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As we all know the holidays can be a very stressful time. Running around to find that perfect gift, to make the perfect meal for our families can put added stress onto what should be a joyous time. The key is to finding what destresses you, and make some time for yourself in between the hustle and bustle of the upcoming holidays. The stress may not even come from gift shopping or the meal preparation but it may also come from where to get the money to make Christmas something special for everyone. In economic times such as these many people are already feeling the pressure of not being able to provide the Christmas for their families. If this is the case for you remember it isnt the size of the gift or how expensive it is but the thought that matters. Many people have got back to making gifts for their families and friends. To be perfectly frank I adore this idea, when you do this for someone it puts a little of you in the gift. Going to dollar stores or flea markets and putting together a basket for someone of their favorite things is the perfect  gift to give to someone. It not only shows you took the time to put thought and energy into that person, but that you remember the things that they love and cherish.

No matter what you do for someone they will love it because it came from you!!!! The amount you spend is NOT important.

Now finding quiet time from now till the end of the holidays may seem impossible, but to keep you grounded and not stressed to the max. it is highly important. At the end of a busy day, maybe  curl up in your favorite chair when the rest of the house is quiet with a cup of old fashioned hot chocolate and your favorite book. Just that small peacefulness with allow the stress of the day to flow out of you. Throw in some of your favorite candles with soft peaceful, calming scents will add to your peace time. No matter what you like to do to find your peace, now during this holiday time it is crucial we all find that something.

Another suggestion is to sit and make some home made Christmas cards for family and friends that are far away, or even near. Put your thoughts for a happy holiday for them into the card, make each card separate and unique to the people your sending it to. A few pieces of paper, some glitter pens or paint and you have the makings of a wonderful hand made card.

We all need to take that peaceful time for ourselves at holiday time, slow down and remember in the end, everything will turn out beautifully whether it is store bought or hand made. Christmas is about families and enjoying the time with yours, you cant do that if your running around ready to pull your hair out.

I like to include loved ones who have passed away in our family holidays by setting a place for them at the table and sharing a memory from everyone of that person, this reduces stress and grief at holiday time. You feel they have been included and chances are they are right there with you all enjoying the holiday time with you.

Just remember to slow down, breathe and take a few mins at the end of every day to unwind and destress dont let it build. Enjoy this time sharing, laughing, and loving the time with family. Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas from us here at readingsbyjody.com

Here at Readingsbyjody.com we love to share in everyone’s holidays no matter where or when. Since I am located in Canada our Thanksgiving is celebrated a month earlier then the US. I wanted to take this time to wish all my friends no matter where you are a Happy Thanksgiving. To remind all it is about family and what we are truly thankful for, no matter how big or how small. Include loved ones who have crossed over in family celebrations and traditions, so that the pain of loosing them is not so strong.

Remember all the blessings you have in your life even if things don’t seem so bright right now. It is a day of remembering the positive and focusing on the events to come. I would like to take this time to say Happy Thanks Giving to everyone who stops at the website. It is my sincere pleasure to share in this holiday with you. I send thoughts of thanks, love and family enjoyment to all… Happy Thanksgiving from Dave and myself, and hope your day is filled with laughter and joy.

What it means to have Wolf as your Totem Animal:

The Alpha Male and Female often mate for life; and all members of the Pack show care and affection for the pups. If you were to keep company with Wolves, you would find an enormous sense of family within the Pack, as well as a strong individualistic urge. If the mother and father are unable to care for their young, another member will adopt them. Some wolves even serve as baby sitters for the pups. Wolf Medicine teaches this strong family loyalty and support system; respect and honor for the family, both the elders and the children.

Wolves do not fight (or attack) unnecessarily; in fact, they often go out of their way to avoid any trouble. Wolf uses Raven as aerial spotters for possible food sources and to alert them of any danger that may be ahead. In return for this service, Raven shares in the feast Wolf provides by the Prey. Raven is the Holy Messenger, Magic and Shape Shifter that is closely associated with Wolf and may be considered part of Wolf Medicine as well.

Wolf brings with him a strong sense of faithfulness, inner strength and intuition. But the Wolf also brings learning. Sometimes one needs to cross barriers, take risks, go beyond the limited compass of ‘normal’ behavior in order to learn and grow, although crossing these boundaries may seem repugnant, even painful. But fear not the inner power and strength you feel when you spend time alone. Instead come to know your deepest self and even in the darkest places, with Wolf as ally, you will find closeness and spiritual companionship. You are never alone. Above all, Wolf will teach you, through your experience, to trust yourself and not to fear or reject those parts of you that you don’t yet understand or know. Wolf will guard you as it teaches, sometime gently and sometimes strongly if not harshly but always with love.

Understanding and learning about Wolf as your totem is learning about your self. Grow with Wolf and learn all he/ she has to tell you. For once you do, it will surprise you what you can learn about yourself. For more about Totem Animals please visit our website www.readingsbyjody.com

As an angel communicator I have heard many personal experiences over the years and so I wanted to write a blog about them. Many people have encountered Angels in their life especially in times of need and tragedy. Now since Angels have never walked in human form it would take a strong event for them to appear as a human, which has happened and there have been several accounts of this over the years, very well documented accounts and some not so well known but have a grand meaning just the same. As many know angels cannot interfere with a persons freewill but they can come to one when that person is in dire need. The following two stories although not accurately written here, have been documented cases and these are examples of the stories I have read.  Again these are fictional for this blog but the point of each story is true.

It started out to be a fun filled day, John was meeting his friends at the beach and was looking forward to a day of fun in the sun. Although he had quite the drive ahead of him he knew if he started out early he would make it in plenty of time to enjoy quite the day. He packed his car with enthusiasm, and started out, the traffic on the freeway was heavy so he decided to take an alternative route on the mountain roads. Although very windy, the sun was shining and the traffic wasn’t heavy at all. he put on his favorite Cd rolled down the window and drove the windy roads to his destination. As he rounded the curve that’s when it all happened, a truck coming towards him in the wrong lane, nothing John could do to avoid it but swerve. As he swerved he lost control of his car and went over the embankment. He lost consciousness. When john came to he knew things were bad, the pain was immeasurable, and every time he tried to move any part of his body the pain was so intense he almost blacked out. Thats when he saw her, a woman walking towards the wreck, slowly and surrounded with a blinding white light, which at the time he put in his mind was the sun in his eyes, but this light was much different. She bent down beside John and in the softest voice said to him, ” Dont move help is on the way and your going to be alright”, just being in the presence of this woman the pain felt as if it all went away, and he felt a comfort that he had never felt before. It was at that moment he saw them, “her eyes”. She had the most exquisite set of eyes. Blue as the sea, words could never describe the colors that illuminated from this woman’s eyes , he took her hand and blacked out. As john came to the woman was gone and in her place were emergency rescuers pulling him up the embankment, as they did this he asked one of them where she went so he could thank her for staying with him until they could come. The man said to John that there was no woman around and that the rescue call had come in as anonymous.

Emily sat outside in the park by the edge of the water way, in her hand she held a handful of pills. She was middle aged, her marriage of many years had just ended much to her surprise and she had no children to bring joy to her life. She felt empty, she felt sorrow, and that there was nothing left for her anymore. She pondered her life, and her death for hours, the more she thought the more she knew it was best if she just go ahead and take these pills, after all who was left for her. She took a deep breath put her hand to her mouth and it was at that moment she heard “excuse me” , she looked up and saw the outline of a woman standing there, she replied “yes”? The woman bent over and whispered something in her ear, smiled and walked away. Emily was shocked, she got up, walked to the trash and tossed the pills away. In the days, weeks and months that followed Emily went back to school, became a nurse in a children s hospital, where she tended to cancer patients. As Emily recalls the events of that say the one thing that stands out to her was the woman’s “eyes”, They were blue, almost ice blue, a blue that words cannot describe. She never told anyone what the woman told her that day, the only detail she will repeat is about the woman’s eyes and how they changed her life in an instant.

Many stories such as these have been repeated over time and each time, the one point that makes them all the same is the “eyes” of the person who they meet, and how upon meeting this person their lives were changed or saved in some way. They all also know that their lives were changed by the visitation of an Angel. So although they have never walked in human form they can in certain situations appear to someone in human form, but the one thing that each and every single one quality is the same, is the “eyes”. So next time your feeling low, and dont feel like life has anything to offer, listen to the advice from the stranger who approaches you, and pay close attention to the eyes, What color they are and what message they bring to you.

Angels Bless and Keep u safe and surround you with love always. Jody www.readingsbyjody.com

I choose Hawk as the picture for this blog because hawk represents strength. Which leads me to the topic of this blog. Over the last 3 months I have had a few experiences that have knocked me for a loop and at times I was starting to think that I did not have the strength to get through them all enough to be back. Yet I did and here I am. Let me tell you what has happened…..

Its all started at the end of August when our oldest most dearest pet Storm became ill and it seemed like we may have to put him down. That was the beginning of a very long downhill spiral for me. The next thing came when we were in the US visiting friends and my husband was in a bad auto accident ( he is ok now) that was something that set off anxieties from a previous accident we had that took me several years to mentally and physically recover from. The next thing was our move, we had decided to give up the rental home in the country and move in with my mother and her male friend for awhile, till we could save the money to move back to the US which is where my husband is from , plus all our friends and granddaughter live. This was the top of the  stress for me. I started having anxiety attacks out of the blue and no doctor could figure out why, but it was an accumulation of everything piling up on me that set it off. I allowed it to take over and became very ill, I stopped eating, I stopped working here on the website, everything in my life ceased, even my radio show stopped. I had hit my lowest. Then after months of this, I saw him, Hawk ( which I previously blogged about).

He sent me the message of strength and determination, of staying true to ones self and not letting others or situations around me make up how I feel inside and out. It was like a light switch went off in my head. It was the boost I needed to get me back on track. Each night before bed I called upon all my angels to surround and wrap me in their loving comfort a and help heal the emotional  wounds from the last few months. It was a slow process but I felt them envelop me each night and my sleep pattern changed. I slept better then I had in a long time even before all this started. I woke in the morning with a new found appreciation for life and myself. Each day i got stronger and stronger, and decided it was time to come back to the website to begin again. I had and still have that strength to put not only into the site but myself as well. I feel my abilities have never been stronger then they are now As I sit here writing this I know with the help of all my spiritual helpers and my hawk messenger I am getting back to that place inside of myself that can over come anything that is thrown at me. I may stumble once or twice but i shall not let it keep me down for long. it is the knowing that I am strong and I have the courage to face the new day with a smile that keeps me going. Today I look forward to every single day and the one day when we move home dont feel so stressful to me anymore.

This entire blog was to show you that even someone who has my abilities can stumble along the way, we just need to take time to slow down, look at our inner selves and take the strength we all have inside of us and bring that forth. Nothing nor nobody can take that from you ever. It is also important to take the time to heal from our wounds whether they be physical or emotional, dont let them scar us so deeply we cease to function. We all have the strength it takes to over come that. It is just a matter of knowing you do and reaching way down harnessing it and working with it, helping it too grow. So no matter what life throws at you, know, you can over come it with the courage and strength you carry inside. Every day I awake with a smile now, and so can you.

I will never tell you that this will be easy, because it truly isn’t, but I can share how you can start the process on a small scale. When you wake every morning think of one positive aspect or person in your life and focus on that. Bring more and more positive thoughts in as the days go by and you will slowly feel a strengthening inside yourself. Surround yourself with people who will lift you up at your lowest point, find a counselor, or mentor to help during the low times that will remind you just how loving and strong you truly are. Each passing day will bring more and more inner strength to deal with what life can toss at you. One step at a time.

If this blog has helped one person then I am thrilled, and my job complete, for more positive blogs and articles please visit my website at www.readingsbyjody.com……Angels Bless love and bring you comfort always….Jody

I just wanted to write this for all the readers and vistors of my website readingsbyjody.com. I have been offline and online at odd times and hours recently due to some health issues and the move we have made. I wish to let everyone know that even if you do not see my online I am normally close or online. I have to reset my hours to evenings as that seems to be the time I am able to get online recently. Any and all orders placed on the site WILL and continue to be done and sent back in a timely fashion, normally same day. The one and only thing that has changed is the fact the site no longer has a toll free line for awhile. I hope you continue to come to the site and enjoy it to the fullest, if your wanting a reading please read some of the comments by past clients. I look forward to chatting with you and meeting you. You may click the tigers pic on the main page when it says online to instantly become connected in a private IM window with me….All this and MUCH more on readingsbyjody.com ….Angels Bless..Jody

A totem can be the symbol of a tribe, clan, family or individual. Native American tradition provides that each individual is connected with nine different animals that will accompany each person through life, acting as guides. Different animal guides come in and out of our lives depending on the direction that we are headed and the tasks that need to be completed along our journey.

With this one animal a connection is shared, either through interest in the animal, characteristics, dreams, or other interaction.

This Animal Guide offers power and wisdom to the individual when they “communicate” with it, conveying their respect and trust. This does not necessarily mean that you actually pet or spend time with this animal, more that you are open to learning its lessons.

Here are some questions to ask yourself if you’re wondering what your animal totem is:

• Have you ever felt drawn to one animal or another without being able to explain why? This could be animal, including birds and insects.
• Does a certain kind of animal consistently appear in your life? This doesn’t necessarily have to be a physical appearance, it could be represented in other ways such as receiving card and letters with the same animal pictured over and over, unexplainable dreams of a particular animal, watching television and seeing the same animal featured time and time again, or, actually having the animal show up.
• When you go to the zoo, a park, wildlife area, or forest, what are you most interested in seeing?
• Are there any animals that you find to be extremely frightening or intriguing?
• Is there a particular animal that you see frequently when you’re out in nature?
• Have you ever been bitten or attacked by an animal?
• Have you ever had a recurring dream about a certain animal, or a dream from childhood that you have never been able to forget?
• Are you drawn to figurines or paintings of a specific animal?

Within this section here at readingsbyjody.com we will be sharing several Totem Animals and their meanings, if you have a specific animal you wish to read about please go to the site and email me with your suggestions..Blessings Jody ( owner of readingsbyjody.com)

Here at readingsbyjody.com we like to explore all areas of spiritual growth. Learning about your Animal Totem is one of these steps. I have chose to bring forth Hawk first as he holds a very special meaning to me lately.

We all have our lives trials and tribulations and I am sure one of them. Due to some health issues and a major very stressful move, I have been away from the site for a few weeks. I felt like the site was going to suffer if I did not pull things together soon, and snap back to my old self again, but asking myself how? Thats when Hawk presented itself to me…..

For three days straight I had been seeing hawk, and I knew he had something to tell me but I did not know the strength of the message or the urgency until today when I walked out of my massage treatment and sitting on the roof of my car was a Large stunning Hawk. He sat there very proudly and very sure of himself. As I walked closer he looked at me squawked and flew away. I knew I had to research what his message was to me. Here it is as follows.

As a totem the hawk is representative of soaring to higher states of awareness and vision. You can expect communications with spirit to open up more fully whenever hawk visits. Hawk energy is highly-charged and not to be ignored. Hawk implies a higher calling needs to be expressed.

As soon as I read this I knew and felt this was his message to me. I now know what Hawk was trying to say about the entire situation and I thank him for his wisdom…. What is your totem and the meaning? Send a request now and I will post it to the blogs for you to read. Jody ( owner) www.readingsbyjody.com

It is that time of year again, as Autumn replaces the sunshine of Summer, the leaves are changing to glorious colours, and the fall flowers have replaced summer ones. This is a time to grab your jacket and take a walk through Mother Natures beauty, watch as as the little animals scurry to get ready for winter, watch as the birds of summer fly south, and all  the summer time wildlife prepares for the changes that lay ahead.  This is a time for reflection, a time to look back at  the memories that you have made over the summer months and so fondly have stored  them in your heart.

As Autumn approaches and the chill in the air replaces the warmth of the summers day, remember it is also a time of rest for some, the trees will be shedding their leaves in time to rest and prepare for next summer, animals will go into hiding to rest and prepare for their new families of the summer as well. Dont think of Autumn as time of closure, their is new life coming about, with the fall harvests, fall flowers, holiday dinners such as Thanksgiving, and the fun time such as Halloween, where all the little ghosts and goblins wear their chosen costume and laughter fills the night air. Autumn is also a time of spirit. When the veil is thinning and the loved ones on the other side can communicate the easiest. Welcome them, and enjoy the little time you have together once again.

I love this time of year, I love the colors and the beauty mother nature produces for us, as she prepares for her slumber in the coming months. Enjoy this time with family and friends, share an outing with them, a walk or a jump in the fresh raked leaves. It is a time of memories to share with upcoming generations.

Mother nature has exploded with color for all of us, take time to go out and enjoy every second you can and as you do, remember the Guides, Angels and loved ones that walk with you….May your Autumn be full of laughter and memories.

Angels Bless, Jody Fox www.readingsbyjody.com

Here at our website you will find many things, such as blogs on Lifes little challenges, Angels, crystals and more. At readingsbyjody.com not only will you find interesting information you can book a live psychic reading with Jody, and a healing with David. Combined we have well over 20 years service both online and off. Our readings are honest, ethical. and to the point, you will NOT find any fluff or hear what you want to hear only what your guides, angels and spirit wants you to hear. You can also subscribe to our blogs on the front page of the website and RSS feeds there as well. I do hope that you come visit us soon and join us here at www.readingsbyjody.com today…..Angels Bless!!