Blooming with Emily
Spiritual Growth & Self-Care Insights
The Framework That Changed Everything: A Personal Journey with Boundaries
Prentis Hemphill author of What it Takes to Heal describes boundaries as "the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously."
I love this idea. When we don’t have healthy boundaries not only are we not showing love to ourselves, but we limit our love for others as well.
Walking Between Worlds: Embracing Ancestral Magic at the Equinox
The Big Wheel is turning so I thought I’d offer some guidance on how you might choose to engage the seasonal shift by working with your healed and wise ancestors. The more I work as a medium and connect clients with loved ones in spirit (including ancestors they know of but have never met) the more I feel called to speak to the importance of ancestral connection.
It’s likely that you’ll hear more about this down the road, but for now, consider this newsletter an invitation to gently, and intuitively incorporate some ancestral magic into your equinox self-care and spiritual practices. Let’s dive in.
Breaking Free of Limiting Beliefs
I want to share something vulnerable with you. A few months ago, I found myself trapped in the exact patterns I help my clients navigate. I was caught in endless mental loops, overthinking every decision, and feeling paralyzed by self-doubt.
During my daily tarot practice, I kept pulling cards from the suit of swords: the 8 of Swords, 9 of Swords, and 2 of Swords. Card after card, these images stared back at me revealing figures with eyes closed or covered, trapped by their own thoughts. At first, I was frustrated. Why wasn't I getting clearer guidance?
Cultivating the Essential: A Journey Through the Lens of Human Needs
What if the key to a fulfilling life isn't found in acquiring more, but in understanding what truly matters? In our fast-paced world of endless choices and distractions, the ability to identify what is essential is both helpful and transformative.
Within the practice of becoming clear on what is essential, a guiding light emerges, helping us recognize the elements that align with our deepest values and aspirations.
What's Your Intuition Style?
Discover how you naturally connect with and honor your inner wisdom.
Your intuition is always speaking, but how do you listen? This quiz explores the unique ways you attune to your inner knowing and the practices that support your deepest self-trust. Choose the answer that resonates most authentically with you.
Beyond Comfortable Spirituality
Real spiritual work isn't about transcending the world's pain; it's about developing the courage and compassion to face it.
Like generations before us, we're living through profound upheaval that’s both collective and personal. As I write this, I'm thinking of the genocide in Gaza, the wars in Sudan and Ukraine, environmental destruction, and the fractured state of the country where I live.
The Courtyard Canvas: Reflections on Impermanence and Art
In May 2021, I picked up my brushes and painted my first mural in the courtyard of a historic downtown Vancouver building. It all started when a local business posted on social media, looking for someone to brighten their courtyard with a mural. Something inside me responded to that call.
The Sacred Art of Intuitive Tending: The Gardener and the Garden
In the rhythm of seasons and cycles, I've been contemplating what it means to be both the gardener and the garden in our own lives. I'm considering how we are simultaneously the creator and the creation, the nurturer and the nurtured, the one who shapes, and the one being shaped.
Building Resilience Through Spiritual Practice: Simple Tools for Hard Times
In a world that seems increasingly chaotic, we often hear about spiritual practices as tools for enlightenment or self-improvement. But what's discussed less frequently is how these same practices can be practical lifelines during our darkest moments.
Clairsenses and Psychic Communication
I’m often asked what it means to be psychic and intuitive. First off, being psychic, intuitive, or tuned into your clairsenses is all one thing. I use these terms interchangeably. Second, I believe we all have psychic and intuitive abilities. Most people have experienced them on some level. Ever just known something to be true, only to have your instinct confirmed? Most likely it was your intuition that nudged you.
Some people intentionally develop and engage their psychic and intuitive abilities, while others don’t. Those who nurture these parts of themselves often find their abilities grow in wonderful and supportive ways. Some people, like me, choose to use their abilities to help others, while others don’t. Either path is valid.