Grief With Grace

If you've ever looked at your birth chart, it can be overwhelming with all the symbols, colors, and lines! And yet, everything on it has deep significance for us, including when we're on a healing journey.I've talked in many episodes about the Full Moons and New Moons in various signs. I've talked about the planets in various signs. But there's another layer that's specific to each person, and that's the areas of life represented by the astrological Houses. As always, I make this understandable and relatable for you. Each House represents a different area of life, and each one tells us something about ourselves based on the sign that's in the House, as well as the planets and other placements in each House, if any.If you'd like to schedule your Karmic Soul Reading, you can click here.I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

You are in for a real treat with today's guest, Stephen Panus. He's a husband, father, bereaved father, and so much more. He wrote an amazing book that comes out on April 16, 2024, "Walk On." This is not your typical story of child loss. Stephen shares bits of his son, Jake's, tragic passing in August 2020, but he also weaves in the story of how he's keeping Jake's legacy alive as well as incredible quotes and spirituality in a way that is very unique. This book isn't only for bereaved parents. This book is for everyone on the journey of life because there is wisdom and nuggets for everyone.In our conversation, we talked about a lot of the quotes and inspiration in the book, and so much more.The dual meaning of "Walk On"How Stephen moved from survival to finding meaning after his son's passingThe first time he felt joy after Jake's passingHow Stephen is helping to pass the baton to other young men and women in Jake's honorVarious signs he's received from Jake (some of these are very unique!)How he was inspired by the life of Viktor FranklThe qualities we need to source from within when we go through life-changing experiencesHow finding Gratitude, Grit and Grace helped him on his healing pathThe concept of "Vigilant Mercy" and how it impacted his marriageHow he found his purpose after Jake's passingThe difference in how he and his wife have grieved Jake's passingStephen's book will be featured as Good Morning America's "Buzz Pick" on Saturday, April 20th!  I highly encourage you to get a copy of "Walk On." You can thank me later 😊You can connect with Stephen on his website or on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

Are you ready? We're on the brink of one of the biggest cosmic events of the year, the Total New Moon Solar Eclipse in Aries. It offers so many possibilities, and in this episode I highlight the many gifts this fated event is bringing to us.Why this New Moon Solar Eclipse brings even more new possibilities than other New MoonsWhat we're being asked to look at during this EclipseWhy this is such a big cosmic wake up call for us here on EarthHow complacency has become an epidemic in society - and how this Eclipse might shake us out of itWhere you might be looking that's keeping you from moving forward on your Soul's journeyThe karmic points this Eclipse is aligned withHow Mercury Retrograde is supporting us during this pivotal timeThe energies that Aries is bringing to this EclipseWhy I don't set intentions on a New Moon Solar EclipseThere's so much available during this time! I also got a little emotional and vulnerable at one point which isn't easy for me, but the conversation called for it - and I decided not to edit it out.I also gave you many questions to sit with and journal on during this Eclipse. Whether you're in the path of the Eclipse or not, the energies will be felt around the globe.I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

It's time for the 2nd Quarter Energy Forecast, and we have some potent energy coming our way! Listen in to learn what to expect energetically, and how to use the energies of the second quarter of 2024 on your healing journey.✨ When we'll experience the first Retrograde of 2024✨ What Retrogrades really mean, and how we can use them in our healing✨ The expansion, liberation, and awakening we can look forward to in May✨ The part we play in the cosmic energies✨ Which planet is changing signs in May that will bring more lighthearted and playful energies to us✨ Some harmonious combinations that will be in play✨ Two other retrogrades we have coming in May and June✨ Several questions for contemplation and journaling to assist you in working with all these beautiful energiesIf you'd like a Karmic Soul Alignment reading to receive more personalized guidance, you can schedule yours here.I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

Welcome to Eclipse Season! Eclipses have so much potential for healing, if we're aware of the possibilities and the energies of each specific Eclipse. In this episode, I share what's possible with the upcoming Full Moon Lunar Eclipse happening in the sign of Libra. ✨ The myth we need to bust around eclipses✨ What Eclipses really are✨ Which energies are impacted by the upcoming Full Moon Lunar Eclipse✨ The area of life to pay attention to for cosmic insights into what's ready to be released, reevaluated, or renegotiated✨ What Eclipses shake up - and why not every Eclipse impacts us individually✨ The patterns to look for during this Eclipse✨ The polarities in play during this Eclipse✨ What Shadow Work is and how it's revealed during an Eclipse✨ The difference between the Lunar Eclipse and the Solar Eclipse✨ How Eclipses can help us timeline jump or make quantum leaps in our lives and in our healing journeysThe North Node, the South Node, and Chiron are also in their cosmic dance during this Eclipse. Be sure to listen to Episode 166 where I talked about those placements.If you'd like to schedule a Karmic Soul Astrology reading to see how the eclipses might be impacting you this year, click here.I'd love it if you would leave a rating and review of the podcast on Apple, as well as a rating on Spotify. It helps others on a healing journey find the podcast too.I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

NOTE: I apologize for the quality of the recording. My Internet connection wasn't great during parts of it, but I promise you'll receive the fullness of the message in spite of the tech issues! Do you feel the shift in energy? If you're highly sensitive like I am, you're definitely feeling it. There's always so much energy from the Universe affecting us at all times, but certain times it's more potent than others. The Equinox is one, and we're on the brink of the Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the Autumn Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. In this episode, I help you navigate the energies we're experience and offer some reflective questions to help you prepare for the new astrological year which begins on the Equinox, March 19th (or 20th depending on where you are in the world).How the Equinox offers us an energetic reset to come back to a place of equilibriumThe "new year" energies as we step into Aries SeasonFinding more balance on our healing journeysHow we can begin to manifest the dreams we created in Pisces Season into reality through action during Aries Season (be sure to listen to Episode 167 to learn more about creating your dreams and desires for the next astrological year)Where some of our old wounding may be revealedWhere we may feel a sense of frustration during this EquinoxWhere we have an opportunity to step away from the hivemind mentalityWhere our unique, individual ideas might be pointing us - and what wound(s) need to be healed on that journeyWhy we're being invited to release a layer (or layers) of our identity, and how to allow that to be revealed to youThe "shadow period" we've just entered and how to work with thatIf you'd like to schedule a year-ahead Karmic Astrology reading to uncover the cosmic energies that will most affect you over this next astrological year, click here.I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

It's time for the last lunar event of the current astrological year, and it's one for tapping into our dreams and desires, creating the template of our lives for the upcoming astrological year.Just as people tend to do in December of each year, the New Moon in Pisces offers us the opportunity to unlock our dreams for the upcoming year of our lives. Pisces energy helps us connect to our intuition, to our dream and desires in the deepest way before we emerge into the energies of Spring (or Autumn if you're in the Southern Hemisphere).When we connect with our dreams and desires, we have so much more control over our lives than we think we do. In this episode, I share a process with you as well as some deep questions for reflection during this New Moon.I also share what the energies of Saturn and Uranus bring to this particular New Moon and how we can utilize that in unlocking our dreams.And I share why this is NOT the time to take action - this is such an important part of this conversation.If you'd like to purchase the recording and workbook for my year-end healing circle (which you can use at any time of year, including the end of the astrological year), click here.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

Fasten your seatbelts and place your trays in their upright and locked position - we are entering Eclipse Season!Yes, the portal to the first Eclipse Season of 2024 has opened, and there's a lot of potent energy right now. In this episode, I break it all down:What the Full Moon in Virgo illuminates for usThe Archetype and energies of VirgoWhy this Full Moon is so potent and significantThe importance of reviewing our daily routines and rituals - are they nourishing us or depleting us?How Mercury plays a part in the current cosmic energiesThe mythology of Chiron, the wounded healerThings we should do during Pisces Season to prepare for Aries SeasonWhere we can find our greatest opportunities for karmic healingHow the North Node guides and directs us on an individual and collective levelWhy we must do our own healing work before we can help heal the collective in any meaningful mannerIf you'd like to learn more about your personal Chiron and North Node placements, the areas of life they impact for you, and how they work with the other planets in your specific birth chart, you can schedule your Karmic Soul Astrology reading here.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

This episode of Grief With Grace is magical, mystical, and holds so much power, all brought through my amazing friend, Haumea Hanakahi. Haumea was a guest in Episodes 96 and 97, so be sure to listen to those after this one for more of her wisdom and insights. We did have a couple of tech glitches during the interview, but we discussed the deeper meaning of those so I’m leaving most of them in.We talked about the energetics and healing we all have access to through dragons. As with all things metaphysical, you don’t have to believe in dragons (or astrology or energy healing) for it to work in your life.Haumea and I explored so much in this conversation and I had an entire bullet point list, and it disappeared! I think the Dragons want you to receive what's right for you in the moment by listening for yourself. Let the magic and healing powers they embody flow through you, and see what awarenesses come through.Be sure not to miss the calming dragon breath exercise the dragons gave us near the end. It's powerful!If you'd like more information about Haumea's Awaken Beyond Your Trauma course, click here. Use the code EarlyBird  to receive $323 off the investment before March 7, 2024.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

After an unexpected (and unplanned!) break throughout most of January (I explain why in this episode), I'm excited to be back right in time for the New Moon in Aquarius, the first New Moon since my friend, Pluto, moved into Aquarius.While I was on my unexpected hiatus, I received a couple of really good questions from listeners that I wanted to share with all of you because I feel they'll help all of us (myself included!) understand some of the things I've been talking about in a different way. I love answering your questions, so send yours to info@lorilatimer.com and your question just might be featured the next time I do these.The evening of January 20, 2024, the small but mighty planet, Pluto, joined the Sun at 0 degrees of Aquarius. How's everyone been feeling since then? Even if you don't know anything about astrology, you're likely to have felt, or will be feeling the effects of this shift. Our world is going to change dramatically over the next 20 years while Pluto is in Aquarius, and it's going to affect all of us.This week we have the first New Moon since Pluto made it's move, and it's the New Moon in Aquarius. Listen in as I share some thoughts, insights and journal questions that will help you begin to create a solid foundation for your life.If you didn't sign up for my recent 2024 Illumination Circle, you can still sign up at the pre-event price. Click here to sign up before the price increases!Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

We're more than two weeks into the new year, and people have already given up on their Resolutions - if they even set them to begin with. Can you relate? That used to be me. Until I created a different way of stepping into a New Year.In this episode, I share what I do instead of setting Resolutions, and how you can, too. I also share why resolutions don't usually work for women, but what does. I also share why the old model of setting resolutions is so detrimental for women on a healing journey.Please join me on January 25, 2024 where I'll take you through my entire process as well as an activation to assist you in creating the experiences your Soul desires this year. Click here to register. Everyone who signs up will receive a copy of the recording as well as the beautiful downloadable journal I created.If you listen to this after January 25, 2024, you can still purchase the recording through this link. The information is timeless and you can do the process at any time; it's not specific to January of 2024.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

The first New Moon of 2024 is upon us - and it calls for something different than other New Moons! In this episode I explain why, and why this is the time to create your 2024 vision and intentions. I also share:How the planet Pluto is making this New Moon different, and powerfulHow Capricorn helps us build our legacyHow Saturn influences this New MoonWhy we should do more than set intentions on this New MoonHow Uranus and the North Node are impacting this New MoonPluto in Capricorn: A long-term transit that began in 2008, influencing societal structures, power dynamics, and exposing hidden truthsAs we navigate the energies of the New Moon in Capricorn and Pluto's final few days in Capricorn until later in 2024, remember that these cosmic influences are opportunities for growth and empowerment. Embrace the transformative energies, set realistic goals, and trust the process of change. And please join me on January 25, 2024, where I'll be hosting the 2024 Illumination Circle. It will be a magical experience where I'll help you reflect on 2023 and create your unique 2024. Click here to sign up.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

I'm excited to share something new I'm going to do in 2024. I'm going to do quarterly highlights of what's coming up in the cosmos for the upcoming quarter. This episode will focus on the first quarter of 2024. Near the end of March I'll do another one for the second quarter of 2024, and so on. I hope these episodes will help you deepen your understanding into what's going on energetically that will affect all of us on a collective level. As I explain in this episode, we're each impacted personally depending on our own birth chart too. But since I can't look at everyone's individual birth chart, I'll focus on what I feel are the main astrological events in the upcoming quarter and how they'll affect us as a collective.In this episode I talked about three main events happening in the first quarter of 2024:* Pluto moves out of Capricorn and into Aquarius again on January 20th or 21st, depending on where you are in the world. Pluto first made this move last March, but it only stayed a couple of months before it retrograded back into Capricorn. It will spend most of 2024 in Aquarius, with one last retrograde back into Capricorn from September 1 through November 19, before moving back into Aquarius where it will stay until 2043. I share a lot about the themes of Pluto and Aquarius and what I feel is possible over the next 20 years based on what happened the last time Pluto was in Aquarius back in the 1700s!* Chiron, known as the Wounded Healer, is going to be joining up with the North Node (where we're headed and being called toward) in the sign of Aries. I share the healing opportunities for us when this shift occurs in February.* The first eclipse of the year happens on March 25th. It's a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in the sign of Libra. This Eclipse invites us to reassess the give and take in our relationships, and to look at what's ready to come to a conclusion within our relationships. It will be visible over the majority of the world, so it will be an impactful event.So far what I'm feeling for 2024 - and beyond with Pluto in Aquarius - is that we're going to be guided to taking back our personal power after giving it away to governments, corporations, and other institutions for centuries. I explain why in this episode.My intention in doing these quarterly forecasts for you is for you to have a frame of reference of what's happening in the Universe so that when things happen in your own life, you can see if there's any connection. Knowing this information for myself in 2023 helped me move through some very challenging times with a different understanding than I would have without it. If you'd like a personal year-ahead Karmic Soul Astrology reading, I've opened my calendar for January and February. Click here to schedule yours before they fill up and I close my calendar. You can also do a year-ahead reading on your birthday to see what's coming up for your next trip around the Sun.I hope you enjoy these! I'll always explain it in a way that's understandable even if you know nothing about astrology, but if you ever have any questions, you can always email me at info@lorilatimer.com. I love having email exchanges with you and am always grateful when you reach out.Wishing you a beautiful 2024!Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

Here we are, at the dawn of a brand new year, at least as far as the Gregorian calendar goes. Each week on my Facebook page I do a Monday Messages card reading. On the first of each month, I do a card reading for that particular month. For this month, I did a card reading for 2024. Each card represents a theme or focus. I thought it would be nice to share as a podcast episode for all of you!Here's what each card represents:Card #1: Theme for 2024Card #2: What do you need to be open to?Card #3: What's blocking you?Card #4: Guidance/insights for your next stepsCard #5: What action do you need to take this year?If you'd like to see the actual cards, you can go to the Grief With Grace Podcast Facebook page here.I hope you enjoy this! If you do, be sure to "Like" the Facebook page so you can join us each Monday for the card readings.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

As the end of another (calendar) year draws to a close, my invitation to you is to ask yourself "How will I choose to complete this year"?How you choose to do anything sets the tone for what's to come.In this episode, I share how I'll be spending the rest of this year - and why. And I invite you to consider how you'll choose to spend the rest of the year - and why.So often at the end of the year we're so busy... but do we stop to consider why? What are we avoiding through all the busyness? This year, Mercury will be retrograde from December 13th through January 1st, so it's even more important that we slow down and reflect.I wish you all a peaceful holiday season. If you're on a healing path, be extra gentle with yourself. I'll be back after the New Year with a brand new episode, and some changes to the podcast!Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

I've had so many beautiful comments and email exchanges about the topic of my little miniseries about finding your unique healing path, and some great questions have come up. One question in particular has been a theme that I wanted to delve more deeply into in this short episode. What does it mean to embody your healing?In this episode I talk about what it means to truly embody your healing, and how that relates to our healing journeys. If you've ever heard of or read the book, The Secret, I share what was missing from that book and how it relates to the topic of embodiment.Be sure to register for my upcoming workshop, Illuminate Your Healing Codes, happening on December 1, 2023! If you're listening after that date, check my website to purchase the recording.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

Do you ever look at others who are on a healing journey and wonder why they seem to be further along, enjoying life, not stuck or struggling like you are? What are they doing that you aren't? Do they have some "secret" that you don't know about? I've wondered all those things at various points on my healing journey, and I was curious to discover the answers.In this week's episode, I share with you 3 of the reasons (because there are many!) you might feel stuck on your healing journey. These three things can not only make us feel as if we're stuck, but they can actually keep us stuck. And that isn't why we're here. We're here to have experiences that will help our Souls grow and evolve!Be sure to join me on December 1, 2023 for my Healing Codes virtual workshop where you will discover your unique healing codes that will help you get unstuck, or make quantum leaps forward on your healing journey. You can sign up here. This information is timeless, so if you're listening to this episode after that date, the recording of the workshop will be available to purchase on my website.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

Do you ever wonder why some people seem to have a more difficult time healing from trauma and loss than others? Maybe you're one of them. Others seem to heal at a more rapid rate and/or turn their pain into something meaningful.  And yet, we all seem to take a step or two back at various points along our healing journeys.After being thrown back a few steps myself this year, I started looking into why we all heal at different rates and in different ways. In my exploration, I discovered that we each have unique healing codes which are imprinted on our at the moment of our birth.In this episode I share more about why we each heal differently, why some things work for some of us but not others, and so much more.If you are on any kind of healing journey (from experiences in this life, in past lives, or things  inherited through your lineage), I invite you to join me in a special virtual workshop I'm hosting on December 1, 2023, "Illuminate Your Healing Codes." You can learn more and sign up here. Along with the live workshop, you'll also receive the recording and a beautiful PDF workbook that you can download and print or fill in on your computer.Note: If you listen to this episode after December 1, 2023 and would like to purchase the recording of the workshop (which will include the workbook), it will be available for purchase on my website.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse happening on October 28, 2023 is going to pack a punch, but this episode will assist you in understanding and navigating all of it!This is the last Eclipse in the recent Taurus-Scorpio cycle, so it's all about surrendering to whatever is ready to be completed. In this episode, I'll share the planets and energies that are affecting this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, what we should and should not do during the Eclipse, the role Scorpio plays in this - and so much more!If you'd like a personal karmic astrology reading or a year-ahead Soul path reading with me, email me at info@lorilatimer.com. I have limited spaces available for readings before the end of 2023 so let's get your scheduled.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

The energies in the cosmos are intense right now, and with that comes so much opportunity for healing! In this week's episode, I break it all down and share how you can work with these energies, and I share some powerful and potent journal questions.What Libra brings to this eclipseThe role of the South Node and its karmic impactWhy we shouldn't be afraid of an eclipseHow Mercury and Venus are impacting this eclipseWhy you should NOT set intentions during an eclipseWhat to watch for over the next few weeks during Eclipse SeasonIf you enjoy the Grief With Grace podcast, I'd be so grateful if you would leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. You'll help grow this podcast so it will reach more people and help them on their healing journeys.Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!