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‘Can I Learn To Talk With The Spirits?’

of all the questions, this is maybe my favorite.  and the most tender. YES. being able to connect with unseen reality is part of our human heritage. no matter where you come from, who you are, what your gifts are, what you do or don't believe, who your ancestors were,…

Pricing Your Offerings

a thing I see time and time again for healers just starting out in professional practice is the stumbling block of 'how do I price my offerings?' this is a normal part of the birthing process, everyone's going to have an idea and 'way that works for them,' and you…

‘The Show Must Go On’

as spaceholders, healers, and leaders, we’ve got a library of stories worth cringing, crying, or laughing over, don’t we? on our best days, we make it look easy. if you and I were sharing stories by firelight under a sea of stars, I might share a couple of my initiation…

Your Origin Story & The Path Of Service

below, a simple exercise and ceremony of ‘re-membering’ for you...   aren’t origin stories wonderful? when you engage self-inquiry like ‘why do I serve?’ you encounter your own origin story – that led you onto the path of service you’re walking today in your profession. there is power and grace…

When You Feel Too Scared To Shine

feeling too scared to shine in this article, we'll look at 3 reasons healers and teachers might feel too scared to shine, and do our work in the world: • fear of being targeted or cancelled online • lived experience, where attention was unsafe • past life persecution memories ('the…

Specialist Guides Who Can Help You

if you are of service in the world, this applies to you.  if you work with humans, animals, or living systems, this applies to you.  if you dream, this applies to you.   you don't live in a vacuum, and your professional work in the world (which is sentient) doesn't…

About Soul Retrieval

for healers: this article introduces basic ideas about soul retrieval, a powerful healing approach you may wish to learn to facilitate and include in your body of work. for everyone: if you've ever had a hard life experience, soul retrieval may be something to get curious about for your own…

What Can I Learn Or Receive At The Dreaming Otter?

hi lovely folks! this blog article is a list of ‘healings you might learn or receive here’… and it is...and isn't...helpful. that’s because I can rattle off lists of healing modalities the whole day long, and although that might sound fancy, it may not actually help you if you're in…

About Ceremony

I hear a lot of folks interchange ‘ritual’ and ‘ceremony.’ for me and the dreaming otter, they’re actually two really different things. ritual is something you do again and again in the same way to achieve a desired result (yoga to invite union of mind/body/spirit, reiki to invite relaxation/miracle healing,…

About Extraction

the basic premise of ‘energy extraction’ is this: energy that doesn’t belong affects your ‘spiritual immune system’ (yes, you have one of those) and that can compromise you. things that can compromise your spiritual immune might be: a rough thing happens, an altercation, illness, life event that’s painful and hard,…

Part 1: ‘Pruning & Nourishing’ Relationships

the relationships we keep with us affect our lives in powerful ways: as you look at how you've orchestrated your life as a healer, helper, leader, or teacher, it's of benefit to explore where you're putting your precious time and lifeforce in relationship. after all, the friends, family, colleagues, students,…

Part 2: Finding The Lesson In Relationships

in part 1 of this article, you engaged the ‘elevator exercise,’ where you imagined 8 hours in an elevator with someone in your life you love spending time with, and someone in your world who feels challenging.  hopefully, you then calendared a gentle way to either ‘prune’ or ‘nourish’ the…