Hello Friends,
Something new is happening on Welcome to the Garden, and I couldn’t be more excited to share it with you now! Sometime at the end of last year, I started thinking about how grateful I am for all the wonderful conversations I get to have with people whose thoughts and stories and lives never cease to inspire me.
And then I remembered, I have a podcast! Wouldn’t it be great to share some of these chats with you here?
And so, here we are, with the first-ever interview episode of Welcome to the Garden, where my friend Charlotte of Happy Souls 11:11 talks about all things happiness and healing. Charlotte is a psychic medium, Reiki Master, healing practitioner and spiritual teacher, so her credentials for this conversation are really top-notch! But I think it’s the candor and generosity of heart with which she shares her own experiences that make this an episode you won’t want to miss.
“If you have to boil down our life mission to one thing, surely being happy and at peace with yourself, whatever your circumstances, has to be the big ticket deal that we’re all seeking, ultimately,” Charlotte says. “And happiness looks different for all of us, but I think really it’s just a feeling within yourself of peace and contentment. If we had to define it, it’s just feeling good. Just waking up and not being bogged down by the heaviness of dread, terror, misery that may have, like me, stalked you throughout much of your life.”
At age 39, Charlotte had a spiritual awakening experience that catalyzed the healing work she’s done for herself and others in the years since. But before that, Charlotte had a long history with depression and anxiety, suicidal thoughts and attempts, post-natal depression and what she describes as the “crushing burden” of parental guilt. After her awakening, Charlotte found herself delving into the realms of spiritual healing, following her inner guidance and studying several different modalities, and finally finding peace and healing around some of the issues that had deeply challenged her for most of her life.
“That first year I couldn’t get enough,” she says. “I dug into it all.”
Though she continues to have experiences of suffering — and, of course, don’t we all? — Charlotte says she has never again been truly unhappy, and wants others to know that even as we face the things that challenge us to our core, we can still really, truly find happiness through it all.
Join us as Charlotte describes how her journey of studying and practicing healing has changed every aspect of her life, and how it’s led her to her current work where she helps others cultivate happiness in their own lives!
Sending healing light from these snowy shores,
Jodie
p.s. Here’s some links:
🦋 Be sure to check out Charlotte’s website at www.happysouls1111.com, and don’t forget to sign up for her mailing list while you’re there. She regularly announces when she’s available for readings, offering new services, teaching classes and workshops, hosting monthly meditations and more.
🐝 If Charlotte’s story about past-life regression and Quantum Healing Hypnosis Therapy sparked your interest, here’s the link for Lorna Wilson’s website: https://lornawilsonqhhthealing.co.uk/
🌳 I wrote a bit about the podcast’s new direction in the recent issue of Notes from the Garden. In case you missed it, you can find out more in the section titled “A brief bit of housekeeping”:
🌱 In case you’re finding yourself here for the first time, my name is Jodie Fletcher and I’m a writer, psychic, gardener and all-around spiritual seeker, and Welcome to the Garden, and it’s companion newsletter Notes from the Garden, are the places where I share what I’m learning and how I’m growing. You can find both at jodiefletcher.substack.com.
✨ If you’re interested in booking a reading with me or purchasing one of my books, you can find both those things on my website at www.thedevicconnection.com.
Thank you so much for listening, and I’m so glad you’re here!
❤️ Did you know that on Substack you can comment on podcast episodes?! I’d love to hear if anything about my chat with Charlotte really resonated for you! Feel free to comment and let me know!
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