What Expansion Feels Like

Plus, Jazzed Up Instant Ramen and a way to meet with me 1:1

What Expansion Feels Like and 1:1 Expansion Sessions

In today’s episode of the podcast, I shared the three tarot cards that keep falling out of the deck face up as I move through a stretch of expansion.

While many cards popped out of my tarot deck repeatedly, these three cards perfectly capture a kind of expansion stirred on by new beginnings, self discovery, and a bend toward adventure.

The Fool: Since the Fool holds the distinction of being the first card in a tarot deck, it is representative of new beginnings, expanding one’s horizons, and feeling a willingness to take risks guided by intuition. I took a leap of faith while traveling and it worked out sweetly, laying all kinds of meaning and magic on my altar.

The Hermit: The Hermit represents a period of drawing your energy and attention inward to remind yourself that all the answers you seek are deep within your own soul. This card represents soul-searching, introspection, and inner guidance. It felt important to be still and go inward after this leap of faith, to learn the lessons it reflected back to me.

Fortune: Sometimes called the Wheel of Fortune, the Fortune card represents a kind of luck, destiny, or prosperity that comes your way from action and lessons. It asks you to be optimistic, to have faith that the Universe or Creator will support your situation in the best way possible. This card also represents a turning point in your life, calling in a significant change. I have learned that the dance between the Fool and the Hermit can very often lead to a kind of Fortune, and most certainly, it reveals a next, best step.

As I listened closely to the messages of these cards, I heard that we’re all going through some sequence of the Fool-Hermit-Fortune cards and, as such, it became my invitation to open up a select number of 1-on-1 Expansion Sessions in December and January. If you have felt called to work with me, this is the first time in a long time that I’ve ever offered single sessions.

During these sessions, I bring all my lived experience as a seasoned storyteller and entrepreneur, a compassionate space holder and ceremony guide, a channel between the divine and the earthly, and a vessel for the heart-opening medicine of Ceremonial Cacao. In fact, if you wish to bring a cup of Cacao to our shared space, I’d be happy to invoke my ancestors and the spirit of Cacao to support your sweet soul.

I go deeper into all of this on Episode 78 of the We Are Magic Podcast called, What Expansion Feels Like, which just launched today.

Live Event

SACRED CACAO CIRCLE: On Sunday, December 17, I will guide you through an experience of softness, connection, and remembrance in order to hear vital messages from your soul and allow your next best steps to surface. This session is designed for creatives, visionaries, leaders, healers, and sweet souls who may be moving through death and transformation, opening up to their own uniqueness, wrestling with uncertainty, considering a major life transition, and keenly interested in detecting the voice of their soul from all the voices within.

The event will be on Zoom. Limited spots. Reserve here.

Jazzed Up Instant Ramen

When I settle into a new place when traveling, I almost immediately burn incense to cleanse the home and then gather up the ingredients for Jazzed Up Instant Ramen.

And since someone recently asked me how I jazz up those packages of dried noodles and the weather in the northern half of the United States is perfect for steamy bowls, I thought it would be a worthwhile share.

First, cook the noodles in some kind of stock—chicken, mushroom, or vegetable will do. This lets the bouillon flavor permeate the noodles.

Second, soft boil an egg or two in another pot of boiling water. I prefer a jam-like consistency so I lean toward cooking them for six or seven minutes. Slice them in half before setting on top of the final dish.

Third, I always buy a bottle of soy sauce when traveling in order to season the cooking liquid and add more to season the final dish. The noodles and their broth are further amped by adding sesame oil, lime juice, miso, fresh herbs, butter, and a vigorously stirred tablespoon of mayonnaise. Ideally, stir the mayo off the heat with a little boiling liquid to form a velvety consistently and then stir it into the noodles and their broth. It adds depth and creaminess.

Lastly, if I have vegetables or extra protein, they’re also going into the bowl of ramen. I specifically like to smash cucumbers with soy sauce and sesame oil before adding them to the final dish.

I was traveling for 10 days and ate this dish three times. It’s economical, filling, and warms the soul from within. This is my favorite noodle brand but you go with what you find wherever you are.

I’ll be back in a couple days with the next pillar of Soul Work, promise.