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Systemic Effect

Sep6

Trickster Inspired

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Trickster Inspired

So, yesterday on my radio show Systemic Effect, I let my inner Trickster Goddess inspire me.

This decision was partly prompted by my apparent inability to get an interview established with anyone for this date. I tried asking several people, but nobody was available. This may be because of Labor day weekend, perhaps, because I never have this much trouble booking an interview. It’s usually actually relatively easy. That’s not to say everyone I ask says yes (the Dalai Lama’s office said no on his behalf), but many do. So, this situation was unusual for me, and I ran out of time.

Viewing this situation in the light of recent events (the Trickster Awakening that I discussed in recent posts), I figured my lack of interviewee was for a reason, and a way for me to step beyond my usual way of doing things. So, I accepted the challenge and dedicated the show to the Trickster Goddess.

I offered on my facebook page and on the air to do free intuitive readings for people. While I would say I am extremely intuitive, I’ve never done official readings before, so it was a shot in the dark. Outside of readings, I figured I’d spend the rest of the hour talking about the trickster.

The show started slow. I struggled a bit for words, but managed not to panic. Then, phone calls started coming in, as well as requests on Facebook for readings on specific questions. Soon, time was speeding by.

I think it went really well. For the most part, I did get specific intuitions about people’s questions. I did find out, though, that my intuitive skills don’t apply to questions relating to medical issues. I get no hunches or nudges or even inklings. Nothing. It could be because I care so much about the people asking that I want the answer to be one thing so much that I struggle to really listen. But, I also just think it’s not my area of work. Some people ARE medical intuitives. Caroline Myss is the perfect example. She just automatically can sense how blockages in a person’s energy field are effecting their physical health. She can sense health issues that haven’t been detected yet. There are certainly people who can do this sort of thing. I can’t.

Areas that my intuition are particularly strong relate to relationship dynamics (like the question, “what forces are in play here?)” and spiritual awakening questions. I felt that my answers to these types of questions were really strong, and maybe an avenue of work for me.

I’m considering having a bit of a business set-up where I do readings for people. Because I’m new at this, because people are in tough financial times, and because there are some areas I’m more strong than other areas, I’m thinking about having a bit of an unusual set-up.

So, here’s my thoughts. If people are interested in my services (which will be laid out on a website), they send me a request. They tell me the basic type of question (relationship, job, etc), and how much they are willing/able to pay if the answer I give is helpful. I either accept or turn down the offer. If I accept the offer and when I am done offering the reading, the person has the choice whether to pay that amount or not. They pay according to whether what I said felt right or not, and was helpful or not. That way, hopefully, I can both make some money and get some practice, but also be held accountable. If the information I offer isn’t helpful, then people can move on.

Thoughts? Comments? Ideas? What do you think?

Back to the radio show, I don’t know if I’ll do live readings again, because I think sometimes my intuition does better if it’s not rushed that much, especially with an audience listening. Generally I check in with my intuition via meditation or some kind of inner silence, and silence on the air is bad. However, I do think I’ll continue to do live call-ins. I liked the energy of that.

So, I’m happy it went how it did. I’m even grateful I didn’t book an interview, because this experience pushed me into a new realm of relatedness. What draws me about the trickster energy is the crack it creates in conditioned perception. It sure did that for me today!

If you want to listen to the show, you can go to http://main-fm.org/nav/archives/
Scroll down to Systemic Effect.

This archive will be available from today til next Sunday. Let me know what you think!

Aug31

Making My Way

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Making My Way

I have come to a juncture where I must start making money. And, let’s be clear, after paying for taxes, childcare and gas, $10/hour doesn’t really make much money. It makes a tiny bit of money, but not enough to benefit me much. So, I need ways to make money that either make more than $10/hour or that I don’t need to use childcare for (like, providing childcare in people’s homes).

I am open to a range of options, although a limited range, because I really do want to stay in Asheville. Sadly, there’s not a lot of work here, certainly not above $10/hour. If I were open to moving to big cities, with my video background, I’d have a chance of making real money. But, I really feel that Asheville is where I need and want to be.

I am doing a lot of work in the world right now, none of it paid, but all of it is important to me. With my radio show, my events planning, etc, I am highlighting the consciousness shift that’s happening, connecting the dots between different aspect of the shifts going on right now, bringing to the front people whose work is centered around the shift, facilitating community building around positive change, and providing a voice for interconnectedness, shared power and community togetherness.

One of the options I’m considering as a career is consulting. Perhaps I can be a consultant to businesses that want to know how to incorporate these values into their missions.

Eventually, I’d like my radio show to be nationally syndicated, and that could make me a little money, but radio is not known for being a profitable biz for most. Ditto for writing. So, these are avenues I’d still like to pursue, but will definitely not make me money in the time frame I need them to right now.

Another idea I’ve been tossing around is doing personal consultations with individuals who also feel the consciousness shift happening, and want help discovering their role in it. I have a particular gift for seeing other people’s giftedness, and I think that, in this role, I could be an empowering force in people’s lives. I could use my skills for deep, intuitive listening to help people discover what has been within them all along, and provide encouragement and ideas for how to move forward with it. If you might be interested in this service, let me know, and we could set up a time to talk. Conversely, if you are already doing work in the world around the consciousness shift, but aren’t sure in which ways you are being effective or not effective, I’d be happy to provide a loving critique with ideas for places to strengthen the work you are already doing. With either of these services, I won’t have a set fee (because I’m just getting started), but will request love offerings, which means you could pay me whatever you felt you were able/what it was worth to you, after the session.

The last couple money-generating ideas I have are more practical, but may very well save my butt in the coming months. The first possibility is childcare. This usually doesn’t pay much, but at least I’m not paying for someone else to care for Joy in the meantime. Joy would love the extra social interaction, and playing with kids is fun. My childcare rates are flexible, depending on the needs of the family.

The last idea I have is house-cleaning. I have had friends who have done this, and made a living. Often, you can charge $25/hour for light cleaning, and that obviously would easily pay for the childcare needed, plus leaving me with money after. I’m also happy to do deep cleaning as well, but would charge more. I’m an excellent deep cleaner, which I attribute to my moon in Virgo! : ) If you live in Asheville, and want this kind of service, let me know, or let me know if you know anybody who is looking for something like this. Thanks! I’d like to get the word around. Ditto for the childcare.

Also, I’d like to humbly state that I also accept donations. Nope, I don’t mean “hand-outs,” I mean donations. Meaning, that if you like my work and would like to see me keep doing it, then perhaps you will consider supporting the work via some moula. Contact me if you might be interested in this or anything else I mentioned in this post.

If you are interested in contacting me about any of the above (or even anything else I haven’t yet thought of), you can contact me at girlchasingfrogs (at) gmail.com

Thank you!

Jun15

The Real Situation in the Gulf

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The Real Situation in the Gulf

Here is an interview with Natalie Pierce and Summer Burkes, activists in New Orleans dealing with the oil spill:

Natalie and Summer Interview

Topics:

* The Current Oil Spill Situation in the Gulf
* The mood in New Orleans
* BP’s restrictions against press, scientists, and people wanting to help
* Effects of Corexit, the highly toxic dispersant being used
* Ways to demand accountability from BP and the government
* Things people can do to help the Gulf
* Ways to stay positive in the face of catastrophe
* Oil Spill Solidarity Movement in Asheville

If you ever want to check out old interviews on my radio show, go to SystemicEffect.org. If you are on one of the rare computers that won’t recognize that website, please let me know. I don’t know why this is happening, but I hope to sort it out. : )

Feb25

Fate and Free Will (and a Great Radio Show)

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Fate and Free Will (and a Great Radio Show)

Recently, on the Diana’s Grove Mystery School on-line discussion forum, someone asked about the paradox of believing in both faith and free will. Below is my personal answer.

I do believe, as Rob Breszny states, “The Universe is conspiring to shower me with blessings.” Right now, I’m especially feeling that way because things in my life are really coming into fruition. I’m starting a new radio show on the local Low-Power FM station, and I am sort of feeling like everything in my life has led me to this moment.

The show is called “Systemic Effect” and is about the current conciousness shift, changing of the ages, and people who are riding the front wave of it and doing the work. Although this is a volunteer producer position, Ive decided (or been called?) to dream big for it. My goal is for it to become a nationally syndicated radio program by a year from now. I feel like it could really happen, too. I have the necessary skills, I know lots of people who are in some unique way dedicated to the shift, i have an ever-solidifying vision of the structure of the big shift, and I think a lot of people would be very excited to access the information and ideas of this show.

I am suddenly very clear that this is my life’s work at this time, and that everything before this is leading to this work, and everything after this will in some way benefit or stem from this work.

A lot of my current life situations are due to my following some very intense guidance I have been getting. Moving to Asheville is the biggest example. I felt so called to come here even thoigh it seemed crazy to make such a big move with a toddler and I did not have the resources to do this transition smoothly. As a result, I have had the *opportunity* to confront and release my deepest fears. It has been a hard road, and yet through it all I have managed to stay true to my deepest core values. Even through intense poverty, I have been a great mom. My daughter, Joy, has continued to have a great life, and I have remained true to myself even through crushing doubt. As a result, I am stronger in myself than ever, and I am now living in a great town that is the perfect launching place for my life’s work. See, it is all coming together!

Regarding free will, I fully believe that fate is an infinitely flexible thing. I think it is possible to refuse the lessons we came into our lives to learn. The result is that our lives then repeat the same lessons over and over until we get it and can move on to the next thing. Once we learn to listen to and follow our deepest passions and guidance, we are able to break our patterns and live as co-creators with the Universe. That’s how I see it, anyway.

One of the beauties of the approach at Diana’s Grove is the leadership approach of “leading people to their own discoveries.” I like this because no one but me can actually know or discover what my real lessons are. From the outside, many of my recent actions may have seemed self-destructive, but only I could have known how trully I have been following destiny’s call. Because DG is a community where no one preaches to me and tells me what my path is, I am able to really listen deeply to what my own heart knows. I am so grateful for the love and encouragement I get here.

So, I believe in fate and free will as both real and seperate, yet symbiotically interrelated. Anyone else? How do you see these forces at work in your life?