beasties

I’m on Chris Grosso’s Podcast: All About Spirit Animals

June 3, 2019
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Hello Creators of MAGIC and Wonder! I was recently invited onto Chris Grosso’s podcast and we spoke about the wisdom of SPIRIT ANIMALS.  I think you’ll enjoy our conversation. You…

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A Cure for Mile High Anxiety

January 17, 2019
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My brilliant colleague and friend Nancy says we’re all terrified. It’s what’s happening. If fear of flying (or any other fear) is getting the best of you, I have something…

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Do you have a story about a beastie that helped? Enter the contest!

July 2, 2018
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Greetings my fellow life pirates! Are you feeling generous and also like winning? I am longing to share the power and MAGIC of the beasties and how they help. Do…

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Guest Post: Jennifer Bauer Shares How the Beasties (Rattlesnake and Stingray) Help.

June 5, 2018
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As a relatively new coach, I have been calling upon my beasties for guidance and wisdom about my spiritual journey, as well as how to build my practice. Using tools…

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What Does the Fox Say About Parenting Tweens and Teens?

January 20, 2018
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Overnight, you’ve become wildly unpopular as a parent. Your teen suddenly compares you to other parents, who dress “normally,” buy “much better food,” give their kids the newest iPhone and…

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How to Get Messages from the Animals that Appear in your Dreams

March 14, 2017
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(from What the Walrus Knows published in 2011) Beastie:  Any creature from Ant to Walrus…including mythical creatures like Unicorn and Griffin. By analyzing our dreams, even in a basic way,…

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Why It’s Important to Make Your Dreams Tangible Any Way You Can

November 9, 2016
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Hello dear creators of wonder and MAGIC! I just returned from The Big Apple with my daughter and friend Suzi.  We had a wonderful time seeing Book of Morman (GO!!…

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What To Do When You’re FEELING RESTLESS.

August 9, 2016
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  I’ve been feeling a little restless this month.  My new memoir “Swimming with Elephants” has found a publisher (yay!!!) and the contracts are being drawn up- so at the…

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12 Quick Ways to Get Clear Quick

January 19, 2016
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Hello creators of WONDER and M A G I C! One of the things I hear sometimes from my clients ( and notice in my own life) is the sense…

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Animal Totems: How to Receive Messages from the Beasties in Three Steps.

January 8, 2015
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Animal totems-  or the art of receiving messages from wild animals truly saved me during a time in my life when I had to find my way in the dark.…

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Alice the Elephant, an excerpt from Swimming with Elephants (Conari Press 2017)

November 15, 2013
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Chapter 15- an excerpt from my book Swimming with Elephants (Conari Press 2017) Alice Arrives “Who is Alice?” asked Mother. “Alice is somebody that nobody can see,” said Frances. Russell…

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What the honey badger knows about FREEDOM.

July 18, 2013
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Originally published at Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change Site The honey badger is a ferocious, weasel-like animal with incredibly thick skin and few natural predators. It was this particular beast…

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What The Walrus Knows App for iPhone/iPad is here: Animal Totems at Your Fingertips.

September 26, 2012
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My life has undergone some pretty dramatic changes in the last several years and it was so much more effortless and joyful when I paid attention to the messages that…

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How Working with Animal Totems (the Beasties!) Helped Me Navigate Big Change.

May 6, 2012
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Transcript from a  TED -style talk I was peer selected to give at The Martha Beck Coaches Summit in Phoenix in 2012. BIG change can be scary.  You want to…

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What The Walrus Knows Video

January 13, 2012
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You may be feeling called To something different. A different life. A project… A big change… Something epic… But is scares you. The Beasties can help. They can show you…

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Beasties Can Help a Momma (or anyone, really) Get a Life!

November 22, 2011
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Written originally for and posted at Mom Gets A Life I am a physician, a mom to 4 fantastic kids, a wife, a friend and (now) a writer, coach and…

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Interpreting Beastie & Other Night Dreams Like A Shaman

November 10, 2011
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Curious how to interpret night dreams in which Beasties show up? Dreams that feature animals or ones that feel BIG in some way are often the carriers of some very…

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