Why claiming your vulnerability is the key to empowerment
And so it is, blessed be.
I have sat in circle and listened to women and men for 25 years.
When I embraced this path, I was barely 25. I had already had a lifetime of trauma and the healing was about listening to my greatest gifts - which I recognised through getting vulnerable. You may know that I survived growing up in a military dictatorship in Chile and our home was direclty opposite a detention centre where they tortured political prisoners.
I dived into therapy at the age of 16 to uncover the depths of low self esteem, ancestral trauma and self hate, began to confront an eating disorder and depression and by the time I was 18 I had been treated for a psychotic episode which I couldn't understand but which in some ways was they key to the truth - an indication that change was the medicine I needed. A year later I entered a Native American Sweatlodge in the USA and was initiated into a Rite of Passage which allowed me to step into my power.
It was not a magic wand, it was the start of the most challenging life journey which has taken me to the edge of my vulnerability every year since. I wouldn't say everyone was going to have a life changing moment of transformation in this situation - but it happened for me because it was about truth and voice and regrouping, it spoke to my right to autonomy, to being visible, to representing myself in the world, and I was terrified. You see, I know how to hold space thanks to the life I have lived, and I know how to guide your Rites of Passage because of my own journey.
And so we all have our vulnerabilities, and fear has been the key to my empowerment, because whenever I feel it, I know I am close to overcoming something hugely significant, that my triggers are my guides, that I can do it and I will.
And being visible goes to the top of the list. Why? Because you matter dear Sacred Woman, you matter, your voice, your vision, your truth, you matter. Claiming your space is everything.
I have faced rejection many times, and I still do, but each time I know that my path is unique and my own and for every rejection there is a welcoming, from somewhere else, you begin to see the path through understanding that external validation is so lovely but does not define you, that your own self validation is the power. You create your own path, the one never travelled before.
Allow the vulnerability to guide you to know yourself better, that the healing is in the love you create for your life, that the medicine is a soulful acknowledgement of what matters most. Through surrender the love comes forward from many places.
Soulful Woman, I see you.
#vulnerability #empowerment
VALENTINES WEEK: LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Love is in the air
And so is your inner Venus.
We are multifaceted beings.
That means you give yourself permission to be as much at home with covering yourself in mud and paint, going barefoot, chanting and drumming and at the same time the woman who loves beautiful clothes, sipping from a fluted glass and adorning herself with jewels and beautiful scents.
Venus is the Roman Goddess of Love and Beauty, and sometimes alongside the Greek Goddess Aphrodite and sometimes merging together, we have two exceptional women. Venus is however so much more than sugar and spice and all things nice.
Reaching deep into the TRUE SHAMANIC SOUL MEDICINE she provides, look beyond what is tasteful and non confrontational and find a Goddess who is also about war, sex and sensuality. So my question for you this week is
WHAT IF YOU COULD OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO LOVE IN YOURSELF MORE THAN EVER BEFORE? WITHOUT JUDGEMENT? UNCONDITIONALLY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TRANSCEND THE THRESHOLD AND TRULY REACH OUT AND CROSS OVER INTO THE WISDOM OF OUR VERY SOUL?
We tread carefully within the paradigm of good behaviour, Venus is not about that. She invites you this week - to wear RED, show some of your other aspects to the world, the sass, the enchantress, the wild woman and the unapologetic self. To transcend beauty standards and the conventional and come out as a Warrior Queen, Empress, Goddess.
Love is redefined right here. Celebrate yourself in your sensuous wild glory and also your creative self go deep with this exploration of self love and dive into the joy that letting all the bullshit fall away.
Know that you come home to yourself and allow her in, allow Venus in, your ally, let her be your guide.
A Valentines Day Ritual
(you can also wait until the weekend)
Take a long bath
Make some rose tea
Journal deeply
Eat your favourite food
Listen to your most cherished song
Speak to someone who raises your spirits
Wear your favourite clothes
Meditate and let Venus in, invite her into your space, welcome her, drum, dance with her, sage the room, create merriment.
THEN...................
Write a statement starting with I AM at the start of every line, praising yourself with all the wonderful positive affirming magnificent words you can find.
Light a candle
Say this statement out loud with your hands to your heart
Then finish with
I vow to always know I am complete, I am love. Close your circle giving thanks to your life.
Now go out and LIVE IT.
#selflove #ceremony #ritual #womenscircles #empowering
An Imbolc Ritual
Today marks the beginning of February, the earth festival of Imbolc.
We are now halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox- an exciting time as the reawakening of our earth is beginning!
Celebrate the increasing daylight and the return to warmth with me ✨
Let us honour the Goddess Brigid and create rituals together for the upcoming month.
Today is a great day to plant seeds – literally and metaphorically. Get hold of some seeds and begin………………
AN IMBOLC RITUAL
✨Create time to do this by meditating
✨Simply breathe deeply
✨Set your intentions for the springtime
✨Whisper your wishes for your life to each seed as you plant them
✨Journal your thoughts and feelings, hopes and fears and future dreams
✨And give thanks to the earth and to creation as you honour your life and path
Happy February, Soulful Woman.
Death and the Ancestors
Dear Soulful Woman,
What does Halloween / Samhain mean to ceremony, mean to us?
It is
A time to go deep
A time to honour ancestors
A time to give space to how we feel about our own mortality
A time to honour change
A time to embrace our Inner Mystic
A time to honour life
Several festivals come together, all over the world today.
The veil between life and death, between us and our ancestors is at its thinnest in the next two days.
Creating the space for ritual and meditation enables us to immerse ourselves with the soul consciousness that is our journey.
Today is a portal of understanding, compassion, love and growth.
Prayer and Invocation To The Ancestors:
I honour you
I open my heart to you
I create room for you
I go deep into my awareness with you
I trace your journey
I give gratitude to you
I hear you
Have an amazing day
Ax
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CEREMONY FOR PEACE
PEACE CEREMONY
Thoughts and prayers going out to Gaza and all of those affected all over the world where there is suffering. Anywhere there is suffering right now needs our prayers, let us not be divided by anger or politics. I share this ceremony freely, consider donating to a charity to help those directly affected.
Take time out to create your very own PEACE CEREMONY. This simple gesture tunes you in to the vibration and frequency of LOVE which we so need in the world now more than ever.
A SIMPLE CANDLE CEREMONY FOR PEACE
You will need a candle, a poem, and some time uninterrupted.
If you do this with others or arrange with others to do this at the same time as you, you will build COLLECTIVE ENERGY.
Your Ceremony
1. Stand grounded and rooted and breathe deeply
2. Put your hands to your heart
3. Visualise the energy love pouring into your heart through your hands, the love of all things that are good and true
4. Fill yourself inside out with this energy, feel the love within each cell
5. Now see this energy pouring out of you and expanding your energy beyond your body, your town, your country, filling the entire globe with each breath out, see this love reaching far and wide, each person who needs it right now regardless of place or circumstance
6. Be bathed fully in the feeling of pure love
7. Now open your eyes and read the poem you have ready, read it out loud
8. Stand for a few moments to feel its resonance
9. Light the candle setting the intention that the love and hope finds its way to all who suffer right now, connect with strength, with resilience, with compassion, love and humanity
10. Finish with a song or just by closing your eyes and resting your hands in prayer on your chest.
Angie Litvinoff is a Ceremonialist and Space Holding Expert. She offers Ceremony Experiences, Accredited Ceremonialist Training and Shamanic Women’s Circles as well as Events and Retreats.
You can find out more here; www.angielitvinoff.com
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FRIDAY 13TH: ALL THE VIBES RIGHT HERE
FRIDAY 13TH : ALL THE VIBES RIGHT HERE.
This day, Friday 13th, is a promise.
A promise to you.
In fact it is is a pledge of allegiance to your soul.
This ancient celebration of the Goddess, a celebration of 13 moons is mystical, spiritual and powerful.
There are 13 moons in the year.
And for the bleeding cycle, 13 bleeds.
This connection is SO powerful, SO profound, and the cycles of womanhood are feared even now in our modern society.
Put aside the assumptions that this is a day of bad luck, its your day lady, and you can embrace it fully.
Moon time, both a time of reflection, menstruation and an acknowledgment of our connection with the cycles of the year, act now as ever as a measurement of time itself.
This deep connection with cycles is part of you. And part of your creation story.
Whether you bleed now or not, the cycles in your body and the cycles of the moon are related.
The 13 cycles of the lunar calendar take us through a variety of expressions which embody every aspect of the stages of womanhood and mood, all within a month, again and again.
And these months are not 12 calendar months, they are 12 cyclical months consisting of four weeks each.
Every four weeks you are renewed. Each week is a different part of your expression, it is immensely powerful and to be honoured.
So today, create the time to celebrate this relationship, rather like a birthday!
Let me know how you get on.
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photo by Brigitta (NUX) Scholz Mastroianni
Angie Litvinoff is a Guide, a Ceremonialist, a Modern Day Medicine Woman and a Wellbeing Expert. She offers Divine Feminine Awakening - a transformational life changing training for women like you, who are ready to step into a leadership role involving Ceremony, Ritual and Women’s Circles and who want to incorporate this into their lives to create beauty for their clients and women around them.
To find out more about the certified accredited training and working with Angie see https://www.angielitvinoff.com/rites-of-passage-training-online
So what comes next and how do I do it? The Rise of the Spiritual Entrepreneur
You have been around for a while.
And you have covered a lot of ground, I know.
You are keen to grow - in all the right ways. You want to expand your life, your mind, your work.
Because your experience tells you so. Your wisdom is built on a wealth of knowledge and hard work, and this point in life is all about doing what you really love.
Even if you don’t know what that is yet.
What comes next?
So what exactly comes next in your life? You are exploring options, you are letting go.
Why do I know all of this? Two reasons really, I have been there myself and I attract women like you to my work, women who wish to RISE.
Back to you - as you are sorting out what you don’t want to do, it makes it easier to see what’s left. The part of you that only now you are ready for, now that you are aware of what your strengths are.
And these are new strengths - that have come about through learning that you have achieved all you set out to do in your old life. I can see how you can bring them into the new, but for now it is enough to know that you are stepping into a whole new world.
How do you do it?
Hmmm that is a big question, but its more the why for now. Focus on WHY you want to do it. Is it truly coming from a place of the best and most powerful intensions of your true self, is it your higher calling, is it what will catapult you to new heights.
It may be that it is a practical chapter, but its far more likely that it is the spiritual path calling you closer, nearer, deeper. The calling is impossible to ignore, it is actually more like a burning desire.
So take stock, right now.
See what your true intention is, does it make your heart sing?
Why does it do that and why does it do that right now?
Can you describe it?
Can you give it room?
Is it the very reason that you get out of bed in the mornings, can you identify with it, is it your passion?
Does it enable you to offer something authentic, unique, with the integrity you feel so essential to all of your endeavours?
Are you looking to transform everything you touch, and to help others do the same?
The RISE of you as a Spiritual Entrepreneur has already begun, even if you don’t have a plan - yet.
And THAT. is where your answer lies, the truth, the reason.
And let me close by saying I am deeply excited for you and all that you are about to do. You have come so far and now a new adventure. I love that you are doing this for you.
Angie Litvinoff is a Guide, a Ceremonialist, a Modern Day Medicine Woman and a Wellbeing Expert. She offers Divine Feminine Awakening - a transformational life changing training for women like you, who are ready to step into a leadership role involving Ceremony, Ritual and Women’s Circles and who want to incorporate this into their lives to create beauty for their clients and women around them.
To find out more about the certified accredited training and working with Angie see https://www.angielitvinoff.com/rites-of-passage-training-online
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SPRING EQUINOX RITUAL
SPRING EQUINOX RITUAL:
The time - and there is only one other this year - where day and night are of equal length.
Spring is about momentum, creating, moving forwards, think of all you wish to sow, which seeds you wish to plant in your life, what feels most essential t you in terms of what your HEART AND SOUL yearn for.
It is a time to look at the themes of BALANCE and GROWTH in your life.
A simple ritual to help you ignite the Spring energies within.
1. Start the day 20th / 21st March with a meditation holding your hands close to your heart. This is about BLESSING.
2. Write words on pieces of paper, make them the most single potent words each representing a seed you are sowing for the months ahead. This is about INTENTION.
3. If you have physical seeds and soil to hand (and no worries if not), plant these too, have each seed represent a different wish. This is about MANIFESTATION.
4. Hold those pieces of paper close to your heart, then hold them up to the sky, invoking the energies of new growth, the Element of Air to carry your messages to Creation and by placing love into your defining action. This is about PURPOSE.
5. Place the pieces of paper in a jar and every time something beautiful happens, put this event into the jar too in writing, watching your intentions grow, creating GRATITUDE.
6. Finally, light a candle to honour the light now entering, the longer days, celebrating the tipping point into the new season. This is CELEBRATION.
If you love this, take a look at my online Create your Own Rituals access anytime course, giving you all the tools to begin - link in bio.
with love Angie x
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5 ways to release unwanted thoughts
Release unwanted thoughts.
I get it. We get in our own way all the time.
And unwanted thoughts hold us back, make us feel less than and begin to shape a story which simply isn't true, unless we give it power.
So here are 5 ways to help you, when an unwanted thought comes up, so you can send it back to source and clear the way for you to feel better about you.
1. Burn it.
Yes, write it down and set fire to it (safely), first hold it to your heart, set the intention to let it go, see the transformation as the thought goes, and release the stuck feelings as you watch it dissolve and become ash.
2. Dance it.
Put on THE most potent, beautiful, uplifting, euphoric pice of music you can find and play it loud, dance until the song has finished, releasing negativity out of your body.
3. Walk it.
Get out and walk in nature, touch leaves, trees, plants, collect sticks, find beautiful stones, and set the intention that once you come home, the thoughts stay out of the door.
4. Cleanse it.
Light some herbs, palo santo, smudge and smoke this around you, above you, to each side of you, create a circle of smoke and ask for the negative energies to be lifted and removed as you breathe in the new and breathe out the old.
5. Journal it.
Sit, breathe, write. Write it all down, everything that is making you feel anxious, angry, feel less than, feel fearful, feel depressed, feel destructive, feel negative, all of it. Until you are done. Then say 'I release these thoughts, they are not me, they are passing through me, I have compassion, I have kindness to myself, I love myself fiercely and completely'
Let me know how you get on.
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So when IS it best to birth a new chapter?
If it’s feeling like you are going around a washing machine or being thrown around a fairground ride currently, you are not alone.
It is a time of huge turbulence.
So why is it a good idea to birth the next chapter NOW when all that is going on?
Something I learned after I had children was, I quickly realised that there was no ideal time for anything. If I put my life on hold whilst holding the space for others - my whole life would go by.
And so I adapted but never lost sight of who I was, or my relationship with my husband, or my self development, or times to enjoy together as our little tribe grew.
It did all slow down - a lot - and everything takes AGES in comparison to before, but that is actually a blessing, life was way too fast and too full and just altogether too much about other people.
And so, what about this new chapter? The one you want to birth.
When you have outgrown the old you are in this uncomfortable space of growth, shedding the old skin, in the birth canal, nothing seems real because you are still trying to manifest it.
You are still in the process of beginning to own your dreams.
However, the difference between it staying a dream and it become real is about how you manifest your passion into the world. On a practical level.
And one thing everyone who comes to me for mentoring and rites of passage immersions has in common is that all these creatives can’t go back to the way things were.
Whether by conscious choice or life deciding, or both, that there is no turning back.
And in front of you awaits a portal, a threshold of pure powerful authentic truth for you to walk through with intention and focus and clarity.
Birthing the next chapter is imminent when you are ready to create, and there will be no perfect time to do it, there will always be a reason to talk yourself out of it.
Divine timing is like getting on a merry go round, which I had to do for 7 years whilst my kids were small, it is about getting the momentum to do it and looking out for when, but not waiting so long that the moment has passed.
Serious about change?
Angie Litvinoff is a Guide, Mentor and Creative Consultant.
She is a catalyst for Soulful Creatives who are ready to birth their next chapter be it in life or work through Mentoring Programmes and Rites of Passage Immersions.
Find out more here:
www.angielitvinoff.com
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Ways to Celebrate This Autumn Equinox
Dear Soulful One,
We are stepping into the autumn equinox, which will be celebrated by earth lovers all over the northern hemisphere.
I warmly invite you to honour this beautiful enriching festival.
As we observe day and night being of equal distance, people all over the southern hemisphere will be welcoming in the spring equinox with new beginnings.
For us in the north, we also celebrate the themes of balance but rather than welcoming in the new, we focus on gathering our knowledge and wisdom and taking stock, so that we can grow and assimilate all our experiences.
It is a time to begin drawing our energies inward, to feel energised by this and to have gratitude for this opportunity of another year on this amazing planet.
Ways to honour the Autumn Equinox:
1. Create an outside natural altar
2. Declutter
3. Cook with friends
4. Journal on what needs to bring more balance in your life
5. Have a soul reading to establish where you are at in your life
6. Begin a gratitude practice
And most of all, enjoy the light as it fades into darker days, longer nights, it will return, renewed, just like you.
Ax
Angie is a Rites of Passage Guide for Conscious Creators. To find out more about working with her see www.angielitvinoff.com
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what happens when you start saying no
The power of No hit me hugely this summer.
I have been asserting some strong boundaries in my midlife, especially since burnout number 3.
As a high achiever who drives myself forward constantly, strong boundaries have always been something I have had to be conscious of and in the last few years, become passionate about.
I am an unconventional creative being, but this doesn’t exclude me from being a high achiever too. You see, I have created so much, that at times what drives me forward is historical, I have achieved so much in the past and some of that urgency has stayed, like a constant reminder of how much I can do and how much I am capable of.
But you know what - I am walking away from it all.
I am going to be 50 next year and this milestone is what is driving me forward now, because I am walking forwards into the beginning of exactly how I mean to go on in life.
Saying no - a lot.
Life now is about deepening what is already there, yes to new experiences but only if they nourish me. And just because I can make huge things happen - it doesn’t mean I should.
THAT has been my biggest lesson dear Soulful Woman - that just because I can it doesn’t mean I need to, have to or want to.
And saying no is like an avalanche. Or a cascade. It becomes bigger and stronger as it picks up momentum.
This summer I say NO to everything, I am letting go of SO much I am amazed at how much I have been doing for decades, doing so much that I didn’t even know I was doing it I became so good at it.
And doing it well too.
But no is not about that, what happens when I say no? I relax, I breathe deeply, I become present, I live in the moment, I open up to the richness of living, I create in a different way. I create the SPACE TO BE.
And I am loving it. All of my summer I am creating that space and regrouping gently, with love, with space, with time.
I cannot WAIT to invite in the new, with no agenda, no deadline, no outcome, just new, a new beginning.
#transformation #creativity #modernmystic
photo by Nux Photography
Surrender: Mental Health Awareness Week
I have been sharing a bit about surrender so far this week.
It’s essential.
We need to surrender to our own needs, to establish how to grow and how to begin to embrace self worth.
Firstly, establish that you NEED to address the theme of surrender.
See how it works for you, this theme, that you really do need to listen to yourself, to what you need.
You see, you are changing, your old life no longer fits, no longer works for you, you have established this at least.
And you know you need to make changes, which actually means PUTTING YOURSELF FIRST.
Uncomfortable as that might feel, this is essential for your mental health. And radical. Because women have been doing the opposite of this whenever self worth was low, historically and very much now.
Now you have established this, take the next step of HOW you will do this.
It involves stepping away from anything you go to and hide behind, be it work, family, friends, to-do lists, you can’t obsess forever. You have to take that step forwards into the unknown and make this a practical thing.
Do something to help yourself, and do it soon.
Midlife and Beyond are the halfway line, we don’t have forever, which is a good thing, because despite any brain fog or overwhelm you may be experiencing, you are FOCUSED on this, you know it’s the truth and it’s a motivating force to embrace the day.
Beauty and Joy are all about balance and fulfilment, you have two choices:
do nothing
do something
which will it be?
I urge you to choose the ‘do something’ as this will enable you to surrender.
This ‘do something’ is a first step, make this change by putting yourself and your needs first, EMOTIONAL needs first, this will change your life.
So what next?
5 Ways I can help you
RISE the life changing Rites of Passage 6 week Immersion
Key words: Identity, Life Change
Vibrational Medicine Immersion the 4 month journey
Key words: Emotional health, Mindset, Self Worth, Trauma
Restorative Healing the 1:1 non talking therapeutic sessions
Key words: Anxiety, Overwhelm, Burnout, Tranquility
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Shamanic Journey Experiences
Key words: Self Belief, Spiritual Development, Growth
Feeling the call to find your joy?
Surrender is key, now is the time.
About the author
Angie Litvinoff is a Life Changing highly experienced Guide, Mentor, Modern Day Medicine Woman, Artist and Rites of Passage Facilitator. She has a background as a shaman, homeopathic consultant and women's wellness expert and has been holding the space for women for 25 years.
She focuses on release of trauma, ancestral healing and clearing limiting beliefs so you can move forwards, find your joy and create the life and vision of your dreams.
Find out more and book your free introductory session here www.angielitvinoff.com
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Finding your Joy - Embracing the Enchantress
Embracing the Enchantress archetype is nothing less than controversial
So, you are in your mid 40’s, 50’s or 60’s and something extraordinary is happening to you - every day.
You have frequent realisations about your mind, your body and your spirit.
Based on TRUTH, because the illusion is falling away in an effortless way.
It’s hard too.
Because living the life you have had up until now has relied on you being predictable, compliant, understanding and at times all giving.
To the detriment of your own creativity.
And as a woman, taking some strange steps to becoming somehow more holy, more innocent, more quiet.
The Enchantress challenges ALL OF THAT.
Why are women supposed to fade away?
Only because it is a distraction from the total truth, that women get more womanly, more of themselves, they become greater RIGHT NOW.
The how happens as a process, but the total truth is there in its raw honest form, if you can just surrender to its beautiful inevitability.
Because the Enchantress is sexy, bold, loud, confident, mystical, spiritual, wild, adventurous, creative and authentic.
She walks upright, takes long strides, wears bright colours, is not afraid to be happy, angry, tired, energised, and break with convention completely. In fact she is pure liberation, she is FREEDOM.
There are two choices, you stay in the outgrown life or you step out of the comfort zone and grow into this Enchantress that will lead you to Crone.
Enchantress medicine is waiting, she is ready to take you on the best journey so far.
Angie Litvinoff is a Life Changing Rites of Passage Guide for Visionary Women, a Modern Medicine Woman, Mentor and Artist.
She helps women FIND THEIR JOY AND REBIRTH in Menopause and Beyond.
You can find out more about how to work with her and to subscribe to this regular blog here: https://www.angielitvinoff.com/
photo by Nux Photography
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brutal honesty
So beginning to love yourself is about getting brutally honest.
What do you really feel, really want, really think?
And what do you really want to say?
Thanks to a conscious perimenopause I have homeopathic support which allows me to be in tune with all my changes.
And many of the physical and emotional changes are a direct reflection of my history so far (more on that another time).
I mention this as I know when I feel emotional and cry because something is so damn beautiful, or that my swearing is rather abundant on certain days, or that I need extra time in bed as exhaustion hits me.
And then the times of productivity when I feel a frenzy of creativity.
Amongst all that is this brutal voice, brutal truths.
Because its just too tedious to sugar coat my opinions any more and I don’t have time for bullshit.
When did this directness begin and get so prolific?
When I realised I had had enough of wasting time on something less than 100% honesty. And similar to when my children where very young and they didn’t hesitate to say it how it was - my actions speak even louder than my words, here lies brutal honesty in its full and most potent form.
You see, voice is not just words and truth is about carrying your message into your daily life.
I decluttered my life in every aspect.
So that I could get brutally honest with myself, so that I could carry through the passion and dreams which felt so urgent.
They ARE urgent. Living life for you is urgent.
Having boundaries is urgent.
Starting now is urgent.
Getting acquainted with the Wild Wise Woman in You is urgent.
Yes - you are sacred, sacred and divine.
Finding your voice so you can really hear it, so it speaks from your heart and so that you choose when and when not to speak will change everything.
What are you ready to get brutally honest about with yourself and with others?
The time to embrace this sassy soul of yours is HERE.
Angie Litvinoff is a life changing Rites of Passage Guide for Visionary Midlife Women, a Modern Medicine Woman and Artist.
She helps women FIND THEIR JOY AND REBIRTH in Menopause and Beyond.
You can find out more about how to work with her and to subscribe to this regular blog here: https://www.angielitvinoff.com/
photo by Nux Photography
how to master the power of no
Blog: how to master the power of no. Boundaries and self worth.
The most important thing that I have learned so far on this journey is the power of no.
So how did I embrace it and why did it change so much for me?
When you think about it, it doesn’t seem so hard, but dig a little deeper in you, and get honest.
How often in life have you found it hard to say no to someone? And what stopped you from doing so?
Boundaries are everything when you are addressing themes and challenges around self belief, self esteem, self worth.
And not being able to say no often goes way back in our lives, to a time when we felt either forced or obliged to do something without putting ourselves first, as a given.
When our needs were not considered to be a priority, or our voices were not being listened to and acknowledged.
And so putting others first and what they want becomes an altruistic act of indulgence that we assume as the only way to be.
And people get used to it.
I’m saying a lot here in a very short space of time, read it through and let it sink in, see how you feel about what this all means to you.
So, what happens when you stop all this? When you stop putting others first and start voicing your own needs as a priority?
Firstly, you may become surprised at how people don’t reciprocate your behaviour, they don’t put. you first as a given, they have less trouble than you saying no. In fact you may even feel a little resentful that they are not checking in on you. And be prepared for people not liking the change in you straight away.
After all, it is so convenient to have an altruistic friend / partner / colleague / parent / child.
Guilt can keep you there. Fear can keep you there.
What if I am letting them all down? What if I disappoint? What if I make someone angry?
Well, what if you are angry for being so damn obliging for so long? Start with you. You deserve, you are enough, you are worthy.
So master it this way - today, reschedule your entire week based on your needs on paper and see how it makes you feel. Then explore those feelings closely and accept that they have a basis, a reason, a history.
Then pledge that you will do one thing at first with more to follow, which will put you first. Sacred self care to gain your sense of self, to honour who you are, to create that shift.
Powerful.
And it’s a process. Don’t be harsh on how you learn, just give thanks that each day you get better boundaries. I’m learning all the time and each lesson is a gift.
Angie Litvinoff is a life changing Rites of Passage Guide for Visionary Midlife Women, a Modern Medicine Woman and Artist.
She helps women FIND THEIR JOY.
You can find out more about how to work with her and to subscribe to this regular blog here: https://www.angielitvinoff.com/
photo by Nux Photography
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hear yourself live
There is a moment of sudden realisation where it really hits you.
You can hear yourself think and you are straining to get all the full audio experience, because its new.
It’s a new frequency of listening, it takes dedicated hearing time, it is the voice that speaks for YOU.
What more can this newfound voice do? As it tells you things, wise things, new things, insights, angry things, joyful things, as it throws up the past, as it stops you and asks you to check in with your previous responses, it creates a job firmly in your mind.
This job creation anchors your life firmly to the direction of your dreams, and is sorting out the fine details before you set sail on this momentous journey. The job is also to be your gauge.
The bullshit gauge, the check in gauge, the gauge that gives you the truth of whether its good enough, or not good enough for your newly found sense of self.
Your newly found sense of worth.
And the voice is delivering a clear message to you loudly, so loud you feel everyone could possibly hear this, even though its only meant for you.
HEAR YOURSELF LIVE AS WELL AS HEAR YOURSELF THINK.
See the evidence that you are starting to create the life you truly want for yourself.
I’m not saying a life hyped up with expectations and the old story, I’m saying the life you want from your heart, a life which is in dialogue with your soul, transcending the old paradigm and letting go of limitations so you are feeling the freedom to express yourself. As a changing woman this will be key to a joyful new beginning.
Tell me, what is the ONE thing you will do today, which starts this? Hear yourself live Goddess, hear her, see her, celebrate her TODAY.
Create a little bit of heavenly joy in your life right now and laugh and dance whether nobody is watching or whether everybody is watching.
You ARE the Creatrix.
Angie Litvinoff is a life changing Rites of Passage Guide for Visionary Midlife Women, a Modern Medicine Woman and Artist.
She helps women FIND THEIR JOY.
You can find out more about how to work with her and to subscribe to this regular blog here: https://www.angielitvinoff.com/
photo by Nux Photography
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Why You Need Tarot
You may be surprised to find yourself reading this.
After all what on earth has tarot got todo with menopause and beyond?
It’s not just tarot however, its oracle cards in general.
Before you finish reading this, I want you to feel inspired to act on what I’m about to share!
Tarot and Oracle cards and me have a long history.
Through the height of my workshop addict phase, I bought many packs, each one representing where I was at.
I’m a bit minimalist these day, yes I use just two, and that is what I call discipline!
In midlife, there is something that I would describe as a calling to be answered. Whilst that is not the calling of tarot as such (it might be, but bear with me here), it is a deep longing to come home.
Home to yourself. And home to your gut.
Your gut instincts, your intuition. They start craving your attention. They want and need you to listen to voice within that has all the answers.
And so developing your intuition is a powerful aspect of reconnecting to your true self, of stepping into your power.
As you reach out for tools, you get experimenting with the things that bring you joy in this enriching process. You get bold.
In my shamanic journey group workshops for women as well as in my Rites of Passage Immersion, I use oracle cards to help you gain insights to your life.
The cards are like mirrors that you hold up to you and catch your reflection, reflecting aspects of you to be explored, glimpses of conversation that help to assist and empower you.
And begin a dialogue which grows as you begin to establish greater levels of trust in yourself and your ability to see truth. You see, its. the opposite of everything you have been taught, this is based on your own truth, not a dominant tyrannical paradigm. Yes, getting yourself a deck of tarot cards is a radical act.
And so you have an opportunity to grow with this and trust yourself more and more, and you WILL LOVE IT.
Let me know how you get on.
Ax
Angie Litvinoff is a life changing Rites of Passage Guide for Visionary Midlife Women, a Modern Medicine Woman and Artist.
She helps women FIND THEIR JOY.
You can find out more about how to work with her and to subscribe to this regular blog here: https://www.angielitvinoff.com/
photos by Nux Photography
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The Day of The Woman
Happy International Women’s Day 2022 - this is your day
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S DAY 2022
At this time of great tension in the world, the way we care for ourselves has got to hold the key to a sustainable way forward for us and for others.
And in your midlife, there has been no better time to reflect on how best to do this.
This is because quite often, you can feel that certain things in your life, the decisions you have made up till now, are greatly affecting the way you feel about yourself and life in general.
So today, I honour your great reset, and dedicate this blog to BEING ENOUGH.
By this point in time, if you are not in a war torn country or living in difficult circumstances, you are likely to be looking at your lifestyle, your diet, your health, your wellbeing, and also very likely to be reviewing your relationships, career or vocation, direction in life, identity and self worth. I don’t say any of this lightly, I was born into a military dictatorship in Chile and raised by a single mother in poverty.
And with this in mind, we need to go back in history for a minute.
As a feminist, and as your GUIDE, I look behind me quite often. How can I not, the male dominant white paradigm is wreaking havoc constantly with the way we see women, every second of the day. This history has created a dynamic through time which sets women up to fail, if you don’t feel like this and doing quite well, its likely you are doing so within the paradigm.
I now invite you to look at life OUTSIDE the paradigm.
A life where women are not afraid to walk the streets at night, where rape, domestic violence and sexual abuse are not issues that dominate women’s lives, a life where having or not having children, and abortion can all be supported accordingly, a life where each and every woman’s brilliance can be celebrated. Where each woman can be supported to grow and fly and shine. Where poverty, oppression, racism, inequality and discrimination have no place - because it is not a hierarchy designed to keep people down.
Where your body, your mind, your spirit are cherished and valued from the second you come to be.
Today is a day that highlights so many things, that celebrates women in a way they should be celebrated every day, indeed celebrates you in a way you should celebrate yourself constantly.
And today I invite you to think about your place in the world, to take that first step to claiming your voice, truth, vision, you as the CREATRIX, you as the embodiment of a powerful DIVINE FEMININE, you as you are now, in total self acceptance.
Every line, every stretch mark and every grey or white, every sassy bold empowered delicious wayward part of you and the aspects to cherish creating the woman you are becoming.
And your own place in creation, in the world. Because you belong, in a new story, a new paradigm which is supportive of you, one which is there to guide and hold you, to walk alongside you and honour you.
And subsequently gives you time to engage with a greater relationship to life itself, to the way we interact with environment, with mother earth, a way forward which is harmonious to life and to the earth, which merges our pulses, rhythms and cycles in a holistic way. One where we listen to nature, to her teachings and her ways, where we respect her. Sowing the seeds of potent new beginnings.
A path of understanding lies ahead of you which makes your experience profound, complete and empowered.
I celebrate your potential to do it YOUR WAY, for all women to do it their way.
I wish you the most amazing day of resilience, resistance, rebirth and recognition of all that you are and all that is possible within you, because that energy radiates outwardly and inspires others to do the same, self worth becomes peace, truth and harmony, flowing and strong, powerful and sustainable, supportive and nourishing, kind and wise.
Angie Litvinoff is a Rites of Passage Guide for Midlife Women, a Modern Medicine Woman and Artist. She helps women FIND THEIR JOY. You can find out more about how to work with her and to subscribe to this regular blog here: https://www.angielitvinoff.com/
identity
In my family we talk about identity all the time.
My sons are Afro Latino British, my husband has roots in his Afro Caribbean ancestry + from other places too, and was born here. I am British Chilean - an immigrant Latin American with ancestry in Chile, Catalan, Basque and much more.
My son's identity is theirs, what they wish it to be, what they wish it to become. They are not my husband or me, they are forming their own identity.
That is where the empowerment is.
Because identity is way beyond where your family came from, where you were born, what people think you are, what social class or where you live or grew up or cultural heritage or what's on your passport.
So now I invite you think about you - and the identity that each one of you can own.
And that isn't a label someone else gives you, its an identity which YOU ultimately hold the power decide is best for you, because it resonates on a soul level.
My sons have many more years ahead exploring who they are, not only their ancestry and heritage so rich and abundant, their roots, as it is about looking at the NOW and what it all will mean to them as they grow, what they are stepping into, their future selves, how they wish to definite themselves in so so many ways.
I am hugely excited for who they are and what they will claim as theirs. Also our experiences of racism - which is everywhere - means that our eyes are well and truly open to the world.
They will rise beyond the limitations of societies views, beyond the dominant paradigm or what people assume of themselves and others when they don't question what they really want, what really resonates with soul.
Claim what is yours. Reclaim your right to the life you want and need, your place in creation.
Powerful.
Ax
Angie Litvinoff is a Rites of Passage Guide for Midlife Women, a Modern Medicine Woman and Artist. She helps women FIND THEIR JOY. You can find out more about how to work with her and to subscribe to this regular blog here: https://www.angielitvinoff.com/
photo by Nux Photography
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