Sending out love and support to everyone feeling stressed, uncertain, and not very empowered at the moment, no matter what the reason. There is always uncertainty, but I’ve been hearing from so many people who feel like “life” is happening all around them, going in directions they are not happy with and they don’t know what to do. I completely understand and would be lying if I said I had it all figured out. We don’t have to have everything figured out to be okay and to stand up for what we believe in. As I talked about in my book, I grew up with a very racist father and a mother who didn’t like his views but didn’t do anything to stop him. I was repulsed by this and chose to live my life differently, marrying a man who couldn’t be more opposite from my father and raising our family with values of acceptance, love, understanding, strength, and compassion. We are far from powerless.

I derive a lot of comfort and power from consulting with my guides and intuition. This is what they are telling me:

Even with all of the uncertainty, there is a lot of potential for positive change to occur. Change rarely occurs when people are comfortable so a certain degree of pain is necessary.

There have been difficult times before – economically, socially, politically, ethically, etc and people have survived and emerged stronger. The difficult times have resulted in more people, including younger people, getting involved and fighting for change.

Love is more powerful than hate. Hate comes from fear.

Evil and negativity use fear as a tool to control you. Do not succumb to the lies.

Many people are now showing their true colors, rather than keeping their feelings and behaviors hidden. Sometimes life needs to be extreme, scary, painful, and shocking for people to wake up and for change to occur. We cannot see, understand, or fight what is in the darkness. Light is purifying and healing.

This is not a time to isolate, be complacent, be quiet, or be closed-minded. We need to learn the players and the rules of a game before we can win. It is especially important to be a critical thinker and learn as many factual details about a situation before we make assumptions or form opinions.

We can learn from the perspectives of people we disagree with. We can send love and peace, even if we don’t agree.

I’m here to listen, even if you just want to vent. Much love, Katie

It is genuinely difficult to know when to step in and try to take control and when to step back and let spirit/intuition in to guide you. Remember that when you intuition and let it guide you, you gain control and are more empowered.