[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Have you ever noticed that sometimes, despite our best efforts and precisely laid out plans, life takes us on an unexpected detour and all of our plans go flying out the window? People that know me often think that because of what I do for a living, because I have a lot of knowledge, experience and spiritual gifts, that I am some sort of a “guru”.  They think that because, as I have been told frequently, I help so many people so easily that I’m different, special.  But the truth is that I am --click here for more--

A woman wrote to a friend of mine, who is also a healer, about how some of her experiences with all of us at the Higher Self Bookstore has impacted her life and helped her get in touch with her “calling”.  Her words were very touching and profound, and I’m sure everyone at the store shared in the experience of feeling gratitude to be able to be of service to others in such a meaningful way.  I don’t think any one of us shared a message with her that she did not already know intuitively before she came to us, but instead she got the validation that she was --click here for more--

This past week I decided to reach into my ‘technique tool belt’ and try something that I actually abandoned a while back…the idea of focusing on being grateful to raise my vibrations, shift my focus and redirect my energy.  I’m not sure what possessed me to go there, but the idea popped into my head on a Sunday night and I decided to focus on gratitude for the next 7 days and see what happens. The idea behind gratitude, or at least my perception of it, is that the Law of Attraction gives you back what you send out.  Most people find understanding and working with --click here for more--

This post is in response to a very deep question submitted to me on the Advice Section (there are a few other posts on that page so far, so be sure to check it out by clicking here ).  I thought that people in general may be very interested in this question, so I am posting it to my general blog page.  Also, remember that you can share this website easily by going to the site and clicking on Email Friends.  I hope everyone is doing well and feeling blessed this holiday season! Jennifer   Dear Jennifer, Can you elaborate on the phrase “God realized” in the context of raising --click here for more--

When I was young, my parents had a horse that we spent a lot of time with.  I was the younger than my sister, so I was always the last to ride.  Riding was great, in spite of my mother’s constant guidance (that would prove to make me a fairly good rider later on).  I would climb up into the saddle, with a little help because I was too short to reach the stirrups on my own, and I would imagine to be this princess-like girl, running through a field on my white horse having an adventure.  I was in a fenced-in corral, but nonetheless, I could escape in my mind and be a special kind --click here for more--