Most everyone has a primal fear for at least one animal. I’m an animal lover, but I jump if I see a spider near me. Spiders are one of the more common fears people have, but some have other animal fears. My husband is deathly afraid of bears. He grew up in Alaska, and as a young boy, developed a healthy respect for the bear and how it can destroy whatever is in its path. My daughter is afraid of sharks. These are all scary animals, yet many people also have these as their Spirit Animal. So here’s my question:

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Before I started reading Tarot for others, I believed that the reading was just a meeting with a reader, that person pulled your cards, and there was not much of anything else beyond this practice.

When I started seeing my psychic, I met with her every other month with a scheduled visit. She’d tell me how she did work connecting spiritually with me and my spirit guides before our meetings. I didn’t realize this was a thing: to do prep work before the meeting. …

Happy Friday, Virago Women!

Is anyone else in as much disbelief as me that tomorrow is the beginning of May? This time last year we were trying to adapt to a world with masks and distant socializing, yet it seems like it’s been years…

Every week I scour the internet to find current news pieces that show how the world is impacting women. It’s not as easy as one may think, since news about women are usually about what the latest female celebrity is doing, what’s in style, or the latest trend of diets disguised as “well-being.”

I’ve found the best way to find…

I’ve been trying to lose weight for over two years now.

A couple of years ago, I got married. It was a time of joy for me, except that my body was not cooperating with my upcoming nuptials. At the time, I’d started going through menopause, and I had a hell of a time trying to control anything that my body was going through: hot flashes, insomnia, migraines, extreme mood changes, and a slowed metabolism that caused me weight gain.

I found my wedding dress, a beautiful strapless, mermaid silhouette. Although my body fought me, I achieved a ten pound…

When I started reading the Tarot, it was clunky, with no trained ability to access my intuition. Instead, I learned what each of the cards meant from books and constant daily one-card readings to understand the symbolism of each card more in-depth. This took years, learning the complex nuances of the picture in each card.

When I started reading for others, I began by reading the card itself as I learned the symbolism from books I read. The readings were okay but not mind-shattering. …

At the end of my articles, you will never see the ending paragraph labeled “Final Thoughts.” In fact, it is a pet peeve of mine.

I read a lot of Medium articles, and there are some fantastic writers on this platform.

When I first started writing on Medium over three years ago, I found indie writers that already had notoriety; Jessica Wildfire, John Gorman, Michael Thompson, Tim Denning, and Shannon Ashley. These writers do not have a “Final Thoughts” paragraph at the end of their articles (although Michael Thompson has a “Putting It All Together” at the end of his…

The best thought come to me either two ways: in the shower or walking the dog. I come up with some pretty good ideas, and I roll them around in my head until I make sense and order of them. I even format the idea and write it in my head before I get anywhere near my computer to write it down.

This morning I was walking the dog and a brilliant thought came into my head. Why don’t I use a comparison of healthy relationships and having a dog. There were some similarities, for sure. …

My dog, Willow was in rare form yesterday and this morning.

I spent the day babysitting my daughter’s two dogs, Riley and Ernie, because she had people working at her house. Her dogs are well-behaved, but their presence made my dog, Willow, lose her freaking mind.

There were no dog fights, no trips to the vet or the hospital, thank goodness. It was mostly over food. Dog food.

Willow is food-motivated and she’s one of those dogs who will eat up everything in sight. Because of this, we measure out her food twice daily. She also has separation anxiety, and…