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Hello Friends,

I’ve been thinking a lot about joy since chatting with my friend Maid4luv on her YouTube channel last week. We were discussing how joy can assist in the process when a being is dying, but I realized joy can help in any process of transformation and transmutation. 

In today’s episode, I share a message I received from the Light about joy, and how joy is transforming and healing things for me, and for our darling dog, Ginger. 

I hope this finds you all well, and that your week is full of joy!

Sending light and love from here,

Jodie

p.s. Here’s the links for things we talked about in this episode:

Here’s the link to the chat with Maid4luv on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/u-8tlC15h3Y?si=09pvgjeu9YytncB5

And here’s the original episode where I talk about naming beautiful things out loud: https://jodiefletcher.substack.com/p/some-beautiful-things-ive-seen-this-b9c

Hello Friends,

I recently had a moment of such complete clarity, and I’ve been thinking about it all week. I’m a chronic catastrophizer — have been since childhood. I thought it was just a part of who I am, and something that I accepted about myself. Deep down, I think I believed it was keeping me safe to be constantly preparing for the worst, worst, worst case scenario, because if I thought about it enough, and felt what it would feel like if it happened, I’d know I could survive whatever came.

But lately, I’ve had occasion to realize this way of processing my fear is actually causing me intense pain, and a lot of it might be unnecessary. In this episode, I share some of what brought about this awareness, and what I’m doing to work on creating new patterns for processing my fears.

I hope this finds you all well!

Sending love and light,

Jodie

p.s. Here’s the links I mention:

To pre-order a copy of Beautiful Death, which will publish on June 13, 2024, visit: https://www.thedevicconnection.com/shop/beautiful-death

To book a 1:1 reading, visit https://www.thedevicconnection.com/schedule-a-reading-calendar.

Thanks so much for listening!

Hello Friends,

This week was full of highs and lows. We had such a wonderful appointment with our dog Ginger and her new best friend, the working dog at dog training. And later in the week, Ginge had surgery to remove an egg-sized tumor from her throat. She’s snoring happily in the background, and seems to be recovering well so far, but it’s been a week around here.

There’s lots I want to share about both these things, and some amazing things Ginger has taught me recently, but I’m not quite at the find-the-words stage of things. So instead, I thought it might be a good time to share an excerpt from my upcoming book, Beautiful Death. It’s coming out on June 13, and I’m getting really excited to share the whole thing with you soon!

I hope you enjoy this episode, and thank you so much for listening!

Sending love and light from here,

Jodie

P.s. Here’s the link, in case you liked that excerpt and would like to pre-order a copy of Beautiful Death: https://www.thedevicconnection.com/shop/beautiful-death

Hello Friends,

It’s really Springing here in The Garden, and I’m so excited to report that everything is turning a lovely shade of bright green. We’re just beginning the first bits of outside work, and feeling proud of our little accomplishments so far. If we keep going like this, we might actually have everything ready for last frost! We’re about six or seven weeks away still, so it feels like plenty of time, but is it ever actually plenty of time?

Today’s episode is an update on all things Spring here, so I hope you enjoy this little ramble through life in the garden this time of year.

Thank you so much for listening, and I hope this finds you well!

Sending light,

Jodie

p.s. Here are the links I mentioned in the episode:

To pre-order a copy of Beautiful Death, which will publish on June 13, 2024, visit: https://www.thedevicconnection.com/shop/beautiful-death

To book a 1:1 reading, visit https://www.thedevicconnection.com/schedule-a-reading-calendar.

To become a paid subscriber and get a mini email reading, go to www.jodiefletcher.substack.com and click on the subscribe button at the top of the page.

Thanks so much for listening!

Hello Friends,

This week, a busy schedule and a growing list of things I really want to do brought me face-to-face with a decision that shouldn’t have been hard or fraught or dramatic at all. And yet …

I’ve decided that instead of publishing both the Welcome to the Garden podcast and the Notes from the Garden newsletter each week, I’m going to publish one of these per week and alternate weeks. This is probably interesting information to you, as a listener, but really not a big deal. I understood, rationally, that this was a pretty low-stakes decision with only positive outcomes.

But emotionally, I really struggled with this. I couldn’t figure out why, at first, until I was leaving a voice note for a friend and said, “I just hate to give up ground I’ve fought so hard to gain.” I’ve worked really hard these last few months, and felt really proud that I’ve been able to do both each week. And I realized this wasn’t about the podcast or the newsletter, at all, but instead it was about accepting my own limitations. Once again.

This week, I’m sharing how I hit up against some old wounds from when I first got so sick, and the emotions I didn’t realize were still buried deep down from when I had to let nearly everything I cared about go. And I’m sharing how just recognizing this, writing about it, and sharing it with you here has helped me heal another layer of it.

Friends, thank you so much for listening! I really enjoy sharing what I’m learning about my world with you, and I hope that, if you’re going through anything similar, my processing helps you find deeper understanding and more clarity with what you’re going through.

Sending love,

Jodie

p.s. Here are the links I mentioned in the episode:

To pre-order a copy of Beautiful Death, which will publish on June 13, 2024, visit: https://www.thedevicconnection.com/shop/beautiful-death

To book a 1:1 reading, visit https://www.thedevicconnection.com/schedule-a-reading-calendar.

Hello Friends,

This week’s episode is all about equanimity, which is apparently my current life lesson, since it’s the word I keep hearing over and over again when I tune in and ask, “what am I meant to be learning here?”

I knew what the word meant, but never really had cause to examine what it means. So, after about the 100th time hearing “equanimity” in response to my searching questions, I asked the internet for a definition, and it said, “noun: mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.”

Well. Ok. Of course.

I hope you’re finding yourselves mentally calm, composed and even of temper in all the difficult situations you might be facing these days. And I hope these stories of how I’m currently learning this, one step at a time through the wild dark forest, help you navigate whatever you might be facing.

Sending love and light,

Jodie

p.s. Here are the links I mentioned in the episode:

The March Garden Party is today, March 24, at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Zoom. Here’s the link, if you’d like to join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85645059539?pwd=NnRaL3V4UHJrVGtHeWRYYnA1bjF5UT09

To pre-order a copy of Beautiful Death, which will publish on June 13, 2024, visit: https://www.thedevicconnection.com/shop/beautiful-death

To book a 1:1 reading, visit https://www.thedevicconnection.com/schedule-a-reading-calendar.

Thanks so much for listening!

Hello Friends,

This week, I had to travel out of town to go to the dentist and I was so excited — not about the appointment, sorry dentist! — but because I had a separate mission. The place we stay when we go down there is right above a rock shop, and I was sure that was where I would meet the clear quartz that was meant to be my Reiki crystal.

A few weeks ago, I received my Reiki 1 attunement from my dear friend Charlotte, and she gave me some really good advice on choosing the right stone. When I went to the rock shop, though, I’m pretty sure my crystal chose me! I share the story of meeting this friend, and two other friends too, in this week’s episode. I hope you enjoy listening!

Here’s Charlotte’s website, if you’re interested! She’s a wonderful teacher — of Reiki and many other things — so if you’re searching for something interesting, she runs a bunch of different classes throughout the year, and I’m sure you’d enjoy spending time learning with her! https://www.happysouls1111.com/home

I hope this finds you all well, and that you have a really lovely week!

Sending love from here,

Jodie

p.s. Here are the links I mentioned in the episode:

To pre-order a copy of Beautiful Death, which will publish on June 13, 2024, visit: https://www.thedevicconnection.com/shop/beautiful-death

To book a 1:1 reading, visit https://www.thedevicconnection.com/schedule-a-reading-calendar.

And here’s the link for the March Garden Party, which will take place on Zoom on March 24 at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85645059539?pwd=NnRaL3V4UHJrVGtHeWRYYnA1bjF5UT09

Thanks so much for listening!

Hello Friends,

While the title of this episode is ever-so-slightly hyperbolic, I did have a moment of such clarity while doing a little tarot card reading for myself this week. As I explain in the episode, one of the cards that popped out of the deck depicted a childlike person standing at the bottom of a boulder looking up at an older, wiser, cronelike person who is sitting on top of the boulder. And in a moment, I got the message that was meant for me that day. The cronelike person is the childlike person’s highest self, and the gap between them is the spiritual journey. As the child grows and evolves, the gap becomes smaller, and the child becomes more and more of their own, true and highest self.

This episode is a bit of a ramble through my own understanding — as far as I’ve seen and been shown so far — of what the spiritual journey is, and what we spiritual seekers are doing as we travel through these lives gaining experience and evolving in wisdom.

I hope you enjoy it, and I hope this finds you well! Thank you so much for listening, and I’ll chat with you again next week.

Sending love from here,

Jodie

p.s. Here are the links I mentioned in the episode:

To pre-order a copy of Beautiful Death, which will publish on June 13, 2024, visit: https://www.thedevicconnection.com/shop/beautiful-death

To book a 1:1 reading, visit https://www.thedevicconnection.com/schedule-a-reading-calendar.

And here’s the link for the March Garden Party, which will take place on Zoom on March 24 at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85645059539?pwd=NnRaL3V4UHJrVGtHeWRYYnA1bjF5UT09

To become a paid subscriber and get access to our monthly Garden Parties, go to www.jodiefletcher.substack.com and click on the subscribe button at the top of the page.

Thanks so much for listening!

Hello Friends,

When I sat down to write and record this episode, I had no idea that I would end up with a publication date for my book, Beautiful Death, but that’s just what happened! I began pondering how long I’d been working on it, and realized that it was very nearly the same amount of time as the events detailed in the book. Basically, there was a complicated math formula involved, and several calculations later, I arrived at a publication date.

So, I’m thrilled to announce that I will be publishing Beautiful Death on June 13 of this year, and it can be pre-ordered beginning today! You can find the link listed below.

We also had a really wonderful time with the dog trainers this week, and I share a bit about what Ginger is learning, and how joyful it is to learn with her. The trainers are helping us all learn to communicate with each other in the best and most positive ways.

And also, I’ve set the date for the March Garden Party, and decided to open the invitation to anyone who would like to come. It’ll be an equinox celebration on March 24, and will take place at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Zoom. So, whether you’re a paid subscriber or not, you’re invited to come and celebrate the change of seasons with us here in The Garden!

The Zoom link is also listed below, so if you’d like to come, be sure to save the date!

Thanks so much for listening! I hope you have a wonderful week!

Jodie

Here are the links I mentioned in the episode:

To pre-order a copy of Beautiful Death, which will publish on June 13, 2024, visit: https://www.thedevicconnection.com/shop/beautiful-death

To book a 1:1 reading, visit https://www.thedevicconnection.com/schedule-a-reading-calendar.

And here’s the link for the March Garden Party, which will take place on Zoom on March 24 at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85645059539?pwd=NnRaL3V4UHJrVGtHeWRYYnA1bjF5UT09

To become a paid subscriber and get access to our monthly Garden Parties, go to www.jodiefletcher.substack.com and click on the subscribe button at the top of the page.

Thanks so much for listening!

Hello Friends,

A couple weeks ago, I mentioned a time when my belief systems crumbled, and how difficult (understatement!) that was. I’ve been thinking a lot about belief systems since then, and especially now because I’m in the process of digging deeper and going beyond some of mine that are still in place.

When I look at this energetically, I see belief systems like the infrastructure of a building. They look like the metal beams that everything else is built around. If we think about how devastating dismantling the very makeup of a building would be to the building itself, it makes sense why we are reluctant and resistant to looking at our own belief systems and allowing them to dissolve. It feels as if the very nature of everything relies on them.

However, I also see that these shifts we keep talking about are forcing people to confront these belief systems, really interrogate them, and find out what they really, truly believe. It can feel so scary to allow this process to take place, but as someone who’s been through it a time or two, I can say, for me at least, each time I found a deeper connection with my own Higher Self. And that has been really, really nice.

When we look at how deeply entrenched the energies of belief systems are in people’s energy fields, it makes sense why they might dig their heels in and refuse to see anything else. We’re not always ready for this process, and recognizing that can help us have compassion for ourselves and others when it all just feels like too much.

I hope this finds you all well, and that this helps if you’re feeling confronted by what you’re learning and how you’re being challenged.

Sending love from here,

Jodie

p.s. Here are the links I mentioned in the episode:

To book a 1:1 reading, visit https://www.thedevicconnection.com/schedule-a-reading-calendar.

To become a paid subscriber and get access to our monthly Garden Parties, go to www.jodiefletcher.substack.com and click on the subscribe button at the top of the page.

Thanks so much for listening!