Writing As a Spiritual Practice

As a specialist medium and psychic adviser my job is to help other people figure out their lives. I am blessed to be in a position where I can assist people and enjoy the work that I do but, with this work also comes a huge responsibility and a level of stress that sometimes can seem unmanageable. It is often true that those who look after other people seldom give themselves the same care. Spiritual workers are no exception, so it is important to remember our own self-care. For me during this time of COVID-19 this is absolutely true. So I am in a position where I need to re-organize my spiritual practice and re-commit to allowing myself daily self-care.

For me, my self-care comes from listening to music apperception, meditation, exercise, and writing. Exercise is a must but also a struggle. Music, meditation and the writing process unlocks a place in my mind where I can get in touch with my creative side and express my thoughts freely.

I am an avid reader and enjoy other people’s creative stories. I have no problem appreciating the creativity of other writers and can easily get lost in someone else’s story. But when it comes to my own writing I get stuck in my head and can’t seem to put things down on the page. My struggle quite simply is that I am not sure what I want to do with my own creative process. Perhaps some of that struggle comes from the idea that I am not sure if what I have to say it would be interesting enough for others to read. I’m sure we all have the same insecurity as creative people about whatever our creative process is but what I have discovered is that I need to commit to writing every day.

So no where to begin? I guess the easiest thing to do is to write the way I speak, and start with a little bit about me. I am a 51 year old woman living with cerebral palsy, chronic pain, hearing loss, visual impairments and learning disabilities. I have successfully completed college and university and I am happily married with two dogs.I don’t usually identify myself by my limitations but I do understand that they have helped shape the person I am today. I do believe that when someone faces physical, and cognitive challenges they find their abilities because they have to compensate for their limitations.

Assuming that when you are given a challenge you were also given a gift then perhaps this explains my psychic/ intuitive ability. I have always had the sense that we are not alone and that whether you want to call them loved ones or guardian angels we are guided and protected even when we’re not aware of it.

For me as a child, I never felt alone. My mother used to wonder about my “imaginary friends” and wonder if I would ever “grow out of it”. Eventually, she came to understand that there was nothing imaginary about the connections I had to the spirit side of life. Having said that, it isn’t an easy path and it isn’t one that I ever intended to take. I spent many years trying to shut down all of the psychic communication that was coming my way. Nothing would’ve suited me better as a teenager than to fit in and be perfectly normal.

When I was very young I used to talk about my “imaginary friends” and I thought that all kids had this kind of connection. I soon found out that that was not the case for most of the kids I grew up with and it made me “weird”. As if having a visible disability wasn’t weird enough the universe had to give me this sense that I could communicate with people that no one else could see and I could know things that I shouldn’t know for my age. Seriously? LOL! It wouldn’t be until many years later that I would really come to appreciate how wonderful being “weird” and “different” really is. And, I suppose it is those unexpected life lessons the stories of my life that will make up the pages of this journal.

I invite you to grab your drink and snack of choice and enjoy your time here.