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From the Editor Welcome to Wheel of Life Magazine!

The Wheel Of Life Magazine is in a category of its own. It combines lifestyle with a twist of spirituality.

The Wheel Of Life Magazine shares stories from people that are dealing with the current day issues and how they overcame them. These stories are intended to inspire you, motivate you, and empower you, helping you to live the life you are seeking. Like the Wheel of Life, this magazine will cover all areas of life ranging from (yet not limited to) grief, healthy eating and living, gender roles and gender issues, balancing career with family life; with all articles being inspiring, motivating, and empowering.

Our world is changing at an exceptionally fast pace and thus life is also changing. The issues we deal with in current times are heavier and very different than any other time in history. The result though, is very positive. More than ever before, people want to discover the meaning of life, make a positive impact on the world, and make conscious changes and improvements to their life. At the same time, we are coming to understand there is more to our world than what we can see and touch. We are understanding there are forces that work with us, help us, guide us, and we want to know how to connect with them. The Wheel of Life Magazine will link real life issues with understanding these unseen forces,

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Searching For Solace Rediscovering My Soul

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Words Of The Wise Voices In Time The Magic Mala, A Review

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The Evolution of Consciousness How To Teach Children About Energy Unsung Hero

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It’s Time For A Change

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Embracing Change

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The Toxic Parent Breathing Tips Wheel Of Life, A Poem

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Your Letters Write To Us

Has an article in the Wheel Of Life Magazine inspired or motivated you?

We would love to hear all about it.

Please submit your letters to to be included in a future issue.

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Letters may be edited for clarity and space.

Dear Angela, When you said you wanted to talk to me about a project you were working on, I was already intrigued.

When you said you were launching this magazine, I knew this was the result of many things aligning at just the right time, in just the right way for this to come together. Of course, when you asked me if I wanted to be a part of it, I immediately said yes!

has been crafted with so much purposeful intention and love. I think that is the one thing that has impressed me the most in the process – Angela, you have been focused on making sure this magazine has the best quality of articles and will deliver the best advertising value for our sponsors. Each step of the way, you and Amanda Salsman have been looking at every single detail and saying, “That’s good; how can we make it great?” I think when you have a group of people who approach work with that kind of focus, it makes everything better.

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Dear Angela, As you know, I’ve been focused on self care for a while now and have been writing about it on my blog. But recently I have been shocked by how many people, women particularly, understand the importance of it, yet think they are truly taking care of themselves when are actually dragging themselves through their lives. They are in survival mode. There’s a disconnect happening. So my focus has shifted to answering this question – What are we missing?

To my surprise, as I began to answer the question, I realized I was missing it too. My self talk stunk!

I caught myself saying things I wouldn’t say to anyone else. I’ve been working on this for years, how can I still be thinking the same things?? So I returned to the basics, have learned a cool, “new to me” technique, and am determined to take my self care to a whole new level (the truly inward one)!

Thanks for the opportunity to share my experience with your readers!

Love, Tess Adams

Dear Angela, magazine, I jumped at the chance. I’ve written articles before, so I’m no stranger to that. Years ago, I wrote for an online lifestyle magazine (now defunct) where I covered music and wrote articles on human interest; but, to be substance in a while.

I am thrilled and honored to be a part of this new adventure and hope everyone enjoys this debut launch as much as we enjoyed putting it together for them!

So, why not? I soon realized that writing for Wheel of Life meant I had to get out of my comfort zone: the contents of the articles are about real people and real issues, and this time the readers are from a wider demographic; I imagine all walks of life. As a fairly introverted and private person, there’s only so much I share with people online. I had to reevaluate how much I want to share with you. So, having said that, I hope you enjoy my article where I write about how I got out of my comfort zone to become who I really am.

In anticipation of new beginnings, Sudie Crouch

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LGBTQ at 14

How To Support Your LGBTQ Teen I was 14 years old and my best friend in the world paused as she looked up from the diary I had handed her as my means of “coming out”. I knew no other way. She was my closest girl friend, and though I had never felt romantic feelings about her, my deepest concern was her taking it personal. I feared she might feel violated but push away. I have always been a writer and these pages, the ones she remained quiet through reading, were as personal as it gets. My very soul felt naked, raw, and open to her judgement. Luckily for me, she simply closed the cover to my most private thoughts and hugged me.

I grew up in an almost oppressively religious household, the kind where television shows deemed too secular and popular movies were often banished from our view. We were hidden from sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

None of that existed in the secluded world of my youth. When I asked about things like

AIDS, my parents reassured me, “Oh honey, you will never need to worry about that.” this approach could somehow shield me from sickness of the real world. However, when I found myself questioning my sexual identity as a teenager, it made it all the more to me.

I had done what I was “supposed” to do.

I did well in school, I attended church, I volunteered at a Christian bible camp every summer. I tried to date boys, but it always felt wrong. I actually was so shielded I did not even know that there was such a thing as being gay, or bisexual, or any spectrum of the rainbow in between. It did not occur to me that women could love women, that men could love men. Above all this, when I found out about the elusive and exotic existence of same-sex love in the natural world, I certainly did not know it was okay to be gay.

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Coming out to my mother and sister went very different than I had prepared myself for. My mother likes to say she always knew. I was always drawing rainbows, and had always preferred the company of females as opposed to males as a child and into my teenage years.

Though I would play with the boys and run around, a typical tomboy, when it came to relationships, I was drawn to women in a very obvious way. My sister’s response still rings in my head to this day, she looked at me unshaken and very matter-of-factly and said, anger, no big emotional showdown.

I remember the next year of my life, making friends with (literally) the only other gay teen in my entire small town. Seneca Falls, ironically the site of the Women’s Rights movement, was unusually conservative when it groups of bullies who physically threatened him, and emotionally tried to disparage him at his roots. With his feisty personality remaining un-phased this only seemed to fuel the resolve of the herd to continue to attack. I found myself in many precarious situations standing between him and an angry mob to protect him. They never passed through though I was always trembling underneath the surface.

Long before the time of the internet and access to the outside world, I remember thinking I was the only person in the world who felt like this. Until an unforgettable summer picnic which changed my world picnic of Rochester NY in the summer of 1995. I was 15 years old and I could barely believe my eyes. Hundreds, holding hands, men kissing, women dancing together.

My world exploded with color and love. I was not alone!

Maybe I had it easy, there were challenges faced but ultimately I found I was proud, not embarrassed of

higher rate than heterosexual youth. These are young adults who are at high risk for violence, assault, abuse, the traditional status quo.

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In a national study, 40% of transgende attempt. 92% of these individuals reporte of 25.

to attempt suicide than those less reject Every instance of abuse and harassme behavior on an average of 2.5 times.

minorities. What this means is that young adults, like children, are highly susceptible to subtle or actual abuse, and lack of acceptance, especially in the case of close family.

As a caregiver, parent, or custodian, we are asked to love unconditionally. This means loving our children, our teenagers, and our young adults whether or not they follow the same path we would wish for them. Whether or not they hold the same belief systems, or “values” as we do. Whether or not we “agree” with their choices. It is our job to guide and support children as they grow up, but as they transition into developing a sense of who they are and make independent choices, our role becomes one of love, compassion, and support.

How can we achieve this? It is simple, if you are the you can ask them a simple question, “How can I best support you?” Remind them they are not alone, there is nothing wrong with them, and most importantly that they are loved, deeply loved no matter what. This is the most essential thing we can do to promote a healthy journey into a thriving and loving adulthood. Offer to learn more with them, join groups together with other parents to make sure your struggles with acceptance do not translate onto how your teenager feels about themselves. Listen to them and their struggles. Be a sounding board; refrain from personal judgements.

Understand that this is not a choice any more than preferring rock music over country music is a choice.

It is who your child is. The best thing you can do is be present with them, hear them, validate them, love them this life changing experience.

er adults reported having made a suicide ed having attempted suicide before the age

ted. ent increases the chances of self-harming

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If you have a transgender or transsexual teenager avoid trying to push them “back” to their born gender role. These subtle and noticeable prods are a form of non-acceptance. Address them by their preferred gender. This is not for you to decide, or even agree with. Understand, not all of us were born into a body that feels right to us. There is nothing that steals the validity of your own identity away more than being intentionally mis-gendered. not punishment, it is a gift of learning how what love can do to heal, to transform, and to build bridges, not walls. Ultimately how you react, how you choose to support and accept your child will determine how they will inevitably love, support, and accept themselves. Understand that 20 years ago we did not have the same progressive many people remained in a kind of closet into their late adult life. But now, the world is certainly changing, and more and more of gender roles. Love is the most important thing, a love that transcends all barriers.

One book can change your life, one life can change the world.

A Field Guide, The Self Beyond

Available on Amazon, see more at Universalhiddeninsight.weebly.com

Universalhiddeninsight.weebly.com Facts About Suicide, The Trevor Project, https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/preventingsuicide/facts-about-suicide/#sm.0001jqjvr0z38eahv8f14g 744xq8z CDC. (2016). Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, Department of Health and Human Services.

Transgender Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality.

Family Acceptance Project™. (2009). Family rejection as a predictor of negative health outcomes in white and Latino lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults. Pediatrics. 123(1), 346-52.

IMPACT. (2010). Mental health disorders, psychological distress, and suicidality in a diverse sample of lesbian, gay, Public Health. 100(12), 2426-32.

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In Good Company

I won the jackpot! No, I didn’t win money, I won the employment jackpot. I was recently hired by Nickel Belt Camping and I cannot stop talking about how lucky I am.

This company treats their employees with respect. They use kindness and humour to lead, and there is never any fear of reprisal.

Talk to any employee there and they refer to each other as family. Employees also treat each other with respect because that is how they are treated.

Nickel Belt Camping rewards their employees throughout the month with extended potluck lunches, rewards for achieving certain goals and closing a bit earlier on long weekends. I have heard helped employees with personal situations and how grateful they are. The employees spend a lot of time together outside of work hours and I enjoy listening to the funny stories they have accumulated over the

years. I also look forward to creating some new memories with them.

I have worked with other employers in the past that have shocked me as to how abusive they are towards their staff. I quickly decided I would never work for anyone like that again and I haven’t. It is refreshing to see a company focus so much energy on making sure their employees are happy. home smiling with great stories about my wonderful co-workers. Not only am I happy, want to do my best every single day I am at work. Thank you Nickel Belt Camping for being an inspiration to other companies, oh, and also for hiring me!

Service Writer for Nickel Belt Camping www.nickelbeltcamping.ca

Do you work in an empowering workplace? We want to hear all about it! Send us a letter telling us about where you work and how wonderful they treat you and we will feature your letter and workplace in an upcoming issue. We will also send your employer an email, giving them a free link to the issue in which they are featured.

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Searching

For Solace

I wasn’t keeping my husband from his sleep since he had to get up early the next day. As I dabbed him why.

I wondered if I was being foolish again: Letting myself sink into that space I didn’t like to linger; not too long. But it had been several days of pulling myself out of the muck only to slowly slide back into Some day. In some way.

I’d remember that sometimes the seed must be planted and buried for a long time before you see any fruit. It is a good life. This was true. Every material need I had was met. My beautiful and amazing children rested in their rooms. My husband’s arm casually slung over my waist, reminded me of the love we share. Yet, I still found myself wondering, “Why can’t I just be content with what I have?” that to whom much is given, much is required. However, it seemed that aside from my immediate family, my existence didn’t seem to matter to anyone else. Why would the Universe have given me all of these gifts if it didn’t matter if I used them?

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“As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance… but no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still – and persevere.”

- Madaleine Albright I felt like giving up on my purpose and trying to be content as a stay-at-home-mom. I tried to make myself believe that I could be happy only in that role.

The following night, still feeling like the walls of my home were pushing in and trying to squeeze the creative will out of me, I took a Afterwards, I started using the basic tool of going on with me. How could I have all of sad when I had so much to look forward to and to celebrate?

Perhaps I was being dramatic and extreme. I recently had great interviews and channeling sessions on two shows. I’d released my debut single and had several pieces published a couple weeks before.

One book had been on a bestsellers list the week before and another book was accepted by a few festivals. Where was this discomfort and dissatisfaction coming from?

That night as I reasoned with myself, I came to three conclusions.

One was that the idea of me being content solely as a stay at home mom was about as likely as my now six year old being content reading a book without stopping after every other sentence to make a comment or ask a question. It’s just not in his nature. As much as I love my children and family, it isn’t in my The second thing I concluded was that I was planting seeds and I had to keep doing that. I love the song Planting Seeds by Nimo Patel (Empty Hands CD) which says how we plant seeds and what grows will grow. I can’t stop. I am here for a reason and whether I’m feeling high or low, the reason and purpose for my life doesn’t change. I’ve been high.

In fact, my emotional low was happening within a matter of days of being interviewed.

The third realization I had was that I needed

How could I tell those I meet to create their heaven when I felt like the sky itself was crushing my will? And I didn’t understand why.

friendships and the average person would

The closed door of my bedroom and the late hour, as evidenced by the moon hanging high outside the window, let me escape momentarily from the demands of motherhood. I’d been having good things happen in spurts, but I needed to grow something that sustained and allowed me get my message out. Even as I acknowledged this, I had to turn myself over to witness other truths.

a move across town.

needed to get out of my box (house) and meet people and build friendships that had

It had to get better than this.

Something had to change. I couldn’t keep on this emotional roller coaster and feeling like my work and my purpose didn’t matter come on. Don’t give me an assignment and then leave me hanging. I needed help.

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That was freeing. I admitted to myself that I had to do something differently and that I needed help. Those realizations that I need more, that I’d been planting seeds and they take time, and that to return to myself. The person I am - that spiritual and creative person. I knew what I wanted and needed and how having them would feel to me. I let myself be open to receiving and didn’t need to know the how.

The next day I committed to trying three simple tools for three weeks. Now, six months later and last as long or get as dark. I’d like to share with you two of the tools because I believe that if you use them consistently, this spring you will plant those seeds for your own new life.

Asking the Question All of life comes to me with abundance grace, honor, ease, and joy. Thank you.

When you say repeatedly, “All of life comes to me with abundance grace, honor, ease, and joy. Thank you,” you are saying that you are grateful that the totality of every aspect of your existence, without exception, comes ample quantity, bringing a comfort of body and mind that is without effort, bringing a feeling of happiness and a sense of wellbeing, and bringing respect and recognition.

Now, that is a powerful statement!

How powerful can asking a question be?

There is a Universal law that says if you ask, you shall receive. That you can ask and then don’t have to worry about the answer. You go about your business and watch as change happens. You don’t have to know how or where it’s coming from. You simply need to allow yourself to be open to the possibility.

The beauty of this question is that it can be used whether you’re doing great or awful.

If you’re not doing well, there are lots of opportunities for the Universe to show up and make it better. Ask the question three times during your dedicated time.

You can begin shifting your mindset and thus your life immediately when using these tools on a daily basis. I was quickly reminded that we really do have the power to create our own heaven now, bring it into being.

The storm is real when you are going through it. The chaos can feel disorienting and render us immobile, unable to move forward, and unwilling to go back. Whatever you are going through, you aren’t alone. Draw strength from wherever you can. If you need support, get support. If you need to revisit your priorities, your dreams, goals, and vision for your life – do it. I’d be lying to say everything was perfect and everything I thought I wanted happened. You’d be foolish to believe that, even if I did say it. It doesn’t work that way.

Still, despite the challenges that come with change, be encouraged. Use the tools as a jumpstart. It’s a new season for you and the planet. Dive in. We get this particular lifetime only once. We can crawl, walk, run, skip, or dance through it. That is up to you. But you have to be willing to move through your life the best way you can, so you can claim the life you really want.

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Rediscovering My Soul

By Maria Morales There are moments in life, when you realize an epiphany so life-changing, that you can never go back to the innocence of who you were.

I recall, as a child, my obsession with time.

That and the reality of my life on this earthly plane. I realized it was absolutely necessary for me to understand death. I recall dreams, my untimely and violent deaths in past lives.

I also remember how helpless I felt knowing my family would eventually die and once again I would have to say good-bye.

My only consolation were the conversations Perhaps I could negotiate different terms for my life. Looking back, I see how odd this must have been for my parents, whose ethnicity was Philippine heritage. My mother, who had never left her country before, traveled to the United States with me, as a toddler, and my brother in tow. We were to join my father who was commissioned by the U.S. Navy to work at the White House under the Kennedy Administration.

There were many times when I told my father I was not supposed to have landed in this life. Somewhere along the way, my soul took a detour, and this is where I landed. As I grew older and became more engaged

in the daily activities of a child, dismay gave way to curiosity, and I began to embrace this life I was given. I immersed myself into a culture that was ever changing. I knew, and felt, that I would be part of a generation that would witness and experience changes at lightning speed in society and technology.

Throughout my life, I found myself drawn to the metaphysical arts of Astrology, Tarot, Numerology, and Hypnotherapy.

My curiosity and hunger for as much information as possible as I could receive was boundless. Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus, Pythagoras, and Houdini were people that fascinated me.

It is through Hypnotherapy, that I entered a portal of deeper understanding of where I came from, where we all came from. It gave me comfort in knowing that I am timeless.

We are all timeless. This realization occurred during a Hypnotherapy session in which I was exploring an emotional block. I went back to my earliest recollection as a child through Age-Regression.

Then, hypnotherapy session took me further back, I traveled back into two lifetimes. The 1500 A.D. who became pregnant and died in childbirth. The despair and the sadness I experienced in that lifetime was very

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emotional. The second life was of a young boy who lived a simple life on a farm and died in an accidental drowning.

It was the experience in between the two lives that impacted me the most. Before I came out of my session, I asked my soul if I could review these two lives. What did I need to understand so that I could live my life with purpose?

As my soul essence lingered between the two lives, I felt, then embodied, the energy of a light-being that was exceptionally beautiful and breathtaking. It was my own soul! The beauty and the power of that moment was all encompassing. It was at that moment, any fear I had of my mortality, or for that of anyone I loved, disappeared.

I was given the gift of reclaiming and knowing who and what I am.

Hypnotherapy, with a trusted practitioner, can be the catalyst for a breakthrough in cases of blockages or trauma. It can also lead you to a path of self-discovery and understanding.

Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis, where you are brought to a natural state of focused concentration and relaxation. It is through Regression, when your subconscious is open to the suggestion of reviewing your past, that you can be taken back further into past lives.

It is because of Hypnotherapy that I no longer have anxiety over my mortality or the mortality of everyone that I love and care about. I have been given the gift of faith and a beautiful message. The message that I received, and feel compelled to share, is “My light is immortal, you are immortal.�

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Words Of The Wise We would like to acknowledge the wisdom of those we love, that are no longer with us, and allow them to live on through their words.

“It’s very simple. Every day, find five things that make you happy and you can become a Happy Person, then you can forget all the other things. Why not!� ~Carla (1939-2018) Born in the Netherlands in 1939, Carla started traveling the world at age 27 and did so for 30 years.

She learned many languages and experienced many cultures. With all the challenges and rewards of her life, Carla became a very strong and wise woman. Near the end of her life, this passage was found in one of her books, in her own handwriting, in Dutch of course. Her son and daughter-in-law had it included in the thank you card for those that attended her funeral, so the attendees would remember her strength and positive outlook.

Did one of your family members, mentors or friends, who are no longer with us, have wise words of their own? Would you like to share them with us? Please send us their words, full name, how you want their name shown, with a short bio of who they were, and if you like, a photo. Please note you must own the photo or have permission to use it. Please e-mail to: wheeloflifemagazine@gmail.com

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Voices in Time Rescued by a Bedouin Part One By Anne Louise O’Connell

It was while trekking to the ancient city of They started very quietly as we made our way through the long and narrow, mile-long ravine known as the Siq, that leads into the city. The walls almost reverberated with the whispered stories of those who had lived and visited there over the centuries.

I smiled, congratulating myself on my over active imagination, or maybe it was a bit of a sixth sense. Either way, I allowed myself to get swept up in the mystical feeling that washed over me as I absorbed my mountains of rock from which the Siq was carved 2000 years ago. The layered colours reminded me of a muted Neapolitan ice cream with swirls of soft peach, liquorish, caramel and cream. The tranquillity was periodically broken by the clatter of hooves as horses and donkeys passed by bringing tourists into this hidden settlement in the mountains.

We had declined the ride, preferring to take advantage of the exercise the mile-long stroll afforded. The pathway spilled us onto a plaza that felt like a Hollywood movie set…

Crusade” with Harrison Ford. I stopped and see as you enter Petra. There in front of me, the 40 by 30 metre façade, in all its handcarved majesty, was the Pharoah’s Treasury.

I recognized it from one of the scenes in the

could feel the energy of the buying and selling of wares of a time long ago. Maybe the guy dressed in black with the big sword but I think I have his adventures confused.

It wasn’t quite as frantic as I imagined the marketplace of a bygone era, but there were still a few local Bedouins plying their trade from wooden kiosks, a camel or two parked at each one. the locals, a few who still live right in Petra and others who have moved out into government built housing, still hawk their wares to the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit each year.

We discovered the biggest moneymaker for them was the “taxis” that take you to the most popular sites in the settlement. Some are a horrendous trek to get to and take time, stamina and lots of water to reach. To save wear and tear on feet and body, you can choose from a variety of taxis: horse, donkey, or camel. The most comfortable option is the horse that pulls a carriage-style cart but it can’t reach some of the more out of the way spots. So, the majority choose the donkey that can get to the highest places, through the narrowest pathways and up the steepest inclines. We were told it could be a bit hair-raising via donkey, so we decided to bite the bullet and go on foot.

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was a challenging hike straight up.

Occasionally a breath of air would break through the dense humidity, whispering encouragement. I forged ahead. It was well worth the agony as the reward was the most coveted view of the day.

Overlooking the Street of Facades in the distance, I imagined the religious ceremonies that were held in this sacred place that honoured the Nabataean funeral rites.

Undaunted after the exhausting yet successful hike to the High Place, we pushed onward, eager to see the Monastery. It was an 800-stair journey, during which I tried to ignore the burning in my shins and focus on the breathtaking rainbow sandstone mountains. I was glad we took the advice of the hotel owner to wait until the sun had dipped below the mountain before making this trek and also to bring lots of water.

I paused often, seemingly to enjoy the scenery but in actuality, I found it a tough slog. I insisted that my travel companion go ahead and we would meet at the monastery.

Halfway up I accepted a cup of very sugary tea from a local Bedouin woman tucked into a crevice in the side of the mountain off one of the steps. She was selling an odd assortment of old jewellery covered in dust, from camel bone necklaces to ancient amulets dug up in the ruins (so I was told).

“Sit, have tea,” she beckoned to me and pointed to her small, rickety table. I knew she would try to sell me something but my companion who was way ahead of me had the money. I shook my head but paused to catch my breath. I could feel my face pounding and imagined the crimson colour it must have been.

“Sit,” she insisted. “No sell.” So I sat and thankfully accepted the cup she offered with a smile and a nod. under the table.

“Your baby?” I asked pointing to the slumbering tot. “My… yes,” she put her hand over her heart and in Arabic, but it was peppered with enough English words that I got the gist of it. Her husband was gone.

I couldn’t quite catch why or where, but it still meant that she was alone raising her child. I felt helpless. I wanted to give her something but what?

I sat with her for a long while, just listening and her tears on the sleeve of her black cloak.

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story-telling is a much loved pastime.

They made their homes in the mountains in tents in the winter and in the caves, which are cooler, in the summer. The tents were much further up in the mountains and only the most intrepid explorer would get a glimpse. Would we be so lucky?

The sugary tea and the treasured gift I wore around my neck had restored my energy, so I continued up the stairs.

As I reached the top, there was a wide expanse of rocks, pebbles and sand, with several rugged little shops and kiosks around the perimeter but on the other side, the grandeur of the monastery rose air from my lungs. I took a few deep breaths and absorbed the energy of my new surroundings.

I took a few deep breaths and absorbed the energy of my new surroundings.

She reached over to the table and picked up one of the camel bone necklaces and held it out to me.

I got up and dusted myself off. “No, I’m sorry,” I said.

“I have no money.” I felt terrible. I had drank her tea and kept her from engaging with several tourists who laboured past us up the steep stairway. They were certainly going slow enough to be the perfect targets.

“No money…” she pressed the necklace into my hand and squeezed it. “Shukran.” She whispered.

Thank-you? It was one of the few Arabic words I knew.

I was speechless. It appeared all she wanted was for someone to listen to her story.

I had read that many of these women still lived the nomadic lifestyle of their ancestors where

I scanned the area and spotted my companion in the entrance to a cave directly behind me, where a canteen was set up inside. It had big loungers with cushions where you could sprawl out, sip a cold drink and gaze at the monastery and imagine the time it took to carve just the entrance alone with the rudimentary tools of 300 BC. It stood several stories high. I took full advantage of the cool respite after our long trek reading more about this lost civilization.

The return was a bit easier but we still took our time. My Bedouin angel was not at her post, which was disappointing, as I wanted to buy something from her.

Maybe I’d see her tomorrow, I thought to myself. A gust of wind kicked up and blew a small dust devil that swirled around my legs. The wind ricocheted off the rock wall and bounced back, shook my head… I was hearing things.

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MAGIC MALA

by Bob Olson

A Review by Carolyn A. Laurie a box of his father’s and in it are a string of The Magic Mala is one of many in the long line up of books whose goal it is to teach spiritual principles through a story. In other words, a parable. Many great books have taken this format. Books such as The Alchemist, The Celestine Prophecy, The Shack, The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari, and Tuesdays with Morrie are all included in this category. Even iconic literature classics such as The Little Prince, Siddhartha, Animal

it’s a rosary but there is no cross attached.

He then sees a booklet entitled, Your New Mala Manual. As he starts to read, the manual states that the mala is the “key to unlocking his every desire”. He is not too sure about that (a bit too woo-woo for him) so he decides to visit the hospital, where his Dad is, to ask him about it. His father just happens to have been a Metaphysics professor in the past. Metaphysics being the

follow this didactic format.

So, what makes Bob Olson think he can write a parable that is current, fresh, and capable of grabbing hold of his readers’ attention?

Our protagonist, Robby Robinson is a writer who is down on his luck. He hasn’t gotten any work recently and he is three months behind on his rent. Enter his wife Mary, an artist, who lost her job due to circumstances beyond her control. Their money is running out fast. Robby is scrounging in the attic for things to sell and Mary is getting ready to sell her mother’s ring that she inherited.

Robby voices his skepticism and his father explains there is nothing woo-woo about mala beads. “Practicing the mala is an ancient spiritual ritual, sacred in the Buddhist and Hindu religions but is also used widely by non-religious people.”

As the story progresses all three of the main characters in the book, Dave (the father), Mary, and Robby learn lessons of metaphysics. The author uses their experiences to highlight and teach some of the principles he feels we need to know, including gratefulness, meditation, law of

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synchronicity, and manifestation. Dave rediscovers meditation after having given it up for 6 years, after his wife died. Mary happens to have a friend who teaches workshops about setting Source communicates with us. And Robby continues to explore the power of the mala beads. Side characters are introduced to intrigue us, such as a mysterious girl called Tru, (short for Truth), who reinforces the power of the mala. There is also Matt, his friend, who is the example of how intention and manifestation work, with his thriving business.

Often, while reading this book, I’m sure my eyes rolled to the back of my head, as I felt the storyline was contrived, obvious, and quite corny. The author uses a lot of clichés, including the famous, “When one door closes…” The storyline amused me to no end as everything was very predictable and truthfully had been done before in other books. In this case the mala beads were the tool to introduce all the other principles…the hook. In fact, as the story progresses the mala beads drop out of the story.

BUT…I will say that it caught my attention enough to read to the end. I guess Mr. Olson was capable of getting and keeping my attention. Spoiler alert…everything turns out just great for Robby and his family.

I myself, realized I needed a refresher on some of the principles therein. So, all is not lost. This book was also very well laid out and the explanations were very clear. If I were someone new to the metaphysics inspiring. It would spur me to action. It was a great refresher for me and a quick read. It took me less than a day to read it.

I guess sometimes you just need a little corny in your life. I’m off to set some intentions now…

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In 1995, a Shaman I was visiting mentioned a new book on the scene and it was a must read. That week I bought the book as recommended. I could not put it down! I never read a book so fast.

Although it was a story, it answered all my questions, questions I did not know I had! This book changed my life and truly launched me onto my path of understanding. As it did for many others.

This book was the Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield.

The Wheel of Life Magazine is exceptionally thrilled to have the opportunity to interview James Redfield and ask him questions on how the Prophesies came to be, how publishing them affected him as a person, and how they apply today more than ever.

What inspired you to write The Celestine Prophecy series?

All the books, beginning with the Celestine Prophecy felt like a download to me. Writers identify with this because all writing is a kind of listening to what is coming through your hands, and the freer that can be, the better the writing is. In my graduate work in psychology, and especially this kind of spiritual psychology, as it turns out, I was always synthesizing among the theories.

What I came to was a real revelation moment with the books. It felt like all my life had been a preparation for providing a

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series of Insights and I always like to say that I didn’t make those up. I felt like I was looking out at a spiritual awakening that had really began in the 1960s and has gradually become more and more conscious. I was trying to describe the revelations that people were having in a mass way in the world. I tried writing an academic book about the Insights, more of a psychological book, a comment on culture and all that, but, that really bored me as a writer. As I thought about what was already happening out there, I realized the concepts I was trying to convey needed to be expressed in a story - a novel about

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people discovering these Insights. So, it morphed into a novel, The Celestine Prophecy. Then the other books flowed from that with an artistic approach to it.

While it was a download of understanding for me, the actual writing was a kind of download from my higher creative self that I was tapping into. What I was seeing was a very logical view of human culture in the process of awakening, a spiritual awakening that was not understood nor included in most religions. It was a more personal experiential awakening that The Celestine Prophecy described [as well as the] subsequent books.

Would you share with us how publishing personally?

I have a personality in which I am able to provide insight; yet I am also tentative.

There’s a desire to stay in a cave and write about it, or do poetry, or become an authority, but only send it out in little pieces.

The breakthrough point is to integrate more of a confident strength because it’s not enough to just have insights here and there for people, it has to be delivered on the correct stage. Writing, though, is good because you never know what is going to happen with a book.

The Celestine Prophecy went viral, so it suddenly thrust me on a big stage and I, in a way, had to grow into that stage. It was good because at the beginning I wanted to make sure the claim went to the book, not to the person who brought this book into the world. I wanted the book to speak for itself, and for years, it did. I wasn’t really out there that much. Where people have not only experienced the synchronicity and intuitive development in their lives and are using it, we’ve reached a time where it has to be put into practice in a larger way.

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It has to be used to reform every institution in the world. It’s all about being spiritual and having a gift - a message - and being a kind of contagious example of intuitively driven spiritual inspiration in whatever institution you are working in.

me, were very obvious what we had discovered spiritually on the planet. And then we went through some other steps

Would you please tell us what The Celestine

How did The Tenth Insight come about?

It’s a novel that takes the reader through a journey. The best way to read the Celestine Prophecy is at the beach where you have 5 hours with nothing to do so that you can lose yourself in the action and in the sequence of experiences the narrator has in the book.

The discussion took another step in about 1997, and that’s when suddenly everybody loved angels and the afterlife, and near death experiential research took off on the planet. And it was an Insight!! It was the Tenth Insight. I realized there’s a new Insight brewing here: it’s about a full experiential

It’s a roadmap or an example of the kind of spiritual awakening that I believe is occurring were very understandable to me and very clear because in the mid 90s and forward into the 2000s, we were having spiritual discoveries that were very, very plain to see. All the heartfelt spiritual discussion happening out there, across religions even, was about elevating our consciousness to a point where we could download the divine intelligence that we are a part of.

When enough people grasp this, we would actually make a quantum leap in the energy level of our bodies into what has always been talked about in Revelations or biblical discussions as a rapture. These insights, to

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Insights were about that - what the future will hold.

recognition of the afterlife, and all I did was describe that in the novel. The Tenth Insight was about the relationship between us on the planet and the afterlife, and the dynamics of going back and forth, and past life discoveries.

The Secret of Shambhala, the Eleventh Insight, what is that one about?

Somewhere around 2000, we had this crescendo of interest in the Power of Intention and Prayer. It’s not enough to live this, you can actually amplify your power. We had all this research on intention; the movie The Secret came out.

It was a major Insight that, “Intention works, prayerful intention works better.” We have a power; once we get clear enough to be doing good in the world and activating our karma through the helping principle via synchronicity for the people you meet, what happens is a safeguard. If you can’t be trusted to do good, the Divine Source is not going to turn up the power in you. But if you are doing good and helping, what happens is intention becomes very powerful at that energy level. That is what people were discovering which then became The Secret of Shambhala, The Eleventh Insight.

explain that?

The Twelfth Insight occurred sometime around the end of the Mayan prophecies, probably in 2011 rather than 12. It was a sudden change where we were putting all of it into practice, and to do that we had to tame the ego. Since 2012, everybody has been very, very conscious of their own power, but also, becoming more and more conscious of the way their ego can misuse that power. That’s played out in the world as a huge political polarization between the Collectivists wanting a big government control taking care of us from cradle to grave and the Libertarians believing that anything that gains power is corruptible and takes away the very liberation, the very possibility of free synchronistic action in the world because you have to ask a bureaucrat before you can do anything.

That’s the polarization happening that is kind of stuck on ideology that people are battling.

Everybody is stuck in ideology so there’s no heart-felt inner direction and, most of all, there’s no honesty about it. Both extreme sides are lying to the people in the middle hoping to look moderate to them, to then gain them and add them to their ranks. What I am describing is two polarizations that are equally extreme in their ideologies.

believe is needed to help people release that

To go forward you have to tame the ego. So that’s where we are. To tame the ego, you have to tame your fear and your hurt; that makes you move out of anger as you try to convince people what to do. The two extremes are making all the noise in the media and that sort of thing but more and more people are tuning off to that and just having faith in their spiritual journey.

There’s still that solid spiritual evolution happening among people who know better than that. You know that you have to build the local level of the people you meet and interact with and you stay in your heart place. It’s that love place that downloads your greatest intuition which leads you into synchronicities. bring the presence in and live your spirituality and project, in prayer, a kind of message that we want to do. That means getting together

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physically, by the way. But also, in every social way and every electronic way we do things as well.

Millennials are going to do what needs to be done in the next step which is to bring the presence into your neighborhood, your church, your school and reform things so that everything comes down to earth and things. People argue abstract notions but it’s like, “what is the truth of this situation in the moment right here grounded in the earth.”

What would you suggest people do to bring this message out into their own neighborhood without sounding so overly backgrounds are?

I think you stay in your heart. It’s not being in a religion or even living a spiritual philosophy so much as it is being in your heart and receiving your intuitive guidance and trying to be a synchronicity for the individuals that you cross paths with. You let that be an intuitive kind of happening between people. Then, you get out of all the abstractions of whether we call ourselves democrats or something else.

But get together at the heart level. People who really want that heart level will gravitate into larger and larger groups. It’s already happening. If you look at what’s happening in churches, for instance, they are morphing into places where people are really moving into a kind of lived spirituality that we’ve been describing.

That’s a place to start. Schools, private schools especially, are becoming more common as groups break off from an

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abstract kind of learning to down-to-earth learning. You have more and more groups of home-schooled kids and groups starting their own alternative schools.

We can get together and clean up an area, a waterway, pick up paper, ask people not to pollute. It all needs to happen personto-person. But again, the measure is: Is it happening out of anger or is it happening out of the people staying in the love space in their hearts as they reach out? That’s the measure, and there’s a lot of anger out there.

Can you share with us what the new book is about? happening, especially between generations.

It’s a book about a whole generation coming into its own, what can be observed about that, in. It’s really a book about living it at a higher avenues of reform across education, politics especially, but also business, teaching, and heath care. All those institutions have not broken through the corruption into their spiritual role where it can be lived. More and more people who are heart-felt, spirituallyoriented move into these institutions and a natural kind of cleanup is happening. That is what I am thinking of describing. It’s an optimistic view of how society - humanity - can move from where we are now and all these angry polarizations back down into the heart and back down to earth to be truth tellers again and not exaggerators again.

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How To Teach Children About Energy It was perfect timing as we were learning all about emotions and how to identify them. The plant presented a great opportunity to teach her how to transfer energy in order to have a larger healthier plant with increased nutrients.

We talked about how love felt in her body when she had a strong urge to give big hugs or when she just needed to get lost in the moment of a cuddle. Once I knew that she understood the level of emotion I was talking about, I explained that she can send it to her plant to help it grow so very big and beautiful.

To my amazement, that plant grew three times larger than any plant we ever owned before and the tomatoes were so bright, rich, and delicious. Every day, MR’s care and attention, gentle hugs and kisses too, began the foundation to her learning the power she held inside. more than we are yet to comprehend but there is also a simplicity to it. The concept and principles can easily be taught to young children in a language they can understand. Expressing emotions Using feelings as a tool works because children can quickly see the result of projecting love, sadness, anger, etc. by the reactions of others around them.

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Coincidentally, we stumbled upon another great lesson at the playground. It seems every time you go down the slide, you get full of static electricity and are unable to touch anything without getting a shock. watching lightening during a storm are all ways to teach children that electricity is a type of energy just like the energy that we are made of.

While it may be funny to have your hair stand straight up and run around shocking your friends, there also comes a time when you just want to play without getting zapped so much. MR decided that she wanted it to stop so I brought her over to the grass and told her to place her hands on the ground.

I explained that when we have too much energy, we can give some to the earth so Mother Nature can use it to help grow all the plants and feed the animals, insects,

These opportunities of great learning don’t always come so often and it may not look monumental to us as parents but I have realized it is building a foundation for MR and is leading towards their ability to learn emotional intelligence, manifestation, and how they are creating their reality.

Falling into Fear Branching out away from the security of parents brings a new found independence for young children as they go out to explore their world. Beginning school can be exciting and frightening all at the same time. While MR eagerly embraced her freedom and empowerment, there was still some fear of fully detaching from the safety of home and family. Learning to navigate certain social situations in school presented new struggles and learning opportunities, for both her and for us at home too.

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MR is the type of child who is quiet and exceptionally well behaved, considerate and kind to her peers, and very attentive to the teacher and her studies. Whatever she is faced with, she will try to resolve in the moment but will carry the emotions that go along with it until she returns to the safety of my arms where she will have a meltdown that built up from the day.

with her sister, and arguing with friends like she had no control over anything in her environment. School provides structure and routine so much that students don’t get to make decisions for themselves like they may be able to do at home. She felt as if her children were not respecting her.

There is an energy exchange with every interaction we have with others. MR was falling deep into truly experiencing the dynamics of power struggles. Explaining she has the ability to see energy; but for those who are only able to feel or sense it, losing energy brings you down or drains you and receiving energy lifts you up and makes you feel good.

I found it was also helpful to have discussions on why people behave the way they do. Understanding the reasons for our own and others’ actions can create an awareness of the deeper meaning behind in and assists them in choosing how to respond.

When things began to get overwhelming, I decided it was time that MR learned some coping strategies to help her ease some anxiety, manage her emotions, and know what actions she could choose in situations to help her regain some power.

It is our job as parents to teach and provide the resources our children need to succeed in this world but getting them to put the tools they learn into practice in the heat of the moment is a whole other story!

Teaching strategies when children are relaxed and more receptive allows them to turn calming down into a healthy habit.

Our best time to have deeper discussions is at night before falling asleep. Practicing during happier moments throughout the day helps them absorb those lessons so they are capable of making right decisions in the moment when it’s needed most. Some strategies we like to use in our family are: •Eat well balanced meals and drink plenty of water each day. Limit sugar and processed food. rest when you are stressed.

•Learn what triggers anxiety, frustration, anger, etc. Practice noticing when it’s a small emotion and get centered before it turns into something bigger.

•Take deep breaths. Listen to guided mindfulness meditations for children and visualize the story with all your senses.

(Parents can even guide their child in relaxing each muscle starting from their toes up to their head - we call it the relax game!)

•Take a time out to: listen to music, count backwards, cry or express emotions in a safe manner to release them, talk to someone who is able to help.

•Distract and regroup. Look around and name 5 things you see in front, back, left, and right of you. Then, think of 5-10 things feeling place of your appreciation for these things. Make gratitude part of your daily routine to help focus on the positive.

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1. Take three deep breaths and close your eyes.

2. Imagine a blue ball of light up in the sky above you. We will call this sky energy.

3. As you breathe in deep, see the sky energy coming down into your body.

4. Breathe out and push the sky energy deep down into the earth.

5. Now imagine a green ball of light in the center of the earth. We will call this earth energy.

6. As you breathe in deep, see the earth energy coming up into your body.

7. Breath out and push the earth energy way up into the sky. favorite for us! I recently learned it through my Intuitive Life Coaching course and found it very helpful whenever I was struggling emotionally. One night MR was having a grounding and centering and really tapped into the energy in such a strong way and We had talked about big emotions, going back to the basics, and how sometimes place. I reminded her about the slide, how the energy builds up, and that we can give it back to the earth.

Emotions don’t much work the same way as electricity does. Touching the ground is not going to instantly calm you down; and although running around and playing outside for awhile does help immensely, I was aiming to teach her a way to ground in a similar way through visualization.

To teach children meditation, I found it is best to keep it simple and let their imagination do the rest. Once MR grasped that she can calm her big emotions and create some peace inside to allow room for her to think and respond better, I walked her through the process.

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Continue these steps about 5 times, guiding your child through the visualization. Tell him/her to focus on seeing the colors move through them and how it feels. Parents can also teach them about the chakras and where they are located and get them to bring the two energies straight down/up through each chakra.

Energy is just as much a part of our entire system as our biological makeup and impacts our quality of life on a deeper level. When children learn how to use it at a young age, it naturally becomes a way of life as they grow into adulthood. As their energetic structure becomes balanced, they won’t experience the struggles of ill health and disconnected relationships they way we do now.

The potential for tuning into their intuition and remembering their purpose is greatly increased and they are given an opportunity to create the life they came here to live, sharing their unique gifts to make this a better world for future generations.

But it all has to start with us: you, me, all parents teaching our children right now the most important lessons they won’t learn in school.

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Unsung Hero

By Amanda Wootten

There is a Therapist I know who answers her phone twenty-four hours a day, seven days year because she is a life line to hope. With an allowing heart, a wise word and a loving their own way with her loving light shining up the path of hope for them. She has a way that fearful child hiding and scared within and showing them the love and beauty life has to offer. No matter how dark that alley, she will walk it with anyone with genuine caring and faith and an over abundance of hope for the best outcomes.

There is an Advocate I know that stands with passion and purpose and protest for the unfortunate, the unjust, and the underprivileged. She leads by example by being involved, taking action, by talking with folks, asking questions, and being open to others opinion and contributions. Always boots on ready get into the trenches to get the job done. She takes the time to listen, has patience and a wise understanding of the struggles folks face. She recognizes the hurdles and helps others face them with surety, and conviction to move through the unattractive and muddy parts of society and ourselves.

There is a Teacher I know that is eager to know more than most of her students and this enthusiasm for learning and growing is contagious. She has a way of making learning fun, rewarding and empowering even for the most resistant of students. But the best part is she can teach you to teach yourself. She can direct you masterfully towards your passion and purpose and to be the best version of your own strength and direction. She teaches us to live life spontaneously but with strength, conviction and intention to do the right thing for ourselves and others.

There is a Friend I know that listens to my woes when I cry and hugs my heart when I hurt, helps me fade away the dark parts of my past and embrace the light of my future.

She tells me the truth when I have been lied to. Has shown compassion to my anger and frustration. I trust her with my truths and she holds me up when I feel like I am falling.

She sees in me what I want to see in myself. my character, my passion, and my purpose.

But best of all, she has helped thousands of other people do the same thing‌. Without reward, without expectation and without acknowledgement‌to me‌

Who is your Unsung Hero?

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It’s Time for a Change!

By Tess Adams

Is there a lesson that you keep learning over and over again? Is there one area in your life that seems to be a thorn in your side all the time? If so, it could very well be your life lesson, the reason you came here.

My major life lesson this time around is all about loving and caring for myself, regardless what others think of me. As early as I can remember, I was ashamed of how I looked.

Looking back on pictures from when I was young, I have a hard time understanding why I ever felt that way, but I did. It’s always been with me. It drives just about every decision I make. It’s time for a change!

Our society teaches us that how you look is super important. I know in my soul that beautiful people can be ugly. I know that the outside doesn’t matter. I believe that when it comes to other people, not when it comes to me. My husband tells me I’m beautiful, yet I think he’s lying. Other people cannot change

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how I feel about me, it must come from within. To see my true value and change my whole foundation, this is my “aha” moment.

It is my intention to get it this time, and who knows – maybe I can help others going through the same thing.

My intention is to rebuild the foundation of how I think of and care for me, with ease and joy. Now, how do I do that? I truly believe the “doing” part is the busy part, the outward part. It’s the “being” part, the inner part, that truly changes what’s underneath it all. What would I like to be? Kind, compassionate, nurturing, forgiving, patient, and gentle are all words that come to mind rather quickly.

I can be all those things towards others, it’s not so automatic when it comes to me. That is where I start to intentionally rebuild my foundation.

“Beautiful people can be ugly.”

I’m beginning to rebuild my foundation by doing mirror work. You’ve probably heard powerful mirror work is to reprogramming how you feel about yourself. It saved my life when I found it many years ago. I’ve recently decided to do her 21 Day program again.

One of the tips that she and others have is using the Eject button. When you realize that you are thinking a nasty thought you would like to release and replace, push on your third eye as if it’s an eject button and then replace it with a loving thought. It sounds so simple, which it is, yet it works!

Why not play with it and see what happens.

In regards to the thought to replace it with, keep it within the realm of possibility or your subconscious will boot it out too.

For example, if you would like to be able to say to yourself, “I love you and I approve of you” but you know that it’s a stretch – replace it with “I am willing to love you.” Being willing is the beginning. It’s also where you become more attuned to how negative your self talk is. Fire your inner critic!

Lalah Delia wrote, “Self-care is how you take your power back.” Let’s begin to take our power back from all the negative messages we have agreed and aligned with from society, family, and even ourselves! It is time for revolutionary self-care - not out of more to give from a full heart. When we truly care for and love ourselves every part of our lives change. Are you ready to join me? Is it time? about using questions to help you improve your self-care.

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The Grief Journey

We are not taught that grief is as natural as the air we breathe! Western society avoids speaking about death, yet we all will experience loss from death whether we talk about it or not. There are lots of books that talk about the stages of grief after losing our loved ones. Many well-meaning friends and loved ones give us “advice” on “how to grieve” however we are all alone in our pain. We feel so uncomfortable with our own grief we don’t know how to be around others who are also grieving.

My earliest memory of grief and losing a beloved member of my family was the loss of my dog Skipper. My brother, Skipper and I went for a stroll and a picnic one warm summer day. We skipped along merrily without a care in the world. We were returning home when Skipper stepped off the sidewalk and onto the street. In that moment a car went speeding by, hit Skipper then rolled over him.

A moment in time changed so suddenly turning a beautiful day into traumatic event.

I was six years old and my brother was eight. later like it happened yesterday. I vividly recall my attempt to NOT feel the emotions that were rising.

I had just witnessed my dog with the sweetest “dogality” get hit by a car in front of me.

He was screaming in pain and unable to stand. His back was broken. Skipper was transported to the Vet and euthanized. I loved that sweet little caramel and white beagle with the velvety moment to cope with the pain by pretending that Skipper didn’t matter to me. I kept repeating over and over “I didn’t like that dog anyway!” until the tears fell uncontrollably. I sobbed into my Dad’s chest and arms.

At the age of six I had already experienced physical pain. I had a badly broken nose. I had a large pane of glass from a local store Photo courtesy of Leah Parsons

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window fall and pierce my ankle with several shards of glass. Yet, the pain of losing Skipper felt very different than the physical pain I endured. Looking back knowing all that I know now about grief, I wish someone would have spoken to me about this loss in the weeks and months to follow. It was a very long time before Skipper’s name was mentioned again. I’m guessing it wasn’t until the sharp edges of the pain softened a bit with time.

I can’t help but wonder if someone gave me permission to feel all that I felt after the initial loss, would I have learned to embrace emotions with more freedom? It’s not that I didn’t FEEL the sadness. I just didn’t feel I could share my sadness with anyone. I learned to stuff my emotions away as if they were bad and rejected the sadness associated with the death of Skipper.

Maybe we could have done something in memory of Skipper to honour his short life? After all, my Dad was a minister and often performed services for the deceased.

My Dad LOVED that dog! Why didn’t we honour Skipper? Why are so many people so quick to have us move on? Yes, Skipper was a family pet and many people don’t equate animals to other family members, however, people act in similar ways when our two-legged loved ones die.

Grief is not a desirable emotion. Pain is not welcome. Pain makes us feel “less than” and it causes others to feel uncomfortable.

When we express our grief, we are often met with common phrases meant to make us feel better, such as: “God gained another angel” “He/She is in a better place now” “Time heals all wounds.”

“He/She would want you to be happy.”

I cringe at all of these phrases! They only make us feel more isolated and alone.

It took me a long time and a lot of losses to embrace pain and welcome my emotions – the good, the bad and the downright horrific emotions of grief and loss. What it took was completely falling apart and finding ways to love myself through all my emotions. Waking with complete and utter sadness and asking myself “What do you need to do today to allow these feelings to be heard/felt?” Then to listen with an intuitive heart for the answers. I no longer push the “bad” feelings away. It took over forty years to learn this important insight.

I also ask Spirit/Universe/God/Guides/ Angels to walk with me and show me the way in this moment, then the next. I always receive what I need, and the answer usually arrives as: “FEEL it Leah! LOVE the pain the way you love your joy!”

Imagine if we all took the opportunity to teach our children to feel emotions by allowing them to enter grief and loss in healthy ways? Often our children’s first experiences with grief is the one I experienced, the loss of a family pet, although not always in such a traumatic way. Teaching our children that pain is natural, is a gift. Allowing our children to feel and express all their emotions for as long as they need, and not a rushed version of grief, is teaching them self-love. We all need self-love. My beloved Skipper taught me these important lessons of love and loss.

Lessons that will keep him in my heart forever.

By Leah Parsons www.rehtaehparsons.ca

”Focus on the positive!”

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Whether we like it or not, change is fan of change. My mother used to say it was because I was like a cat and cats notoriously hate any change to their routine. Maybe so. are two types of change that we encounter.

How we deal with either type can greatly impact how we feel on the other side of the situation. change; those occurrences that we feel happen to us or are out of our realm of control. Relationships and jobs ending are two changes that come to mind that fall under this category and can be quite upsetting. These changes can throw us off balance and make us feel like we are going through a horrible upheaval, and sometimes, we are. two, beginning a new relationship or job, can be just as stressful. Unexpected events but what about those times when we need to get out of a rut?

That second type of change is the one we initiate. There are times we know something needs to change or move, shift – whatever you call it. You just feel stuck. We know we need to make a change in our lives somehow, but we don’t know what that may be.

Anytime we encounter change, we either get paralyzed by the fear of facing it, or power. Of course, unexpected change can cause you to feel powerless and defeated at times. Even initiated change can make you feel that way, you will have moments of selfdoubt and fear. It’s normal. And it is normal to want to hide in that fear.

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Embraci However, it will not help you move forward in life or on your path until you are able to to face the change. If you wonder if you are operating out of a place of fear, ask yourself what you would tell your closest friend to do in the same situation. Would it be empowering? Or would it be taking positive action?

So how can you be empowered in the face tips to help us embrace change and learn how to deal with it.

an unexpected change or needing to create a change? By looking at what is really happening, you can see the steps you need to take. If the change is unexpected, can you identify any signs that precipitated the event that could have helped you prepare?

If you are needing to create a change, what is the outcome you are seeking? Take some with yourself. Create some actionable steps you can take and focus on the outcome you want to achieve.

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One technique, called Appreciative Inquiry, can be quite helpful in embracing change. It is the process of identifying and focusing on the things that work well with the intention of identifying the positive traits that were present, so you can modify and apply it in other areas. Similar to the Law of Attraction, by focusing on what is going right and working, you start to see there are more good/positive things than negative. I often use this with my coaching clients after they they need to change. Using this technique is quite helpful whether you are dealing with unexpected change or change you are creating.

Trying to blame someone else may make you feel better about the situation, but you also are giving away your power. Own your mistakes that may have brought you to this point in time. In fact, own your mistakes every day. It helps you strengthen your character and can help you grow in the midst of change.

Before you say, “Easier said than done!” think about what being adaptable means.

When you are adaptable, you are open to outcomes. You are able to see there may be many solutions to the situation that change presents.

Change happens on its own timetable sometimes. Sure, those unexpected changes may feel like they are happening quickly but how we respond to them may not be immediate. In fact, it may be helpful to try to wait until we are able to think it through somewhat before we make any changes we initiate: allow time for things to happen. I always recommend a ‘marinating’ period, or a time frame to think about the change fully before taking any big steps.

Change doesn’t have to be scary or intimidating. When we recognize it is a part of life, we can learn how to embrace it and navigate it from a more empowered position that can hopefully put us closer to our desired outcomes.

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Getting Out Of My Comfort Zone (with a “k”), age 43, born to Indonesian parents. Although my mother tongue is currently rusty at best, I do speak English, myself to play a couple musical instruments; the guitar and the drums, and I dabble in playing some piano. I discovered I have talent in photography. One of my photos was published in a magazine and was part of an exhibition. I currently don’t have anything on exhibit.

I love to travel. I didn’t get to travel much whole new world opened to me (no pun intended). As I mainly travel solo, I saw the landscape change post 9/11; as a person of colour frequently travelling alone, it became much more challenging to do so afterwards.

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Let me backtrack a little to paint a better picture. At birth, I was given a girl’s name, so I wasn’t always called Mark and I didn’t always look the way I do now. I was a tomboy when I was little, and nothing could change that. My conservative parents tried hard to get me to conform to what society deemed appropriate. Believe me, I tried for a long time, but it felt wrong and awkward. When K.D. Lang achieved mainstream success in the 90’s, I thought I had found the solution: androgyny. It worked for quite a while and I didn’t care whether people labelled me as a “butch lesbian” or a “teenage boy”. If it worked in that situation, and as long as people were nice, I was alright.

When I turned 30, things increasingly started to not feel right, and very quickly. I felt as if I was going through the motions and that I wasn’t being honest - not to myself nor my friends.

terms), I pushed away what I essentially was - and it wasn’t the person that was looking back at me in the mirror. Every single day was a struggle. I had internalized that daily struggle until I was tired. Or rather, exhausted. I realized I needed to rectify that.

I needed help to get the outside to match the inside.

It took quite a while and I’m lucky to have found professionals that were respectful and willing to help, despite the fact they knew very little about transgender people.

My family doctor took the time to educate himself on the topic, and the nurses working with him are slowly educating themselves through helping me. They tried to make sure the referral went as smoothly as possible.

“People close to me say that, even though the outside has slightly changed, I am essentially the same person.” comfortable in my own skin and I am now content. I’m the short Asian guy with the baby face (I’ve lived with the latter all my life and I don’t think that’s going to change anytime soon) who isn’t traditionally male or masculine. I’m not bothered by that. People close to me say that, even though the outside has slightly changed, I’m essentially the same person. I am a better version after upgrade 2.0. I still love music (attending a Serena Ryder concert is still on my list and my own band Bad Monkeys is currently on hiatus), travelling (I currently have 2 trips planned for 2018), photography (I hope to get another opportunity to exhibit more of my photographs later this year or have another one published), and good food.

It’s taken me years to take that step to transform into who I’ve always been on the inside. Was it fear that was holding me back?

I thought it was for quite a while, but when I of a cultural thing: my conservative parents instilled certain values and being the oldest of siblings (I have a younger brother) comes with a few extra perks (read: responsibilities) as is often the case in Asia. Looking back I’m glad I got out of my comfort zone: I no longer wonder “what if?” and I don’t regret my decision.

Cheers, Mark Setjo You can connect with Mark via his e-mail

Photos courtesy of Mark Setjo

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The Toxic Parent These are the last words I received from my mother. They were preceded by, “If I had to do it over again, I wouldn’t.” Most people would be devastated to receive these words from a parent. I was relieved.

We are born into and grow up with a family.

We accept them automatically; that is what we do. As we become teenagers, our own personalities rise, and differences begin way into the world, the differences become stronger. Many of us wake up one day and realize that our relationship with a family member is just awful. However, we feel obligated to continue a relationship. After all, isn’t family supposed to always be there for you?

From my own personal experiences, and those of many of my clients, forcing a relationship with a toxic parent is not healthy. Yet, we continue to force ourselves to do so. This causes a lot of ailments, depression, and feelings of guilt. It causes us to hold ourselves back in many areas of life. It wreaks havoc with our body, our mind, our spirit.

The relationship between my mother and I became strained when I was a young teenager. It seemed, the day I turned 14, everything changed.

Suddenly restrictions were being put on me for no reason; I was not allowed

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I could not understand why; I had never

20 minutes to make and eat something and the school lunch bell rang to make sure I

I attempted to talk to my mother and step father about these rules, but to no avail. There was no budging. I was exceptionally frustrated; so, I ran away. Three times. Each time changes were implemented, however they lasted only a week and old habits made their way back in. I was locked in the proverbial Ivory Tower, at least, that is how I felt. And I still had no explanation.

Then, lo and behold, I discovered why I was kept locked up so tight. I learned my mother made a mistake in her teens and she was trying exceptionally hard to prevent me from making the same mistake. She assumed I would walk the same path as she did, she could not allow me to go my own path and trust I would make different choices.

As I went through my twenties, I learned a lot about myself. Shamanism became a large part of my life and through that, I came to understand why my relationship with my mother was so rough. I had a new perspective!

Strangely, this new perspective gave me a sense of freedom. I could now approach my mother with new eyes. This was going to change everything!

Nope. Nada. And it seemed to get worse. I could not understand how or why. And so, I carried on, dealing with guilt trips, criticism over everything I did, always giving into what she wanted. I was an adult on my own now, yet, I was miserable in life.

A couple of years later, I went to England, where my mother was born, to visit my family. gained a new perspective once again, learning a lot about my mother’s life at home as a child and teenager. I could clearly see how her upbringing affected her as an adult and why she treated me the way she did.

I returned home armed with a new way of seeing and dealing with my mother. They say, if you want to change someone, you must change your perspective of them, not the other way around. I was convinced that now things would be different. Nope. Again, they got worse!

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As I carried on with my life, learning different Shamanic and spiritual paths, healing skills, learning more about who I am and my life purpose, I began to stand up for myself, stopped taking the guilt trips, and no longer gave in to what she wanted. I expressed, for I did not want. This drove a huge wedge between us. One that, no matter what I tried, got larger and larger. Additionally, my Shamanic path was not embraced and became a huge source of criticism.

One day, it all came to a head. I received me as a daughter. She went on a tirade of how ungrateful I was and that if she had to very shocked to read this e-mail. After a few minutes, I realized that I was now completely free! The immense relief that came over me was massive. I felt as though the large boulders that were sitting on my shoulders had just rolled off and away. I could breathe, The response of those around me varied.

Many were happy for me as they witnessed how suppressed I was by my mother.

Others were not so supportive. “What if your mother dies tomorrow?” I was asked once. Hoping I did not sound cold hearted, I responded, “She dies tomorrow.”

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I explained to this person that I had done everything within my ability to make things work with her, including counselling to deal with the guilt. I truly did everything I could, and yet, it always seemed to make matters worse. I felt completely resolved within myself; I had done what I could, I had no regrets. In the 15 years since my last communication with my mother, I have had no regrets.

I see too many people suffer, until they hear my story. It IS okay to walk away from toxic family members. We must, to live a happy and healthy life. As my husband puts it, our family are issued to us. Even though they are issued to us, does not mean we are stuck with them. There are a lot more people out there that are able them! Thankfully I have been blessed with my life. I do not feel I am missing out on having a mother, how could I? I presently have three!

If you have a toxic family member in your life, know that you have an option. You can change your perspective to keep that toxicity. Some things you can try are:

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Limit phone conversations to positive comments only. If negative comments enter the conversation, say you must go and hang up.

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Limit in-person visits to family functions where you can give your attention to others. This allows you to still be in the presence of the toxic family member, yet, not only be subjected to their negativity.

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When you are engaged in a phone call or visit, limit how much you tell them about your life. If you know a particular subject is a sore spot, do not bring it into the conversation.

’ Tell the toxic family member, in an assertive manner, what their comments and/or actions do to you. There is a possibility they are not aware they have a negative effect on you. Becoming aware of this could change their behaviour.

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If you are both open to it, seek counselling together.

Counselling will allow you both to express your feelings and perspectives in a safe place, and healthy solutions can be found.

All families have a toxic family member; some can be handled more easily than others. When it causes health issues and unhappiness, something needs to be done. Know that there is a way out, you do not need to suffer. Find the best solution that you can live with. Don’t feel guilty about it! If I can overcome the guilt, you can too!

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Breathing Tips for Anxiety and Insomnia vvvvv

By Linda Davis

If the usual basics, such as having a fairly regular schedule, not watching/reading stimulating material close to bed-time, having a dark, cool room, limiting protein at dinner and liquids in the evening, don’t work, here are some breathing techniques to try.

1. Breathing Lessons: I’ve found 3 techniques helpful.

2. Speaking of left and right sides, in Yoga wisdom there are channels in the body is more “energetic” and the other more

one on your tummy. To breathe from your diaphragm, you want the tummy hand to rise and fall and the chest hand to

is quite relaxing on its own or you can use a count such as breathe in to a count of 4 and out to a count of 5.

•The second method is from yoga wisdom (and recently resurrected by Dr. Andrew

your left or right nostril is more open/less relax and sleep, you want your left to be stronger, so lay on your right side to activate

3. This next one is my own amazing

through your nose to a count of 4, hold for a count of 7, then breathe out slowly through and repeat the cycle three times.

I do is talk gibberish in my mind...just sounds and jumbled up words like, “laoobadoochachamoo” or some other

back and count to 16, roll to your right side and count to 32 (if you’re still awake).

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