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Came downstairs to find this lady in the kitchen trying to get out of the window - doesn't appear to be the cats doing. Let her go and she returned to scavenging in our garden. I've seen her several times before. Will be keeping my eye on her and more especially keeping the cats away from her.
\nMost especially love that she found her way in when I was planning my cosmicmother elevation Vlog for the week with the theme of getting higher from where you are. To be posted here tomorrow! Sign up at bottom to be notified... Here is your magical reading super charged by the summer solstice. The cards are absolutely not messing about. Can you feel it?
Theme All three cards are infused with the energy of wake up call and transition. We came this far so we can recognise our possibility. We came this far so we can see further and better. It wasn't easy. It wasn't supposed to be. Now for the tarot (cards by me - Cosmic Mother Tarot) 1 Princess of cups. Transition waits on the other side of grace, appreciation and celebration. Find reasons to be stupendously grateful. This will serve you. 2. Sorceress of Pentacles. Change will burn and take you in ways you never expected. It will call on your wilderness and your spirit. Birth the fuck out of your life. You must. Give over to this. 3. Seven of Swords. Keep your heart focused on what you really want and make those steady sneaky moves. It is not something to feel guilty about. This is survival. Have your own back babe. You know you need this. If you loved this reading follow me on instagram/alicegrist, purchase a reading with me or grab a copy of my tarot book, Dirty & Divine! How has your year been darling? I ask with utter sincerity and an expectation that you have struggled more than you have laughed. 2018, so far, has been hard work. So many crises and chaos, on the world stage, overly so in the life of individuals, those two things mingling and becoming one and the same. That which hurts one of us, hurts us all. Isn't that a message we are taking from a year of terrible dramas? That if one of us cries, we all can (should we choose to). If one of us falters, we all can. If one of us grows.... And so on. Connection, commitment, community, oneness... How have those things touched your life so far this year? Here, mid year, midsummer, beautiful Solstice, we can take the opportunity to reflect on what we have been brought so far. As we do, we can set an intent to vibe onwards and upwards. Let me be an example. This year started with my husband having a heart attack the week after his 39th Birthday. Everything, everything, everything has become beholden to that and to what it meant for him and us. His recovery has occurred on every level, mental, spiritual, physical, emotional. And it's not over yet... Recovery, I suspect, never is... And yet the mood has turned, the labour of emotion is slowly bearing fruits. Not the fruits I expected. It's like I planted strawberries and got apples. Perfect, and yet, so different, so utterly unmatched to my recipe. But maybe my recipe can shift... What are your fruits? What toil have you put into your life this year, that you didn't plan for, and how is it making you wiser and wilder? How do you hope to take this forward? Now is the time to reset goals, ambitions and hopes. Today is a good day to pray. This evening is a potent time to cast a spell, make a wish, create a vision board, or simply make an agreement with yourself. The year need not go out, as it came in. Take what this first half has taught you, hold it close, thank it, and move towards something, anything new, for that is what will come my dear, as ever. Love, Alice About Alice Book a personal reading or spiritual session with me... Sign up to my online Tarot Course... Read more from cosmic Mother Alice Grist All
Enlightenment is a huge concept that has many of us reaching for the impossible. I believe that enlightenment comes to us all in little powerful doses, you don't need to be some kind of Spiritual Master either... Find out whether you have been 'enlightened' and / or experienced 'enlightenment' with this easy and spiritually accessible Vlog. i will teach you how to recognise enlightenment in your life and how you can be open to it's small, intriguing ways.
Watch the video and let it trigger your experiences with Enlightenment. Please feel free to share in the comments below!
What does the week ahead hold for you? You guys have always loved my live videos and tarot guidance. So I created a weekly new Vlog for you, posted here and on You Tube. Giving you the heads up of spiritual, emotional and life themes that you will encounter each week!
This totally free feature gives you an indepth intuitive, tarot and spiritual reading, with a side dose of free range spiritual teaching every Monday. Each week this might include any manner of tools for you to make the most of your week. I divine it as I go along, sometimes inserting meditation, oracle cards and guidance from a cosmic higher power - (call it what you want). I deal with each day for the week ahead, alongside the theme that presents itself. I utilise the same spiritual experience and humour that I was taught as a child and that I have carried forward into my books, my art, and my everyday life. Each week's session is completely empowering and individual. This also stands alone as spiritual teaching. So it really doesn't matter if you come to this many months after it was initially posted. If you are watching, it holds something for you... Please watch and share. ​Let me know how this speaks to you and what is stirs in your heart and soul in the comments below! Work personally with me...What have you traded your passion in for? Ah right, I know... Money yes? Once upon a time we had a passion. And it is really the very few who don't drop that as soon as adult life takes hold. Not because we don't care, but because our culture actively requests us to make money our passion. Not because we really care about money, but because money becomes essential to our survival when everything costs something. So passion gets shelved for the weekend, for retirement, for that time when we have some time... Invariably, for most people, it is forgotten about. To the point that when asked to recall our passion, we actually don't know what it is... Think back to your childhood and what you loved doing and/or the thing you really deeply cared about. There you go, that's it. Remember it now... Of course, passion is hard work. We have to create time, space and the will to pursue it. And, the gifts it gives us are often invisible. We don't know what to do with, or how to justify such invisible blessings. When we indulge passion, it may do nothing but make us feel better. And feeling better does not pay the bills... I know this too well. I picked up my passion for spirituality and writing ten years ago. And whilst I have enjoyed some successes, they are not the same success that a material based world would have me aiming for. And yet... I keep on going. Because life is too short not to. Maybe I will never find acclaim, or money or fame for my passion. But my passion is not invisible. It helps me. It exhausts me sometimes yes. And probably once a month :) I feel like quitting. But once you pick up a passion it is hard to put down. It is like nutrition for the soul. The good it does, is undeniable. The problem lies not in the passion, but in what society expects of it, and us. We are expected to make our passion turn a profit, otherwise it is worthless. Is your passion worthless? And who are you allowing to define worth for you? Share your thoughts on your passion in the comments below? Are you following yours? Are you risking a few hours a week for it? And if not, why the heck not? Let's talk... Read More Cosmic Mother... All When I work with clients one of my favourite tools is deep spiritual meditation. Each one I create is unique. I use the cards to intuit my way forward. When I channel a meditation I find myself so blissed out, rocking to a vibe that seems to come through me and I am as empowered as the listener. I recorded a meditation today, just for you, and it's a powerful one. If you are ready to move forward in your life, to connect to something more, to get to know your path, to overcome difficulties, this meditation is one for you! It was quite exhaustive in all that it touches upon. I guarantee that after you have listened, you will be ready for a new perspective, the next level, and to understand and create more blessings in your life! Seriously, it is that good! And it is totally free, no catches, no need to sign up for anything. This is a gift. Simply download and listen... All I ask is that if you enjoy this meditation please do share it on your social media, or with friends who are in need of a healing, empowering boost! Thank you, Alice x
Read and WatcH More... All Midlife has a bad rap. The crisis that invariably decorates it, seems strewn with stereotypes of balding men, playing out affairs and purchasing fast cars. There is no or little space for middle-aged women to understand their experience of it. It is unlikely we will even admit to being ‘middle aged’, always focusing on our youth, your young blood, our childlike spirit. But come on now, you are knocking on middle aged if you are anything over 35. Sorry. The truth aches like a menstrual cramp. However, I have news and a view. It is time we reclaim the midlife crisis as a time of resurrection, rejuvenation, transformation and enlightenment. We all had a grand time in our twenties, then probably spent our thirties fixing, firefighting and committing to things. When forty rolls around, if we survived the hermetic attentions of our life, we may feel a number of things, exhausted, frazzled, invisible, lost… A crisis for a woman, at this stage, need not be a thing of marvel or fear. Rather, a recharging of self. A recognition that things are not as they were. Never will be again. But that the bullshit we have suffered under, is something we are ready to release. To do this we must first become conscious of the following three things.
Are you with me? Let me know your midlife musings and inspirations in the comments below! My writing is a process much akin to therapy. And beyond that, I hope it touches the lives of others similarly affected. Here is a piece I wrote a while back, just before my husband got properly sober. I hope if you find yourself in the co-dependent trenches, it helps... With love, Alice I am the other half of an addicted person. I finally confronted the fact that this is real. It isn’t just a bad weekend. It isn’t just a bit of a habit. It is a dependency, one that I played into for many years. One that I now wish to escape, and yet find myself mired beside. For better or for worse. There are even more times I have utterly dismissed it, even to myself. There are times I have raised a glass, with him, to his health, to our happiness, and then regretted it as one glass becomes two, and little did I know he had a few before in secret anyway. I am a spiritual person. I believe all things come about with purpose. When I strode out onto the very personal tarot journey detailed within my latest book, Dirty and Divine, I did not expect one of the key themes of that book to be addiction. I dreamed of adventures with my daughters, creative journeys indulged, meaningful meditation, and perhaps a little magic. But instead I got addiction, arguments, finally a confession, and now a slow lurch toward recovery. So my path opens wide ahead of me. The sacred journey I am treading right now, in part, is the recovery of an addicted person. Albeit, not my vice, but his. What I have discovered along this path is that there is very, very little support for the other half of an addict. So this article will go, I hope, some way to remedy that. So this is for you, my dear and loving, partner/friend/parent/relation of an addicted person. How do you cope, soulfully, lovingly and spiritually, to ensure your well-being is not depleted by the actions and addictions of a person who is paramount in your life? My brutal truth is this: my first desire, upon encountering this situation again (and it does tend to become cyclical — every so often an addict will pipe up that they have a problem, but soon it is hidden and fervently discounted) is to cut my losses and run away. But the problem here is that he is not just a walking addiction. He is a beloved person too. There is so much more than just an addict within him. I want to help. I want to heal. So I take my spirit and I walk it around the house. I indulge it in the arms of my little kids. I fervently pretend that all is well, because as it happens, I find that I am quite happy. I’m lucky like that. I find contentedness comes pretty easy. I know myself. I have my faith. I adore my children. My glass is always half-full, with water, or coffee, and only occasionally with wine. So I’m reaching out, to others, people like me who have an addicted partner or loved one. I want you to know that you are not alone. That you are not to blame, and that you too can find joy in and of your own existence. Because it is all too easy to get lost in the nonsense, the black hole of illogic that the addict makes seem so very logical. If you are dealing with the addiction of a loved one, then here are some ideas for supporting you, to help you feel less alone, and to help you cope: Be in the moment. If you are not around your addict, release and relinquish them and enjoy your life. Spurn their dark cloud in favor of your rainbow. Be with those you love. Have your own secret life of happiness. Find comedy and laughter in everything. Their addiction is not you, nor is it ever caused by you. Find your self, first and foremost, even if it is just making time in your own mind to be with you and figure out how you feel. Have some faith. Again, make the faith be in you. Listen to your intuition. Go with your heart. Try not to be a fool to it. I have been a fool hundreds of times over. I have believed declarations of abstinence, even when I have found direct evidence of otherwise. Nowadays I just choose to believe in me instead, and to know that he, for now, is an addict. End of discussion. Get out into nature. Nature has a rhythm that prevents addiction. It flows beautifully. One thing is only ever dependent on another in the most astonishing and healthy ways. Be like nature. Reject those things that try to pull you away from that which feels natural to you. Make notes. Addiction can be confusing. Keep your own head straight by keeping a journal. This will help you figure out moods, patterns, and inevitably a record that may help you make objective decisions if that time comes. Talk to someone. Maybe a friend. Maybe a parent. Yes, they might judge. Maybe they should. Maybe you should. Get some new perspectives. Check in on how you might be enabling the behavior, and then alter yourself. Don’t try to change them (Mission Impossible). But change yourself. Stop pleading with them to be different, and instead, plough that same energy inward. Ask yourself to be different. See where that leads you. Leave your addict to his or her own devices. You are not their parent, and even if you are their parent, you cannot parent an addiction. It has its ways. If you create something for them to fight against, then by golly, will they fight, and the addiction will get stronger, and you, my dear, will get weaker. So don’t fight, go sing, dance, garden, bake, do a rumba instead. If you have spirituality about you, then dig into it. Crack open a pack of tarot or guidance cards. Go to church. Pray by the sea. Manifest peace. Visit a temple. Be with like-minded souls. Do the Yoga. Meditate. Know that you are profoundly important. Ask to be guided. Ask for a sign. Follow what is offered. Here are some thoughts on recovery: When your addict fails or falters. Which they will. More than once. It is not your fault. It is part of the process. Don’t take it personally. It may not feel like a step in the right direction, but it is. It is evidence that they can shift, even if only in small increments. Recovery is no walk in the park. Nor does it happen quickly. If you have committed to the long game, know that some days will feel wonderful. Other days will be like building a new human from scratch. Be patient. And realistic. One-week-sober does not sobriety make. Keep your expectations flexible. Abstention leaves a hole. You are happy that they are sober. They are miserable because they simply don’t know how to exist anymore. Expect issues, emotions and difficulties to pop up as they seek to be whole without their crutch. Handholding, listening and hugs. That’s about all you need to give. Advice and pep talks are all well and good, but it’s not your job to become their guru. Just listen. Be there. Hug/hold as appropriate. Then let yourself off the hook and return to your happy place. Trust that love is enough. And if your love is not enough for them, then make it absolutely enough for you and for the other people and pets and hobbies in your life. Turn it inward, pull it forward, keep a little for yourself. Love is flexible like that. Use it and apply it where it is most needed and appreciated. Read more from Cosmic MotHer... All |
Alice GristI am Alice Grist, author, artist, cosmic mother and tarot expert. Here you will find my spiritual thoughts and regular free Tarot guidance. |