Laura Djakpa is an ancestral shaman helping clients for over 33 years. Laura's mission with her clients is to help them navigate their difficult challenges by connecting to their higher self and nature. She wants the client to become their best healer.

Have any of you ever created your own sacred space for prayers? Did you want to connect to your ancestors for advise? Are there any items that you would place in that sacred space?

What is Santeria? What did it do for her in her earlier years? What is an altar? What experiences led her to resonate to her present life? How can you connect to your ancestors? What kind of prayer is needed? How can you pick up on the signs that the ancestors are giving you? Is it through dreams, messages through animals or an inner voice? Laura Djakpa tells host Carol that patience is a key factor connecting to our ancestors. It needs time to connect. She believes that it can change a person's life. What is automatic handwriting? Is it a gift to write and receive automatic messages from the deceased? How can we interpret the messages? Does a message from an ancestor give us much more awareness to our present life? Laura feels that it is a blessing when we receive messages from our loved ones? We realize that we are not alone and to trust the messages from the other side. She feels that we should not connect to fear, and only trust. Is there any time to connect? Is water, gemstones, a picture of our ancestor or anything else good tools to use? Learn how the messages from Laura's ancestors changed her life. She conveys her love story and how an ancestor helped her to leave.

It's The Matter of the Heart with Laura Djakpa and host Carol Olivia Adams.