It's the Awake Space with Lori Rivers, and this week we're
talking about using our creativity as an act of
rebellion and an act of self empowerment.
Because I'm not going to lie, it's a very spicy week.
And if you want to know what's up in the headlines and get a
heads up ahead of that, then you need to head over to the
Patreon. There's just a lot.
Of changing tide energy. But that doesn't mean things
resolve right away and it doesn't mean we get the endings
we're hoping for the way we want them.
And I'm really going to suggest this week you let go of outcomes
and you learn to just kind of roll with things.
I know it's hard. It's hard everywhere.
It's hard here too, OK, as we move into the next stage of
massive systemic change. This is something I've been
talking about for years and people used to call me a fear
monger. Good times.
Change is inevitable. How we deal with it is up to us,
and I asked the Awake Space community members if there was
anything they wanted me to cover because I know that energy is a
spicy meatball right now. And so I've got some great
feedback from the members of the community about this very topic.
Because creativity isn't just art or dancing or writing.
Creativity is how we take the wellspring of our energy and put
it out into the world, whether we're doodling or gardening or
baking or arranging A room that is using your creative energy.
And we're going to talk about that for this week's episode
because we all need a way to put our hands into action, a way to
stop focusing on the things that are outside of our control
because we do need to pull our energy back to center.
That's something else I'm going to cover because somebody asked
what's the difference between grounding and centering?
And I think that's. A great thing to talk about.
We're going to talk about that first and why it.
Relates to our creative energy. Notice I'm always pointing to
the heart center when I say center grounding is down at your
feet. And so in the next segment,
that's what I'm going to be talking about.
And as always, we're going to do the what's in the headlines for
the patrons. But I will cover a little bit
about what I expect to see this week.
And if anybody calls me a fear monger, you have no idea how I
sit with information and try to make it as useful and as
practical as possible without scaring the bejesus out of you.
So deep breaths, get your. Teeth.
Get your coffee, get your matcha, get your Red Bull, get
your H2O and whether we're going to work, taking the kids to
school, out in the garden, taking the cat in the backpack
in the park, taking the doggie for a walk, going to the gym or
folding laundry, we're going to. Do it together.
I don't think it's it this month, but you can start getting
your hopes up. Over the weekend, a lot.
Of people were feeling uneasy. And there's a lot of reasons to
feel uneasy when you're looking out in the world and social
media is full of people speaking with their whole trusts and some
of them know what they're talking about and we are looking
at a very unstable moment in time, as I record.
This the Moon in Taurus is moving to conjunct Uranus, which
isn't having any other planetary aspects at the moment.
At the moment. Next week we look at Mars moving
into a sex style with it, but right now it's kind of the
cheese standing alone, and that means that energy.
We feel it's going to have a release early Monday morning,
probably before I get the podcast out, so there could be
significant events. And we human beings are very
sensitive. And remember, I always say we're
transmitters as much as we're receivers.
However, learning how to be a transmitter is something that
takes time and practice. That's why people suggest
meditation. That's why people have physical
activities that they do to move the energy out.
And one of the greatest things we can do is be creative.
So for me, I go into community. I put my life force into
community One that's one place it gets fueled.
And then recording the podcast is an act of expressing creative
energy and be like, that's great for you, Lori.
What about me? So when it comes to using our
creative energy, understand that that it is.
It is a true act of rebellion. It is looking at the maelstrom
happening out in the world, looking at the shit show it is
and saying I refuse to let the conditioning I have of being
small and unseen take. Priority.
I refuse to be cowed into submission in this time of
massive systemic change. I refuse to be manipulated.
I refuse to be. Silenced.
Now, I'm not talking about getting on social media and
giving people a piece of your mind, because I might.
Feel good for two seconds but. When we can work the collie
wobbles out, when we can work that anxiety out, that
depression out. And I'm not saying it's a cure
all at all, you guys know me. But when we have these big big
moments in time, and this week we have more than a big moment
in time. Like as we move to the 1st of
April with a full moon, no April Fools there, we're watching this
energy build and it will be very easy to be short tempered.
It will be very easy to be on edge.
Want to put the covers up over our heads.
And that is how we become defeated human beings.
There are a lot of academic practices and I'm going to
address kind of a question they put because.
They're being taught that systems impact all of us and
therefore we can't avoid it. And on one hand that is true.
And yet there are ways to work within that to build small
systems both within. Ourselves.
And in the outer world, to some degree, we're not going to be
able to change the big picture stuff and we're not going to.
Solve all of the. Isms in the.
World. But we can definitely work on
our immediate arena, our media area, our home, our family,
where we move through the world with as much power as we have
and some people have more and some people have less. 1 is not
better than the other. Before I get into using your
creative energy, your son, your creative life force, we're.
Going to talk about centering versus grounding.
So I've been saying for quite some time, you're not going to
be able to ground right now. You're just not.
It's not going to be lasting. You might get it for a few
seconds and then you're going to blame yourself.
I wonder what the hell is wrong with me.
Nothing is wrong with you, OK? Nothing.
The energy is not about grounding right now because
we're in the next phase of massive systemic change.
And this massive systemic, it's not like a four phase process.
It's going to be continuing over time, OK?
It just is the the dynamics in the world and how we do things,
They are all changing. And you're not doing anything
wrong. And I'm going to repeat myself.
You are not doing anything wrong energetically, emotionally,
physically, no matter what happens, you didn't invite this
into your life. You didn't make it happen.
We are collectively going through one of the greatest
changes in human history since the end of the Bronze Age, and
that's huge. And it's a really big concept in
his heart. I have a hard time wrapping my
head around it. OK.
And I've been looking at it for years.
So grounding isn't really going to happen because it's not time
to ground. There's nothing to ground to.
We sent her. And notice I always point to the
heart space because the center is here and it would be down
your torso. So the heart center, all of this
front and back is here. And then we have our solar
plexus. If we send her, we calm the
solar plexus. OK.
And. Everybody's solar plexus is
probably out of whack right now. Over stimulated, under
stimulated, because that's where our gut instincts are.
That's our, oh shit, shit's about to hit the fan, right?
Or there's nothing I can do. And we'll feel that there.
If we can come to center, we give all of our systems, all of
our energy centers, but also the minor energy centers throughout
the body, including the hands and feet, etcetera, the eyes,
etcetera. It's a little wild right now, so
coming to center is a constant practice.
Notice how I'm bringing my hands in and I know I popped a nail
and I popped a nail right before I recorded, Damn it.
But guess what? We're rolling anyway.
We're going to bring ourselves back to center.
I have meditations for patrons at the $5 level and a things to
help reduce anxiety, like calm the solar plexus.
Things to help us envision A pathway forward.
Things that help us just bring ease and let go of the tension.
Because worry is a misuse of imagination, especially in times
of unique stress and strain. Because let's say all hell
breaks loose. And I'm not saying it will, but
let's say all hell breaks loose. Being able to tune in to
possibility helps you find solutions.
That's how your brain works. If you're in the fight, flight,
freezer, fawn mode, then you can actually be a hindrance more
than a help to the people around you.
Panic does not help. Panic causes problems and it's
easy to be panicked even in, you know, if you're in a dangerous
situation. Panic is quick because it's a
survival instinct, but if you have a lot of people panicking
at the same time as chaos, and it does not serve longevity for
everybody around us. So we want to learn how to
recognize and turn our attention to what can be done.
Sometimes it's not alive, but there's still something that can
be done until there isn't. Learning how to come to center
is very, very important. And again, I have meditations in
the community, but here on the podcast, let me just give you a
quick tip on coming to center. So when you're feeling frazzled,
your energy is frenetic, you're kind of all over the place,
you're irritable, you're cranky, you're kind of spinning out on
what might happen and what the problems are around.
And other people are cranky and irritable because the energy,
you can cut it with a knife. Right now, one of the things you
can do is take a moment to yourself if you can, if you have
to go to the bathroom and lock the door hard if you have
toddlers, but I wouldn't leave them outside.
But I always say children are our mastery partners because we
have to learn how to function with them.
Not always helping with the concentration, right?
Wine, breathing number wine. Check it when you're a frenetic.
Ask yourself a question, how is my breathing?
And then check your shoulders. They're a little high.
Let's bring them down. Let's relax the job and we can,
you can breathe with the kids. You can make it a game.
OK, We're going to do belly breaths now and we're going to
take it, breathe in through our nose.
And if they don't, it's fine. They can breathe through their
mouth. You know, they've got goobers.
It's OK to go, OK? Because if you're a shallow up
here, you're you're feeding your amygdala, you're feeding the
panic, you're feeding the adrenaline, you're feeding the
cortisol. We want to take it slow.
We want to shake out if you can, OK, Shake out the body, get the
tension patterns, relax. And then we're going to take a
deep breath in through the nose if you can.
Through your mouth is fine. If you can't, and we're going to
take a deep breath in, make sure that belly is nice and full.
Imagine an inner tube being filled up, and then we're going
to exhale as slow as we can. The first one might be a lot
like it might be like that, and that's OK.
You might have a little primal moment, do it again, then relax
and breathe out again. It might take five more times.
Make it a game if you have little ones.
Make it a game because if if. You're.
Tense and anxious, they're picking up on it OK.
And that's not a blame thing. But if you're wondering why,
like, I'm in a mood, my kids are in a mood.
Emotions are contagious. Stanford University proved that
OK in a study. You can look it up.
So if you want them to be a little calmer, learning to calm
yourself and and moving that energy through.
Now, if they have an earache or a Tony ache or they don't feel
good, then yeah, they're going to be crying and agitated
because that's how they get their needs met.
The problem is we didn't learn skills to get our needs met as
we got older into the latency years.
You know, the 9:00 to 12:00 until individuation around 1314
and and everybody talks about self regulating.
Children are not designed to self regulate.
Children look to their parents for regulation.
That is part of how human beings are designed.
And we learn to regulate together.
We can Co regulate. All right.
I'm not saying it's one thing to have really clingy, right?
It's another thing to understand.
We are always Co regulating all the time.
We do it in community as well. Especially in the awake space.
I felt the quiet and the quiet was tense and I was feeling a
certain way myself. So I went into our awake space
lounge. I'm like, hey, the energy's
pretty gritty right now. How's everybody doing and listen
to what was going on with people?
And then I said, I'm covering this topic on the podcast, but
is there anything you guys want me to talk about?
And talking about centering versus grounding was one of
those. So centering is just coming back
into yourself so that you're not your energy isn't scattershotted
all over the place. It's just that feeling of I'm
here, I'm whole, I'm integrated. I'm here, I'm whole, I'm
integrated. Grounding is more of an anchor
point and we just don't get to anchor into much right now.
So we're wanting to come into ourselves, and centering is
honestly a more powerful thing to do in general.
So this is great practice. And again, if you have little
ones, you can do it with them. If your animals have been acting
up, notice how their behavior changes.
I was restless about two hours ago, and so was Malcolm, my dog.
Once I started practicing what I preached, he simmered down
because my energy wasn't spiky and on edge.
Let's take a look a little bit at what everybody asked for in
the awake space. And we may as you listen to
this, there may be news that comes out right around the time
this podcast is published. I wish I could tell you, but it
involves the rain is so it's, you know, it could be storms, it
could be tornadoes, it could be lightning.
It could be some really big bombings in the Middle East.
It could be more, more interesting economic news and
all of that just is kind of an assault on our nervous system.
That's why I decided to do an episode to empower you, to give
you some skills and tools and to show the power of community.
Because I knew what I was going to talk about.
I didn't have to reach out, but I thought, you know, let me just
ask what people need right now. And with Uranus and Taurus, our
needs kind of get disrupted a little bit or it might be harder
to know what we need because the world is changing and, and we
might think we may have been raised to believe we needed
something and it isn't really authentic to who we are.
And we may not know how to know what we want.
And so this is kind of disrupting it, especially if you
followed the rules and did everything you were supposed to
do. And now that reality is being
shaken apart. And so how do you know what you
want? And should you even try, right?
And that's why we're looking at the power of creativity today.
So first, we're going to come to the center because our creative
energy comes out from here, right?
A creative energy just exudes out from the heart center
because it's an expression of our self, OK?
It's our spirit versus our soul. It's our spirit.
It's the thing that animates us. It doesn't mean you have to be
an artist in a traditional sense.
It doesn't mean you have to be a singer or a dancer or a writer.
It could be how you arrange a fridge.
It could be how you grocery shop.
It could be how you put yourself out there in the world.
You know, we need kindness. We need practical solutions to
everyday problems, and anybody can see a problem.
All those futurists that people say, oh, they're geniuses, I beg
to differ. I beg to differ that looking at
problems makes you a genius, a genius find solutions, Anybody
can see the problem. How to solve the problem takes a
real genius. And each one of us has unique
genius. It's not just about the IQ
number that measures verbal and mathematical intelligence.
There's so many more ways to be intelligent.
Recently, because of my eyes, I'm not great at housekeeping.
By the time I see a dust Bunny, there's a whole colony, and they
have names. OK, Very, very visually
impaired. And my mother is going to be 79
this year and she's getting tired and I'm not.
Even when I try to help, she follows behind.
So it took a while because we live very rudely, but I found a
housekeeping service to help out the person who came over and
because my parents are coming home this week and I wanted it
nice and tidy. From when they got home dusted
and vacuumed and and sure enough, man, when I saw the dust
over, man, I didn't even notice because I can't see it, but this
person could. They were amazing at what day
day, very artful in how they approached it.
They had a whole system, they knew exactly what they were
doing and it was really, really beautiful.
How we do everything comes from here and when we unlock
ourselves authentically, we are able to make more of an impact.
But we have to know that in ourselves too, to actually
recognize that in ourselves. So let's take a look what
patrons asked me. So the members.
So P trains is just short form for members because we're on
Patreon. That's where our community, the
Awake space is. Remember, we're 100% listeners
supported and without them there is no podcast.
So make sure you think them in the comments on YouTube or
Spotify or wherever comments are for the podcast.
So somebody asked, you've been talking about stocking up for
years and I have, I haven't mentioned it as much because you
know, to be honest, the time for warnings is so far.
I gave my warnings and guidance. Let me know time for warnings is
over you, you've given the message now you're teaching
tools to deal with the moment. So I am very guidance LED all
right, As much as I believe in practical rational solutions,
I'm very connected to my guidance and guidance was like
you're done with warnings. It's just that time is over.
Doesn't mean it's too late to prepare.
But I've I've talked about it and talked about it and talked
about it for years. So to recap, it is it is
necessary to keep your pantry full of the things you need.
Somebody asked for specifics and I'm like everybody has different
needs. If you have a gluten free diet.
Then you need to make sure you take care of what you need.
I wouldn't blow all my money. I wouldn't spend thousands of
dollars on it, but I would definitely make sure the pantry
stays. Stocked of the things you eat
with regularity, and these are non perishable goods, canned
goods, dried goods. I would learn if you don't
already know how to cook. I think the pandemic helped us
out with that one because a lot of people did learn how.
But I would learn how to use lentils, beans, barley.
I think grains will be very expensive as we go into the
fall. So I'd make sure I'd have my
pasta, my wheat products. If you do that, barley, legumes
of all kinds. So your lentils, your dried
beans, kidney beans, black beans, get what you can, OK.
And you can store these in glass jars, you know, So if you have
old like pasta sauce jars or anything that comes in a glass
jar, you don't have to buy a bunch of things.
You can reuse the jars like Grandma did.
That's a great way to repurpose things instead of put it in a
landfill. Any kind of supplies that you
use, crafting supplies, arts supplies, anything for the kids,
dogs, gardening supplies. You really want to get your
gardening supplies learning. If you're gardening inside, you
probably don't want to use compost.
But if you are gardening on a balcony or you're learning how
to make a compost bin, that's done properly.
Compost doesn't stink when it's done right.
OK, but you could also like my mom and dad, they just toss the
wet garbage, the just food and not meat products, but egg
shells, vegetables, things that breakdown quickly.
And then my dad wrote a Tilsa then because he built that
garden patched up overtime because there was really bad
soil where they live. And so we just build up where
we're growing and decide what we're growing and do that.
You can have hydroponics. I would really focus on growing
your own leafy greens. They're very, very easy to grow.
They're nutritious, not just, you know, iceberg lettuce, but
you can grow arugula, spinach and watercress, you know, herbs
you can grow in a herb garden. Those are all fairly simple to
grow. It's not just about doing it for
the nutritional value. It is also to give yourself
something creative. And for all the people say, well
I can't. Garden.
You can. It's just you have to learn how.
It's a skill where nobody's born gardening and in fact, we're
going to be doing the astrology of gardening on the 28th.
I'm very excited. It was my daughter's request.
It's only 20 bucks. I'll put the link in the show
notes and we'll talk about how to use moon phases and when to
plant things using the moon and how to garden a little more
successfully. When we take a look at what's
going on with the sky, it's one of the oldest forms of astrology
is using astrology. For agriculture or gardening.
So we'll talk a little bit about the history and we'll give some
tips and hints and that will help.
I've gardened for years and years and years.
I had a beautiful garden while my children were growing up.
Everything was edible, from the herbs to the flowers to the
vegetables and the fruit and berries.
I never wanted my kids to, you know, grab something poisonous
because they were really little. Made sure everything was edible.
And we made fairy salads. What's a fairy salad when you
use? Edible flowers and mint and the
things they liked. But you know, whether it was
violets or carnations or pinks or calendula, those are all
edible flowers. So we'll have a little list.
A little. Ebook a little teeny tiny guide
that'll give you ideas and help you garden with more
effectiveness. A victory garden doesn't have to
be very big and it is creative endeavor.
It's something you learn from. I find that when people make
mistakes anymore or something doesn't work the way they had it
planned out in their head, they just give up on things.
And guys, the one thing you can't afford to do as we move
forward is be defeatist. You're learning.
It's just information like, well, that didn't work, try
again. That's the most important skill
you can cultivate going forward is that didn't work.
What can I do next? That that on on creativity as
well as making sure your needs are met as much as you can.
If you need to get your medications refill, that one
gets to be a little bit less in our hands.
Then we can control the food we have around us.
But make sure you're in good communication with your
pharmacist. I don't see huge breaches of
that particular supply chain too much, especially in the United
States. But I do think we're going to
see some issues with food, whether it's because it can't be
delivered due to rising fuel costs or issues around
fertilizer. We've all heard about that
because of the different chemicals, industrial farming is
going to be impacted. It doesn't mean you can't garden
or support local smaller farms. And you can do that by joining a
CSA as much as you can through gardening.
That's one of the many ways you can help prepare yourself.
I thought that was a great question.
I mean, everybody's were great. The kind of all, there's
different categories, but lots of things happening.
Like I said, this week is going to be crunchy and somebody was
asking about protection, Shields of protection, the old pink
bubble routine, the white light bubble routine.
I like to have like a, a bug zapper around me.
And it's really funny because I think people think it's like
really close in, but mine, it's probably a good 3-4 feet out of
me. If not whiter and and again, you
imagine these things. Imagination is your greatest
tool and but you have to know it works.
You can't just like visualize and go.
I hope it works because it's energy.
So you damn well better know it's working and and look for
evidence that it's working. Be like, all right, I know it's
working and I look forward to the evidence.
That's how you want to think about Shields.
You can cloak yourself. I'm only visible to people who
have the best intentions towards me and meet my idea of my
Wellness because some people have really good intentions but
it doesn't match up with what you decide is good for you.
I have another wing I had. It's almost like a screen and
and this has been active since 1999 and it's been the only
thing that comes through, comes through my guidance first.
It's filtered, so nothing comes to me that hasn't been filtered
by guidance. So things get transmitted before
they get to me. So even if I'm agitated, I know
there's no great car. It's just my instinctual self
picking up on what's going on in the physical world that has my
instincts up of like there could be some interesting things.
But at the same time, I know I'm OK.
I know I personally am OK. I know the people I care about
will be as OK as possible. But as far as energy coming
directly at nothing comes to me that has, that does not serve me
and isn't filtered through love. When I did the check in with
members of the Awake Space, people talked about having
headaches. People talked about just feeling
generally physically, I'm going to say mundane over magic.
Always get it checked out. However, reminding you, if you
can get in the shower, get in a tub and work to let that energy
go down the drain. So if you're feeling a lot,
being as physically active as possible, taking a walk, you
know if that works for you. If the weather is decent,
getting out in the garden, pulling weeds, preparing the
soil, starting seeds, getting your hands in the dirt if you
can. It's a good way to discharge
energy. Don't worry about Mama Earth,
she can handle it. Baking if you can, like if you
don't have good weather outside and you can bake, bake or cook.
Make food that feels good to you and nurturing make sure you're
taking your supplements properly, your vitamins and your
minerals. I'll talk about that in a second
notice. No brace on my hand.
I have. I was talking about it in a live
stream at the awake space, but boy did I find out something
very fascinating. I didn't know and so there's
definitely healing going on. I still have a little bit of
soreness here, but that's because they did something
stupid a couple of weeks ago. It's not the tendency.
Super fun. No, it's not carpal tunnel.
I was a dummy. I'll tell you about it later.
Something to look forward to. Anyway, we're going to do some
patron shout outs and then we're going to talk about creativity
as rebellion as we go along. Like I said, it doesn't have to
be the arts. It doesn't have to be huge.
It is something to move your energy and give you some
buoyancy. I don't think it's it this
month, but you can start getting your hopes.
Out without the community of the Awake space, there would be no
podcast. And I like to say without you,
there is no me. So thank you for letting me be
of service this week. Coming up on March 29th.
We are doing the astrology of gardening and it's 20 bucks.
It's going to be a good time. Got a really pretty graphic for
the book cover and it's a small little pamphlets so it's going
to be a really great guide. Things don't have to be big to
be impactful and that's what we're talking about this week
here on the awake space podcast. We are looking at how to take
small bursts of creativity to re empower ourselves and
reinvigorate ourselves and so that's what the podcast is going
to be about for people of the awake space.
So we've got Christie Zinn, Jenny Black Cat, Caitlin, Kate
OCBMP Sarah Chantel Z Simply Sugar News Mochi Cat NIV 759 DP
Frey Nalani, Nat K Heather, Bertie Nester, Kurt Christine.
Sorry Jared. No way.
Jose, Autumn, Jordan, Melissa, Ella Jewelsphere, Amber, Shania
or Shenya J Mintz, Jackie, Leah or Leah.
Jillian and see let's different people. yo-yo.
Peppermint Jazz Olga, Amanda, Alina, Ariana, Ariana, Lupa,
Kelly, Jen, Mark, Sarah, Hana and Megumi.
Melissa Gray, LP, Becca and Jenny, welcome, welcome,
welcome. Thank you.
I see some old pieces returning. That's the great thing about the
Awake space. You can come, you can go, you
come back. And we're always excited to have
you in community. Community is what keeps things
going. And what have I said?
We need community going forward. And I've talked about that for a
long time. In fact, as long as most of you
have been listening to me, the importance of community and
understanding the role community plays in our lives.
And that is also something that can be very creative.
So let's get on with things. Let's talk about creativity as
an act of rebellion, creativity as an act of empowerment, and
why you're not being selfish, OK?
I don't think it's it this month, but you can start getting
your hopes up. So let's talk about ways we can
use creativity as a form of rebellion, as a way to come back
to center, as a way to boost our energy levels if we're feeling
overly tired, or if we. Aren't teetering on the edge,
wondering if we're going to make it.
Creativity takes all kinds of shapes and sizes.
It isn't about being big and gaudy.
It isn't about fine art or music or dance.
It is how we express ourselves in the world.
I talked a little bit about that earlier in the podcast.
Things you can do, whether it is taking time to prepare your food
mindfully, not just shoving it in the microwave or pulling
something out of the freezer, but just taking the time to chop
the vegetables methodically and slowly as you prepare things.
If you're baking, enjoy the textural experience, OK?
Don't just go through. The motions.
It's about mindfully putting herself in the moment.
One of the ways I creatively express myself is putting myself
into service. OK, so when I feel.
Akimbo, the vet word akimbo out of swords, a little scattered.
One of the things I do is I go in to service in my community,
the awake space. I mean, you can almost guarantee
when I pop in, I'm like, how's everybody doing?
It's because I'm feeling it and instead of sitting up in my head
as a political analyst, especially one who specializes
in the region in conflict right now, it is not a good time to
have that speciality. Let me tell you, I have to take
a deep breath. You know, I also have family
over there, people. I care about it.
My oldest friend that I've known as in adulthood is over there,
you know, So these are things I do.
I take a breath, I go into community and I communicate.
Communication is part of how I express my creativity.
Once I have myself centered, then I can write.
I can work on the magazine, I can work on the the booklets.
Almost done for the gardening class.
And it's super cute, very pretty.
These are things that you can put your focus on.
So one of the things about creativity is being able to pull
your focus back and then doing things that fuel you.
It could be playing a game, it could be designing something.
It could be drying out your garden plans.
It could be getting your hands in the dirt.
It could be drying, sketching, doodling, doing zentangles,
crocheting, knitting, weaving, hand spinning, diamond painting.
The list can go on and on. There isn't one particular way
it could be. You need to.
Physically move and shake it out.
Some people love to dance by mom.
If she's super excited about something, she dances.
If she's worried, she dances. She dances.
She's little rising, she dances. So she gets some moving.
When she's not moving, things are serious, right?
So if you want to know more about how to access your
personal creativity, I'm going to be covering some of the
things we see in the astrology chart that help you buoy
yourself up by knowing that kind of activity might help me more.
And we'll be talking about that in the patron only podcast this
week. I had a lot of other questions
that I think I will detail here. 1 again, I think there are
significant events that start the week off.
I think this is a very Monday ish Monday, a very Monday ish
Monday. And if you're wondering like why
this is framed differently because you don't see as much of
my very pretty tough, it's because I took a break.
OK, medium metal and I were talking about it because we
viscerally felt sensations with this energy.
Like I felt very nauseous. She felt shaky and and you know,
we're both psychic. She's a medium.
I'm not a medium. I'm an astrologer and I don't
really deliberately use being psychic in that.
OK partly because I'm super sensitive and I try to keep my
filters up because I don't want to feel everything.
I already feel enough. I'm a Cancerian with a Cancer
Mercury, so when I get those physical sensations, I know
there's significant events and it's fairly significant.
We're going to see quite a bit of change as we move towards
that full moon on April 1st, which is next Wednesday.
I'm not this coming Wednesday, next Wednesday.
It's not an April Fool's joke and it's very dynamic energy.
And of course, we'll talk about that on Monday's podcast.
So I, I was asked a few things like are what about those energy
lockdowns somebody was talking about on social media and has
really picked up. And when I look at the April
predictions I did for 2026, I said be prepared for rolling
brownouts, blackouts. There could be issues with
electricity. There could be events that cause
rationing. And, and that would all be
expected given world events. I would not plan long distance
travel right now. I just wouldn't given the state
of the world and given the state of the United States, I, I would
be cautious if I had to travel. So this is from one of my
members and I didn't have permission to username, so I'm
not going to use the name. I'm just going to read through
this, to be honest. I would like to know how to use
this energy to my advantage, so to speak.
And we're definitely talking about that here on the podcast
today, using that creativity to help shift us mentally and
emotionally. You know, she's talking about
Hawaii and Nebraska and the TSA and ice.
And now I'm even more drained, but I'm trying not to be
because, well, I can't be. I have kids that depend on me,
but the energy is really impacting me.
And yes. And so those are all external
things. That's a lot of news, right?
And when you're a compassionate, empathetic person, understanding
that there's really sad things happening in the world, there's
big problems. All right.
I do want to remind you all that I say at the end of April, there
could be a solution to a current world problem.
And I wrote that back in May, June of 2025.
No context. And a lot of what I was talking
about out of context really has come to pass.
I want us to have hope because things will resolve.
They're not resolving this week. They're just not again.
The tides are shifting. It takes time for a tide to
shift. It takes time for the seasons to
change. It takes time for an idea to
become a real thing. It takes time.
From conception to birth takes time.
Everything takes time. Nothing happens in an instant.
And I would love to wave a magic wand and fix that, but you know,
I can't. Neither can you.
But we can work on ourselves. We are the one thing we have
control over. So I'm going to go more to this.
So first of all, I would read through headlines judiciously.
Be selective in what you're looking at news wise.
This is a long message, so I'm going through it in pieces.
I want to use the macro level energy to my micro level
advantage. I don't know if that makes
sense. It makes total sense.
That's what I talk about on the podcast all the time.
When I give you a theme for the week, it's how to use the
energy. It's how to use the current
astrological transits. If I just sit there and talk
astrology, you're going to get up in your head about the
astrology. That's the one thing I've
learned in the last six years is that give all the astrology
instead of translating it into practical advice.
This isn't just my opinions. I'm translating the astrology
and how you can surf the cosmic tide.
Every single episode is designed to help you for especially that
week, but building skills upon skills to make it through these
changing times. The change is not stopping
anytime soon. OK, because every system is
changing and that means we have to change the systems within.
And that goes to the second part of your commentary.
And you know who you are and I love you.
You're, you're bright and you're a person of service and you are
sensitive and loving and kind and compassionate.
And my goal, because it's such a, a good question or a good
statement even it helps other people.
So, but I, I know you talk a lot about how we could have great
days even when the world energy is impacted, I find it harder
and harder to not be personally impacted day by day.
That is completely understandable because again,
all the systems are changing. It impacts us.
However, what's happening in Hawaii is not physically
happening to you. We can have our attention on it.
We can be aware of what we can do in a situation we have no
control over. But again, it is not your
present reality in where you live unless you live there.
And that is not a selfish statement.
It is being aware of what is directly impacting our
physicality. There are other issues up on
deck that do directly impact you.
But when I say the world can be burning and you can still have a
good day, I'm not. Kidding.
And it's not just about mindset. Everybody has their own
transits, right? Everybody has a Natal chart and
how the transits are moving around it because you have the
Natal chart that's static and the transits move around it.
Go look at my how to find transits.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, listeners, I'll
put a link in the show notes. We all have our unique set of
perceptions. That's a psychological fact.
That's a neurological fact. Our astrology chart shows us the
spectrum of how those perceptions operate.
In my field, we discuss the systems at play on each other,
and so even 1's personal life is determined and impacted by the
system. So understanding that system is
important for personal movement and growth.
Yes. And all the systems are going to
change. So everybody's going to be
discombobulated. Everything we think is normal,
how we do our work in the world, how we buy our food, how we
transport ourselves, how we govern ourselves, all of this
for the foreseeable future is reshaping.
What that ends up looking like is very dependent on the
day-to-day actions of everyone in the collective.
That's why I teach what I teach. Imagine seeing this time period
coming almost 30 years ago. You know, it'll be 30.
Well, actually 96. I started being in.
So it was 30 years ago, God, and seeing it coming out of context,
just knowing everything would change.
But it doesn't mean everything's going away.
So we have to change the system within.
So if we have in our personal system that we have certain
narratives we say to ourselves over and over and over, the
stories we tell ourselves, I'm change resisting.
I can't handle this. I'm too weak.
I'm not big enough. People are always against me.
Some of that may be true, but just because it's true doesn't
mean that has to be the driving force of your system.
OK, well, I don't like change, but I know I can navigate it.
That's a good way to change that.
Yeah. There are people who are really
out to get me and I am able to make myself as safe as possible.
That's one of the reasons I I designed the work, which is in
Laurie's test lab. People in the mystery school and
astrology crew have access to that.
These are really, really short videos, but it's a very, very
powerful process that requires action and practice.
And my daughter, my Co visionary and I are working on doing more
in the test lab. Unfortunately, she got shingles
and I've been working on healing the money wound, the framework
for rebuilding confidence, value and well.
So I got my revisions in, but we've been working on those
things. But we're going to start doing
more lives and getting people moving into action.
You cannot just consume information right now and not
take action. Right now is the time.
You must start taking action even before Mars moves into
Aries, which it will be soon. But you need to start taking
action on yourself. It is so important, redesigning
the systems inside of ourselves, not allowing our default setting
to run the show. And that can be social
conditioning, cultural conditioning.
We often put culture on a pedestal.
And as somebody who comes from cultural anthropology, I can say
sometimes culture is used to justify things that maybe needed
to change a while ago. Like it made sense in the
culture 300 years ago, it doesn't make sense in the
culture now, or it isn't actually the result of culture,
it's a result of a dominating force, like from
colonialization, etcetera. And so learning to not just
deconstruct, but renovate from the inside out, but that you
know, that's all theory, right? Until you take it into practice.
So what can you do this week, this week?
One of the biggest things you can do is really get your hands
into the clay. I'm not saying tune out the
world, but stay lightly apprised.
But overconsumption, and I've talked about this since last
year, overconsumption is going to disable you from taking any
meaningful actions. So things you can do to shake
the despair, you know, or the the lethargy that happens, the
devitalization that happens from being over informed and under
active is clean the house. That's why we say go wash
dishes, get your hands in the water, do the laundry, tidy the
space, reorganize, assess the pantry, take care of your
immediate needs. I was talking with my assistant,
Alicia, and I was like, you know, I was trying to decide how
I was going to address things on the podcast.
And I was like, sometimes we bounce ideas.
And she was like, I was really focused on things in the outer
world, especially in 2024, because I became informed in a
way I hadn't been before. And I was wondering if it made
me selfish when I started pulling things back inside when
I was listening to you and I was coming to center and I felt
selfish for a minute. I said, but it's never selfish
to take care of yourself. Hurting yourself through denying
yourself your needs being met, martyring yourself for a 'cause
that isn't actually yours. Even if it's humanitarian, that
is not solving the problem. That's joining in the problem.
That's joining in the suffering, which does not elevate people
out of it. So when you take care of you,
when you give yourself more resources to help other people,
OK, when you take care of you and your immediate environment,
you are less at risk of panic, which can hurt other people
around. Like think of the people who are
unthinking and run and grab every loaf of bread and horrid
resources. Those people are the weakest
link. They think they're being strong
by taking care of their families.
That's not self maintenance, that's greed.
OK, So like in healing the money wound, I explained money wound
isn't just from being poor. The billionaires have a gaping
hole, OK? A gaping hole.
They do not know how to be satisfied.
All right, If you can't find satisfaction, you're injured,
OK? You have a gaping wound, and
that wound hurts other people. So taking care of ourselves,
making sure we have as much sleep as we can get, the energy
has been very frenetic, and there's been a lot of sleep
disruption because we're dealing with a lot of uncertainty.
And there's no way of knowing. You can be an astrologer, A
psychic, a medium and have an idea of the themes.
You can even get some details, but you will never know exactly
how it plays out. Because 30 years ago if you
would have told me some of the dumb ass stuff that's happening
today by so-called leaders, I would have been like no, no way.
They're not going to be that dumb.
I know they're going to be privileged and competent, but
you know it won't be that incompetent.
Nope, Nope, here we are, here we are.
Look at where we're at. I can obsess over that because I
don't understand that level of stupidity and that's not going
to do me any good. I can't serve you from that
space, right? So making sure adequate sleep,
adequate nutrition, taking your supplements and your vitamins.
We may need more supplements than vitamins.
If you can stock up on those. I know they can be expensive,
but making sure you stock up on those is really important.
And I can't tell you which ones to take because I don't know
you, but that's something you talk to your doctor or your
pharmacist about. OK?
But in my case, I was trying to figure out what was going on
with my tendons. Yes, I overuse them.
I know exactly what I did. OK?
It wasn't my finest moment and I went to do some research because
I was getting concerned because it was harder and harder to use
my hands. In my research.
I saw that there were nutritional supports for
connective tissue and I decided to look because as I was reading
through a list of the supplements, so vitamins and
minerals and lipids, I went and I liked and I had a supplement
that I wasn't taking regularly that I had bought to support my
eyeballs. And I take it a little bit.
Didn't really notice anything, you know, because it's not going
to fix my vision. My vision is mechanical.
It's a mechanical issue. All those people say take Lutein
Laurie, it'll fix your eyesight. No, it won't.
It'll just give my eyes better health so my retina stays
healthier. But it's not going to improve my
vision, I promise. So I go to those things
skeptically. Notice that was a narrative that
stopped me from supporting my body like nothing's going to fix
my eyeballs. Well, no, it's not fixing my
vision, but it did improve my eye health because in taking
that, it not only has helped the tendons in my thumbs from over
in misuse, it also is supporting the connective tissue around my
eyes. And my eyes aren't as tired, go
figure. And so making sure, and it's not
just Loutine, it's a whole thing, but I'm very, very
tickled about that. And so making sure we're
supporting ourselves physically, emotionally.
If you have a therapist, it's a good time to go to a therapist.
If you don't have a therapist, looking for resources like my
podcast, Matilda's podcast, Tracy St.
Croix's podcast. We all talk about things that
help elevate you, give you tools to keep moving.
It is a very good idea to look at side hustles and side gigs.
We just did your natural income path.
That was a wonderful workshop. Everybody got the workbook.
And then we're doing the gardening class.
And then I'll be doing some astrology classes in April and
Matelda and I have an event we're setting up for May.
We'll cover you through the summer months so that you are as
surprised as what we can give you on navigating both the
weather, world events, how to be prepared, etc.
Those are all things that we're trying to do.
I'm going to teach some astrology classes.
I think I'm just going to do a couple workshops because I keep
getting similar questions. And if you want to learn
beginning astrology and you've never done anything outside of,
you know, maybe watching some videos about the signs like your
sun sign, if that's all you know, then go hit my YouTube
channel Beginning astrology tutorial playlist astrology,
real astrology. To be an astrologer takes time
and practice. That's why I spent a lot of my
time translating the astrology into practical everyday tools
for you to use. But yeah, so in the Patron
podcast, I'll go different, I'll go over different ways you can
you express creativity based on your Natal chart.
I'll be talking about what I expect to be up on deck this
week, as well as what's in the headlines.
That segment. If you see my videos on TikTok
and you're relatively new to me, those little clips are actually
part of a much longer video where I go through what I expect
to see in the headlines. For everybody wanting good news,
guess what? You're an egg, all right?
But politically, it's very unstable right now, and it's
going to continue to be. So what do you do?
You take care of you. You take care of your energy
levels. You take care of your physical
health, try to pull your focus back in as much as possible and
what you need to do in the immediate moment.
As as the member of the awake space said, they have kids that
depend on them. That's right.
Focus on them. Do fun things.
Live for the giggles, OK, live for the giggles.
It's so important. Put on some music when you clean
the house and everybody dance around.
My mom used to do that when I was a kid.
It's it's an intense week, but the more you can approach it
creatively, the better that can be in.
Creativity takes many many forms.
Let me know what you decide to do and how it helps you shift
your personal energy by dropping a comment anywhere.
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have a good week regardless of circumstances.
And remember, fear is a misuse of imagination.