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💥 In This Week’s Issue
Editor's note: why the void isn't something to fear — The Freedom Transmissions' teaching that light and the void are partners, not opposites, and how reframing the unknown as a birthing place changes everything
Worth knowing: 13 powerful sentences from Dolly Parton, a 13-minute NDE story that's equal parts beautiful and fascinating, what moving my daughter into college taught me about beginnings and endings, and Mary Oliver's Devotions alongside the new documentary on her life
Also this week: healers handling the business side, how chameleons actually change color, this fall's best leaf-peeping spots, Mary Magdalene Manifestation Cards, and a mind-blowing podcast on the biology of energy
Plus: save the dates — Orly Altaras on Substack Live Sept. 4, a follow-up workshop Sept. 15, and an evening with Carissa Schumacher on Sept. 1
What if we viewed the unknown — the void — as a place of possibilities, and not a place to fear?
This is one of the essential teachings of The Freedom Transmissions. Light and the void aren't opposites — they're partners. Light reveals, and the void transforms. Transformation is found in the unknown. Don’t you love this reframe?
Because... drum roll please... our souls come from the void, before we come into body/form. The void is actually a birthing place.
To embrace this takes faith, presence, and curiosity. It means choosing a different thought — choosing to see the vast unknown as a place of beginnings and transformation, even though a void is also a space of endings. It's both/and. Every beginning has an ending, every ending has a beginning.
How we choose to perceive it is up to us. We have the power to shift our perception. Easier said than done, I know — but this is part of taking responsibility for ourselves. This is letting our soul call the shots, telling our brain what to focus on. (The brain loves having a job, but our soul and spirit need to be the boss.) This is acting as that divine parent to ourselves. Doesn't it feel like a great kindness to tell ourselves a better, more loving story?
I know so many people who are in the middle of an ending, a transition, and/or a dark night of the ego. In this space it can feel like grief. It can feel scary. It can feel like we're completely untethered.
And it can also feel like a birthing — new seeds for growth, a starting point meant for our soul's evolution.
So, we're encouraged to see the light and the void as two sides of one coin — we can't have one without the other. To embrace one, we must embrace the other. They’re buddies.
As TFT puts it: "You are immune from the chaos of the Void when you accept it. So, when you release the fear, and actually invite the Void into your life without judging, you live in a state of continuous yoga, meditation, prayer, and creation."
WORTH KNOWING
📸 13 powerful sentences by Dolly Parton that will change how you see the world.
🎧 A beautiful and really fascinating NDE story. Just 13 minutes.
📝 Beginnings and endings are the same story. What moving my daughter into college taught be about perception, grief, and growing into a new chapter as a family.
🎥 I am currently reading Devotions, Mary Oliver’s book of poems. (A poem or two every day until I finish her book.) So imagine my delight when I heard there is a documentary out about her.
Little things keeping me going.
→ When healers have to handle business. (lol)
→ How chameleons change their color — it involves reflecting different wavelengths of light.
→ Hey leaf-peepers, here’s where fall colors will put on their best show this fall. Get out into nature and ground in that Mother Earth!
Recs from the HTLC community
🙏🏻 Mary Magdalene Manifestation Cards: Create Abundance Through Love. These were just gifted to me by my new friend Ann and I am so excited to begin using them!
🎧 Not a Machine but a Flame | The Biology of Energy at Columbia and Beyond. This podcast series was recommended with the words “This is the last episode, but it is pretty damn mind blowing.” While it’s recommended to start with episode 1, if we don’t have time, jump right on in with this one!
🗓️ Save the date: I’m talking with psychic medium and intuition teacher Orly Altaras on Substack live on Friday, September 4 at 10:00 am. Topics will include psychic development and intuition. And then on September 15 from 4-6 pm PT, we will come together in a workshop to guide us all on how to hone these in ourselves, so save the date. More on that soon. Sign up to my Substack for notification when we go live.
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That's what happens when Carissa Schumacher is in the room. This message 👆🏻 I received after my last online gathering with her.
Something is shifting for so many of us right now. If you've felt it, join us Tuesday, September 1 at 4:00 PM PT for 2–3 hours, live on Zoom (replay included). $55.
Carissa tunes into the group and the energy in real time — no two gatherings are ever the same. We'll ground in The Freedom Transmissions and turn toward what's next: The Alchemy Transmissions. And … a whole lot more! Get ready for those nuggets of wisdom!
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