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Personal Reflections

Thoughts and reflections on intuition, inner processes, people, and life.

Go Ahead and Cry

Go Ahead and Cry

I make people cry a lot. On a good week, I might make three or four people cry. Recently I made three people cry in two days and one other person almost cried. I love making making cry. At a family dinner my dad greeted me by asking me loudly

The Niceness of Telling the Whole Truth

The Niceness of Telling the Whole Truth

Years ago I spent a summer writing poetry and was finally able to write something I thought was truly sweet, inspired by the beautiful musician I’d just started dating. I read it to him, thinking I’d written something usually sweet and he looked at me with a somewhat

Pain, Suffering, and Spiritual Reality

Pain, Suffering, and Spiritual Reality

I’ve occasionally had clients confess to me that they feel spiritually inadequate because they haven’t been able to make themselves feel okay in a bad situation. “I should be able to manifest something better,” they tell themselves, or “I should be able to control how I feel about

On Looking Like Nice Things Only

On Looking Like Nice Things Only

Back when I was founding my writing group, I made a logo. It was the silhouette of a head with two faces. One was serene and calm and the other was screaming. There was a split down the middle such the single head seemed to be in the process of

Rollercoasters

Rollercoasters

I spent the day riding rollercoasters yesterday. I do not particularly like rollercoasters, but my boyfriend wanted to and I was curious about how I would feel doing it. My boyfriend decided we would get to the park early and start with the most extreme roller coasters starting with Leviathan,

How I Became a Professional Psychic

How I Became a Professional Psychic

I never intended to become a professional psychic intuitive. All I did was start tuning into my inner experience, follow what I felt pulled towards and it all just seemed to happen. I guess I just sort of relaxed into this line of work. I started to do readings because

Intuition is Not Rational, but it's not Irrational

Intuition is Not Rational, but it's not Irrational

Intuition and rationality are not incompatible. They are simply distinct internal processes. In my work and practice, it’s very important to understand the differences between intuitive, rational, and emotional processes. These days we value rationality very highly but often don’t think too closely about what it is. A