The good news:

1. Your access to this Soul Gym Forum (as well as our FB Group Soul Gym Lounge) will continue indefinitely. Although Heather and I won't be monitoring it anymore, you are welcome to continue posting here and commenting on one another's posts.
   
   
2. I'm giving you lifetime access to these courses -- Authentic Content Flow and Joyful Productivity.
   
   
3. I'm launching The Joyful Productivity Club (JoyPro) -- with Heather's support!) --and it begins in August.  The price is $60/mo, which is still less than most of you are paying for Soul Gym. I believe that JoyPro will serve a greater purpose than Soul Gym, because it's about building excellent habits in multiple areas of business/life, including content creation.
   
   

These days continue feeling intense... It feels like we have to stay balanced amidst continual change...

Are you managing your energy?

Do you have practices to keep yourself present, protected, and in tune as you move throughout these crazy times?

Here's a video with three short energetic exercises to help you move skillfully through the world when the energies are up and down. You will learn to ground, connect with Spirit, and protect yourself.

         

If you're interested in learning more energy management, consider taking my online Energy Mastery Course. Or ask about local classes here in San Miguel.

Astrology-The Day Out of Time
Today, Thursday, July 25th is the Day Out of Time in the Mayan Calendar. It's a day that exists between the last day of their moon based calendar and the beginning of their new year. It's considered a free day, a day without time. Crystalinks reminds us it:

 "re-aligns humanity into renewed appreciation for our inherent divinity and connection to nature."

Be sure to spend some time tuning into Spirit, connecting with your higher self, and experiencing the joy of life!

Checkout This Podcast I Was On
My cyber friend Tina VanDenburg at Kinship Handwork reached out to me to talk about intuition and life in Mexico. Tina is a maker and sewing teacher as well as being profoundly interested in how we create a vital, alive life.

You can listen to our conversation here at her beautiful podcast called "In Kinship, a Podcast for Makers Who Crave a Vibrant Life on Their Own Terms." 

Enjoy these powerful times!
Much love and many blessings,
Kristina

The energies are pretty chaotic this week. We're being asked to choose our own stability, to come back to inner peace, stillness and well-being regardless of what's going on around us.

Today I am sharing a meditation for inner calm and a brief channeling about creating personal stability from the Guides.

Access the meditation here.

Access the channeling here.

         

Astrology-Mars, Uranus, and a Blue Moon   
It's strong astrology this week. Mars the planet of action, meets Uranus, the planet of sudden and unexpected changes, bringing a time of volatility, impulsiveness, and a tendency towards unexpected change. It's a period to stay in your own lane, to not take anything personally, and to actively cultivate neutrality.

Sunday at 5:16am Central time, our full moon is in Capricorn for the second time in a row. This moon, close to the planet Pluto, the god of the Underworld, could bring unexpected changes, heightened vibrations, and the possibility of great insights as well as new beginnings.

It's a potent time, a period we could see great world change, and a time to truly nourish our own inner well-being.

Choosing slow, simple and gentle.

I've come to this realization in the last few weeks that I can't heal myself the same way I was wounded in the first place. 

I have to be gentle, versus forceful. 

Flexible versus rigid.

Kind instead of critical.

Letting go instead of continuing to push.

Allowing myself to be okay with wherever I am rather than punishing myself when I can't keep up.

Operating from the heart space is a new concept for me, even though many would say that they know I'm all heart... or mostly heart with a side of sass. 

When I need to rest, stay extra quiet, and embrace the silence, it’s a new choice and to be comfortable with it; is a challenge.

I’ve always been heavy-handed, a high performer, absolutely into the grind, the hustle, and the pushing. 

No matter how often I try to adjust my energy and take some time, I still slide back into those old ways. For a long time, I’ve been saying that the old ways aren’t helping us. The energy of the world has been shifting overall for quite some time, and now more than ever, we are being called to be more heart-centered.

Here are a few strategies I'm trying to bring into this heart-centeredness. 

Meditation: even for just a few minutes a day, reinforces the habit of being still and listening to my heart; but more importantly, just feeling my feelings.

Meditation isn't about escaping or quieting the noise in my head, it's about allowing it the space to breathe.

Journaling allows me to track my progress and reflect on my experiences. Writing about my thoughts and feelings provides insights into why I might be slipping back into old habits and how to stay aligned with my new approach.

Self-Compassion during this transition is essential. It's natural to have moments where I fall back into old habits. I recognize these moments as opportunities to learn and grow rather than setbacks. 

And, it's HARD. 

Regular Check-Ins: Setting aside time regularly to check in with myself and my feelings helps me stay true to my heart-centered approach. I do this daily; because weekly and monthly is to spaced apart for me. 

Setting Boundaries: Learning to say no and setting healthy boundaries protects my energy and allows me to prioritize what truly matters to me. Boundaries are essential for maintaining a balance between giving and receiving.

Simplifying anything and everything I possibly can to keep things easier for the days that feel more demanding on my system.

As I continue this journey, I am committed to embracing the heart space and letting go of the hustle. The world is indeed shifting, and I believe that by becoming more heart-centered, we can create a more harmonious and fulfilling way of living and working.

Where are my kindred hustlers at?

Are you ready to be more heart-centered in an intentional and purposeful way that is gentler, well-paced, and sustainable; versus exhausting and draining?

With love, from my blanket fort. 🪶

I've been absent from work and social media in general for a long time, but I'm getting ready to get back to it.

I wrote what is probably my first LinkedIn post in 2024!

“Living is easy with eyes closed

Misunderstanding all you see

It's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out

It doesn't matter much to me”

I thought sobriety was all I needed

As long as I'm sober, I'm ok.

I got through having my sober heart broken. I stayed sober. I was ok.

I got through a global pandemic, more grateful than ever for my sobriety.

Sat with my mother in the last year of her life, profoundly grateful for my sobriety, that I wasn't making it all worse with my drunken pain. 

I got through all this and more in the last (almost) 10 years. Sober. As long as I'm sober, I'm ok.

I didn't even really think I needed to think about my ‘recovery’. I had my sobriety. 

Then life reminded me that it's not just about sobriety. That there's a lot more I need to recover from. That my sobriety doesn't mean much if the grief and pain are still tucked away, quietly eating away at me unnoticed. 

In January, I had no choice but to face it. The chronic stress. The grief. The depression. 

I deactivated and deleted social media profiles. Cancelled obligations and longed for events. I retreated beneath my duvet and let the depression take hold. I had no choice, it was taking me with or without my consent. So i may as well accept it. 

I've learned a lot about myself in the past 6 months. About who I am, what truly matters to me, and what I want from my life.

I know now that, valuable though my sobriety is (and that is still intact, and wasn't under threat at any point in these hard months), I am and will always be in recovery. 

Because life is fucking hard. There are reasons I would drink a bottle of wine a night and hide it from my friends. My life isn't easy, and if I don't remember that I have to prioritise recovery then this will happen again. 

I've learned a lot about the importance of compassionate support, and what a person might really need when they're feeling stuck in life. 

And I'm looking forward to bringing this to my coaching when I open my books for clients again in September, once my son goes back to school.

But first, I have beaches to explore, festivals to dance at, and hills to climb! 

What are your summer plans? 

[Photo credit: Marcus Nagle at Strawberry Fields on a recent Liverpool trip]

Here in San Miguel there is much needed rain and we are loving our green season...

In this weeks newsletter I wanted to write more about house clearing from a deeper perspective.

Recently, I had a couple come to me who were having strong uncomfortable experiences in their home. Their son and one of their staff had been seeing things and people were getting unreasonably sick. In addition a staff member had been let go around the time this all began.

In Mexico it’s common for people to leave energies in houses with malintent, especially from staff who feel "wronged."

In order to heal this one must find what got left, which could be physical or purely energetic, and then move it out of the home. To do this work, I generally call in powerful ally spirits such as St Germaine, Jesus, and Archangel Michael.

In this case, I found energy had been deposited in a number of places. I tested for where these were and then once we removed the bad energy, we put in non-physical remedies, and finally bolstered it with crystals, essential oils, and salt lamps.

In addition I coached the couple on visualizations, prayers, and how to hold strong intention in order to maintain this work while it was all settling in.

They got back to me the next day saying the night had been very rough but the energy had shifted. I went back once more to do a final clearing, finding and moving  the last of the stuck energy. The couple felt much relieved and there was a sense of peace and well-being back in the house.

I often work with homes that are not selling. It is common to find renters have left energies that prevent the house from moving. Generally once it is cleared there is a big shift and the house sells pretty quickly. I had one case where the renter had been mentally unstable and somewhat violent. Even though she had left the house years before, her energy was still stuck there. Once we identified and moved that energy the house sold quickly.

There can also be "spirits" such as indigenous people who are still on the land that need to be honored and negotiated with. One time myself and my partner walked the edges of our property declaring them closed, tying red ribbons at the corners. Within days we were both sick as dogs. Looking deeper we found we had angered the non-physical inhabitants. We quickly took the ribbons down, opened up the land, and soon felt better. Who knew? Such amazing things happen ounce we begin working in the non-physical realms!

Clearing the Energies of Your Own House
Do you wonder if the energies in your own house are congested or stuck? Here's a simple exercise you can do to assess it and then fix it.

Take a slow walk around your house while getting a sense as to how it feels. You are intuiting into the energy, the feeling tone of your house. Notice where there is a sense of spacious, open peacefulness, and where that is a sense of confusion, muddiness or congestion. To do this move slowly, with your mind quiet, and let your feeling or knowing senses lead you.

Often you will find the "muddy, congested feeling," check to see if there are items that belonged to others, items that no longer matter to you, or where there is just too much stuff.

Then de-clutter, move things, clean, and rearrange until you find a renewed sense of peace there. See if you can bring back a sense of "fresh aliveness."

If the energy continues to feel stuck you can do further clearing with sage, palo santo, or essential oils. You can also place fountains, salt lamps, and stones to raise the vibration in these areas.

House clearing is a grand art. There are many layers to it. If you want to learn more, or schedule a clearing for your house, drop me a line. I will be teaching an in-person class here in San Miguel this summer, and probably something online later in the year.

@Michael Williams