October 3rd, 2008 — , Family Caregiving, Health, changing your life, illness, life purpose, living with death, personal growth, spiritual growth, valuing what's important in life from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Take a look at your hands and pretend that they represent a problem you are having. Now put your hands (your problem) one inch or less away from your nose. What can you see? Not much besides your problem! In fact, if you’re like most people you probabl…
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October 1st, 2008 — , gratefulness, having a great life, prosperity from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
I stumbled upon on a very peace-inspiring website — Gratefulness.org — the work of Brother David Steindl-Rast and a few others. There were some artfully done articles that helped me feel more peaceful just in the course of reading them. The ones I re…
Related StoresSeptember 29th, 2008 — , community, economics, politics as if people's lives depended on it from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
What is your greatest source of wealth in a Depression? A dependable day job? Gold coins stashed under your mattress? A 401K retirement plan?If the stock market crashes and inflation rises at the speed of light, things we’ve been taught to depend on …
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September 28th, 2008 — , archetypes, the business of being a healer from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
I recently started a thread in the Etsy forums about sharing the story of how we got started in our various handmade craft businesses. I always tell the same thing: about how I couldn’t stop crying when I divorced and was guided to create a healing flo…
Related StoresSeptember 28th, 2008 — , Jimmy Carter, McCain, Obama, Politics, economics from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Psychic impressions don’t always make sense when they’re first received.Two nights ago, just before drifting off to sleep, I saw a large image of Jimmy Carter, looking thoughtful and concerned.I asked Paul “why on earth would I see that?” But he didn’t…
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September 26th, 2008 — , Politics, economics, the fall of the Bush administration, we can only hope from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Or something to be really concerned about?I believe the massive overhaul being contemplated by lawmakers in regards to out-of-control greed is something long overdue. But why does my psychic sixth sense keep insisting that it’s the political shenanigan…
Related StoresSeptember 25th, 2008 — , healing a sickness in our society, housing from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Sometimes things have to breakdown before things get better.Right now our country is in the middle of a political crisis. Do we tell the truth about the immense possibility of total financial collapse — we had it coming! Or do we use it for immense po…
Related StoresSeptember 24th, 2008 — , handmade, having a great life, manifestation, wishing from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Well, I tackled something I was afraid to try today. I found out how to change this blog over to a 3-column format. It required editing the code and I was very concerned that I would screw everything up. I’d far prefer to use the standard Blogger templ…
Related StoresSeptember 20th, 2008 — , belief, consciousness, energy healing, identity, manifestation, personal growth, prosperity from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Denise Lindquist from Boston, Massachusetts makes plush toys that she sells internationally over the internet from her shop at Etsy.com. Click here to see them all. This one she calls “Butt Ugly Buddy” and says it comes with a mouth full of love.Funny …
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Blogger has a brand new feature I’m trying out. It’s called “following.” I suspect it’s most useful for people who have a Blogger account themselves because signing up for a blog’s RSS feed takes care of it for everyone else.You do know about RSS feeds…
Related StoresSeptember 19th, 2008 — , good luck, love, prosperity, rabbits from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Vol25 offered me this for the Rabbit (cheering up Sheryl) Project. I love it! Visit her shop by clicking here!Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
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September 18th, 2008 — from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
but it didn’t quack.The retreat center we were so excited about receiving an interview for sent us an email, presumably to tell us the “truth” about the job we were applying for, but it told us a truth about them instead.When a retreat center with a lo…
Related StoresSeptember 18th, 2008 — , Art, Etsy, good luck, rabbits from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
This bunny was gifted to me by Jenn Maruska Design. She plans to use it to decorate the top of a handmade needlebook used to hold needles and other small but useful sewing supplies like safety pins and buttons. Pretty cute for travel or everyday use. Y…
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Marshmallow scented bunnies in a hot tub! To remind me to lighten up, relax and enjoy the ride? And expect the unexpected, perhaps?This is a candle made by Sweet Innoscents. She makes a wild assortment of dessert-shaped candles. Pie, cheesecake, hot fu…
Related StoresSeptember 15th, 2008 — , good luck, having some fun, manifestation, prosperity, rabbits, wishing from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Weirdbuglady has no rabbits in her Etsy shop so she sent me this video of her pet rabbit instead. She does, however, have really cute soft sculpture bugs (!) and assorted other stuff. Check her shop out by clicking here.Spiritual Counseling, Perfum…
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Paul and I have an interview at the retreat center we’re interested in on Thursday this week. Wish us luck!Today’s trio of rabbit charms reside on a necklace designed by Thrifty Bunny from the San Francisco Bay area. If we get this retreat center posit…
Related StoresSeptember 12th, 2008 — , Trusting inner guidance, changing your life, faith from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
My email inbox is often an amusing source of guidance. For instance, Paul and I are quite concerned about the need to move even though Santa Cruz has not been the best place for our healing practice. Most of our clients either travel to see us or work …
Related StoresSeptember 11th, 2008 — , Art, good luck, prosperity, rabbits from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Nakisha Elsje VanderHoeven from Seattle, WA has a shop full of wonderful rabbits: rabbits flying, rabbits reading, rabbits in boats. This one looked the most like prosperity to me right now. Thank you, Nakisha! Visit her Etsy shop by clicking here.Spir…
Related StoresSeptember 10th, 2008 — , ADHD, Health, chemicals, food production, lies and misinformation, safety, sustainability from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
A new article released by the Organic Consumers Association raises some alarm bells on this subject today. In this article it is reported that science experiments done by elementary school and high school students (and repeated every year) have shown t…
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September 9th, 2008 — , Art, good luck, prosperity, rabbits from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Doing a little research on the topic of rabbits brings up a pretty wide assortment of folk belief about their relative worth. Some cultures don’t view rabbits in a positive light — probably because of their fearfulness and timidity and, no doubt, the …
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The rabbits are pouring in!This rabbit is handpainted on wood from the shop of Once Upon a Room, seller of handpainted furniture and accessories for kids. Check out her shop on Esty.com here.Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
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September 8th, 2008 — , Art as a day job, Flower Essences, Mama Love, Organic, Perfume from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
The bunnies must be working! Mama Love was featured on the Etsy Organic blog. Click here to check it out.Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
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September 8th, 2008 — , Art, Etsy, prosperity, rabbits from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Robin Thompson sent me this photo of her baby bunny named Benny. Robin does photography. You can see more of her work at her shop, Robin Thompson Photography on Etsy.com. Thank you Robin!Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
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September 7th, 2008 — , Art, Etsy, prosperity, rabbits from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Well, if a prosperity rabbit is one that makes you laugh, this one definitely fits! Thank you, Ugly Gerbil, for your contribution to our prosperity consciousness. Ugly Gerbil makes a wonderful assortment of crocheted monsters (for the little monsters i…
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Rabbits are a symbol of prosperity for me. Paul and I could really use some rabbits right now so I asked the members of Etsy.com to help out. Mary Richmond from Cape Cod, MA sent me this one. You can see more of her sweet watercolors at Mary Richmond D…
Related StoresSeptember 5th, 2008 — , Mama Love from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Sweetirie is a jewelry maker on Etsy and she has a really nice blog where she does features on other Etsy artists. She interviewed me recently and put her blog feature with me up today. Check it out! Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
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September 4th, 2008 — , energy healing, housing, reaching out, retreat center, spiritual bookstore, spiritual counseling from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Paul and I are putting out a vision, our vision. We’re required to move from our home and home office very soon and have been seeking a new situation with a lot of the same good stuff but more and better, too.We do firmly believe that when one door clo…
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September 4th, 2008 — , Art, Bach Flower Remedies, Chamomile, Etsy, Flower Essences, Health, Sleep, alternative medicine, aromatherapy, flowers, healing, herbs, mind/body/spirit connection, rest from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
This image from my Flower Essence Awareness Deck (still in the works) is what I created for Chamomile Flower Essence.Chamomile tea is an age-old remedy for insomnia and restlessness, especially for children, and has also traditionally been used for col…
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August 29th, 2008 — , guidance, psychic predictions, safety, spiritual transformation, valuing what's important in life from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Paul and I are at a weird juxtaposition of life events: at a time when our business fortunes seem to be suddenly on the rise–more sessions, more Mama Love business, a wedding photography gig we wished we didn’t have to turn down–we’ve been beset wi…
Related StoresAugust 28th, 2008 — , Bach Flower Remedies, Rescue remedy, energy healing, fear, flower essence, panic, rock rose, surfing from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Ever been in a situation where you were so terrified you didn’t think there was any way out of the situation you were in? Helpless, too frightened to do anything but quake in your boots? We’ve all been through times like that. And in those situations w…
Related StoresAugust 27th, 2008 — , Flower Essences, Sleep, aromatherapy, rest from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
One of the drawbacks in making flower essence aromatherapy products that help people relax into sleep is making the product itself. I needed to make more Restful Sleep formula just now and kept feeling like I was about to nod off! That happened the fir…
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Paul’s been hiding his art from public view a bit. He’s a very accomplished short story writer with a wry wit and a mean knack for using the English language in creative and offbeat ways. I think that makes him an artist with a word processor. He’s bee…
Related StoresAugust 21st, 2008 — , Mama Love, Rooibos Tea, herbs from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Rooibos tea or South African “Red Bush” tea has become one of my favorite drinks and is now one of the key ingredients in my newest product, Mama Love Rooibos Rose Geranium Skin Cream. My friend Vanessa introduced Rooibos to me after her trip to Af…
Related StoresAugust 20th, 2008 — , Organic, Perfume, aromatherapy, flower essence, skin cream from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Woo-hoo! I FINALLY got it done! I’ve wanted to make a face cream (or all-over skin cream now) from flower essences ever since I was introduced to the concept 6 years ago! (or has it been longer?)Flower Essence Therapy is used to help people feel good …
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Is the EPA hiding information about pesticides that may be killing off the bees?The Organic Consumers Association thinks so. Click here to read all about it…http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_14192.cfmSpiritual Counseling, Perfume, Heal…
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August 19th, 2008 — , Perfume, aromatherapy, flower essence from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Okay, so every so often I have a crisis of confidence and worry if my Mama Love perfume is too expensive. I don’t think it is but every so often that’s the excuse retail stores who sell really cheap stuff use to turn me down. Okay.So, I’m having one of…
Related StoresAugust 18th, 2008 — , Rock Water, energy healing, flower essence, spiritual transformation from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Spring water is known as “Rock Water” in the healing tradition of Celtic England. It was meant to represent the living well of existence, the spring that comes from the rock hard womb of the earth back out into the light.People who need Rock Water in F…
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When life hands us thorns it’s easy to get depressed, to lose hope, or, worse, become apathetic. “What’s it matter what I do? I’m only one person anyway.”Then there are those who use a more active approach resulting in the same thing: “I can’t afford a…
Related StoresAugust 12th, 2008 — , Buddhism, Flower Essences, Kuan Yin, Lotus, Quan Yin, spiritual practice, spirituality from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
This image from the Flower Essence deck I’ve been working on has been hanging in the spiritual counseling office I share with Paul for more than a year and it’s amazing to me how often clients need to hear some message related to this Goddess.Quan Yin …
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So, a year or two ago I was having a REALLY bad day–and my body was screaming as a result. I felt guided to put my Mama Love Perfume for Releasing Worry & Fear on my sore shoulders. Seemed a little weird, to say the least. Use “perfume” like a hea…
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Get a FREE 15,” super soft and cuddly, Reiki-infused Teddy Bear with any purchase at Mama Love Perfume of $50 or more (not including tax and shipping). The same offer is also available for purchases made through my Etsy shop as well. Packaged with my p…
Related StoresAugust 1st, 2008 — , Flower Essences, Impatiens, Perfume, faith, optimism from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
So earlier in the week I wrote about “fighting the labyrinth” and needing to slow down and trust the time natural process seems to take. The back and forth path a labyrinth takes is just so frustrating when I want to go full speed ahead (like I was tau…
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Have you ever walked a labyrinth? It’s not like a maze–it’s more like a walking meditation. People have used it for prayer, meditation, receiving guidance, etc. for centuries. There’s one on the lawn at the local Episcopal church that I like. Another …
Related StoresJuly 31st, 2008 — , Art, Art as a day job, Crafts, Etsy, craft website, handmade, selling art from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Do you love handmade items? I do! I just found a great site online for buying and selling handmade items — clothing, fine artwork, photography, jewelry, bath and beauty items, just about anything you can think of — even homemade cookies and cake!It’s…
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July 16th, 2008 — , Friends, christian the lion, inspiring video, lions from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
A old friend sent this video to me and Paul. It made me sob!Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
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July 8th, 2008 — , hug nation, hugs, inspiring video, love, online ministry from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
I like this. I think of this guy as an Internet minister and he’s currently bringing his “ministry” coast to coast in a 24 foot RV painted pink with wings. I visited his website at www.hugnation.com and listened to most of the video blog he posted for …
Related StoresJuly 6th, 2008 — , dairy, farm animals, farm life, goats, having some fun from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
Ever try taking pictures of frisky young goats? They do NOT hold still.And if they happen to notice your camera…They jump in your face!Whoa! What’s that? Can I eat it?Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
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July 2nd, 2008 — , Health, doctors, medical profession, medicine, spiritual counseling, spirituality from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
According to a report published in a journal by the American Academy of Family Physicians, there are mounting studies that show a positive association between commitment to a spiritual or religious path and health. There are some dissenting opinions on…
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July 2nd, 2008 — , beach wedding, santa cruz wedding, wedding photography from Sheryl Karas @ Spiritual Counseling, Perfume, Healing and Me
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