about coincidence.

#2. Since I started doing this practice every day, I had two dreams that my hair had grown really long, like down to my waist. I was so curious what this could mean and then it dawned on me – my hair grew long – GROWTH!

I looked it up in Betty Bethards’ book – The Dream Book. Dreaming about hair means power flowing from the crown. The longer the hair the more power! Wahoo!

#3. I picked one card from the Goddess deck and I was blown away with what I chose, Abundantia! She is a Roman Goddess of prosperity, success, and preservation of wealth and I have been working with her since the middle of October.

Amazingly, Abundantia keeps showing up all over the place in my life. The synchronicities and coincidences with her just keep rolling in and I’m so excited about this.

I asked my husband to buy me an ancient Roman coin for Christmas, because she’s on the back of many of them! Abundantia has come into my life in so many ways, it’s really astonishing and I am loving it.

Here’s one more fabulous synchronicity for all of us: the year 2024 adds up to the number eight and in numerology, that is all about abundance! Next year is sure to be a good one filled with so much of what you want!

We’d love to hear your stories about synchronicities! Contact me here or Marla on her site and maybe we’ll share them in a future episode. Thanks!

Happy New Year to all my listeners. May you enjoy as many blessings as you can see stars in deep blue night sky.

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The holidays and all the preparation can be such a drain on your energy. It makes people grumpy, sluggish, and stressed out.

In addition to all that, the news is filled with strife and sadness, and fear is rampant in the collective unconscious.

How can you survive, and maybe even thrive, to still enjoy the holiday season?

The good news is I’ve got 20 suggestions that work like every day magic. They’re super fast and easy. And they work!

You only need to try one of two, but listen and to discover which ones have the most appeal.

I recommend that you try several. You can even combine some of them for more impact!

With this magical knowledge and valuable, yet easy, methods you are capable of turning things around so you can chill out, lift your vibration, and enjoy what comes your way.

Even if you try just one of these suggestions, you can feel a difference. I’m looking out for you and hope you enjoy the holidays as we are quickly approaching the New Year.

Happy Holidays!

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Discover Winter Solstice Manifestation – the most powerful day of the year to manifest your dreams. Let me tell you how this all got started.

This is the time of year when Christmas letters come rolling in. They make me realize that everyone’s goals and accomplishments are different.

I usually don’t write a holiday letter but if I did, here are some highlights I’d share with you from 2023.

Hmmm, not quite the same as my friend’s list is it?

But what I realized was everyone doesn’t have the same kind of goals. My goals reflect the way I live and how I count on my intuition to lead the way.

When it comes down to it, I find that my most memorable moments of the year are the magical ones like:

These magical moments extend out to my amazing community, which includes you! I’ve been able to help people gain insight into their life to help them find their path, to make good decisions, and to confirm their gut instincts on situations that crop up.

What kind of magical moments do want to write about in your holiday letter next year, even if you don’t send it to anyone?

With the Winter Solstice coming up on Thursday, December 21st,  there’s no better time to start preparing for the New Year!

I’d love to get together with some spiritually-minded people and work on what on creating something magical for 2024.

That’s why I’m hosting my annual Winter Solstice Manifestation Party and you’re invited!

Did you know the Winter Solstice is the best manifesting day of the year?  Well it is!  It’s the shortest day, meaning from that point forward, daylight starts to grow longer. Yay! And this continues all the way to the summer solstice in June.

That’s why it’s the absolutely perfect time to start formulating your dreams and planting seeds for the next year.

I look forward to seeing you on zoom Thursday, December 21 from 7:30pm to 9:00pm Eastern for this inspiring event! Bring your favorite holiday treats and wear something festive while we raise our energy together  for Winter Solstice Manifestation.

We’ll start by giving gratitude to all 2023 had to offer. Next, we’ll do an energy clearing to make room for the new things you desire. Then we’ll use a manifesting method to create the magical moments you long for in 2024.

It’s always have a fun, inspiring, and uplifting time!

Click here to reserve your spot!

It’s just $33.33 to register for the Winter Solstice Manifestation Party, so you can celebrate the days getting longer and attract your heart’s desire for the New Year.

I’m personally very excited about this and what’s to come in your future! Please join me for this fun and empowering event. I look forward to seeing you on zoom.

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Ever wish you had a great love spell without any bad karma that could help you attract the romantic partner you’ve been dreaming of? In this podcast episode, you’ll hear about the best love spell ever, plus a lot more on modern love and Tarot.

First of all, she wasn’t born with the name Venus. She created the pen name to separate her personal and professional life. Good choice!

How did she decide to focus on Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess and equivalent to the Roman Venus? This began when she was a teenager and the Goddess of Love had great appeal. She was very relatable, since she had flaws like jealousy which made her seem more human.

Venus’s mother had been a Wiccan follower and brought her up with that as her spiritual foundation. Even though her mom started out Irish Catholic, she came to this mystical path after graduating from high school.

Then I asked how she started doing Tarot readings as her work. In college, Venus studied theatre, performing arts and speech therapy. Somehow she became an administrative assistant at a laboratory. But all along, on the side she was doing readings for people. Then suddenly, she was let go from her job.

Venus didn’t know where to turn, so her first thought was to reach out to a friend who read Tarot in a shop in Salem, MA. She asked if they needed any readers. Lo and behold, they did!

Trekking up to Salem to the shop called Enchanted, she was greeted by a giant statue of Aphrodite as she walked in. That bit of synchronicity let her know immediately she was in the right place! What a clear and poignant sign.

Years later, Venus still works at the sister shop today called Stardust. She said it was fate-entwined and I couldn’t agree more! How lucky that she didn’t have to flounder or wonder at all – her next career simply fell into place.

I asked what her magic is like and how she helps her clients. Venus thinks that many people still view magic and Wicca like something out of Hollywood. But the fundamental truth is magic is like prayer with actifiers.

What’s an actifier? Crystals, incense, and words (or even rosary beads). It is just words like prayers. When Venus talks about spell work, she says the words you use have to have equal importance to the intention you put into the spell.

Here’s an analogy to help you understand. Let’s say you have a souped up car, but if you don’t know how to drive, the car is useless. Or visa versa, if you’re a great driver but your vehicle is falling apart, you’re not going to get any where.

Want to heal your heart before you look for love? Listen to this!

When it comes to love spells, the Love Doll Spell is the one Venus shares with clients. You have two dolls that are kept separate within your home at first. Every day for a week, you move the dolls closer to each other.

On the last day you put them together into an envelope, wrap them together and seal the envelope. This works to bring the romantic partner you seek toward you.

The spell also works like a daily reminder that someone is coming to you. It puts you in the driver’s seat because you are the one bringing the doll closer to you. This gives the person who wants the romance a feeling of power.

Important note: Venus only does this kind of spell work to attract the right person, not a specific person. She insists there must be autonomy or consent or she won’t be a party to it. Without this, it wouldn’t be a love spell – it would be a manipulation of some form.

I love this idea! It’s so magical and has a strong physicality that offers powerful energy. A very creative and clever method to call in your match. It’s like the Law of Attraction, pulling in what you want to you by becoming an energetic match to it.

Next, I wanted to know how she came to give such good relationship advice. Venus admitted it wasn’t through her family and we laughed. Growing up, she had more misses than hits, but she did learn as she went along.

Venus ended up in a good relationship with her husband by thinking about what kind of love she wanted. She preferred to sidestep the idea of “I’ll know it when I feel it” and sought a more concrete way to find her match. Venus decided to think of the different kinds of love to better define what she wanted in a partner.

There’s familial love for family. Platonic love for friends. Physical love for celebrities or people she might meet at a bar. (I call that sexual attraction.) And romantic! This is how she came to define love for herself and what would work for her in a mate.

Of all those loves, what did she want? More than romantic love seemed appropriate. Maybe a bit of platonic love, and a dose of familial love so he feels like family. Add a dash of physical love like seeing a stranger at a club.

I was fascinated by this process and thought it was amazing. Back in my dating coach life, I had my clients make a list of what they wanted. But Venus’ method was a stroke of genius.

Listen to more on the Tarot here.

When Venus was younger, she read a book called The Ethical Slut which was about different kinds of love. This included open relationships and polyamory which appealed to her when she was young.

She says it’s a good read even if you’re monogamous, explaining how to find safety and identity. It teaches you how to release the aspect of control which limits how you go about relationships.

When you allow others to be who they are, it takes the pressure off yourself as well. Then you can be more focused on living your life, authentically and ethically. Ultimately, Venus says being in a good relationship involves open communication and addressing things right away as they come up.

Venus had some other gems to share about the difference between Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers in relationships, but you’ll have to listen to the podcast to enjoy the rest.

She talked about three exciting workshops coming up in February 2024 at the shop where she works. Check the website for details when posted in January. Workshops at Stardust

Venus is a born and raised witch who resides in Salem, Massachusetts. She shifted to the worship of Aphrodite and the followings of her disciples around 15 years ago and has been going strong since.

With 10 years experience in Tarot, she encourages her clients to embody love, beauty, harmony, and to embrace their truest, most authentic selves.

The ultimate goal for her within her faith, is to wholeheartedly create a safe and nurturing space for all to explore their desires, overcome obstacles, and embark on transformative journeys of self-discovery.

Website: https://VenusInSalem.com

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Ready for some manifestation magic? My guest on this week’s Breathe Love & Magic podcast is all about creating wish postcards and sending them to the Universe. Meet Melisa Caprio!

I started the conversation with Melisa by talking about art journaling, one of my latest passions and creative outlets. Melissa is a photographer who enjoys taking pictures of hand written letters with props that match the content.

Melisa has a fine art background and was working at a job taking photographs of special needs children doing therapy with dolphins. That sounds amazing. Living in the Florida Keys, things were good.

Then, three big things happened all at once. Her job ended, her marriage fell apart, and she was moving. This was a difficult time which caused her to start questioning everything – why is this happening to me?

She ended up reading a lot and ran into the idea of the Law of Attraction. How to manifest your dreams was great reading. She realized her energy had attracted these endings into her life.

While the bad news was that she’s responsible for everything in her life, the good news is she’s also responsible for manifesting the things she wants!

Knowing that she couldn’t go back to commercial photography because it didn’t call to her anymore, she was looking for new horizons.

Melisa went back to fine art and taking pictures of beautifully handwritten cards and letters. While falling asleep one night, she heard these words in her head, “Postcards to the Universe.” She knew it was important and followed up by buying the domain name.

The name sat for a full year untouched. Then, she started meeting people who helped her get things going. She met a copywriter who helped with writing the website and designer to create the site, so Melisa was on her way.

Next, the idea came to start connecting with other people who enjoy manifesting and creating vision boards. That led her to work on a book, which features people’s mini-vision boards and their stories of manifesting.

Today, people send her postcards and she chooses the ones to photograph and tells the person’s story on her radio show and podcast. The best part is when her clients write later, letting her know their desire came true!

Melisa works all the time on avoiding the rabbit hole of complaining about how things aren’t working. She tries not to live there or talk about it all day because that would be focusing on what she doesn’t want!

With manifesting, you want to be intentional about what you create.

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Hundreds of people have sent postcards with their manifesting desires and she files them away with honor in special notebooks. I thought this sounded like she’s the Akashic Records Library for manifestation postcards and we laughed. Isn’t that magical?

Magic is actually Melisa’s favorite word and she does a magical message every Monday. Once you become conscious about the Law of Attraction, things start to show up in your life magically. She recommends beginning with asking to manifest something small that you aren’t attached to.

She told this great story about how she manifested a pink feather and why this was fun because she wasn’t attached to it. The pink feather appearing reinforced that she is a powerful manifestor.

However, it’s not like manifesting $100,000. Build your skill by first starting slow on something super easy to build success. Then, you can tackle the big desires.

Learn about manifesting $10,000!

Next, I asked Melisa for some client example. She talked about Mole Mama who is a chef who cooks Mexican food. She had nothing when she created her first podcast. Now she has two books, a YouTube channel, and is a contestant on Guy’s Grocery Games show (that’s Guy Fieri from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives as well).

She has many clients who hope to release or let go of something by creating and sending a postcard. Let go of guilt, anger, heartache, etc.

One woman had been heartbroken by a guy and she wanted to let it go after years. She didn’t care about ever getting an apology. The woman sent the postcard and felt tremendously relieved.

The very same day she mailed the postcard, out of the blue, the fellow reached out to apologize. She was shocked, but really glad she had let go, never expecting him to contact her again. find out how to send Melisa your postcard on her website.

One last story that was a big one! A man created a postcard asking to feel joy in his heart. She knew him through a friend. Sometime later, she heard he’d had a heart attack but survived. This episode totally changed his life.

The guy had quit his job as a defense attorney because he never wanted to do that work. His father and grandfather had been attorneys and he followed in their footsteps even though he hated it.

So, he sold his house and fancy car, moved to an apartment, and started working with kids in a low income school. He mentors young boys and feels so much joy in his heart now. Isn’t that awesome?

There’s so much more when you hear the podcast, so listen today and start your manifestation magic!

Melisa Caprio, creator, photographer, radio host and author of Postcards to the Universe, Harness the Universe’s Power and Manifest your Dreams, is inviting people from around the world to participate in a global movement. By using photography, art, personal wishes and desires and sending them out to the Universe via a postcard. She is currently giving workshops on photography, art, transformation, and manifestation. She guides her clients on how to create a unique postcard for added effect on the power of creative intention.

Caprio has her own weekly show titled Postcards to the Universe with Melisa, Creating the Life you Crave on OMTimes Radio where she interviews spiritual trailblazers, she has turned that show into a popular podcast.

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Are you talking with the angels? Do you believe in them? So many people call on the archangels for help. In this episode you’ll learn about a bunch of angels, their specialties, and how to work with them.

I remember being interested in angels back in my 20s. I was always curious about them and love them in vintage art. I found several photos of cupids holding a bow and arrow in small frames from the 1940s at flea markets and antique shops. They’re hanging up in my kitchen.

At 21, I bought these antique gold metal lamps at a flea market with an angel holding a flower. The angels stand on the lamp base and hold a large flower stem with a glass lampshade shaped like a rose. In the center like the flower’s pistil, is the pointy small bulb. So sweet!

These decorative lamps are from the art nouveau period which spanned 1890-1914 and features organic subject matter like plants with stems, leaves, and flowers that twist around each other.

My mom tried to convince me not to buy them, saying my taste would change over time, but it hasn’t yet! They are in my living room today.

I also have angel heads over the doorways or figurines sitting on shelves and tabletops. People started giving them to me as gifts, so they added up. But it’s nice to have them watching over me throughout my home.

In the early 1990s, Trudy Griswold wrote a book with her sister Barbara Mark about talking angels. Angelspeake opened many up to the idea of communicating with angels and the sisters taught workshops on how to do this.

The book took off and was a bestseller back when there were no tricks to get that status on Amazon because it didn’t exist until 1995.

Trudy is from CT, which is where I live, and I met her back then through a friend. I invited her to speak to a meditation group of about 75 women. She did a great presentation and they were captivated by this idea of asking for and receiving help from the angelic realm. Who wouldn’t feel good about this?

I can’t say I have had any direct contact myself except maybe one time when I was getting a Reiki session in a spa. While I was on the table with my eyes closed and the practitioner was working on me, I got the sense of a very large being hanging above the table.

It seemed to be about 8 feet tall – not totally sure because I wasn’t there with my yardstick. But it was a large male presence with a strong stance. It didn’t have much detail or color, so I’m not sure who it might have been. But people who have encountered Archangel Michael do say he has a large presence.

So, I’m thinking this was my encounter with an angel.

Anyway, since the 90s, I’ve done a lot of studying and had many new experiences, so over time I distracted from angels. Until earlier this year, when my friend Marla interviewed this woman on her podcast about her book Angel Wealth Magic.

Ok, that’s angels, magic, and wealth all in one title and I’m hooked!  I love what the author, Corin Grillo said during her interview. I cracked the book open and dove in to learn about the angels she recommends working with for the purpose of creating wealth.

Her list includes 12 archangels and 27 little known angels – certainly I have never ever heard of any of them. They have strange names that aren’t so easy to pronounce, but Corin provides phonetic spelling so you will know how to properly say them.

After all, when you call on the angel, you want the angel to know you’re calling them, right? Grillo explains each angel’s specialty, so you can zero in on who you want to work with.

Doreen Virtue’s book Archangels and Ascended Masters list 15 archangels. Maybe Corin weeded a few out who had nothing to offer those seeking wealth.

I immediately reconnected with the idea of working with angels. What I’m going to do in this episode is talk to you about the archangels, the next level angels, what they do and one method to get their help.

You can also look up other ways to communicate with the angels or fly by the seat of your pants and do it your way. Whatever makes you happy – go for it.

Here’s something super important about working with angels. They cannot intercede on your behalf on their own. You need to ask for their help. If you want assistance from the angelic realm, be sure to request it!

Who couldn’t benefit from a little behind the scenes help? If that’s the only thing you get out of this podcast – then that’s fine with me. Just remember – you need to ask the angels for their help.

Now I’ll introduce you to 12 the archangels and some other favorites.

Top 4 Archangels

Gabriel – Known as the messenger, is good for communication and parenting

Michael – Offers protection and clears negative emotions and fear-based thoughts

Raphael – Works as a healer on the physical, emotional, spiritual and soul level

Uriel – Offers mental clarity, bright ideas, insights and alchemy (transformation)

Other Archangels

Lesser Known Angels

To find out how to work with the angels and get messages from them, you’ll have to listen to the podcast!

This is a photo of me with a gorgeous statue of Archangel Michael, ready with his sword.

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Ready to step beyond gratitude this Thanksgiving? Learn how to practice kindness with yourself first before being kind to others. When your internal dialog is kind, that’s when your world will open up and flow with goodness.

Everyone knows the Thanksgiving holiday is about gratitude. Gratitude is a practice that will always uplift your spirit and raise your vibration. So often, we ignore what is good and working well in life because we focus on what we want or what’s not working. That’s just part of being human.

But today, I want to talk about another practice that will also lift your spirits. Kindness. That’s right kindness. What do I mean? The act of being kind to yourself or another person.

Hear more about gratitude.

First, I would ask, how often are you kind to yourself? My bet is not all that often. You might buy yourself something, eat something yummy like chocolate, or have a glass of wine. But it’s time to think bigger with your acts of kindness and self-love.

The biggest act of kindness you can offer yourself is noticing and shifting your own internal chatter. Pay attention to how you speak to yourself. Observe the unusually harsh and nasty things you say to yourself that you would never say to anyone else or dare to utter aloud.

Why do you do that to yourself? Why do I?

If you want to spread love, peace, and experience more joy, start by being kind to yourself.

We are harder on ourselves than anyone else on the face of the planet. Why is that the natural order? Let’s look at an example of how this normally goes.

Let’s say you forgot to cook a package of chicken and now it’s expired. The internal conversation might sound like this:

“Now you’ve wasted $10, not to mention the food. What an idiot? How could you be so wasteful and foolish? You never do anything right. What a loser.”

That’s how the train of thought might go. You start with a small mistake and rocket into speaking to yourself like you are worthless piece of trash in 30 seconds or less.

What is the truth of these horrible thoughts? Are these comments about yourself accurate? Of course not!

Yes, you forgot to cook the chicken. (This is a real-life example from someone close to me LOL). Does that make you or me a loser? No way!

It sure does make us human. Humans make mistakes. Too bad we then are meaner to ourselves than to almost anyone else. Here’s an insight – when you encounter a hyper-critical person, that’s a sign they are mega critical of themselves.

How does this improve your life or help you? It doesn’t.

That’s why I’m recommending the practice of kindness with the focus on YOU.

According to the world renown Mayo Clinic, kindness is “a quality of being you can cultivate…” that is “simple, free and health enhancing.”

Being kind to yourself or others actually raises your self-esteem. It also builds empathy and compassion and is a known mood elevator.

Being kind can reduce your blood pressure and cortisol, the stress hormone. People who are kind tend to live longer because they move through life with a greater sense of connectivity and balance.

Now, this part I find totally amazing.

When you are kind to yourself or others, this boosts serotonin and dopamine levels which are neurotransmitters that produce feelings of satisfaction and well-being. I need more of feeling satisfied, what about you?

This leads to lighting up the pleasure and reward centers of your brain. Yes! That makes kindness practices very worthwhile and 100% productive in my mind.

I am first focusing on being kind to yourself because for whatever reason, that is often harder. You might be prone to giving and extending yourself to others regularly. But how do you treat yourself?

Do you put off getting a massage or other self-care activities because you are too busy taking care of your family or other important people in your life? Do you leave yourself with crumbs or even less than that? This is something women in particular are famous for.

So, in this week of Thanksgiving where everyone tells you to focus on gratitude, I’m suggesting that kindness is even better.

It’s a step higher with greater rewards. Just for today, if that’s all you can manage, be aware of your inner dialog. When you catch that internal berating and cruel conversation – STOP.

Notice what you are doing and shift into kindness. So what if you didn’t cook the chicken, pay the bill on time, or said something in anger?

You likely did the best you could in the moment and you can work on improving anything. This is especially true about being kind to yourself when you make a mistake.

Imagine what the world would be like if we could simply be kind to ourselves? The world would be a happier place in which people would experience lower blood pressure and stress levels. That could actually lead to a greater degree of peace in the world.

Maybe there would even be less aggressive behavior and anger towards others as people feel better about themselves and their own lives. (Think road rage and picture that melting away.)

We might take better care of the planet and reverse some of the damage to Mother Earth. There might be more tree-planting and less harmful strip-mining. We might treat the water supply with the true reverence it deserves.

When you are kind to yourself and make this a natural part of your life and way of being, it will be easier to offer kindness to others. Your internal kindness will actually ripple out into the world and impact everyone you come in contact with.

If you are not driving or operating equipment, close your eyes. Start with a few deep slow breaths. Fill your lungs and abdomen and then exhale slowly and a bit more than you inhaled. This helps you achieve that relaxed state more quickly.

Now, in this moment, say one kind thing to yourself internally. Breathe in love and kindness through the front of your heart chakra and breathe out anything that weighs you down out the back of your heart to be transformed into kindness.

As you continue breathing in this way, a wave of kindness ripples out beyond your own aura. With each new breath, the wave starts to expand more rapidly.

Your waves of kindness, seek out and connect with other people’s waves of kindness building momentum. Kindness becomes a strong force that spreads out past your own home and town, to the state you live in and the section of the country. It expands to fill the entire country and then your hemisphere of the planet.

Then, this wave of kindness wraps around the entire planet like a comforting blanket. Mother Earth breathes a deep sigh of relief. Angels are drawn in, adding to this kindness wave, giving it even more strength and etheric prowess.

People around the world feel suddenly more relaxed without even knowing why. The tension seems to subside and everyone breathes more easily.

All empaths stop feeling that awful sense of foreboding. In fact, they notice that negative emotion is somehow magically replaced with the strongest sense of joy and happiness they’ve felt in a very long time.

Just stay here a moment and feel how amazing that ripple really is. A tremendous wave of kindness that is an empowering force for good.

Now, bring yourself back to your country, state and city. Back to the place where you are meditating. Back into your body fully. Take a deep breath. Wiggle your fingers and toes. Then open your eyes, coming fully back into your body. Fully awake now.

How was that?

Your kindness to yourself and others is so much more powerful than you can begin to imagine. And it all starts with you right here, right now in this very moment.

I hope you will take this in and start a practice of kindness. First be kind to yourself, and then find tiny, small ways to share kindness with others. Often the little things matter much more than the big ones.

That’s it for today. I sure hope you have a great Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. Wishing you love and magic. May you be blessed with good fortune that keeps on giving.

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Curious about the Faerie Realm? My guest reveals her real-life stories of the Fae, opening the Fae Portal and connecting with your heart and mind.

Contrary to popular belief, the Fae Folk can be seen across the globe. Even here in America, you might encounter faeries and elementals while taking a walk in the woods or in any wild place in nature. I’ve seen them in my own backyard!

My guest this week, Barb Gallagher, visits a special wooded area with a babbling brook that was once part of amusement park that is like an open door to the Faerie Realm. She thinks the residual joyful energy from that park of the past attracts all sorts of Fae Folk to the spot.

I asked Barb about all the kinds of faerie folk she’s seen which are quite a few. First, we talked about the Sidhe, which are descendants of Tuatha de Danann who were children of the Goddess Danu. This is from Celtic mythology.

Other common names for the Sidhe are the Shining Ones and the Good People. They are Fae royalty, tall with long blonde hair in earth colored clothing. Think of Orlando Bloom in Lord of the Rings – so handsome with those pointed ears!

Then she revealed that she has a Sidhe guide, a male who she has spent many lifetimes with. Today, he encourages her when it comes to learning about the faerie realm and offers guidance about communicating.

One time she was walking in the woods and had just put down an organic apple as an offering, when she was suddenly surrounded by hundreds of sepia-toned beings about 2.5 – 3 feet tall. Barb freaked and ran out of the woods.

She explained how this was a great honor, but she never expected to see so many at once and felt unsafe alone in the woods. It was frightening and she shut down.

Later, she went again and just one of the gnome-like creatures came forward. Barb apologized for running off and expressed her fear. He told her that she’s never alone in the woods and pointed to her Sidhe guide.

Brian Froud has captured what many of the faeries look like, but he focused on the not so pretty type.

This reminds me of my own experience when I told Pan, king of the elemental world, that I was ready to see them. Suddenly hundreds of unattractive beings stepped forward through the tall grasses at the edge of my property which shocked me completely.

Sending them away, saying I wasn’t ready, I felt shame and terribly sorry. I didn’t mean to be insulting but I should have asked to see a few at first to get used to them.

Next, we talked about dryads which are tree spirits. Every tree has its own dryad and they facilitate communication between trees. I once stood on a massive stump and discovered how vibrant it still was, even after being chopped down! My husband felt this too although he’s not into the woo.

Trees, even when chopped down, broken, or rotting, still communicate with and nourish other trees.

Stone beings have spoken to Barb in those same woods. When you see a tree with roots that seem to grow out of the rocks or down over them, this is a sign that faeries are in the area.

She learned this from Celtic Shaman Jane Burns and I took a class with her myself on this same topic! So, keep your eye out for that when walking in the woods if you’re looking for the faerie realm.

How do the elementals differ from the fae? The elementals are about the earth, so beings like sylph which are air beings and undines which are water beings.

The sylph help the dandelion seeds spread through the air. And I’ve seen the Undines at the Westport, CT library which sits near the river. They jumped, flipped, and splash like dolphins. Barb thinks of the faerie realm as including both the Sidhe, little faeries with the wings like pixies, and the elementals.

A bit more Celtic lore, the Sidhe had a battle eons ago with the Malaysians living in what is now Ireland and they lost. So, they agreed to live underground in the other world. Sidhe actually means from the mound.

This is all a lot of fun, but I asked Barb what she gets out of communicating with the Fae or what she learns. Barb says her heart gets full and sometimes she hears beautiful messages.

One time she had hurt her back and she heard intuitively to go outside and lay of the grass in front of her garden. She laid down on her back in the sun and a blue being swam through the ground taking stuff out of her back and when it was done, she got up and her back felt good again.

She’s also been guided to make flower essences for other people and she follows the advice. Later, looking up what she made, Barb discovered it was perfect for the emotional healing a neighbor needed.

Going back to how her heart gets full, I asked what that was about. She said she felt a part of her that was missing was returned. I suggested that she might have felt connected to everything. It’s only through our human lens that we feel separated, but that is not true.

What about Fae Portals? Barb took a class with a woman who taught about the Faerie Realm. She received an email saying that the Fae requested portals be opened on a certain day in the United States, so they could interact more easily with people. The Fae wanted to start bridging the gap.

One day she was at a friend’s cabin in the woods with her husband, and she followed the instructions to open a Fae Portal. Fast forward a year, she and her husband were walking through the woods near the cabin again.

Suddenly, her husband stopped and pointed out a strange occurrence. Leaves were floating 3 feet above ground moving in a circular pattern that was parallel to the earth! This was a bit shocking to him since he wasn’t familiar with faerie magic.

Then Barb recognized where she was and remembered she had opened the Fae Portal a year earlier. This was their faeries’ way of letting her know her efforts had worked and they appreciated what she did on their behalf! Amazing.

Yet, when she went to Ireland, hoping to meetup with the Fae there, she was instructed not to even try it. The human- Fae relationship there is more contentious. Over time, humans started blaming the Fae for things that happened. For example, if a cow died or the milk was sour, they accused the faeries.

Start by connecting with nature. Set the intention to see and talk to the Faeries. Come from an honest place in your heart with love. And do your best to trust what happens.

You might see them first or hear them – everyone is different and this is dependent on how your own intuition works.

For me, I read a lot about the faeries and elementals. I read several books about the Findhorn Garden in Scotland – they grew amazing vegetables with the help of the elementals, plant devas and more.

In addition I read several Tanis Helliwell’s books including My Summer with the Leprechauns and The Elves of Lily Hill Farm by Penny Kelly, among many others.

I hope Barb and I inspired you to go outside and commune with nature and the faeries because they’re real!

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Manifestation Coach, Danielle Marggraf, shocked me when she suggested that you should use your body not your brain to attract what you want in life! I never knew that, did you?

I asked Danielle how she got started doing this work as a wealth manifestation coach. She explained how hard things were when she first got divorced with two children under the age of 2. She ended up on food stamps three times, had her car repossessed four times, and was homeless once too!

According to Danielle, this was her way (from a higher level) of seriously testing her manifesting abilities! She had been manifesting in the wrong direction. What does that mean?

This is about the Law of Polarity and how manifesting has a spectrum. At one end is poverty and at the other end of the spectrum is wealth and prosperity.

Danielle explained how she consistently manifested poverty being stuck in that energy and not firmly believing she could get out. The bottom line here is choosing what to focus on. You can think about what’s not working and how you don’t have enough money or tap into the flow of abundance.

Almost everyone has experienced some form of financial trauma and this causes people to feel fear and worry doubt and uncertainty with tons of evidence for that. So it’s not a habit to hold prosperity consciousness and it’s a challenge to build this.

I just released a podcast snack about this very idea. To focus on what you do want vs. what you don’t want related to the news. If you’re overwhelmed by the state of the world, stop watching the news on TV. Instead, focus on something you DO want (vs. war and bad news) and take steps to get that.

No amount of money is worth sacrificing your life for. This is what Manifestation Coach Danielle came to realize on her way to becoming a manifestation coach. She said this requires moving from self-abandonment to self-loyalty. You want to stop prostituting your values, beliefs, and ideas for transactional ends – such as money.

This can be frustrating! Danielle spent a lot of time praying for guidance and help. She knew something had to change and so she moved into total surrender.

She worked to become a master of her mind and realized she needed to come home to her spirit. You are spirit in human form – learn how to be your mission with such conviction and passion that there is nothing else to do. Stop trading your precious life for survival and money.

Every year Danielle hosts this fabulous event. This year, the group invoked Lakshmi, the powerful Hindu Goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity.

Working with the Goddess requires the full acceptance of who you are – all of your parts and this is also true of her somatic work as a manifestation coach.

Another way of looking at this is it’s about devotion and the sacredness of your life. It’s time to live your life in ritual and practices that create more prosperity.

Also, you want to be more embodied and expressed in alignment with what you want to attract and why you are here on earth.

Danielle says there is an inner world and her practice is to go in to rewire and repair the connections of the body to your emotions, energies, memories, and more.

The mind lives in the body and your nervous system is the command center. Since your body holds on to your fears, you end up not being wired for success but for survival.

In somatic work and as a manifestation coach, Danielle works with the subconscious in this body-based approach, to create more alignment and wiring for what you want.

As you do this work, you create alignment and more space which allows more movement and that promotes healing!

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I asked Danielle what was a defining moment on what happened that kept her from having a 5th car repossession. How did she finally turn things around?

Danielle responded quickly that she made a decision and she says it’s a psychological process. Before the decision, you ask things like:

But once you make the decision, you close all exit doors and look for solutions. You decide where you’re going and nothing will stop you from getting there.

You are open to learning all the lessons required and to seeing solutions that come your way. She would no longer tolerate the same and unworthiness that came in the form of poverty. The decision was, “This is it – it stops with me.”

What’s the most important thing to share with the listeners to help them begin the transformation?

People say they want things, but they don’t stick to it. They stay stuck in the pre-decision of will this work for me and can I do it? But you have to come from true conviction!

“Your self-image is your inner success mechanism.”

If you don’t see yourself clearly moving forward, going for it, knowing it will work, then you have not made the decision. Then you cannot live from the conviction of that decision, of who you are, and who you serve, etc.

You are not fully living this or stepping into fully embodying this new version of yourself.

As a somatic coach, Danielle works with women who have disowned their power, identity, and voice in exchange for safety. They are ready to reclaim that through tapping into their soul-led, mission-based work.

It goes deeper than reclaiming your power. You need to know who are you, what is your identity, and what is your mission on this planet. You need discipline and practicality around that to stick with your decision even when it’s hard.

You have to stop living from the neck up and need to create and manifest from the neck down.

The women she works with as a manifestation coach need a bottom up approach because simply affirming doesn’t work for them. That’s only in the neck up. This needs to be actualized in the body or it doesn’t stick.

That’s why you are working with the subconscious mind. The inner work is far more important than your marketing methods. Strategies and tactics don’t matter if you aren’t in alignment – then it nothing will work or it won’t be sustainable.

Everyone’s process is unique due to their history and trauma, so the somatic work requires a personal approach. For example, if you had a million dollar business, maybe you’d wake up, do yoga, drink green juice and get a driver to take your kids to school.

Now you know what to do – act as if… But this still goes deeper. Most people can’t sustain this discipline. They didn’t see the money come fast enough and then don’t keep it up.

As a result, if you feel tired, you let yourself off the hook about yoga or skip drinking the green juice. Then you’re no longer embodying the qualities of a million dollar business owner. Instead, you have a gap and disconnect from that version of yourself, so you end up out of alignment.

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Danielle Marggraf is a leader in the feminine wealth movement. Followed by women worldwide for her inspiring and no-nonsense teaching style. Danielle mixes her spiritual badassery with money and nervous system coach trainings for women. Her nervous system healing practices literally rewire your body for more freedom, fulfillment, and feminine financial flow.

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