If you're the type of person who has an acuity for feeling what others feel, you could have been put into the category of being "an empath". I've have related to this label in different aspects for a very long time. As a holistic chiropractor or practitioner I didn't know how to navigate the "silent empath" energetic syndrome that presented itself early in my career. I would go to the office feeling fine and then patients would come in with certain ailments such as back pain, shoulder pain etc. I remember one day working on someone with shoulder pain and that night my shoulder really started to hurt. There was no mechanism of injury. So what did I do? I treated it with acupuncture until it felt better. The next time that patient with the shoulder pain came in, I used the exact same points that I used on myself and the patient got tremendous results. This was fine for a time until the cases got more and more difficult (cancers, tumors etc.). I'm telling you this not to toot my own horn but to share what I realized.... (Maybe I was the "canary in the coal mine" for people's pain and if I could heal it in me, I could help other people.) Many years later, I have learned how to clear and separate what is mine from what is another person's stuff. Easier said than done but it can be done. If you are feeling sad, down, unmotivated or having some sort of pain, please realize you could be tapping into your inner empath and reflecting back that which is in your environment. You are NOT alone. Chime in if you feel like you are experiencing some of these feelings.

Since May is traditionally the month of "mothers day", I'm also suggesting that we can declare it: Healing from our Mother's Wound month. There is a lot to say about what is termed: "childhood trauma" and how it can affect us as adults. For example, we can go through life trying to be perfect about everything we do and not realize where that stems from. We can be attracted to partners who don't support us emotionally or mentally in some way, shape or form. We can compare ourselves to others who we deem more successful, have more status, looks that seem enviable etc. We can feel not good enough. We can be avoidant or anxious versus secure. Now of course some of these overlap to the "father wound" as well but since Mother's day is right around the corner, this month is an opportunity to process any triggers we have towards our MOTHER ENERGY and perhaps learn some new ways and processes of dealing with it. In this post I'm not asking anyone to share vulnerable details of their mother wound story. 🙏Rather lets all commit to bringing light and love and compassion to our Mother Wound by shifting to a place of asking our Soul to help us on this journey. 💜If you are willing to recite this release mantra for the subconscious wounds we all may carry, please comment "Yes I am willing" below and then copy and paste this into your Journal entries or calendars for the month: "Soul: even though I don't know which specific mother wounds I have or how to shift them, I only know that you help me with this and I am transformed." Thank you.

Do not try to attract Love; for that is impossible. Instead realize: there is no love This is analogous to the spoon bending line in the matrix. Rising above the energy of what is requires us to teach our mind that there is no spoon, no love but merely molecules that make up the spoon and love. Moving the spoon requires a conversation with the molecules. Moving our love equation requires a conversation with our love molecules. Happy Energy movement.

So "many times we have heard the cliché, "go with the flow". It sounds really good but who does it really apply to? When I think of flowing, I think of water and water by its' nature dissipates or disperses. But what contains water? what force opposes water or keeps water in balance? The earth element; where would water be if not for the land beneath it, the river banks to guide it and the mountains to repel it? Conversely, the nature of the earth and mountain has opposing forces. The mountain doesn't "flow" it has static properties and by nature is a container, a barrier, an absorber, a structure. When I ponder this for myself, I realize that sometimes I am water and sometimes I am earth. At times when I feel stuck, I question whether I am really stuck or whether I am just providing some structure for the moment; some grounding. When I am "all over the place" I question whether I am expressing my water element too much or in excess. I suppose being an acupuncturist at an early age helped me to see the dynamic of the elements in respect to healing but as I have gained more experiences I try to apply these principles of nature to the other areas of my life. So, if you're finding that you aren't going with the flow today, perhaps a part of you is realizing it needs some earthiness or grounding and is calling to you to express this nature? or perhaps a part of your water element is stagnant and needs a little earth to move below you to get you to run downhill again (friction between you and a partner business/romantic/family member)? In either case, I find attraction points with other often reveal our nature and flush out things that are dormant in us. I hope today you either go with the flow or stay poised in your position like a mountain!!

I love mantras and I am statements and I truly do know that they can make a difference when used at the right time. When we say a mantra but there is a part of us that is not congruent with the mantra, it's possible that the mind senses a conflict and then either raises a red flag or creates a stress response internally. I use Energy Testing to see if my mind and all parts of my mind (or you can call it your personality) are congruent with the mantra. If I am congruent with the mantra- great, let the suggestion and statement play out. However, if I am not congruent with the mantra then there is more work to be done. There are many processes to reset one's nerve system and brain in order to get back to congruence. Which one do you use?