Weekly Oracle Reading: Know Your Worth & Weave a New Story

Hey Friends! Are you looking forward to September? I sure am. I talk a little about the month of September associated with the zodiac sign of Virgo and how it’s very special and how it helps me.

Plus spider shows up in an unusual way with a message for us all this week, followed by Skunk. And hey, let’s give Skunk (and spider!) a chance, even if you feel squeamish around them – and please take a listen in on what they both have to share as I think you will be glad you did.

Click below or click here to watch the video reading.

Enjoy turning the calendar to September and have a beautiful week!

xo,

Barbara

 

Flower Power Message

A beautiful surprise walking around to the other side of the garage yesterday! I thought this perennial had perished. Little did I know the life that was underway in a way I couldn’t see. And huh. Ain’t that just like our own lives…another wonderful reminder to trust and have faith that all is working out for the highest good.

One of the symbolic meanings of the clematis is mental beauty. Applying that to my life at the moment I realized how the classes I’ve been taking part in the past few weeks have been so good for clearing out the gunk and allowing my mind to expand, bringing more beauty into view. 

This morning moving through my yoga practice I realized looking out the windows of my writing cottage with the clearing of mental gunk I’ve been doing, I’d reached a new level of understanding. The foliage seemed an intensified and deeper green than I’d noticed in a while. I’ve had this at various times in my life when I’ve worked through what needed emotionally working through that the world around me becomes more vibrant.

So grateful for these moments.

xo,

Barbara

Dachshund Goddesses. Say What?

Ok, so perhaps you are wondering why I’ve called these paintings, which I did a few years ago, dachshund goddesses? Clearly, they are tree goddesses.  

But it started shortly after when my mom saw the paintings I’d done that she asked if they each had a name. Huh. I’d not thought of that. And so I let it simmer. And simmer it did for all this time.

The paintings are in our lower level where I see them every day when I work out on my pilates machine. And just like that, one day it hit me what their names are!

So perhaps no surprise for those that have been here following my writing and blog for some time, and you’ve likely already guessed…but yes, each is named after my special needs dachshunds that graced my life — Frankie, Joie, and Gidget.

And this is when I sat with each of the paintings, especially drawn to the center of each of them. Who was who, I wondered?

It then occurred to me looking at the center of each goddess the color at each center near the heart, each dachshund has helped me heal some aspect of myself. This is when I thought of the Chakras – energy systems within our body – and knew immediately that the goddess with the red center is Gidget.

After looking up the other meanings of the colors representing the Chakra’s I realized that the orange was Joie and the blue, Frankie.

Blue represents the throat chakra and its emotional attributes are about communication, creativity, and healing. Frankie, being my first special needs dachshund opened a world to me of writing two children’s books and a memoir about the journey we took together with her in a wheelchair, sharing her message with many. It was never on my radar to write children’s books, and even more so to think I’d become a public speaker. The girl that was so shy all those years pushed herself out into the world sharing a message that she became passionate about.

Orange represents the sacral chakra and its emotional attributes are intimacy, emotions, boundaries, addiction, and trust. When Joie passed away just ten months after I adopted her, I just didn’t understand why she had to leave so soon. But it was a time of me learning to appreciate transitional times in one’s life, to be with the fact that I knew I wanted to slow down and go in a new direction in my life, but uncertain of what that was. It was also a time of trusting the universe would provide a new path and setting boundaries for myself to learn to just be and allow what was to unfold.

Red represents the root chakra and its emotional attributes are security, grounding, sexuality, and survival. As I shared in my latest memoir Gidget guided me to finally look at a vision of a childhood wound I’d carried with me for most of my life of being touched inappropriately as a child. This led me down the path of healing so many aspects of myself from learning to trust my intuition, that I was safe, and that I was worthy.

Realizing each goddess was one of my dachshund friends, my mom suggested writing their name somewhere on each painting. Today is the day I did just that and oh, how it has made my heart smile.

Our animal friends are always with us. What a blessing and treasured gift.

xo,

Barbara