The following exercise is an emotional regulation tool called thought defusion. Thought defusion helps you to zoom out and detach from thoughts that may be causing you stress.

This is a reminder that we live in a free will Universe, one that always presents us with the choice to choose Love or Fear, Hate or Kindness. We can choose to focus on the good, on the miracles, on the acts of service, generosity, and love that we witness everyday.

Through my pain and my grief recently, I’ve discovered that at the root of it all is the belief that I’m unworthy of God’s love, that I’m not doing enough, not helping enough. This is what God said to me in response…

Truth and transparency are universal human rights. With the assistance of Uranus in Gemini, we can demand this of ourselves, our relationships, and our leaders. Uranus can help us become smarter and wiser.

“Diana The Desert Coyote” painting by Jen Farnsworth.

There is great potential to expand our emotional intelligence at this time, and to learn how to better nurture those we care about while also improving how we express and advocate for our emotional needs. 

I'm proud of myself that I am now 4 years sober from alcohol, and yet I'm realizing that sobriety is not about any particular substance (although boundaries with certain addictions are healthy). Sobriety is about sitting with my experience and not running from it. Anything can be an addiction when we are using it to numb, hide, or avoid.

My sweetheart, Forest, my partner of over 4 years and I got married on February 2nd, 2025 at Philippe Park in Safety Harbor. We tied the knot in front of an intimate gathering of just 20 of our closest friends and family.

Weeks ahead of time, to prepare for our ceremony, I did a meditation to commune with the land and with this beautiful tree, to ask their permission to allow us to use this space and to bless our ceremony. The Earth and the tree gave their blessing, in exchange for a request to leave offerings (nuts, seeds, apples) to the land on the day of. This location, in Philippe Park, is also near an Indian burial mound, which is believed to contain the remains of the Tocobaga indigenous tribe, a now extinct tribe who were some of the first peoples to inhabit Florida. The Tocobaga were a fishing and hunting people who primarily resided in what is now Pinellas County.

Each retrograde cycle can be broken down in 4 phases of growth. Using the context of the Hero’s Journey, we can understand these cycles, what they are teaching us, and how we can work through them to improve our lives.

Many of you who have been following me for a while may know that the spirit of the White Wolf first came to me in a dream in 2014. Since then, every few years or so, another power animal has come to me to be part of my team, and I work with them each regularly. 

What I did not know back in 2014 was what this journey would mean. Even when I created my business and felt inspired to name it White Wolf Mystic, I did not fully understand the significance of this name.