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It's not crazy to think you can quit your job and be a full-time reader. It does take a lot of preparation, commitment, creativity, and courage. You need to overcome many fears. I was petrified in the beginning, with a thousand worries. What if I stink and I am just deluding myself? What if everyone thinks I'm a crackpot, a fortuneteller, a snake oil salesman? How the heck will I pay the rent? The only remedy I found to allay these fears was direct and consistent action. Every day I did research in the library, did an exercise in a workbook, made a phone call, or went to seminars until I built a special client base that led me to an abundant and fulfilling full-time tarot practice. You ...
Do you like hunting for treasures at yard sales, thrift stores or used bookstores? Do you love the Antiques Roadshow television series? Do you have any family heirlooms rich in sentimental value? Many people do, and now is the time of year when people often peruse yard sales and antique stores looking for something old that’s new to them. If you have any items that once belonged to someone else, do you ever wonder about their history? And if you did not know the previous owner, do you ever speculate about who has treasured it throughout the years, or how they got it in the first place? Since this is a paranormal column, by now you might be wondering what this all has to do with ...
By what measure do you love? If you are like most people, you probably keep some score of reciprocity, monitoring whether or not others are giving as much as you are in your relationships. Granted, no one likes to feel that a friendship or partnership is one-sided, but this typically self-referential approach to love does not really serve our highest good, and keeping score never feels good. It is true that the feeling of love we have will fluctuate based on how balanced the giving and receiving is between us and others. But if we instead approach love as an action rather than a feeling, then we can be grateful, either for what we may be receiving, or if we are not, then for the ...
We've all done readings that go along very well until suddenly your brain freezes and no words are coming out of your mouth. If you're reading for someone else, this can be awkward or embarrassing. Even worse, it may cause you to lose confidence yourself or create a disconnect between you and your reading mojo. Luckily there a lot of techniques that can help you overcome just such a moment. And, as is the way of Universe, these methods may become some of your favorite tools for accessing intuitive, divine wisdom, whether or not you're feeling stuck. Before we get into some of these practices, I want to mention a different experience of being stuck. In an earlier article I wrote about the ...
