My healing journey: learning new tools to release old pain

By Joanna BartlettJune 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Healing, Personal growth healing, trauma

Just over two years ago, I decided to start telling people the truth when they asked me how I was doing. When they’d say, “How are you?” rather than issuing the standard response of, “I’m fine,” I’d tell them, “I’m having a full human experience.” I thought I was being clever, but it turns out…

Creating your dictionary of spiritual symbols

By Joanna BartlettJune 13, 2019August 20, 2023 Development, Intuition, Mediumship symbol dictionary, symbols

Spirit often brings you messages in the form of symbols. These symbols can be anything — the smell of a rose, seeing a dragonfly alight on a bush, or hearing a snatch of music. Sometimes these symbols are obvious — turning on your car radio and hearing the words to a song that are clearly…

The grief of moving: why you’re still carrying the weight of your past homes

By Joanna BartlettJune 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Grief recovery grief, healing from loss, loss

Major grief can come from moving. Whether it’s from moving homes many times, especially growing up, or a major move from a place you’ve lived for a long time.

What is that grief and where does it come from?

Intellect, intuition and emotion: how they work together for an authentic life

By Joanna BartlettJune 5, 2019June 5, 2019 Healing, Intuition

The connection between healing from loss and developing your intuition may not seem to exist at first glance. Let alone developing your mediumship abilities to connect with loved ones in Spirit. Yet these are the things I teach and they’re incredibly and beautifully connected. The truth is, your heart, head and higher self are meant…

The true pain of divorce: your lost hopes, dreams and expectations

By Joanna BartlettMay 29, 2019May 29, 2019 Grief recovery divorce, grief and loss, grief recovery method, healing, healing from loss

I remember the moment during my second divorce when I realized I was going to need to grieve the loss of my marriage and heal from the circumstances that caused me to divorce to begin with. I didn’t want to bring the pain into my next relationship. I wanted to be able to love fully…

Book review: Where did you go – connecting to your loved ones who’ve died

By Joanna BartlettMay 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Healing, Spiritual development communicating with Spirit, healing from loss, losing a loved one, loved ones

My mum and I had one of those strangely close but often dysfunctional relationships. She loved me intensely, but didn’t have good boundaries, didn’t protect me from predators and, throughout my adolescence, treated me too much like a friend and not enough like a child. Despite all that, I feel emotionally complete about my relationship…

When pain stops you from doing the healing work you need to do

By Joanna BartlettMay 20, 2019May 18, 2019 Grief recovery

When I lead people through the process of healing the pain of past losses, there are two pitfalls they commonly encounter. Getting overwhelmed and wanting to stop Not going deep enough Often, they’re able to surmount these obstacles, by trusting the process and finding the courage to keep going. But sometimes it keeps them from…

Simple ways to incorporate meditation into your daily life

By Joanna BartlettMay 17, 2019May 22, 2019 Development, Meditation learning, meditating, meditation 1 Comment

Meditation comes in many forms and varieties. But all its many paths lead to the same place – inner knowing, access to our wisdom and the ability to focus (and re-focus) our minds. Plus meditation has a host of physical and psychological benefits, including reduced anxiety and blood pressure, improved mood, memory and immune response,…

Book review: Writing As a Way of Healing

By Joanna BartlettMay 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Healing expressive writing, healing from loss, journaling

I didn’t mean to become a writer. It wasn’t what I pictured for myself as a career when I was a kid. There were signs though. Like the life story I kept attempting to write. I’d get 3 or 4 pages in and give up, over and over again, unable to continue. It usually started,…

The hidden dangers of positive thinking

By Joanna BartlettMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Healing, Personal growth, Spiritual development personal development, personal growth, positive thinking, spiritual development

Sometimes, thinking positively can hurt you. I know, it doesn’t sound like the kind of thing you expect me to say. I teach people how to raise their vibration and connect with their inner self, after all. But I also I teach people how to look, with emotional honesty, at the losses they’ve endured and…