Animal Oracle Reading & Guidance – Moving through the Holidays Practicing Deep Self-Care

Posted by Barbara Techel

I initially started out this reading with the intention to have you pick a card first (1, 2, or 3) that would represent your personal message for this week. But when I turned the cards over I realized quite quickly there was an important overall theme that played out as a story in motion for all of us. But as you will hear in the opening, you can still choose 1, 2 or 3 as your card just for you, but then to also see how it plays out with the other two cards that I hope will only enhance the reading for you. So I hope you enjoy it and that it serves you well! xo, Barbara

 

Animal Oracle Guidance for the Last Few Weeks of 2019

Posted by Barbara Techel

 

I’d been waiting for this new deck for quite some time and they finally arrived last week. Yippee! So I asked the cards for all of us:

What animal ally is guiding us as we move through these final weeks of 2019?

You can read below or listen to the reading here on SoundCloud.

I’ll admit I was hoping to pull a cute and cuddly animal to share with you. When scorpion presented itself I hesitated whether or not I should go with it.

But alas, after simmering in scorpion medicine, I believe this is just the animal that will guide us in the most beneficial way. 

As I looked at the card I heard, “It’s true, sometimes life stings, but this is where the real value lies. Don’t look away.”

It’s in those goals we perhaps didn’t achieve this year that we wished we did, the emotions that come up for us over the holidays that are challenging, or the feelings of regret or loss, that we can learn from.

We can wallow in the uncomfortable feelings of those situations, or we can take the sting as an opportunity to be gentle with ourselves and look at how we can resolve to change and take what we learned to move forward in a more meaningful way.

There really is no such thing as failure, but rather just information for us to evolve in a new way.

How are you going to direct your life right now so that you move into 2020 with a new perspective? The number 9 on the card is symbolic of endings, so this is a great time to review and set intentions of how you will move forward.

You can do this! Without the sting of life, we wouldn’t grow, and so let Scorpion walk beside you as you boldly accept all that life entails as part of the journey of living here on planet earth.

xo,

Barbara

 

 

Card from: The Ark Animal Tarot and Oracle Deck by Bernadette King

 

Revealing the Cover of My Next Book: I’m Fine Just the Way I Am

Posted by Barbara Techel

I’m so excited to finally share with you the cover of my next book! 

As I’ve been reflecting on the past year, it will likely not come as a surprise that I’ve often been moved to tears.

Gidget’s spirit has been so strong around me of late, and while I feel some sadness she is no longer with me physically (and this is my first Christmas in 35 years without a pet), I continue to feel this deepening of utter gratitude for her. This is such an exquisite gift because of the healing she guided me through.

There was a time I didn’t believe I was going to make it through that dark night of the soul that began in the summer of 2015, but now on the other side, I continue to swim in this magnificent gratefulness and see clearly that Gidget knew all along I could do it. My dear devoted sweet one I say thank you from the bottom of my heart…always.

I don’t have an exact release date yet, but I hope you will stay tuned as I’ll be announcing in early 2020 when pre-orders will be available!

Thank you for being here, for allowing me to express my thoughts, and for pondering and growing along with me. I hope you know how much I appreciate your support of me and my work.

What this Book is About:

I’m Fine Just the Way I Am takes you on a deep, intimate and powerful journey as I explore the significance of a painful, recurring vision that plagued me for over two decades. To do so, I must call upon every ounce of courage, faith, and commitment, or be swallowed by the depression and anxiety that has consumed me.  
 
Like a metaphysical detective, I employ a myriad of tools, each of which serves as a building block to self-knowledge and healing. I learn to tap into my intuition and the insight from oracle cards on a level I’ve never done before; I also examine my dreams and embrace the power of ceremony and life-enhancing breath work. Most importantly, perhaps, I learn to accept help from others and trust in the process, understanding that the turmoil in my life is truly happening for me, not to me.
 
As in my previous two memoirs, I also draw on the profound teachings I received from animals—from my special needs dachshund, Gidget who served as a reflection of the darkness and what needed to be healed, to a snake who helped me shed what I no longer needed, a wolf who encouraged me to keep my heart open, and a horse who empowered me to stand in my strengths.
 
All were integral to help me transform my pain and accept it as both a gift and the path I was meant to walk in order to finally understand that I’m worthy just as I am.

xo,

Barbara