Next Level Psychic Magazine: Healing is Your Breakthrough

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ISSUE NO.4

LAUREN OF LOVE

ARIEL KYSER

JEN HAUGEN

CHRISTOPHER COOPER

JASMINE CLEMENTE

JENNA ROSSI

JESSICA LEE

LAURA SANZO

RAISAH SALIMA

Hello April!

We are feeling all the rebirth energy as we emerge from our cocoons of rest, reflection, and restoration.

Our April issue is one that welcomes the grounded, prosperous, and abundant energy of Spring.

Courtney and I, and the entire Next Level Psychic Team are so excited for you to experience this issue. We have some powerful journeys that will transport you into your own rebirth.

Energetically, you might have experienced a void over the last few months, the anticipation of the newness that is asking to be birthed through you -- in your business, your career, your life, your relationships. This month’s issue is all about honoring the seasons in your life. Releasing what needs to be released, creating space so that you can step into your fullest potential and become the manifestation of your highest self.

Our highest self is never a future version of us. They are with us in the here and now. We are constantly being asked to choose consciously how we would love to show up in our life, for our souls, for our dreams. Whatever it is you may be journeying through, know that you are not alone. Every journey, every venture, every person you interact with has a purpose and role to play in your life. Wherever you find yourself this month, give yourself grace as you step into your rise. Give yourself compassion, as you continue a powerful reclamation of your soul.

Next Level Psychic Magazine was birthed as a creative and spiritual playground for you to continue to discover newer layers to your soul, unearth your purpose, and meet soul family with each issue.

Enjoy immersing yourself in this month’s adventure! Here’s to your resurgence, your emergence, your rebirth, you Divinely Led soul!

xx, Tania & Courtney

LAUREN LAUREN OF LOVE

is a teacher and a spiritual guide for people who are on the self healing journey life path. Her mission work specializes in helping women heal the shame, guilt and oppression that create chronic illness in the body, mental health challenges, and financial struggles. Her mission work started through her own self healing journey after a spontaneous awakening in 2012 that sent her through a radical initiation of healing her dark night patterns of addiction, abusive relationships and unworthiness. Eight years later, she left her life to embark on a deep year-long soul-quest study in Sedona, Arizona and completely healed her severe chronic illness condition, & life long battle with mental health depression and anxiety. Lauren later channeled this spiritual healing experience into the step by step online transformation program called HEAL, which to date has helped more than 150 women have radical self healing transformations in their bodys, emotions, relationship.

As a spiritual entrepreneur, Lauren is also the creator of the Wild Wealthy Feminine method, which teaches women how to heal the patriarchal wounds of success, achievement and worthiness that create financial resistance in business and entrepreneurship. In addition to her work and leadership in the online space, Lauren is also a deep student, facilitator & ally of plant & earth based medicines, working with and facilitating connection to the very medicines that helped her heal like Ayahuasca, Kambo, Mushrooms, Cacao and Hape.

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HEALING IS ABOUT REMEMBERING THAT WE ARE WHOLE AND THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST A STORY WE CAN LET GO OF.

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LAUREN NEXT LEVEL PSYCHIC FEATURE STORY LAUREN OF LOVE As the collective evolves, we feel the ripples ripple into every area of our life that is primed and ready for evolution, expansion, change, growth. A rebirth begins to organize itself in our favor — favor of our desires and our highest self — IF WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO WITNESS IT AS SUCH. What often feels like a dark night of the soul, a death — of ego, illusion, pride, and inauthenticity — is an invitation into deep, sacred soul surrender. An invitation into rebirth, so that we may remember who we were created to be and live in alignment with our highest selves, fulfilling our soul mission here, in this lifetime.

At every point in our life path, we are faced with a choice — to evolve or repeat a cycle. And what we resist, continues to persist, and in some cases, we are forced to witness our shadows so we can hold space for growth and step into higher consciousness.

Those who know me, know that I often refer to business as a journey of spiritual homecoming to our souls and our true purpose. It is the biggest personal development exploration you will ever go on. It will heal you, elevate you, humble you, and bring you face to face with every part of yourself that you’ve refused to witness. It brings you full circle, years later.

This month, Courtney and I had the wonderful opportunity to reconnect with Lauren Eliz Love — both of us having our own unique connection with her.

For me, it signified a full circle moment of its own. Fun fact: Way back in my earlier years that now feel like a whole other lifetime, I had the honor of working with Lauren inside her old brand as her copy editor and copywriter — it has been so beautiful to witness her journey of rebirth.

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Our interview with this month’s incredible feature guest, Lauren Eliz Love (also known as Lauren of Love) is a powerful reminder that it is never too late to become who you know you are here to be. That healing lies within your soul, within your body, within loving yourself whole. That you are and will always be nourished, supported, and held

by Mama Gaia and all that she has to offer. Lauren is a force to be reckoned with — the warmest hug that your soul needs paired with the fiery empowerment and etheric wisdom of a thousand lifetimes. She is in a way, everything that Next Level Psychic Magazine stands for and represents: oneness with Spirit and Soul, taking radical responsibility for your healing, sharing your sacred gifts, and transmuting our greatest challenges into the most powerful medicine we can serve our souls and others.

Lauren is a small town Connecticut business owner, host of the Lauren of Love podcast, plant medicine practitioner, healer, spiritual business mentor, and educator. She has a fire in her heart to elevate the planet by helping women live in their power, midwifing them into their own journey with Spirit and higher consciousness.

Lauren’s life didn’t always look or feel like it currently does. Read on and soak up all the truth bombs and soul talk this beautiful powerful woman has to offer. Let’s journey back to where and when it all began…

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We are so fascinated about your life and business journey. How did you get here — healing all of your challenges personally, emotionally, mentally, physically?

When did you first identify your connection to Source/ Spirit, and attune to your channel?

I’m an open book, but to start with, my personal development journey began in 2012 when my grandfather died. It was a pivotal moment for me because a lot of my familial conditioning was about making my grandparents proud, achieving goals, being a good girl, and being recognized for the accolades.

At the time, I was married to a man who was a heroin addict and I continued to live below the poverty line and with an immense amount of scarcity, fear, and darkness.

So naturally, when my grandfather passed away, I felt like I was in this existential crisis asking myself, ‘Lauren, who are you living for?’ I had this revelation that I’d been living for all the wrong people and not really living for myself. It woke me up to how I was truly living: I had spent so much time playing a victim to my life and decided I was ready to rewrite that story. I got a divorce, started my life over, and experienced a spiritual/personal awakening to my higher power.

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Q. What happened next? How did you navigate life once you had this first awakening?

I didn’t always have a successful profitable online business, a relationship with spirituality, or a deep confidence in myself.

What I knew with certainty however was that I wanted to help other women live a life of freedom and radical self responsibility.

To give you context, I had spent my early twenties working my way up the corporate ladder working overnights as a television news producer, and drinking to cope with the stress. I was totally in the dark. Literally and spiritually! I thought I had landed my dream job, but it turns out I was in a corporate nightmare.

Somewhere in this timeline, I met the love of my life, my now husband - Matt, and truly, he is my soulmate. He has continued to expand me, hold space for me and my evolution, and together, we have both continued to HEAL. Ourselves and our lineages.

I’ll never forget this moment where I came home crying from work one morning because I was so unfulfilled with my job, my life, my purpose. Before I knew it, I was telling Matt, ‘I feel like I am meant to do something bigger in this world. I just want to quit my job, start a blog and try to grow an online business.’ He said okay, and after a few long talks and a ton of panic attacks (on my part), we left our city life, put our things in storage, and moved in with his parents for a year while I ‘tried this crazy business thing.’

In 2015 I finally decided to give the whole coaching thing a try. Up until this point, I had built a successful blog sharing my life’s journey. I wrote about my entire life on my blog: my eating disorder, my divorce, my past with alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness, and my sexual trauma. I put it ALL on the table of my blog because I wanted to show every woman out there that she could own all the shadowy parts of herself too.

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Q. Wow, this is so powerful, Lauren. To be a space holder for so many women isn’t a small feat and carries with it such sacred responsibility. What did a typical day in your coaching business look like?

How did you feel now that you were in it full time? What did your business evolution look like — because knowing you and witnessing your growth, business offers us layers of misalignment we need to shed so we can come home to our soul. Could you share a bit more on that?

Of course! See, what I don’t think people realize is that when you consciously choose and your soul consciously chooses this decision to help other people, you get initiated into the deepest, darkest depths of your own healing, right? And that was what was happening for me.

The veils started to lift. Pretty much, from 2015 to 2018, my number one focus was work on yourself to make more money. I was working on myself to make more money, and it was working, right? So I kept doing all the things — all the self development, the rituals, the conferences, the learning.

By the time 2018 rolled, we had a team of four employees, maybe more. The business was bringing in a revenue of upwards of $80,000 months, more than once a month. We were almost at a million dollar level in the business. It was right there — the ‘mark of success’ — We did it. I did it. We reached millionaire status. I celebrated it. And while it was incredibly amazing, I felt a twinge of emptiness in me. If this is what success was… why then did I feel so empty?

At this point in 2018, I was becoming very aware that not only were the efforts, the energy, the mindset that I continued to use in both my business and personal development unsustainable, but they were downright abusive to myself. I was constantly beating myself up, chasing more, more, more, and it always felt like it was ever enough. I started asking myself, at what point does it feel enough? It was a vicious cycle. I was working twelve to thirteen hour days because every hour that I had needed to be poured into my business. In my consciousness, more effort = more results, more success even though my life, my body, and my relationships were all warning me that it wasn’t the way to be. My health, my marriage, my morale, everything around me was running on fumes, depleted, and receiving the worst of me. A representation of the chaos within me. I thought that more money would make me happier and peaceful. But it was causing me to become more of a neurotic mess. Because of my wounding that I had yet to heal.

My body was deteriorating. All of that extra time I was spending at work was starting to catch up with me. I was puffy, inflamed, brain fog for days — where I’d forget the simplest of things. My joints hurt and I didn’t fit into any of my clothes anymore. Every single symptom was a sign that my body was trying to get my attention.

At the same time, I was on 5 different mental health medications that I was trying to slowly step back from. Yet again, I reached this point in my business that I was repeating the same cycle that I had repeated earlier in my life.

This needed to end. How I was living wasn’t sustainable. There had to be something better than this way. And they say, ask for a sign and you’ll receive it. This is when I found plant medicine. This is when the trajectory of my life, my relationships, my health, my business shifted. I am forever changed. And I am grateful to plant medicine.

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Q. Full chills, Lauren. This is the stuff nobody talks about — the behind the scenes within a business, the inner work, the depth of healing one has to journey through to step into their soul’s power and mission. A lot of your work right now is a beautiful blend of business artistry and mastery along with the focus on healing inside out with retreats and plant medicine — including your signature method H.E.A.L. Can you share with us your experience of plant medicine? What did this journey look like?

So the belief of plant medicine that I personally have and I share with a lot of people is this: The healing that we really need as humans is supplied to us through the Earth. Mother Earth has everything we need to heal. So I started to lean into my connection with her.

I found Ayahuasca, Kambo, Rapé (pronounced ha-pay), Sananga, Bee medicine, Bufo. I went on a mind-body-soul exploration and started to really study these medicines. To revere them. To trust that my body would start healing itself, the more I witnessed my shadows, my wounds, and finally allowed myself the space I needed to heal. To breathe. Not only did plant medicine activate my spiritual gifts, it healed all of the ailments I had, and completely changed the trajectory of my purpose. It healed my marriage. It helped me feel divinely connected to my business and birth a new way of living and being for myself. All because I was willing to look within. Because I wanted to end this cycle. I was gifted with my own rebirth.

Often before we experience a rebirth, an awakening, and evolution, we will experience synchronistic moments. Things going completely ‘wrong’, things and people and situations falling away organically as we are about to step into our next level of consciousness. I have some very synchronistic spiritual moments that I think I’ll remember for the rest of my life. The first one being that a core team member quit 24 hours before I could travel away for my first Ayahuasca ceremony in Costa Rica. This moment taught me to let go of the things that are naturally falling away and to release control.

Another moment I remember was not being able to lift my suitcase or even pack it because I was so sick. Once I finally landed, I passed out for almost forty-eight hours, sick with nausea and vomiting because flying was so hard on my body. However, within eight days of sitting with plant medicine, praying, looking at myself, healing my shadow, all my symptoms erased. They were all gone. By the time I left, my rash was clear, my joint pain was gone. Everything was just open. And then I traveled home and had to continue integrating everything that had surfaced for healing. It was deep work.

When you’re healing your body, what people don’t realize is that it is so much more than that.

It’s not about losing thirty pounds after doing a detox, because you will gain that back. Why? Because you’ve not done the emotional healing. You’ve not reprogrammed your subconscious patterns. You’ve not faced your shadows. Which is what makes you gain all the physical weight back. So you have to be willing to release the emotional weight your body has been carrying around for lifetimes. To truly heal yourself, you have to look at what’s happening in the body as a symptom of something that’s going on internally within yourself.

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So I had to spend all this time looking at what was going on internally within myself to heal what was happening: I had to confront the fact that I was sick constantly because I was living a life that wasn’t meant for me.

When I got back home from my first Ayahuasca sit, I had a trip on my calendar to go to Sedona and it was there I met a teacher who was practicing Kambo medicine. He taught many other things, but combo was the medicine I felt called to explore. I would study with this medicine, pray with this medicine, and learn with this medicine. Once I came home, I had this pain in my heart that echoed what my body knew to be true, I have to go move. I have to go. There’s something there in Sedona that I need to know that I don’t know.

And I thought, I’m crazy. That’s insane. My husband’s gonna think I’m nuts. We have our whole life here. Like, what am I supposed to do? And I said, okay, well you know what Universe, like maybe just show me like if I’m meant to be in Sedona, like give me enough money so that I can like propose this. And the next week we opened our cart for my old program and on the first day of the launch, we earned double what we ever would earn in any other launch for five entire days, and it all happened in one day! I fell to my knees and I cried and I said to my husband, ‘Matt, you’re gonna think this is crazy, but I have to go.’ It made no sense to anyone, but he understood that I needed to go. To follow this calling.

Once I was in Sedona, I stayed there for a couple of months. I rented a house, had someone living with me to help me with my diet — my whole diet changed. I had these teachers who were carrying these medicines from lineages that were profound. I got to sit in mushroom medicine ceremonies on Cathedral Rock, sit in Ayahuasca and more Kambo and learn.

As I continued my plant medicine and healing journey, everything inauthentic started to fall away, and I let it. My career felt more and more misaligned. I wanted to burn it all to the ground.

I remember going for a council session and it was so humbling, prayerful and deep. I had this knowing and wishing that God would just take this old career away from me — it no longer felt aligned. And in that very moment, I received an email from my lawyer that said, ‘Hey, you’ve been using the term business babe, and now you’re gonna get sued if you keep using that, you have to get rid of it.’

So right there, in a matter of seconds, the brand that I didn’t really want was gone! And then came the grief of identity and who am I without this identity? What am I going to do now — for work? What is my impact?

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And not long after, my Kambo teacher saw me before a session, and said to me, ‘ Lauren, you just need to figure out what you want to do.’ And it was the way he said it that landed deep in my bones. And that’s when it hit me, Oh my God, I wanna help people do this. So I started working with the medicine in a different way because then I was healed and I didn’t have any of the symptoms anymore. I had clarity, I had spiritual connection, I had alignment. So I started praying with the medicine to map out my program. I would drink the medicine, go into a sacred ceremony, and literally ask the medicine.

Lead me, I am here, I’ve been doing all this work with you… can you guide me to my program, the process, the impact. How will I share this with the world? what is my program, what is the process, And literally in moments of me asking for guidance, I’d receive divine downloads for the exact meditations, the exact programs and steps, everything! It was wild!

As I journeyed through this next iteration of myself, I also had to face the shadow aspect of coming out of the spiritual closet so to speak. The aspect of releasing something into the world that is so sacred, so surrendered, and truly has nothing to do with me. I was literally told what to do by Spirit.

So that was its own layer of healing the insecurities I felt.

These insecurities slowly dissipated as we walked students through the program and witnessed their results — it was mind blowing! I’d have women come into the program who were so damaged from abusive relationships, and no w they were manifesting their soulmates and getting married. I’d have girls who had eczema for a decade, and now their skin had cleared. People who had alcohol addiction now had no addictive patterns. And all these people were walking through the exact same method I walked through with Ayahuasca, Kambo, Bufo, and all the medicines. The only difference? They weren’t taking the medicines… They were working through the training I recorded and the meditations and the journal workbooks I’d created. So it’s been amazing to witness healing not just for myself, but so many others, in so many ways!

Eventually, I felt called to teach business again. I realized that I am here to build a feminine business where I can flow and trust my spirit channel and birth what feels intuitive. That is what creates the freedom I truly desire and it brings the exact amount of wealth and more when we lean into that. So it’s been a full circle, homecoming, you know. This is how the Wild, Wealthy, Feminine method was born — which is all about entrepreneurship in a sustainable, Divine feminine way. While H.E.A.L is my methodology for life, body, soul healing. I love everything about my business now. I serve medicine. I facilitate with my teachers and hold space for women to heal with plant medicine the way that it’s helped me.

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Q. Lauren, we have no words. We are both in full chills and tears as we listen to you share this journey.

So before we wrap up this powerful conversation, we have one last question for you… What would you say to someone who is aware they have a discomfort in their life — where they know something needs to change — but they haven’t the first clue where to start? What are some steps they could take toward their soul alignment?

So on the plant medicine path, there are two aspects of healing that I think are the premise and foundation of everything I teach. When you are healing, you are doing two things: You are clearing what no longer serves you AND you are calling in what you want. That happens in tandem. You release the old and make space for the new.

What’s important about that cycle is that any of these plant medicines are purgative. For example, Kambo is the medicine of sovereignty. It focuses on clearing things out of your system — ridding the body and spirit of any old, stagnant, toxic energies.

A lot of times, in the online space, people tell you to ‘just manifest’ whatever you desire. And to an extent, that can work. That’s what I was doing at the beginning of my entrepreneurial journey — you feel a niggle, you feel the misalignment and you think to yourself, Let me just slap more money on top of that, or let me just build a business on top of that without ever addressing the root cause of that misalignment. So we get stuck in this cycle of putting more upon more in our life. Whereas plant medicine will ask you to strip yourself of any excess, any misalignment. It will show you the root. And ask you to have the courage to lean into the shifts you know you need. It will ask you to surrender deeply.

Let go of things that are disjointed, overwhelming and occupying heavy space in your life.

So a very simple way to do this is by going into your closet and getting rid of all the clothes that don’t fit. Go into your kitchen — declutter your cabinets. Donate what you no longer need — bless and release it. Clear things in your home environment. Clean up things on your laptop or phone. Clean up things in your business.

When you start doing this, there is a very visceral psychosomatic response that takes place in your body. It’s reminding your body energetically that you no longer need to hold onto everything. You can release what once served you, with love and respect.This way, your mind, your body, and your spirit energetically connect to the response of this pattern and get onboard with creating spaciousness in every way so you can ascend to your next evolution.

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To make space for your healing is the most important thing you can ever do. The body is a sovereign vessel, it deserves to be treated as such.

We need to remind ourselves that sovereignty is our birthright, vitality is our birthright, health is our birthright. And we live in a world where it’s really hard for every single person to have those things, but it is something every human deserves.

And if I’m able to help even one person, and they go on to help others, that is the ripple effect. That is the impact.

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Embracing Your Ego Death(s) Thirteen years ago I left my family’s religion. It was the first of many ego deaths I’d go through – and so far, it’s been the hardest. Sitting across my mom in a room, night after night, neither of us knowing what to say, was torture. I knew I let her down, I knew she didn’t understand, and I knew that I was shaking up the dynamic of the family.

Finally, I came to my own realization that I could not believe in a God that scared me – one that would send me and others to hell. A God that was not loving and kind. So, I decided my belief was strong enough that it was worth the pain of enduring this ego death of who I had been my entire life and transforming into the next version of myself.

My dad had been a pastor before my parents’ split, which meant my mom had been a pastor’s wife, my older sister had been heavily involved in Bible Studies and her college Christian group, and my older brother was preparing to become a full-time overseas missionary.

For the first year of college I was following in my older sibling’s footsteps by becoming involved in the same Christian organization. I went to the Bible Studies, the Thursday night worship, the retreats, even emceeing a retreat myself. I was following the path that had been laid down for me.

The next six years or so I was still figuring out who I was and what I believed. I knew what I did not believe. But what did I believe? I went through a mourning process – I was angry at Christians; how could they tell other people they’d go to hell if they didn’t believe the same thing as them? How could they teach child Ariel that she was inherently bad and a sinner, when she was just an innocent child. Why was I taught it was okay to not trust myself and to first think of myself as evil?

But it did not feel right to my soul. Over and over I “prayed the prayer” just to make sure I was really good enough to go to heaven and wouldn’t end up in hell. I was terrified of being alone and tormented for eternity.

Anything I could do to save myself from that fate. Fear absolutely consumed me. If I do not live for God and Jesus and do what I am told, I’ll go to hell.

Then I met a boy (who eventually became my husband).

Going into my sophomore year of college I was home for the summer and started a new job. We started hanging out and for the first time I met someone who gave me permission to think differently. Cody had spent years figuring out his beliefs and why he believed the way he did. I had never heard of someone actually analyzing why they believed something – it had always been ‘because the Bible says so.’

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Eventually, when the anger dulled away, my mind felt free to explore. The world is full of possibilities and paths to journey toward. At first I thought I was an atheist.

But that did not quite fit. Maybe an agnostic? Ehh, the word felt wrong too. For years I tried on new labels and views, taking them off when they no longer worked and putting on a new one that suited me better.

Then I came across a friend’s Instagram page. She had recently gone on a retreat and had come back changed.

She seemed lighter and was talking about “energy” and “healing” and “reiki” –and to be honest, I thought she was a little kooky. I was so intrigued that I signed up for her Reiki class.

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KYSER

ARIEL IS AN INTUITIVE READER, LUNAR WITCH, AND EGO DEATH GODDESS. SHE SERVES PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO EMBRACE THEIR AUTHENTIC INNER WITCH AND TRANSFORM INTO THEIR BOLDEST SELF.

• www.thelunarrituals.com • www.instagram.com/thelunarrituals/

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And this brought in Ego Death #2. That Reiki class absolutely changed my life. My mind had been opened to a world I dreamt of but nev as wrong. I could heal myself? I was not inherently evil? I finally felt like I had come home to myself and I was obsessed. Over the next few months I absolutely lost myself in all of the areas the spiritual world had to offer. Crystals, tarot, intuitive development, spirit guides, you name it I wanted to learn everything about it.

For a couple of years, I kept my spiritual practices a secret to everyone except my husband and the friend who taught the Reiki class. My friend, Monique, became my coach, and together she helped me develop my own intuition. I learned how to listen to my body, how to hear Spirit and myself for the first time.

I loved it. I had never felt so connected to God or myself before.

Eventually I started doing reading for others.

I knew I wanted to help others find their voices and connect to spirit and their spiritual journey too. But in order to grow and live authentically, I wanted to tell my mom before I began posting about my journey…and that was a really scary thought.

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ARIEL Ego Death #3. Being open about my spirituality to my family felt so uncomfortable.

I had grown up knowing what they felt about psychics and ‘witches’ – I felt silly. I also knew the truth of what I had experienced and knew that over the hill of feeling uncomfortable was the freedom I wanted. If I could survive telling my family I was no longer a Christian, I knew I could survive this conversation.

Since being open about my spirituality and owning my beliefs, I’ve done readings for so many people. I’ve met some of the most amazing souls and had beautiful connections. I’ve learned new tools that help me live an authentic and exciting spiritual life. I’ve learned to embrace ego deaths with more ease (although, I don’t know if the uncomfortableness ever entirely goes away). If I had been too scared to jump into the first ego death, I wonder where my life would have led and all the beautiful experiences I would have missed out on.

So, my desire for you is if you are teetering at the cliff of an ego death, trust yourself and dive in. You get to create a life you believe in. You get to change your mind, over and over and over. You get to experience as many ego deaths as required so the authentic version of you gets to change the world. You get to come home to you again and again. You are worth it and the world is longing to see the real you.

You are safe to be you.

KYSER

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JEN

MY BOYFRIEND TOOK HIS LIFE THEN CHANNELED THROUGH ME. HOW HIS DEATH TRIGGERED MY REBIRTH. We met in 2007. A stubborn US Marine Corps Veteran named August who intimidated most with his presence, but I saw through him to his soul. I have always been incredibly accurate with my instincts on reading people. I intrigued him enough to stick around for four years. Unfortunately, August became one of the twenty-two Veterans who commit suicide every day. His siblings later told me I gave him an extra four years of life, but I felt like a failure for not giving him more.

He passed away in 2011. A total tower moment that shook me to my core. Nothing we ever could have seen coming, so there was nothing we could have done to stop it. There was no goodbye, and I felt abandoned as my heart shattered. I was in a total stupor for the next six months. Unable to work or eat. Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), my mom woke me up every few hours to drink Airborne, the only method of nutrients she could get in my system. Years later she would tell me she thought she was slowly watching me die of a broken heart.

I went through some rocky times the next nine years, desperate to feel loved, instead of feeling like I wasn’t good enough to live for. I had a baby boy in

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2013, Brantley Wayne, my wild child who gave me all that and more. I had three surgeries from 20172019, giving me a lot of down time that forced me to go internal, to slow down and listen. To create space for the energy flowing through me I didn’t know existed. Something was shifting.

August would have turned forty-four years old on January 11, 2020. I found myself driving that day to my favorite local metaphysical shop to buy myself a present–a yearly tradition since his passing. I was almost there but convinced myself that buying a house that year would be my present, and decided against spending any more money on crystals or cards. But then, out of nowhere, something happened. I gripped my steering wheel and sat straight up screaming at nobody, I was alone in the car), “I AM FINANCIALLY ABUNDANT!”

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JEN HAUGEN

is a psychic, medium, spiritual activator and manifestation mentor who loves teaching others their magic. She went from broke single mom to multi-six figures using energy, not hustle, and thrives on showing you what’s possible.

A rebel at heart, she’s never been one for rules. Her magic is helping others master their energy to amplify their lives.

• www.instagram.com/imjenhaugen/

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Definitely, I turned into the shop’s parking lot where I sat there confused for a moment thinking, “That was weird,” while simultaneously feeling nothing was weird at all. I was perplexed, yet wildly satisfied at my act of rebellion. I walked into the shop where a woman was standing by the display decks of cards, shuffling. One card flew out and I giggled, “Oh! A jumper! I only play jumpers,” and winked at her. We laughed, bonding over the Rebel Oracle - which adorns messages in f-bombs and sass and she looked at me and said, “I really like your energy, can I hold your hand? I’m one of the mediums here.” OF COURSE, I said, thinking this must be exactly why I ended up here. I was hoping August would come through, but little did I know what was about to happen. He shook me to my core, again.

Without hesitation, she said, “I have a very handsome man here,” as she started tapping on my right arm. I smirked, because August was very handsome. “He says he really likes what you’ve done here, and I’m smelling roses.” My interest peaked. How did this lady know that under all my layers of winter clothes I had a full sleeve in remembrance of him on the same arm she was tapping, complete with roses? But what really got me was what she said next.

“He says he’s taking credit for you being here.

Like you weren’t going to come but he forced you. Does that make sense to you?” I was shaking. I explained how moments ago after I drove all the way to shop, I had talked myself out of it and suddenly was overcome with this defiant energy that would not have any part of me missing walking through those doors. I had no idea what happened to cause me to go so feral, but I surrendered and assumed it was on purpose and for a purpose. She smiled and explained to me he channeled through me, something I never knew was possible, let alone possible for me.

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She got excited and looked at me with the most loving eyes and said, “You know you’re a medium, too, right?”

I immediately laughed and replied with “No way. If I was a medium I wouldn’t have spent so much money on mediums getting me through these last 9 years.”

“Oh no, you are. A powerful one.”

She continued to ask me questions about my experiences and abilities, put pieces together I never knew were missing, and I thought to myself this all makes so much sense. I had the abilities, but nobody ever taught me how to use them. WTF. I left the shop with nothing but her phone number, and my world expanded.

I went down the rabbit hole soaking it all in. I invested in long term mentorships with local and internationally known mediums.

One of which, my soul had been obsessed with for over two decades. No wonder I was obsessed with everything she put out, my soul knew and was guiding me to my purpose.

After completing these mentorships, I got certified as a Usui Reiki Master and I took my understanding of psychic & spirit energy and expanded into the quantum field, mastering energetics, manifestations and understanding how this universal energy was all connected.

I blended all the knowledge together. I played and experimented, understanding we all have this infinite potential to create our realities. I went from survival to creation, discovering I manifest instantly when I dial my energy in.

I was able to manifest purchasing my first home as a single mom, over $300,000 in one year, create a six-figure passive income stream and become an entrepreneurial badass of a mystical business where I’ve connected with an amazing group of women also expanding in the energetic space. August led me to purpose with my abilities and new perspectives, but more importantly, a fire was lit under my ass to live more and stop just existing.

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This rebirth gave me the ability to change the trajectory of others’ lives, too. I get to work with clients who are ready for their own rebirth, whatever that may look like for them. I lead them to clarity in their abilities and manifesting their own realities. I get to make an impact for those ready to stop playing small, unlock their magic, and amplify their life. I get to mentor my clients toward portals of freedom, wealth, and magic they never knew they were capable of, but always have been. Every one of us are. I am lit TF up after rediscovering my light, and get amped daily, helping others find theirs. We rise together.

In a full circle moment, I delivered a message to that same medium who I bonded with over that jumper in 2020. I brought her dad through, a tall, quiet man with a drink in his hand, and she broke down in tears. She explained to me through the emotions he had never come through for anyone before, but he chose me, and then she explained why. He too, lost his life to suicide, and because I lived through a similar experience, he knew I wouldn’t judge him. I’ve been marked as a “safe” medium in the spirit realm for anyone who chose to leave this world on their own terms, on their own timeline.

And I hold that sacred.

August is one of my guides now. He believes he can guide me better from there than here. He’s still just as sassy and stubborn as ever, a Marine who takes his duties very seriously.

He used to say to me, “Ain’t nobody on this planet better than you,” and he wants me to remind you, ain’t nobody on this planet better than you, either.

Embrace your magic. It’s a whole new vibe on this side.

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CHRISTOPHER Christopher Cooper is a professional tarot reader and social media influencer. He currently has 60 thousand followers on the social media platform, TikTok. Mr. Cooper is well known for his uplifting messages about self-love and personal growth.

Mr. Cooper is multi-talented. He uses his many creative abilities to uplift as many people as possible.

He has created clothing and music highlighting inspirational messages, and he has utilized dance to do so as well. His passion is encouraging others to love themselves unconditionally while leading as an example.

• www.tiktok.com/@bbycoupe

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SELF LOVE IS THE BEST LOVE.

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As a kid, I always felt ahead of my time; it was hard for me to fit in with people who were considered “normal.” Now, I’m just glad I never did. Growing up in Dallas, Texas, was fast-paced for me and my family.

Born May 14th, 1992, my parents were constantly moving, young, financially unstable, and divorced when I was eighteen. I was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, which, as you can imagine, left little to no room to build healthy relationships around me and, most importantly, within myself.

life. I was healing. My life was a gift, no matter what I was going through. It was a gift I needed to honor. I started to see that I was the blessing I had been looking for, all I had to do was start appreciating my life. This filled me with so much joy on a daily basis. It was like getting a new best friend, but that friend is you. My vibration shifted dramatically, and I began to live in my authentic truth.

This brought my inner child back to life. I remembered who I was before I didn’t appreciate myself or my life. I realized my mission and remembered my gifts.

Subsequently, I became attached to people who did not serve my highest good. I became lost in a world filled with depression, drugs, toxic relationships, and self-hatred. This forced me to look in the mirror. I asked myself, “Why is everything going wrong?

Why do I keep getting into trouble? Why are my relationships not growing in a healthy way? Why does it feel like I’m meeting the same person in different bodies? Why am I so drained after being around certain individuals?”

Being someone who is very intuitive and sensitive has led me to become someone who is inclined to help others with my psychic gifts. As a teenager, I would joke with peers about being psychic in my music or even with the advice I’d give friends. The humor and excitement I found with this went hand in hand with my curiosity for metaphysics. This only grew deeper, as did my gifts.

I can feel what others are experiencing in their life or what they may be suppressing. I received my first tarot reading at the end of that seven-year relationship, and it changed my life forever. I grew my own relationship with divination; I felt such a strong connection with my first deck. Tarot helped me heal and guide myself exactly where I am today. It is the exact reason why I choose to use my platform to help others do the same. Through love, that is, I truly have come to know that self-love is the best love. Once you extend yourself unconditional love, you can then do that for others . Healthy healing plays such a huge part in the love that I have for myself and others.

My main goal on this planet is to share that with all I come into contact with. Regardless of any religious belief or background, I know we all deserve unconditional love. We live in a society where most people operate under limiting beliefs, which leads people to misjudge, hurt others, and self-sabotage often. I am here to inspire all and help awaken the collective consciousness to heal and love yourself with no harm to others. Whether that’s dancing, posting encouraging words, or even doing tarot readings, I will continue to grow and love myself so that I can be an example for those who are looking to change their lives and even the way they view themselves.

Knowing I have the opportunity to influence people in a positive way is such a huge blessing and responsibility, but it is one I am honored to have. I hope one day my story can help someone out of a dark place, because that is where I once was.

All of these questions pointed to one thing. I realized that I was putting so much before myself and my highest good that I was self-sabotaging for people who wouldn’t even reciprocate the same energy or effort. I didn’t love myself. I guess you can say I loved everything outside of me to the point where I hated myself and started to resent those very things. I saw how much they were benefiting from me not being beneficial to myself. This was a vicious cycle I had to break. My last straw was the end of a seven-year relationship. At the age of twenty-eight, I lost all sense of self. The person I loved left when I thought I needed them the most. I was devastated, contemplating suicide and questioning my worth as a human being. I decided to isolate myself from everyone. I trusted no one, not even my parents.

Through this isolation, something happened that would change my life forever. Unexpectedly, the nights filled with tears and alcohol turned into singing and dancing around my apartment as if I were throwing a party with only me as an invited guest. I began to meditate and listen to my own breathing. I was making music again, and I started to cook myself beautiful meals. Shopping for ingredients became a ritual of love for my taste buds. I began to partake in intermediate fasting to show my body that same love.

I fell in love with myself for the very first time in my

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TO SOULMATE PETS

If souls are neither masculine nor feminine then I suppose that they are neither bound to solely existing within human form but also exist within animals, plants, and all reverent life. Ancient Egyptians knew this well–they revered all forms of life. They mummified animals including hawks, snakes, crocodiles, dogs, and of course, their most celebrated feline companions, honoring cats just as they did with their deceased kings and queens. I can relate to this school of thought.

When I said goodbye to my fur baby, Jay, this past winter, my heart grieved in the same way I would have with any other cherished soulmate.

Comfortably, he laid inside my arms, snuggled inside of his favorite blankie with a tiny needle poking from his fluffy gray coat, awaiting his final moments before euthanasia. I whispered into his kitty ears, “When you see the light, I hope you go into it, but if you’re not ready, then you can stay with mommy as my guardian angel until it’s my turn to join you.”

I don’t know if that was selfish of me to say. But the truth is, if the initial shock of detaching from his earthbound body gave him too much fear of the unknown, then I didn’t want him wandering off into limbo – or purgatory. Who was I to confirm where his spirit would go once his tiny little heart stopped beating?

Obsessively, I began researching spirit animals all over the internet to find answers to where my cat may have gone, how he might be feeling (if he still feels emotions), if he’s in a safe place or lost in darkness?

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Reading mixed reviews, the most common shared philosophy is that consciousness continues to evolve in some way, shape or form. It’s like that famous Einstein theory, “Energy is neither created nor destroyed. It just changes.” Then where do animals go after death? From the smallest of insects to the largest of mammals, is it possible that eventually they reincarnate as Buddhist doctrine believes, and that the soul never dies?

Whether you’ve ever been a pet parent or not, there isn’t a single human being whose life hasn’t been touched by the animal kingdom. Controversial as it may be, animals feed us, clothe us, heal us, and sometimes, they even love us – or unfortunately, kill us. With such great unspoken power to either give life or take it away, what are we to learn from them?

My cat, Jay, never passed me his credit card to pay a utility bill or clicked a link with his paw to purchase a plane ticket to my next island getaway.

Those ideas are foreign to a domesticated cat whose brain has no use for such complex ideas. And yet, somehow, his world and my world were one. Not by culture, not by economics, and not even by time.

It was through an energetic exchange of mutual affection, such as a bedtime climb up to my chest where he’d snuggle beside me, purring a sweet and soothing vibration to let me know that he felt safe every night. One might call it “body language.” I call it a “soulmate connection.”

JASMINE CLEMENTE Soulful House Singer turned Spiritual Teacher & Author, Jasmine published “LIVING IN THE LIGHT: A Guide To Discovering & Manifesting Your Life Purpose,” and become Yoga certified during a personal hiatus from the music industry. After experiencing certain hardships in entertainment, she turned to spiritual studies which has greatly enriched her life from the inside out.

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JASMINE In addition to romantic soulmates, are there not soul families and soul tribes? If our siblings, friends, and even business partners can aid in the expansion of our soul’s growth while serving a specific purpose in our lives, then I’m confident that our pets can too. Like my cat, Jay, who’d let me know upon meeting, that despite me originally intending to adopt a black cat with bright yellow eyes, it was this gray and white maine coon who would choose me as his mommy instead. And, I couldn’t have been happier that I walked out of the animal shelter with something other than I had planned. I trusted my own intuition the way that Jay had trusted his animal instincts and allowed the universe to bring us together. Nevertheless, Jay was the one.

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CLEMENTE After bringing him home, I went through a series of adopting more pets for one reason or another. I owned two love birds named Blue Moon and Sunshine, a Turtle named Ralphie, and three more cats – though not all at once. What each pet taught me, whether it was a cat leaping on top of the counter or a bird freely flapping its wings down the hallway, is this: There is divinity flowing through their emotions.

They hunger, thirst, tire, and search for excitement within their environment. Not much different from human We too are all influenced by how much positive or negative stimuli surrounds us. Whether man, woman, creature or plant, we all lean towards the sunshine of others to feel nurtured, loved, seen, and valued. Isolation is mere death for any living organism which makes us dependable on one another, like a pet to a parent, and a parent to a pet – so long as we don’t abuse our own power on the food chain.

Perhaps then, all is not lost with the Ancient Egyptian crystalized mentality; knowing why animals should not be reduced to just an accessory providing comfort for the human family but are in fact, a vital life force cosmically fueling the circle of life as one complete creation. Gods, Goddesses, or Deities; whatever status one might give them, we can’t deny the power of what their sacrifice means to our lives, and why that act is worthy of royalty – and our devoted love for our furry friends.

CLEMENTE

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A LOVE LETTER FROM JENNA ENERGY. LEAN IN, MY FRIEND. Dear friend, As I sat down with a blank document in front me, I suddenly froze. My mind was empty. My body was stiff. And my heart was blocked. This was odd for me because I love writing. I’ve always loved writing. In fact, when I was a small child, publishing a book was at the top of my imaginary bucket list. So, to help myself release the stuck energy, I did a little shake. But as I shook my chest, wiggled my arms, and closed my eyes - I became consumed with questions: What am I going to write? How do I communicate with myself? Why is this so hard? Question after question. Thought after thought. A spiral of obsession over my self-perception as if I have any control over how you might receive these words.

And then it hit me. That’s it. This is it. Lean in, Jenna.

Honor where you are.

I am in a place of stillness, and for some reason - my ego finds nothing special about that. My ego wants to grab onto some concrete belief and try to convince you of it. My ego wants to share my life story and all the lessons I’ve learned. My ego even wants to select something unique about my being and serve it up on a silver platter with simple how-to’s.

But this would not serve you. No matter how magical the words or how logical the steps I could provide, the piece would come from a place of utter crap. A space in my being trying to keep me safe and meet the assumed needs of my external world.

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Rather, I am in a state of complete surrender. My life right now is full of experiments, curiosities, and questions.

Not periods, absolutes, or death-bed statements. At this moment in time, I am an explorer - not a finish line.

And well, that’s something I can share and celebrate with my integrity intact. In fact, that’s something I can scream with love, not lack.

I am attached to nothing in this world. Not a single thing feels constant and while saying that might freak you out… feeling it in my body? I’ve never been more free.

I am not attached to the way my body looks. I am not attached to the home I live in. I am not attached to the relationships I hold, or the work I do. I am not attached to any piece of my identity or any gift I give the world.

Instead, I am in a frequency of love.

I love the way my body looks now, and I love the way I’ll be surprised by it tomorrow morning. I love the temporary sanctuary I sit in as I type these words, and I love the unclear image of where I’ll go to sleep at night once our lease ends. I love the people who make up my community, and I love the paths we may or may not embark on together in the future. I love who I am and the way I serve my clients in this season, and I can’t wait to uncover where my passions and purpose take me in one year’s time.

JENNA ROSSI

Jenna Rossi is an Energy Coach & Human Design Guide, but just as she practices with her clients - her expression doesn’t stop there.

Each and every day, her Jenna Energy evolves, changes, and shares itself with the world in the exact way it’s meant to. Explore her services and sink back into the magic of your own being.

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JENNA I’m not gripping onto anything. Instead, it’s as if I’m hugging moments and meanings in this human life until they let go. And when they do, I release, too.

I’m allowing myself to be Source within this human experience. I’m allowing myself to soak in the beauty of each beginning, and find the blessings in every ending. This is something I’ve come to learn and deeply respect about Source. It doesn’t want to be one thing. It doesn’t want to dig its heels into the ground of one place in our lives and refuse the next adventure. It doesn’t want to suffocate itself with sureness or carry the weight of outdated identities on its back.

Source selected our spirits to be born into this world of wonder so that we may digest many things.

Create many things. Have many partners. Curate many moments. And yes, make many mistakes.

Get confused many times. And cry many tears along the way. It wanted it all.

And even though your spirit has themes or stories it wanted to explore that differ greatly from mine, Source never sought out attachment. Source never wanted to be concrete.

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So, here I am. I am like water flowing down a riverbank. I am like a cloud floating in the sky. I am like a tree - watching, waiting, and trusting the evolution of my life. And it is only here that I can find real peace. It is here that I can truly experience my own power. It is in this place of the unknown that I know the meaning of my existence - and funny enough, the words meant to reach this page.

We are not designed to arrive. And as much as I think I’ve found the secret to success or the recipe for joy, there will always be a new lesson to learn, a new trail to travel, and a surprise from Source to receive and sink into.

So, this is my message to you. This is where our realities collide and we’re meant to connect. Lean in with me, my friend. Honor where you are. Love the exact moment you’re in. Love the current life you’ve cultivated.

Love the emotions you feel flooding your soul. And when they no longer serve you, simply let go. Go be in the next moment. Go create a second life. Go feel, experience, and let your ego try to become sure of something new. Follow the frequency of Source like it’s the only thing you’re meant to do. I promise it beats trying to be anything else.

All the love, Jenna Energy

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JUMPSTARTING A SPIRITUAL REBIRTH THROUGH TRAVEL I’ve had many rebirths in my life. There is no easy way to say it. Transformation is a painful and important part of life, and it’s not something you’re supposed to do just once. To ascend spiritually and ascend to your perfect energetic vibration, many deaths and rebirths are necessary.

THE FIRST DEATH Travel was the beginning of my first death. It killed everything I thought I ever knew. Languages, customs, food, music, mannerisms, humor. These are all levels of culture we must navigate as travelers, and, in turn, we also end up navigating other cultures while defining ourselves and our spirituality.

After studying abroad, I came back home and graduated from college. I felt alienated by my own home. I had changed so much and yet everyone around me was exactly the same. I could no longer relate to my childhood friends and my family felt more distant than ever.

The inner turmoil we experience can feel extremely uncomfortable. It is in those moments that spirit calls on us to assess our reality.

My energy had shifted immensely due to experiences, both good and bad, challenging my views of self, community, and morals. I had two choices: stifle and swallow my shift, or become more open and lean into it. I chose to lean in, although many trials and tribulations followed.

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During this time, I was abused by my partner as well as being oppressed by a toxic workplace. I was a high school language teacher, and after twelve years, I quit, feeling disconnected and disrespected in many ways.

This was an emotional and spiritual death. I had to let go of my entire identity and profession, physical and mental bruises, and the life I thought I was going to be able to live. The transformation and rebirth that followed is something I am still trying to comprehend.

Once I started taking care of my body, mind, and soul, everything shifted.

THE GREAT SHIFT So, how can we begin to shift when we don’t know where to start? This answer will be different for everyone, but there are a few core principles that apply across the board.

First, make room. Eliminate things from your life that are no longer aligned with the person you want to be. Energy sucking friend or partner? Cut them off.

Toxic job? Make a plan to quit safely. Limiting beliefs?

Work on reducing those as much as possible. These things take time, so be patient and love yourself.

Spiritual ascension also requires deep self care and ritualistic practices. There are so many things to choose from that the possibilities are endless.

Journaling, yoga, breath work, tarot or oracle cards, meditation, cleansings…the list goes on. Find what resonates with you and aim to insert these practices in your daily or weekly life.

JESSICA LEE

Jess is a Spiritual Travel Mentor working with clients to heal using travel, spirituality, and mental health practices.

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Finally, establish how you want to FEEL every day. Big goals are important, but if you can’t pinpoint how you want your days to feel, it is easy to get caught up in the chase. Pick a few emotions, actions, and moods that you want to be able to experience on the daily and journal about how you can achieve these.

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REBIRTH AND SPIRITUAL TRAVEL As soon as I protected my energy and severed toxic ties, I was sent into a death and resurrection cycle that continues to repeat. I was led on a spiritual travel journey in Italy that pulled me to visit Italy with my mother. We drove up and down the Tyrrhenian coast, following our intuition and attracting immaculate vibes along the way. Our journey brought us to Minori, a small town on the Amalfi Coast with craggy rocked mountains, blue warm waters, exquisite food, and a deep sense of connection to the place and people.

We walked the unfamiliar streets feeling as though we had been there before and it was as if we belonged there. It was a bizarre and magical emotion, not just feeling, but KNOWING, that we were so in sync with the vibrations of this tiny coastal town that many tourists overlooked in favor of Amalfi proper and Positano.

We later discovered that our family, particularly my great-great grandparents, immigrated to the United States from Minori. Trofimena, my greatgreat grandmother, named after the patron Saint of Minori, grew up and lived on the very streets that we unknowingly wandered.

This was no coincidence. This was spirit. Travel has the profound capacity to balance chakras and shift energy through new environments and energies.

The more you travel, the more open you become, and the easier it is to expand your authenticity and raise your vibrations. I believe I was divinely summoned by Trofimena who initiated a series of spiritual ascension that led me to choose my ancestral hometown without even knowing it.

It’s not the first time spirit has allowed me to be reborn through travel, but it is absolutely the most powerful resurrection and connection to self origin that I was able to experience. This is possible for all travelers who are seeking shifting, healing, and spirituality through travel.

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JESSICA PERSPECTIVE Today, I continue to travel for self care, spiritual evolution, and connection.

Many times, the dark corners of our lives are the very things that push us to reject low vibrations and toxic energy. If we are not taking care of ourselves, this toxicity can seep in easier as we are not spiritually protected from this negative energy. Only in highly valuing ourselves as direct and divine connections to Spirit are we able to authentically ascend to our true purpose and energetic connection with ourselves and with others.

A perspective: Life is a constant change. The only thing that holds true is that if you are born, you will also die. Where there is life, there is death. In reality, each life has many deaths and rebirths that require first resurrection and transformation.

Imagine if you never evolved since birth. You always cried instead of expressing your need. You made weird noises instead of creating comprehensive sentences. That would be absurd, right? So why are so many of us content with defending our unchanged ways?

You are the one thread that connects everything in your life. The braid that intertwines and carries through is you. Challenge yourself, dive into your shadows, and jumpstart your spiritual resurrection to fill your own cup. No other person, place, or thing will be able to fill the void that you can fill for yourself. Search far and wide, travel and connect with spirit, and stay true to you.

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HOW COULD ALL OF THIS BE HAPPENING TO ME? WASN’T I DESTINED TO BE IN A LOVING MARRIAGE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE?

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I created The Born To Rise Society because I was there too, I knew where I wanted to go but I didn’t have the support or the steps that I needed to get from where I was to where I wanted to be. I know what it is like to be all about the hustle, but now I have mastered the alignment between masculine and feminine energies to add more flow into my life, and I want to show you how to do the same. More flow into my life has allowed me to feel more joy, this has increased my point of attraction and kept me in the receptive mode of creating the life I desire, and the pillars that make up The Born To Rise Society will give you the systematic steps to have the same life changing results!

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HOW I WENT FROM ROCK BOTTOM TO BEING EMPOWERED & EMBODYING “EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE” ENERGY From Rock Bottom to Infinite Possibilities It was Halloween 2014, when I left my matrimonial home with two kids on a cold, rainy night. What should have been one of the scariest moments in my life, was my day one…I knew it was the start of my RISE story.

Though it would be a long road… as I was emotionally, spiritually, mentally, physically, and financially flatlining. I was living in effect, I believed that everything was happening to me… “How could all of this be happening to me?Wasn’t I destined to be in a loving marriage for the rest of my life?”

What did I start to do differently that took me from having a victim mentality mindset to now guiding countless women to curating their own RISE stories?

Firstly, I moved from living in effect to living at cause.

I went from asking myself, “Why is this happening to me?” to “What is it that I am putting out there that is creating these circumstances?” This empowered me to show up differently everyday knowing that I could change the trajectory of my own life.

Secondly, I became a student of energy. I started to understand how to use and manipulate energy and lived everyday like I was creating a universal law. The two laws that I started to use and embody everyday were the Law Of Vibration and the Law Of Attraction. The two greatest gifts that I have used as I moved through this process was intention and awareness.

I used my awareness moment to moment, to reframe any thoughts, emotions, and narratives that were no longer serving where I was going. In each moment, I’d ask myself, “Is this thought serving me?” “Is what I am feeling low vibrational and affecting my point of attraction?” “Am I speaking words to others and to myself that are supporting where I am or where I am going?” With this awareness I learned how to be intentional with thoughts, master my emotions and emotional intelligence, and choose narratives that supported my vision. I became crystal clear of what I wanted out of life for myself and my family, who I needed to be for that to materialize. Every single day I started showing up as that version of myself. I became a vibrational match to all that I was wanting to attract, which truly is the prerequisite to the Law Of Attraction and attracting it in.

Thirdly, I started deep diving into my subconscious programming and identity that was holding me hostage to my upper limit programming. What programming existed within myself that caused me to think that being in a loveless marriage was enough for me? What programming existed within myself that caused me to think that just scraping by was enough for me? Was I not worth abundance in all its forms--love, money, opportunities, and all of the things? I started to embed programming that was aligned with where I was going, not where I was and started believing, vibrationally, in every cell of my body, that everything was possible for me.

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LAURA I thought I would also share two techniques that have been transformational in not only my life but in the lives of my clients as well.

One is hypnosis. Hypnosis is a powerful way to connect to the subconscious mind to reprogram our thoughts, behaviors, actions, and more. From ages 0-7, we are in a state of super-learning so that we can learn how to live in the world. As we grow older, and our reasoning faculty is formed, our prefrontal cortex evolves, then we become rational beings and our conscious mind is formed. As humans, we had very little choice over what was programmed into our minds at this young age. With hypnosis, we have a tool to take our power back, and regain control over our subconscious thoughts, habits, and behaviors so that we can have our subconscious minds working for us toward what we want to be, do, have, and experience, rather than what we don’t.

The other is Time Techniques. Time Techniques is one of my favorite modalities to guide my clients through because it allows us to release things from the past, even past lives, without having to associate to it or consciously remember the root cause. Time Techniques combine the conscious and subconscious minds to create the most powerful shifts and I have guided clients to release not only their own beliefs, both cultural and generational beliefs as well.

I share my story, with the intention that my hope for you, as it is with all of my clients, is that you truly believe that everything is possible for you. That you begin to embody everything that is possible for your energy and today is your day one of your RISE story!

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RAISAH SALIMA Raisah Salima is the founder of THE MIND, BODY + SOUL EXPERIENCE, a spiritual wellness and movement company created as place of healing and empowerment to journey inwards and unleash our truest, most powerful self. Raisah leads transformational live event experiences to connect to deepest parts of ourselves, blending an array of modalities like yoga, meditation, embodiment practices and sound creating a safe and fun space to play, release and vibrationally ascend.

Experiences at the MBSX are upbeat (Coachella vibes!), yet grounding, where you will leave feeling activated and alive! Raisah is a 200 RYT, trauma informed teacher, somatic breath work facilitator, an intuitive reiki practitioner - but most importantly, a guide and spiritual sister ready to walk this journey with you.

• themindbodysoulx.com • www.instagram.com/raisah.salima/?hl=en

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Ascension periods are hard. They are messy and

force us to unravel the parts of ourselves that we’ve kept locked away… or the parts that we were afraid to let go of. Spiritual ascensions are certainly not the most glamorous seasons of our life, in fact, it’s probably one of the most mentally challenging times because it purges EVERYTHING out of us – especially the parts that are not serving us.

For anyone who is wondering, “What the heck is an ascension?” – well, it’s a spiritual awakening. People usually experience various ascension periods in their life and they can all look different. It can feel exhausting. Overwhelming. But these seasons will teach you grit, and you’ll emerge as a higher you. Be aware - however, you’re more than likely to hit some mental lows and it’s totally normal, even though you don’t feel normal at all. This process is the shedding of the old for something new and expansive; an inner evolution as you transcend old limiting beliefs, mindsets, relationships etc. to birth a new version of you. It usually comes with HUGE shifts and what the spiritual community refers to as even experiencing, “The Dark Night of the Soul” -- meaning you might experience a lot of things crumbling or towering moments and you may even feel disconnected from everything you once knew, because everything is changing and re-wiring inside of you.

For me personally, I’ve discovered that these hardcore periods of change were placed in my life as seasons of moving the ball and catalyzing my deep manifestations into reality. But in order for the new to come into existence, and for expansion to happen, I needed to remove everything in my life that was no longer in alignment with my dharma and highest good. If I didn’t take the initiative to remove what didn’t feel authentic to me, life would do it for me – and the transition would feel even more intense and painful. In ascensions, things move fast. Everything literally becomes a ripple effect. God/ the Universe

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/ higher power knows that you are ready to level up and will move mountains to help you get there.

However, though our spiritual team and Source is always there – you (yes, you!) are essentially the captain of this ship… our spirit team is much like the wind helping to guide the ship in a wild storm to reach an island of abundance.

I’ve had two notable ascensions in my life thus far.

They’ve propelled me to go inward into the depths of my soul where I’ve truly sat with myself and unraveled my own layers. These seasons of change, transition and evolution which often feel unbearable have helped me deepen the connection to myself and become my own healer. Of course, you can still receive energy and healing work from other healers, but by going inwards I found my own divine light.

This light might waver sometimes, but it NEVER goes out. I can remember being twenty-two years old during my first real spiritual awakening and feeling my heart beat against my palm for the very first time or confronting my heavy anxiety for the first time after a breakup and being able to express what my heart was really feeling, versus keeping it all in, as the old me would’ve done. Ascensions push us to the best version of ourselves. But it comes with letting go of the old, and if you resist it, life will do it for you and it’ll usually unravel more intensely.

There is no one-size fits all approach to navigate an ascension, however the tips listed below might help you the next time you think you might be experiencing a big transition or shift. These practices have helped me to bring new layers of healing to mind, body, and soul and I have been able to find solace through some of the most turbulent times as well as soak in some of the most precious, fulfilling moments of my life. I hope these practices help to guide you home to your truest, most powerful self, where you can feel present, alive and at ease – with confidence and trust in where you are and where you’re going.

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•Find a nice, quiet + comfortable place to sit.

•Close your eyes.

•Feel the surface beneath you and let the earth carry you.

•Begin to surrender to the now as you gently turn your gaze inwards.

•Take 6-8 deep, calming breaths – maybe try the 4-4-4 method or my favorite the 4-7-8 technique.

•Place your hand over your heart and feel your heartbeat. Bring awareness to your heart space. Let your heart openly and vulnerably speak to you. Trust in yourself and know that your heart innately knows the way.

•Honor any feelings or thoughts that might come up.

•When you feel ready you can begin to bring movement back to your hands, feet and gently nod your head. You can flutter your eyes back open.

SELF CHECK-IN:

SELF CHECK-IN:

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Grab a journal + pen after you’re down with the above and ask yourself the questions below. Write as elaborately and expressively as you like: •How am I feeling right now?

•Why do I feel this way – what factors contribute to my current state of being?

•How do I desire to feel and experience life?

•Is there anything holding me back? If so, what? (Limiting beliefs, people, etc.)

•Who am I? •What do I want my legacy to be and how can I start to presently embody this energy? (describe what this would look like your life) •Close out with this final prompt: •I am grateful for this chapter because it is teaching me _______

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RELEASING & TRANSMUTING:

RELEASING & TRANSMUTING:

•When you’re done, close your journals.

•Take 3 cleansing breaths.

•On your next inhale: Bring your palms together in prayer, hold your breath as you begin to rub your palms together for 10 seconds, building heat in the palms and activating your own light energy.

•On your exhale: Bring your palms to rest on any part of your body that needs extra healing, peace or light in this moment.

ACTIVATING YOUR HEALING

ACTIVATING YOUR HEALING

•Soak in this beautiful feeling and healing experience you created simply with your mind, body + soul.

Sending all of you reading this SO much love, peace, healing, and abundance. I hope each of you maximize your time on this earth to live life passionately, take up space, dance in your dharma and live truthfully as your most authentic, powerful self. Remember who you are. You are guided through it all and your light is within. You can navigate any storm that comes your way as you are the captain of your soul, master of your destiny. Trust in your journey!

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CARNELIAN The Joy & Abundance Crystal

Carnelian is kKnown for its ability to increase vitality, motivation, and creativity. It also helps to align you with the energetics of joy,happiness, and celebration. When you are searching for a crystal to help you tap into your passion and inner creativity, Carnelian has great healing properties.

This crystal is mined in United States, Indonesia, Brazil, India, Madagascar, Scotland, Russia, and Germany. It is well-known to be able to help you clear blockages and align you with your divine purpose as well as invigorate your spirit, so it has the energy to move forward and accept challenges and change.

It is associated with the lower three chakras (root, solar plexus, sacral). These are the chakras that keep you grounded and connected to the world. And Carnelian helps to unblock these chakras and let the feelings of joy, sensuality, grace, and flexibility flow freely.

Another interesting fact about Carnelian is that the Ancient Egyptians associated this crystal with fire and solar energies, and it was referred to as “the setting sun” stone. They believed wearing it added a sense of vitality to the spirit and body. They also believed Carnelian would give the dead a safe passage and protection into the afterlife. For this reason, many powerful Egyptians were buried with amulets or masks made of Carnelian, . King Tut being a familiar one. His funeral mask was inlaid with colored glass, crystals, and gemstones, including lapis lazuli (the eye surrounds and eyebrows), quartz (the eyes), obsidian (the pupils), and around the rest of mask with carnelian, amazonite, turquoise, and faience (finely glazed ceramic beads).

As with many of the crystals, you can wear Carnelian in a piece of jewelry or carry it in your pocket or bra. You can place it on your desk in your home or work office and it can help draw in abundance and empowerment for self-confidence in all aspects of your life and relationships. And you can meditate with it with a mantra for whatever your needs are. Boosting self-confidence, creativity, empowerment, abundance, igniting your inner passion. Place Carnelian in any way that you can see it each day as a reminder to connect with your creative and self-confident nature.

Cleanse this crystal with a little soapy water and rinse and dry well. Generally, crystals need to be cleansed once per month, however, if you feel like you are being influenced by negative energy, you can cleanse it more frequently. If you are using crystals for healing, then they should be cleansed after each session of use.

Carnelian should be an essential part of your crystal collection.

As Courtney Taylor once said, “Carnelian is an energy drink of the crystal world.”

Enjoy!

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WELCOME TO

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ARIES THE VIBE:

New beginnings, bold moves, big changes, “I can do anything, be anything, have everything and more.”

Astrology tells the story of a journey and the lessons we progressively learn along the way. We are officially kicking off a fresh, new cycle with Aries season. Aries is commonly known as “The Fool” because it marks the innocence and ignorance that often accompanies someone beginning something new. You don’t know what you don’t know and that mindset offers a sense of confidence and wide-eyed wonder at all the possibilities of all the things that can go right. We have yet to be challenged, faced with an obstacle or have things go sideways on us. This is your time to let your imagination run wild with all the things you want to manifest in your life and leave any and all doubts behind.

This month also marks some big changes coming your way so mark your calendars so you can be prepared for what’s to come.

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On April 20th, we have our rare second New Moon in Aries PLUS a Solar Eclipse.

First things first, resist the urge to ritual during this moon. Eclipses are a cosmic portal that ushers major changes into our lives and with that changes comes some big chaotic energy. Ultimately, eclipses are doing you a big solid to make sure you’re living in alignment, remember that. If you’ve been dialed into your intuition, taking care of yourself and following your path then odds are this eclipse will feel like a supercharged jump forward in your life. If you’ve been ignoring the signs, living at the expense of others or just not honoring your truth you can expect that the Universe is going to help you out by course correcting you, which may feel uncomfortable. But have no fear! This is a time to take it easy, breathe and give your life the space it needs to do its thing. No micromanaging or resisting, trust me on this. The more you let go and lean in, the faster you can get back to enjoying this ride we call life.

On April 21st, we have our first Mercury Retrograde of the year!

Again, before we sound the alarm, remember this is another opportunity for the cosmos to help you out in living your best life. Whatever happens during this time is happening FOR you, not to you (even though it may not feel like it at the time). Mercury is the ruler of communication, technology, and travel and while it’s making its quarterly trip backwards, this is a time to slow down and make sure you’re triple-checking any communications, being mindful of your devices (keep water far away) and limiting travel or at least make sure you give yourself plenty of time to pack, make arrangements and get from place to place. Retrograde periods are like a cosmic second chance so this is prime time to reflect, reassess, redo, etc. Be patient with yourself and others. We’re going through it but we’re all going to be so much better off on the other side.

It’s all happening for you now.

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FIND YOUR SUN + RISING SIGNS TO SEE

WHAT ARIES SEASON MAY HAVE IN STORE FOR YOU!

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Horoscopes: ARIES

MARCH 21 - APRIL 20 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARIES! You are the definition of Main Character Energy. This month is likely to give you some sudden changes, primarily around your financial resources. And yeah, those changes are about increasing your wealth, hunny. This is your time to put your attitude of gratitude to the test while also keeping your toes on the ground. You’re so much older and wiser now that you’ve completed another trip around the sun after all. In the past, an increase in your cash flow would have triggered a shopping spree, booking a fun trip or some other impulsive purchase. But you’re ready to start building some real wealth to support the big dreamy life you want and that means making some badass money moves. Treat yourself by opening a TFSA, start playing in the stock market or stick that cash in a high-yielding savings account and talk to a financial advisor to get a better idea of how you can be making your money work harder and smarter for you.

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TAURUS

APRIL 21 - MAY 21 You know how important building a community is. But something you may have been overlooking lately is the importance of making sure you have the right people in your community. If you give yourself the chance to be honest about the people in your life, you will probably have some eye-opening feedback coming your way. This month, that’s exactly what you need to do: audit the people in your community. You may find that some people are bringing even more to the table than you realized. But there are likely some others that you’ve been giving passes to for one reason or another and those passes are about to expire. Trust your instincts and stop ignoring the red flags. There may be some uncomfortable conversations in your near future but once those are done, you’re going to be energized and confident knowing that you have a loyal, safe group of people you can depend on just as much as they can depend on you.

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Horoscopes: GEMINI MAY 22 - JUNE 21

Life has been a little more about fun and games lately for you, Gemini, and while the fun and games don’t necessarily have to stop, there is a shift that is going to take place for you this month and you embark on a new journey of self-discovery and spiritual development. This month, you’re going to feel the downshift as your intuition starts to take over, heightening your senses and sensitivity. You’re going to become more keenly aware of all the nuances, signs, and synchronicities happening all around you.

The biggest lesson for you this month is going to be trusting your instincts enough to allow them to take the wheel and getting comfortable getting curious about what comes up. Remember that none of it needs to make sense to you right now (odds are it won’t) but that’s part of the trust fall you’re about to experience.

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CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 22

You have been on a journey of breaking patterns and reclaiming your power, Cancer. You’ve been learning to let go of stressors, detach from circumstances, and get an amazing perspective during this process. You’ve been getting to know yourself, your real needs and desires, and learning how to service them yourself. Now it’s time for you to learn the difference between codependency and interdependency. This month, you’re going to be exploring the sweet spot of working together with the people in your life to make sure everyone’s needs are being met, which means open and honest communication, holding each other accountable and equal valuation (no one’s needs are above the other’s). This is the true test for you to learn how to balance caring for your loved ones without sacrificing your own in the process. Remember to love yourself just as much as you love your people.

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Horoscopes: LEO

JULY 23 - AUG 22

You’re entering the unknown this month, Leo, which means you’re going to have to let go of what you know to be true and familiar. You’re on a journey and you’re finally getting to this really exciting, juicy part of your life where you get to explore and try out the path that’s right for you.

There’s one little kink that you’re going to have to confront: your desire to control. This is an exercise for you to drop out of your head and into your instincts, they know so much more than you can consciously be aware of.

As you move through this month (and the rest of your life) get in tune with your emotions and how your body responds to them. Notice your body’s language and that of those around you as well. It’s honing your skills here that will allow you to get all the information you need to make decisions that support you in creating a life of passion and fulfillment, and it’s going to allow you to start living your dream life so much faster!

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VIRGO AUG 23 - SEPT 22

While you’re elbow deep in your Spring cleaning ritual, Virgo, you’re going to want to add something to your very thorough checklist: your inner world. This month, you’re going to want to take some time to audit your life to make sure you’re using your most valuable resources (time, mind and energy) in the most efficient and effective ways possible. You’re an ambitious, high-achieving gal but when was the last time you made sure you were on the same page with yourself and not achieving for the sake of achieving. Take a moment to hop off the hamster wheel and reconnect with WHY you’re doing what you do, then work back on the how and what you do to fulfill that. Being honest with yourself and allowing yourself the freedom to let go of any and all unaligned beliefs, projects, people, patterns and behaviors will give a giant boost forward not just in your life, but in how you feel as you experience life too.

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Horoscopes: LIBRA

SEPT 23 - OCT 22

The big lesson for you this month, dear Libra, is to develop deeper connections within your relationships by being a team player. You have a natural ability for diplomacy and making everything as fair as possible, but your relationships are often the one place you forget to bring your skills to the table. You know you have needs and desires from each of your relationships, which means that your counterparts have their own too. This month is the perfect opportunity for you to get the conversations started to make sure you are each growing together. Like a relationship state of the union if you will. This will start a beautiful open line of communication for everyone, including yourself, teaching you to be in the habit of reflecting on what exists, what you desire, and how to ask for help when needed.

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SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOV 21

You certainly have no issues playing in the deep ends of emotional waters, that’s no secret. Unlike most of us, you’re actually quite happy there.

Getting uncomfortable by working on problems is actually a comfort zone for you. So much so that you’re almost compulsively compelled to seek out more issues or areas of growth like you’re constantly looking for more opportunities to do shadow work. While this is something to be admired, there is a lesson that you’re needing to work on enjoying the present moment of lightness that comes from doing the inner work. When you overcome something, you give yourself like 2 seconds before seeking out the next inner project instead of enjoying the fruits of your labor because that’s actually where you feel most uncomfortable. This month, dear Scorpio, your opportunity for the most growth is basked in the lightness.

Reflect on how far you’ve come and simply enjoy some inner peace. Just because you’re constantly evolving doesn’t mean you always have to be actively doing the heavy lifting.

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Horoscopes: SAGITTARIUS NOV 22-DEC 21

It may have been like the Universe has been personally coming at you lately, Sag, but deep down you know that isn’t true. Sure, things may not be going the way you planned or even hoped but you know that everything happens for a reason and that reason is your favorite self. This month, take your power back and decide that you’re going to make the most of every moment. Here’s a simple but great way to start: Detach from the minutiae of what is happening (or not happening). When you detach from your current circumstances, you’re letting go of the expectations you’ve put on yourself and the outcome which will give you the perspective shift you need to see the bigger picture. This vantage point will allow you to see how you can leverage the circumstance in your favor. Before you know it, it won’t feel like life is taking a personal attack against you. Instead, you’ll remember that life is always happening for you.

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CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 19

This month is all about you learning to lean in and trust the power of your own magnetism, Capricorn. It’s so easy for you to get caught up bulldozing your way to achieving your goal, which can be one of your most admirable qualities… Until it isn’t. There are times when your focus shifts from your target to that annoying obstacle standing in your way, which is when your stubborn streak subtly makes overcoming the obstacle your new goal. When you’re faced with an obstacle, instead of being so focused on overcoming it, zoom out to see if there are any other ways around it.

Give yourself some space and perspective. You’ll be surprised how many so-called obstacles have a way of working themselves out when we give them the chance. Trust your instincts and have faith that when there’s a will, there is a way and it’s all going to happen in perfect timing (even if it’s not your own).

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Horoscopes: AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18

There are a lot of things shifting in your world right now and at times it can feel so overwhelming you just want to hit the pause button or even entertain the idea of reverting back to creature comforts of the past. While those may seem like tempting, temporary options for a reprieve, resist those urges! Those things may be uncomfortable now, there is a life that is so much greater than you can even imagine waiting for you on the other side of this. Remember the core of WHY you have your dreams, desires, and aspirations, and hold on tight to keep you motivated as you move forward instead of slipping back. Be patient with yourself and give yourself the space and TLC you need.

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PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20

You may be feeling the pressure building this month, Pisces. The first thing to remember is that you’re right on track. This pressure is leading up to some big life enhancements but, as usual, there are some growing pains to move through first. This month, you’re going to learn why it’s so important to have a team of people you can lean on when the going gets tough. They are here to remind you that you aren’t alone and just how capable you are.

They’re also here to help distract you and let a little bit of the pressure off so you don’t explode. Remember that you need to let your people know when life gets to be a little bit too much so they can step in and love on you the way you need them to. You are more capable than you realize, but you don’t have to be strong all the time. You’ve got this!

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