That awkward question you have to answer when meeting with a financial professional “Do you know what your FICO score is?” makes most people cringe. Here’s what a credit score (and credit report) says about you and how lenders perceive you when considering your pre-approval application.
Let’s start with the basics – here is the FICO Credit score scale (and how they get to that score) so you can see where you should ideally be when applying for a mortgage (or any credit really). Lenders all have their own preference for where they want you to be in terms of credit score, which will also be a factor with what rate you are offered. Always aim to be in the green!
How to build a good credit:
With these basics you will be well on your way to a solid foundation for home-ownership approval!
Feel free to download the free MOPOLO Credit score checker app and type in my name and you can see what your score is! Visit www.mopolo.ca for more information on that.
I hope this information will help you get the courage to check your score and build a healthy credit report – if you need guidance in doing so, I am here to help!
Take Care ladies!
Sharon Abrego
Mortgage Agent
FSCO Lic # M19001998
Tel: (519) 221-7402
Email: sabrego@mortgagealliance.com
Web: https://www.mortgagealliance.com/SharonAbrego
Today I am grateful for this place in my journey as an artist. Being a visual artist, painting is my language for expressing my thoughts and experiences. So why try to speak in a different language?
That’s where gratitude comes in. Today my heart is overflowing with JOY, and the only way to let it flow and be expressed is through GRATITUDE. I wish I could speak every language there is and spread it across the universe. That is an easy enough and enjoyable task from a place of light and joy. But how do I express gratitude at those times when the emotional landscape is bleak and full of challenges?
I turn to find expression through the language of the soul, which is my art.
I always knew I wanted to be an artist, and chose to be one, but only recently realized the true essence and power of creating art from the soul. The dialogue between the art and the artist is a channelling of messages from the Universe, Spirit, or Higher self. What we call it does not matter; it is the Source of all creation. The inspiration might be different in each work of art, but there is one common message. “Look at the whole picture, the colours of happiness, the highlights of joy, and shadows of grief. It is in perfect balance. You can think of yourself as being stuck in any spot, and it is exactly where you are meant to be at this time in your journey. You can and will keep moving through this life. The only constant is change.” This has been so true, and I gain strength from each transition and every challenge, big or small.
In the words of the great artist Picasso, “ Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
I have made it my mission to make art a part of everyday life and give it a prominent place in the toolkit of wellness. That is my inspiration to keep creating and teaching art. The process of fluid art that I teach lends itself to so many processes that are enjoyable, transformative and healing.
Colour energy is accessed and energized in this process to balance the energy flow.
I am grateful for the tribe of beautiful souls that support me along this path and bring me a step closer to fulfilling my mission.
I can also see that grief and joy can be present in a person simultaneously, and that the sorrow in itself doesn’t need to spoil the joy. That for me is true JOY.
That is the place from which I express my gratitude.
-------------
Sonal Raje
Blue Amber Arts
www.blueamberarts.com
blueamberarts@gmail.com
Sonal Raje is a visual artist in Guelph. She promotes expressive art through her teachings at the Wyndham art school and various workshops.
Follow her on Instagram, Facebook and MeetUp for information about upcoming events:
Facebook
Instagram
Meetup
In my world, every day is love day …. but it’s February and we have entered into the commercial love month, and soooooo many of us are getting triggered. Many of my clients are starting to feel the pull…for some it’s even worse than the stress of the Christmas / Hanukkah season.
If you’re in a relationship and it’s not going well, you’re gonna get triggered.
If you’re not in a relationship and you want one, you’re gonna get triggered.
If your relationship has recently ended, you’re gonna get triggered.
As more and more emails come into your mailbox talking about special deals to ‘meet the guy of your dreams’ or ‘meet with a love coach’ or ‘re-ignite your passion’… you wonder if your guy is gonna make it a romantic day or will he forget… or IS there a guy to make it the romantic day you crave?... and the pressure is on! Whatever your situation, you see the isles of the shops are lined with red hearts for Valentine’s Day... and you’re gonna get triggered!
Can we relax…. just a bit…take a nice, long, deeeeeep breath…
Ahhhhh. That’s better!
YES
We are born to love and be loved… to cherish and be cherished.
We crave it… desire it… fight for it....and…. no one gave us a good roadmap. And yes, it turns out there is a recipe after all. Okay it’s NOT the same for every woman or every couple, yet there are KEY ingredients that can make or break the union.
And guess what one of those key elements are?
Loving YOU. I know we’ve heard it before and most of us believe we DO love ourselves… and I’m sure we do… but I’m here to challenge you... to love yourself EVEN more than you EVER have before… and more than you ever thought you could. ‘Cause the truth is - there is ALWAYS more love we can give to ourselves.
So, for the month of love… whether you want to attract more love into your life, or you want to up-level the love relationship you have… My question to you is this… are you EMBODYING self-love? Only you can know if you are paying lip service or you are truly, deeply and wholly loving YOU to the fullest.
You may have some ideas by now. Your intuition may be nudging you with some insights and inspirations… follow those… your inner gps always knows…
If you’re coming up blank or not sure which way to go first… don’t worry. I got you covered…
Here are some must-do’s to get you started:
- Be Present to your intuition… she’s always loving
- Practice Self Care without GUILT
- Set boundaries… say NO when you mean no (lovingly not forcefully). Don’t say Yes when you really want to say NO and then convince yourself that you really do want it when deep down you know you don’t. This is downright damaging
- Get rid of energy drainers in your life and get protective of your energy… it’s sacred!
- Forgive yourself. I know… easier said than done but it’s truly magical making when you do. If you’ve done it, you know what I’m talking about!
- Take control of your inner voice. Allowing your thoughts to run on overdrive can bring you down… fast!
- Self-love is deeply connected to living well. It influences who you pick for a mate, whether you feel respected by your man, the image you project in your work life, and how you cope with the problems in your life. It is so important to your wellbeing. And I want you to know how to bring more of it… much more of it into your life.
-------------
Josephine Carmela
Empowerment & Relationships
Award Winning Transformational Coach
NLP Practitioner and Creator of Modern Love Project
2017 Recipient of the Body Mind Award from Brilliant Minded Women’s Organization
Creator of ‘Feminology Workshop Series’ (Embodying our Fullest Potential As Modern Women)
www.josephinecarmela.com
1. Describe your business/career/what you do in a few sentences.
I am a life coach, blogger, and host events and workshops. My work is about creating a space where women can slow down and process all the things that are influencing and controlling their lives - often without them even knowing it. Things like their everyday thoughts, their habitual emotions, and the stories they have had on repeat for so long they are no longer even aware of the consequences of those things. Then we work towards showing up in the world with more love, and less ego, more compassion and less judgment, more vulnerability and less shame, more emotional agility and less fear and uncertainty, more energy and less exhaustion.
2. What ignited the spark in you to start doing the work you do?
I have always been passionate about helping people - I think it must have started when I was a little girl and watched my parents struggle, both personally and as immigrants in this country. It ignited in me a massive desire to help people work through their suffering and move into a future that not only is more beneficial for them, but that gives people the opportunity to contribute in a beneficial way to the world around them.
3. What sets you apart from other entrepreneurs/companies in your line of work?
There are two things that I focus on and that is crucial to the work that I do. The first is acceptance of the reality that there is no grand utopia out there that if we reach it all our problems will go away. Instead, we live in the constant tension of who we are and who we want to be. And that is good news! The point is never to get rid of your problems the point is always to upgrade your problems! The second is that the purpose of bettering our lives is always so that we can make a bigger contribution to society. To those that are hurting and marginalized. Bettering our lives is never just for us, but so that we can be a larger beneficial presence in the world!
4. What book has inspired you the most? (Or what is your favorite book?)
Oh, this is such a hard question because I love so many and have been inspired by so many books! I would say any book by or about Milton Erickson would be at the top of the list, also anything by Erich Fromm. Of course, Ryan Holiday and Mark Manson have also had a huge influence on my thinking if you are looking for modern authors!
5. How have you changed since you started your work?
I have always been an introvert - and the idea of taking a leadership role terrifying me! But life gives you the challenges you need the most doesn’t it? Being entrusted with the most intimate thoughts and feelings of my clients made me step up and be there for them. To journey with them while they transform the way they experience their lives. They rely on me to lead them through that journey and it caused me to step up in leadership and feel comfortable there in a way I would never have thought possible!
6. Excluding yours, what company or business (coach?) do you admire the most?
I am absolutely in awe of Byron Katie! The work that she does and the way she can connect with the people who come to here is something that I just can’t get enough of! I also love how she runs her business with success being measured on how many people she helps, not on the bottom line!
So I don't know about you but I love the New Year! There is something about the idea of a whole fresh year ahead of me that is full of potential and opportunity that just totally gets me excited!
It's living in the beautiful tension of who I have been and who I am going to be!
This past holiday season I spent some time looking back over my last decade
and I could not believe some of the changes that had happened!
A decade ago I had just turned 30, my boys, who are now teenagers, were 5
and 3, my husband and I still owned our own brick and mortar business, and
we had never even dreamed about moving our family across the country to
start a whole new life surrounded by the ocean and mountains! I am sure if you look back on your past decade you would have the same type of "take your breath away" moment! So much can change in a decade - in fact so much WILL change in the next decade, whether you want it to or not.
The question really becomes: Will you be the one directing the change? Or
will the change just be something that happens to you?
So many of us live our lives in random reaction to whatever is happening
around us or in the current culture. Our friends all say they want to do Dry January, so we do Dry January. We see everyone on social media going vegan and we think "Hey why not, I need to get healthy, may as well give that a try!" We plan a vacation to Mexico, because, well, everyone goes to Mexico right?
Now don't get me wrong, it's great to be inspired by the people around you but
there is a tipping point where it becomes someone else's life you're living
instead of your own! As I thought about how I would direct the change in my life I realized I want my next 10 years to be lived on purpose! They need to reflect, to the best of my ability and knowledge, what I wanted them to look like. No more just going with the current of whatever was happening around me! So I did something a little different as I went into this New Year!
Instead of just thinking about what I want my year to look like, or what goals I
had, (after all how many years can I say I want to lose the same 10 lbs!) I
went bigger, much bigger!
I looked at what I wanted the rest of my life to be about!
What was the VISION for my life?
Because if your goals and action plans are the what, then your vision is the
who and the why. And unless we have a good grasp on what we want to become and why we want to become that, our goals can often fall flat!
Our vision for our life also serves as a compass, it gives us guidance when we
wonder what we should do next. How many times do you throw up our hands and say "I just don't know!"
When you have a vision for what your life is supposed to be about it will help
clarify for you what the next step could be. Our vision becomes our measuring stick, letting us know if we are on the right track. With so many things available to us, how do we decide which one is right for
us?
Connecting with our vision helps us to know whether what we are doing is
helping us move towards the type of life we want or if it's going to take us
away from that. And it can become our motivation, the thing that keeps us going even when things get tough.
We all have times when we just don't feel like doing something.
Our motivation wanes and we can give into thinking "Will this really matter
anyway?" Our vision can remind us that YES this matters!! Keep going!!
So how about you?
Do you have a VISION for your life?
If you're interested in developing your own vision download my Create Your Vision Guide and let it help you find clarity on what you want your life to be about!
Click here to download your Create Your Vision Guide!
https://bit.ly/2QWqcxj
Meg Heppner
coachmegheppner@gmail.com
https://www.realexcellentliving.com
Describe your business/career/what you do in a few sentences.
I guide women to heal so deeply and meaningfully that their life and relationships begin to reflect total wholeness along with inner and outer alignment. I like to call this work, reclaiming the Inner Sun. You’ll work through the dark aspects within, so that you can elevate all areas of your life, receive more of what you desire, and say goodbye to negative mind chatter and subconscious patterns (in a lasting way!) that are holding you where you no longer wish to be.
What sets you apart from other entrepreneurs/companies in your line of work?
It’s been a long journey. I’ve been consciously on this path for 19 years and have been working as a coach for 10 years. In that time, I’ve witnessed and worked through the idea that life has to be a hustle and a grind. Overtime, this idea becomes painful because it is in opposition to who we are. Our beings long to feel aligned, calm and connected. As a culture, we need to shift and re-remember that we are ALREADY whole, worthy, and deserving of love. A lot of the rhetoric out there, however well meaning, further fuels our mind rather than our heart. We constantly hear that we need to be, do and have more. This idea of “more” is often rooted in comparison to others and NOT the truth within our own hearts. We are told we need to push and power through. Yes, we need to face our discomfort in order to evolve into the more that we want, but it doesn’t have to be forced and disconnected from ourselves. This is how my work is different than a lot of what is out there. We look deep within and unpack the stories that have led to disconnection, loneliness, anxiety, worry and so on. We unravel all of that, give it space, honour what it taught you, and then create new beliefs, habits and patterns that support you in thriving in an authentic and aligned way.
What would you say are the top three skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur/business?
Trial and error. Be willing to try new things all the time. Failure is just feedback and an opportunity to learn and pivot until you find the groove that truly works for you.
Be willing to be controversial. Know who you are, what you value and what you stand for. People are drawn to this. We can’t possibly be everyone’s favourite flavour, but when we let our unique selves be known the people that do resonate with you will be magnetized by the clarity of who you are and your willingness to back yourself.
Know your numbers. Be willing to understand the inflow and outflow of cash in your business. Focus on the things that will generate revenue and help you feel grounded so that you are tapped into abundance rather than fear.
What book has inspired you the most? (OR What is your favorite book?)
Sacred Contract by Caroline Myss
You Are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza
Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson
What accomplishment are you most proud of? (either for you as an entrepreneur, or your company)
I am most proud of my openness and willingness to listen to my inner knowing. This IS and continues to be my most important accomplishment and focus. This inner knowing has led to many pivots and intuitively guided decisions. I can say with total integrity that the steps I’ve taken in my life and business from this place of self-trust have been the ones that have led to the most success and serendipitous opportunities.
---------
Nira is a Coach for Women. She uses deeply healing methodologies, leading edge coaching tools and the wisdom of ancient mysteries to help women overcome abandonment and self-worth issues so that they can thrive.
Learn more about Nira and her business here: niralall.com
It's all connected.
No part of you is separate from itself. "Fixing" things outside of you only offers a band aid solution. We repeat what we don't repair.
We are quite familiar with our physical bodies and their functions but less so with our bodies subtle energy systems. Modern-day demands, trauma, stressful events and emotional pain can reside within the body and create blockages that prevent the flow of vital "Ki" essential for our well-being.
Lower vibrating energy, entities and things that don’t serve us or contribute to our vitality can manifest as energetic blockages.
Who wants to live life on replay?
Have you always felt that there is something bigger than yourself? RECONNECT WITH YOUR TRUTH. You may be on the path to experiencing your higher consciousness. Self-mastery is often uncomfortable. It comes with many, many challenges. Ultimately, it’s a journey towards a deeper understanding of yourself and the cosmos.
What exactly IS "higher consciousness"? It's hard to put anything so limitless into a "box". The simplest way to describe “higher consciousness” is to refer to an elevated sense of body, mind and soul. Your consciousness is a POWERFUL thing. Yet, oftentimes we don't fully tap into it.
Your perceptions, beliefs, and everything in between influences your reality AND it also creates it! Your higher self is essential to fulfill your purpose and attain true happiness to live a meaningful life. Without it, you will never discover the true nature of being. The REAL YOU.
There will come a time in your life where you have no choice but to finally show up for yourself. This will be your soul awakening. You are always presented with two choices: evolve or repeat. This is your invitation to follow your soul's true calling.
Take a step back and look at your life.
Did you realize you are the author, the director and the main character of your life?
There are things for you to learn, do and achieve in this life.
AND there is far more to you and your potential than you could possibly imagine!
When you resonate with authenticity and genuine awareness of your power and value in the world, you will find the magic and mystery unfolding before you. Your past and future are meeting in the nexus of this very moment. You're always free to reinvent yourself, and write a different story.
Align your choices with a higher consciousness of thought and emotion and you will change the very essence and quality of your life. Energy work isn't airy fairy stuff; Reiki makes the intangible VERY tangible. Reiki can be used to heal any form of illness be it physical, emotional, or mental.
You can be a contender or remain a pretender.
We are far greater than we can imagine; but we doubt.
Life has thrown suffering your way and propelled you on a truth-seeking path. There's no turning back. You've healed your past-life traumas and embraced your shadows.
Self-mastery is about returning to the place of original innocence and connection.
Simply put, it is moving out of the energy of fear and back to love.
We ALL have life lessons we are here to learn for the evolution of our consciousness.
When you release experiences, emotions, judgments, thoughts, behaviors and old patterns that have been based in fear, you literally change the electromagnetic vibration of your body.
As you let go of expectations and your attachments to them, you literally become lighter. You allow more light to enter. When we approach life from an elevated perspective that everything is really happening FOR us as part of our spiritual curriculum, we no longer see our disappointment as a form of punishment, misfortune or failure. You can manifest anything- IF you’re in alignment with it.
Hello 2020, let's manifest those dreams! Ditch the hustle, and get aligned.
I'll show you how.
-------------
Dorothy Knight is a Speaker, Reiki Master, Yogi for life and a wholehearted writer. She currently practices Reiki in Mississauga and is a sought-after teacher and speaker for the healing arts. Dorothy’s passion is to empower people to embrace self-mastery using energy healing methods.
Holidays are a time when we are socializing more frequently with food and beverages that don’t always make for an easy new year getting back into routine. I hear every year from well meaning women that once the new year comes around they are feeling like everything went out the window and their back to square one.
Getting back into the swing of things doesn’t have to be daunting and if you follow these simple clean eating tips throughout the holidays so you’re new years will have you feeling fantastic!!
Step 1- Stay hydrated throughout the day so you aren’t craving at your social gatherings. When you’re dehydrated you crave more sugar and carbs. When you’re hydrated you’ll also eat less food than you typically would.
Step 2 - Load up on your veggies because they contain nutrition and fibre that trigger fullness within your stomach to avoid overeating. Before you leave the house eat half an avocado full of essential fats that make you fuller longer. When you get to the social gathering load your plate with all the veggies before you dip into the other appies available. Your body will love you for it, you’ll have more energy and your digestion will thank-you.
Step 3 - Avoid starving the day of the party to avoid extra calories so you can eat more at the party. This will create an issue around wanting to eat more than you can digest.
Step 4 - Mindset around food and holiday eating is extremely important. Your mindset creates your success. If you know a food makes you feel horrible then let’s create a new mindset around that food. For example, after I did my first cleanse 20 years ago I have not drank dairy since. I made a decision that I just don’t drink milk. And guess what happened? I don’t have an issue, I don’t crave it (where I used to), it’s no longer an issue because “I just don’t drink milk”. Try it and see how your mind can change your choices.
This is the time of year to enjoy yourself and not worry or feel horrible about your food choices. It certainly is a shift and we have to do something different than we’re used to or choose a different mindset, when we do we can feel more empowered and energized.
I’d love to offer you my highly requested Holiday Survival Reset Bundle that can be used between parties, after parties or after the entire season is complete. Click here to grab your free bundle. It’s my holiday gift to you!!
Kristen Owens
Holistic Nutritionist, Natural Health Educator & Essential Oil Educator
Kristen is a mom of 3 and has been privileged to work in the wellness industry for the last 25 years. She has a passion for working with women with busy lives to guide them into becoming their own health advocates. They are free’d from excess weight, fatigue, cravings, imbalanced hormones and feeling 10-15 years older. Kristen puts the ease and fun back into making her health a priority as she becomes the CEO of her wellness.
FB @Supernaturalkris
IG @Supernaturalkris
Youtube @Kristen Owens
We live in curious times… more and more in the past 5-10 years people are thinking about starting their own business, instead of following the traditional corporate job path. Lots of perks with both options – and if you’re in this quandary yourself, I’m curious, are you thinking to start a business to avoid the job searching process? If you are, keep reading.
For many, the job search process is a daunting one. You must put yourself out there, talk to a lot of people, and face being rejected over and over again in the hopes of someone saying “Yes, join our team!”.
In the face of this, starting a business could seem like the simpler choice. No job to search for, just create your own!
Except, have you stopped to think about how you are going to get clients?
… you put yourself out there… talk to a lot of people… face rejection…
Kinda of similar to the job search process. Except, instead of landing one job, you repeat the process over and over again – you need multiple clients. Huh.
There are many wonderful reasons to start your own business, let’s just make sure the fear of the job search isn’t one of them, or else you’ll be sorely disappointed.
Quick Tip – instead, ask yourself which one will get you closer to your goals, fastest!
----------
From inner bondage to becoming a trailblazer in your own life, Shannon guides you through a compassionate process to become the Queen of Your World. Release the bonds holding your back and use the energy to accelerate you forward along the path you crave.
Contact Shannon now to connect with a tribe of empowered women, ruling their Queen-dom’s with grace and heart.
Shannon is also honoured to be the Branch Director for HHW Central Toronto, Ontario – join us Thursday mornings for Authentically Connecting – as all of who you are!
As a Reiki Master, I work with the world of spirit through the healing arts and spiritual practices on a daily basis. This opens me up to the higher energies and often exposes me to energies that are not of the highest vibration as well. I am in constant communication with the spirit world and my guides – they are more than happy to be a part of my journey. They work through me and with me in everything that I do. When treating clients, I often sense when a client’s guides are assisting with healing.
I have however; experienced some encounters with lower entities in my life that sometimes have evoked fear in me even despite my knowledge and psychic abilities since childhood. This article is not to scare you but I feel it’s very important to explain that which we cannot always define as best as I can so that it doesn’t get in the way of your own spiritual journey and awareness.
So let’s dive into the world of spirit.
As I progress through my spiritual path, I draw upon the highest light when doing any healing work. I admit to say, that sometimes I was naïve enough to think that my vibration alone was strong enough to ward off any of the “bad stuff”.
There was one particular week, day after, day, the clients that came to see me had recently experienced a loved one passing away. It felt like “death week”; it was a heavy week energetically to say the least, as grief is not an easy energy to release, it takes time. If the person that passed was really close to the client, I could certainly feel them in my presence while the Reiki session was taking place. Usually, a loved one will show up because they want to pass on a message so that the client can heal and move on. With one particular client, it didn’t seem this was the case. But it was a week after the session that I realized something was up.
I would tire easily and felt a cold “tingly” sensation in my left leg. Of course, like anyone, I first went to Google to look up what this could mean. While the physical causes of this didn’t seem to apply to me, I realized this was going to be the next level. Through meditation, I was prompted to remove this lower vibrating entity. It needed to move on but was afraid and attached itself to me instead. I went through various clearing “protocols” which I will touch upon shortly, which helped clear my field.
This situation can happen to spiritual healers, or empaths. Sometimes, there are some lower entities and energies that can get through, like the odd leaf that found its way through a teabag. This reminds us to pay attention to the spirit world.
You don’t have to be a reiki master to bring energy healing into your everyday life. Whenever you feel misaligned, you can use these techniques to ground, heal, and balance your energy levels — just the way a professional energy healer would restore and balance you.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ENERGY
1. Be in Nature
Spending time amongst the trees and flowers that are rooted deeply within Mother Earth is a great way to reconnect your energy and to establish your center to yourself and the environment.
2. Grounding Meditation
Sit on the ground in a comfortable position so you feel your body connected to the earth. Close your eyes and imagine your body sinking into the ground below you.
Feel the support of the earth and then start to visualize roots coming out of your body and reaching into the ground. See your roots being nourished by the earth and as you breathe deeply, allow yourself to feel a deeper sense of connection.
3. Root Chakra Balancing
The root or red chakra is responsible for grounding your energy and establishing your connection with the earth. In order to harmonize your root chakra you can do a rebalancing mediation, eat root vegetables, wear red or orange, practice standing yoga poses and listen to music in a 256 or 396 Hz frequency. Taking the time to ground your energy can definitely harmonize your soul and help you to reconnect with your essence.
Use Grounding Crystals:
Best Crystals: Black Tourmaline, Hematite, Red Jasper, Smoky Quartz, Tiger’s Eye, Shungite.
If you are doing this type of spiritual work it is best to make sure that you ground yourself often, and quickly. There are a number of ways that you can do this including using crystals.
While this will happen naturally, I personally find that by having specific crystals within my aura, it naturally happens fairly rapidly and the spaciness is quickly relieved.
4. Smudging
Smudging with smoke composed of a variety of plants, herbs, resins, and minerals can be an exceptional energy purifier for getting rid of negative energy from your home, office, or body. Smoke captures negative energy particles in our illuminated body or habitat spaces and in hard-to-reach places, then removes and transports them to the heavens to be dispersed.
5. Baths
Take a handful of sea salt and pour it into your bathtub and lie in it for twenty minutes. You can also add a spoonful of baking soda. If you feel strong negative energies around you, take a bath with sulfur.
6. Sweat Equity
Spending time in a sweat lodge, steam room, or a sauna or hot yoga class can remove toxicity and purify your body, emotions, and soul. Sweating clears the negative energies on the surface of the skin and in the deeper tissues pour out of the body.
7. Plants
Plants absorb and clear negative energy and produce negative ions for air purification. Place various plants with large green leaves—such as aloe vera, banana, arrowhead, evergreen, dumb cane (Dieffenbachia), geranium, and dragon plant (Dracaena)—around the house and on windowsills for spiritual and psychic protection.
8. Keep your vibration high
Remember, like attracts like. A heart filled with love is the strongest protection against psychic attack. Send love to attachment and lower entities; it is hard to do but necessary to give them gratitude for their teachings and not hold anger and resentment in your heart.
I hope this article serves you well and encourages you to work with your intuition to connect with your spirit guides. Enjoy exploring your spiritual path and find comfort and peace in knowing that you are not alone. You have many helpers with you on this journey; allow them to guide you and work with you towards your highest good and the highest good of all.
Feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, and experiences.
------------
Dorothy Knight is a Reiki Master Practitioner &Teacher, a Yoga Instructor and wholehearted writer.
She currently practices Reiki in Mississauga. She is a certified Reiki Master in the Usui Method of Natural Healing. Her passion is to empower people to reach their greatest potential of health and wellness through Reiki healing methods.
dorothyknightreiki.ca
Last month we spoke about supporting our immune system. This month we’re speaking about how sugar wreaks havoc on our immunity and is slowly killing us. It sounds harsh but I am committed to sharing the truth about why you experience fatigue, extra weight, cravings, hormone imbalance, common symptoms in the body that most people believe is “part of aging”.
Our body has the ability to regenerate by what we eat and how we live our life through our thoughts, movement, food choices, stress management and the natural tools available to support cellular health and prevent disease.
Sugar is just one of those substances that damages and causes disastrous things inside our body, and affects almost every organ not just your immune system. Crazy, right?!
One fact that is worth sharing is that 1 tsp of sugar shuts the immune system down for up to 6 hours. If you think about all the forms that sugar comes in this could be hours and hours at a time.
So how can we make this shift with ease and grace? I’m glad you asked….
1. Recognize that sugar comes in many forms and is not always labelled “sugar” but hidden under other names that end in “ose” (like Fructose). They also come in the form of carbohydrates. White foods like flour, pasta, bread, crackers, it all digests into sugar.
2. Ensure proper mineral supplementation. When you are deficient in minerals you are more likely to crave because your body is missing nutrients (especially minerals which our soil is depleted).
3. Swap refined sugars for natural sugars like coconut sugar, pure maple syrup, honey, Lakanto or Monk fruit (very low glycemic). These are the sweeteners I have in my house.
4. Women should not exceed more than 6 teaspoons of sugar daily (25 grams). Even if you don’t add sugar to your day or you’re not eating donuts, cookies, etc keep in mind the foods that metabolize into sugar and have the same effect.
Use cinnamon to balance blood sugar.
5. Cinnamon is great to use daily and can even curb cravings.
Please grab your Free Immune Guide for a stronger healthier season here.
Kristen Owens
Holistic Nutritionist, Natural Health Educator & Essential Oil Educator
Kristen is a mom of 3 and has been privileged to work in the wellness industry for the last 25 years. She has a passion for working with women with busy lives to guide them into becoming their own health advocates. They are free’d from excess weight, fatigue, cravings, imbalanced hormones and feeling 10-15 years older. Kristen puts the ease and fun back into making her health a priority as she becomes the CEO of her wellness.
FB @Supernaturalkris
IG @Supernaturalkris
Youtube @Kristen Owens
