The Wisdom and Magic Blog
Omen Days – the 12 Magick Days of Christmas
There's a German/Austrian/Bavarian tradition, called Rauhnachte, which roughly translates as the 'rough' nights or 'magic' nights. They are a German/Austrian/Bavarian equivalent to the more widely known 12 Days of Christmas, also celebrated as Omen Days - but they are...
Creating Your Own Luck Charm
Have you ever found a penny and chanted "Find a penny, pick it up. All the day you'll have good luck!" I used to do that every time I found a penny, believing that I would be blessed with good luck, at least for that day. That's how easy it is to create your own Luck...
Tarot as an Unconventional, but Powerful Business Building Tool for Solopreneurs
As a Solopreneur, there are any number of conventional tools that can be used to help build a business. There’s Time Management Tools, Calendar Management Tools, Content Creation Tools, Accounting Tools, Social Media Scheduling Tools, Marketing Tools, Networking...
Happy Winter Solstice
This year is quickly drawing to a close. Whether in the Northern Hemisphere celebrating the Winter Solstice or in the Southern Hemisphere celebrating Summer Solstice this is a time for looking back on all that we have accomplished during the past year, and...
2022 Tarotscopes
It's that time of the year when we begin exploring what next year has in store for us. I don't know about you, but I enjoy checking out my horoscope to see what the Astrological Stars and Planets are predicting. Last year I discovered that Tarot can also do some...
Are You Resisting Your Winks from the Universe?
What would our live's be like if, instead of resisting the unexpected nudges, dreams, and desires we experience, we learned how to follow them instead? I had an experience recently, that reminded me of how much I've lost over the years because of my resistance to an...
3 Tips for Creating Powerful Deliberate Affirmations
We use affirmations all the time, whether we realize it or not. Do you ever say "I really need to lose some weight!" everytime you catch a glimpse of your reflection in a mirror or a window? Or say something like "There is never enough money to go around!" everytime...
Using Tarot as Your Business Coach
I’m a long-time fan of using Tarot for daily guidance. I’ve used Tarot off and on for the past couple of decades to help me gain clarity on large and small lifestyle transformations, as well as to help me sort out what I should be focusing on during the...
Resistance and the Shadow Career
No matter how hard you try to ignore your natural life.….to ignore the things you dream of doing, to ignore the lifestyle that should come easily and naturally to you, to ignore the gifts you have to share with the world.…. the more your natural life...
Is Resistance Holding You Back?
Resistance is always with us. Like fear, love, joy, sorrow.......resistance is a part of who we are. Resistance is that voice inside our head that tells us we can't do something because we aren't smart enough, don't know enough, aren't prepared...
Why Midlife is the Best Time of Life
Why Midlife is the Best Time of Life "Midlife is when the Universe gently places her hands upon your shoulders, pulls you close, and whispers in your ear: 'I’m not screwing around. It’s time. All of this pretending and performing – these coping mechanisms...
The Power of a Positive Mindset
There is an ancient Chinese curse that says "May you live in interesting times." Well, we are definitely living in interesting times, and not the good kind of interesting - economic challenges, work stress, family stress, political stress, violence,...
What does ‘Living Authentically’ Really Mean?
The encouragement to live authentically has become a fairly common catchphrase, found in all sorts of places and situations. Life coaches encourage their clients to 'live authentically', even business conferences have speakers encouraging employees to live...
The Power of Choice
“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” Wayne Dyer I used to spend a...
How Tarot Helps You Manifest Your Desires
The Tarot card shown here is from the beautiful Chrysalis Tarot Deck, created by Toney Brooks and Holly Sierra. I pulled this card specifically to provide a special message for this post. This card, The Watcher, who is also known as the Queen of Mirrors or...
Kintsugi – Mending Cracks With Gold
There is a Japanese art of pottery mending that is known as Kintsugi (golden joinery) or Kintsukuroi (golden repair). In North America, when we break a piece of pottery, a plate, a bowl, a vase, etc., we usually do one of two things. Either we throw out...
Is Your Glass Half-Empty or Completely Full
Airline pilots have an expression - 'excess capacity'. Excess capacity is the ability for anyone to cope with additional stress and pressure in their lives. Someone who is stressed and having difficulty dealing with their normal everyday life has very...
Why Some Life Coaching and Self-Help Techniques Don’t Work
I have been working as a Life Coach for several years now. I've completed and became certified in several top notch coaching programs. And, I believed that the techniques I was being taught were universally beneficial. That they would work for everyone....
How to Shift Your Identity
If you read my last two blog posts (available here and here) you should have some understanding of what Identity Shifting is, and whether or not you are interested in consciously shifting your identity to something/someone you are dreaming to become. I...
Identity Shifting – External Sources
Identity Shifting - External Sources Our identity is created not only by internal sources, what we say, think, feel, and do, but also by external sources - our immediate environment. If someone who did not know you very well walked into your house, what...
Identity Shifting
Our Identity How do we really know who we are, what our 'identity' is? For that matter, how do we know who someone else is? I can easily say and believe that my name is Anne Bolender, that I have Lupus, that I am a Lupus Life Coach, that I love to travel,...
A Positive Mindset – Tips and Techniques
In my last post, I wrote about the importance for people with Lupus in maintaining a positive mindset. If you missed that blog post, you can read it by clicking here. I do admit that creating or maintaining a positive mindset while you are in the midst of a downward...
Feel All The Feels
You've just heard the diagnosis from your Doctor that you have a chronic autoimmune disease called Lupus. All of a sudden, the world around you disappears and you can't focus. In fact, you feel numb. You can't think. You certainly can't process what you...
Celebrate All Your Successes – the Big Ones and the Small Ones
How do you define "success"? I used to define success based on how others defined success - money and all the consumer trappings that money can buy; a full roster of repeat clients; eating in the finest restaurants; first class travel.... Don't get me...
When a Solo Entrepreneur is Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness
As a solo entrepreneur, one of the hardest but best lessons I have ever learned was to be prepared for the unexpected. Unfortunately, this lesson was learned very recently - and after a chronic illness unexpectedly forced me to completely stop working on...
What Is An Authentic life?
The word 'authentic' has become one of those seriously overused cliches to the point where it's easy to roll our eyes at the mere mention of living an authentic life. We have become desensitized to the pure beauty of what living an authentic life really means, and as...
What Do You Love About Your Life?
And by 'LOVE' I do not mean 'like' or 'feel comfortable with'. I mean what aspects of your life or activities in your life do you love to the point where you could not live without them! I started thinking about this the other day (yes, I know - dangerous at the best...
It Is Never Too Late
One of the stories we tell ourselves, especially as we begin to mature, is that it is too late to begin the process of transforming the life we are currently living into the life we were meant to live. We get comfortable....the job we hate is, at least, familiar to...
The Power of the Positive “What if…..?”
Last summer, a local radio station ran this photo on their Facebook page advertising a show dedicated to people who were about to leave for a vacation. The show was all about the things that could go wrong while people are on holiday. I'm sure from the picture, you...
Consciously Creating Travel Magic
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you used the power of deliberate creation when you traveled? Would it work? What would you set an intention for? What would you try to manifest? And how would you go about doing this? Would you manifest first class travel...
