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In this week's bonus episode Lori shares her four favorite crystals for tapping into your unique creative voice.

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In this week's episode Lori dives into Part 3 of her series on Crystals, Creativity, and Money by talking about creativity and how we can tap into our unique creative voice.

Tune in to discover 5 tips for to light your inner fires of creativity.

P.S. Registration is now open for the Journey Jewels Guide Certification Program. Join Lori for this 6 month program and dive deep into your work with crystals, creativity, and shamanism. Register Here: www.journeyjewelsguide.com

In this bonus episode, Lori shares 5 crystals and a crystalline activation to change your relationship with money!

P.S. Registration is now open for the Journey Jewels Guide Certification Program. Join Lori for this 6 month program and dive deep into your work with crystals, creativity, and shamanism. Register Here: www.journeyjewelsguide.com

In this week's episode Lori dives into Part 2 of her series on Crystals, Creativity, and Money. This week focusing on that taboo topic, money.

Tune in to discover 5 tips for changing your relationship with money today.

P.S. Registration is now open for the Journey Jewels Guide Certification Program. Join Lori for this 6 month program and dive deep into your work with crystals, creativity, and shamanism. Register Here: www.journeyjewelsguide.com

Last week Journey Jewels turned 8.

It has been 8 amazing years of creating transformational jewelry, offering programs and services, and most importantly it has been 8 amazing years of being able to connect with you! Thank you!

I love anniversaries and birthdays. They are a wonderful time to celebrate and do a little reflection. So when I saw this birthday nearing, I schedule some time for just that.

As I sank in, my thoughts wandered back to the very beginning, to the first pieces of jewelry I created (long before the name Journey Jewels came into being), and the life-changing ceremony that allowed me to create space for my work to evolve, and most importantly to moment in time when the crystals revealed that while Journey Jewels has been the name for the jewelry I create it is actually a process for working with crystals and shamanic practices to create healing talisman and transformational sacred objects . . . and most importantly, it is a process to be shared with others!

That awareness was a game changer for me! . . . and just as the name Journey Jewels showed up after a ceremony, so did the program. I LOVE how sacred practice creates space for ideas, dreams, and visions to come into form.

Something I don't often talk about is the rocky time after I left my career as an occupational therapist.

I struggled to find a way to create a career and make money doing what I love. 

On so many levels I felt like a failure. I was struggling, and in the midst of my struggle I even considered going back to being an OT. Now I get that going back to being an OT may have been a good option, but for me it felt like doing that would be turning my back on what I know I am truly here to do.

I didn't realize it at the time, but I had left a back door wide open 'just in case'. It was my safety net and I was scared to let it go and truly leap into the unknown.

I think many of us are coming face to face with back doors right now. 

You may be feeling this as a sense of nostalgia for something shiny in your past. Or perhaps you are seeing an old path with fresh eyes and long to return to it because you see how much you've grown and think that perhaps now you could rock out what you weren't equipped for then. 

It's great to look back at the past with fresh eyes, to recognize how much you've grown, to see what you maybe once saw as failure as instead a little detour or a journey that prepared you for this exact moment. The challenge is that all too often we look back with rose colored glasses and keep a door open just in case. 

But once we finally close our back doors, we create space for our dreams and we have the complete freedom to say YES to the Magic + Mystery that wants to be created in our lives!

At the beginning of the year you likely set an intention. 

Are you still moving towards it? Or did you find yourself getting distracted? 

If you got a bit distracted, don't worry, this is the perfect time to do a little reflection and look at the doors you've been leaving open 'just in case'. Now is the time to close them.

Over the next couple weeks I will be diving deeper into the topic of Crystals, Creativity, and Money on my podcast Rooted Life Radio​. In this week's episode I share more about that life-changing ceremony and how you can create space in your life today!

Learn more about the Journey Jewels Guide Certification Program here: www.journeyjewelsguide.com

It is very warm here today . . . like 47. It feels more like spring than mid winter.​

I even spotted some fuzzy and open pussy willows while on a walk earlier this week.​

I love midwinter days such as this. They are refreshing and filled with sunny optimism. And they leave me feeling eager for spring. 

Something about next week's full moon, blue moon, lunar eclipse feels much like spring.

Over the past couple days I've been preparing for next week's crystal ceremony.

I'm always intrigued by how preparing for a ceremony is about so much more than just simply creating a beautiful space or planning the ceremony itself.

Those are the obvious things. What's less obvious is how spirit begins to open an energetic portal, gather the unique energy of the group, and how the energy and intention behind the ceremony gains its unique momentum.

Creating space for this portal to open and for our energy to come together happens in more subtle ways . . . like listening to our dreams, doing a little reflection, and creating internal space the inspiration, ideas, and vision that want to come forward for us in ceremony. 

Ceremony is a beautiful way to create a bridge between the spiritual and physical worlds, to open a portal of connection with not only our higher self, but also with our guides, the angels, our ancestors, and the divine. 

How we prepare for ceremony is just as important as showing up and being present. 

In this week's episode I share some great tips for clarifying your ceremony intention, tuning into the wisdom and insights that are already flowing days before the ceremony, and how to shift perspective about any challenges that may be popping up.

I would LOVE for you to join me in ceremony by joining us in the Crystal Immersion FB Group. https:facebook.com/groups/crystalimmersion

Earlier this week I did a FB live crystal reading to connect with a Crystal Forecast for 2018 . . . perhaps you happened to catch it. 

It was so much fun! 

The crystals had a lot to say and I'm feeling even more excited and supported as this year begins (I hope you will too as you listen to the replay in this week's episode of Rooted Life Radio). 

Divination creates an opportunity to see life from a new perspective or through a different lens. 

It is a wonderful way to access inner wisdom, listen to our inner voice, and open to divine wisdom and messages. 

It's not the place to come for our precise next steps or to create a picture perfect outline of what's going to happen, but rather it invites us to recognize our own potential and the places where we maybe holding ourselves back.

Divination is a powerful ally for accessing our own inner wisdom and opening our hearts to divine wisdom. ​

Tools such as oracle cards, crystals, pendulums, dreams and so much more offer a perspective or insight into our lives that we may be​ hushing or are too distracted to hear. They may help us better understand a challenge we're facing or a story that seems to repeat over and over. They may encourage us to stick to our original decision when we are feeling a little uncertain. Or, when we are stubbornly digging in our heels and missing a bigger picture, they may bluntly help us to see how we're stuck. Our divination tools may help us recognize our unique timing, like when we need to take action and when our soul is seeking a bit more growth first. And most importantly, a little divination will support us in really listening to what is happening within.

Cultivating the ability to listen to and trust our inner voice is priceless. 

I know, that phrase is a bit overused (thank you mastercard). But, I know that listening to my inner wisdom, trusting it, and taking action that reflects it has been a life changer for me. And, it is a skill that I continue to cultivate and deepen. 

Divination brings an essence of magic and fun that helps us open our heart and soften our resistance to our inner voice of wisdom. 

This week, join me in a little divination magic and fun as you listen to the replay of the 2018 Crystal Forecast in this week's episode of Rooted Life Radio. 

And, while you are there, I'd love to hear, what are some of your favorite divination practices and why?

xoxo, Lori

Links referenced in this week's episode: Discover how to do your own personal crystal reading here: https://loriaandrus.com/2018crystals

Crystal Magic Journey: https://loriaandrus.com/crystal-challenge

Crystal Immersion FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crystalimmersion/

Hello my sacred friends!

I'm so enjoying the vibe of this new year! Oh my, it's feeling amazing.

As I've been settling into this new vibe, I've been finding myself feeling curious about what is in store for this year.

We're starting out with a pretty big bang. My astrology friends love chatting about all planets being direct and the two full moons and a lunar eclipse this month. And me being a capricorn, I love having saturn back in my sign! I'm feeling grounded and focused and in my goat like way, ready to climb a mountain. 

And I realize not everyone is feeling this steadiness or take off energy. Last year was a bummer for many of us (myself included). Of course some wonderful things unfolded and in the great cycle of life I see how what unfolded holds significance but I'm ready to shut the door to 2017 by harnessing this winter energy to pause, listen within, and do a little divination.

Doing a little divination is a wonderful way to cross the threshold of the new year and clear the slate. It's an opportunity to listen to our soul, listen to our guidance, and begin to connect with our vision.

Do you have any divination practices you love to use?

Over the years I've explored many . . . from oracle cards to coco leaf readings and so much more. But the one practice that I just keep coming back to is a crystal reading.

So, with the new moon coming up next week I decided to take an afternoon to discover what they have to share right now and to do a crystal reading for myself (next week I'll be doing a 2018 crystal forcast for the collective . . . stay tuned!). I am in awe of what popped up and I'm so curious to see how this year will continue to unfold and how these crystals will also show up as my allies. And one of the things I really love about having done a crystal reading is that now I feel like I have a resource or an ally for each month as this year unfolds. 

Crystals love to support us in all facets of life and they have so much wisdom to share. 

Let yourself dive in and explore what crystals will be guiding you as you tune into this week's episode and discover a quick and easy way you can do your own 2018 crystal reading!

Download Wheel of the Year pdf - https://loriaandrus.com/2018crystals

Looking for more opportunities to deepen your relationship with the crystals and stones? . . . check these programs out: 

Crystal Magic 7-day Journey to get to know your crystals (free). Sign up here: https://loriaandrus.com/crystal-challenge

Journey Jewels Guide Certification Program. Learn More Here: http://journeyjewelsguide.com

Happy New Year!

I hope it is off to a wonderful start and that you enjoyed some great time with family, friends, and loved ones over the holidays. 

I love the holiday season . . . from the winter solstice, to my birthday on the 24th, and through the new year . . . for me it feels like a magical time that I always long to savor. 

Every holiday season seems to have it's own charm. This year Chris and I kept things pretty low key. We spent a lot of time at home, clearing space, watching shows on Netflix, chatting, and simply enjoying time together. And the recent cold spell made staying home even more inviting. 

While I have always loved this time of the year, I have not always been a big fan of the winter season. 

If you live in a northern climate, you know what I'm talking about when I say that winter can be a pretty uncomfortable; from the cold to the snow to the fewer hours of sunlight, the slower pace that my body craves, and the surfacing of deeper emotions. 

For so long, my way of dealing with my winter angst was to try to stay active or avoid the cold by traveling to a warmer climate for an extended getaway.

Yes, those great ways to keep our spirits up in the midst of winter, but what I didn't realize was that I was fighting my own natural natural rhythm and creative cycles. I wasn't listening to my body or my spirit.

Winter truly is a season of magic. It is one that calls us into stillness and creates space for inner discovery and creative inspiration. It opens our hearts to our deepest truths and desires. It awakens vision and nourishes us on all levels so that in spring we feel ready to take inspired action.

In this week's episode of Rooted Life Radio I share some thoughts and ideas that will hopefully inspire you fall in love with winter too! 

Today we are celebrating episode 100!

Thank you so much for joining us for this journey and being a part of our community.

In this week's episode I am talking about two of my favorite topics: crystals and shamanism. And the sweet spot where the two merge. 

Tune and discover the unique way shamans look at and work with crystals.