When I saw this magnet, “I Belong To Me” – which began as a collage piece made my artist Maria Wulf – I just knew I had to have it.

The moment I saw it I felt tingles run through my body. It resonated, and there was just so much symbolism in it for me. 

The hand on the heart, which literally happens for me and my hand flies up to rest on my chest when I just know in my bones that something is meant to be. Like the moment in February 2018, my friend and animal communicator Dawn said that perhaps the title of my next book, which my dog Gidget started off sharing during a reading, would be I’m Fine Just the Way I Am.  Along with the fact in 1999 I set the intention to follow my heart more.

And here I am all these years later so much stronger in my conviction of loving me just as I am. So no doubt that when I saw this artwork it touched that deep knowing space within me.

The image of the dog on the piece also significant too as dogs have been such an integral part of my healing journey as many of you know. And the butterfly in the upper right-hand corner, flying upside down, spoke to me that the path to healing is never in a straight line. Transformation can be messy, but so very worth it.

Also symbolic is the light, like a halo around the head of the woman, is a reminder to continue to trust in my intuition and follow its lead – and that it will never steer me wrong.

I Belong to Me feels especially poignant going through so much uncertainty in our world right now. But what I’ve come to understand even more that even if things might feel like they are being taken away, no one can ever take me away from me and the heart of who I am and what I believe in. That will always be mine. Always.

After I took the photo above with the magnet balancing in the branches of this wire and beaded tree my mom made me for my birthday (isn’t it pretty?!) it occurred to me the other magnet I have from Maria.

After retrieving it from my fridge, I placed it in the branches and especially loved how this one looks here and I’ve decided it will stay! This one is called Twin Healing Trees and is from a photo Maria took of herself between two trees in a wooded area near her home.

For this one, it was a reminder that sometimes we can make our everyday lives and our healing journey’s so complicated. When sometimes all we need to do is connect with nature and let her work her magic. I know I’ve felt this time and time again when I heed the call to get outside. Within moments I feel a positive shift within me, I’m able to gain clarity, and the space within me that felt blocked is able to open and expand.

So thanks to Maria and following her intuition that so often comes shining through in her art that continues to touch me in many beautiful ways.

You can learn more about Maria and her art on her website, Full Moon Fiber Art. It’s the first blog, at the end of my day that I read as I snuggle in at the end of my sofa or sit on my deck. Not only do I appreciate her art and her writing, but I adore the animals on her farm and her little yellow art studio. I think you will too!

xo,

Barbara