Dearest Woman Friend, that for which you battle has become exactly that – a battle.  Why is it? you ask, that all you yearn for is being pushed further away.  And you say to yourself that you have given so much energy for this relationship, this position, this outcome, this desire and yet the more you give, the more these attainments  waft out of your reach.  All you want is knowledge of those attainments.

So now ask yourself, why do you want those attainments?  Because “they” will make you fulfilled.   Indeed, that is simply not the case for nothing no thing can make you happy.  Only self awareness, self love can make you feel fulfilled.  So instead, proceed now on a journey of self discovery.   Discover who you really are outside of striving for the relationship, position, outcome, desire.  Feel the delight in standing back and assessing your falsehoods, self-compromises, self-betrayal, efforting.  Drop those away and watch  your self emerge in your true womanhood, pleasing yourself.  For however long this process may last, only then will you further be delighted as the relationship, position, desire, outcome indeed come bumping back into you – effortlessly.

What joy?  Go find your self.  Athena!

Breath is natural and is an act you carry out naturally, easily, unaware that your body’s wisdom is doing so for you at all times.  So too are hunger, elimination, desire natural.  So what is blocking your body’s wisdom if you are unable to feel hunger, unable to eliminate waste, unable to feel the full extent o f desire?  What manifestation has blocked these other basic functions?  For indeed there will be a blockage causing you to then feel disempowered, confused, frightened, tense and that tension will further aid the blockage.

So, assess that which is blocked of your body’s natural functions.  Sit with the blocked function, wait, listen, and hear what your body’s wisdom is telling you.  Dig a little deeper and ask,  Why has this block occurred?  Trust.  Trust.  Wait to hear your own wisdom’s answer, allow your mind to flicker around but listen and hold fast to your intention to understand the need for the block to heal.  For it will heal because you are human and your body wants to function simply.  However, it will need your conscious awareness that the blockage has manifested to get your attention to some facet of your life, be it thoughts, actions, beliefs, experiences that you are still holding tightly on to.  What relief for you to be able to let those go.  Allow them to.  Watch them be released from you.  Be thankful.  Feel the relief.

Now enjoy the sensation of natural hunger, easy elimination, full desire – passion for life.  Be free, Athena

Behold the beauty of all that is around you, for if it is around you, that is because you have created it.  That is, you have dreamt it and consequently manifested it.  So dwell within this glory and soak up all the giving that you give and and the giving that you receive.  Conversely should these words create scoff, then indeed if you feel unfestive, consider that which you have given out during the months previous.  What have you rallied against, judged, feared?  For if you expose the love within yourself, so shall you receive love, if you expose the anger within yourself, so shall you receive anger.

Resolutely, the love is pliable and appreciated.  The anger is festering and old, ready to be released, forgiven, laid to rest.  So in all you feel, realise that now is the time to rejoice in this time of self awareness.  Your heart will feel merriment in either situation – it will feel the love and it will lighten with the release.

With a light heart, Athena

What is enough?  How do you recognise you have had enough?  To recognise your body is under stress first and foremost you must know your body in the first place.  To know your body is to intimately recognise every subtle nuance and change.  And a change is any manifestation that changes sleeping pattern, eating habits, concentration, passion.  But so often you ignore these changes.  Your body has to increase it’s adrenalin to keep pace which changes your behaviour, responses, feelings.  Subtly you have changed who you are.  Loved ones are aware of your change in demeanour.  They respond to you and you react unfavourably.  Peace is shattered – enough is enough.

Extra tasks are currently around you, so face them gently, observe your body’s response to the extra tasks.  If it changes, step back.   Delightfully you will see the task will evolve effortlessly if it is meant to be.  Your body will remain strong.  You retain peace.  All is achieved.

To ignore your body’s subtle nuances is to ignore the greatest ebb of life – your body’s life force.  Athena

Have you noticed the effect of another’s energies on you?  Are you aware how, if you feel in low energy, you can further flag should you be in the realm of another who is also of low energy or of negative disposition?   Is it not peculiar how you can attract low energy to you when you are already in a similar state?

So to change this and to help uplift your state you need to consciously be aware you are of low energy.  Recognise the signs which requires you to be aware of yourself which in turn requires you to value yourself, rate yourself, want to help yourself – a sometimes difficult thing to create for a busy woman, to simply have the time to evaluate yourself.   Then when you have recognised this state, to turn around the low mood, seek out another of higher energy, someone whose outlook is positive, who faces each turn in life with positive energy.  Immediately you will absorb the positive high energy and you will respond favourably.  You will come away uplifted, the low mood will dissipate.  You can now in turn uplift another, and another.  And so the cycle of being a Healer revolves, for all women are healers – spiritually, emotionally, naturally.  Athena

When all things are falling apart, when all that you normally achieve seamlessly has mixed and lesser results, when your normally achieved outcomes are less than your normal grace and ease.  For this is the end of a semester, a season,  a period of time and you are coasting down, looking for a reprieve.   So why now do things become more difficult?  It is so, because parts of you, all parts, are fragmented, floating as individual parts, not as your whole grounded self.  So to achieve the results of normally achieved outcomes, just stop and slow down.  Instead of throwing ingredients, handle each one with care, admire the colours, the textures, the smells.  In this way the product you are creating will have your soul in it and it will be desirous when it is completed.  For if you do not add soul, but only throw in impatience and weariness, the product too will be soulless, untasty .

So in all you do, write, speak, colour, cook, create, at this time just slow down and listen to the words you speak, love the ingredients you handle, savour the time to allow for creative thoughts to flow and all things will flow, giving back to you with joy instead of frustration.

Taste, touch, smell, listen – basic instincts that are all too ready waiting to produce for you.  With love, Athena.

To comply to outward pressure creates stress for you as it is usually boundaries set by another, not by yourself.  So when you feel resistance in compliance to complete a task – noted by, never getting around to the task, never completing the task, forgetting the task, anger at the task – be aware it is your inner self being simply at dis-ease with the pressure of the compliance.  Notice instead when you complete a task – happily, readily, unflinchingly, willingly, sucessfully – it will indeed be because the task is by your own compliance, that is, it is within boundaries that you have set for yourself.

So note when you feel any avoidance to complete a task it will be because you are uncertain of how to approach it, you are fearful of judgment of the outcome, and this is when someone has set the task or expectation on you.  Further, this may indeed even be your interpretation that you feel it has been set upon you.  So make that clear to yourself as well, have you actually been impressed upon to do the task or have you set the expectation on yourself?

Should you decide to do the task by your own volition, then it will flow easily and successfully and the outcome required will be achieved.  So in summary, if you are prevaricating, is it because you feel you have to do it, or do you feel you are expected to do it, or you do feel you want to do it?  The first two will take enormous energy from you, the latter will give you energy in its success.

Simple.   Athena.

Thank you for connecting for without connecting, how can you communicate?  So often, as is your way, you talk while carrying out an activity, heedless to the effect of your words.  For your mind is only partly on the words and it rests mostly in the activity.  So your listener to whom you are wishing to impart your thoughts is only receiving part of the message.  You well believe your words are heard – they are not.  For you to lift your head, turn your head, position your body, connect your eyes with those of the listener and impart your words in this way, will have full, immediate impact.  This is so for any weight of message, be it of short or long duration, light or heavy knowledge.  In this way, your word will be heard and understood as you will catch the glint of recognition, understanding, interest level in your listener’s eyes and demeanour.   And so shall the message be heard.

Resorting to communicate while carrying out an activity will result in only part of the resultant intention being carried out – for both you and the listener.  Hence, take time and value your communication.  You will now have many instances in your day for which you can apply full connection, be grateful.

So be it, Athena

It’s interesting for you to know that the power of your success, achievements, desires is all up to you.  If you want more – financial reward, security, recognition, support, love, then it is in your power to create such.  However, this is achievement is sabotaged if you find yourself complaining about and blaming another. That is, if you comment that another in your realm isn’t giving you what you want – wealth, security, recognition, support, love.    Should these negativities be the case, then make yourself recognised to be paid more, loved more, recognised more.  And to do that you need to acknowledge that you are worth it.  To feel self-worth means you will automatically project it to those all around you who in turn will notice and so shall you receive that which you desire. For if you feel unworthy, why would you receive worthiness?

So it is not about blaming others for your inadequacies,  it is about you recognising the potential in yourself, feeling it, feeling your own worth.   Consequently, you will subconsciously create situations, because of your own self worth, and you will be noticed.  Mark my wisdom, Athena.

Any where at any time you can access the wisdoms gained from the years behind you.  For as you stand at this juncture, you can decide to move on heedlessly, irreverent to the experiences you have incurred previously.  Or you can stand, place your thoughts in your heart, place your hand on your gut and feel the decision that is relevant for you at this time.  This is simply connecting with your wisdom.  For wisdom is access to the knowledge that you have had from previous experiences, or indeed previous lifetimes.  Intuition is having the connection to listen to the wisdom.

Consequently, the older your human self is and the older your spiritual self is, you will naturally glean from more experiences - more wisdoms.  So, as a woman of older years, you will have access to experiences from your young womanhood or experiences from your lifetimes.  Fortunate are you to have this library of wisdoms from which to reference.  Indeed to be able to pause in a day at all, is often a challenge.  However, time is saved, less energy is expended should you place your thoughts in your heart removing any brain ego, your hand on your gut feeling the earthiness of the decision.  In this way you are connected emotionally and spiritually to the decision and outcome.  Your wisdom,  Athena.