May 2011

From 

Irene and Grace (Office Manager)  

 

Dear friends,

 

First, I must say Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there. Your special day is well deserved.  My mom passed 39 years ago and she will always be in my heart.  As I am not a mother, I just have to "mother " my sweet husband so he has always treated me to Mother's day and I enjoy it all!  Celebrate the nurturing woman in you and mother yourself even if you do not have children to do it for you.    

 

Alas, some of the renovations have been put aside for finishing income tax (yeah it's done!) and finding some help for the yard work.  We shall persevere like all of you who are likely dealing with the same scenarios.  

 

I found myself saying "should" a great deal these past few months so I have decided to remove the word "should" from my vocabulary forever; because I now refuse to be a prisoner of this icky word.

 

We live in such a busy world and we forget that time is really the only wealth we have and it is the one thing we cannot afford to lose.  I am sure the majority of us are always wishing we had more time and I am making a Mother's Day resolution to stop this habit so I will start by writing a little poem for all of us " short on time" people.   

 

Dear friends,  

 

I could not seem to find time to play if I didn't have time to blink.

I lost my power and "found" it when I took some time to think.

I seem to have no time to read even knowing how wise that would be,

For reading brings a fountain of wisdom when I take this time for me.  

I always take time to work real hard for I was taught this brought success.

Alas, this may be the case, but "oh"  the cost of such great stress!   

If I could give you a gift today, it would be laughter and time to play;     

And that you will make it a habit every single privileged day.     

Take time to give, take time to laugh and take lots of time to share.

Release the stress and show your loved ones how much you really care.  

Your soul needs magic everyday so never let it have regrets.

Think, Love, Laugh,and Play; and may this you never forget!  Irene 

 

Have a wonderful month!    

Blessings Irene  

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 


Exciting New Workshop Coming this Fall!


If I could count the number of times people have asked me the following questions I would be rich beyond my wildest dreams! These questions are:

  • How do I find my purpose?
  • I am at a crossroads how do I find out what my real purpose is?
  • How do you know if you are really on purpose?  
  • If we are suppose to be on purpose why am I not happy with my life?
  • Why is my life such a struggle; is it because I have no purpose?    

I have asked a wonderful friend, Linda Parr, to join me in a very powerful weekend workshop that will focus on you and your life's purpose. The seating will be limited in order to ensure that this experience is as personal as possible.  The first one will be held in Edmonton in October.

 

We are so excited about this powerful workshop and we hope you will discover and learn how to embrace and empower your authentic self.    

 

Stay tuned for more details next month !

    

To hold a spot or to receive more information : Please email me.

   

 

 

  INSIGHTS AND SOLUTIONS  

 

Have you ever said, " My mother is/was a saint ! " I know I sure have and not only about her but about other special people I have and had in my life.   I asked myself what does a saint mean to me and this was my list:   

 

  • Being cheerful when it is difficult to be so
  • Moving forward or pushing on when you want to stay still  
  • Keeping silent when you want to talk or scream at the top of your lungs
  • Willing to agree when you really wanted to be disagreeable
  • Always having a vision and a knowing that without one you perish
  • Loving and giving to others first and often at great cost to yourself  
  • Helping unconditionally and wanting nothing for it  
  • Giving praise when others criticize 
  • Never keeping score of things
  • Loving unconditionally  
  • Giving or sharing the last piece of pie or dessert    

Do you see yourself as a saint?  

 

 

To all the saints in my life:  

 

For giving all you give

For doing all you do

For caring as you care...

For simply being you

I want to say you're dear to me...

That I'll always care

And anytime you need me

I want to be there 

 

part of a poem by Jean Kyler McManus

 

 

 
 
                Touching a Life ... Visits From the Other Side!

I have not had any feedback on last month's amazing story but I am sure I will hear something soon.

Today I want to tell you about a few incredible spiritual conversations I have had with deceased loved ones in the last few weeks

1.  Marion's father passed about 5 years ago and left a beautiful piece of property at Sylvan Lake that is now zoned for commercial use and she wants to sell it as soon as possible.  I have connected with her father at different times and he tells me " he will let it go" but he still seems to want to hang onto the house. 
About a week or so ago I had a spiritual conversation with him in my reading room that was so straight forward and clear that it was like I was talking to a friend or client.  He had more concerns but we seem to get past them in our little talk and a few nights later I am having a dream of him and talking to him again and suddenly his voice says, " Irene, Irene, wake up." So I am half awake and away we go talking again. I think I am sleeping until hubby says; who are you talking to and he rolls over and goes back to sleep. It is 4:35 AM and I continue talking to this man for another few minutes. I kept thinking how stubborn this spirit is and Marion later told me he was indeed a stubborn man.  I have not reached him yet but I feel him close to me again so I expect he will be here any time and I sure hope he comes before bedtime! 
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2.  A woman came for a card reading with her husband.  He chose not to come into the room until a spirit showed up in her reading and I discovered it was his brother.  She runs to get him and he is looking pretty annoyed and shaken but he sits and listens.  I explain we were doing cards and that I hear this voice that says. " Tell my brother to come into the room." This man turns a bit red and he snaps at his wife and me; " Is this some kind of joke and did you tell her about my brother?"  She says " no" and he is just glaring at me and I think, "oh boy, now I have opened a can of worms".  I told him I will go back to her reading because that will relax me and he may start to communicate with me again. 

Suddenly I am in the following brief conversation:

Spirit: " He needs to know I am here; tell him I am here".

Don ( her husband):  "What's this spirits name?"

Spirit: "Tell him it is Brian as we have 4 brothers and I am with Gary who has also passed."  

 

Spirit: " Tell him I am sorry for all the problems I caused him and I did not mean to total his sports car."  

Now, Don is sitting forward, stunned and he buries his head in his hands and starts to sob.  I get up and leave the room.  In about 5 minutes, Donna comes into the kitchen and sits with me. She tells me how angry he was at his brother for stealing his car, getting drunk, and killing himself.  Brian was the youngest and Don's favorite brother and he has been carrying this pain for ten years.  Don wants to ask Brian a question; would you come back to the room?

Don looks shaken but seems to have his emotions in check.  He asks me to talk to Brian again and I can only try. It helped that Brian was persistent and so clear in his dialogue.  I ask him the question which did not make a bit of sense to me and his response to me was a series of numbers and letters  that Don wrote down.   He gets up and says to his wife  "Let's go, now.   He thanks me and tells me to mail the CD to her. 

I go back into the room and straighten up and out loud I said, " Well that was strange and abrupt. I wonder what it meant? "

I jump out of my skin when Brian answers: "He will be back, we are not finished. Good bye for now."

Footnote: These two readings are the two strongest dialogues I have ever had with spirits. I hope it continues; during waking hours!  
 
This reading happened a few days ago and they called today and booked another appointment with me for June.  I sure hope I get to know what this is all about.  Stay tuned! 

 

 

 
 
Life's Moments & Reflections
 
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