Talking With The Universe

  Somewhere along the way, it feels like we've started treating offense and harm as though they are the same thing. I don't believe they are. Before you continue reading, let me be clear: being offended is real. The emotional reaction is real. The discomfort is real. The feelings that arise are real. But being offended and being harmed are not necessarily the same experience. To me, offense is largely based on perspective. Harm is based on evidence. That's an important distinction. A person can be offended by a word, an opinion, a belief, a lifestyle, a joke, a decision, or even a simple difference in values. The offense exists. The reaction exists. But that doesn't automatically mean harm has occurred. When we stop distinguishing between offense and harm, we risk giving the same weight to a bruised belief as we do to a genuine injury. And those are not the same thing. Offense Often Lives in the Story Imagine two people hearing the exact same statement. One shrugs and m...

  Recently, I came across a video that has stayed with me far longer than I expected. A local farming family had just lost nearly everything to a tornado. Their home. Their farm. Their machinery. Their equipment. Their outbuildings. Two beloved family dogs. In a matter of moments, an entire way of life had been turned upside down. Shortly after the tornado, the husband and father gave an informal interview. Standing in the aftermath of unimaginable loss, he tried to put words to what had just happened. And as he spoke, he used the word "fuck" several times. What surprised me wasn't the language. What surprised me was the response. Among the messages of support were comments focused almost entirely on the words he used. Some people never acknowledged the loss. They never mentioned the family. They never offered support, encouragement, or compassion. Instead, their attention remained fixed on a single word. As I sat with my reaction, I realized this wasn't really about ...

  There was a period of my life where my body essentially staged a full-blown protest against my career. And honestly? Fair. At the time, I was working in post-secondary education within the healthcare sector. On paper, it looked stable, successful, and respectable. I was teaching, leading, supporting students, and doing work that genuinely mattered to me. But internally? Everything had started shifting. The structure around me had changed. Leadership dynamics had changed. The environment had changed. And slowly, quietly, I realized something painful: The role I once loved no longer aligned with my values as an educator, leader, or human being. Now here's the important part: This was NOT a story about me being disconnected from intuition. I knew. I could feel it. My Guides were direct about it. My body was practically writing strongly-worded complaint letters on Spirit's behalf. The problem wasn't that I didn't know. The problem was that I didn't yet k...

  I’ve worked professionally with intuition for years, but let me tell you something that might surprise you: Even intuitive people ignore their own nudges sometimes. Yep. Even the ones who teach this work. Even the ones who can feel energy shifts before a word is spoken. Even the ones who absolutely know better. Because being intuitive doesn’t magically make you immune to being human. And honestly? Sometimes the Universe humbles us anyway. A few years ago, I walked into a grocery store already irritated. You know those days where absolutely everything feels off for no logical reason? Nothing terrible had happened, but my energy felt heavy, my patience was gone, and honestly, I wanted to grab my stuff and leave before someone tested me. As I walked past one aisle, I suddenly had this overwhelming feeling: “Don’t go down there.” Not a voice booming from the heavens. Not a dramatic movie moment. Just a very clear internal nope. Naturally, like the rational adult I am, I ignor...

  One of the biggest misconceptions I see in spiritual spaces is the idea that Ego is “bad” and Spirit is “good.” That’s never been my experience. In Talking With The Universe , I teach that Spirit and Ego are meant to work together. Spirit brings expansion, intuition, and openness. Ego helps us create identity, structure, and action in the physical world. And oddly enough… my teenage son demonstrated this perfectly over supper. For years, he has insisted he hates chicken Alfredo. So when I made chicken Alfredo lasagna with leftover rotisserie chicken, I didn’t make a big announcement about what it was. I simply served supper. And suddenly: He loved it. He called it “delicious cheese noodles.” He wanted seconds. Then I told him the truth: “This is chicken Alfredo.” Cue the confusion. 😂 What fascinated me wasn’t the reaction itself — it was what it represented. His Spirit was fully in the present moment enjoying the experience. His Ego immediately referenced the...

  Years ago, while working in a traditional 9-to-5 environment, I had a coworker come into my office feeling completely devastated. A leader within the organization had absorbed their position, and from the outside, the situation looked final. The fear, uncertainty, and emotional heaviness in the room were undeniable. As they explained everything that had happened, I remember calmly saying: “I know this feels life-altering right now, but go home and enjoy the time you’re about to have. You’ll be getting your job back.” They looked at me like I had completely lost my mind. Then they asked the obvious question: “How could you possibly know that?” The truth was, my intuition had already been picking up on energetic patterns surrounding that particular leader long before the situation unfolded. As we continued talking, I also shared that I didn’t feel the leader would remain in that position much longer and that once things shifted, their role would likely be restored. At the time, it ...