Hey there Badass, 

How are you doing? Are you finding ways to stay happy and hopeful while not looking away from the challenges our country is facing?

Balance is such a fleeting and dynamic thing. Just as the little lizard skittered away as soon as I snapped this picture, balance often slips away the moment we feel like we’ve achieved it. Balance and imbalance are both temporary. Balance requires intentional  and consistent maintenance.

It reminds me of a conversation I had with someone a while back. It was about their work. They told me that they can’t even think about it because if they admit how bad it is that they would have to quit so they just dissociated and denied. That person managed to stay with their job until retirement so it worked for them. but some of us can’t hold the denial in place that long and simply can’t stay turned away from their truth for too long or it damages their health even more than the awareness. We all do the best we can to maintain what balance we need. 

Nature is important for my own balance, How about you? Gardening and going to pretty places helps. I captured this photo at the Zilker Botanical Garden before the weather got too hot. The lizard reminds me of some of the creatures on The Moon tarot card and yet the sunshine is so strong and bright here. It got me contemplating the balance between The Sun and The Moon tarot cards and balance in general. Practicing tarot and looking to the cards for guidance, helps me keep perspective and a sense of direction when I’m making decisions or facing uncertainty. 

When I need to cool my inner anxiety, move through the places where I feel stuck or connect with universal love or peace, Reiki is my go to. My husband is also a reiki master. When we have moments of conflict or disconnection, we turn to Reiki as a way to access the flow of universal love, within ourselves as individuals and as a reminder of the love between us that is more powerful than any moment of conflict. It helps us return to our balanced center where we can each think clearly and make loving choices.

Reiki brings things back to balance and it can help replenish your depleted energy even when the world around you is in chaos. It can help you create more harmony in your own life, or simply face the day ahead. It can help strengthen you to fight for change or support your immune system so that it can help your health. 

If you would like to learn Reiki, I’m teaching a Reiki level 1 class beginning August 20th, 2025.  It will be 4 Wednesday evenings in a row from 7 to 9 PM. Holler back if you’re interested.

As always, you can access all of the Badass Mystic  services through the website. I always love to work with you whether remotely or in person. 

Sending you balance and harmony

Michelle

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