Author: designingfairy

I'm Ronni, a designing fairy living among the humans! I'm a writer, illustrator, designer, and animal communicator/medium who loves to share and teach what I've learned in a fun way, whether it's providing tools in my Help! I'm Sensitive series for the sensitive folk, Healing Fairy Alphabet Deck for connecting to your intuition through Nature, the Idea Emporium for thinking like a designer to get out of boxes, or teaching in a classroom lessons I created, I hope my creations help make life more fun and easier. I like to help my fellow sensitives!
spiritual lessons

Car symbolism

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I’ve been dreaming about designing again. Maybe pulled into new directions? Anyhow, still dead in the water right now. So, I looked up these great sites regarding car symbolism. (Ha! Even when I am bottoming out, I still want to share information and teach. Will this madness ever end?)

Great definitions on types of car dreams, from crashes to who is driving the car:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art12197.asp

Another blog touches upon this subject. I conclude that my car (or things in my life) need to be repaired. I am waiting to see if it will be to hard or out my reach to do so!

http://thedreamwell.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/dream-symbols-driving-the-car/

The repair theme is so true! Seems everything needs some work and new life to it.

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Universal Wake-up calls

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I blew a gasket. No, literally. In the middle of courthouse square in Prescott. It was actually the gasket top cover which shattered and covered the street, and then I couldn’t steer. The rest of the day was filled with angels in people form helping me. I was lucky that I was in the middle of civilization and so close to friends.

If I analyze this experience as a dream, it would be telling. I had hit a point of frustration–having that “I give up!” moment before this happens. Now I await to see what the damage is and how to come up with the money. All I do know from this, is I need to make some serious changes in the area of receiving. Maybe some downsizing. Oh, and I need to get that car fixed, pronto.

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October Newsletter

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The October Newsletter is now available. The theme is Lift Your Spirits, which we are all needing. Sign up here or here.

new thinking · spiritual lessons

Pulling away old beliefs; self esteem

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I love how the Universe throws in your face what you need to work on when you need to work on it. Many times, the stuff coming up is the stuff that is finally ready to leave. In the past few weeks, my past arrived at my front door–all the old stuff that brought with it old messages that when I tell myself these things I feel like poo. Had it become so automatic in me to talk to myself like that?

Our relatives visited and with them came very old roles I no longer fit into, as well as, old familiar insecurities and bad feelings from long ago. Then there were the old friends which brought back very old roles & a teenage persona, and I realized how different a person I was now. But why were the feelings that came up as raw as if I were back in those school days? Because when the stuff is leaving it IS in your face. It’s time for it to leave! All this old stuff I realized, was a great deal of other people’s stuff that I took personally. As an empath, I often do that. I get lost in the goop and forget to get out.

But that visit and the old friends & the old stuff brought me grown-up realizations which is a good thing. There were old beliefs. One big one yesterday I’d like to share. My folks believed (and still do) that your worth is based on how things look. So, whenever my life or I didn’t measure up, or wasn’t as good as, or didn’t appear big or exciting enough, I wasn’t worth while. This belief was so buried down I had no idea I even thought it! (I actually had an old boyfriend in college look at me and tell me I wasn’t glamorous enough! That same belief coming up to clear.) And you know what? Here, all along, it wasn’t my belief to begin with!

Gradually I am realizing my life, for me, is about how I feel. Am I happy? Does what I do make me feel good? Help others? Do I feel good? My soul and who I am is much more than how I appear, as for everyone of you.

What beliefs have come up for you lately that are ready to vamoose? I’ll give you a clue which ones are the old ones, any belief that starts out by saying, “You should be _____ (fill in the blank), to be acceptable.” Let it go…

manifesting · spiritual lessons

Abundance on a budget

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10 Ways to feel like you’re Abundant when your cashflow isn’t flowing:

  1. Head to the library. Where else can you walk out of a place with an arm full of free books? Our library allows 50 items at one time! I’ve walked out with 10 DVDs, 10 CDs, tons of best-selling books! And don’t forget the cheapo 25 cent magazines! I recently picked up the latest VOGUE!
  2. Sign up for My Points.  Earn enough and you can win free gift cards. My husband and I recently went to Olive Garden for free! Boy, did we need that treat. Nothing like having someone refill your water, bring you food you don’t have to make, and ask you continually if everything is all right. It’s a dream to us caregiver types!
  3. Take $10 and head to the local thrift store like the Goodwill. Not only will you give to a good cause, but you can buy several outfits! My daughter and I recently went to a Fill a bag for $1 sale. We walked away with whole wardrobes and we’re talking good quality clothes.
  4. Clean your closets or your drawers. You’d be amaze how much stuff you already have and haven’t worn!
  5. Make something. Get out the art supplies and create! This shows you you can make something out of nothing! (um, in a good way)
  6. Bake from scratch. Same concept as no. 5. You can make great things (or in my case in baking, not so much.)
  7. Collect all the loose change from under the couch, your purse, the floor. Watch for the change on the ground when you go outside.
  8. Listen to all the free radio you can find. Listen to Pandora or Faerie Radio! Nothing like good new tunes to raise your mood. (Thanks to Bill who told me about Pandora).
  9. Trade with friends. I loved the day my friend Pam gave me a huge set of acrylic paints she wasn’t needing or wanting worth tons to me.
  10. And last but not least, spend some time doing what you put off as selfish or self-indulgent. Go use the paints, read the book you’ve put off reading, use that porch swing!

You will find just by doing a few things on the list, your mood expands and floats, and next thing you know abundance comes in other ways through the door. Off to paint… (from my October newsletter).

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Good vs. bad energy & going deeper

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I was going to write about one thing this morning, and realized the lesson I was learning was very different. Today I felt the difference between receiving good energy and bad energy. Good energy-wise–I received my daily message from Tut.com. I felt uplifted, powerful and excited to move on=good energy. I also received a very lovely blog review recognizing my blog as helpful=another warm, good fuzzy feeling. On the other hand, for the first time-I should feel flattered my blog is gaining such popularity-a very weird, critical and not very helpful blog comment. I questioned myself, felt yukky, and wanted to go into bad OCD-like behaviors=bad energy. Sometimes criticism is a good thing if it makes your work or services better. Good criticism might feel a little ouchy, but you know it is true. Bad criticism just doesn’t feel good. It isn’t helpful.

I would have stayed at the lesson right there, but BAM. I was reminded to go deeper. This same criticism was what I tell myself often–that if something isn’t working how I’d like it, I must not be doing it “right.” So, I need to excessively obsess over things and work harder until they are “right.” It was as if this person came along to show me this! This was old stuff and old patterns that didn’t make sense anymore. The truth for me I have found, is those who are right for your work, your services or business, “get” what you do right away. They already think it is right in every way, because it is meant for them. Haven’t you noticed this? The others will weed themselves out by asking for what you can’t give, wanting you to compromise more, and will want what you offer to be much different than what it is. I suppose this applies to relationships and life also. What do you think?

spiritual lessons

Keep it Simple

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I am noticing…that we are all asked to keep it simple. Bare it down to what is important and what really matters. This comes in different ways like when we spared down to a smaller yet cozier home. Or when we are asked to drop things work-wise and focus in on new things or redevelop old things. When we pare down we notice what feels good, who we want to spend time with, and what are hearts really want. This isn’t always easy, of course. I am the first to hold on to the old for dear life until I am kicking and screaming (I am so getting better with this!) How do we know what to keep? Whatever has the most energy for you, is like a signpost, “Go this way.” That’s what I’ve noticed. How about you?

Guardian Angels

You have to ask

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Today has been one of those interesting days. I am slowly learning you need to ask for help. I am always finding myself on my hands and knees when things are not doing well asking and praying for help and guidance. What if I just trusted and asked everyday? It’s funny how that is counter to what I have learned what strength is. I should be able to do it all alone, right? Forget that. Lean on your Angels, Spirit helpers, your soul and whatever you call God. Ask, ask, ask. Things have gone rather well the last few days after asking.

Another thing a wise person told me…I am not a religious person at all, but more spiritual perhaps. I don’t pray for forgiveness or from a place of wrong. I am even uncomfortable with the word “praying” which brings up images of churches and temples and should’s and should not’s. Look at this another way, I was told, we pray so we make our intentions and wants clear and known. How could anyone help us if we don’t say what we need? Cool…

Animal Communication · Flower essences for sensitive · Guardian Angels · healing

The Dogbunny Zine is here

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Where Art Meets Intuition. I had such a good time creating this zine. Here’s some excerpts:

To order your copy today go here

or here.

spiritual lessons

We are all energy-I get it!

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I am one of those folks who believe it when I see it, or in this case, feel it. I suppose that is why I have in the last few years seen quite a few miraculous things. The other night, I was wide open, traveling in meditation, and had the amazing discovery that we are all energy or vibrations like stations on a radio. Okay, now we all know this. We’ve read it, heard it. But it was the first time I really felt it–it was exaggerated.

Sarah, our teagle beagle, jumped on the bed with her morning nervous energy. I felt her static, hyper energy, that to me felt physically very uncomfortable. I winced. I felt it on my own body as nervousness, that jumpy feeling. Then Emma Lou jumped on the bed, and her energy or radio station felt like it was set to “calm” or “elevator music.” Her energy was flowing and felt gentle and soft. Very comfortable to me. I realized on the microscopic feeling level, that is why some folks resonate with us and some don’t, although we are not consciously aware of it.

The other night I watched my classmates’ video creations in the DVD class. Our assignment was to edit film clips to accompany a piece of music of our choosing. Several of the movies were hard for me to watch. There was flashing, hard images and loud, jarring music. My eyes felt assaulted. Some folks’ energy is like this to me, only because my energy is different, although I do have days when my energy is like Sarah’s morning energy, and I suppose to Emma Lou, I am very jarring. Those days Emma doesn’t dig the music I am playing.