It always amazes me when I look at all the traffic my website receives and where it comes from. This question has reached me from across continents and oceans. Thanks for reading …

“As a child, I used to write essays and used to love thinking that one day I will publish them. Now 29 years old, I am eagerly waiting to be a published writer. I had a job but it was very unsatisfactory. I traveled a lot and felt taken advantage of. After leaving that job, I began writing poems a lot and that gave birth to a novella that I have written in the fantasy fiction genre and am currently writing another one. Will I find a good publisher and will I be a successful writer? I earnestly feel this is my calling. Also, I feel unless I succeed, I cannot take the next step of Marriage which requires financial abundance to take care of the growing needs that a family entails. Heartfelt thanks for this opportunity to write to you. Your answer will mean the world to me and provide solace to my soul.”

Your soul has reached out to my own as a kindred spirit, and I’m sure that’s part of the reason I was drawn to your question. Since you supplied your date of birth, your numerology can tell me a few things. I can tell you that your life purpose is one that in some way involves being a humanitarian, whether through charitable means or compassion and selfless service. Being creative, independent, artistic and able to to keep a broad outlook on life are a few of your strengths – all wonderful attributes of a professional writer. Your gift that you bring into this world is one of dedication to home and family. You are surely a natural counselor and would make the perfect parent. I can also tell you that next year, after your 2011 birthday, you will be in a highly creative year – especially good for creating literary works of art.

There are a few other things I want to add to your answer as well. I am a little concerned that you might be putting off life. Your life may very well encompass becoming a published author. I can feel your passion for writing and know you really want this. However, your priorities feel a little off to me. Is it possible that maybe you don’t need to put off marriage and family until after you become a writer? It’s just a thought. Sometimes the way we plan our journey through life isn’t exactly the way it’s meant to work out. Your plan might not be the most beneficial plan for you. Keep one eye focused on your dreams, yes. But, don’t forget the other parts of life. You are meant to be married and have a family. No matter which path I see for you, marriage and family are on both. Your drive and determination will determine if you become a writer or not. You don’t have to put off life. In fact, life can make a writer who she is.

I would like to give you a little advice on becoming a writer, too. First, you may want to consider finding an agent. At least in the United States, I know finding a publisher without the help of an agent is a daunting task. Be mindful of scams, however. A true agent will not charge a reading fee to consider your work. I would also recommend having someone look over your work for grammatical errors and other things you may have missed. It’s easy for the writer to miss errors because we read our work in the way we know it’s supposed to be read, not necessarily the way we have written it. Second, make sure you’re writing because you enjoy it. Once you make it into work, your writing will not have the same edge. Third, do your homework. Research the internet for information on your genres, agents, ideas, etc. The internet is a vast resource for information. Fourth, READ!!! Some writers forget how important it is to read, read and read some more. If you want to be a writer, read everything you can get your hands on – especially in your genre.

Here are a few websites that might help you …

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America – At least visit this site. You’ll find a lot of useful information here.

Agent Query – Information on agents … finding them, who they are and what they do.

You may want to consider visiting Amazon.com, too. Check out reader comments on books you’ve read. See what readers like and don’t like. You may be able to apply that information to your own work.

I hope this information proves useful to you. Good luck and many blessings!

~ Sheri

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Spirit Guide Contact
by Jim McElwee, The Unexplainable Store

Today I’d like to take a look at how to communicate with your spirit guide. First, it’s important to understand that these entities are (as we’ve established) a part of you. The dedicated part of your mind that filters out your consciousness and the deeper understanding of the world around you is required for applicable purposes of day to day living and a world filled with symbols. Once you’ve made contact with the spirit guide, however, you can begin to understand different avenues of communication with this helpful guide.

First, dreams are a very important place for spiritual communication to take place. When you sleep your mind enters a state where communication of all parts of the consciousness takes place. Often the dreams are nonsensical or deeply symbolic. Your spirit guide’s presence in a dream, however, is something important to keep an eye on. If you see them while dreaming, pay careful attention to what they say and you’ll soon be one step closer to understanding the path you must take. Our entrainment therapy helps with this communication with the spirit guide in a sleeping state as well. Just listen to our therapy sessions shortly before going to sleep. You can get them at The Unexplainable Store.

While dreams may be the most guaranteed place to see the spirit guide, many people don’t remember their dreams and that makes this level of communication difficult. For these people, it may behoove them to examine the possibility of deep meditation initiating guided spirit journeys. Sit in a comfortable meditative position and imagine yourself traveling to a world created in the image of your current state of mind. Open your mind up to possibilities and allow images to come naturally to you. Your spirit guide will appear, and you can communicate with him/her then.

A third method is with the “third eye” method. When we were talking about Shamanism, I mentioned the third eye, and its ability to discover things outside of the normal five senses that our mind perceived. With the third eye, you can make contact with your spirit guide and communicate with them. There’s no need to talk aloud during these encounters, as the spirit guide can read your thoughts and communicate directly with them. This final method is the most advanced and useful, as the spirit guide will be able to appear to you during times when you need it to. Trust your spirit guide and open your mind to the concept of it showing up to help you when you need it. Then, you will gain the most benefit from your relationship with it. The most important thing is to listen to it.

The less you listen to it the less your mind will see it as a tool for spiritual development and attempt to make contact. For every success the spirit has, however, in helping you along your journey, there will be more and more connections tying you to it. Though you’ll always have a relationship with your spirit guide, even long before you make mental contact with it, you can always cut yourself off from it if you don’t want it to be part of your life simply by symbolically telling it to leave you alone for a while. Of course this isn’t recommended, as the spirit guide is an integral part of our lives whether it manifests as a spiritual entity or guides us through a series of “gut feelings,” or intuition.

Jim McElwee
The Unexplainable Store

My waiting list is winding down! For a while, it was taking over four months to get a reading with me, but my list is estimated at about a month long right now. As we get closer to the summer months, my list will probably get back to normal, and people will be able to schedule right online through my new scheduling software.

If your name was placed on my waiting list before February 1st, 2010 and you have not yet scheduled your session, please contact me at sheri@angelmessenger.net. There were a few people whom I tried to get in contact with that did not return my email or phone call. To be fair, I had to move on to the next person in line.

If you would like to add your name to my waiting list, please do so here … Schedule a Session.

Have a wonderful evening!

~ Sheri

To my dearest Clients, Colleagues and Friends,

I want to send out a truly sincere thank you to all the lovely reviews left on my scheduling software as well as the amazing letters of gratitude and support I’ve received via email. While it’s true that the praise is not the reason I do my work, it’s still very nice to receive. I once read a blog by a new author who said one of the most difficult things about publishing her first book was the reviews. There were hundreds of people who loved her book and left wonderful reviews, but the one bad review she read was what stuck out in her mind. She’d never be able to forget it. I’ve found her words to be true for me as well. I didn’t get a bad review, but I felt like I had a terrible reading recently. Something happened in the reading that made me feel extremely taken advantage of. I should have stood my ground, but I didn’t; it was my own fault. The energy became clouded and difficult because of the circumstances, but I pushed myself to go on. I wanted to be helpful to this person, but I pushed myself too hard, and I paid the price. I felt sick for almost two days after this reading. The worst part was that I don’t think my efforts were appreciated. The lack of appreciation meant that I hadn’t helped the person; my efforts had been in vain. I tried hard to do what was requested of me, but it resulted in the reading not being the same quality I’m used to giving. It wasn’t my fault, but then it was exactly that. I should have known better. I felt really down. It felt like I’d just received a flood of bad reviews because I felt it so deeply, but then I checked my scheduler and read all the wonderful comments there. When I checked my email, there were two new thank you letters waiting for me. Those kind words pulled me out of my darkness, and I can’t thank you enough. Sensitivity can be a “curse” as much as it is a gift. I am easily hurt, and I’m thankful to all of you who understand that I am only human.

Wishing you all the most wonderful blessings,

Sheri

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I just happened across this guy’s website today. I guess he calls himself The Wellness CSI. It’s an interesting site.

“[My husband and I] have been trying to have a child for over 3 years and every Angel Intuitive and psychic I have asked about having children have ALL said “YES” that we will have 2 children. I just turned 41 years old last month, and I feel I am losing hope of getting pregnant and giving birth to a child. I even ask your free Angel card readings and they tell me that there is a new addition coming to the family. I don’t want to give up hope but I also don’t want keep my hopes up if having a child isn’t in my path. Any answers or advice, I would truly appreciate.”

In reading your email, I was immediately pulled in to the desperation behind your question. I know how badly you want a child, and I do see a family in your future. However, I’m not exactly sure how that family will come about. Sometimes, with email, it’s difficult to get passed certain emotions. The energy I feel from you makes it difficult to see things clearly, but this also tells me a great deal about your situation.

I can see that one of your challenges in this life is dealing with personal power. Somewhere in the past, freedom was abused or taken advantage of in some way. This can lead to karmic issues with personal power. I would guess that you have had some challenges related to personal power in this lifetime. Either you struggle with things that are out of your control, or you give up your power to others. With respect to your question, I have to say there is specific advice related to personal power coming from your guardian angels. “Do not give up, but let go of your need to control the outcome.” As I said before, I do see a path ahead of you that includes a family, but the path may be slightly different than you imagine. Your spirit guides are talking about a healing that needs to take place. I’m not sure if that healing is on a physical level or emotional. They are telling me that you need to consider all options before you. Educate yourself on all possibilities. Most of all, watch your thoughts. Don’t linger on the idea of never having children. Visualize what you do want to happen – not what you fear.

This may be one of those cases where you become pregnant once you stop trying so hard. This could also imply that a child will come to you by other means, like adoption. I can promise you that children have the ability to find their own ways of coming into our lives. Clear your mind of expectations, and just let go to whatever possibilities present themselves.

You personally have a uniquely humanitarian energy. Using numerology, I can see that your life path number and your birthday number are both a 9. This means the path you walk in life and the gift you bring into this world are both the same. You yourself are love personified, and I can’t possibly imagine someone more qualified to be a mother. When your energy is balanced – spiritually, emotionally, physically and mentally – your are the definition of a humanitarian spirit. Your soul is very old, and you have experienced much. This is a life when you want to achieve completion on a soul level. I can understand the longing for a child. You feel a child will complete you on the deepest level. An important aspect of your energy is that you do not naturally posses balance, however. You must find ways to balance yourself, especially on an emotional level. Finding balance is very important when it comes to being your true self.

The best advice I can give you is to maintain balance in your life. Do whatever it takes. Find time for yoga or some sort of meditative exercise. Take care of yourself. Don’t give up, but let go of how you think the outcome should come about. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers and send you blessings of love and happiness.

~ Sheri

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“I know it is selfish to think of myself, but I can’t help but wonder why I’ve been laid off for the second time in a year and a half. I have tried to listen, but I don’t seem to hear any spiritual guidance from God or my Angels. I don’t know if maybe I’m just too worried and I’m blocking things out. I really just want to be able to enter a career where I share my artistic talents and help other people as well- I want to make the world a more beautiful place, but I also need to make money to support my family. I try to help people when I can, but maybe I don’t try hard enough. I’m just going through a rough time right now, and I feel lost. I’m just wondering if things will get better soon. Thanks for listening.”

First of all, it is not selfish to think of yourself. We cannot take care of others if we do not first take care of ourselves, and this is especially true for you. Throughout our whole country, people are being laid off left and right, time and time again. I really feel like your situation is largely affected by the economy because I don’t see anything you’ve personally done or haven’t done that has caused this. For the most part, I believe it had more to do with time at the company, experience and your pay compared to others that resulted in the current outcome. These decisions appear to have been made higher up. The numerology of your birth date helped me to see that you are extremely devoted to your family, and you probably take your role within your family quite seriously, but I don’t feel that you do enough to care for yourself and your own needs. Don’t ignore your own needs. When you take care of yourself, you are a happier person. Happier people have more positive energy a better chance at pulling in more positive opportunities. I’m guessing you might also be one of those people who have to work really hard to get what they want/deserve in life. That’s not always so pleasant, but it does have a plus side. You may have to work harder than others, but what you do achieve in life can build strong foundations for future success and be longer lasting.

I want to give you a few tips to improve your current situation. The first thing you should do is start doing a little bit more for yourself. Appreciate yourself and reward yourself for your past and present efforts. Next, express your creative side. You mentioned your artistic talents. I can tell you that you shouldn’t hold back on your creative side just because you feel like you need to use it in a career. I feel like you do hold back. You don’t express this side of yourself enough, and it’s something that you can do outside of work. Think of ways you can utilize your creative side in every day life – for fun. This will bring you joy, and joy creates miracles. As I said earlier, happier people have better energy and that energy equals better opportunities. Being happier also means your mind will be more clear of clutter and stress, making you more open to spiritual guidance. Give it a try, and then just be open to whatever opportunities come your way. I know you feel lost, but I do see things getting better. Your birthday will bring a year of new beginnings and new opportunities. You’re just leaving a year where things that were no longer working should have fallen away. This tells me that maybe that job wasn’t so great for you, either. Maybe that’s why it fell away, but new opportunities are coming. You’re coming out of a difficult year, but things will get better. Keep your head up, and don’t give up. Happy birthday, by the way!

Angel Blessings,

Sheri

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