What to say to a grieving friend By Joanna BartlettJanuary 12, 2019January 12, 2019 Categories: Grief recovery Tags: friendship, grief, grief recovery, loss You’ve seen it come across your Facebook feed. A friend’s parent or in-law has just died. A sense of loss fills you. Compassion rises up and your heart goes out to them. You wish you could make the pain better. You likely don’t know what to say.
Developing your intuitive knowing By Joanna BartlettJanuary 11, 2019August 19, 2022 Categories: Mediumship Tags: claircognizance, intuitive development, intuitive senses, mediumship development, mental mediumship, psychic development, psychic senses, psychic skills Do you ever just know something is true without knowing why? Perhaps you’re generally minding your own business and then suddenly know someone is having an affair, or they’re hiding something, or a job is about to end. The information comes through in a flash, like it just drops into your mind. That’s claircognizance or intuitive knowing. It’s direct information from Spirit.
What’s your strongest intuitive sense? By Joanna BartlettJanuary 5, 2019August 19, 2022 Categories: Intuition, Mediumship Tags: intuition, intuitive development, intuitive senses, psychic development, psychic senses, psychic skills 1 Comment We each have our strengths. And that’s OK. Some folks learn better by reading, rather than hearing information, for instance. Some of us are tactile learners and need to get our hands on things. Some people have great eyesight, but poor hearing. Or the other way around. Or they’re just more perceptive with one sense…
The causes of grief you may not have considered By Joanna BartlettJanuary 1, 2019January 1, 2019 Categories: Grief recovery Tags: causes of grief, grief recovery, grief recovery method Loss is part of life. We lose things all the time: our keys, our glasses, our cell phones, sometimes even our minds. But when it comes to grief, people often think mostly about two types of loss: death and divorce. Those are certainly losses – no matter how you feel about the person who’s no…
Mindfulness: slowing down with mindful eating By Joanna BartlettDecember 24, 2018December 24, 2018 Categories: Meditation Tags: intuitive development, intuitive senses, meditation, mindful eating, mindfulness How often do you really taste your food? When it’s time for dinner, do you slow down, sit down and enjoy each bite or do you shovel it in so you can get onto the next thing in your packed day? I’m personally guilty of being on my phone or absorbed into a book when…
Eating your way through the holidays? You might be trying to eat your grief By Joanna BartlettDecember 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Categories: Grief recovery Tags: grief and loss, grief recovery method, holiday stress, holidays For many of us, the holiday season isn’t the time of joy that we’re told it’s supposed to be. When carols start playing on the radio, instead of making you want to go shopping and decorate the house with wreaths and tinsel, it makes you want to hide under the covers with a bag of…
Tips for not getting interrupted during your meditation time By Joanna BartlettDecember 13, 2018December 13, 2018 Categories: Meditation Tags: meditation Making time for regular meditation is hard enough without being interrupted in the middle of it. Interruptions when you’re in a meditative state hurt. Not just in the sense that you might feel actual pain in being pulled back to reality before you’re ready, but in that it can prevent you from developing a steady…
Book recommendation: When Things Fall Apart – how to heal when life seems dark By Joanna BartlettNovember 27, 2018December 13, 2018 Categories: Healing, Resources, Spiritual development Tags: book reviews, Buddhism, healing, mindfulness, spiritual healing I believe in synchronicity. I believe that when you put out a sincere request for help, the universe answers you. It may not always answer in the way you expect. The trick is to be open to what you receive and notice if it matches up in some way with what you need. I’ve had…
The 6 myths of grief: Give it time By Joanna BartlettNovember 8, 2018 Categories: Grief recovery Tags: grief myths, grief recovery, recovering from loss Some of the sayings, old wives tales and clichés we grew up with contain truth. Sometimes a kernel and sometimes a lot. They have value, especially when we can see beneath the surface. Some of them, though, they just don’t. Grief myth #6: Give it time You’ve probably heard the saying, “Time heals all wounds.”…
Why meditation is vital for your spiritual development By Joanna BartlettNovember 1, 2018November 6, 2018 Categories: Development, Meditation Tags: meditation, online classes, spiritual development When I first began studying Spiritualism, one of the first things I learned was the purpose of meditation is to “know thyself.” I honestly didn’t get it. I know myself, I thought. I’m Joanna. I’ve been living with myself my whole life. But I didn’t really. I knew a shallow layer of myself, the one…