Book review: Expressive writing as a way of healing

By Joanna BartlettApril 26, 2019April 26, 2019 Healing, Spiritual development expressive writing, healing from loss, personal development, personal growth

A year ago I was in a very different place with my health than I am now. I weighed 30 lbs more than I do now. I was exhausted, recovering from things my health team couldn’t quite nail down but decided was a combination of adrenal fatigue, post viral syndrome, a reactivation of Epstein Barr…

8 tips for starting a regular meditation habit

By Joanna BartlettApril 15, 2019April 26, 2019 Meditation meditation

Are you trying to get into a good meditation habit? Here are 8 tips to help you on your way.

Book review: The Art of Communicating – learn to speak with compassion and kindness

By Joanna BartlettApril 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Meditation, Spiritual development compassion, meditation, mindfulness

I picked up the Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh at a little bookstore in Manzanita, Oregon, while I was on holiday. It called out to me. So I took it home. It took me a while to actually start reading it. (I have a massive pile of non-fiction, yet can’t seem to stop…

The reasons why it hurts so much when a not-so-loved-one dies

By Joanna BartlettMarch 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Grief recovery grief recovery, grieving

When someone you have a difficult relationship with dies, it can be just as hard as the loss of someone you love.
Sounds strange? It’s true. Here’s why.

What stops you from trusting and using your intuition and how do you change it?

By Joanna BartlettMarch 3, 2019March 3, 2019 Intuition intuition, intuition development

Your intuition is a wonderful, innate source of knowledge, wisdom and guidance. If only tapping into it and trusting it was easier! Perhaps this sounds familiar: you’re going about your day and get a hunch about something. It could be that you should drive a different way to work, or there’s something going on with…

Signs you’re probably dealing with unresolved grief

By Joanna BartlettFebruary 12, 2019February 8, 2019 Grief recovery, Healing grief recovery method, healing from loss, signs of grief, unresolved grief

How do you know if you’ve experienced loss? It may seem like a silly question, but we often discount and minimize the real impact of our losses. We’re taught to do this by society and our family. It’s ingrained in us to get over and get on with things, which means we usually don’t give…

Developing your intuitive taste buds

By Joanna BartlettJanuary 26, 2019August 19, 2022 Mediumship clairgustance, clairgustience, intuitive senses, intuitive tasting, mental mediumship, psychic development, psychic senses

Developing your intuitive taste buds – Want to heighten your intuitive sense of taste and get energetic information through one of your most under-used senses? Learn how to develop your clairgustance.

Developing your intuitive hearing

By Joanna BartlettJanuary 23, 2019August 19, 2022 Mediumship clairaudience, intuitive development, intuitive senses, mediumship development, mental mediumship, psychic development, psychic senses, psychic skills

Clairaudience, or clear hearing, is the ability to hear messages and information from Spirit in the form of music, sounds or voices. It’s one of the several intuitive senses including clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairgustience/clairgustance (clear tasting), clairallience/clairalience (clear smelling), clairsentience (clear feeling) and claircognizance (clear knowing). How does clairaudience manifest? Clairaudience feels different to different…

When your pet dies, what you feel is real grief

By Joanna BartlettJanuary 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Grief recovery grief recovery, grieving a pet, losing a loved one, pet loss

If there’s a loss where people feel like their emotions are swept aside and discounted, it’s when a beloved pet dies. Not only that, but we often have a host of conflicting emotions about our pet’s death and our part in it.

Seeing through your intuitive eyes

By Joanna BartlettJanuary 13, 2019August 19, 2022 Mediumship clairvoyance, intuitive seeing, mediumship, mediumship development, mental mediumship, psychic development, psychic senses, psychic skills

The word clairvoyance is sometimes used as a catch-all for psychic or intuitive abilities. Clairvoyants are usually understood to have the ability to see the future.
However, Clairvoyance is actually a specific skills related to intuitive or psychic sight.