Energy Clearing and Chakras

I know some of you have never heard of energy clearing at all, and some of you thought smudging was a makeup technique.  So I'll take the time to give you a bit of information about a service I provide.



ENERGY CLEARING
Due to having constant exposure to others, we encounter we automatically are also exposed to their individual energies whether they may be positive or negative energies.  We may be exposed to their flowing mother love everything is beautiful energy as well as the toxic emotions that cause irritability and even some illnesses.  No matter the type of energy you encounter you may also bring that energy into your home or whatever physical space you spend time.  I don't know about you but as an empath, I can barely cope with my own energy yet alone someone else's.  These energies can cause your space to feel stagnant.  Have you ever noticed that you seem to have arguments in the same areas of your home?  This is a clue that the energy needs clearing.

There can also be other reasons for needing to clear the energy in your space such as:  

Energy Vampires
They almost seem like normal, honest, good people but secretly that want nothing more than to have you join their misery.  Know the old saying misery loves company.  They are pros at attracting empaths who are loving, caring, and have optimistic attitudes for energy vampires to suck out of them.  So much so that they live you feeling drained, and stuck because they have sucked up all of your energy.

In-home Visitors
To keep your home sacred, it’s good to clear the energy in your home after having visitors or even after a party.  Doing this resets the energy flow of your home and erases all the energy that your guest may have left behind.  

THE PROCESS OF CLEARING 
Every space is different; therefore, techniques can be adjusted. However, my process of clearing spaces can consist of providing Reiki to each individual room in the home while also smudging with a variety of different sticks such as white or yerba santa sage, cedar, or juniper sticks, that may contain lavender.  (I plan on posting about the many differences sometime soon.) After clearing the space with sage.  I infuse the space with positive energy by utilizing palo santo, candles, incense, singing bowls, music, or crystals.  I do this all while praying or setting the intention you have for your home.  I do all of this after cleansing myself as well as all occupants of the home.  Once that process is done, I offer my gratitude and ask for the protection of the home.  

CHAKRAS


Within our physical body, we have a spiritual body that contains Chakras, which is the Sanskrit word for wheel or disc.  Each chakra represents a different energy center that holds life force energy that is responsible for each person's physical, mental, and spiritual functions.  These energy centers absorb and transmit energy to and from the universe nature, celestial entities, people, and tangible things like crystals. It is said that human beings have thousands of chakras located in hands and feet but the most significant ones are seven main chakras located along the central line of the body, from the base of the spine to the top of the head.

How do Chakras Affect Us?
The chakras are constantly rotating and vibrating.  The activities in them influence our body shape, glandular processes, physical ailments, thoughts, and behavior. When one (or more) of the chakra is blocked and the energy does not flow harmoniously through them, or it is wide open, it will result in imbalance that is manifested in all areas of life.

How do you Balance and Heal Chakras?

I do this by smudging my physical body with sage and palo santo, aromatherapy with essential oils, Reiki, color therapy, breathwork, exercise, meditation, crystal work, natural plants in the physical environment, clean eating, and clean living through functioning through my higher self as much as possible.  Also, drink plenty of water!  We are love and light consisting of a spectrum of colors, which is represented by our energy centers.  When you add water to light you see its beauty more, you recognize and handle shifts of energy easier, raising your vibration bringing you closer to balance and your higher divine self.


What Blocks Chakras?

Chakras naturally shift throughout our day as we encounter people and life and have lived experiences.  However, some things that cause chakra blockages are childhood traumas, limiting beliefs, adverse habits, physical and emotional traumas such as abuse, and lack of self-love to name a few. 

It is important to recognize the blocks we carry, find and understand their source and meaning, and develop tools to heal them or utilize the services I provide to aid you in empowering your journey to healing.

If you feel your space needs clearing due to stagnant energy schedule your energy clearing session today by clicking here. 

Crystal Healing with Reiki

I have loved crystals for as long as I can remember.  I would collect rocks, shells, and sea glass and imagine they were fossils and gemstones.  Little did I know it was the start of an expensive and fulfilling journey.  Its only fitting that I learn to incorporate them into my career and my way of life.  Today we're talking about Crystal Healing with Reiki!

Crystal Healing

Crystal therapy is a module that treats clients through placing crystals on or around the body as well as in rooms in a grid-like pattern.  Crystal healing has been used dating back to the time of Atlantis.  Crystals have an electromagnetic field that lets off a charge or vibration that communicates and connects with energies that flow around physical spaces including human beings. These vibrations interact with the energy centers or chakras to remove blockages or restore a healthy flow of energy throughout the body, mind, and spirit.  Whether you believe in the healing properties of crystals or not it still offers you the opportunity to relax, refresh, restore, de-stress, and improve your wellbeing in a non-invasive way.  


The color of the crystals used usually corresponds with the energy center on the body.  (I'll describe in more detail how this works further in the post.) The human body contains crystalline particles and a rich array of minerals that are formed from the earth.  The human body is 70% water and water is also a crystalline structure.  Therefore, the minerals and crystalline structures with your body create a harmonious balance when combined with the minerals and crystalline structures of the earth.  A balance of holistic wellbeing and support in the human body representing an appreciation of earth's gifts.  

Crystal Healing with Reiki

Crystals used during Reiki Healing will help the healing and energy balancing. They will speed up the healing process.

When utilizing crystals to enhance a Reiki session and assist in balancing the whole chakra system a crystal is placed on each area in the appropriate color. In combination with the setting of the practitioner and the client's intentions, this will give each chakra a boost of its own vibration without altering its energies or the overall harmony of the system. It is believed that the interaction between the crystals and chakras will return the chakra into healthy vibration, therefore healing the part of the body affected.  By placing a different beneficial stone on each of the seven chakras it can be a general tonic to strengthen and tone up the entire system. Crystal Reiki has the potential to connect the client with the rising consciousness around them and help them align with it and use it to heal. After the use of each crystal, they are cleansed to protect the clients as well as myself.  

Corresponding Chakra and Crystal Layout 
White/ Brown/Black Crystals = Cleansing or grounding

Red/Orange/Yellow Crystals = Energize and uplift

    Pink Crystals = Loving and soothing

    Green and Blue Crystals = Balance, peaceful, healing, communication

    Purple Crystals = Spirituality, and Intuition

Red energy brings the physicality of life and how we live to the forefront. It is our sense of connection to society and security in life. Red crystals are used when there is:

• No enthusiasm for life • Low energy levels • Insecurity, fear or anxiety • You need to stir up passion on any level 

Orange energy gives us a sense of direction and purpose, uplifting our spirit. It encourages to enjoy the experience of life. Orange crystals are used when there is:

• Boredom or you feel stuck in a rut. • Resentment to change • Fear of enjoying yourself too much • Life is becoming too serious • You need to let go of past issues or blockages 

Yellow energy provides brightness and warmth to life and assists with our decision-making abilities. It also represents the nourishment of the Self. Yellow crystals are used when there is:

• Nervous tension/anxiety • Confusion, indecision, lack of concentration • ‘Butterflies in your stomach’ feeling due to fear • Digestive disorders 

Green energy provides balance, the power of nature, growth, and expansion. Green is the color of relationships because of its growth/expansive nature. Green crystals are used when there is:

• Restricted or fear of the unknown • A need for balance • A need for new ideas or inspiration • Problems in relationships 

Blue energy brings communication, aiding the flow of information and a sense of proportion. It is useful for calming our minds or emotional states when life gets on top of us. Blue crystals are used when there is:

• To calm yourself down • To communicate clearly and honestly • Peace and clarity of mind, giving you room to ‘think’ clearly 

Purple energy signifies spirituality, the third eye, a need to turn inward, and be honest with ourselves about who we are and what we truly feel. Purple crystals are used when there is:

• Focus on personal beliefs and ideas • Deepen intuition and instincts • Speed up natural healing on any level • To provide different perspectives in life 

White energy is wholeness and completion – purity, simplicity, and peace. Everything is visible, nothing is hidden – eternal potential. White crystals are used when there is:

• Clear your life of clutter • Fresh starts or new beginnings • Connection to the higher self • Be open and receptive to life as a whole 

Black energy is that of gestation, preparations, and grounding ourselves. Black crystals are used when there is:

• Ground yourself and alleviate fear • Prepare and make you more aware • Calm yourself, aiding focus on internals rather than distracting externals • Deflect negative energy and provide protection 

Turquoise energy allows the expression of our wishes, growth, and communication. It supports the desire to be unique and free. It is protective for travelers. Turquoise crystals are used when there is:

• Wish to explore information through feelings/emotions • Need an energy boost • Have lack of courage in social settings, feeling like you don’t fit in • Need protection when traveling by whatever method 

Pink energy promotes motivation and potential. Brings caring/tenderness to situations and supports the integrity of the individual. Pink crystals are used when there is:

• There is emotional anxiety • You didn’t receive enough love as a child • You have inner child issues • Need to accept yourself and know that you are worth it 

Brown energy is practical, neutral, and non-threatening. Brown offers a state of reality from which to grow, it is an earthy, natural color. Brown crystals are used when there is:

• To focus/concentrate on a particular task • Attention to detail • To become more dependable • To blend and be at one with nature 

Use reiki energy to help you heal the parts of you that are making you feel stuck and schedule a hands-on in-person or distance Reiki session today by clicking here. 

Mindfulness

Since starting graduate school I haven't really taken a break. In-between classes we have the option of taking a break and that break can be one week to three weeks or we can choose to not take a break at all. Due to me wanting to complete my degree and start working as soon as possible I have opted not to take any breaks. However, due to my overwhelming responsibilities and the process of starting my clinical work I have decided to take a 3-week break. I'm currently on my second week and I feel that although I have been taking steps to better myself more intensely the last couple of years;  it is in this experience that I just had an epiphany moment. I have a better understanding of why those steps were so extremely vital to my journey right now. I have been feeling extremely anxious and unsure about many of the decisions I have made in the last few months; years in fact!  Even though I have grown secure with my decisions.  However, at this very moment I have just realized that those decisions, those steps were necessary not only for my health, sanity, love and respect for myself, my peace, but also for my well-being of being present in my body and this time and space.

I have learned that therapist also need their own therapist. We all have our own set of problems and experiences that we have to deal with that impact the people we are; and that impact can be a negative or a positive one. So on my journey I have had the honor of experiencing several therapist and a few have suggested mindfulness practices to me. I admit, I did not truly understand what mindfulness was until today. Thanks to a podcast app that I just downloaded I have chosen to subscribe to many therapist topics to utilize as resources for myself that may also be beneficial to share with my clients and through my research I have learned that mindfulness means different things to many people.  Therefore, I have gained a bit of compassion for myself for putting so much pressure on self to understand something the way another therapist understands mindfulness to be. I now understand that my confusion on what mindfulness is was because it was something different to me. It's not just shutting my brain down to not think any thoughts.  It's about welcoming those thoughts and being aware that they are there but placing a bit of a boundary on those thoughts and telling them I see you, but this is my focus right now. Its not just sitting still posing like a Buddha.  I have now realized that I have been practicing mindfulness a lot in my relationships, when I cook, when I go for a walk, when I'm shutting off the TV and playing games with my kids, when I'm listening to the birds, when we're trying to have family dinner, when I'm gardening, when I'm drinking a cup of tea. Mindfulness is a awareness and it's a focus on one thing, but also a developed compassion that we're human beings and our minds roam.  That's what they are supposed to do.  I'm now seeing ways that I would like to practice mindfulness with more of an intention; for example it's a habit for me to tell my kids I love you everyday.  However, it has become more of a habit; there's no real intention on it. When I'm saying it, I am making their lunch or I am pushing them in the doorways of their school building or I am turning a direction to head to work or something. Now I see that I have to be mindful in my intent to actually help my children really see that this is a moment of expressed love and not just words.  Furthermore, not with just my kids but also with my husband, my mother, my father, myself. I am so looking forward to the focus that I am sure being intentionally mindful will bring to my life.  Maybe you will be on the same thing I'm on...

Living Intentionally

My anxiety level is at a somewhat high level today and I tried with all my might to breathe; to be with myself in a way that allows me to be present and accept the things that I cannot change about today. I took my kids to school. I had lunch. I tried to take a nap.  Unfortunately, they say those who are the quietest have the loudest minds and my mind was just literally screaming to the point where trying to force a nap was just not beneficial to me anymore.  So, I woke up; turned the TV on one of my favorite channels; HDTV, and amazingly one of my favorite shows was on; Fixer Upper.   I don’t know about you but seeing this show and other interior design shows like it, just relaxes me because I feel that in my future, I will absolutely be experiencing the joy that these people feel when they see the renovations on their homes.   I then began scrolling through my phone and came across an artist, @alexisrakun that posted this picture below.

This picture did something to my spirit.  It gave me the energy that I needed to push me to write this post.  I poured a glass of wine. I joined a Facebook group to help me research something that I’ve been thinking about for months now, and I finally feel like I have some type of control and peace.  Yes, I do have control issues, but I have accepted this about myself and I have realized that this control is me.  This is what makes me unique.  It allows me to not only have moments in my life where the control has to be let go of, but it also provides me the do all to get things done when things need to get done; and I welcome that control.  It is nothing that I will allow anyone to make me feel negatively about any longer!  Especially, from the looks of it; it seems like people around me expect that control as well because I am the one who everyone looks at to get things done.  However, I'm learning to let go of that enabler spirit; that takeover spirit and learn to just chill and let go of the people and the things around me that don't allow me to just chill.  Although, it is incredibly hard when your kids and your husband are some of those people, but we're working on those boundaries.  As long as I have pictures like this that keeps me motivated on this journey, I’m optimistic that we’ll get there. 

One of the words my professors have told me throughout my graduate school journey is that I have great intentionality and a clear uncomplicated point of view of how I express things. I have to admit I didn’t know what my professors meant about intentionality because of course I intentionally said what I said or wrote what I wrote or else I wouldn't have done it.  So of course, I was thinking my professors meant something else.  However, after reflecting on this I realized they meant that I have a purpose, that I am the truth, that I have a clear goal of where I'm trying to go, that I have a clear understanding of whatever principle I am describing or reaching towards.  Mind you I by far do not feel this way at all when I’m presenting in class or submitting my assignments because my anxiety is really out of this world but the fact that these people who have absolutely no idea of my story feel this highly of me says something.  It says that I’m dope; have always been dope and will forever be dope. It's time that I embrace that, and I am in this moment, and I’m motivated to continue doing so.  Here’s to continuing to gain knowledge with intention and love for our bodies, our souls, and our legacies.    

Keep trusting...

As I sit here on public transportation with the sun warming my face, and appreciating the 50 degree breeze that welcomes me everytime the doors open it is putting me in a reflective, proud but melancholy mood. So I decided what better moment to get my feelings out right now where there is no one around grasping for my attention. Yesterday, I had a pretty eventful day. I went and saw my cousin play basketball for Drake, against Loyola, and it was ravishing seeing these young men out there putting up a good fight, and trying to make their dreams come true.  It was truly inspirational, and it made me pray for them, especially my cousin. It made me pray that God shows him how much he is loved. How awesome he is, and that he can do anything he put his mind to, but put his mind to something good, and rewarding on multiple levels. To don't give up and trust in him.

Yesterday I also got a biopsy. I still have to wait for the results, but in getting this biopsy I was given information that confirmed suspicions I already had.  I've shared this information with my husband but now I'm forced to make a decision that will/ or may affect our lives and I'm struggling to be open, and positive about it, but I'm trying.

I'm trying to focus more on being thankful that God has given me the gift make things beautiful. Thankful that my family is in good health and that I'm able to live this life with my wonderful grandmother still here and in her right mind and able to help me with creating our family tree. That I am on this journey of starting a new career as a therapist and I am doing very well in my classes still maintaining a 4.0. Thankful that my mom has opened her heart to go through the journey of falling in love. Thankful that God keeps showing me ways to build on my relationship with my dad, and work on my marriage, and be a good Mom.

There's so many things that I can be thankful for and yesterday having the opportunity to pray for my cousin now has shown me that I need to pray that same prayer for myself. God is showing me how awesome and loved I am.  He is showing me that I can do anything and all I have to keep doing is have faith and keep trusting  in him. Everything is going to be alright.

I'M A STUDENT!!!!

A couple of months ago I blogged about troubles, because I had received word that I once again was not accepted into a school that I applied for.  This was the 5th School!  I was really upset and I was sort of discouraged, but still determined to see if I can actually make my dream of becoming a therapist come true. Northwestern University was the closest school that I got to actually making it.  I made it to the final round. Out of 200 something applicants I was a part of the 70 something people that actually got an interview and I was proud of that. I was thinking,  what if this actually happens?  When it didn't happen my world was kind of turned upside down. I was thinking why would God put being a therapist on my heart for the last 10 years for it to not happen?  What is the lesson in this? That question was not settling with me so that's why I was determined to just keep going and see what happened. So I did my research and I found one more school that had my program.  I saw that it was an online program and I talked to God.  I said, "is this what you're telling me?  Are you telling me that I need to go to school online because my life is crazy right now?  I mean how would I actually be able to handle going to class in this life and studying?  Is this what you want me to do?  You want me to go to school online?  I imagined him saying,  "Go for it!" (Or maybe I heard him for real ;-)

So that's what I did and now I am happy to announce that I am now a graduate student of North Central University in the Master of Arts Marriage and Family Therapy Program. I was so excited to get that acceptance letter all I could do was get down on my knees and praise God literally. So far I'm in my first week of class and I've done three assignments and everything is smooth sailing (besides a hiccup with fingerprinting).  Financial aid has been all taken care of.  I've spoken to my advisor several times.  Communication is great, and I will meet my instructor via Skype tomorrow morning Everything is great!

You might say what is happening with an Enchanté?  I would say that's a great question.  Enchanté is not going anywhere.  The fact that I am becoming a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist will only add to the success of on Enchanté. Enchanté is all about empowering women to believe in themselves, know their worth, carry themselves with dignity and integrity, and demand for the world to worship them and be encouraged to take care of themselves within.  Being an MFT will help aid me with the work that I can do in the community that Enchanté will be affiliated with. I have so many ideas for on Enchanté and I am so excited to see it on unfold.

(Day 19, 20, 21 & 22) Getting Unstuck: You get What you Put Out

This past 21 days of medication has been a really positive experience. After 21 days of doing the meditation I still need to get better with my focus on the actual mantra but other than that the messages that I received from having this experience and going on this journey I am praying that I actually am able to incorporate them into my daily life because I feel that they will be very instrumental in turning many of my relationships in a more positive direction. Being that 21 days meditation experiences is no longer available for free on the site; I'm so happy that I put this experience into videos so that I can always go back and experience this moment of positivity when it's necessary and I'm hoping that you all take advantage of this resource as well. Click the video to hear more about the last days of my journey of meditation.

(Day 14 &15) Getting Unstuck: Let your intentions guide you

(Day 13) Getting Unstuck: Finding your Self-Worth

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves. -Malcolm X's

(Day 11) Getting Unstuck

Todays meditation was magical! Oprah shared with us her favorite bible scripture which is, Be still and know that I am God.  Right around the time that I was listening to this God spoke to me by showing me his beautiful creations.

God was indeed showing out and I loved it! Click the YouTube video below to hear more about today's meditation experience.

(Day 10) Getting Unstuck

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness if you are attentive, you will see it.
-Thick Nhat Hanh

Today's meditation,  learn to "be here now;" was powerful. It was filled with a lot of very useful information.  Click to hear about it, and don't forget to subscribe!!!!!!

(Day 9 ) Getting Unstuck

I really connected with today's meditation it's what Enchanté is all about! Take a listen! Let me know what u think.

(Day 6, 7 ,8) Getting Unstuck

(Day 4 & 5) Getting Unstuck

Today I am working on day 4 and day 5 of the Oprah and Deepak's 21 Days of Getting Unstuck Meditation Experience. Yesterday was my anniversary so I was unable to do day 4 which is why I'm doing it today along with day 5.  I have to say that both days made me feel like I'm on the right path of self-love for myself and making my life better. Click the link and listen to my experience and please feel free to leave comments and let me know about your experience. Also don't forget to subscribe!!!!!!!

(Day 2) Getting Unstuck

Today, I decided to include my son on my journey of Meditation and I made a huge mistake, lol. That won't happen again. I mean it's not that I'm not going to ever meditate with him again because I will. I even downloaded a kids meditation app; I will just make sure I have my own time for myself 😊.

I also, believe I picked the wrong location because it was pretty busy on the lakefront for 7:30pm and the bugs were eating me up! So I really wasn't filled with zen at all! Looking forward to try again this evening.

Day by Day

I've started a 40 day Journey

prayer book called Emotional Healthy Spirituality Day by Day by Peter Scazzero and it has been wonderfully enlightening reading this book everyday suggested by my Pastor Dori Gorman of New Story Church . In my readings I came across Psalms 131 and in the devotional portion of the book for that particular day we were reminded that we often forget our humanity, our limits, and our inability to change others. We are reminded that David was one of the most powerful people of that time but he still reminded himself to not to think highly of himself. He prayed that he does not concern himself with the great matters or things too wonderful for him and that told me that even with David being as powerful as he was he knew not to worry about things that were going to happen or that he wished would happen or anything of that nature. He knew that it was not up to him but that those things were too powerful for him to think about. He knew that those things were up to God.

Reading that I was like, "Man, I wish I could be more like David." The reading for the next day and devotional we were taught about patient trust.

Patient trust is above all trust in the slow work of God we are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay we should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability and that it may take a very long time. And so I think it is with you; but your ideas mature and gradually let them grow let them shape themselves, without undue haste. Don't try to force them on, it's true you could be today what time will make for you tomorrow (that is to say grace and circumstances acting on your own goodwill). Only God could say that this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give our Lord the benefit of believing that his hand is leading you. And accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.
-Pierre Teilhard de Chardon

Reading these words were so powerful and they assurance I needed regarding my acceptance to school, my career, the opening of my storefront, the growth of my kids, the success of my marriage. the Journey of getting myself healthy. All of these things I have to trust that with these different processes that I'm going through the Lord is leading me and to accept the anxiety that I feel.

Troubles

I'm having a little bit of a struggle today. I'm out doing my morning walk  and my little prince/venom actually fell asleep on my 3 Mile walk for change and it was so peaceful not hearing my name called  about 50 times and not having to pick up things that he's dropped,etc., but although the walk was peaceful listening to the wind and the waves I am still unable to enjoy this time because I can't settle my mind.  I

have captured beautiful pictures of the amazing blessings that God has placed in my path, but at the same time I must admit that I'm a little tired. Most likely it's from the worry about finishing up my last prom dress and about my going to school to get my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. I recently found out that out if 200+ applicants I was picked as the 70 to get an interview but I was not picked as part of the 40 to receive an offer to participate in the Northwestern program. Now I have to start the process over again with applying to another school.  Something is telling me to not give up but at the same time I do have some doubt about it. Is this really what I'm supposed to be doing?  I can't give it up because I've been thinking about this for 10 years and I feel like the scheduling is perfect and I can see myself doing this along with running my store and because I have been helping people naturally for so long I feel that this is what God is telling me I need to do, but the process of not knowing if I'm going to get accepted again is scary and I'm having a hard time crossing over that fear.  I will cross over it though.

I'm also thinking about my sister (and a couple other family members).  We have had an unfortunate relationship in our time together mostly because of events that we had no control over but because of these events they have caused both of us to think about each other in a certain way and treat each other in a not so pleasant way. For myself, I acknowledge my actions and thought that we were trying to move forward but everybody works at their own pace and everyone has their own experiences that help make them the people they are today. In my journey of trying to put God 1st in my life I feel I have reached a crossroad.  I have been hurt and I don't want to be hurt anymore which is my reason for distancing myself. However, is God telling me that I deserve more, that I don't deserve this treatment or is he telling me to be like Joseph who forgave his brothers? I mean look at all that Jesus encountered all the pain and hurt that he experienced but he knew that there was a paradise on the other side,  that he had to go through the anguish to make things better for us, so he welcomed it. I do forgive my sister but am I supposed to open myself up for potential pain, let go and open my heart again or is it alright if I just continue to show my love from a distance? These questions are what's troubling me.

Also, my husband is having a hard time communicating with me, following through and compromising. I really want us to establishing our own family traditions and he seems to think...I don't know...I guess that I don't want to be around his family which is not the case at all, or that I'm controlling.  I also have a few other personal goals that I have set for myself that are taking a little bit more time to

accomplish than I thought but as my son wakes up from his nap I am pushed back into reality and I guess I have to get up off this bench overlooking the lake and finish walking home to make breakfast and get to work on prom, and allow God to work.

The Reminder

In this life you can allow a lot of things to discourage you from working on things that are important to you and I must say I myself, can easily get caught up in everyday life and get overwhelmed and deter myself from my plans.

 This past weekend I participated in an overnight ladies night inn at The Hyatt Lodge McDonald Campus with my Just 4 Wives  (Real Wives of Chicago aka RWOC) group and it was very enlightening. I was reminded by my sister friend, Alice, that my story is not unique. That there are a lot of women out there just like me that would love to hear my story; that would love to hear how hard it was for me to wake up in the morning, go through it but still persevere;that it will make women feel like they are not alone.  At that moment I made a mental promise to myself that I would try harder to not get discouraged and shut down, that I will not worry about what others think and let my fears win, but at the same time I will do what I can, and show the love that I have for myself and require that love and respect back. We're in this together Goddesses, and I can assure u that we got this! Here's to the bad and good days! Love yourself!

Life

I haven't blogged in a while because it's been one thing after another these last 3 weeks, and not necessarily bad things. About a month ago, I believe I had a breakthrough. I'm not really sure what happened, maybe the weather started to be nicer. Whatever the reason is I REALLY (this time) realized how done I was with being upset, waiting on other people to do what they should do, and not thinking about my own needs, and I'm happy to say that 4 weeks later I'm still done, and I'm enjoying this process of enjoying my life more.

I enjoyed myself in New Orleans with my husband. I've been taking the time to thank him more, and taking steps back in these trying times to put myself in his shoes and validate him, although this is still in the beginning steps of the process, but I'm optimistic that this will improve on both our parts. I did have the stomach flu for a week, and was out of commission as much as a Mother of two rumbuteous boys can be out of commission. Then I turned around and got right back sick with a cold, or maybe its allergies? I don’t know I was sick :-)! I'm working on creations, prom dresses, and planning my next JS Creative Minds Vending and Networking event and I still haven't gotten word from North Western University, but I'm learning to Praise God while in my challenges, and worship him before my blessings come.  I  have figured out how to take things as they come, and pull the positive out of the majority of situations I encounter, and whatever else I don't encounter I'll deal with when I do, and I'm loving this moment.  Tell me, how are you doing?

This Moment

I'm back!!!!!! I promise I won't write this post, and not see you again for another 2 years.  I've learned that writing or reading is needed in my life in order for me to feel like me so, I'm determined to write, but at the same time not feel overwhelmed and pressured by it.

So anyways...

There is so much going on that I don't even know where to start!  Let me just start with the moment...(be more in the moment it helps)

Have you ever wanted to prove something to other people, (and yourself) so bad that you develop tunnel vision and you can't see anything else?

Well, I decided after designing for 15 years and not doing a fashion show of my own, that I was going to make it happen come Spring, but today I just realized I just have to much going on!

1. I'm working on strengthening my relationship with God. I've found a church with Pastors that I adore, and I've joined a bible study with my Just 4 Wives group aka Real Wives of Chicago Sisters, and because of the wonderful movie, War Room, I'm developing my own prayer closet/prayer book. 
2. I recently finished taking a class with a Chamber of commerce retail pilot program that helps Entrepreneurs with resources to open their own storefronts.  Although I'm finish with the class, I still have work to do in making this happen; like networking, scouting locations, working on my inventory, keeping in contact with current clients, trying to get new clients, etc., and did I mention that I just changed the name of my business from The Isis Collections to Enchante and there's so much I have to update, and re-register with the name change.
   
3. I recently applied to graduate school. Hopefully I get accepted (Pray that I get accepted Gods & Goddesses), and if I do I'll be starting September 2016, but there are 2 prerequisite classes I'll need to take before I start. 
4. My oldest son is starving for his parents attention, and I have to make away to give it to him.
5. My youngest son is starving for his parents attention, and I have to make away to give it to him, as well as potty train him, and get him ready and registered to start school in September 2016. 
6. Last but not least I have a husband that is starving for my attention, and I have to make a way to give it to him as well.
7. One more thing, I have to not forget about me, and take care of myself.  Do things that I want to do.  Relax!  Relate!  Release!

So because of all of this, I've decided since I'm getting closer to getting my storefront location, I will just wait until my grand opening and have a fashion show then.  I know many of you, I have reached out to because I wanted you to be apart of my fashion show, and I still want to be apart of it, but it won't be happening in Spring.  I promise I'll keep you updated.  Sometimes you have to make hard decisions and cancel things before they turn how to be a problem.