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An ending and a beginning

9/25/2016

"Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape."
- Andy Andrews

“Commitment is doing the thing you said you would do,
long after the mood you said it in has left you.”
- George Zalucki

I made a commitment to myself that I would write a blog entry every week for 3 years straight. No matter what obstacles would jump in my way, I was committed to writing and publishing a blog entry to be sent out every Wednesday. Well, 3 years later, this is blog entry #156. I'm really proud of myself (and amazed) that I maintained my commitment. I had naysayers along the way telling me it didn't matter if I skipped a week (or more) or making sure I got my blog out was not a priority. To them, it wasn't, to me - it has been. This is probably the longest commitment I've upheld and not many can understand the importance this holds for me.

It can be scary and unnerving to put yourself out there. The whole point has been to share perspectives and connect with others who may resonate with what I express. The determination to write this blog - no matter what - came from a place deep inside of me. I'm really happy that I followed the feeling that this was something I needed to do - even if I wasn't really sure why. At the very least, I proved to myself that I can and did fulfill my commitment.

I have decided that I will continue to write, but not on a weekly basis. To those who have read and followed the blog - Thank You! To those who commented either on the blog itself or through email - Thank You! I'm grateful to everyone who has accompanied me along this 3 year journey.

Love & Gratitude, Adrienne :)

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5 Key Truths

9/18/2016

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There really are no adjectives that perfectly describe how this past year has been for me. Challenging to say the least; a huge learning experience to say the most. Other words that come somewhat close are intense, painful, confusing, liberating and healing. This journey of healing, getting to know the real me (not the ego scripted version I thought was me) and breaking down my walls and barriers has been hard, even grueling at times. Regardless, it's a journey I'm committed to and I know it's the most important and rewarding of my life. In today's post, I would like to share a few key truths that I have learned and lived over the past 12+ months.

1. Our mind is like an iceberg; the conscious mind being the part that we see on top, what we are aware of; the unconscious mind is the massive part that hides below - we have no idea what's there until we go looking for it. Our lives and reality are mostly run by the unconscious part. You want to change your life, you start chipping away at the unconscious and bring it to light.

2. Our inner child plays a huge role in our daily life. Just about any issues we have present day can be traced back to needs that weren't met when we were children. Inner child work is a powerful tool that enables us to take a huge step forward towards healing and shifting our reality as we know it.

3. No emotion is bad or useless. Every emotion we have is an indicator of how we're feeling, which is an indicator of what we're thinking and believing. Our emotions can lead us to the thoughts and beliefs that we need to change so we can feel better. Every emotion is valid. While not very pleasant, it's good to feel the anger, sadness, despair - they are there to get our attention. Stuff them down or ignore them and they will pop up again and again until they do get your full attention - i.e. manifesting as a physical illness. Every emotion has a message for us.

4. We can’t force forgiveness - it happens when we’ve achieved our own healing. We can set the intent that we wish to forgive, but it truly won't happen unless we do our own healing work to get there. It comes about organically when we’ve worked with and healed our own wounds by getting at the real root issue of the pain that we feel another has caused us.

5. When we feel enclosed in our own darkness or imprisoned inside ourselves – there is always an open door leading out of that darkness/jail. It's an open door that leads us to our own freedom. We just have to explore and find it. We have the choice to stay "locked up" or we can look for that open door – everyone has one.

Love, Adrienne :)

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Gypsy Soul

9/13/2016

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I saw this picture on Facebook and absolutely loved it. The phrase 'Gypsy Soul' sums up my life now as well as a past one. I have moved A LOT. I've moved over 30 times across the U.S. and abroad. It's always a bit scary to pick up your life and move to a new place, especially if you don't speak the language, but the pros far outweigh the cons. I love meeting new people, seeing new places and learning new things. When I'm abroad, I love soaking up the culture wherever I happen to be living. The idea of settling down and living in one place seems foreign to me. In fact, I don't know that I'm capable of it. A home base is probably far more reasonable for this Gypsy Soul.

I was always drawn to songs such as "Gitan" (Gypsy) by Garou and "Gitana" (Gypsy) by Shakira. One of my favorite films is Chocolat. I love this film on multiple levels - the chocolate, the themes of rebelling, holding your boundaries, determining your own destiny and the scenes with the river Gypsies. Some aspect of me has always, in some way, identified with Gypsies. A few years ago, I was shown why a part of me is drawn to them.

While doing an Emotional Baggage Release session, I was able to see into the past life of the person I was working with. In that life, she was a Gypsy and lost many of her friends and family to fires set by a group of, let's call them, anti-Gypsy people. I could see her on the ground, watching the flames, sobbing and yelling. I felt that she was focusing on her best friend who she knew was trapped in a wagon turned ball of flames. In that moment, I realized - I was the best friend in that life. Needless to say, I was shaken up, but we continued with the past life healing repair until all of the trapped emotions for her were released. It took me a few days before I could sit quietly and let myself go back to that time. I saw what 'I' looked like, but mostly I could feel what 'I' was feeling during that event. I saw that they had barricaded the doors of our wagon and there was no way out. I saw who else was with me. I could see other wagons burning and knew this would be our fate as well. I felt the panic, the disbelief, the heat... It was pretty horrific. I did my own releasing and healing repair for the situation.

So, at one time I truly was a Gypsy. It's interesting how a person I'd never met before these sessions turned out to be a Gypsy Soulmate. I was once an actual Gypsy and now I live this life going from place to place. For me, this is another confirmation that there is nothing random about life.

Love, Adrienne :)

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Past lives, time travel & healing

9/5/2016

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Sometimes, the trauma that we experience in a past life can carry on through future incarnations. I grew up swimming in pools, lakes and the ocean - it was something I enjoyed. I remember about 14 years ago I was in Greece and had jumped off the boat I was on and into the water. I was treading water and realized that the lower portions of my body were really cold, whereas the upper part of me was still warm. This made sense as I was in deep water, but all of a sudden, I was struck with fear. That fear didn't leave me. Every time I would swim in the ocean over the next few years, I would have this petrified fear take over. I don't like fear very much, so I decided to face it by learning how to scuba dive - in the Great Barrier Reef of all places (full of fish and jellyfish that can kill you). This did help me a little bit with my fear, but the nagging sensation was still there. About 9 years later, I was in a past life regression where I felt myself die while swimming in the ocean. My fear became clear to me and made sense. Something about that day back in Greece had triggered a past life trauma memory and it affected my experience in this life.

There was also a time in my late 20's when I would wake up in the middle of the night and see a spider hanging over me. To my mind, it was very real and very terrifying. After what felt like an eternity, the spider would disappear into thin air. This went on frequently for over a year. It was so frustrating because I couldn't figure out why I kept seeing this. Fast forward about 1.5 years later, I was having a Reiki session and had mentioned the spider issue. My Reiki practitioner was able to see into a past life where I had been imprisoned and starved to death. There were spiders all over my cell. I had been left there by a lover. It turns out the past life lover was someone I was close to in my present life at the time of the spider visions. In this case, the spiders were acting like a warning - to be careful of low self-esteem and to draw my boundaries - both of which were issues from the past life and my present life. When I got this message, I never saw the spiders again.

I've learned a lot from my own past life experiences and from working with clients. I have learned that time travel is possible. I have learned that we actually can change the past - not the events per se, but the fallout from the events. It has occurred in many sessions where I will see a client's past life and we will have to do emotional repair work that ends up helping the past incarnation as well as the present one. Often, we will use visualization where I describe the situation of the past life to the client and ask that they visualize that they are there. Usually I ask them to comfort or hold space for their past incarnated self while we release the emotional trauma. I remember one time when a client and I were in one of these visualizations and the past incarnated self looked at me and said, "I can see him" (meaning the client). This left me dumbstruck. I'm used to the past incarnations seeing me, but to see the client as well, it blew my mind. Through these sessions, it became clear to me that we can travel to past lives and that by doing the emotional release work, we can change how it affects both the past and present incarnations of the person I'm working with. It just goes to show that the wonders, perplexities and mysteries of life never cease to amaze.

Love, Adrienne :)

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A Third Eye Perspective

An ending and a beginning

"Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape."
- Andy Andrews

“Commitment is doing the thing you said you would do,
long after the mood you said it in has left you.”
- George Zalucki

5 Key Truths

Gypsy Soul

Past lives, time travel & healing

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A Third Eye Perspective

An ending and a beginning

"Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape." - Andy Andrews

“Commitment is doing the thing you said you would do,long after the mood you said it in has left you.” - George Zalucki

5 Key Truths

Gypsy Soul

Past lives, time travel & healing

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"Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape."
- Andy Andrews

“Commitment is doing the thing you said you would do,
long after the mood you said it in has left you.”
- George Zalucki