Last month I was going through some old family photos in a box to create a collage for my sister’s landmark birthday. You know the ones. Random pictures of life, ones that you don’t recall. An uncle trying out his new camera. Your father capturing what he thought was a precious moment. (I know that only too well, being a first-time grandmother of the most beautiful little boy).

This ragtag, partly-stained and dusty box contains my life before I was acutely aware of me. But it also contains those photos of the super self-conscious me, unhappy with my hair that day, yet my mother took the picture anyhow.

So it was very interesting that I found this photo of me, behind a plant, when I was spring cleaning. I take more notice to these things than most, I know. Most people would just put the photo back in the box on the shelf.

However, I know better. This photo had a message for me. This younger self wanted me to pause and listen.

Here I am, at age three, perhaps, sitting on a lawn chair and holding an orange ball. My chubby legs dangling with dirt on my knee. It’s a simple scene from an ordinary moment in my life. Who or why someone took this picture, I do not know.

But look at my face.

I’m holding this object of play yet I’m looking over there, off camera, with curiosity. And I’m plugged into detail: I’m looking to the left (from my vantage point).

A quick metaphoric reflection, I might say that the message is that I’m not happy with what I have and am continually looking elsewhere for happiness. That is a valid assessment that, to a point, is true. I am future-oriented, extroverted by nature, and am always scanning the horizon for new things. I am a forever student.

But I am not unhappy. In fact, I see myself as a happy, optimistic person, if not a bit intense.

A New Story Emerges

But this morning, as I saw the photo on my desk (which I placed there a few days ago) it reminded me to ponder, again. I felt a new story emerge. One that, I believe, has resonance with many of you reading this.

I saw this young version of Maureen that was not content with what I was handed. I’m not saying that I didn’t play with this ball and have lots of fun.

I can’t help but feel someone was moved to capture this moment so I could rediscover it now.

But why and why now?

What it says to me is that so many of us who have felt different than the majority of people around us — ones that questioned the status quo and didn’t settle for what we were told — have held that metaphoric ball in our hands while looking beyond.

We questioned everything we were told by authority or peers.

Remember that I’m looking to my left in the photo. The left is the realm of the feminine, the intuitive, and wisdom.

We explored ancient cultures, spiritual beliefs, the meaning of the universe. We studied the fringes of esoteric practices such as astrology, divination, and dreamwork. We dove into Jungian psychology, meditation, and yoga.

And we are all here today to serve our purpose on this planet.

We are here to ground the feminine, to be anchors for wisdom to grow.

We are here to rest in our divinity, to get dirt on our knees, and to hold space (aka holding the ball - oh I love that!).

Live it. Feel it. Resonate with it. Does it add to propagating peace and love or does it take us farther away?

We are living in a magical time on this Earth.

Do not forget your sovereignty.
Your wisdom.
Your stillness.
And also—don’t forget to play ball.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Books That Save Lives, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

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With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

When Saturn and Neptune were conjunct on February 20th, 2026, I took some time to sit still and listen. And a message came to me - as inspiration, perhaps - that I’d like to share here. It’s nothing new for me, and perhaps you, as well, however, I found the words to communicate with more clarity (thanks to Aries!) than ever before (if you prefer, watch my YouTube video):

Many people come to energy work when life feels stuck—when the same patterns repeat, when environments feel heavy, or when something intangible seems to be working against them.

We often call this negative energy or lower consciousness. And while it may show up in our homes or on our land, it also lives in our relationships, our inner narratives, and the life situations that cause real and ongoing suffering.

Some people describe these experiences as entities or attachments—forces that seem to be working against them or causing harm.

In my work as a geomancer—using feng shui and dowsing practices—I’ve worked with many people who are experiencing difficult life situations and want help clearing negative energies and restoring positive chi.

And while this work can be powerful, I’ve come to recognize something important:
for most people, these are temporary solutions.

So why is that?

Often, it’s because the client—without realizing it—has handed their power to an external authority to “fix” the problem for them.

And there’s another layer here that’s more subtle and more complex.

I’ve noticed that when people strongly identify with these energies—when they become part of their personal story—that’s when they embed more deeply into the subconscious. They become woven into identity, meaning, and narrative.

As humans, we understandably fall into the victim role at times. Something or someone appears to be causing our suffering.

And I want to be very clear here: this is not about denying real pain, trauma, or injustice. Suffering is real, and it deserves compassion.

But alongside that truth, there is also a deeper layer.

At the soul level, many of these experiences are not punishments—they’re initiations. They are invitations toward awakening, even when they arrive through difficulty.

So why do we experience these lower or disruptive energies in the first place?

A few possibilities come to mind:

• Frequency resonance – like attracts like. As electromagnetic beings, we unconsciously resonate with certain people, places, and situations.

• Karmic threads – unresolved patterns seeking completion or healing, whether from this lifetime or beyond.

• Projection and mirroring – something external reflecting something within us that wants to be seen.

• Growth and initiation – an experience designed to teach, or stretch

Often, it’s not just one of these—but some combination of them.

What they share in common is this: they are all potential aids to awakening.

Yes, lower consciousness can attach to homes, land, and people. But the only true long-term solution is to raise our own frequency above it.

Until we do that, any external clearing—no matter how effective—will eventually wear off. The energy returns, not to punish us, but to continue the lesson.

Another way to say this is: if an external authority clears the energy for us, but nothing changes internally, the experience will repeat—because it’s still serving a purpose.

So what actually works long-term?

Light.

And not light in a bypassing or “good vibes only” way—but light that comes from living in alignment with our unique soul’s path.

I know this sounds awfully simplistic, and I don’t mean to imply that living in more light is a quick, easy solution. To the contrary, it requires much more self-awareness and reflection. But I do believe that too many of us are unhappy with the direction of our lives, and much of that is simply because we are not, and perhaps for many years have not, been listening to what makes our heart sing.

When I first learned about positive psychology, a term coined by Dr. Martin Seligman, I loved this counter-balance to traditional psychology. In positive psychology, when we focus on our gifts, our strengths, and what genuinely brings us alive, something profound happens. Our frequency shifts.

Joseph Campbell said it simply: follow your bliss.

When we move toward what brings meaning, joy, creativity, and connection, lower vibrations naturally disengage. That’s how electromagnetic fields work. But it’s a process of daily living in alignment.

This doesn’t mean I don’t believe in temporary healings. I do. They can be powerful wake-up calls—showing us where imbalance exists and reminding us that energy matters.

But lasting change comes when those clearings are paired with reflection, self-honesty, and a willingness to ask:
What in my life isn’t working anymore?
What is this experience asking me to reclaim?

When we allow ourselves to dream again, to follow synchronicities, and to listen for what’s truly calling us, we begin to shift at the root.

Because our souls didn’t come here to avoid life—we came to experience it fully. To learn. To grow. And to share our gifts with the world in the way only we can.

As Plato said, a life unexamined is not worth living.

And I’ll add this: a life aligned—with purpose, passion, and presence—naturally becomes a field where light outshines shadow.

If you’re feeling called to explore this work, I offer both temporary energetic clearings and deeper, lasting pathways for transformation through my work with land, homes, and personal awakening. You can find more about that on my website.

Thank you for being here, and for walking this path of consciousness—one layer at a time.

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If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Books That Save Lives, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

When my daughter entered high school, I didn’t realize I was stepping into one of the most demanding phases of my spiritual maturation. At the time, it felt like a parenting challenge—emotional, exhausting, destabilizing. Only later did I recognize it for what it truly was: an initiation.

By then, I was already on a spiritual path. I attended personal development workshops, studied astrology and feng shui, and read books like The Celestine Prophecy. I believed I was doing the work. But what I hadn’t yet understood was the difference between gathering wisdom and integrating it. Much of what I knew lived in my mind, not in my body. And life, as it tends to do, provided the exact conditions required to close that gap.

When my daughter began acting out, my first response was anger—quick, righteous, and familiar. How dare she question my authority? That reaction only escalated things. When anger failed, I swung to the opposite extreme: withdrawal. I ignored the behavior, hoping it would extinguish itself. It didn’t. Even when I tried to talk with her, my words were edged with judgment—attempts to correct, fix, or reason her into compliance.

These were the only options I thought I had. They were the ones modeled to me. React, dominate, retreat. Each response pulled me out of my center and into emotional turbulence, where I felt tossed around by forces I couldn’t quite name.

Eventually, I sought counsel from a very wise woman who was also an astrologer. Her calm presence alone began to shift something. She didn’t offer strategies or scripts. Instead, she showed me that there was a third way of responding—one that was neither anger nor avoidance.

But this way required far more from me.

It meant learning not to react immediately. It meant pausing long enough to find my breath again, to feel my body, to locate my center before speaking or acting. From that place, I practiced responding with a grounded, loving presence—firm but not harsh, clear but not judgmental. Yielding without collapsing. Steady without controlling.

Much later, I came to understand what had been fueling my reactivity. Beneath it was fear—fear of being judged, fear that I was failing as a mother. And beneath that, an inherited voice. I could see my own mother’s face in my mind, her insistence that discipline meant punishment and authority meant control. She had died a few years earlier, but her expectations still lived inside me.

What I came to understand is this: the lower, denser emotional states persist not because they are true, but because they are familiar. They are easy to fall into, well-worn pathways we’ve traveled countless times before. When emotion surges, it can overtake us like a tsunami, lifting us out of ourselves and depositing us on a distant shore before we even realize what’s happened.

Trying to control emotion takes enormous energy. But when we stop bracing against it—when we return to the heart and consciously choose to stay centered—something else becomes possible. A new quality of presence arises, one that allows emotion to move through us without carrying us away.

Motherhood taught me this lesson in real time. Spiritual maturity, I learned, is not about perfect responses or emotional mastery. It’s about staying anchored when the waters rise—and trusting that presence itself can change the field.

And you know what? This lesson has been extremely helpful in every area of my life, especially today.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Books That Save Lives, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

A moment of clarity on a quiet walk

I want to share something that spontaneously came up today—something that feels simple, but also quietly liberating.

I was just out walking in one of my favorite nearby places, the kind of place that holds you without asking anything in return. My dog Sadie was happily trotting along, the air was calm, and it felt like one of those Sundays where the world softens a little. (I made this short video while out on our walk.)

Earlier today, I had been listening to a YouTube conversation between two people I deeply respect—Pam Gregory and Lee Harris. At one point, Lee said something that stopped me in my tracks.

He shared that he has never really been able to meditate.

And suddenly, a long-held tension inside me released.

The quiet burden of “not being a meditator”

Because here’s something I’ve carried, quietly and often painfully, for more than twenty years on a spiritual path:
I am not a meditator.

I’ve tried. Truly.

I’ve sat on cushions. I’ve crossed my legs (and by the way, after 20 minutes my feet go numb!). I’ve followed instructions. I’ve gone to workshops and circles and retreats. And again and again, I felt like I couldn’t “get there” the way it seemed everyone else could.

At times, this made me feel like a spiritual imposter. As if meditation were the entry ticket—and I hadn’t earned it.

What made it harder was the unspoken truth I noticed in many of those spaces: a lot of people weren’t really meditating either. But no one wanted to say it. When I finally did speak up at one of the sessions, I shared that I wasn’t “going there,” to the imaginal place where the teacher was leading us. I felt vulnerable speaking my truth. However, just a moment later, I felt a large presence drop into the room—it was palpable to me, and unmistakable. Something real was happening.

And yet, the story in my mind persisted: I must be doing this meditation thing wrong.

Stillness is not the same as meditation

Then Lee Harris named something else.

Instead of meditation, he sits in stillness.

Sometimes for just ten minutes.

And I thought: Oh. That’s what I do.

I sit in stillness. I walk in stillness. I listen in stillness.

For me, stillness rarely comes from closing my eyes on a cushion. It comes from being in nature. From walking alone without a podcast in my ears. From pausing long enough to notice the birds, the wind, the subtle intelligence of the land. From breathing—not in a prescribed way, but in a way that brings me back into my body.

Stillness doesn’t have to be rigid. It doesn’t have to look spiritual. It doesn’t have to follow a technique.

And it certainly doesn’t have to hurt your knees or make your feet go numb. (If you know, you know.)

If meditation doesn’t work for you, nothing is wrong

I want to say this clearly, because I know I’m not alone:

If you’ve ever felt like you couldn’t truly be on a spiritual path because meditation doesn’t work for you—there is nothing wrong with you.

Meditation is a beautiful practice. And it is not the only doorway.

Stillness is the doorway.

What stillness can look like

Stillness might look like:

• Sitting quietly and watching your breath without trying to change it

• Standing barefoot on the earth

• Walking alone in nature without talking or scrolling or consuming

• Pausing long enough to feel yourself again

What stillness is not (at least in the way I’m talking about it here) is distraction. It’s not chatting the whole way through a walk. It’s not filling every moment with sound. Those things have their place—but they are not stillness.

Stillness is a form of listening.

You belong, exactly as you are

This feels especially important to name because so many people quietly disqualify themselves from spiritual depth. They think, I can’t do it like they do, so I must not belong.

You belong.

Your way counts.

If meditation nourishes you, keep going. That’s wonderful.
If it doesn’t, you are not behind. You are not failing. You are not less evolved.

Find your stillness.

That’s where presence lives.
That’s where the Earth speaks.
That’s where you remember who you are.

I’d love to hear what this brings up for you—especially if you’ve ever carried this quiet doubt inside.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Books That Save Lives, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

I had just completed a dowsing project on land far from any ocean. And yet, what revealed itself there—clearly and unmistakably—was whale consciousness. Ancient. Vast. Completely unconcerned with geography.

This reflection explores whale consciousness, earth wisdom, dowsing, and the subtle ways ancient intelligence moves through human places.

That night, a dream arrived as a continuation of the work.

A Dream of Whale Consciousness in a Human Landscape

In the dream, I was walking through a coastal town. It wasn’t idyllic. There was industry, weariness, and a faint sense of depression in the landscape, as if the town had been working very hard for a very long time.

I found myself walking in wide, looping circles—through parking lots, past small shops, down to the water, and back again—mapping something without quite knowing why.

Then I noticed the channels.

When a Town Builds Channels for the Sacred

Temporary waterways had been carved directly through the town’s streets so whales could migrate through the center of it. Massive, graceful beings moving calmly through human infrastructure.

Someone nearby kept repeating, almost like a mantra: “The town spends so much time and effort to do this.”

I felt awe—and also a quiet question rising in my body.

Teaching, Flowers, and the Cost of Effort

Near the water stood an old building. Inside, with a small group of people, I suddenly announced that I would teach a class. It hadn’t been planned. It simply arrived.

The class would involve flowers—living things, beauty, something of the Earth.

But we didn’t have enough.

Two older men volunteered to walk a mile to gather more from a place we knew. I watched them leave, hoping they would return quickly. A woman signed up and went to wait in a small room, like an inn for travelers passing through.

Time stretched.

When the men finally returned, they carried only two wilted flowers. One white bloom had already fallen away. Holding what remained, I wondered how I could possibly teach with so little—how something living could be transmitted through what felt already spent.

Outside, the whales continued to pass through their channels, steady and unconcerned.

Exhaustion, Performance, and the Feminine Body

Later, I was driving through heavy traffic, pushing and weaving, trying to get where I was going. Everything came to a halt at a rest stop. Inside, there was a long line for the women’s bathroom.

I thought about a workshop I had impulsively decided to offer as soon as I got home. I taped flyers to the wall, already feeling the weight of what I had agreed to.

I found another bathroom—meant for the custodian—and slipped in while it was empty. When I came out, a woman was holding one of my flyers.

She smiled. “I’ll come.”

Then she asked, “Will you do your hair and dress all up?”

“Yes,” I said automatically.

And immediately, my body filled with regret.

I was already tired.

Flight: Becoming the Channel

Then I saw the whale channel again.

And instead of driving—instead of pushing forward—I decided to fly.

I didn’t know how at first. But the moment I lifted off, my body remembered. I adjusted my height and speed effortlessly and landed softly on a field of snow-covered grass—quiet, alive, resting beneath the stillness.

The whales continued on their way.

The Teaching of Whale Consciousness

What the dream revealed was simple and profound:

The whales do not need us to work harder. They do not need endless effort, performance, or elaborate structures built from exhaustion.

They need passage.

They need space.

They need bodies and lives willing to become permeable—to let something ancient move through without strain.

Sometimes the teaching doesn’t arrive through gathering more, planning more, or pushing ourselves past our natural rhythms.

Sometimes it arrives the moment we stop trying to build the channel—and realize we are it.

If this reflection resonates, you may be listening to the same deep currents—calling not for effort, but for trust, lightness, and a softer way of carrying what wants to move through you. This is the quiet work of earth wisdom, dreamwork, and remembering how to move with life rather than against it.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Books That Save Lives, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

Every year at the Winter Solstice, I gather with community to pause, reflect, and orient ourselves to what’s unfolding. (The recording of this talk is here).

This year, more than most, the Solstice feels like a threshold. Not just the turning of the light, but a passage through a narrow portal — one where the past is compressing behind us and the future is pressing forward with unmistakable force.

We’ve always moved through cycles of death and rebirth. But the last few years have been different. Many of us feel it in our bodies, our nervous systems, our dreams. This isn’t a gentle transition. It’s a collective birthing process, and it’s intense.

The Burnout Beneath the Headlines

One of the questions I hear most often is: How do you stay hopeful? People tell me they feel exhausted, depressed, overwhelmed by the state of the world. I appreciate the question, because the truth is — I feel it too.

I’m human. I get pulled into the drama, the headlines, the compulsive need to know what’s next. That constant vigilance floods the body with adrenaline, disrupts sleep, tightens breath, and leaves us achy and depleted. The world starts to feel imminently dangerous, even when we’re safe in the present moment.

The most important medicine I’ve found isn’t avoidance — it’s returning to stillness. Presence. The body. Nature. Breath. Whatever form it takes for you. Meditation, walking outside, creative work, or simply noticing when your breath has gone shallow and gently inviting it back.

This isn’t spiritual bypassing. It’s survival wisdom.

Many Lenses, One Message

Over the years, I’ve explored many modalities: feng shui, earth energy healing, dowsing, astrology, tarot, dreamwork, the I Ching. What’s striking right now is how consistently they’re telling the same story.

Different languages. Same message.

From Chinese astrology, we’re moving out of the Year of the Wood Snake — a time of shedding skins, deep intuition, and necessary release — and into the Year of the Fire Horse beginning in February 2026. The Fire Horse carries intensity, passion, movement, and a fierce drive for freedom. Imagine a horse running across an open field, unimpeded. That’s the energy we’re being asked to embody.

But with that freedom comes volatility. Fire can warm — or burn.

Grounding will be essential.

Endings and Beginnings at Once

Numerology reinforces this theme. 2025 is a Nine Year — the number of endings, completion, and letting go. At the same time, 2026 resolves to a One Year, signaling the start of a brand-new cycle.

Endings and beginnings are overlapping. We are releasing the old while stepping into something new, often before we feel ready. This overlap can feel disorienting, even grief-filled. But it’s also profoundly creative.

Astrology echoes this as well. In February 2026, Saturn and Neptune will finally conjoin at zero degrees Aries — the very beginning of the zodiac, associated with the Spring Equinox and the birth of cycles. These two planets haven’t met at this point in the sky for roughly 6,000 years — before recorded history.

Many mystics and astrologers see this as a reset moment. Not an overnight miracle, but the planting of a new seed for humanity.

Earth, Sky, and Omen

On the physical level, the Earth itself has been speaking loudly. Increased seismic activity, volcanic eruptions, and solar maximum conditions have marked this year. Solar cycles and tectonic movement are deeply connected, and we’re seeing that relationship play out dramatically.

Then there’s 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object observed passing through our solar system — moving far faster than any comet we’ve seen before. Whether purely natural or not, it carries symbolic weight. Historically, comets and celestial visitors were seen as omens: the fall of kings, the end of old orders.

Add to this the appearance of rare albino animals across the globe — white lynx, white moose — long associated with spiritual thresholds and heightened consciousness. None of these signs exist in isolation. Together, they form a pattern.

Something is ending.
Something is arriving.

A Dream of Crossing

A dream I had recently captured this moment perfectly.

In the first part, I was crossing a river at night on a ferry with many others. The waters were wild and chaotic. The captain navigated aggressively, and I couldn’t tell whether he was helping or making things worse. It felt dangerous, unstable.

In the second part, I found myself in a new land — unfamiliar, disorienting. I approached a jolly, kind man standing under a light, instinctively knowing he could help me find my way.

In the final moment, I answered someone with the words: the Ascension Islands.

The message was clear. We are crossing turbulent waters, unsure of our leadership or direction. But the way through isn’t fear or hyper-vigilance — it’s joy, warmth, playfulness, trust. Childlike wonder. Fire Horse energy in its healthiest form.

Joy is not frivolous right now.
It’s navigational.

Temptation and Promotion: An I Ching Message

When I asked the I Ching where humanity stands heading into 2026, the first hexagram that appeared was 44: Temptation. It warned of a seemingly small influence that, if indulged, can grow into chaos. Attention is power. What we feed grows.

But five of the six lines were changing — signaling massive transition.

The resulting hexagram was 19: Promotion.

This is the energy of late winter turning into spring. New growth pushing through the soil. Advancement. Visibility. Leadership rooted in service. A reminder that this is a window — a powerful but temporary one — to establish inner strength, clarity, and purpose that can sustain us through future challenges.

The promotion isn’t just external.
It’s an initiation into deeper self-realization.

Staying in the Eye of the Storm

As we move into this next cycle, the invitation is clear:

Stay centered.
Limit your exposure to fear-driven narratives.
Return to your body.
Cultivate joy.
Remember who you are.

We can’t stop the storm. But we can choose whether we’re flung about by it — or standing calmly in the eye, rooted in something deeper.

That, more than anything, is what will carry us through the narrow portal ahead.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Books That Save Lives, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

I have been having conversations with several spiritual practitioners over these last months, and some have shared a belief that dark energies cling to our energy field, slowly infecting us over time, no matter our skill or level of consciousness.

This idea is not new to me as I have been exposed to varying traditions over the years, yet, right now, it feels that I need to address it within me and perhaps what I have to say will resonate with you.

When we are exposed to different perspectives, at first, we may feel instinctive resistance - a tightness within. But rather than dismissing it, I have sat with it, and I asked myself a simple question:

What worldview is actually running in me?

Because the truth is, we all carry a map of reality—an invisible lens through which we interpret the world, the unseen, and even our own experiences. (I wrote about this in this post).

Most of us inherited these maps from family, teachers, spiritual traditions, or cultural norms. And like any map, if it’s outdated or incomplete, it can take us in circles, keep us small, or make us feel under siege.

Two Worldviews I Often Encounter

The first is what I’ll call the fear-based worldview: energies as external forces—dark forces that cling, infect, attack. Like invisible predators, they require constant protection, vigilance, and purity.

The second, I believe, is a more emergent, relational worldview. In this framework:

• Energy is not inherently “dark” or “evil.”

• Shadow is not an invader—it is a mirror.

• We are co-creative participants in a consciousness field, not passive victims.

• The Earth herself is evolving, and so is our awareness.

Many spiritual traditions have pointed to this understanding for centuries—seeing light and consciousness as protective, shadow as a teacher, and energies as relational rather than adversarial. What feels different now is the call to actively live and integrate this perspective in our lives, applying it in a world where consciousness is rapidly evolving and old fear-based models no longer fully serve our collective journey.

Through my own experience, I’ve come to see that light and consciousness are protective in themselves—not because they shield us from life’s challenges, but because they give us clarity and presence to navigate them.

Life’s full spectrum of experiences comes to all of us, regardless of our level of awareness. Factors such as pre-natal agreements and the conditions we incarnate into influence what unfolds. Consciousness doesn’t prevent events; it equips us to meet them with insight, integrity, and a sense of grounded agency.

This is not a rejection of older spiritual traditions. Mystery schools, shamanic teachings, psychic protection practices—they served their purpose. I believe that they were extremely helpful for the stage of human consciousness in which they arose. But consciousness is shifting. Energies are shifting. The Earth is shifting. And our spiritual frameworks must evolve with them.

Why I’m Drawn to This View

I’ve spent years working with clients, walking the land, dowsing, connecting with Earth energy, and witnessing how shadow, fear, and “dark” forces often reflect internal imbalances rather than external attacks.

This past year, I’ve had the opportunity to explore this worldview with many groups on their spiritual journeys—people working with earth energies, dowsing, and other energy healing practices—and the feedback has been deeply encouraging.

I feel the old models—dark energy, psychic attack, karmic punishment—start to feel small, defensive, and anxious. They shrink our sense of agency. They teach us to protect, guard, and resist.

The emerging worldview — which has been around for a while — feels different: it is empowering, relational, and expansive. It invites us to partner with energy, shadow, and the Earth—not fear them. It recognizes that what we call “darkness” is often a mirror, an opportunity for growth, a reflection of what is ready to evolve inside and around us.

Questions for Reflection

Ask yourself:

• Do you see dark forces as external or internal?

• Do energies attack—or mirror?

• Do you feel vulnerable—or co-creative?

• Does your worldview expand you—or shrink you?

• Does it reduce fear—or increase it?

The question is not “right or wrong.” The question is:

Does this worldview help your nervous system feel safe, open, and capable of learning?

Where We’re Heading

Humanity is moving from separation to inter-being, from fear to agency, from seeing “evil forces” outside ourselves to recognizing consciousness feedback loops, from ancient prescriptions to present-moment knowing.

The old frameworks served us. They taught us vigilance, discipline, and discernment. But they are no longer the whole story. I believe that we are ready for a relational spirituality that acknowledges shadow, honors the Earth’s intelligence, and empowers us as conscious co-creators.

An Invitation

We are not here to protect against negative energy. We are here to partner with it.
We are not here to defend ourselves from shadow. We are here to witness, integrate, and evolve.

The question is not “Are you safe?”
The question is:

Are you awake?
Are you aware?
Are you willing to let your worldview grow with the shifting consciousness around you?

The Earth is evolving. And so are we.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Books That Save Lives, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

Well, hello everyone.
I feel called to share something that unfolded in my Divining the Earth Feminine class on Wednesday, November 19th—a remote dowsing session over Washington DC that revealed energies I did not expect.

For those new here, I’m Maureen Calamia.
I explore the weaving of cosmic and earthly energies to support your spiritual journey in these transformative times. I also teach and consult on feng shui, nature and earth consciousness, dowsing, and offer spiritual mentoring for those wanting to deepen their inner path.

And today… DC had a story to tell. [Watch my YouTube video to see the dowsing map and these highlights]

A Fresh Dowsing Map—and the First Surprise

During my class, I pulled out a small map of Washington DC, focusing on the National Mall, the White House, and surrounding areas. I’ve worked with this map before. But that day—New Moon in Scorpio, November 19th—I was guided to look again.

Before placing a single mark, I always ask:

Should I dowse for negative energy?
Should I dowse for positive energy?

This time, the answer was unmistakable:

👉 Only positive energy.

That surprised me. Truly.
But in hindsight—it makes sense.

A Plaid of Light: Positive Energy Lines

As I dowsed, a pattern began to emerge: a diagonal, plaid-like grid of positive ley lines across the Mall area.

A few notable ones:

• Two strong lines running straight through areas of the Smithsonian

• One clipping the east side of the White House, right by the East Wing

• A series of diagonal currents sweeping across the grounds with a coherence I’ve never seen in DC before

And then came the next surprise…

Three Vortexes: New Power Spots

I located three distinct positive vortexes, each with its own energetic signature.

1. A major vortex over Union Station

This made me smile. Union Station is literally a portal—a place of movement, passage, crossroads. Energetically, it seems to be functioning the same way.

2. A large spiral between the Capitol and Lower Senate Park

Not “on” the buildings themselves, but in the energetic field around them—floating, dynamic, moving with intention.

3. A tiny, curious vortex near Ford’s Theatre

This one shocked me because of its size and location. I don’t yet know what it means… but it’s interesting, to say the least.

When I tuned in to the three vortexes, I was told:

These are cosmic portals.
New. Active. Descending from the cosmos into the energetic field of DC.

A New Energy Arrived After the Vote

Here’s where things get even more intriguing.

I asked:

If I had dowsed yesterday—November 18th, before the vote—would these portals have appeared?

Answer: No.
The energy is new.

And when I asked why, the answer was just as surprising:

This energetic shift corresponds to a rising sense of collective hope.

Hope itself opened the portals.

The Atlas–Sun Dialogue

If you’ve been following my recent videos, you know I’ve been speaking about the presence of Comet 3I Atlas and its ongoing energetic dialogue with the Sun—a conversation between divine feminine and divine masculine consciousness.

Just weeks ago, the Sun released a series of strong geomagnetic storms—some directed not toward Earth, but outward, toward Atlas as it rotated into view.

The Sun and Atlas have been exchanging information.
Sharing codes.
Uplifting consciousness.

And then the Earth rotated into position to receive the next wave of solar flares.

These new DC portals appear linked to that cosmic exchange.
Atlas feels like a catalyst—pushing humanity into a higher octave of awareness, helping us access what was previously considered impossible.

“Don’t Focus on the Negative”

Another lesson that came through strongly:

When I asked why I should only dowse for positive energy today, the answer was simply:

Focus on the higher potential, not the lower frequencies.

Not because the negative isn’t present—it is.
But because:

✨ What we focus on grows.
✨ When consciousness rises, the lower vibrations lose their grip.
✨ The uplifting of many dissolves the density of the few.

This mirrors what I’ve been experiencing with clients:
When we amplify positive currents, the negative begins to unravel on its own.

New Moon in Scorpio: The Revealer

This New Moon is powerful.
Mercury and Mars are both conjunct the Sun and Moon—what ancient astrologers called cazimi, sitting in the heart of the Sun.

That means:

• Truth rises

• Hidden things surface

• The deeper layers of Scorpio are illuminated

• New beginnings form from the compost of what’s ending

It is the perfect time for dormant cosmic portals to make themselves known.

A Final Message for This Moment

We are witnessing shifts in global awareness that were previously unthinkable.
The improbable is becoming probable.

Atlas is here to remind us:

Stay curious.
Stay open.
Stay attuned to the rising consciousness that is reshaping our world.

Thank you for being here, for listening, and for walking this path of Earth wisdom and cosmic connection with me.
[Watch my YouTube video to see the dowsing map and these highlights]

More soon,
Maureen

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Books That Save Lives, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

In this month’s Energy Update on YouTube, I dive into some truly fascinating cosmic developments — and their meaning for our inner lives.
Here are a few highlights:

3I Atlas, the interstellar visitor from beyond our solar system, is moving through our inner solar system right now — a celestial guest carrying ancient consciousness and mystery.

Atlas is positioned behind the Sun, and the two are in energetic conversation — exchanging vast streams of plasma and light. It’s as though the Divine Feminine (Atlas) is sharing her wisdom with the Divine Masculine (the Sun), who will soon turn to face Earth and transmit that energy to us.

Saturn and Neptune continue their long dance at the edge of Pisces and Aries — a rare, powerful conjunction that speaks of reckoning and discipline, but also awakening and new creation.

Together, these celestial events mirror the larger story we are all living: the acceleration of human and planetary evolution, and the return of balance between the feminine and masculine principles of creation.

The Visitor from the Galactic Center

3I Atlas is no ordinary comet.

It’s only the third interstellar object humanity has ever observed — traveling from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, near the constellation Sagittarius, home to our galaxy’s supermassive black hole. Estimated to be older than our solar system itself, Atlas carries the deep-time memory of the cosmos.

For those attuned to energy, this arrival feels like more than coincidence.
It feels like a signal — a transmission of divine wisdom entering our field at a time when humanity is ready to remember who we are and what we are becoming.

The Sun–Atlas Dialogue

As Atlas passes behind the Sun, a profound exchange is taking place.

The Sun — radiant, fiery, masculine — is in dialogue with this cool, mysterious feminine presence.

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections have been immense these past weeks — it’s as if the Sun is responding, amplifying, translating this new vibration and sending it toward Earth.

Think of the Sun as the intermediary — absorbing the message and carrying it to us through waves of light and plasma.

A cosmic conversation of balance, harmony, and creation.

Astrology for November: Discipline and Reckoning

This month, the key themes are discipline and reckoning — not in a punishing sense, but as opportunities for realignment.

Saturn asks us to show up with focus and integrity. Neptune invites us to trust the unseen. Together, they form a bridge between matter and spirit, structure and surrender.

We’re learning to anchor the mystical into the material — to bring our dreams into embodied form.

If you’ve been doing your inner work, you may notice things moving very fast now. If not, life may be nudging you toward greater honesty and alignment. Either way, the energies are calling us home to balance and clarity.

Living the Shift

We are living through a time when the veils are thin, and energy moves quickly.
Remember that discipline can be devotion, and reckoning can be liberation.

This month, practice grounding — yoga, meditation, breathwork, time in nature. Smile often. Find reasons to laugh. Wonder returns when we allow it.

Let this month be your invitation to live as if the cosmos is whispering directly to you — because it is.

Watch my full November 2025 Energy Update
for deeper insight into 3I Atlas, the solar flares, and the astrological alignments shaping this powerful moment:
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Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

At some point in our lives, we begin to sense that there’s something more we are here to do. A whisper inside us, sometimes faint and sometimes insistent, begins to ask: What is my true purpose?

The Importance of Answering the Call

Our soul’s calling is not a luxury—it is essential. When we align with it:

1. We live with meaning and purpose. Each day feels connected to something larger than ourselves.

2. We cultivate joy—not just happiness. Happiness is fleeting, tied to circumstances. Joy, however, is steady and authentic. It grounds us, so that we can be the calm center in life’s inevitable storms.

3. We raise the collective vibration. Living on purpose doesn’t just uplift us—it contributes to the consciousness of humanity as a whole.

4. We participate in the great unfolding of evolution. Our purpose is not random. It is the thread we are meant to weave into the fabric of human destiny.

The Mystery of Discovery

Finding our purpose is rarely straightforward. Sometimes it arrives like a clear, undeniable message. More often, it is cloaked in metaphor and symbol, revealed slowly through dreams, synchronicities, and the subtle language of nature.

Our calling speaks most powerfully in places alive with imagery and archetypes. That’s why dreams and encounters with the natural world can feel so charged with meaning—they are the soul’s language of awakening.

The Acorn Theory

Psychologist James Hillman describes this mystery in his Acorn Theory. He suggests that neither “nature” nor “nurture” fully explains who we become. Instead, there is a third force: the daimon—a soul-companion that carries our unique image or pattern into this lifetime.

As Hillman writes in The Soul’s Code:

“The soul of each of us is given a unique daimon before we are born, and it has selected an image or pattern that we live on earth. This soul-companion, the daimon, guides us here; in the process of arrival, however, we forget all that took place and believe we come empty into this world. The daimon remembers what is in your image and belongs to your pattern, and therefore your daimon is the carrier of your destiny.”

The tragedy is that many people never awaken to their calling. The signs are there, but they ignore them, dismiss them, or explain them away. The joy of alignment with the daimon is lost beneath the noise of ordinary life.

How the Daimon Speaks

In my mentoring practice, I work with clients on these deeply symbolic encounters. They emerge in:

• Dreams: vivid “Big Dreams,” initiation-like rituals, or landscapes alive with mythic resonance.

• Nature encounters: unusual animal meetings, embodied resonance with a landscape, sudden images, messages, or a felt sense that “something here matters.”

• Waking symbols: synchronicities in place names, encounters, or timing that feel more than coincidental.

• Astrology and archetypes: natal charts, mythic stories, and symbols that connect us back to the larger image of our life.

These stories become part of our personal mythology. They are the golden threads weaving together our life’s tapestry.

A Practice for You

As you reflect on your own journey, notice the stories that linger—the ones that sparkle with emotion, imagery, or significance. Here are some prompts to guide you:

• What symbols stand out? What do they remind you of?

• Who was present, and what qualities did they embody?

• What metaphors appeared (a blocked trail, an open horizon, an overflowing river)?

• Does the story echo a theme you’ve noticed elsewhere in your life—a golden thread connecting past and present?

• If a friend told you this story, what questions would you ask them?

• If the experience was offering guidance, what might it be saying?

My Own Thread

For me, an overarching theme has always been helping others awaken to their authentic selves through the joy, mystery, and everyday magic of the natural world. Each encounter—whether a dream, a tree, or a conversation with the landscape—has been a breadcrumb, guiding me deeper into my calling.

The Ongoing Unfolding

Our calling is not static. It unfolds over time. At first it may be cryptic, broad, or hidden in metaphor. But if we pay attention—if we thread together the stories and signs—we begin to see the bigger picture.

This is the great invitation: to listen, to notice, to remember. To allow the daimon to speak through dreams, symbols, and the natural world. To trust that we are not here empty, but already carrying within us the image of our destiny.

✨ What about you? Have you experienced a dream, a nature encounter, or a synchronicity that felt like a breadcrumb on your path? I’d love to hear your story—share in the comments so we can weave our threads together.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

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I was chatting with a friend about being a guest on my podcast. I told her I’m most interested in stories of those moments in nature when something stirs so deeply in us that we feel it in our bodies—goosebumps, tingles, that unmistakable shiver of awe.

She knew instantly what I meant and said, “Yes, to have those experiences requires being very grounded.”

I agreed. And then I realized the irony.

What Does “Grounded” Really Mean?

“Grounded” is one of those words we toss around, yet it means very different things depending on who you ask.

According to Merriam-Webster, to be grounded is to be “mentally and emotionally stable: admirably sensible, realistic, and unpretentious.” A solid definition—but it brings to mind Mr. Banks from Mary Poppins: stern, practical, orderly, and perhaps allergic to imagination.

But for many of us, groundedness means something else. It’s not about shutting down imagination—it’s about rooting it.

It’s being firmly in our bodies. Balancing head and heart. Refusing to let the cultural pressure to be “rational” sever our connection to the mystical. It’s keeping our toes in the soil while allowing our senses to stay open to wonder, to magic, to mystery.

The Irony of Spirituality and the Body

When I first opened to a more spiritual path, I noticed something unsettling. So many practices seemed to encourage leaving the body behind—to transcend, to “rise above.” Meditation often suggested that the goal was to release the confines of the physical, to surpass it.

I’ll never forget a retreat in British Columbia where we were meditating on the beach. The midges swirled endlessly, biting us, and the challenge was to “rise above” the irritating sting of the physical world. It was one of the most distracting meditations I’ve ever experienced.

And yet, the very next day, I immersed myself in the cold, fresh water of a nearby lake. Every cell of my body came alive. I felt the water envelop me—sensuous, refreshing, whole. Not escaping the body, but embodying it completely. The contrast could not have been more stark.

The Body as a Conduit for the Sacred

In interviewing nearly 200 people about mystical encounters in nature, I’ve noticed a pattern. Every truly enchanted experience comes with a rush of vibrational energy moving through the body. It often feels like a wave of electricity or light, not unlike descriptions of kundalini energy.

I first recognized this connection between body and spirit at a different retreat. We were sitting in a circle on a wooden floor, guided through meditation. At one point, the facilitator paused. In that silence, I suddenly felt a cascade of tingles—like shimmering vibrations—flowing from my crown down to my root. Moments later, the guide shared that a spiritual presence he had invited had “arrived” in the room.

That was the moment I realized: these tingles, these physical sensations, were not random. They were signals of connection—body confirming spirit.

The Balance of Yin and Yang

Eastern philosophy teaches that true harmony comes from the balance of yin and yang. Head and heart. Earth and sky. Thought and feeling.

In our culture, we are so head-focused—trained to analyze, measure, and rationalize. But the heart, the body, and the senses need nurturing too. When we allow ourselves to be grounded—rooted in body, open in heart—we create the conditions for awe, wonder, and profound encounters with the living world.

How to Cultivate Groundedness

You don’t need a mountain retreat or a forest immersion to practice groundedness. You can begin in the smallest of ways:

• Allow stillness. Even one minute of pausing is enough.

• Notice your body. Feel your weight in the chair, your feet on the ground.

• Engage the senses. Notice the texture of your clothing, the breeze on your skin, the scent of the air, the sounds around you.

• Let presence expand. As you anchor into your body, you also open yourself to the unseen currents of life moving through and around you.

Groundedness is not about escaping the physical—it’s about finding the sacred through it.

So I’ll return to the question I began with:

What does being grounded mean to you?

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teache

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When I was in my early forties, I couldn’t seem to find my way forward. Personal loss and grief were just a prelude to my home life turning upside down. Everything I thought I knew about myself was under attack.

I found myself an adult “orphan,” having lost both parents—my father when I was just eleven—and now my family dynamics were unraveling. Siblings were at odds, long-held traditions were falling away. At the same time, my role as a mother was shifting. My daughter was entering the early stages of separation and rebellion, in ways more intense than I ever could have imagined.

I look back at this time as “The Upside Down.” But I emerged with a renewed sense of purpose and meaning in life.

This is spiritual initiation—where we question our values, our filters, our worldviews on life. And when our worldview no longer aligns with what we are experiencing, we start the painful process of deconstruction and rebuilding the foundations we took for granted.

This can happen when we experience an illness, grief, identify loss, or some form of crisis in our lives.

This isn’t just a once in a lifetime event. Life offers us many opportunities to refine, redirect, and renew our perspective.

But one thing I know for sure: when we resist this natural process of soul growth, we invite greater grief, frustration, and loss.

An apt metaphor for this growth process is the metamorphosis of a caterpillar. She (the butterfly) has no idea—at least as far as we can imagine—what lies on the other side or even that this is a stage of life. Yet once the transformation begins, there is no turning back.

The path forward requires surrender to the unknown. In the chrysalis, the caterpillar completely dissolves into a liquid, almost like black goo. Her old body breaks down entirely. Specialized cells—interestingly called imaginal cells—begin building the new form: wings, antennae, legs. It’s a complete transformation. When the time is right, the butterfly emerges, reborn and ready to fly.

The chrysalis is a messy, confusing place. I know. I’ve been there, and I bet you’ve been there, too.

Consider this: Imagine that we are all in this big, goopy chrysalis right now. All of us. Not just humanity, but the blue jays and polar bears, the pine trees and pansies, the waters of the rivers and mountain ranges, the cumulus clouds and the rain, the planets and meteors. What we have come to know as this 3D reality—physical matter—is breaking down. Everything we took for granted is in question.

We are all in “The Upside Down.”

When I reframe world events in this way, I feel a greater sense of peace. Why? Well, if we are all in this messy, goopy place, there is nothing to do but surrender our control. And when we do, we relax into a state of reverence for the process, respect for the power of nature. The funny thing is, I feel greater burden and stress thinking that I am not doing enough to stem this climate catastrophe, or racial injustice, or to end the wars.

But when I realize that this is an inevitable, natural progression—brought about by extreme imbalance—as nature seeks harmony, restoration, and rebirth.

Earth’s extreme weather behavior—through storms and seismic shifts—is not a punishment—it is a soul signal and potential for growth at a scale perhaps never before seen in the history of humanity.

It is becoming rather clear that the Earth—and humanity—is now in a collective initiation, a metamorphosis. We are at the precipice of the Great Awakening.

During this difficult personal experience of initiation in the past, I repeatedly encountered a quote by Dr. Wayne Dyer, a spiritual teacher and prolific author, before I finally felt its true meaning:

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These wise words helped me reframe challenging relationships. I began to see how my own perspective was blocking true, meaningful dialogue—how it was filled with past wounds, inherited beliefs from my parents, and fears about the future. I also realized that beyond words, my energy and reactions had an even greater impact in shaping each encounter.

In essence, I learned to become an observer—bringing conscious awareness to the way I navigated through my life. I still need to remind myself, especially when I’m emotionally triggered, but I’m now more able to return to a state of presence and meet each experience with greater awareness.

Even when I finally understood these words, it wasn’t easy to shift my perspective on a particular situation. I had to ask myself, “Whatever I feel about this, what is the opposite perspective?”

The answer didn’t align with my feelings, yet I allowed myself to suspend belief and tried it on. And when I allowed myself to think about it in this way, which felt completely alien to me, I suddenly had an epiphany. This perspective seemed to lift the heavy burden on my heart. I felt lighter, both physically and metaphorically.

Over these years I have thoroughly embraced this concept in my personal journey and yes, I do still encounter challenges with shifting my thoughts, but I am more able to bring consciousness into my thoughts and behavior.

And I am eternally grateful to Wayne Dyer for helping me see with new eyes. I see now how extraordinarily helpful these words are to approaching this “Upside Down” world we see ourselves in, with greater peace, curiosity, and joy!

Do you have any phrases or quotes that have helped you navigate life’s challenges? I would to hear below. And hoping that we all support each other on this mystical, magical journey of life.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

Have you ever stopped to wonder: What is my worldview?

It’s a powerful question—one that has the potential to unravel some of the deepest, most unconscious patterns that shape your life. Your worldview is not just a philosophy or set of opinions. It is the lens through which you see and interpret everything. It colors every thought you have, every emotion you feel, and every decision you make. And for most of us, it’s running silently in the background.

A worldview is like the operating system of the mind. It's largely installed during childhood through the beliefs and values passed down by our families, communities, cultures, and the wider society. In addition, our worldview is almost definitely influenced by our past lives, as well! We absorb these messages before we have the capacity to question them: what it means to be successful, who deserves love, whether the world is safe or dangerous, whether abundance is natural or must be earned through suffering.

Take for example a common belief: Money is the root of all evil. If you grew up hearing this, and at the same time were taught that hard work is the only respectable path to success, those ideas might become deeply embedded in your psyche.

So what happens if, later in life, you achieve financial success?

That hidden worldview might begin to whisper that you’ve done something wrong. That wealth is suspicious. That you are no longer aligned with your values. This creates inner dissonance—tension between the life you’re building and the beliefs you unknowingly inherited.

This is why bringing our worldview into conscious awareness is so important.

At the most basic level, our worldview is about how we relate to the world: is it a place of scarcity or abundance? A battlefield or a sanctuary? Do we see others as competitors, threats, or potential allies? Do we believe that we must earn our worth, or that our worth is innate and unshakable?

A helpful way to explore this is to ask: Is my worldview based in fear or in love?

A fear-based worldview might look like this: life is a constant struggle. Resources are limited. People are untrustworthy. Success is a fragile achievement that can be lost at any moment. From this perspective, you may be driven by perfectionism, control, or self-protection. You might push yourself relentlessly, but never feel safe or satisfied.

A love-based worldview, on the other hand, says: life is interconnected. I am supported. Growth and abundance are natural. I can trust myself and others. This lens doesn’t mean we deny hardship—it simply means we choose to meet life with a spirit of openness, courage, and compassion.

But here’s the key: worldviews aren’t fixed. They can evolve.

Just like software, our internal operating system can be updated. The challenge is that most of our worldview is unconscious. It only becomes visible when we begin to question it—often when we notice patterns of discomfort, stuckness, or contradiction.

For the past few years, I’ve been in the deep process of questioning my worldview—spawned by a powerful Pluto transit to my IC (Imum Coeli), the very root of my natal chart.

This point speaks to early childhood, home, and the foundational stories we unconsciously carry. And as Pluto often does, it unearthed buried beliefs I hadn’t questioned in decades.

It wasn’t always easy, and continues to be a conscious process. But by embracing this transit, I was given the rare opportunity to bring unconscious patterns into the light. It was humbling to recognize the self-limiting beliefs I had inherited—ones that no longer served the woman I’m becoming.

I also noticed something surprising: as my worldview evolved, I felt increasingly out of sync with those around me. While I was learning to shift toward love, trust, and curiosity, I saw others pulled into fear by the daily news cycle, political polarization, and collective anxiety.

This contrast only deepened my awareness: when we don’t consciously choose our worldview, we absorb one by default—often rooted in fear and scarcity.

But we can choose again.
We can shift the lens.
We can re-root ourselves in love.

How do you know that your worldview needs some conscious awareness? Perhaps you’re working toward a dream but feel deep resistance. Or you’re trying to build meaningful relationships but keep falling into the same dramas. These moments of tension are invitations to examine the stories you’ve been living by. Are they still true for you? Were they ever?

Reclaiming authorship of your worldview means becoming more curious than judgmental. It means asking where your beliefs came from—and whether they serve the person you are now becoming.

Worldview work isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about remembering that you have the power to choose the lens through which you see the world. You can build a worldview rooted in joy, trust, reciprocity, and connection—one that supports your goals, relationships, and well-being.

So I invite you to pause today and ask yourself:

• What assumptions do I hold about the world?

• Are they rooted in fear or love?

• Where did they come from?

• And do I want to keep living by them?

You may be surprised by what you find.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

Over the years, through countless consultations with homes and lands around the world, I’ve come to recognize a quiet yet pervasive issue:

Neglect.

Not neglect in the form of weeds or overgrowth—but something far more subtle. Emotional neglect.

Many of the clients I work with have well-maintained properties: trimmed lawns, neat gardens, irrigation systems. But the energy? It feels tired, disconnected, almost hollow. As if something essential is missing.

And in truth, it is.

Tip 1: Develop a Relationship with the Land

Just like humans, our land yearns to be in relationship.

You might be familiar with Dr. Masaru Emoto’s experiments showing how water crystals respond to words, thoughts, and emotions. He found that the most distorted crystals weren’t formed under words of hate—but from being ignored.

The land responds the same way.

Neglect tells the land: you don’t matter.

But when you bring attention—loving, conscious attention—it begins to soften, open, and respond.

Simple Steps to Reconnect

You don’t need to be a shaman or healer to refresh the energy of your land. You only need to show up—with sincerity, imagination, and a willingness to listen.

Here are steps anyone can take:

🌱 Step 1: Set an Intention to Connect

Begin as you would with any new relationship: with a simple intention.

You might say aloud or silently,
“I’d like to know you. I want to listen and learn from you. I honor your spirit.”

This alone sends a powerful signal to the land and its unseen inhabitants.

🌳 Step 2: Ask Permission

Yes, permission.

When connecting with the spirits of nature, always begin with humility. Ask inwardly: Is it alright for me to connect with you?

You don’t need to hear a booming “yes” or receive a sign—just notice how it feels. If you sense openness or neutrality, proceed gently. If you feel a block, pause and return another day.

🌼 Step 3: Tend to the Earth with Your Own Hands

Even if you have gardeners or landscapers, take time to personally dig, plant, or weed. These humble acts create intimacy. They say: I care enough to touch you with my own hands.

And in return, the land begins to remember you.

☀️ Step 4: Spend Time Without an Agenda

Let go of the to-do list. Instead, just be.

Sit under a tree. Lie in the grass. Watch the light dance on leaves. Let your body rest into the rhythm of the Earth.

Unstructured time builds trust. And it opens your subtle awareness to deeper connection.

🌀 Step 5: Use Your Imagination and Curiosity

The land doesn’t only speak in soil and stone. It speaks in symbols, nudges, and wonder.

Be playful. Be curious. Follow your attention. Maybe you’ll feel drawn to a particular tree or hear the whisper of a thought that isn’t quite your own. Don’t dismiss it—imagination is a sacred bridge.

You might just receive a message from the spirits of place.

🌸 Step 6: Walk with All Your Senses Open

Walk slowly around your land. Not to inspect, but to experience.

What do you smell? What do you hear? What colors and shapes catch your eye? Run your hands along a rough bark or soft petal.

Go where you feel drawn. Sit there. Breathe. Even 10 minutes of this kind of presence begins to soften the veil between you and the land’s soul.

🎁 Step 7: Offer a Gift

A relationship deepens with reciprocity.

Consider presenting a simple offering:
– A pinch of tobacco or dried herbs
– A flower from your altar
– A crystal, stone, or seashell
– Even a small sip of wine or honey water poured into the soil

Whatever arises from your heart is the right gift. Offer it with gratitude and humility.

🌬️ The Spirits Are Listening

There are unseen guardians, elementals, and nature spirits on every piece of land. They are the soul of the place—the vitality that nourishes both flora and feeling.

But when a place is neglected, these energies often leave, seeking a more honoring environment.

When you bring your presence, intention, and imagination to the land, you send a beacon:
“I am here. I see you. I wish to restore our connection.”

And with that, the healing begins.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024).

I do one-on-one spiritual mentoring and offer online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and spirituality.

Discover 🌿 Your Enchanted Archetype with this quiz!

With reverence and Earth blessings,
Maureen
🌍 Host of The Enchanted Earth Podcast
🌿 Earth Energy Practitioner & Teacher

00:58 Meet Gordon Hempton: Acoustic Ecologist

01:36 The Importance of Nature Connection

04:35 Relaxation and the Gift of Breath

07:59 The Role of Sound in Our Lives

08:31 Historical Impact of the Industrial Revolution on Sensory Balance

13:58 Rediscovering Sensory Balance in Nature

26:46 Gordon's Epiphany and the Global Concert

31:45 The Transformative Power of Nature

42:15 Gordon's 3 Steps to Living a Successful Life 

About Gordon Hempton - 

Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton has circled the globe three times in pursuit of the Earth’s rarest sounds. His sound portraits which record quickly vanishing natural soundscapes have been featured in People magazine and a national PBS television documentary, Vanishing Dawn Chorus, which earned him an Emmy. Hempton provides professional audio services to media producers, including Microsoft, Smithsonian, National Geographic and Discovery Channel. Recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rolex Awards for Enterprise he is co-author of One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Quest to Preserve Quiet (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2010) and Founding Partner of Quiet Parks International. Gordon Hempton speaks widely about the importance of listening. 

Gordon’s website – www.soundtracker.com
Listen to his amazing MP3’s on recorded sounds of nature - https://soundtracker.com/shop/
Zabalo River Wilderness Quiet Park – https://www.quietparks.org/zabalo-river-ecuad

About Maureen Calamia
Maureen Calamia has been a seeker all her life, tapping into the magic of nature, dreams, and consciousness to unearth truths of our ancient connection to heaven and earth. A teacher, author, and podcaster, she shares stories of greater meaning, purpose, and resonance with all of nature’s beings. Founded the Luminous Spaces School with online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and nature spirituality. Maureen offers private mentoring to those seeking self-discovery support. Her newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024), is available wherever online books are sold.

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Architects and designers know that natural light is the most important ingredient in creating spaces that nourish our well-being. We crave it. We organize our lives and our living spaces around it. And studies confirm: sunlight is the #1 indicator of human health and happiness in built environments.

But what if there’s more to light than vitamin D and circadian rhythms?

What if light isn’t just essential to physical life, but to consciousness itself?

Light Beyond Illumination

Across cultures and traditions, light has always been more than photons. It has symbolized life, clarity, awakening, and the divine. From the halos of saints to the radiant auras in yogic art, humans have long associated light with higher states of awareness.

In the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, the “Clear Light” is described as the essential nature of mind—pure, non-dual consciousness revealed at the moment of death.

The more luminous the being, the more elevated the consciousness.

This isn’t just poetic language—it may be pointing to a deeper, more literal truth.

Quantum Physics: Catching Up to Mysticism?

It’s only in the last century that science has begun to brush against what mystics have said for millennia.

Max Planck, father of quantum theory, famously stated:

“I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness.”

In other words, consciousness isn’t something produced by the brain. It's more like the source—the field from which all matter arises.

Then came physicist David Bohm, who explored the idea that consciousness and the universe are both part of a vast, unfolding whole:

“Consciousness is an enfolded order. Light carries the information that unfolds reality, including the conscious observer.”

Light, in this view, is not just something we observe. It’s part of the fabric of awareness itself.

We Are Light Beings

In recent decades, studies in bio photonics have revealed that the human body emits very low levels of light—bioluminescence.

Yes, we glow.

Our DNA and cells emit photons that appear to help regulate communication in the body. Some researchers believe these light emissions may reflect our emotional, psychological, and even spiritual state.

Light is no longer just metaphor—it’s biological, energetic, and maybe even conscious.

Solar Cycles and Consciousness Shifts

Here’s where it gets even more fascinating.

We are currently in a solar maximum, the peak of an 11-year sun cycle. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are bombarding the Earth with more energy than usual. These phenomena don’t just affect satellites—they impact weather, magnetic fields, and, intriguingly, human behavior.

There is growing evidence that geomagnetic storms correlate with changes in mood, sleep, and even creativity.

Some believe these solar events are catalysts for awakening, part of a larger evolutionary shift. Could these cosmic pulses be accelerating our consciousness—nudging us toward the realization that we are, in essence, made of light?

The Great Convergence: Science Meets Spirit

For centuries, science and spirituality have been portrayed as opposites. But we are living in a time where these two ancient paths are meeting again—this time, not in opposition, but in conversation.

The mystery of consciousness, long denied by material science, is being taken seriously by leading physicists and neuroscientists. The language of mystics—light, unity, awakening—is echoing in labs and conferences around the world.

We are not just observing light. We are light.

And perhaps consciousness is the light by which the universe knows itself.

Living Lightly

So what does this mean in daily life?

• Seek natural light. Let it into your home, your eyes, your skin.

• Reflect on the light within—through meditation, dreamwork, or simple stillness.

• Notice the metaphors of light that appear in your own sacred story.

• Stay open. Stay curious.

The more we align with this luminous perspective, the more we begin to live from our highest essence.

Einstein devoted his life to pondering what light really is. Maybe, just maybe, we’re beginning to understand.

Thank you for reading.
If this piece sparked something in you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Do you have a story where you experienced light as awareness? As awakening? As love?

Feel free to share—and if you enjoyed this, consider subscribing or forwarding to a fellow light-seeker.

Check out my podcast “The Enchanted Earth Podcast,” where you’ll hear stories of profound connection to nature. Also, you may be interested in my newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024).

With wonder,
Maureen 🌿

00:21 Meet Lisa Alban: Feng Shui Master

01:27 Lisa's Childhood Connection to Nature

03:52 The Magic of Nature and Childhood Imagination

05:19 Nature's Reciprocal Relationship with Us

11:11 Stories of Nature's Wonders

19:22 Dolphins and Human Interaction

20:01 Dolphins as Power Animals

20:40 Encounters with Dolphins

21:46 Current Spirit Animal: Peacocks

23:33 Significance of Animal Encounters

24:48 Personal Story: Robins During Divorce

26:49 Connecting with Nature

28:45 Final Thoughts and Invitation

About Lisa Alban -

Lisa Alban is a Feng Shui Master, Energy Alignment Specialist, and founder of Cloud 9 Feng Shui. She helps visionaries, entrepreneurs, and conscious creators align their spaces with intention—creating environments that fuel creativity, clarity, and prosperity.

With a background in luxury interior design and deep expertise in Feng Shui, Lisa blends ancient wisdom with modern aesthetics to craft spaces that reflect one’s highest potential. She believes our environments are energetic extensions of ourselves, shaping our well-being, success, and personal evolution.

Her work has been featured in Redfin, Reader’s Digest, and Apartment Guide, and she has spoken internationally about the power of energetically aligned living. Lisa’s approach is both intuitive and strategic—guiding her clients in designing homes and workspaces that support their purpose, amplify their energy, and bring more harmony into their lives.

✨ Get Lisa’s Free Feng Shui Guides & Resources ✨
 Ready to align your space for more inspiration, abundance, and flow? Download Lisa’s free guides here: https://linktr.ee/Cloud9FengShui

About Maureen Calamia
Maureen Calamia has been a seeker all her life, tapping into the magic of nature, dreams, and consciousness to unearth truths of our ancient connection to heaven and earth. A teacher, author, and podcaster, she shares stories of greater meaning, purpose, and resonance with all of nature’s beings. Founded the Luminous Spaces School with online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and nature spirituality. Maureen offers private mentoring to those seeking self-discovery support. Her newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024), is available wherever online books are sold.

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In this deeply moving episode, host Maureen Calamia welcomes Maria Best, a certified forest therapy guide, professional organizer, and feng shui practitioner, to share her sacred journey of awakening through nature. From childhood dreams of secret gardens to profound encounters in the redwoods, Maria weaves together story, spirit, and service in a way that will open your heart.

We explore how forest therapy reconnects us with the land, why nature is a mirror to our soul’s purpose, and the magic that unfolds when we truly listen to the Earth. Maria also shares how working with teens and transforming spaces can heal communities from the roots up.

✨ If you've ever felt the nudge of a tree calling you, or a whisper of magic in the woods, this episode is for you.

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⏳ Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to the Enchanted Earth Podcast
1:25 Meet Maria Best: Forest Guide, Organizer & Feng Shui Practitioner
5:50 What Is Forest Therapy? A Sensory Experience
10:40 Reconnecting People and the Land
15:30 Helping Teens Design Safer, Biophilic Spaces
22:10 Childhood Longings: Alice, Narnia & The Secret Garden
26:30 The Magic of Seeking: Rabbit Holes & Tree Conversations
32:05 Witnessing the Salmon: A Sacred Forest Encounter
38:40 The Painted Rock: A Message Meant to Be Shared
44:10 How to Talk with Trees: A Gentle Invitation
52:00 Trees Have Heartbeats: Noticing the Unseen
56:30 Lunar Eclipse & a Portal to Transformation
1:03:40 Awakening to Purpose: Letting Nature Guide the Way
1:10:10 Final Reflections: Be Brave, Follow the Light
1:14:30 Thank You & Closing Blessings

About Maria Best -
Maria Best is a Certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, a Board Certified Professional Organizer, and Feng Shui Practitioner. She lives in Salinas, California, an abundant agricultural town nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Coastal Redwoods and spends countless hours visiting the forests and the sea. Passionate about volunteering in her local community, Maria has worked with high school students in the Crime Prevention 

Through Environmental Design (CPTED) program, a multi-disciplinary approach that empowers students in creating harmonious spa

About Maureen Calamia
Maureen Calamia has been a seeker all her life, tapping into the magic of nature, dreams, and consciousness to unearth truths of our ancient connection to heaven and earth. A teacher, author, and podcaster, she shares stories of greater meaning, purpose, and resonance with all of nature’s beings. Founded the Luminous Spaces School with online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and nature spirituality. Maureen offers private mentoring to those seeking self-discovery support. Her newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024), is available wherever online books are sold.

COURSE OFFERINGS AND CONSULTATIONS: https://www.luminous-spaces.com/

BOOK - The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-enchanted-earth-maureen-calamia/21477870?ean=9781684816859

SPEAKING: https://www.luminous-spaces.com/feng-shui-speaker/

SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@maureencalamia

00:00 Introduction and Mysterious Encounter

00:39 Welcome to the Enchanted Earth Podcast

01:00 Meet Tammy Marshall: Water Seeker and Healer

02:07 The Profound Connection with Water

05:18 Water as Consciousness and Memory

06:42 Teaching and Spreading Water Awareness

16:17 Childhood Experiences and River Messages

20:22 Restructuring Water and Divine Messages

29:32 Practical Tips for Water Connection

38:09 Closing Thoughts and Gratitude

About Tammy L. Marshall, Identifies as Water –
Seeker of truth, entrepreneur, biohacker, gerontologist, waterkeeper. 

For over 30 years Marshall has been relentless in merging the worlds of western medicine and mother nature together to help individuals experience greater health and well-being.   

She has done so by owning and operating a Spa in Upstate, New York, leading retreats for women, as well as working in what she calls, “Corporate Medicine”.    As a gerontologist, registered professional nurse, licensed massage therapist and yoga teacher, reiki master teacher, biophilic designer, she holds a unique perspective and experience in witnessing what moves people toward health and well-being.  She keynotes around the globe on the topics of biophilia, water, ageism, women in leadership, women in religion, integrative health, and civil rights for those living with changing cognitive abilities, sometimes known as Alzheimer’s and Dementia.  She is known for her published works on leadership, dementia care, designing salutogenic environments for older adults, and strategic planning.    Marshall currently is the Founder/CEO of Biophilia Pharma, and developer of “Re”, a product designed to help Re-Claim well-being in partnership with nature.  Lastly, she is the host of “Tammy Talks” a talk show designed to change the narrative on Ageing, found on SaltboxTv.  She is best known for being Mom to her son Derek, her Sonshine. 

About Maureen Calamia
Maureen Calamia has been a seeker all her life, tapping into the magic of nature, dreams, and consciousness to unearth truths of our ancient connection to heaven and earth. A teacher, author, and podcaster, she shares stories of greater meaning, purpose, and resonance with all of nature’s beings. Founded the Luminous Spaces School with online courses in feng shui, earth energy healing, biophilic design, and nature spirituality. Maureen offers private mentoring to those seeking self-discovery support. Her newest book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You (Mango, 2024), is available wherever online books are sold.

COURSE OFFERINGS AND CONSULTATIONS: https://www.luminous-spaces.com/

BOOK - The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-enchanted-earth-maureen-calamia/21477870?ean=9781684816859

SPEAKING: https://www.luminous-spaces.com/feng-shui-speaker/

SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@maureencalamia