Helen Joy Butler

2020 Oracle Card Reading – My gift to you

December 19, 2019

Every year for the past five or more years I’ve done an oracle card reading, to wrap up the year that was and step fully into the new year ahead.

These readings have always been powerful. They’ve always been helpful. And they’ve always guided me throughout the year, particularly when I’ve taken the time every now and then to check in with the wisdom that came through when I first did the reading for myself.

In previous years I’ve followed other teachers’ learnings and guidance but something inside me knew that this year I had to create my own. So I sat in meditation and was guided toward a number of questions which really helped me close of 2019 and see 2020 – and the new decade ahead – with fresh eyes.

If you’d like the reading, to help guide you into 2020, I’d love to share it with you!

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Let’s Talk About Creativity For A Moment

December 12, 2019

See this wall hanging?

I made it, for my sister for her (our) birthday.

I am by no means an expert weaver. This is literally only the second ever weaving / wall hanging I’ve ever created.

I did the first one about three years ago when Hubby was really sick and bedridden for two weeks with a hideous virus. I was managing him and our son and everything else (like most women do!) and found I needed to do something to calm myself, so I went out and bought a cheap art canvas, stripped it bare, and created my own loom.

Is It Safe To Use Abalone Shells When Smudging?

November 28, 2019

A few weeks ago we had a conversation in our private Elemental Space Clearing® group about abalone shells and smudging.

I’m a mentor for the group and am often answering questions or providing support as well as learning from the depth of knowledge from other practitioners and students.

One of our lovely members asked a question about abalone shells – and what followed was a really interesting conversation about abalone shells and the role they play in Elemental Space Clearing®.

This conversation was the momentum I needed to write this article and answer the question –

Is It Safe To Use Abalone Shells When Smudging?

Stepping Out of the Spiritual Closet – Sharing the real me

November 11, 2019

On the weekend we had a lovely lunch with friends we’ve known for close to 30 years.

I met most of them when I was 21 and just started going out with my now Hubby. These people are like family to me, so it was an absolute joy to spend a few hours eating, drinking, laughing, reconnecting.

There was one friend at our lunch who I really wanted to speak with. We hadn’t seen each other for around ten years (or that was our guess!) and there had been a lot of change in both our lives over that time.

I knew from the journey my friend had taken that they would understand part of my own. For at least two years I’ve known I wanted to share my story with my friend – not because our situations were the same but because, in my mind anyway, our journeys weren’t hugely dissimilar. My friend was further along on the journey than me and to hear the wisdom they shared was like a balm to my wounds.

It was actually really difficult to say out loud the words I needed to say to my friend.

Not because I haven’t said them before, to trusted friends or in my own mind.

And not because I felt my friend would judge me.

But because by voicing them I was acknowledging to someone outside of my inner circle a deep truth for me.

This Year’s Big Creative Project

October 31, 2019

A little over six months ago I sent my niece a text asking her if my sister liked a wall hanging I created a few years ago, that’s hanging in my dining room. I wanted to know if she felt my sister would like one in her own home and, if so, I’d make her one for our birthday. ⁣

My niece said she was sure my sister would love one so I went out, bought some yarn (in colours my niece thought would look nice in my sister’s home), pulled out my homemade loom, set it up, and started weaving.