A year end mark brings change. Change is what life is all about. Tune in to hear how change is affecting our podcast. Notes For a year now, we've shared our organic conversations on our podcast. It’s been an amazing ride for both of us. We thank you for sharing this journey with us. Phoebe is transforming the podcast to include organic conversation with others, some strangers, some not. It’s a way to broaden community and to discover more about the very fabric of life that holds us all together. There’s a learning curve to make this happen, expect a bit of a lapse in April podcasts. The new podcast looks at the only constant, change, and how it affects us--in general and in our personal and spiritual development. Everything is opening up to us in new ways. Phoebe sees herself as a catalyst to help with the ease of transformation. Together, we’ll remember who we are and celebrate going “deep” in a playful way. Subscribe, if you haven’t already, to our podcast to automatically get news about the new podcast. Links Phoebe Patten Eleni Livitsanos   Subscribe to invite conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

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#52: An End and a Beginning

Does saying ‘yes, and’ add value to our daily life? Eleni and Phoebe look at how we can say more of ‘yes, and,’ plus how to figure out how we can best answer a yes or no question.  Notes Saying ‘yes, and’ rather than either/or allows us to be more collaborative, listen better, and widens our life view and experiences. In dowsing, if we ask to what degree is a yes or no question beneficial, we can then work with the nuances of the question. Nuances can give us information and a bigger picture of a situation or experience. Coming back to a neutral position is always key in either/or situations, as well as, in yes or no questions. If we’re in the present moment, we can ask if something energizes or deflates us. If we miss a ‘yes, and’ opportunity, we’re most likely trapped in our mind and its stories. The moment we recognize that we're choosing ‘yes, and' or either/or speaks volumes about how we're showing up with others.  Links Improv Dowsing   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

Episode 51 - Living in the Yes, And

What is a muse? Are muses doling out inspiration and creativity to all of us?  Notes Phoebe received the inspired idea of creating her Plantspeak Oracle cards through claircognizance in the woods. The spirit of place can be a muse. Can more than one person receive the same inspiration? An inspiration birthed is more important than who birthed it. Do we have conversations or dialogues with our muses? What is our internal process when we receive an inspired idea?  Has how we have defined what a muse is changed much over the years? Can we view the Greek muses of classical mythology as a collective? Are our spirit guides and the Spirit Doctor Team muses and/or collaborators and supporters?  Links Claircognizance Plantspeak Nature Oracle cards Gregg Braden Muses Etymology of Muses Spirit Doctor Team   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#50: Musing on Muses

Eleni and Phoebe talk about how Tarot and Oracle cards differ from each other. What do these cards offer and teach us? Notes Tarot cards offer ancient information and knowledge that has been passed down to the public throughout the ages. In general, readings with Tarot cards give us more specific and detailed information, while Oracle cards show us a bigger picture. Why not play with combining both Tarot and Oracle cards in a reading? Using cards encourages us to learn about our own intuition and sacred information. Each reading can easily change or shift, depending upon free will, action, events and synchronicities. Perhaps some of the currently produced Tarot and Oracle decks contain new or repurposed information, that we’re ready to now receive and work with. When we read cards a balance between our own intuition and the cards must exist, otherwise the card readings become formulaic. When we use Tarot or Oracle cards, we can learn and evolve with playfulness and depth. Links Plantspeak Nature Oracle Cards Rider Waite Tarot   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#49: Tarot Meets Oracle

From a Korean folk tale to Fred Rogers, Eleni and Phoebe examine ways on how to make everyday sacred. Notes Everyday sacred is practicing being present with intention, pausing and breathing. A Korean Folk Tale astounds readers in its profound simplicity of making all things sacred, including maggots. Everything has inherent value. Fred Rogers practiced making everyday sacred in his life. He shared his authentic practice in his T.V. show.  Tips are included for making everyday sacred, including gratitude etc. Links A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) - IMDb   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#48: Everyday Sacred

Trees are the earth’s giants in size and in heart. We connect with trees all the time, out of our window or perhaps on our way home. If we recognize and nurture a relationship with a tree, we understand how to become more balanced and loving in ourselves and other relationships.  Notes A shamanic journey can serve as an initiation for creating deeper relationships with trees. Trees can provide stability, structure and solace for children.  Trees create community. They communicate with each other through mycorrhizae (fungal networks). They know when you’re near and they know if a disease is spreading. They take care of each other, and sometimes they take care of you. Plantspeak Oracle cards act as portals to nature. Each tree face captures the essence of the tree’s offering and its spirit of place. Shamanic journeying connects us with trees. The roots ground us, where the trunk meets the earth is the heart, and the branches connect us to the heavens, the cosmos. Trees are balanced. Do trees have telepathy with us? Does one grove of olive trees in Spain recognize that we may have connected or journeyed with another olive grove in Italy? Do they “sniff “us like cats do to our luggage when we come back from a trip? Trees teach us that we’re beautiful no matter how misshapen we may feel. Links :Schmitz Preserve Park  8 Shields: Home The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben Plantspeak Nature Oracle Cards ~ Phoebe Patten …   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#47: Tree Telepathy

In a feel-good convo, Eleni and Phoebe give simplicity a make-over for this new decade.  Notes We’re reframing the mantra “work harder, do more” to “pause more, find simplicity.”  Our mind is a tool and doesn’t have the capacity to define who we are.  Break up joyless thoughts through physical movement or a fun activity to bring more simplicity and pleasure into your day. Simplicity is letting go of trying and stepping into a flow. If we connect into the in between spaces (negative space) of life, we can work with clearing out some of our physical, mental and emotional debris. Listen to what is not being said. Therein lies the essence, which represents the void, from which everything is birthed (starts).  Links Voluntary Simplicity Movement   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#46: Choosing Simplicity

If you want to change how you perceive yourself and the world, must you unlearn everything you were taught? If so, how can you start this process of becoming more you? Notes The tenets of unlearning stuff that we are taught are: being curious, playing without judgement, and having a beginner’s mind. When we experience “not knowing” it expands and changes our world. Many educational or other institutions and groups stuff us full of rules, facts and values, expecting us to “regurgitate” it without any exploring or questioning. Self-referencing allows us to sift through available wisdom and research that may ultimately help us. Having a community and/or some spiritual practices in place helps us if we experience a dark night of the soul or just plain doubt about our perceived reality of the world and who we are. What role does being fearful of the unknown play in our lives and society?  Links Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Sante Fe   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#45: Cleaning the Slate

Eleni and Phoebe explore how to craft a question that has the potential to change your life. Notes One simple, direct and open ended question gives us one clear answer. Who, what and how questions tend to be more effective than asking why. Instead of asking a time driven question, ask for possible next steps or most effective move. If you have choices, ask a question to reflect the possible learning/challenges of each choice. The state of our mind and emotions can affect the quality of a question. Curiosity brings clarity. Author Mary Greer has a wonderful exercise that allows clarity to emerge from the subconscious mind through describing what you see on a tarot or oracle card.  Asking questions anticipates receiving answers. How can we consciously work on our “receivability”? Links https://marykgreer.com/   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#44: How to Craft a Question

A dialogue that embraces unfiltered reflections of how exactly we can experience heart-mind synchronization. Notes Explore what heart-mind synchronization looks, sounds and feels like (e.g. the strings on a double bass making harmonic music or a fiber optic chord or a golden thread linking the heart and mind) The heart is about universal love. Once you’ve experienced the power of the heart, you realize that separation is a function of the mind.  The mind works well when we understand how it functions best.  The heart-mind connection may feel like the electricity of our body, calm and quiet, contained and expansive at the same time. Some ways we can invite the experience of a heart-mind connection include being in nature, expressing creativity, and some energetic exercises.  Beginning to cultivate heart-mind synchronicity is like creating a new habit or muscle memory. When we cultivate self-trust and love, we’ll start to feel safe enough to tear up everything we’ve been taught--all of those spiritual rules. Only then, through personal experience can we start playing with our own heart-mind connection.   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#43: Heart-Mind Synergy

We are a conglomeration of our life choices. Eleni and Phoebe demystify how to make choices that inspire our hearts to sing. We’re taking the sting out of making choices! Notes When we focus on the decision point of a choice, we forget to ask the simple question, “what do I want to experience?” Sometimes it’s hard to recognize when other people’s opinions and energy are influencing our choices. We know we’re on the right track when our choices make our hearts sing and fill us up with levity and humor. When we synchronize our heart and mind, we can receive with greater ease. Otherwise, our inner conflict can prevent us from receiving the potential of what a choice/experience may bring. If we look at quantum theory, everything--our thoughts, words etc.--becomes something. In our mind’s eye, if we reflect upon what each choice looks, feels or sounds like, it helps a choice become more concrete and less mind-driven. A theme, word or intention can serve as a North star in our daily lives. If a choice is in alignment with the chosen theme, we’ll automatically feel joy and not focus on the decision point. Sometimes fear, and most fear is only in our minds, prevents us from making a choice that may be life-affirming. Muscle testing can a great way to access your own information. It’s a sign to shift your perspective if you think you don’t have any choices. Links Muscle Testing   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#42: De-electrifying Your Choices

We’re starting off 2020 looking at what this momentous year may bring us. Joy is spotlighted as a key that frees us. After all, Joy is an act of rebellion in our current structure! Notes Highlights from a reading for 2020 with Plantspeak Nature Oracle Cards We’ve not only prepped for 2020 both consciously and unconsciously, but we’ve planted seeds (Gestation # 31) for new growth. Our individual and collective challenge is (self) Trust #28, but unexpected help is Joy #20. If we take a deeper look at our physical, mental, emotional or spiritual addictions (Deception #50), we can figure out through Polarities #41, that which we don’t want and/or want to cultivate in 2020. Light #5 invites us to create with greater ease the experiences that will shape us in 2020. Highlights from Eleni connecting in with the energies of 2020 2019 gave us contractions that sent us down the birthing canal. In 2020, we’re being launched out of our norm into the unknown. It may feel overwhelming as we embrace the change that is helping us to create the form, shape and depth of our new reality in 2020.  Joy not only frees us--it’s an act of rebellion in our current structure.  Links Plantspeak Nature Oracle Cards Spirit Doctor Team Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#41: Joy as an Act of Rebellion

In our first episode of 2020, we explore visions and ideas of how we feel called to evolve the podcast. It’s going to be an amazing year for all of us. Happy New Year! Notes Recording on Zoom means we (but you don’t) see our expressions and body language. A couple of times a year, we’d like to share with you a few YouTube videos. We’re going to play with creating more of a “container” for future episodes. Stay tuned to see how this will unfold. We’ll also share our work more, for example, Phoebe will "pull" some of her oracle cards and/or do a reading for an episode. We feel that the world and our communities benefit greatly when we all show up with our gifts. We’d like to be a support for each other and others as we collectively share our gifts and strengths during a time when they are all so needed. We’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas about what you’d like us to share with you on future episodes.   Links Plantspeak Nature Oracle Cards Awakening Women https://awakeningwomen.com/   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#40: Showing Up in 2020

In this brief, final episode of 2019, we reflect with much love about our journey so far in the podcast world. We’re so happy that we’re collectively creating synergy together! Notes We’re thrilled that we (and you) persevered through our “creating a podcast” learning curve and various tech challenges. We also learned how to trust ourselves to speak without a script and to embrace impromptu speaking. We find that our podcast creates a space of healing and personal/spiritual development for us, and you, listeners. When we talk about our internal processes publicly, we feel that it normalizes the process of internal growth. Together, we create a broader path for us to walk, with ease, in 2020.    Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#39: Thank You 2019 Listeners

During the holiday season, we may celebrate with ubiquitous and/or unique activities and traditions, some of which may be new, handed down or borrowed. Eleni and Phoebe reflect on how to keep the light and magic in our lives during this season. Notes Intentional gift making and giving can create a deep sense of gratitude and awe for each other and the season. We love to create space for what we see as the innate peace and joy of the holidays. Such a time encourages bonding with each other. Being gentle with ourselves if holiday emotions come up, helps us to create new ways to experience the holidays. Links Wildcraft! A Cooperative Board Game that explores healing herbs, made by Learning Herbs https://learningherbs.com/wildcraft/ The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196970.The_Night_Before_Christmas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Child%27s_Christmas_in_Wales   Subscribe to invite our conversation into your life every Wednesday. 

#38: Holiday Magic and Joy

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