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# Shana Olmstead

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- [What Are The Benefits of Working With A Spiritual Life Coach?](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2024/04/01/what-are-the-benefits-of-working-with-a-spiritual-life-coach/) - If you’ve never thought about working with a spiritual life coach before, let’s cover some of the benefits so you can determine whether it’s the right move for you.
- [How Can Past Life Regression Help You In Your Present and Future](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2024/04/02/how-can-past-life-regression-help-you-in-your-present-and-future/) - No matter how great your life is today, you probably have things in your past that often creep into your mind and throw a wrench in your emotions. What is past life regression, and how can you tap into it?
- [Old Souls, Making Authentic Choices & Your Self-Love Evolution](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2024/06/12/old-souls-authentic-choices-self-love-evolution/) - As an old soul, you naturally love others deeply. However, unconditional self-love can be difficult. What choices will help your self-love evolution?
- [From Sarcasm to Sweetness](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/07/26/from-sarcasm-to-sweetness/) - I grew up in a family culture of kindness but mixed with a little snarkiness and sarcasm. This is a defense mechanism, and it can feel easier to stay in that slightly judgmental, a little harsh, protective, feeling. This is a fairly common dynamic, and I didn’t even realize it was that way until I
- [How to Not Care What Your Parents Think](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/08/02/how-to-not-care-what-your-parents-think/) - I have so many clients that are way too concerned about what their family thinks. Sometimes this is because they are from a culture that values collectivism, sometimes it’s just because they grew up in an enmeshed family system. It can be hard to be who you want to be, especially when your family
- [How to Hear What People are Actually Saying](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/08/09/how-to-hear-what-people-are-actually-saying/) - It’s so easy to assume people’s intentions based on your own filtered perception. We all have our own unique ways of interpreting others. This is created in childhood, and with consciousness can shift over time. Our family of origin impacts this filter and influences the way we hear the world. For example, if you were
- [Following the Flow](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/08/16/following-the-flow/) - My sweet, lovely, graceful dog Jasmine passed away a couple of months ago. She passed on an eclipse, just like my mom, whom I inherited her from. Magical. She was an angel, and getting older, falling more, and needing more support. She took time and care and was ready to go, it felt right. My
- [Creating Your Own Happiness](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/08/30/creating-your-own-happiness/) - Sooo, I may be writing all of my blogs about my sweet new dog Rosie from now on. Ok not really, but still feeling pretty excited/obsessed with her. I had an insight this week about some of the reasons that our energies are so aligned, and why some other dogs just don’t feel the same
- [Looking For the Lesson](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/09/07/looking-for-the-lesson/) - I tend to go fast, get a lot done, and do a lot myself. I am aware of this, and while it mostly serves me, it also is something I’m consciously working on. I know that it’s fun to operate like this, and also, being mindful, resting, and moving through the world in a grounded
- [How To Make (and Keep) Good Friends](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/09/13/how-to-make-and-keep-good-friends/) - I hear the story all the time “It’s too hard to make friends as an adult” or “I don’t have time to hang out with friends” or “I’ve known them so long; I can’t change friends now.” I think sometimes in certain stages of life, the importance of positive, loving friendships is underestimated. We tend
- [Signs You Should Never (Ever, Ever) Get Back Together](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/09/20/signs-you-should-never-ever-ever-get-back-together/) - Should you go back to your ex? If you’re asking this question, you most likely already have the answer inside. You may have asked everyone you know, done 3 different color-coded pros and cons lists, meditated, prayed and begged for the answer. It can be so hard to be in this position. After a breakup
- [How to Set Boundaries as an Empath](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/10/04/how-to-set-boundaries-as-an-empath/) - Setting boundaries can be really hard. Especially for sweet, sensitive empathic people like you. Sometimes it only happens when you have reached your limit. Then you may explode (internally or at the person!) or just shut down and hide. Then the pattern repeats. You “get over it” and let them cross your boundaries again.
- [Calm and Connected Conversations](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/10/25/connectedandcalmconversations/) - Sometimes conversations go around and around. Each person not listening to the other and just trying to prove their own point. You can feel when this is happening, it’s frustrating, it feels pointless, and it drains your energy. There are lots of reasons we get stuck in these communication dynamics, and it’s super common. Most
- [How to Heal Hypervigilance](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/11/08/how-to-heal-hypervigilance/) - “I get triggered every time I’m around him.” He said. “He’s always judging me.” He felt self-critical, always trying, and failing, to live up to what he thought his dad’s example was. His dad was superman. Always ultra-productive, and competent, and fast. Juggling a million things, running a successful business, going to the gym twice
- [4 Things Your Future Self Needs This Holiday Season](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/11/23/holidayseason/) - Taking the long view of the holiday season can help us get through with peace, love and gratitude. Especially this year, looking at the big picture and taking a higher perspective about all of it is the only way to move through the season with grace, and to feel energized and calm in January, rather
- [There's Nothing Wrong With You](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/12/01/theres-nothing-wrong-with-you/) - I have had several new clients this week, who reached out to me for various reasons. Social anxiety, discerning a career path, anxiety, self-criticism, etc. I began noticing a pattern, not just with these clients, this week, but with many others as well. It’s not necessarily a new noticing, but when it gets reinforced
- [It's Safe to be Seen](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/12/13/its-safe-to-be-seen/) - “Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”- Brené Brown Her grandmother didn’t have much time left. She knew she needed to visit, but she was so scared. “I don’t like to cry in front of people” she said. “It will be too hard to see her like that” she said. She was raised in
- [How to Understand Yourself](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/12/27/how-to-understand-yourself/) - She was scared to go places by herself, to speak her mind, and to wear the unique styles that really express her personality. She was scared to tell people in her life who she really was, and what she wanted for her life. She was stuck in a cycle of anxiety and self-criticism, which was
- [Reawakening Moments](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2022/01/03/reawakening-moments/) - A reawakening moment. It’s such a beautiful feeling. You know those moments when you remember that everything is a miracle? And that life is beautiful and lovely and magical and here to help us learn and grow? We’ve all been through so much the last two years, and it’s hard to even recognize that until
- [How to Trust](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2022/01/17/how-to-trust/) - I’ve heard often in my work different versions of people not trusting others. It can sound like “I just like to be alone” or “I was hurt in the past, so I know people will just disappoint me.” This can develop for valid reasons that I can understand, like trauma, neglect, betrayal, and others.
- [Depression is a Sign of Awakening](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2022/02/07/depression-is-a-sign-of-awakening/) - We are all meant to feel at peace, joyful, and expansive. We are meant to understand that we are all one, we are all connected, and that there is a rhythm and meaning to life. When we don’t have a sense of these feelings, we can blame it on all kinds of things: our dumb
- [Feel it to Heal it](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2022/03/07/feel-it-to-heal-it/) - It can be so much easier to not allow ourselves to feel than to feel our feelings. Especially uncomfortable or difficult emotions. It’s so much easier to numb out, or stay in frustration, or distraction, or business. Why would we want to feel things that don’t feel good? No thank you! It’s so common to
- [From Advice to Authentic Connection](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2022/03/14/from-advice-to-authentic-connection/) - “But if I’m not helping her, I’m not being my authentic self” he said. “I don’t want to fake it.” We were having a conversation about the conversations he had with his wife. She was struggling with dissatisfaction in her life and went to him to vent and get support. He was young, driven, successful,
- [A Time of Transformation](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/04/13/a-time-of-transformation/) - I keep having a visual of Winter being in the season where we all are a cocoon and hibernating right now. During this time, we get to connect with ourselves and see what is really going on inside. We are getting to know ourselves at a deeper level, which is really what life is all
- [The Secret Ingredient to Achieving Any Goal You Want](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/09/02/the-secret-ingredient-to-achieving-any-goal-you-want/) - It’s time to get organized, get happy, get inspired, get better sleep, get more energy, get in shape and get going on our goals. Woah, that’s a lot. How is it possible to move forward on all of these things at once while also not criticizing ourselves for not getting it all done? The answer
- [New Year, New Energy!](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/01/06/new-year-new-energy/) - So, it’s the New Year. Not just New Year this time…. the beginning of a whole new decade! So exciting. This is also coinciding with a super powerful astrological event on January 12th (it hasn’t happened since the year 1518!) that will reward you for stepping into your true potential. This is great energy for
- [Staying Positive Around Negative People](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/02/17/staying-positive-around-negative-people/) - Have you noticed how hard it is sometimes to maintain your own vibration when people around you are struggling? It’s easy to feel good when everything is going well, and when your family members, friends and coworkers are in a good mood. Very often, however, people have stuff going on! This usually has nothing to
- [Don’t Push It Too Hard](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/11/25/dont-push-it-too-hard/) - I recently had brunch with some friends and they let me know that this is my catchphrase. They told me that they were at the gym the other day, working out, feeling tired and sweaty and exhausted but hadn’t done their whole workout. They were about to keep going, out of guilt and obligation, and
- [You Were Born For This](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/10/12/youwerebornforthis/) - “I’m not afraid….I was born to do this.” ~Joan of Arc So, as I’m writing this it is October of 2020. We will look back at this time in history and wonder how we survived. There’s a lot going on y’all! It’s so important during this time to make sure we are keeping our energy
- [Connect to the Power of Self-love](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/09/18/connect-to-the-power-of-self-love/) - What does self-love really mean? It’s that feeling that no matter what happens, or what “mistakes” you think you have made, you are really perfect. That feeling of unconditional support and understanding that comes from someone that really sees you on a deeper level than anyone else. The feeling that you are all right, right
- [Bringing the Magical into the Practical](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/09/08/bringing-the-magical-into-the-practical/) - Staring at the clock, waiting for work to be over. Feeling trapped and bored and flat. Spinning and spinning in your head about all the problems, all the time. We can get so caught up in “reality”. Obsessing about problems, or conversations, or work issues, etc.
- [Differences Are Our Greatest Teacher](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/06/22/differences-are-our-greatest-teacher/) - So, I work with mostly empathic people. I also live in a pretty liberal bubble in the Seattle area, so many of my clients are also progressive in their beliefs. Of course, not everyone is, and I feel so grateful to learn from those who are not! I have noticed a pattern lately however, three
- [How to Say What You Need to Say](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/03/19/how-to-say-what-you-need-to-say/) - Communication in relationships sounds like such an easy thing, right? You say things, they say things back, and everything moves forward. Easy! But not really. In my experience working with hundreds of clients, it definitely is much easier said than done most of the time. This is true in all kinds of relationships. Not just
- [Independent of the Good Opinion of Others](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/02/19/opinionofothers/) - Abraham Maslow defined one of the factors of self-actualization as “being independent of the good opinion of others.” Dr. Maslow spent much of his life researching and writing about the idea of self-actualization. He came up with a psychological theory of a hierarchy of needs. Starting at the bottom of the pyramid and moving upwards
- [Are You a Coach or a Cheerleader?](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/09/23/are-you-a-coach-or-a-cheerleader/) - Are you a coach or a cheerleader? In relationships with people in our lives, we often want to be helpful. Especially for empathic, compassionate people, we tend to want to help and fix, and change and….control. It doesn’t feel this way when it’s happening at all. When we are drawn to helping it feels like
- [The Healing Medicine of Nature](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/03/12/the-healing-medicine-of-nature/) - There are so many reasons that nature is important and healing. We all know this, and some of us more than others take the time to connect with it and bring it into our lives. What is the difference in those of us that can feel the calling of nature on a deep level and
- [Transforming Anxiety Into Positive Energy](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/12/10/transforming-anxiety-into-positive-energy/) - Sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between anxious energy and positive harmonious energy. They both can get you going, taking action and getting things done. The difference is, one is motivating you out of fear, depleting your energy, and leaving you exhausted afterward, while the other is more consistently and calmly moving
- [Burnout or Breakthrough](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/10/29/burnout-or-breakthrough/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]We are meant to change and to grow and to evolve all the time! Just because a job or career sounded good to you at one time doesn’t necessarily mean it is the right fit anymore. Sometimes it was never the right job or career in the first place,
- [Spiritual Awakening](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/11/13/spiritual-awakening/) - What is a spiritual awakening? In my experience and those that I’ve known and worked with it is a transformation. A waking up to a new belief system and energetic experience of the world. It is feeling that everything is the same, but also somehow very different. The events in life seem to take on
- [Everyday Intuition](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/07/31/everyday-intuition/) - What is intuition? It can be defined in many ways, a gut feeling, an inner knowing, etc.… To me intuition is the still small, calm voice inside that is always kind, loving and generous. It always wants the best for you even if it is uncomfortable or scary. It is your soul speaking, it is
- [Be Your Own Guru](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/06/27/be-your-own-guru/) - For years I thought I needed a teacher. I thought and knew that there were many wiser beings out there. You know, the ones that write the books and speak and give workshops and things. These people have studied and are somehow more advanced than me I thought. I had inklings through my reading spiritual
- [Before You Get Out of Bed: 7 Ways to Be Happy All Day!](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2015/09/28/before-you-get-out-of-bed-7-ways-to-be-happy-all-day/) - How do you usually feel in the morning when you wake up? How intentional are you about how you want to feel for the rest of the day? There are some secrets that happy people know. By adopting some new morning habits, you can set your day up to support happiness. The steps are pretty easy
- [Friendventory . . . Our Vibe Attracts our Tribe](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/07/24/friendventory-our-vibe-attracts-our-tribe/) - A feeling of being seen, really seen, and understood is vital for all of us, especially those of us on a spiritual evolution path. It’s really difficult to continue expanding as a soul without the love, support, and challenging of those who know us on a soul level and who are also growing themselves. It
- [An Empath's Guide to the Holidays](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/12/04/an-empaths-guide-to-the-holidays/) - As an empath myself, and having worked with many empathic people in my practice, I know that sometimes this time of year can be a little overwhelming. If you are reading this, you probably have some traits of an empathic person. We are usually very kind, sensitive, compassionate and sometimes introverted. We want everyone
- [How to Feel More Supported](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/06/27/how-to-feel-more-supported/) - I think all of us have gone through times in our lives where we may not have felt as supported as we would have wanted. Whether it’s a uniquely difficult time that many in your life can’t understand, or it’s a chronic feeling of never feeling supported, not feeling supported is a common shared experience.
- [Personal Emotional Trainers](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/06/21/personal-emotional-trainers/) - I believe everyone in our lives, and especially the most challenging people, are personal emotional trainers for us. They are in our lives to help us learn things about ourselves, to evolve our consciousness. I know it doesn’t feel that way, often. It can feel so frustrating, and annoying, and sad to not be understood,
- [Your Positive Vibe is Your Responsibility](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/10/07/your-positive-vibe-is-your-responsibility/) - It’s so easy to want to blame others for the way we feel. And also to excuse ourselves when our feelings negatively impact people in our lives. We tell ourselves things like “they make me so mad!” and “if they would just do xyz, I could be happy. We say things like “I couldn’t help
- [Sinking into the Moment](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/06/07/sinking-into-the-moment/) - It’s so easy to slip out of the moment. To forget that we are beings of light, powerful co-creators of our reality, here to enjoy, feel love, and spread joy. We all get caught up in “reality”. Doing the dishes, paying the bills, rushing to meet deadlines. It’s so easy to forget the truth, that
- [How to Listen to Your Body](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/05/24/how-to-listen-to-your-body/) - She’s so nice. Like most of the people I work with. So nice, and compassionate and nurturing. While this is wonderful, when it turns into too much self-sacrifice it can be a problem. She likes her job and her coworkers, and even though she didn’t want to work as much as she did, she was
- [Are You Stuck in a Victim Mentality?](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/04/05/are-you-stuck-in-a-victim-mentality/) - When you’re stuck in a victim mentality, you’re often not aware it’s happening. Instead, it usually feels like you’re alone, like you are the only one that can understand your pain, no matter how hard you try to explain it to other people. You tend to defend yourself fiercely, of course, if you feel
- [How to Say How You Feel in the Moment](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/05/17/how-to-say-how-you-feel-in-the-moment/) - “It’s so hard to say how I feel in the moment!” This is such a common experience that I hear all the time from clients. There are many reasons that it’s difficult to access and express feelings in the moment. For most of my lovely, empathic, sensitive clients, they may be emotionally overwhelmed, or trying
- [How to Embrace Imperfection](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/05/03/how-to-embrace-imperfection/) - When I bought my home, some of the things that drew me to it were its imperfections. The somewhat scratched wood floors on the narrow stairway, the arched ceilings of the upstairs bedrooms, the wall in the garage that still has the names and heights of the former owner’s children recorded each year of their
- [How to Embrace Being a Black Sheep](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/04/26/how-to-embrace-being-a-black-sheep/) - “If you feel like you don't fit into the world you inherited it is because you were born to help create a new one.” ― Ross Caligiuri, Dreaming in the Shadows She had that familiar feeling to me. Like the majority of my clients, she was a beautiful, old, sparkly, sensitive, compassionate soul. She didn’t know that
- [Grow Through What You Go Through](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/04/18/grow-through-what-you-go-through/) - Life is here to teach us about ourselves. To teach us to become more forgiving, more compassionate, more aware, more joyful, more light. If we can practice looking at all of life as a way to learn and grow and become more conscious, problems become opportunities, and challenges become openings where more light can stream
- [Do You Have Alonliness?](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/03/22/do-you-have-alonliness/) - Alonliness = the awareness of the need for alone time. I get real cranky when I have alonliness. Sometimes I feel tired too, or just like I want to hibernate. If I ignore these symptoms for too long, it’s no Bueno for me, my energy system, or people in my life! I used to not
- [Are You a Spiritual Bypasser?](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/03/15/are-you-a-spiritual-bypasser/) - What is Spiritual Bypassing? According to John Welwood, who coined the term in his classic book, Toward a Psychology of Awakening, it is: "tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks." Sometimes it feels too painful to deal with difficult situations or
- [5 Signs It's Time to Change a Relationship](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/02/22/5-signs-its-time-to-change-a-relationship/) - As we continue to grow and evolve, our relationships naturally grow and evolve as well. If they don’t, it tends to feel more and more uncomfortable, until something big changes, or it ends. All of that is really ok. Whether we’re talking about romantic relationships, friendships, or family relationships, it sometimes is the best thing
- [Are You Talking About Someone Instead of Talking to Them](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/03/08/are-you-talking-about-someone-instead-of-talking-to-them/) - Sometimes it feels so much easier to vent to your best friend, or your sister, or your therapist about someone in your life that is annoying you than to actually address it with that person. There are plenty of valid reasons to talk to other people instead of directly discussing it with the person involved,
- [Signs of a Spiritual Awakening](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/02/15/spiritual-awakening-2/) - “Spiritual Awakening is awakening from the dream of thought.” Eckhart Tolle What is a spiritual awakening? How do you know if it’s happening to you? I was on Google in 2004, pretty sure this was happening to me, but wanting validation. As I did more research ,I recognized myself in others’ stories of suddenly
- [Communication with Appreciation](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/02/08/communication-with-appreciation/) - “It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.” - Barack Obama It’s hard to communicate sometimes. Especially if we are overwhelmed, or resentful, or tired, or hungry, etc.… It can be real easy to slip into snapping at people, or being short,
- [Living in the Frequency of Love](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/02/01/living-in-the-frequency-of-love/) - “Love is misunderstood to be an emotion; actually, it is a state of awareness, a way of being in the world, a way of seeing oneself and others.” ― David R. Hawkins The energy of appreciation is high vibration, magical, delicious. It is one of the highest frequencies there is. Using applied kinesiology, David Hawkins created
- [How to Validate Your Own Feelings](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/01/25/how-to-validate-your-own-feelings/) - “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” ― Dalai Lama XIV So many of my clients struggle with allowing themselves to have feelings. They judge themselves for feeling sad, or angry, or frustrated or anxious. They feel like they should just “get over it” or their feelings are
- [The Magical Secret of the Dying](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/01/18/the-magical-secret-of-the-dying/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] She was 30 minutes late to our session. I surrendered to the possibility that I may not see her again. That would not have been my preference, but life is about letting go, and acceptance of what is. I have been seeing her for almost two years now,
- [Codependency](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/08/14/codependency/) - Everyone is a little codependent. We need to depend on each other for some of the things, some of the time. When it becomes a problem is when we aren’t able to connect with our own truth and depend solely on others for our happiness and peace. This can look different in each person. Sometimes
- [Your Ego is Not Your Amigo](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/08/28/your-ego-is-not-your-amigo/) - Your ego is not your amigo. What does that mean? Your ego is full of fear, pretty bossy, very controlling, and not generally looking out for your soul’s true highest good. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have friends like that in my life. My amigos are not bossy or controlling, and are
- [Being Your Own Best Friend](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/10/09/being-your-own-best-friend/) - How many times have you called your best friend fat? Or called them an idiot? Or that they should know better? Or thought over and over about what they did wrong? I don’t know about you, but I’m not friends with people I talk to or think about like that and I hope you aren’t
- [What Loss Has Taught Me About Appreciation](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/11/20/what-loss-has-taught-me-about-appreciation/) - Every Thanksgiving my dad used to have us go around the table and say what we are thankful for. Yes I know this is a common thing to do on Thanksgiving, but it really felt special when he did it. He had a presence about it, people sat down, shut up, paid attention and were
- [How Love Transforms Judgment](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/02/05/how-love-transforms-judgment/) - What if there is no such thing as good or bad? What if these labels aren’t helpful for us or our emotional and spiritual health? What if everything is ok just as it is? We all judge all day long. Most of this is unconscious and under the surface. We are probably not even aware
- [What My Teenage Daughter Taught Me About Happiness](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/02/12/what-my-teenage-daughter-taught-me-about-happiness/) - My daughter came home from school the other day and told me about the new discovery she had made. She is 15, a freshman in high school, and really relates to the definition of the word “angst” that I recently taught her about. She is working through moodiness, changes in friendships, and has the typical
- [Questioning Loyalty](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/04/09/questioning-loyalty/) - We are taught that loyalty mean sticking with something or someone no matter what. That we should stick with our tribe and defend our beliefs to the death. That to shift or change the loyalties that we have had means that we are “giving up” or “quitting”. This can lead often to sticking with things
- [Beautiful Beneficial Boundaries!](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/05/07/beautiful-beneficial-boundaries/) - Have you ever felt overwhelmed by obligations and people in your life always needing or wanting things from you? Are you in relationships with people who don’t respect your personal space or listen to what you are telling them? This can include all people. Even those relationships you feel are an obligation that you can
- [How to Not Take Things Personally](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/05/14/how-to-not-take-things-personally/) - “Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally... Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.” ― Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom It’s not personal. Even if it feels really personal, it’s coming through a filter of the other person’s history, wounds and projections. This
- [Let Others Voluntarily Evolve](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/05/28/let-others-voluntarily-evolve/) - Letting others voluntarily evolve means to let go, and allow other people to grow in the way that’s best for them, not how or when we think they should. Have you ever thought to yourself “if they just understood, they would do it this way” or “why can’t they just do it right?” There are
- [Watch Your Language!](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/06/25/watch-your-language/) - Do you remember when your parents used to tell you to “watch your language” when you were a kid? Back then it was probably about speaking kindly, or not talking back, or the use of words they didn’t think was appropriate. Well guess what, it’s still a good idea to watch your language! While undergoing
- [Mindful Communication](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/07/22/mindful-communication/) - What does it mean to mindfully communicate? To me, this means to come to each interaction with being the highest version of yourself. To approach conversations with love, compassion, and curiosity. To make sure to respond, rather than react. Of course, this is a practice. It’s close to impossible to show up with perfect communication
- [Mindful Communication Part Two](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/07/30/mindful-communication-part-two/) - Mindful communication is important when dealing with anxiety, as we talked about last week. It’s when we aren’t mindful that anxiety has the chance to come in and get in the way of us showing up in an engaged and empowered way. When feeling anxious, it can sometimes be because you are not familiar with
- [Perfectly Imperfect](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/08/26/perfectly-imperfect/) - I recently had a moment of misalignment with my higher self (gasp!) I was going on vacation, and parking at my best friend’s house who lives close to the airport for convenience. The day of our trip, I was sick (which makes me very cranky), it was early, I had not slept well (partly because
- [Connected Conversations](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/02/24/connected-conversations/) - It can be hard to know how to have hard conversations. Much of my work with clients is around having conversations that they are worried about, whether it’s with a coworker, spouse, friend or family member. Many of my clients spend a long time thinking about the issue they need to bring up, but are
- [Finding Belonging](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/03/02/finding-belonging/) - I was 24, a brand-new mom, married, in the suburbs and feeling very alone. I had only lived in my community for a few years and had never been great about meeting new people. I was shy and introverted, and liked being alone anyway. Once I had my son, however, he motivated me to try
- [Desperation Creates Separation](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/03/09/desperation-creates-separation/) - Desperation creates separation. Whenever we really really need something specific to happen, it actually makes it less likely to happen. When we feel like we can’t live without something or our life will be terrible without it, it creates a sense of fear that only attracts more fear rather than attracting what we want. For
- [Light in the Darkness](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/03/16/light-in-the-darkness/) - I’ve been trying to take a sabbatical from hearing about the Coronavirus. Like the rest of you though, probably, it’s not easy! The news comes in from so many directions, social media, friends, family, etc…you think you are having a regular peaceful day, and then bam, more news that you don’t really want to hear.
- [Enjoy the Day!](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/04/06/enjoy-the-day/) - We found a to do list of my dads’ after he died. It was such a nice snapshot to remember him and the way he lived his life. My dad loved to feel good. He liked a good cocktail, a good old movie, a ride on his motorcycle, a walk in the woods. He liked
- [Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids Part One](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/05/26/raising-emotionally-healthy-kids-part-one/) - Parenting….is hard. And right now, it can be even harder. Even though parenting was something I always wanted to do and the best and most fun part of my life, it is definitely challenging! I talk to so many people about parenting challenges usually, and in this current time the issues are sometimes compounded by
- [Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids Part Two](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/06/01/raising-emotionally-healthy-kids-part-two/) - Doing your own work around your kids is really the most important part of parenting. They are a reflection, a mirror, a teacher for us, and whatever you are seeing in them is a reminder to go deeper and to do your own internal work. It’s not about changing them, or making them understand, or
- [The Magical Energy of Acceptance](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/07/13/the-magical-energy-of-acceptance/) - “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ― Lao Tzu Acceptance. It’s not easy. Much of life’s suffering is due to not accepting what is. This can show up in many different ways.
- [You Chose This](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/07/27/you-chose-this/) - “Accept--then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it...This will miraculously transform your whole life.” Eckhart Tolle Our minds are so powerful. What we think about dictates so much of how we feel in the rest of our bodies. When we are in gratitude, love and acceptance, our bodies
- [Reparenting Yourself to Empower Your Future](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/08/17/reparenting-yourself-to-empower-your-future/) - We’re all just like little kids walking around in adult bodies. This is especially true for those of us who haven’t done the inner work necessary to bring awareness to the unhealed parts of us that are running our lives. Our experiences growing up in our family of origin dictates so much of the way
- [5 Ways to Stop Overgiving](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/08/31/5-ways-to-stop-overgiving/) - Is there such a thing as being “too nice?” How can you tell if you are overgiving? Why do you feel compelled to overgive? Most of my clients, and friends, and myself if I am not practicing mindful awareness, have a tendency to overgive. This is because I’m really nice, the people I choose to
- [The Illusion of Separation](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/11/09/the-illusion-of-separation/) - We are one. One with trees, one with stars, and one with each other. We are all made of the same stuff and are interconnected in a beautifully harmonious way. Our soul knows this, and the feeling is undeniable and unforgettable.
- [How to Open Up](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/11/30/how-to-open-up/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] “We don’t talk about feelings in my family” she said. “My parents get uncomfortable when I try to bring things up, so I mostly just don’t.” She
- [You Don't Have to Believe Everything You Think](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/12/11/you-dont-have-to-believe-everything-you-think/) - According to Dr. Joe Dispenza, “We are creatures of habit. We think somewhere between 60,000 to 70,000 thoughts in one day, and 90 percent of those thoughts are exactly the same ones we had the day before.” No wonder so many of us feel stuck in the past, unable to move forward. Many of these
- [7 Quick Ways to Transform the Energy of Anxiety](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/12/18/7-quick-ways-to-transform-the-energy-of-anxiety/) - So many of my clients come to me complaining of anxiety. They say they can’t stop worrying, or thinking about the past or the future. They say “I don’t know why I feel anxious sometimes, it just comes out of nowhere.” Some people have more awareness of why they are feeling anxious but don’t know
- [Transforming Worry into Loving Energy](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/04/02/transforming-worry-into-loving-energy/) - It’s easy to forget our spiritual tools. Especially when we are tired, or stressed, or have PMS, or for any number of other reasons. This is why a consistent practice is so important in order to remember the truth as much as we can. The truth to keep at top of mind is that we
- [Changing Your Story About Anxiety](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/04/16/changing-your-story-about-anxiety/) - Many of my clients come to me for symptoms of anxiety. They complain of not being able to stop their worried thoughts, or the tension in their bodies, or aren’t able to just feel comfortable and at peace in their own skin. It seems like it’s becoming more and more common, and people are becoming
- [Anxiety Into Awakening](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/04/30/anxiety-into-awakening/) - Have you noticed how anxious everyone is lately? It seems that it is becoming more and more common for people to both be feeling anxiety and expressing it to people in their lives. There are many reasons for this. I think people are more anxious in general because they have stressful jobs and busy lives
- [Anxiety Help for Empaths!](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/05/21/anxiety-help-for-empaths/) - “Empaths and all sensitive people are pioneers on the forefront of a new way of being for humankind.” Judith Orloff, The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People Many times when a client comes to me needing help with anxiety, part of the healing process is self-acceptance of themselves as an empathic, sensitive person. The
- [Prepaving Your Yellow Brick Road](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/09/30/prepaving-your-yellow-brick-road/) - What we focus on expands, and what we expect we generally receive. If we are focusing on negativity, worry, fear, and lack, that is what we will experience. If we are focusing on feeling good, being aligned and in harmony with the universe, that is also what we will experience. One of the most common
- [The Light of Transformation](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/03/23/the-light-of-transformation/) - How do we hold onto hope during this time? It can feel so scary and uncertain right now. In my work, clients are wondering when they will be able to go back to work, how long will the social distancing last, will they or their families get sick, when will this all be over? I
- [Virtually Connected](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/04/20/virtually-connected/) - I am so grateful that I have the job that I do! I get to talk to amazing people every day about their feelings and collaborate with them in the evolution of their consciousness, how exciting! It is the coolest job I could imagine. How lucky am I that what I get paid to do
- [Looking Forward to the Little Things](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/05/11/looking-forward-to-the-little-things/) - Sooo we’re still in “lockdown”. It’s been almost two months now and it’s starting to feel regular to me, how bout you? I’m observing myself falling into a peaceful, simple rhythm that’s kind of nice. It makes me think often of how things used to be. In simpler times, without all the things to
- [Emotions and Anxiety](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/05/18/emotions-and-anxiety/) - So many of my clients initially come to see me because of anxiety. There are many reasons they feel this way, but I do notice some common patterns and themes. Generally, even when people don’t think there is any good “reason” they should feel anxious, as we dig under the surface a bit in our
- [Natural Antidepressants](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/07/06/natural-antidepressants/) - Antidepressants have been one of the most prescribed prescription medications for decades. They are popular and people tend to take them for long periods of time, sometimes forever. They can be a godsend for some people, changing the way they feel and operate in the world. For others, however, they don’t really help much at
- [Everybody’s Doing Their Best](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/10/19/everybodys-doing-their-best/) - I didn’t always believe this. I used to be fairly cynical, and judgmental, and sarcastic. I used to blame others for my problems and feel like a victim in my life. I used to be angry at others, and not know how other people could easily find forgiveness and happiness.
- [Coming out of the Spiritual Closet](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2017/10/23/coming-out-of-the-spiritual-closet/) - This post has been a long time coming. I’m ready to open up and share more of my personal story with the hopes of both allowing more of my full self to come forward and hopefully to inspire others to do the same. I have been very sensitive and connected spiritually since I was little,
- [10 Simple Steps to Magical Manifesting](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/07/17/10-simple-steps-to-magical-manifesting/) - What is manifesting? It is basically the process of aligning yourself with the powerful energy of the universe in order to cocreate what you want in reality. We are all manifesting all of the time, whether we are aware of it or not. Here are some steps on how to do it consciously, powerfully and
- [Transformation Through Grief](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/08/21/transformation-through-grief/) - My dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 4 months after my mom unexpectedly passed away. We all knew what that meant. Well I did anyway. I felt the grief of losing him the moment I started googling his symptoms…a feeling that this is what he had, which meant I would soon be losing him as
- [AFGO - the best personal growth mantra of all time](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/09/11/afgo-the-best-personal-growth-mantra-of-all-time/) - My 98 year old great aunt has the best personal growth mantra of all time. AFGO. It stands for “another fu#$*ing growth opportunity”. That’s really what all of this is about, this earth school thing. Every annoying person or long line or painful experience, it’s all here to teach us and help us grow. My
- [Prioritizing Peace](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/09/25/prioritizing-peace/) - I was in session the other day with a client discussing negativity and how to edit it out, when I thought, I should write about this. We were talking about technology, mostly social media, and how to start paying more attention to the content in our lives and how it impacts our energy. I have
- [How to Grow Younger Every Day](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/10/02/how-to-grow-younger-every-day/) - My dog Jasmine is 12 years old this year. My mom picked her out from a rescue in 2008, when she was 2. My mom had lost her soulmate unexpectedly two years earlier, and Jasmine became the new love of her life. They were very cute together, and it was so nice for her to
- [Vibration Elevation](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/10/16/vibration-elevation/) - Do you ever feel that you don’t have control over how you feel every day? That some days are just “good” and others are “bad”. That when hard things happen there is no choice but to feel terrible? That some people are just happier and better and letting things go and it’s just your personality
- [Integrating After an Awakening](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/01/08/integrating-after-an-awakening/) - A spiritual awakening is such a profound experience. It changes everything about the way you see yourself and the world around you. It’s transformative, and amazing and magical. It can also be confusing, and lead us to question many areas of our lives that previously felt ok. Maybe a job that was paying the bills
- [Remember Your Magic](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/01/22/remember-your-magic/) - You don’t need to hide your magic. We were all born with a spark of the divine. We all came here with the ability to be powerful, intuitive and multisensory, and to create the lives we want. Generally, unless we are born into a very conscious family, the world around us unintentionally creates fear and
- [Align With Your Soul: 3 Ways to Increase Your Energetic Alignment](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/01/29/align-with-your-soul-3-ways-to-increase-your-energetic-alignment/) - What is alignment? It is the matching up of your beliefs, words and actions to the higher purpose of your soul. Any unhappiness, disappointment, anxiety or depression is an indicator that something is not in alignment within you. As you become clearer about who you are, what you want, and what your purpose is, and
- [Creating a Sacred Space](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/03/05/creating-a-sacred-space/) - I wasn’t even sure what I was looking for when I was house shopping a couple of years ago. I’m an intuitive feeling Pisces, so I just go by feelings for most of my life decisions. I wanted it to feel right. I was house shopping when there was very low inventory, and bidding wars
- [Pay Attention to the Signs](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/03/26/pay-attention-to-the-signs/) - We are always being guided. By our intuition and higher self, and by the unseen forces of God or the Universe. We are always being shown signs of what is in our highest good in order to move forward in our evolutionary process. We are always being guided, but much of the time we are
- [There Are No Problems](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/06/11/there-are-no-problems/) - What if there are no problems? What if the struggle is just made up in your head? What if there is nothing wrong? This is actually the way the universe sees things. There is nothing wrong, there are no problems. There is only energy, frequency and vibration. There is only contraction and expansion of energy.
- [Spirituality in the Suburbs](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/08/06/spirituality-in-the-suburbs/) - I mostly consider myself an “inner granola”. You know, I am spiritual and a hippie on the inside, but on the outside, I look pretty normal. I wear makeup, I curl my hair, and I don’t wear socks and Birkenstocks or dreadlocks in my hair. I do love my crystals and essential oils, and I
- [Spirituality in the Suburbs Part Two](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/08/13/spirituality-in-the-suburbs-part-two/) - We don’t have to go live in a monastery or on a mountain top somewhere chanting all day to feel happy and connected. We are needed here. In the real world, at the PTA, in the corporate workplace, and in the mommy groups. We are needed to speak our truth, in the way those around
- [Intuitive Awareness (part 2)](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/01/27/intuitive-awareness-part-2/) - In last week’s blog, I wrote about beginning to create awareness around intuitive insights. As you continue practicing the basic skills over time of grounding and staying present and start asking yourself easy questions, you should begin to feel a little more confident in discerning between your intuition and your mind. This is not a
- [Energy Never Dies](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/02/03/energy-never-dies/) - My son lost one of his good friends this week. While I have lost people in my life as well, quite a few actually, I haven’t lost a friend. I was also an adult when I lost them, not a teenager like my son is now. My son and his group of friends have all
- [Spiritual Surrender](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/03/30/spiritual-surrender/) - Surrender, surrender, surrender. There’s really no other choice right now. We don’t have control and we never did. While we never actually have control, we usually have much more of an illusion of that in our lives. We’re able to have a fairly consistent routine, we can choose where to go, what to eat, who
- [How to Not be Annoyed With Your Family](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/05/04/how-to-not-be-annoyed-with-your-family/) - While I know a lot of people are staying at home by themselves right now, there are also many people that are staying with others. This can be comforting, and also annoying! No matter how much we love the people in our lives, seeing them every day all day can be a lot! Finding ways
- [Deer Magic](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/10/26/deer-magic/) - The Universe is always there trying to send us messages, to speak to us, to help guide us to allow the potential of our higher selves to emerge. We are usually much too busy doing really important things, like looking at our phones, or worrying about whatever, to pay any attention to the subtle ways
- [You Are Not Who You Think You Are](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/11/16/you-are-not-who-you-think-you-are/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] How about we all let go, just a little bit, of our identity. That thing that makes us feel safe, and in control, and…separate from others. We
- [Fitting in is Over Rated](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/11/23/fitting-in-is-over-rated/) - “If you feel like you don't fit into the world you inherited it is because you were born to help create a new one.” ― Ross Caligiuri, Dreaming in the Shadows When my daughter was 5, she took ballet. She had fun, but was never actually doing what the teacher wanted, or what the rest of the
- [The Present is a Portal](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/07/05/the-present-is-a-portal/) - I was meditating and had a beautiful experience leading to the insight, a deeper level of knowing, that the present is a portal. A portal to intuition, to wisdom, to communication with the other side, with our own internal guidance, to the truth. I asked for guidance, for clarity, for intuition, for my next steps.
- [Are You an Empath?](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/07/03/are-you-an-empath/) - Have you ever been called too sensitive? Do you feel the emotions of those around you easily? Do you tend to avoid crowds and violent movies or the news? More and more of my clients are coming to me and describing symptoms of being sensitive, introverted, and empathic. It can be overwhelming and confusing to
- [Is it Time to Leave Your Relationship?](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2015/09/28/is-it-time-to-leave-your-relationship/) - If you've landed on this page, you probably have some questions about your relationship. You may have questioned it from the beginning and ignored your intuition. Maybe you are becoming more and more aware of problems between you and your partner. A betrayal or crisis may have occurred that has changed the relationship. Any time these
- [What is Your Anxiety Trying to Tell You?](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2015/09/28/what-is-your-anxiety-trying-to-tell-you/) - Anxiety can be very distressing and disruptive. It can cause disease, stress and illness. It can impair our relationships and even our sense of self. Anxiety can really get in the way. Or, it can be a powerful messenger, here to wake us up. Welcoming, rather than fearing anxiety can help you understand and learn from
- [Transcending Your Triggers](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/01/11/transcending-your-triggers/) - Every moment is an opportunity to connect to peace or frustration. A choice between fear or love. A choice between freedom or restriction. Life is a spiritual practice and we all get to decide if we want to fight against this flow, or join it and learn from it. It’s always a good time to
- [Redefining 2020](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2021/01/04/redefining-2020/) - “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning What if this whole 2020 was the worst year ever, dumpster fire, etc.…wasn’t even a thing? I mean I
- [A Mama's Love Never Dies](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/12/21/a-mamas-love-never-dies/) - “My ears won’t stop ringing, it’s so annoying!” My client started out our last session this way. Her ears had been ringing loudly for days, and it was disrupting her life. She had made a doctor’s appointment to check it out and was just trying to cope with it day to day. I could tell
- [Lighten Up!](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/07/16/lighten-up/) - Sometimes us empaths and sensitive people are a little too serious. We want everyone to be ok, we worry about the state of the world, and we try so hard to be good people. This is all wonderful, but one of the secrets to happiness is also…it’s not that serious! Life is meant to be
- [Speaking Your Truth](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/01/15/speaking-your-truth/) - It’s really hard to express how you feel and what you want when you don’t know how you feel and what you want. This is a big part of the problem that I encounter with clients that I work with on communication issues. They complain of not being listened to, or feeling nervous to bring
- [4 Things Your Future Self Needs to Know During the Holidays](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/11/27/4-things-your-future-self-needs-to-know-during-the-holidays/) - It gets really busy around the holidays for most people. There are parties to attend, presents to buy, meals to prepare, and so many other things. We feel obligated to do and buy and go and spend. If we have kids, there are school functions to go to, teachers to buy presents for, and examples
- [How to Stay Positive Right Now](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/06/15/how-to-stay-positive-right-now/) - Wow there’s a lot going on right now, right? This is what I keep hearing from clients. It started with the pandemic, and these feelings are just intensifying with the protests as well right now. Many of my clients are having a hard time holding a positive perspective through all of the things that are
- [The Secret of the Magic Moment](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/07/20/the-secret-of-the-magic-moment/) - One of the first things I suggest to most of the clients I see is a check in. Simply taking time throughout the day to slow down and create awareness of how you are feeling. This helps with self-awareness, as well as creating space between a trigger for a negative thought and the activation of
- [Healing](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/10/01/healing/) - Her voice was solid and excited about life. She said, “I want to go to therapy to help me stay positive and heal my anger so I can get through this, because I know I can!” She had been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. She knew what that meant, and she also knew the power of positivity.
- [Being Assertive as an Empath](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/10/05/being-assertive-as-an-empath/) - Sensitive people often tend to have a hard time speaking assertively. Especially if they think they might hurt someone’s feelings.
- [Communication Beyond the Veil](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/11/02/communication-beyond-the-veil/) - My mom handed me a fountain this morning. She was blissfully happy, and so excited to gift it to me. She then put her arm around me, put her head on my shoulder and told me that I’m never alone, and she is so proud of me. The then she began walking up a mountain,
- [The Precious Puppy Sleeping in Your Lap](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/12/08/the-precious-puppy-sleeping-in-your-lap/) - Our brains are amazingly powerful, and energy is everything. We are in charge of our energy, and we can manage our minds to help our energy expand and expand and expand! I was reminded of this beautiful power during a conversation with my aunt recently. I’ve always admired her for lots of reasons, but one
- [Intuitive Awareness](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2020/01/13/intuitive-awareness/) - What is intuition and why is it important? More and more people are understanding the importance of intuition and wanting to strengthen their own unique intuitive abilities. In my view, intuition is the loving, positive, truthful, calm voice that we all have inside of us. This is the one that guides us towards our truth,
- [Energy Management at Work](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/09/16/energy-management-at-work/) - Most of us are at work at least a few hours a day. Even if we work from home, work happens, and can sometimes draw us away from feeling mindfully connected and aligned. Here are some ways to make sure you feel good and maintain your own positive energy while also contributing to the world
- [Energy Makeover](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/10/17/energy-makeover/) - Have you ever thought about how much time you spend on looking good? Whether it’s a manicure, or Botox, or a hair appointment, or shopping for new clothes, or makeup, or so many other ways we think about and take care of our physical appearance. There is even more emphasis than there has been before on our appearance in this age
- [Release and Be At Peace](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2019/10/21/be-at-peace/) - When I was growing up, my Grandma always had a little booklet called The Daily Word nearby. She would read it each morning, and every day it would inspire her with a little quote and passage to read. As I grew up, she got me a subscription to this of my own, and after she
- [Magical Morning](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/09/04/magical-morning/) - How do you start the day? Sleepy and hitting the snooze button over and over? Pulling the blankets over your head and dreading opening your eyes? Cranky and irritated at the loved one who’s trying to wake you up? Or maybe you are filled with joyful rainbows and butterflies, eager to start your day? It’s
- [Powerful Positive Perspective](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/08/07/powerful-positive-perspective/) - Anything can change at any moment. It’s all about perspective. When you change the way you look at things the things you look at change. The same thing you could have just been obsessed about changing or fixing, when looked at through just a slightly different perspective, can be a miracle and a blessing. There
- [The Great Awakening](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/07/10/the-great-awakening/) - A great awakening is taking place. Can you feel it? I only became aware of this great evolution in consciousness in the early 2000’s. I had begun meditating, doing yoga, going to therapy, and reading spiritual texts. I had an amazing huge spiritual awakening myself and then began to understand that humanity as a whole
- [Living an Awakened Life](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/2018/06/25/living-an-awakened-life/) - Living an awakened life means to be aware as much of the time as possible that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. That we are made of loving energy and are here to love and be loved. That there really are no problems besides the ones made up by our ego minds. Our

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- [Soul Regression Therapy](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/soul-regression-therapy/) - Regression therapy with Shana Olmstead offers clients deeper self-understanding, soul recognition, and emotional healing than talk therapy’s traditional methods. – Located in Kirkland, WA, and online therapy sessions available for Washington, Arizona, and Virginia
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- [How I Work](https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/how-i-work/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ background_image=”https://staging.shanaolmstead.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sparkle-bg.png” background_position=”bottom_center” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|10px|454px|10px|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”|||1px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Kirkland Washington. My specialty is helping you to activate
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