All Posts from Jessica

July 8, 2026

The Problem With "Reinvent Yourself" Advice

I opened my inbox to an email titled Reinvent Your Life in 30 Days, and my first thought was: that sounds exhausting. So obviously I read it. Inside was a reader who'd checked every box and still wasn't happy — who felt like it was too late to change course. The advice he got back was a matrix and 30 minutes a day of "reinvention." I would've told him something different.

Your Intuition Is a Compass, Not a GPS Destination

June 25, 2026

Your Intuition Is a Compass, Not a GPS Destination

A compass tells you north, south, east, west. It won't tell you where to go — that part's on you. Intuition works the same way. Once you get honest about your destination, intuition stops feeling quiet and starts showing you the route.

Reclaiming Our Purpose

June 22, 2026

You can't lose your purpose

Purpose is one of those words in the spiritual world that people have either a love or hate reaction to. And I get it. It’s one of the most overused words ever. And I’d love for you to give it a second chance.

Why I Stopped Trying to Do the Summer Solstice Right

June 18, 2026

Why I Stopped Trying to Do the Summer Solstice Right

For years, Summer Solstice felt like another thing I was doing wrong. Turns out I was just trying to do someone else's practice. The one that actually stuck? Simple, doable, and completely mine.

June 11, 2026

What a Muddy Garden Taught Me About Saying No

Everyone told you to say no more. Set boundaries. Stop doing the things that drain you. But if you've tried it and the big shift never came, you're not doing it wrong — you're just missing one piece: knowing what you want to say yes to first. A muddy afternoon in the garden made that click. When you get clear on your intentions, the no's stop feeling hard. They become obvious.

June 8, 2026

I Almost Cancelled the Podcast Interview (I'm Glad I Didn't)

In the middle of our biggest lifequake yet — two days into an RV trip with four cats, a dog, and a teenager — I found myself sweating in an alcove, about to record a podcast interview with two complete strangers. Nothing about it felt like the right moment. And then it turned out to be exactly the right moment.

April 22, 2026

When You Can't See the Bigger Picture

I stood at the Boston Marathon finish line watching little miracles happen — and one runner who could only see what had gone wrong. He was moments from finishing, but the gap between expectation and reality had become the whole story. Learning to hold both views at once — eyeballs deep and bird's eye — is a skill. And one of the most important ones you can build when you're in the middle of something hard.

April 9, 2026

What the Oracle of Delphi Knew That We Forgot

The Oracle of Delphi didn’t offer answers—it offered a prerequisite: know thyself. And that’s the piece we tend to skip. We approach intuition looking for clarity, direction, something to tell us what to do next. But intuition isn’t separate from us—it’s an extension of who we are. Which means if we don’t know ourselves, we’re not going to hear it clearly or consistently. Most people don’t have an intuition problem. They have a know-thyself problem.

March 26, 2026

You already have clarity. You just don't know it yet.

We treat clarity like a destination — the thing we need before we can act. But clarity isn't a full plan or a perfect answer. It's the moment you notice something's off. That awareness is the starting point, not the finish line. You don't need to wait for it. You need to learn how to work with what you're already picking up on.

March 19, 2026

What's Your Eggplant?

Spring is here, and with it comes the urge to take stock — in the garden and in life. For years I grew eggplant because I thought I should, even though no one in my house ate it. When I finally pulled it, I made room for what I actually wanted. Our lives work the same way — crowded with inherited beliefs, old yeses, and roles we never chose. Plants do better with space to grow, and so do we.

March 5, 2026

Uncertainty Isn't a Phase: Why We Live in the In-Between More Than We Think

Uncertainty isn't a rough patch — it's the default setting of adult life. Studies show we spend 15-25 years in major life transitions, yet we keep treating uncertainty like a problem to fix. This post explores why control, reframing, and surrender all fall short, and what actually helps: knowing what matters now, understanding where you have real agency, and developing self-awareness from inside the uncertainty — not after it.

February 19, 2026

Why Trying to Handle Life Changes Alone Doesn't Work (And What Does)

My husband came home from a Coast Guard rescue once with a story I've never forgotten — survivors of a plane crash had formed a circle in the water, linking arms so no one had to stay afloat alone. That's always stuck with me, because it's exactly what getting through hard times actually looks like.

February 12, 2026

Year of the Snake to Year of the Horse: Your Transition Doesn't Have to Match the Calendar

We're shifting from the Year of the Wood Snake (release) to the Year of the Fire Horse (movement) on February 17th, but your personal transition doesn't have to match the calendar. This post identifies three stages: Still Shedding, The In-Between, and Ready to Ride - with a specific practice for each. Wherever you are, you're not behind

February 5, 2026

When Normal Never Comes Back. How to Live Inside Uncertainty

When normal never comes back after a major life change, how do you move forward? A personal story about living inside ongoing uncertainty and finding your footing when certainty isn't available.

January 29, 2026

Why Collective Uncertainty Is So Draining. And How to Stay Centered When You Can’t Look Away

When large-scale crises unfold, we feel drained even when not directly impacted—because we're taking in massive amounts of information while having minimal ability to affect what's happening. Staying grounded doesn't mean constant engagement; it means being intentional about where our attention goes, giving our nervous systems regular breaks, and sustaining ourselves for the long haul rather than burning out in the immediate storm.

January 22, 2026

January, Time Pressure, and the Stories We Tell About What Matters

When time anxiety shows up, it's easy to measure life by output alone—but urgency and meaning aren't the same thing. The way we hold time matters just as much as how we use it.

January 15, 2026

Twelve Years of Intuition Work: What Stayed, What Had to Change

After 12 years teaching intuition, I realized why people stayed stuck even with clear guidance. Here's what I had to add to actually create lasting change.

January 8, 2026

What Manifestation Looks Like When Life Keeps Changing Your Plans

After years of canceled plans and disruption, I had to rethink what manifestation means. Here's what I found when I stopped trying to control outcomes.

January 1, 2026

The Life that Didn’t Happen

The life you planned can disappear in a moment. This is what it's like to walk alongside what could have been, and how new dreams eventually take root.

December 25, 2025

Year-End Reflection: How to Separate What Happened from the Story You Told Yourself

Year-end reflection often solidifies stories formed under pressure. Discover how to separate what happened from what you decided it meant about your life.

December 11, 2025

When Your Word of the Year Doesn’t Work

Struggling to connect with your Word of the Year? You’re not alone. In this heartfelt reflection, I share why my 2025 word, Wellspring, felt misaligned at first — and how it quietly shaped my year in powerful, unexpected ways. From closing offers to launching new programs and reconnecting with my creative source, this story is a reminder that sometimes your word works in the background. Want to choose your own word for 2026? Email me for a free guidebook to help you pick a soul-aligned Word of the Year with clarity.

November 27, 2025

Intentions for the Holiday Season

The holiday season often feels overwhelming, packed with obligations and expectations. One simple way to find clarity and peace is to ask yourself: How do I truly want to feel? Setting this intention becomes your anchor, guiding your choices and helping you stay aligned with what matters most. When things get hectic, return to that question—Does this bring me closer to how I want to feel? It's a small but powerful way to reclaim space and ease during a busy time.

November 20, 2025

What The Hermit Really Means for 2025: Inner Light, Collective Connection, and the Winter Solstice Shift

As we approach the Winter Solstice, the tarot’s Hermit card returns—not to call us into isolation, but to remind us of the importance of sharing our inner light with the world. Traditionally seen as a solitary seeker, The Hermit now asks us to evolve with the times: to balance introspection with connection, solitude with community. In this season of turning inward, we’re also invited to turn toward each other.

November 6, 2025

Grounded Spirituality: Being Human Is the Practice, Not the Problem

In this post, I reflect on the popular idea that we’re “souls having a human experience.” While it’s meant to uplift, I’ve noticed it can sometimes make our human selves feel lesser—like something we’re supposed to outgrow. But I believe our humanness isn’t separate from the spiritual path—it is the path. What if being fully human, with all the messiness and emotion, is exactly what awakening looks like? I share some gentle prompts to explore what changes when we stop trying to transcend our humanity and start honoring it.

October 30, 2025

Sacred Autumn: Where Magic and Memory Meet

There’s something sacred about autumn’s arrival. As the leaves let go, the air turns crisp, and the scent of apple-cider donuts lingers, a quiet magic begins to stir. It’s not just seasonal—it’s spiritual. The veil between worlds grows thin, inviting our ancestors closer and deepening our sense of connection. This time of year, the unseen feels nearer, as if the threads of our lineage tug gently on our hearts, reminding us that we are part of a much larger story. In honoring them, we remember: we’ve never truly been alone.

October 23, 2025

When Something Simple Seems Impossibly Hard

That “simple” change you’re trying to make? It’s not simple at all—because it’s not just a habit you’re shifting. It’s your relationship to it. And that’s deep work. Change feels disorienting not because you’re resisting—it’s because your system is recalibrating. So give yourself grace. The growth is happening in the small pivots.

October 16, 2025

The Tower can be a Warning

I’ve come to see The Tower not as something to fear, but as a moment of choice. It’s a call to meet the unexpected with presence, to release what no longer holds, and to trust that what falls away is clearing space for something more aligned.

October 9, 2025

The Missing Link Between Intuition and Self-Trust

You can be wildly intuitive and still not trust yourself. Because intuition is insight—but self-trust is the courage to act on it. And that courage doesn’t come from more card pulls or cosmic signs. It comes from a steady, grounded sense of self—one that can hold what your intuition reveals, even when it’s uncomfortable.

October 2, 2025

The Power of Dreaming

We don’t always need to do something with our dreams. Sometimes, the gift is simply in imagining — no pressure, no plans, just wonder. In a recent mentorship session, I was reminded how powerful it is to dream without the “how.” That moment of vision gave me energy, clarity, and joy. So here’s your reminder: take five minutes to imagine. That’s enough. The dream itself is the medicine.

September 18, 2025

Empty. Tired. Uninspired.

This week, the page stayed blank. My cup—poured out by the heavy and the good—was simply empty. Inspiration didn’t come until I honored that emptiness. A nap. A walk. A pause. If your spark feels distant, maybe your cup’s asking to be refilled, too.

September 18, 2025

The Star & the Way Hope Evolves

“Hope changes,” the social worker said—and it stayed with me. Hope isn’t fixed; it shifts as we do. From fear to quiet trust, it evolves. Like The Star in tarot, it’s a light that guides us—sometimes hidden, always there. When did you last redefine your hope?

September 4, 2025

Life on paper vs. life in practice

Most days, it’s the loudest parts of me that run the show—old roles, busy thoughts, worn-out habits. They’re not wrong, but they’re not the whole of me. Tarot helps me pause, listen deeper, and bring all of myself to the table. When I do that, life starts to fit again. That’s the heart of Through the Looking Glass—a space to return to yourself, one card at a time.

August 28, 2025

Orcas, sea lions…and the truth beneath the pictures

Longing for Alaska had me feeling unsettled, but a tarot pull—Four of Wands—helped me realize I wasn’t missing the place, but the sense of home it represented. That clarity softened everything and reminded me to root into where I am now. Tarot always helps me see what’s really going on beneath the surface.

August 14, 2025

Big Magic Lives in the Small Stuff

Not every moment needs a Major Arcana message. Sometimes, the most profound insights come from the small stuff. This post invites you to use the Minor Arcana for a simple daily check-in—tuning into what’s subtly showing up in your life. It’s not about prediction. It’s about presence.

August 7, 2025

It wasn’t the cards. It was me.

My tarot practice stopped working—not because I lost faith, but because I needed something deeper. I wasn’t disconnected from Spirit…I was disconnected from myself. The cards couldn’t give me clarity because I wasn’t ready to see what was already within. When I stopped using tarot to predict the future and started using it as a mirror, everything shifted. It became a practice of self-awareness, not answers. Not about what might happen, but how I want to show up for it.

July 24, 2025

Tarot Field Notes: What Counts as a Jumper?

Jumpers—those cards that fly out of the deck—can feel like urgent messages. But not every fallen card is meaningful. If I drop a handful, that’s usually me being ungrounded, not spirit speaking. A true jumper feels intentional: one card flipping or leaping while I shuffle with focus. When that happens, I finish my reading first, then check the jumper for extra insight. It might deepen the story or reveal something new. The key is setting clear rules for how you work with jumpers. Your clarity and consistency are what make your practice truly intuitive—not chance.

July 17, 2025

The Myth Behind Resistance

Sometimes resistance isn’t a wall—it’s a whisper. I used to think avoiding a task meant I was failing or self-sabotaging. But now I see it as communication from my body, my soul, or my subconscious saying: Wait. Not yet. Not like this. When I pause and ask, What is the nature of my resistance? I often discover what part of me is afraid—and what part is ready to grow. Resistance isn’t always a stop sign; sometimes it’s a map pointing toward what’s next.

July 10, 2025

I thought I'd miss it again

After years of moving, untethering, and hoping for a place to land, I found myself standing in front of an old blueberry bush in my new garden—harvesting fruit earlier than expected. That quiet moment cracked something open in me. The sweet, unexpected abundance brought tears to my eyes and reminded me that the care we give, even when we’re uncertain, eventually bears fruit. Through the lens of the Seven and Nine of Pentacles, I’m reminded that we are allowed to experience joy, rootedness, and the fulfillment of long-held hopes. And when those moments come, they are wholly ours.

June 26, 2025

The Cards That Come Back Again (and Again)

If a tarot card keeps showing up, it’s not broken—it’s speaking. Repeating cards reveal deeper arcs, not missed messages. Stay curious, ask what it’s really saying, and keep the conversation going. Your deck isn’t stuck—you’re just in a longer story.

June 19, 2025

Please Stop Letting ChatGPT Tell You Who You Are

AI can be helpful—but it can’t decode your soul. Real intuition isn’t downloadable. Be curious, but stay discerning. Your soul is sacred, not programmable. Trust your inner wisdom—it’s the most powerful guide you have.

June 12, 2025

Your Story is in the Cards

Feeling lost in your story? Tarot doesn’t predict—it reveals. One card, one question, and you reconnect with your truth. Because alignment isn’t about finding the “right” story—it’s about choosing the one that feels true.

June 4, 2025

I was really good at it. I still walked away.

Letting go of what no longer fits—even when it still works—isn’t failure. It’s the first brave step toward deeper alignment and authentic purpose.

May 29, 2025

Rethinking how we teach intuition ✨

If you’ve spent any time in intuitive development spaces, you’ve probably heard this message: "First, you need to figure out your clairs. Are you clairvoyant? Clairsentient? Claircognizant? Learn your strongest clair and you’ll trust your intuition." It sounds logical. It sounds exciting. It feels like a map.But there’s a hidden problem with starting here. Because clairs aren’t actually intuition. And when we collapse them together, we end up confusing the very foundation we’re trying to build.

May 22, 2025

The cards that still make me pause

Some cards still make me pause - and that’s okay. Staying in relationship with tarot means letting it evolve with us, even when it’s not easy.

May 8, 2025

When Spiritual "Rules" Matter – and When They Don't

Not all spiritual rules are meant to be broken. Discernment is sacred: know when to adapt, and when to honor. True wisdom is knowing what’s yours to shape—and what’s yours to respect.

April 24, 2025

Tarot Field Notes #1

It’s a peek inside the real, lived practice of tarot—part reflection, part insight, part tool you can try out yourself. I’ve been walking with tarot for a long time. It’s been one of the most steady, flexible tools I’ve had for navigating uncertainty, untangling old stories, and finding my way back to what matters.

April 17, 2025

The dark side of knowing yourself too well

When The Moon card kept showing up, it wasn’t the mystery that spoke to me—it was the illusion of movement. Insight can feel like progress, but without integration, it’s just a beautiful pause. This reflection explores the subtle trap of insight without action—and how discernment helps us turn awareness into real change. Not every message is meant to move you now. Sometimes, the most powerful shift comes from knowing what to hold, what to release, and what to act on.

April 10, 2025

Your Own Personal Mercury Retrograde

When life unraveled—loss after loss—I found myself in a season that felt like my own personal Mercury retrograde. The spiritual tools I’d once leaned on? Some held strong. Others cracked under the weight. In the face of deep grief and uncertainty, I wasn’t seeking answers—I needed something sturdier: presence, grounding, and the quiet truth that I would still be held, even in the worst. This post is about the difference between spiritual bypassing and true support, and how, when everything falls apart, what really matters is the relationship you’ve built with yourself. Because that’s what holds.

March 29, 2025

The Myth of the One Big Breakthrough

I was deep in my inbox, doing one of those chaotic catch-up sessions—hundreds of unread emails, folders half-organized, tabs everywhere. And then I saw it. One of those subject lines that practically yelled: “This training will unlock your soul’s highest purpose.” And I felt it—that visceral, full-body NO. It was just a line. Probably dashed off without much thought. But for me? It landed like a punch.

January 27, 2025

Reimagining Success: Building a Life on Your Terms

Have you felt the 'switch flip' in your 40s? When the goals you’ve chased stop making sense, it’s not the end—it’s the beginning. Let go of burnout and 'more' to build a life of clarity, purpose, and impact. Ready to leap into what’s next?

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