What is the best advice to handle Mercury Retrograde to receive more positive rather than negative experiences during this time?

How to handle Mercury Retrograde to receive more positive rather than negative experiences during this time

Tricia Gunberg, Intuitive Healer, Wellness Warrior, Author

Well, that’s the rub. When we are unable to rid ourselves of what no longer serves us, along comes the energy of the Universe to help!

This ‘help’ or ‘adjustments, could very well feel negative. (I allowed my teen pregnancy to haunt me and bring me down for 30 years so I have deep understanding.) Know that it is the way we think about what happens not the actual event.

Eckhart teaches us not to resist the present moment, as does Abraham Hicks. I teach people not to resist who they are, to say YES to who they are, in fact.

Mercury in Retro is a time to:

RE-view

RE-wind

RE-lax

RE-consider

RE-work (our relationship with tech specifically)

So, how can YOU receive more positive than negative?

Please take time to do some of the ‘RE’ things listed. Add some Spring cleaning while you’re at it. Tell the Universe you are ready to release all that does not serve you with this symbolic gesture. Do some self-care by slugging off old skin with a dry brush (so relaxing too!) and so on. This is a general ‘reading’ as I know many people ask how to navigate Mercury in Retrograde. I could get more specific if I used your numerology. Your Life Path number, your Personal Year number and the numbers that repeat in your chart are your clues.

Since the retrograde in in Pieces, I have this to say:

Crap-on-a-cracker if emotions are difficult for you. I’m guessing if you are reading this post, it is an issue for you. Mercury is retro in Pieces ….. so it is about emotions! Here is another reason I think it is about emotions:

I saw someone carrying this book yesterday:

The old me would have high-fived 🤚the construction worker carrying the book. Who has time for feelings and emotional crap!? ‘Have a beer 🍺 and get over yourself’, the old me would have said.

The new me chuckled. (I’ve recorded something about it; Using emotions as gears in a car post) I laughed because my life has been so much better since I’ve ALLOWED my emotions to be expressed. This act of allowing transformed into me being able to OBSERVE my emotions. This is more advice drawn from Eckhart, he has the wisdom on this and when I first started listening to him it sounded like the Charlie Browns teacher speaking. I kept listening because I had an inner knowing that told me it was truth. After five years of listening, it makes sense to me now. Pun intended:

I highly recommend listening to the Narrated version by Eckhart himself.

Am I an expert? F*ck no. That baby business I spoke about, well, I placed him for adoption as I was only 16. Long story short, he is back in my life in the most beautiful way.

BUT ….I have not allowed myself to process all the emotions. I know this because his adopted mom gave me videos of him growing up and I can’t watch them without crying hysterically. I can’t get past the first 5 minutes. I still have emotional work to do and the thought of all that pain coming out is overwhelming, no matter how much joy surrounds it now. Having self-loathing and grief wound tightly for 33 years, …..letting loose is difficult.

Thank-you for this question. I will now RE-consider watching my son’s childhood videos so I can allow the grief of giving him up….typing that made tears well up…and ask myself what support I would need in order to do so. The bag of emotional bricks is just so so heavy.

Let this time be a friend to you.

Love and Light,

Tricia

Throwback Thursday: The 11, the 2 and the Owl with Update

Recently I was asked; “What is the meaning of hearing an owl at night? I have heard it several times this week.”

I love this question. It shows she is aware of messages and wants to decode them! Also, I love owls. As you know my motto is “Say YES to who you are to create magic.” Since the owl asks, “Who?”, maybe owl is the Spirit Animal of my website! I have answered this questions many times for myself so here it is:

Message from the owl

I'm looking for more insight into what this year has to offer us as we wait and watch. This week, owls popped up many times. The super cute owes that are so fuzzy you could die! (I am quoting a scene from Despicable Me.) We've had owls come up before and I recall something about 'who'. This gave me pause. To be honest,I am a bit upset that this message is on repeat. I still struggle with who I am. 

Well, maybe struggle isn't the right word. How do I explain?

For a long time I have believed there was something I need to do in this life time, something important. After I  started writing my blog in 2014 I thought I was onto something and I could relax. Putting myself out there as a writer AND intuitive made me feel so vulnerable- it had to be the antidote to my angst. Then I completed my first book, that helped some, for a while. 

Yesterday I watched Marie Forleo. (I love her! She is funky, spunky and beautiful! soul. I would include link here except her BSchool advice it to not link outside your own website :) I click on the show because the title was, "The Writing Process and the Myth of Inspiration." When they started talking about the courage to write, I began to cry. You see, I started writing my memoir in September (2018) and bawl the entire time I write and edit. This writing exercise has me completely aware of when I sensor myself in my writing and my talking. This awareness is causing me a great deal of pain. 

So.

I need to ask you,

"Who are you?"

I need to ask myself, "Who am I?"

And I need to repeat the message from two weeks ago, "What are you trying to say?" "What impact would you like to have on the world?" "What legacy do you want to leave?"

“Is it true? Is it useful?”

Dani Shapiro's advice is to ask yourself if it is true (what you say and what you write) and if it is useful. 

I want to ask you that too. Are you just mindless repeating others? (Parrot message from last week.)  Are you true to yourself? Do you honor yourself, weekly, hourly, daily, hourly?

How do you know if you are not? Remember the post I did on Emotions being gears in a car?  Emotions like: guilt, frustration, irritation, fear and anxiety - these are your clues. If others seem to be the ‘cause’ of these emotions for you, remember they are just reflecting back to you what you would like to change about yourself. 

The irony that I use Numerology to help people find themselves is not lost on me. I bet my entire family is laughing at this. They know I have been trying to figure this out my entire life. Maybe they are even wondering if I am qualified to help others if I can't even figure it out for myself. 

The 11 energy of 2018 is gunna make us more sensitive (2) and shine a light (Illumination, energy of the 11) on things to help us be true to ourselves (1 energy, twice!). Can you handle this? Are you ready? 

I think I am. And I am grateful, so grateful we can help each other. 

Love and Light,

Tricia

PS here is the Message of the Owl in video format

Throw Back Thursday: Meditation

#ThrowBackThursday

This video has the message of the number 4 which is the Universal Energy of 2020. I miss the ocean so finding this video today helped me a little. Hope it encourages you to take a few moments to breathe and focus on the 4 energy working in your life.

Love and Light,
Tricia
 

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