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How does intuitive information reach us?

Sometimes it appears as an image in the mind. Sometimes it comes through a word, a physical sensation, a familiar scent, or a quiet sense of simply knowing.

In this episode, Cathy explores the clairs—the intuitive counterparts to seeing, hearing, feeling, knowing, smelling, and tasting. You’ll learn how the different clairs may appear in everyday life, why some may feel stronger than others, and how they can work together to help you understand the signs and information you receive.

Cathy also shares personal experiences with clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognizance, and clairalience, along with grounded practices to help you recognize your own intuitive language without forcing an experience or turning every coincidence into a message.

You may discover that your intuition has been speaking to you for a very long time—you simply didn’t recognize how it communicates.

Explore the free companion workbook, The Clairs — Notice + Develop, in the Healing Waves Reiki Workbook Library at healingwaves-reiki.com.

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Can the people we love continue to reach us after they're no longer physically here?

And if they can… how would we recognize it?

In this episode of Healing Waves Reiki, Cathy Scarpitto explores signs from loved ones through the interconnected lenses of grief, presence, intuition, and discernment.

Building on recent conversations about grief, the power of the present moment, and learning to trust our intuition, Cathy explores why recognizing a meaningful moment may have as much to do with what happens within us as what happens around us.

She also shares two deeply personal experiences involving her own mother—including the extraordinary “deer heart” coincidence that occurred while she was reading Laura Lynne Jackson's Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe, and the day a pair of plastic angel wings washed directly to her feet moments after she looked toward the sky and asked her mom to “just throw me a bone.”

Could these experiences be coincidences?

Perhaps.

This episode isn't about proving otherwise.

It's an invitation to remain curious

In this episode, you'll explore:

• How grief changes the way we experience our relationship with someone we love
• The connection between intuition and recognizing signs
• Why the first few seconds of an experience may be worth noticing before the analytical mind takes over
• How being present may help us notice meaningful moments we might otherwise overlook
• Why signs can be deeply personal rather than having one universal meaning
• Some of the ways people describe experiencing signs—from songs and dreams to animals, numbers, scents, objects, and synchronicities
• How to ask a loved one for a sign without constantly searching for one
• Why discernment matters when exploring signs and intuition
• Why not receiving a sign does not mean someone you love is absent—or that you aren't intuitive enough

Because perhaps recognizing signs isn't about looking harder.

Perhaps it's about becoming present enough to notice.

Presence allows us to notice.
Intuition helps us recognize.
Discernment allows us to remain open without forcing an answer.

And perhaps learning to carry love differently also means becoming open to recognizing it differently.

Continue the Conversation:

Serena Juliano, RN, BSN, CDP, Reiki Master
Listen to Reiki in Real Practice | Walking Beside Grief | Hospice, Healing & the Sacred Work of Being Present with Serena Juliano.

Serena's conversation about hospice, grief, love, Reiki, and compassionate presence helped begin the journey that leads into this episode.

Her book, Anchored in Light: A Reiki MAster's Guide to Healing Grief, opening Spirit, and Embtacing the Energy of Love   is for the broken-hearted, the spiritually curious, the caregivers, and the seekers — for anyone who has ever wondered if healing is possible after deep loss.

Julie Jancius — The Angel Medium™
Julie joined Healing Waves Reiki for a conversation about intuition, angels, signs, and connecting with loved ones. Her teaching about loved ones communicating through our intuitive channel helped Cathy see intuition and continued connection in a new way. Learn more about Julie, her work, Angels & Awakening, and the Angel Reiki School.

In her book, Angels and Awakening, A Guide to Raise Your Vibration and hear Your Angels ,  Julie will show you how to step into Oneness with Spirit or God energy. 

Laura Lynne Jackson
Psychic medium and bestselling author Laura Lynne Jackson has been an important part of Cathy's personal journey through grief and exploring continued connection with loved ones.

Her book Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe explores asking for and recognizing signs and synchronicities—and was the book Cathy was reading when her unforgettable “deer heart” experience occurred.

You don't have to decide whether every meaningful coincidence is a sign.

You don't have to search.

You don't have to prove anything.

Simply become present.

Stay curious.

And notice what happens around you—and within you.

In love and light,

Cathy

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This meditation is designed to gently guide you into a place of Oneness—a state of deep connection with all that is.

A space where we open to infinite wisdom…
 infinite connection…
 infinite love…
 and infinite possibility.

Together, we’ll quiet the distractions of everyday life, settle into the present moment, and open our hearts to a deeper spiritual connection—with our angels, our guides, and our loved ones on the other side.

There is no need to force an experience or receive a particular message. Whether you notice a feeling, an image, a quiet knowing, or simply a moment of stillness, allow whatever arises to be enough.

An invitation to pause, listen, and explore the possibility that you are already connected—and already held in love.

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As summer begins to soften into fall, the Autumn Equinox offers us a natural moment to pause.

A moment to notice what has grown.

To give thanks for what has carried us this far.

And to gently consider what we may be ready to release.

In this bonus guided meditation, Cathy Scarpitto invites you to slow down, reconnect with your breath, and reflect on the balance between holding on and letting go.

Using the changing season and the image of autumn leaves as our guide, we'll explore gratitude for what has been, release what may feel heavy, and create space for whatever this next season may bring.

You don't need to have anything figured out.

You don't need to be ready for a new beginning.

Sometimes, like nature, we simply need permission to enter the season we're in.

Find a quiet place, settle in, and allow yourself these few moments to pause, breathe, and listen inward.

In this meditation, you'll be invited to:

• Return to a sense of balance
• Reflect on what has grown in your life
• Practice gratitude for the season you've traveled through
• Gently release what you no longer need to carry
• Create space for rest, healing, and what comes next

🍂 A reminder for this season:

I can honor what has been.
I can release what I no longer need to carry.
I can make space for what comes next.
And I can trust the season I'm in.

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Where Reiki meets science, intuition meets practice, and healing becomes more human.

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What if intuition isn’t a gift reserved for a select few—but something we all have the ability to recognize and strengthen?

In this episode of Reiki in Real Practice, Cathy Scarpitto sits down with her Angel Reiki teacher, Julie Jancius, The Angel Medium™, for a deeply personal conversation about intuition, Reiki, angels, signs, synchronicities, and our connection with loved ones who have passed.

Julie shares her journey of communicating with angels from childhood and explores what it means to live in Oneness—a life rooted in love, peace, trust, and connection. Together, Cathy and Julie talk about how Reiki and stillness can help us become more aware of our inner guidance, how to distinguish intuition from fear or anxious thinking, and simple ways to begin strengthening and trusting our intuitive abilities.

Cathy also shares one of the teachings from Julie that transformed her own spiritual journey: the idea that our loved ones on the other side may communicate with us through the same intuitive channel we use every day.

How might that connection feel? How do we recognize signs without searching for meaning in everything? And how can someone explore intuition and spirituality while remaining grounded?

Julie also shares her perspective on angels, spiritual practice, Angel Reiki, and the ways she helps others deepen their own connection to guidance.

Whether you’re beginning to explore intuition, deepening your Reiki practice, grieving someone you love, or simply wondering if there may be more to those quiet moments of knowing, this conversation is an invitation to become still, listen, and trust what you notice.

Connect with Julie Jancius

Julie Jancius, The Angel Medium™, is an author, teacher, podcast host, Reiki Master Teacher, and intuitive guide devoted to helping people strengthen their intuition, connect with spiritual guidance, and live from a place of greater love, peace, and trust.

To learn more about Julie, explore her Angel Reiki training, book a private session, discover her books and courses, or listen to the Angels & Awakening podcast, visit:

TheAngelMedium.com

You can explore all of Julie’s current offerings and ways to connect with her there.

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Intuition rarely shouts. More often, it arrives as a quiet feeling, an unexpected image, a physical sensation, a simple word, or a sense of knowing we cannot quite explain.

Created as a companion to the Healing Waves Reiki intuition episodes, this guided meditation will help you quiet the mental noise, reconnect with your body, and begin recognizing the unique ways your intuition may speak to you.

You’ll also practice Cathy’s five-second rule—a simple way to notice what first enters your awareness before the analytical mind begins questioning, interpreting, or trying to make sense of it.

You don’t need to receive a message or find the perfect answer. Simply become quiet, remain curious, and begin trusting one small thing at a time.

Because strengthening your intuition isn’t always about receiving louder guidance. Sometimes, it’s about becoming a quieter listener.

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What if you're already intuitive—you've just never learned how to recognize it?

Intuition doesn't always arrive as a dramatic message or unmistakable sign. Often, it's much quieter: a feeling in your body, a gentle nudge, a thought that seems to come from nowhere, or simply knowing something without knowing why.

In this episode of Healing Waves Reiki, Cathy explores how intuition speaks, why fear and outside noise can make it difficult to hear, and how learning your body's own "yes" and "no" can help you begin trusting yourself again.

She also shares a deeply personal turning point in her own spiritual journey. While searching for ways to develop her spiritual gifts and feel more connected to loved ones who had passed, Cathy heard Angel Medium Julie Jancius explain that our intuition is the channel through which our loved ones on the other side communicate with us.

That realization changed everything—and eventually led Cathy to complete Julie's Angel Reiki Master Teacher training.

You'll also learn simple ways to quiet the noise, distinguish intuition from fear, recognize your own intuitive language, and begin strengthening the trust that allows you to listen. 

This episode is the perfect introduction to Cathy's upcoming conversation with Julie Jancius, where they'll go deeper into intuition, Angel Reiki, spiritual gifts, guidance, and connection with loved ones in spirit.

Free companion workbook: 30 Day Trust Your Intuition Challenge Workbook - a gentle 30-day journey to help you recognize and strengthen your intuition. The workbook begins with noticing how intuition already shows up in your life and builds toward creating a regular practice of listening and trust. 

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What can sitting beside thousands of people at the end of life teach us about how to live?

In this deeply moving episode of Healing Waves Reiki, Cathy Scarpitto welcomes registered nurse, Reiki Master, Certified Dementia Practitioner, and author Serena Juliano for a heartfelt conversation about hospice care, grief, Reiki, and the extraordinary power of compassionate presence.

Serena has spent more than three decades caring for hospice and palliative care patients, guiding individuals and families through one of life's most sacred transitions. In this conversation, she shares how her work as a hospice nurse transformed her understanding of healing, how Reiki became an important part of her journey, and what she has learned from being present during life's final moments.

Together, Cathy and Serena explore:

• What hospice has taught Serena about life, love, and letting go
• How Reiki can support patients and families during end-of-life care
• Common fears surrounding death and the dying process
• The relationship between grief, healing, and continuing bonds with those we love
• The role of presence, compassion, and energy in caring for others
• Practical wisdom for anyone supporting a grieving loved one
• How caregivers can care for their own nervous system and emotional well-being
• Hope and encouragement for anyone navigating loss

Whether you are grieving, caring for someone you love, working in healthcare, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of life's most meaningful moments, this conversation offers comfort, perspective, and hope.

Connect with Serena Juliano

• Anchored In Light: A Reiki Master's Guide to Healing Grief, Opening Spirit, and Embracing the Energy of Love
• Anchors & Paws: Whispers From the Rainbow Bridge 
• Visit Serena's social media using the links below.
  • Instagram
  • TicTok

Free Companion Resources

Download the free Grief Companion Workbook created for this episode at Healing Waves Reiki. You'll also find guided meditations, additional companion workbooks, Reiki sessions, and upcoming training opportunities.

Workbook Library 

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Healing may not remove our grief—but it can help us carry it with greater peace, love, and hope.

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Designed as a companion to the Walking with Grief podcast episode and workbook, this meditation invites you into a peaceful space of relaxation, reflection, and love. Through guided imagery and quiet presence, you'll have the opportunity to remember a loved one, reconnect with cherished memories, and open your heart to the possibility that love continues beyond physical loss.

Whether your experience is one of vivid connection, quiet reflection, or simply a moment of peace, allow yourself to receive exactly what you need today.

This meditation is offered with deep respect for the unique way each person experiences grief. There is no expectation, no right outcome, and no need to force anything to happen. Simply come with an open heart and allow the experience to unfold in whatever way feels right for you.

May it bring you comfort.
May it bring you peace.
And may it remind you that love has a way of remaining with us, always.

Free Companion Resources:
🌊 Download the free Walking with Grief: Honor + Heal companion workbook, filled with gentle reflections, journaling prompts, and healing practices. You can find this and many other workbooks in the Healing Waves Reiki Workbook Library.

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Grief is something every one of us will experience, yet it's one of the least understood parts of being human.

In this heartfelt episode of the Healing Waves Reiki Podcast, Cathy Scarpitto—Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive guide, and former physical therapist—explores grief through the lens of the body, the nervous system, and the heart.

Together, we'll explore why grief isn't just emotional... it's physiological. Why there is no "right" timeline for healing. And why grief isn't something to fix, but something to witness with compassion.

Cathy also shares her own deeply personal journey after the loss of her mother, including the experiences that transformed her understanding of love, loss, presence, and healing.

Whether you're grieving the death of a loved one, a relationship, your health, a life transition, or simply a version of the life you once imagined, this episode offers a gentle reminder that grief is not a sign that something is wrong with you.

It is a reflection of love.

In this episode you'll discover:

•  Why grief affects both the body and the nervous system 
•  Why healing doesn't follow a timeline 
•  How presence can become one of the greatest gifts we offer ourselves 
•  Why grief is evidence of love—not weakness 
•  How loss can deepen compassion, gratitude, and our understanding of life
• Free Companion Resources:
  🌊 Download the free Walking with Grief: Honor + Heal companion workbook, filled with gentle reflections, journaling prompts, and healing practices.
  🕊️ Listen to the bonus guided meditation, A Quiet Moment with Your Loved One A Guided Meditation for Love, Comfort & Connection offering a peaceful space for reflection, comfort, and connection.

Coming Next: Hospice nurse, Reiki Master, and author Serena Juliano joins Cathy for a deeply moving conversation about walking beside individuals and families through grief, loss, and life's most sacred moments.

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