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Last night there was a storm. I woke up thinking about how the wind and rain blew through, shaking the dead stuff from the trees and cleaning off the old dusty residue. Nature is the best medicine, isn’t it?
I'm reading Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin. He's rethinking Western psychology from the point of the person being a part of this great, vast planet. I'll explore his book deeply in an upcoming episode, but for now, let's take a few lessons to heart and reconnect with nature.
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This episode will inform your journey if you are facing an end of life time with your pet. They don't have words, so we will dive into how to assess their quality of life, their joy or pain, and how best to nurture them through their final days.
It's a subject I know intimately; I’m in the midst of this for the third time, and wanted to share the experience in case you face this in the future. Because our pets don’t have voices, we must make the best guesses we can about their pain, their will to live, and their desire to cross the rainbow bridge. I don’t have all the answers, far from it, but I’d still like to offer up my experiences so that you don’t feel alone when you face this.

I’m currently in the throes of pet hospice for our 19-year-old Maine Coon, Romeo. He’s been losing weight fast these last few months. His body has a tough time tolerating food. At his last check up, the just-out-of-vet-school-doctor couldn’t wrap her brain around end of life care. When she noted his feather weight and tooth situation she began to write down a litany of tests she’s recommend to get to the bottom of Romeo’s poor health. “He’s nineteen years old.” That didn’t sink in. We asked about quality of life. How, since Romeo can’t speak, do we know that he’s not suffering more than he’s thriving?
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Show Resources and Materials:

https://www.lapoflove.com/blog/end-of-life-care-and-euthanasia/quality-of-life-assessment-a-critical-tool-for-your-senior-pet

https://www.cinderrockvetclinic.com/site/blog/2021/09/27/assessing-senior-pet-quality-of-life

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3760804/After-Bel-Mooney-revealed-dog-came-death-sceptics-ask-dead-pets-really-come-comfort-owners.html

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Today’s episode is the first piece of an ongoing conversation about overcoming roadblocks to become more spiritual. I’ve tripped up, made major missteps, and fallen into potholes, but I’ve also achieved some victories. I hope by sharing my journey, I can smooth your path. The focus today is on how to cut out the spiritual middleman. It’s imperative in order to claim your power.
Soon after the death of my father, I spiraled into a deep depression. I didn’t want to be here anymore. It was a pain no one could solve, so I turned to the spiritual. If I could stretch the limits of my soul, could I catch a glimpse of Dad’s new zip code? Then maybe it’d be okay to keep living.
And that’s how my spiritual journey saved my life. Soon, though, as I dug into the subject deeper, I kept hearing this judgy voice asking, ‘Is that book godly? Is this knowledge dark magic?’ The exclamations came from some bible study teacher embedded in my brain, on and on she went. Dark, light. Good, evil. Sanctioned, damned. Heaven, Hell. Growing up, I’d been indoctrinated to believe there was no room for gray. And that’s how I was introduced to the spiritual middleman in my head. I had to evict him in order to take my power back. It was a boss battle. Gamers know what I’m talking about. A knock-down-drag-out-fight. But I made it and nothing would bring me more joy than if I can embolden you to do the same.

So what is a spiritual middleman? It is any guru, channeler, healer, teacher, shaman or religious leader that believes they have higher power, more worth, or greater status than those they teach or lead. In this episode I'll teach you what healthy spiritual leaders look like and what defines controlling, gatekeeping spiritual middlemen.
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If you want to muck in the depths of religious condescendence, I’ve provided a link to the Catholic blog post telling you why you must not trust the Holy Spirit in yourself, but rely on the (gulp) anointed church leaders.

Bible Timeline – Including the organized church responses, rules, limitations, and all of its iterations and advances

Jesus – No Middleman! An article by Roberta Grimes

Is your spiritual teacher keeping you asleep? From Wake Up World! Website

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Nora is the dynamic artist behind the Curious Cat show identity. If you like the art, just wait until you meet the fae mage that created it. They're here to teach us about astrology. I am eager to learn.
All I know is my sun sign is Sagittarius. That's it.
Nora unlocks a new level of understanding for me with evolutionary astrology. Haven't heard of it? Well, just wait. It is a powerful sub-genre that provides each of us with a custom-written owner's manual to clarify this life down to the day. Use it to identify, clarify and understand your strengths and bring forward the vocations where you will find natural, undeniable success.
Show Sources and Reading List:
Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul by Jeff Green

https://www.amazon.com/Pluto-Evolutionary-Journey-Llewellyn-Astrology/dp/0875422969

The Art of Forecasting with Astrology by Roland Legrand

Astrology for a Better Life by Roland Legrand

Rasa Lila Healing Zodiac Polarity Workshop Recommended by Nora
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I’ve become somewhat obsessed with Joseph Campbell lately. I found a copy of The Power of Myth and have been pouring over it these last weeks. Each paragraph blows my mind! He speaks of feminine mythos that were displaced by masculine mythos, and it got me thinking, this in-between torture we’re in the midst of? It is because of an imbalance between feminine and masculine energies.
Feminine and masculine energies have nothing to do with gender. We all have feminine and masculine energies in our bodies. All genders can tap into BOTH energies, though it’s common for most to have a more dominant energy, but this can shift day to day. Both have positive and negative attributes and our best life is when we seek balance between the two in all things at all times.
As we seek balance, it is IMPERATIVE THAT WE DON’T BURN DOWN, DIMINISH OR SUPPRESS the masculine. That will not result in balance. In fact, that's exactly how we got into the current mess we're in now. By the end of this episode, I hope you learn to embrace all parts of yourself and find that the balance between masculine/feminine is your superpower.
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Host, Jennifer Hotes, on TwitterShow Sources and Materials: Medium Article: https://medium.com/thrive-global/learn-the-difference-between-masculine-and-feminine-energy-ff1c14366aed

https://www.chopra.com/articles/how-to-balance-and-harmonize-masculine-and-feminine-energies

https://chopra.com/articles/how-to-balance-your-female-and-male-energy

The Five Visions of Nikola Tesla

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