More than ever, we are being asked to tap into the energy of love in the most difficult situations (like being with family members who have polar opposite beliefs), even if that also means setting boundaries in our interactions with others. This week the waning moon moves from the last quarter square to her dark, “balsamic” phase, as the New Moon in Capricorn occurs on January 2. The energy of polarity is building and pressurizing.
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What an intense time we are living in. The biggest question seems to be, how do we stay focused on light and love when there seems to be so much darkness in the world?
As I said last week, the cosmos are not taking a holiday during the holidays this year! This week between the Full Moon and the last quarter moon is really big. There are 4 big aspects that on their own, would make headlines.
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Are you feeling the optimism in the air? Life may feel intense at times, but I’m seeing signs everywhere of love overtaking fear and scarcity.
Sometimes when times get tough, we’re tempted to constrict our hearts. It’s a challenge to keep our hearts open. It’s like when we’re cold and wrap our arms around ourselves to stay warm and protect ourselves from the cold. You may find yourself doing that emotionally and spiritually right now to protect yourself, where it takes effort to stay open to love, hope and trust. It’s always worth the effort!
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This Scorpio lunar cycle is not for the faint of heart. October was just the warm-up for what we are experiencing now, like a big training before a long-distance run. Truthfully, though, we’ve been training for this moment all our lives.
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This New Moon in Scorpio at 2:14p PDT on November 4, 2021 is all about courageously using the darkness to get to the rich core, the truth within you, so that you can authentically partner with others. We (re)birth the New Earth when we (re)birth ourselves through sharing our gifts and resources.
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We interview Obamacare expert Dr. Taffy Wagner, who explains how to navigate the Affordable Care Act and tells us about economical alternatives to traditional health insurance.
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It’s not easy being an empowered patient in our current health care system, which places way too much emphasis on “the doctor/pharmaceutical company/FDA is always right”, and too little emphasis on what might actually work best for that patient.
I’m going to let you in on a secret. There’s ONE step that you have to take to become empowered. Just ONE. Ready?
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In the first segment of our 3-part Empowerment series, I discussed why it’s so important for patients and providers to feel empowered, and how we can use the Internet as a way to stay informed on best current practices. Today, we look at an uglier side of our health care system based on the outdated beliefs that the health care provider is always right, and Western medicine has all the answers.
Except in trauma, Western medicine excels at suppressing symptoms, but it’s not so good at helping people to heal. (I define healing as coming back as strong or even stronger than before the illness or health issue developed.) Even worse, our health care system is rife with practitioners – from all ranks of medicine, both conventional and alternative – who believe that they know better than their patients. And rather than using information to empower their patients, they use fear, coercion, and sometimes force to manipulate their patients into “patient compliance”, making them go along with treatments that are expensive, not evidence based, and/or may cause harm to the patient.
I know these are strong words to use. The problem is, people contact me every week because they want options. They question why their doctor is “requiring” that they or their child endure a treatment or intervention that might cause them harm, whether those treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, or supplements. They feel intuitively there must be a different way, but their provider is not providing them with any options.
It’s the ugly side of our health care system, and it is hurting patients.
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If information is power, then the Internet – long crowned the “information superhighway” – provides both patients and health care providers a compelling platform for empowerment. Patients want to know about their choices and treatment options -- ALL of their options, not just what was taught in medical school ten, twenty, thirty years ago.
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