Have you ever felt like an odd duck?

Do you try to hide your odd duckyness?

Well I’m here to let you in on a secret (shhhh…)

Odd ducks aren’t the odd person out.  They’re actually the trailblazers often on the cutting edge of their profession or calling.

I’m proud to be an odd duck and so are many of my friends.  So join our Odd Duck Society and wear your feathers well.  Odd ducks stand out in a crowd even when they don’t want to.  Odd ducks can be misunderstood because they’re always on the edge of greatness.

Keep on quacking to your own rhythm, follow your intuition and find other odd ducks to befriend.

When you have an idea that vibrates to your core, go with it, even if you’re the only one who knows how great it will be.

I’ve had those kind of great ideas and gave up on them because others didn’t yet see my vision.

And what I’ve discovered is that I’m actually about 10yrs ahead of the curve.  And probably – so are you.

So keep on quacking!

Is there such a thing as knowing your purpose and passion too early in life?  Are those who explore, search, question and “try on” various experiences and personas any better for all that searching?

Yes and no.

The sooner you are clear and connected and know your purpose and passion the sooner you can fulfill your life plan.

For those who forget, are derailed or get caught up in the searching, a lot of time can pass by.  Time that can add to the confusion of what you may already have known to be true.

Coaches and healers helping will often find that the client already knew their passion.  They just forgot to claim it and state it out loud and they certainly didn’t take action to make it a reality.

Generally, the thing that you are most passionate about is probably something that excited you as a child.

Children are more open hearted and better able to recognize their purpose until something or someone in their life causes them to shift away from the purpose.  Clients often discover that the thing that made them the most unusual or even an outcast is that thing that is your greatest gift.

My own story is of a child who found an amazing world in the world of insects, wild cats, stray dogs and nature.  I thought that everyone had friends in the wild that they could talk with and who would visit and play with them.  Looking back there were many signs of my purpose and passion:

~Charlie – The praying mantis, who came when called, went for car rides to my relatives and played in their yard until it was time to go home again.

~There was also the Bullfrog family who I spent countless hours with under the lilac tree outside my bedroom window.

~Bees who never seemed to frighten me and always understood that they could visit, sit on me and if they waited their turn could have a morsel of whatever picnic fare was being served.

~Ladybugs always found their way into just sitting on my head or shirt -quite content for long stretches of time.

~And feral farm cats -who would run to me and sit in my lap when I would go with my grandfather to pick up fruits/veggies to sell at his garden center/nursery.  Tiger was one such cat.   The owners Mr&MrsTeepe (I’ll never forget them) were so amazed at his reaction that they boxed him up and sent him home with me.  Years later when I would return on college break – all I had to do was say his name and he would appear from the deep underbrush of vegetation at my grandfathers’ property.  Everyone was amazed – they would tell me: “We never ever see him until you come home.”

While I was derailed from my passion and purpose early in life, my re-discovery of what I was here to do, began in earnest around the age of 39.  At first I thought -”Oh, I love doing massage and helping people feel better”. And that was great and still is great but one day after much personal development I realized that my childhood experiences with animal communication extended to the high self of the human spirit and to other realms such as the divine,  angelicand ascended master realms.  And my greatest joy came when I realized that I am happiest when I am doing “High Spiritual Work” to help others achieve their own happiness and joy.

So really, Charlie the praying mantis was the purest form of my purpose and passion.  Connecting you to all of you and to the Divine.  Providing you with access, healing and guidance from other realms.

I am a funnel of energy, a conduit and change champion to help you re-awaken the purpose and passion that you may have forgotten.

Whenever you awaken to your true self is perfect.  Sometimes we all need a little help along the way.  I did and I’m glad I did.  I met wonderful healers in my journey.  But let’s face it, the world needs all of us to be doing the thing we are most passionate about.  I never once said to myself, I want to be in the insurance industry.  But there are others who probably have said that.  Honestly, there were many projects & skills that I loved utilizing and people that I really cared about.  But it wasn’t my passion or purpose, I was very good at it but it wasn’t good for me. So, do you know……

What is your purpose and passion?

Did you always know?

How did you remember?

or

Are you still searching?

Discovering, re-discovering the magical miracle that is you can be fun and well worth the exploration.

The God Essence or Spirit in all of us knows at some level if things are right or wrong.  This Divine aspect is a direct link to our God given blueprint.  Getting to the heart of the matter sometimes takes an objective assistant to help guide you along the journey.  The journey always leads to knowing yourself more fully leaving you feeling more empowered, hopeful and optimistic.

The goal is always the same:

To help you feel more love, joy, wisdom, passion and ultimately happiness!

So what layer of your onion, what unhealed pain is still anchored deep inside and holding you back?

Something in this life or a past life that is carried so deeply that you may not even consciously know that it’s there.  And this deep unhealed pain is what causes you to live a life of illusion.  And illusion keeps us separate from the healthy life and solid relationships we deserve.

Do you believe you have a purpose?

Could your life improve in some way?

Do you feel like no one gets you?

When you know that you are meant to live more fully but can’t get there on your own – then that’s when you need to find someone who understands and has the right tools for you.

Good, bad or indifferent, it’s the bonds, vows, contracts that bind us to other people, places, experiences and things.  All too often it’s these forms of agreements that keep us in cycles repeating patterns over and over again.  Once you address the agreements or parts of the agreements that are detrimental to your well-being the release to freedom, ease, love, and heart-centered living can be easy and quick.

Recently, I’ve realized that many people are having difficulty moving in a forward direction because they can’t get quiet, grounded or clear.

It seems that for some sticking with a gratitude practice is difficult.

If you need help with gratitude and want to stay motivated or just want to be part of a group with similar interests, then contact me or start your own group or checkout groups on some of the social networking sites or locally through your bookstores or other gathering places for like-minded people.

Take your gratitude practice to the next level:

Increase your practice time to 5 min twice daily.  During that time think about an incident that was difficult for you to handle and see if you can identify something that came out of it or something that was avoided because of the situation or personal experience.  Be particularly aware of your feelings during the exercise.

Are you still finding that this is an emotional trigger?  If so, then you still have work to clear the interference that has a hold on you.  Be sure that you haven’t just “stuffed” your emotions around the experience this will require genuine examination of yourself, your motives, justifications and fears.

Start Easy…

Try Being Gr8ful for Nature…

Have you given gratitude a try?

Do you have a daily gratitude practice? 

If not remember it’s easy when you start with things in nature that you find beautiful.  

Each day spend 2 minutes in the morning and another 2 minutes at night to truly feel and envision everything that you’re grateful for in your life.  

And watch your life improve.

Have fun being a Gr8ful Cre8tor!

Believe it or not

I’m not referencing the “being in love” type of love or the love you have for others.  This is the love that comes from your deepest God self that loves YOU first and foremost.  A love that is deep, pure and free of any attachments that bind and suffocate the spirit.  A love that supersedes everything else and with this love comes the greatest gift:

The gift of healing!

This love allows you to heal even in the face of significant devastating hurts.To tap into this love you must release that which ties and binds you to all sabotaging emotions such as jealousy, hate, envy and possessiveness. Sometimes, our misbeliefs and in particular our familial models and societal beliefs have incorrectly shaped what we learned, believe and think love looks and feels like.  Learning what is true and what is a misbelief lies in first becoming aware that you might not even know what divine unconditional love feels like in yourself much less in someone else.  And you might think that relationship love is divine love.  Expanding your understanding of divine love and allowing your awareness of how you give and receive love can help you achieve higher spiritual states of consciousness.  Be willing to explore and experience love differently.  When your heart is free so are you and those you love.

Protect me yet o’ heart of mine

4 some of what I have felt has not been kind

Yet as I trust your strength and love

I know I’ll find my peace of mind