With the Sun squaring Chiron (the wounded healer), I decided to pull some cards to examine how my growth and emotional healing journey has been developing since this past December. Below, I share how my own pull went and provide you with how to do the Chiron Retrograde Tarot spread. How my card pull went […]
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Let’s chat a bit about the Death card – not only in Cat Aura Tarot (CAT) but also the Tarot in general. Some folks find the Death card in CAT to be sad, because the image depicts a kitty who has passed away. Please excuse the pixelation of the image. Of all people, I understand
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The following poems I crafted in February 2024 as part of a 15-day “tiny winter poem” challenge by Beth Kempton, in which writers use ten minutes to develop an unedited poem. These feel quite different from my usual approach to poetry (I prefer hybrid works), but the ten-minute limit is purposeful to allow the words
The twelfth in a fifteen-part short series, Meet the Writer. These posts were originally written as part of a #meetthewriter challenge facilitated by author Beth Kempton. As recently as a couple of months ago, I would have been hesitant to identify as a writer. This is despite my long history of writing, as I outlined
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The eleventh in a fifteen-part short series, Meet the Writer. These posts were originally written as part of a #meetthewriter challenge facilitated by author Beth Kempton. An ode to offer to writing: In a space safe to breathe and share rich testimony,Where all possibility exists, even for the othered,Is the landscape to trust the glimpses
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The eighth in a fifteen-part short series, Meet the Writer. These posts were originally written as part of a #meetthewriter challenge facilitated by author Beth Kempton. I took today’s #meetthewriter challenge about words that I especially enjoy the sound of in a bit of a different direction. It actually came as a result of a
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The second of a fifteen-part short series, Meet the Writer. These posts were originally written as part of a #meetthewriter challenge facilitated by author Beth Kempton. I was 5 when I wrote my first story. I had actually started writing the piece as a journal entry, but the moment I started writing, the words immediately
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This post shares a personal reflection by the author as I contemplate what these shifts in perspective mean for new content I may begin to share here. For years, I’ve carved off pieces of myself to fit within the mold of the expectations each required. The reality is that my combination of neurodivergence always demands
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In this post, I talk about how I created my dream pendulum: a cat pendulum with a cat as the swinging pointer, and chakra beads on the pendulum chain! I also share a story about how I have been able to tap into intuitive wisdom by working with a pendulum. The purrfect pendulum doesn’t ex-
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In early 2023, there was a post that circulated on LinkedIn that encouraged people to smile more, because smiling could change how someone feels. I’m all for smiling – I do it a lot. But where is the line between faking it until you make it and toxic positivity? This quick read on optimism versus
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