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Inspired by… Lana Bell, Little Posers

Who are you? Lana Bell, 29, Brisbane Australia, photographer and owner of Little Posers Photography and doula (My Birth My Way)

Describe yourself in five words: Driven/impulsive/friendly/busy/mother

What is your passion/what do you do? I photograph very new babies (usually around 7 days old) and capture a really special and fleeting time in a new family’s life. I’m also passionate about birth choices and working with brand new mums and babies has lead me to also take on the role of a doula (professional birth support person) to help women have a really amazing, satisfying birth experience.

When did you develop this passion/choose to follow your passion? I’ve always known that I wouldn’t work for someone else. I trialled so many career paths before finally landing back where I should have always been – working as a photographer. Once I fell back into this role, doors started opening and haven’t stopped since.

What inspires you? Beautiful things, I’m a really visual person – Pinterest.com is a daily habit. I also get excited about the endless possibilities that run around in my head, knowing what I’ve achieved so far.

Best advice you received on following your passion? Work out what your priorities are and ‘make it work’. If it’s the right path to be taking, everything else will fall into place. Also that fear can hold you back from so many great things, be bold, don’t hold back and don’t let the fear stop you from achieving your goals.

Where can people find you? www.littleposers.com.au /  www.mybirthmyway.com.au  / www.dearbaby.com.au

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Why ‘selfish’ isn’t a dirty word

Don’t get me wrong; taking care of others is a wonderful thing. We are a collective, so being mindful of the needs of others and helping those you are in a position to help is truly a gift worth giving. However, it is equally important to take care of yourself and arguably more important to insure you come first – and that isn’t a selfish thing. It may actually make the gift you’re giving better.

Coming first means you take care of your own needs before trying to help someone else. For example, the safety demonstration on an airplane recommends that if the life masks fall from the overhead compartment, you should put on your own first, before fitting someone else’s. You’ll need that oxygen if you’re going to be able to help the person beside you. Well, this is a safety measure to take even when you’re not travelling.

You need to restore and take care of your own physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies before you can possible take care of some else’s. Taking care of your basic needs – are you rested, energetically restored, emotionally stable? – is important. If you’re not, it may not be wise to continue giving to the people around you, or you may become even more physically, energetically and emotionally drained. Then you really won’t be much good to anyone!

Taking care of yourself, or putting yourself first, isn’t a bad thing, yet the term ‘selfish’ has such a negative connotation in our society – that is bad or wrong to focus on yourself. In healing and restoring yourself first, you actually have more to give to the people around you.

Ever looked at all of the things you do for everyone else and compared it to what you actually do for yourself? It may just be time to begin being a little selfish!

This post also featured on Miranda Kerr’s Kora Organics blog.

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No, I’m not reading your mind

Every time I meet someone knew, they tend to be fascinated by what I do for a living and inevitably end up asking lots of questions. Over the past few years, I’ve told plenty of people about what I do – but the questions never seem to change!

Hence, the reason for this blog entry, ‘Yours, intuivitely’, which will become a weekly look into what life is like as a modern psychic medium. Hopefully these posts will answer your questions, or maybe prompt new ones – which I’d be happy to hear. In fact, I’ve set up a discussion on The Little Sage’s Facebook page, so you can ask your questions there. Once a month, I’ll select a couple to answer and post the answers on the blog. You’ll need to ‘like’ The Little Sage to take part.

So, to kick off, below are some fast facts about my life to help answer (or prompt more) questions.

  • No, I’m not reading your mind.
  • I psychically knew when my partner was going to propose.
  • I don’t know everything about my own life before it happens. Although a lot of it I do!
  • Yes, this is a ‘gift’… but you have it too. It’s not reserved for ‘special’ people.
  • Sometimes knowing the answer is not so great.
  • Free will is real – predicting the future is actually very difficult because it’s not set in stone.
  • When we bought our house, I knew the owner’s name before I was told it. It was a nice way to check we chose the ‘right’ house. The owner’s father passed away a week or two before we inspected the house – it was him that told me the house was ours when we inspected it.
  • Relaying messages is like Chinese Whispers – I’m having a conversation with you and spirit at the same time.
  • I have 30 notebooks which have effectively been predicting my own future through automatic writing.  I knew in advance about buying and selling our house, finding a new reading room and other far more personal things too!
  • Sometimes in automatic writing, my handwriting is written backwards and I have to hold it up to the mirror to decipher.
  • I can communicate with animals which have passed away. I learnt this the hard way during a group yoga sessions in a park under the Story Bridge. I was lying, eyes closed in meditation when I was woken up by a yapping dog beside my head, breathing over my face. It was only there in spirit.
  • My family keep me on my toes – I’ve been known to tell them the colour of their underwear just to prove I’m right!
  • I sometimes forget I’m psychic! I try and switch off just like anyone else tries to switch off from work.

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Cutting the psychic cord

Got someone in your life who drags down your energy? Or you can’t get them out of your mind, no matter how hard you try? Although you may be physically free or separated from someone, you may still be energetically or psychically tied, and these complaints may be indicators of what’s happening.

So how do you cut the cord?

Cutting psychic cords isn’t as scary as it sounds and certainly doesn’t harm anyone in the process. Nor does it mean you will be able to remove someone from your life, even if you wanted to. Cutting a cord, simply cuts the energetic exchange between you.

What is a psychic cord?

A psychic cord connects you to those around you, transfering energy between you. You could imagine these cords as umbilical cords, one end plugged in to you, the other plugged in to someone at the other end. Some cords will be tiny, pin prick in size, while others may be quite enlarged. The cord’s size usually depends on the relationship or amount of energy exchanged. So, the more intimate or close you are with someone, the larger the energy exchange and psychic cord. You can see these cords clairvoyantly as cords of light. Cutting the cord is simple and can help with an unwanted energy exchange.

Cutting a psychic cord certainly doesn’t hurt or injure the person at the other end of the cord – however, at a subtle energy level they may be aware of the energy shift. So, don’t be surprised if you hear from the person in question soon after cutting the cord.

These cords can also be plugged into your body at certain points, often where the chakras are. The plug in point can also hold a lot of information about the energy exchange. For example, if it’s plugged into your heart chakra, it may be a loving relationship, but perhaps you are offering a lot of love and not necessarily getting much in return. Or, if may be plugged into your solar plexus chakra, so the exchange may drain your inner confidence, strength and power.

If you aren’t familiar with working with energy, this may be best to have someone do for you, or to at least show you how to do it yourself. In the meantime, try imagining or visualising the person you are tied to and in that scene, simply unplug, remove or cut the cord, sending them off with positivity. Don’t be surprised if you hear from them soon after!

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Healing properties of turquoise

Turquoise is not only a beautiful stone when used in jewellery, it also has very strong healing properties, both physical and spiritual. It has long been treasured by Native American and Eastern cultures, and is believed to bring powerful sky energy to the earth.

It is thought that wearing turquoise absorbs negativity from the body and mind, and helps develop the wearer’s natural powers. It also helps us to better understand ourselves, bringing thoughts and emotions under control, for them to become reality. Turquoise, when given as a gift, is said to bestow wealth and happiness on it’s receiver.

One of the main physical healing properties of turquoise is detoxification, helping to rid the body of alcohol, poison, pollution and radiation. It is sometimes worn with sterling silver, by patients who have completed radiation therapy, and need to eliminate it from their bodies. Turquoise can aid in the absorption of nutrients, enhancing the immune system, and because of it’s strong anti-inflammatory properties and ability to stimulate the regeneration of tissue, is a great help when treating stress related skin disorders.

Turquoise is popular for treating depression and exhaustion and is believed to have the mystical power to aid in the prevention of panic attacks. It’s ability to help put the mind at ease can be beneficial when tackling creative problem solving.

Being the beautiful stone that it is, it’s not hard to wear some positive energy every day.

– Lisa Lee, Zen Designs

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How to… create a positive affirmation

Changing a negative thought into a positive isn’t the easiest thing to do. However, seeing the positive helps you not only open to change, but it actually helps you welcome in the very things you’re wanting in your life. If you’re focused on their absence from your life, you can bet that’s what you’re creating. After all, the Law of Attraction brings you what you focus on… so, get a little positive!  

Create a positive affirmation and have it work for you in these four steps:

1. Write a list of the things in your life you wish were different or that you wish you had in your life. For example, ‘I don’t have enough money’ or ’I wish I had a new/better job.’

2. Now look at what it is you really want. Take this desire one step further, to how it will make you feel. For example, it’s not the lack of money or a more perfect job as much as it is the security of having more money or that you want to be working in a more meaningful and satisfying role. Re-write the list with what you really want.

3. Take this one step further, rephrasing what you want for the future as if you already have it now. For example, ‘I have all the money I need right now’ or ‘money comes to me easily and I am always financially secure’.  Or on the job front, what about: ’my job gives me meaning and fulfillment and I welcome new ways of feeling meaning and fulfillment’ or perhaps ‘I welcome into my life a new, meaningful position in a company which recognises the value I add.’ This step helps you feel that way NOW, not just ‘one day’.

4. Repeat these new positive affirmations over and over – until you start to believe them, rather than the negative mantras you’ve had on constant replay up until now. You might want to write them out, or pop them somewhere you’ll see them often to remind you to repeat them.

Soon, you’ll start to notice you feel better about what’s in front of you and the things you didn’t have will automatically begin drawing towards you.

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Book Review: I’m a Believer

 Name: I’m a Believer

Author: Jessica Adams

Published by: Black Swan

What it’s about: Written by psychic astrologer Jessica Adams, this novel is a light holiday read if you can find a copy. (Ours was sourced through www.bookdepository.com).  Mark Buckle is a fairly typical guy, who after losing his girlfriend Catherine in a car accident, he believes he’s going crazy when he starts communicating with her spirit. Follow his story as he heals his past and finds his future, as deciphered through his girlfriend’s medium messages.

Why it’s recommended: A fun, warm and light-hearted look at the experience of realising you can receive messages from people beyond the grave. I’m a Believer will have you believing too.

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