I just had an amazing follow up session with one of my Moon Magic VIP clients and I was blown away by her transformation.
Check it out for yourself. Then, if your interest is piqued, click HERE to set up a free 20-Minute Spirit Strategy Session with me to see if the Moon Magic System is right for you.
Moon Magic Success Story
“My biggest challenge has always my inability to let go of my fear and doubt. I have high expectations for myself and I’ve always doubted every move I made for fear of failure.
“As a result of working with Michele’s Moon Magic System, I’ve learned that it is okay to do (not just try), to make mistakes, to forgive yourself, and to keep moving toward your goals.
"I’ve also learned that there is a time and place for everything and that there’s no better way to make changes in your life but to move ahead one step at a time. Believe it or not, once I realized I was ready to start making changes, things just started to fall into place.
“Since working with the Moon Magic Manifestation System, I’ve been able to accomplish so many things in such a short period of time. I am, little by little, making all the changes in life that I know I want and deserve. "I’m also open for new challenges that I was never ready for before. Even simple things, such as dating, are easier and more appealing.
“Because of all these new experiences, I feel more confident about who I am, about all my abilities, and about what I’m worth. I am a work in progress and PROGRESS is the right word for me now!
“Working 1-on-1 in my VIP Day with Michele has helped me open up more on a personal level. It’s really allowed me to target what I need to fix or change in my life. And it also helped me understand what I want to create for my future.”
~ Alexandra Lange
Sales and Marketing
Here's that link for your complimentary session again... Just click HERE.
Waking up in my nieces' room this morning, surrounded by Twilight posters and the soft sounds of little girls' sleeping, I lingered in bed just a little longer than I should have. Maybe I was trying to hold onto their innocence for just a few more minutes before delving into the inevitable discomfort of the coming day.
Within a few hours, my two sisters and I were off to our mother's house to clean up one hell of a mess (literally and figuratively). Last month my mother underwent major surgery and almost lost her life. And, while she was in the hospital in a coma, her husband shot and killed himself in their home.
I cannot describe the thickness of the energy in and around that home when we walked in this morning. All of the anger, disappointment and sadness clung to the air like the cigarette smoke clung to the walls, making everything dingy and depressing.
Together we packed, we cleaned and we fought ~ the tree hugger, the neurotic caregiver and the high priestess ~ like strangers who know each other all too well.
And when the time came to pull up the living room carpet, the very spot where our mother's third husband had taken his life, the emotion came flooding in for all of us. Emily, who was raised by Randy in a less than ideal childhood, grabbed a kitchen knife and started to cut away the carpet with a fierceness fueled by her grief and our recent fight.
Then Lizzy, overcome with emotion and frustration at the entire chain of events, which she's been at the center of since moving to North Carolina two years ago to be near mom, began to rip away at the carpet with her bare hands. Within a few minutes, her 14-year-old daughter was right beside her tugging and pulling the carpet out with pure strength of will.
Finally, I began to roll the tattered carpet up and tear at the padding below while choking back curse words through teeth clenched in anger. Over the years Randy had put my family through so much ~ abuse, trauma, alcoholism ~ and now THIS?!? I was mad and not ready to forgive.
Then, like a wave, the salty tears started to flow from each of us one by one. Ripping and tearing at the carpet with our dirty, calloused hands, we cried as we pulled, pried and pealed away the layers of flooring and emotion.
I reached out and hugged my sister, who just minutes before I'd been having the most ridiculous argument with. We apologized and let our frustration with each other melt away in the presence of heavier emotions. As we held onto each other, we let go of our anger.
Then we all worked together in silence, systematically pulling up sections of old carpet and carrying them out the truck with tears streaming down our faces. It was surreal in so many ways... like a scene you'd see in a movie or read in a book. We were all in the moment together, all fully present in our sadness and our grief. It was awful. It was meaningful. And it was cathartic.
Tonight, as tired as I am, I can't seem to find the comfort of sleep as I sit in a tiny recliner at my mother's bedside in a room that stands in stark contrast to the one I woke up in this morning. As my mother sleeps I watch her 400 pound frame wrestle with unseen demons in her dreams.
I want her to be well, to heal. And yet I'm helpless to help her unless she chooses to help herself. I pray that she will, but the more time I spend with her the more my hope wanes as her old self-sabotaging habits sneak back in, defying her words and good intentions.
In two days I'll be back home in Florida. I'll slip into my routine of clients and coaching and swim meets with my son. I'll spend mornings working in bed with my dogs at my feet and afternoons walking on the beach, and all of this will feel a million miles away. I'll feel a million miles away, separated from a family I don't always feel a part of.
But today I was here. Today I was present. And no matter how hard it was, no matter how many tears I shed, I'll always be grateful in some way that I could be here for this... the hardest day.
 Erin & Me (& Baby Thor) Curled up in my flannel sheets at my best friend's cozy Virginia hillside home, I'm reminded what it means to feel truly comfortable. Comfortable in her home, comfortable in her presence, comfortable in my bed, comfortable in my own skin.
Erin is one of my oldest friends from my college days. Over the years this amazing woman has helped me raise my son, brave my crappy jobs, grieve my losses and celebrate my successes as few others have.
Like any relationship, ours has had its ups and downs. Last year we spent the better part of a month living and traveling side-by-side in Europe. We had an amazing journey together, but at times we grated on each other nerves like an old married couple.
We became mirrors to each other during this time. We reflected back the best and sometimes the worst, but always the truth. We saw our shortcomings and our strengths through the eyes of someone we loved and trusted. And we didn't always like what we saw. But we did learn from it.
Today, spending time with Erin and her hubby Jason as they're expecting their first baby, I see only beauty and love reflected back at me. We've learned a lot from each other over the years.
We've learned to be gentle with each other when one of us is being hard on herself. And to be firm with each other when the other one refuses to see what's right in front of her.
We've learned to accept each other WHERE we we are, because we know that WHO we are is far more important. When one of us is having a hard time, the other one never gives up on her. Instead, we hold the space for our friend to step up to be the woman we know she truly IS.
We've learned to forgive each other, because neither one of us is perfect and neither of us expects perfection (whew!).
And we've learned to be silent together without feeling the least bit uncomfortable or the slightest need to fill the space with mindless chatter.
And for all this and so much more... We're better women because we've known each other.
It's a new month and I'm ready for a new me!
September was full of challenges for me... Family situations that rocked my foundational core and, yes, made me stronger (although personally I thought I was plenty strong before!).
But October marks a brand new era, and I'm ready to step into it with my full power and potential to rock this month from start to finish!
It always amazes me that whatever I'm offering to my private clients, I'm also learning on a deeper and deeper level each time I teach it.
And this month, one of the concepts I'm working with my clients on is the idea of a "Goddess Makeover."
Just like a traditional makeover, step 1 of the Goddess Makeover is about enhancing what's already working for you. So take a look at your current skills, talents and intuitive gifts and see what you need to do to give them a little va va va voom.
Step 2 of the Goddess Makeover is recognizing what's not working for you and taking action to change it. So treat your outdated thoughts, limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behavior like 80s hair and cut that mess out girl!
If you're ready for your Goddess Makeover, let me know... What are you revving up? And what are you cutting out? And how is this more in alignment with your authentic self?
Together we can shift our energy from survival to spectacular... all it takes is the touch of a Goddess.
Enough letting go, enough being strong, enough tears... just ENOUGH!
Those of you who know me or follow me on social media know that the past few weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions for me and the people I love the most.
My Mom's been in and out of the hospital for the past several months and today I learned that they're doing emergency surgery for a perforated bowel tonight.
Since I'm in Florida and she's in North Carolina I can't get there to be with her before surgery and I feel so helpless and worried. So I sit by the phone, candles burning, prayer beads in hand, and I wait.
Then I received phone calls from my two best friends, sisters in my faith and my life, to find out that they're both saying goodbye to their beloved pets today.
Ann Marie lost her beautiful cat Harold (who joins his brother Zeus, the German Shepherd, who crossed over just 2 weeks ago) late last night.
And Erin, my dear friend in Virginia who's 7 months pregnant, has had to make the hardest decision any pet owner will ever have to make for their best friend as she lets go of her long-time companion Mr. Niles.
We're the kind of people who love our pets with the same devotion some people reserve only for their children, and so feeling their pain is like feeling my own. And feeling it combined with my own is absolutely overwhelming.
Needless to say, it's a hard day. I know I will get through it; I know that my friends will get through it. I know that our love and compassion and all of our spiritual tools for healing will somehow carry us to the other side of the pain.
And, whether we like it or not, tomorrow the sun will shine and the world will go on. We will grow, and heal and learn.
But for today, I just want to say, ENOUGH.
Okay, so in the interest of full disclosure, I'm having a little bit of a mini-meltdown today.
Why, you ask? Well...
My Mom's still in the hospital and is being prepped for surgery tomorrow, I've jam-packed my September schedule with some very demanding (albeit way cool) business opportunities that are totally stressing me out right about now, and I've had 3 different calls from 3 different people today letting me know that events I've scheduled for September and October have to be changed for one reason or another. {Deep breath}
I'm stressed out, more than a little overwhelmed and totally aware that all of these things are ~ somehow and in some way I can't even begin to understand just yet ~ in Divine order.
And yet they still suck when you're the one going through them. So let me just dispel any illusion that you may have that people who live a "spiritual" life are always balanced and serene (believe it or not, I get this a lot from people).
We're all human and we're doing the very best we can with what we're dealing with. So remember to have a little compassion for each other. All too often we have no idea what the person who's next to us in the grocery line, snarling at the cashier, is going through in their personal life.
As for me, I could cry or scream or throw a temper-tantrum. But really, I don't have the energy for all that drama right now. So instead, I'm turning off the computer and taking a nap.
As I fall asleep I'll be asking my Guides to comfort me, restore me and help me regain at least a little bit of my balance and serenity as I rest (or at least not kill anyone when I wake up).
Oh yeah, and if you see me in the grocery store wearing one slipper and mutter to myself while snarling at the cashier, don't judge me... it's been a rough week.
It's always funny to me how whatever I'm going through in my life is reflected back at me in my business ~ usually giving me some spiritual insight as to what's really going on with my energy so that I can course correct if I'm too far off my path.
This morning I'm sitting here juggling 3 new projects I'm working on (all very yummy... I'll share soon, I promise!) in between fielding phone calls from the hospital and my sisters about our mom's health.
I'm scattered, I'm scared for my mom, and I'm overwhelmed with all the things I feel I have to do. And yet I'm running at full steam ahead. And something tells me that I'm headed for a crash if I don't slow down a little.
Then I pick up my folder on tonight's workshop ~ Waking Up Your Gaia Consciousness, and something shifts. I put both feet on the ground and let myself slow down and focus just a little on what's right before me.
And it just so happens that's what's right before me ~ in my business and my life this morning ~ is the Goddess. Gaia, in all her glory and splendor, is right here to offer me comfort and nurturing, even when I think I'm too busy to receive it.
And I'm so grateful she is! I can still feel the tornado of tasks and worries and obligations swirling around me, but I feel grounded and not "caught up in it" anymore. Once again, I feel like I've got my grace back.
And I have a feeling tonight's Gaia Consciousness class is going to be full of "a-ha" moments for everyone ~ especially me!
If you want to learn more about tonight's class, click HERE.
With the rain steadily dripping on my roof this afternoon, I'm reminded of the importance of connecting with the elements.
How appropriate, considering that the rainstorm is in perfect sync with my prep for an Elemental Spirit Guide workshop I'm teaching later this week.
As I read my notes on water, I'm reminded to let this purifying element wash away my "negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, fears or unhealthy habits...in order to nurture my goals into existence".
What great advice. I think I'll go stand in the rain for a few minute and do just that.
PS ~ If you'd like to learn more about my Spirit Guide class at The Crystal Garden this Wednesday night, click HERE.
Just finished prepping the Magical Writing Workshop that I'm hosting at Jamar's tomorrow afternoon and I am so excited.
I know I probably say this a lot, but this is one of my favorite classes to teach because it gives guests a solid spiritual tool they can use to connect with the energy of their Higher Selves and their Spirit Guides again and again. And that is powerful stuff.
Plus, I just LOVE hearing about all the inspiration that folks get during this workshop. It always amazes me and thrills me when I see that light bulb go off for someone when they finally get the message they need and it clicks for them on a deep spiritual level.
And my favorite part is a fun little group exercise we do at the end (but I can't give it away now, you'll just have to come to find out for yourself).
Hope to see you tomorrow at Jamar's. To register, call 561-630-2280.
Did you know that Rosemary stimulates the central nervous system? It’s even been found beneficial for folks with low blood pressure because of its positive effects on circulation.
And now researches are investigating the benefits of this savory herb in the prevention of cancer. It seems that the antioxidants in rosemary help protect the body from free radicals. Not bad for an herb that, when combined with a little bit of olive oil and salt, can transform the ordinary new potato into thing of culinary beauty.
One way to enjoy rosemary in your diet is to make herb infused olive oil. Just harvest your fresh rosemary and bruise the leaves slightly before putting them in a decorative glass container. Pour warm olive oil over the herbs and let the oil infuse in a cool dark place for two to three weeks. The flavor will become stronger as it stands.
Rosemary’s ancient charm… Once its roots are established, this herb will grace your garden for years to come. Which is a good thing because according to a bunch of old wives throughout history… where rosemary grows, so grows love.
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