Awareness Breaks

Get Away - Get Aware

Week-end Retreats for the Wild Woman

Select the one most helpful to you now

So much to offer  . . .  so many possibilities . . .

Calling all Wild Women . . .  

I've been asked for retreats and now, here they are. And I've been thinking about how to do them - Wild Woman Style - and this is where I've arrived by listening to me, to you, to the needs of the Wild Woman  - and by offering up my space. I live on 5 acres of beautiful forest on the Sunshine Coast of BC in a lovely little town called Halfmoon Bay. It feels so romantic  and when you sign up and find out the road I live on, you will surely think that this was magic waiting to happen as I couldn't have chosen a more magical name for a road to live on. 

Not only that, I am 2 minutes from the lake, 5 minute from the ocean, 10 minutes from the "Big Tree" (no kidding, it's called that as it's old rain forest growth and it takes about 10 people holding hands around it to make a circle. We often do little ceremonies there!) 

And I got to thinking about retreats, the economy, what I like in a retreat, what the Wild Women have been saying and so I put it all together and thought, let's do this the Wild way - a little different. 

In this time together, you will come to my home for the work we do together and we'll play on my land as well. We'll eat lunch together (catered in of course and included in the fee) and learn what you came here to learn. The needs that arise in the moment will be addressed along with the teaching that is planned for you. 

I call them, Awareness Breaks - A Get Away - Get Aware - Week-end retreat for the Wild Woman. And, not only that, you will have 5 different ones to choose from, so all you have to do is select the one that is most helpful for you. 

And, in the style of the wild, they all build upon each other, or as I like to say, they all open into each other, which means, you can choose one to attend, or two or three or four or all five, in any combination. You can come alone, or with your sisters, or friends or family. 

And . . . in the style of the wild, you can sleep where you want. Something I struggle with when I travel places is staying in places where I just don't sleep and pay a lot of money for that inconvenience. So I decided to open this up so you can sleep where you want. You can tent, camp, stay at a B &B on the water, in the forest, in the quaint little town, or a hotel. What ever moves you and nurtures your soul. 

This will allow you to do thing in solitaire, if that's is your fancy, or in a group, by the sea, or in the centre of the town. You choose, your way, with your budget. This is what I like the most! 

I have 10 spots available in each retreat as that is how many my space can comfortably fit. Here are the Awareness Breaks you have to choose from.  

Select the retreat that is most helpful to you now . . . 

1. Follow the Cards 

I'll show you how. 

Learn the Power of the Wild Woman Mystery Cards 

+ How to Access it

You and the cards are a team. Learn how to work with them to become more able to navigate your path and how the cards can guide you in your life to make it better.

You will learn how to unleash your own magic, how to find answers with the cards, even if you are going to the book store and how to use the cards in your life to find answer for what you need.

I will be using the Wild Woman Mystery Cards that I wrote and illustrated, as we travel through the course. You will leave knowing how to

1: Choose a card
2. Follow your intuition
3. How to know if it's the right cards
4. How to ask questions to the cards
5. Different lay out's and spreads
6. How to witness your card reading
7. How to use the cards when creating space or decorating a room
8. How to find the synchronicities
9. and much, much more!

You will also  learn how to:

1. Trust yourself and the cards
2. Choose the cards using the right energy
3. Read the cards you get by using simple techniques to bring into your daily life (even to the grocery store!)

There are always ways to get out of where you are or move more gently into what you need. Have faith. The cards will show you the way. I will show you how to access their power so you can use them to create the life you want.

You can come if you have the deck, or not. You can purchase it before you get here, or from me when you arrive. You can also bring your other decks if you like. I'll be using the Wild Woman Mystery Cards to teach you for the course, but any deck will be welcome.

Prepare to be wowed! Your wild woman awaits!

When:

Thursday, July 17th 7-9pm

Friday, July 18th… 10am - 6pm

Saturday, July 19th, 10am - 3pm 

A beautiful lunch is included on both Friday and Saturday

Where:

Halfmoon Bay, on the Sunshine Coast of BC 

(Exact address will be emailed to you upon enrolment)

Go here to reserve your spot now

2. Altar your Life

Receive the Guidance you Need and Create the Blessings you Want

In this course, I will teach you how to manage your energy by creating sacred space, in other words, creating Sacred Altars. You will see the altars that I have all around my house. I will show you how to deepen your knowing by connecting with spirit  and how to get what you need by becoming your self. 

Many people do these kinds of workshops, but I have yet to see people talking about managing your energy. I will show you what a good altar is and a not so good altar, and why you want to know what it is you are doing. 

When:

Thursday, July 24th ... 7-9pm

Friday, July 25th … 10am - 6pm

Saturday, July 26th, 10am - 3pm 

A beautiful lunch is included on both Friday and Saturday

Where:

Halfmoon Bay, on the Sunshine Coast of BC 

(Exact address will be emailed to you upon enrolment)

Go here to reserve your spot now. 

3. Pendulum Guidance + You

Asking your Higher Power for Answers

In this retreat you will learn how to use a pendulum, who you are talking to when you do, and how to talk to your higher power to get the answers you seek. I will talk about how pendulums are used, what kind to use and also teach you how to use your body, fingers, and arms as pendulums too. 

After this course, you'll be able to go to the grocery store and choose your food with a pendulum so you know exactly what your body wants right now . . . and no one will even know, unless you want them to! 

When:

Thursday, July 31st ... 7-9pm

Friday, August 1st … 10am - 6pm

Saturday, August 2nd, 10am - 3pm 

A beautiful lunch is included on both Friday and Saturday

Where:

Halfmoon Bay, on the Sunshine Coast of BC 

(Exact address will be emailed to you upon enrolment)

Go here to reserve your spot now

4. Finding Hope 

The Wild Woman Way for Lighting the Path when life gets hard

There is so much going on in the world right now, and in our individual lives. If stuff is there and you are just not knowing what to do and your friends are tired of hearing it, or, you are unsure of what to do with your friends and family, this would be a great place to come. If you are grieving, having challenges in your relationships, not so happy with what you are doing or anything else that is showing up, come here. We will use the Wild Woman Mystery Cards, sacred space, sacred ceremony, gather together with the women in the circle and find our place. This is a magical moment to expose how you can change a little for your self and become more of what you want as you travel this difficult road.

So, what's showing up in your life right now . . . and how are you dealing with it?

When:

Thursday,  Augsust 7th  ... 7-9pm

Friday, August 8th … 10am - 6pm

Saturday, August 9th, 10am - 3pm 

A beautiful lunch is included on both Friday and Saturday

Where:

Halfmoon Bay, on the Sunshine Coast of BC 

(Exact address will be emailed to you upon enrolment)

Go here to reserve your spot now. 

5. Joining Wants, Desires + Intentions

If you are suffering you may want to look here

Many talk of wantings and desires and what I often hear is, how come I didn't get what I want? Well, it's likely because your intention is not lined up. This is your will, and the will of the Universe. I will teach you in this course how to line this up, or sync, as we would say in this day and age . . . using Wild Woman Tools and techniques… and lots of heart. 

What will we do in this time together? 

We will be:

Walking our truth

Speaking from our heart

Doing from our soul

Finding our gravity

Anchoring our life 

Spreading our wings

If you are suffering in your life, you may want to look here. It would be a good one for you to sign up for. 

When:

Thursday, August 14th ... 7-9pm

Friday, August 15th … 10am - 6pm

Saturday, August 16th, 10am - 3pm 

A beautiful lunch is included on both Friday and Saturday

Where:

Halfmoon Bay, on the Sunshine Coast of BC 

(Exact address will be emailed to you upon enrolment)

Go here to reserve your spot now

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And so, those are your choices. You can take one, or all five or a combo. Come alone, or with a friend or group. And stay where you want for however ever long you want to. There are10 available spots in each retreat. 

I look forward to working with you, opening my home to you, sharing the lineage of the Wild Woman and the teachings so you can have the kind of life you crave and live in the magic of the wild. Let's gather, take our lives back, even in the way we do this retreat. It is time… 

If you have any questions, let me know by leaving a comment below and I'll be sure to answer each one. 

I look forward to doing these retreats in then best way and most helpful way to you. I'm excited…

Click here to choose the ones you want now. 

It's always a pleasure, and I'm so looking forward to working with you. 

With love and wild flare, 

~Elizabeth xo

PS … Again, here is the link to see them all and Reserve your place now. There is space for 10 people in each retreat. Reserve your spot now.

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About Elizabeth MacLeod BEd BMus CPC

Creatrix of the Wild Woman Mystery Cards and Founder of Wild Woman Enchanted

My name is Elizabeth, (and also Liz), and my dream is to allow the mystery of the wild to move into and through my life and once again, through the lives of others. My wish is that access to this mystery will re-open through the Wild Woman Mystery Cards, Retreats, Teachings, and other re-awakenings and Wild Wonders found here at Wild Woman Enchanted. 

Visit my portal at www.WildWomanEnchanted.com and receive your wonder-full  FREE gift to guide you along the way! 

The 9 Wild Woman Super Powers

Wild Woman is of her own mold. She can not be stuffed into someone else's liking or made to be what someone else thinks she should be. Wild Woman reclaims her place, brings her natural powers, and lives deeply inside what she knows to be true.

Ultimately, being 'untamed' is the ability to navigate your path with the divine and wild feminine. We long for her. We long to see through her eyes as she sees through her intuitive self, an ancient art that gets lost in our present culture. But she continues, retrieving the wisdom that goes back many generations, so she can reclaim it and pass it forward to those young ones stepping into their wild nature.

Wild Woman is the source of the feminine, the power of the natural, the alive inspirations and she has sacred powers that are medicine to her soul and remedies for repair when lost.

When her feminine soul is fed, she expands, softens, rises and hears the call, even if buried deep in her bones.

She uses her 9 Wild Woman Super Powers and more as she breathes her soul and anoints her spirit and brings consciousness back into her memory. Here, she meets her most wild and precious self and re-members who she is.

Where do you resonate?

The 9 Wild Woman Super Powers

1. The Super Power of Creativity :

You are so in love with something that makes you happy to do it, be in it, make it, birth it or simply be it. You have heard of shape shifters and perhaps you are somewhat like that. Creativity is a shape changer. With one stroke of a brush, the canvas shifts and changes.

Wild Woman can change herself and feed the world with her creativity. It's almost like Creativity is a 'being' herself as being creative naturally gives back all that is given and more. Wild Woman exists as creativity exists and knows she must keep in the flow to keep it turned on and that she must tend to it regularly.

2. The Super Power of Uniqueness:

You know that the rules of society and the ways that are considered successful, may not be your definition. You know what your Soul requires of you and no matter how much that might have been suppressed, oppressed or silenced you will seek your soul path, your true self.

Wild Woman knows this is an act of courage. She respects the journey, the unlayering of notions she thought she had to be. She reaches into her community for what she needs, and she understands that her soul and spirit hold astonishing magic, just like that of a seed growing into a beautiful flower.

3. The Super Power of Spirit Tracking:

As you look for and attend to your wild soul voice, your realize you must stay conscious of your energy. You look for old patterns that are alive in your present life. You look at where you are drained of energy and where you are supported.

Wild Woman knows she is the guardian of her energy. Her tools, information and tracking shoes gathered, she continues to track her spirit gathering information and learning. She travels over the mountains in her mind and the wild oceans of her belly and the surges that pulse through her veins. She tears up the roots, finds lush areas to plant forbidden seeds and risks becoming new again as she learns of her underground self. She innately knows this work is crucial for her growth and brings a compelling nature to her world.

4. The Super Power of Staying Awake:

If you loose your way or can't find your purpose, or if you are confused, or just lost your energy, you know that something has come along and tugged upon your soul in a way that takes the life out of you. You know then, work needs to be done and it takes some staying power to do. You know you can no longer sleep walk through your day.

Wild Woman knows that once she has tasted her conscious self that she can never really turn back for long. She knows this is where joy waits for her and a wisening of the taste of her soul destiny is what she yearns for.

5. The Super Power of Alignment:

When you might feel 'off' or unable to find your center, you know you need to listen to the needs of your body and the whispers of your soul. Clearing the way is important work.

Wild Woman knows her body is like a wand between the Earth and the Sky. She knows when she is clear, when her soul is an emollient with her path and she is in agreement with herself and the great expanse of the Universe . . . She knows, she will manifest quickly, easily and find the parking spot just when she needs it!

6. The Super Power of Instinct:

Your gut speaks to you. You are learning of your deep feminine knowing. Your instincts helps you to move before you are ready or before you know enough. They help you respond before you know what to do.

Wild Woman knows she needs to claim her instincts and take back her life. She knows she needs to learn this from the ground up, so she can really know what is truly her. She knows they tell her what boundaries to set and what lines are safe to cross and lead her and take her places where she can howl at the moon, sing without a tune, jump way high with her arms in the air or run through the fields and flop down onto her back to take in the sky . . . 

7. The Super Power of the Internal Mother:

You know that sometimes, depending on what you need and how you are evolving, that sometimes your internal mother must change. Sometimes, it's good to coddle and smile and keep you protected, and yet you know, that there are times that it is not always 'good for the soul' to hold back or play it safe. Sometimes a shove or nudge of brisk energy, risk or thrill, is also the role of the internal mother within.

Wild Woman knows that if she is to express her self and her gifts, she must learn the ways of changing mothers.

8. The Super Power of Dreaming:

You love to dream. You look far beyond your eyes to see your vision. Going beyond the everyday, traveling with the dream-maker at night fuels the Wild Woman and feeds her desire for more, her quest for beauty, her divine vision powered by source.

Wild Woman knows she is alive when she dreams and lives to keep fulfilling them. And she knows, the voice of her dreams, speak from her soul. When she hears the call, she may at first stumble, but she knows the wild is calling her and reaches to meet the heart beat of the call.

9. The Super Power of Intuition:

You never loose your intuition, even when you hear that your intuition has been broken out of you, you know this is not true. It is the knowledge and knowing that has been passed down from generation to generation that has been broken, not your intuition.

Wild Woman can feel her intuitive wisdom inside her skin, in the flesh of her heart and deepness of her bones. She knows she has immediate access to this wisdom, always. And she'll do what ever it takes to get it back and fully own the deep wisdom that calls her.

Wild Woman is the force behind her Super Powers. By recognizing these powers, and giving her the space to have them, Wild Woman will not only show up, but she will stay. And you know, she will inform the deepest part of you, bringing you your most natural, wild and deeply feminine self and way of being.

Where is she present? Where can you feel her breathe?  . . . Are you longing for her? Good. That means, she is present.

With love,

~Elizabeth xo

PS Find you're not quite able to use your super powers and you need a bit of help, get my My Wild Woman Mystery Cards . Use them daily. Click here to get yours.

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ABOUT ELIZABETH MACLEOD BEd BMus CPC
Fournder of Wild Woman Enchanted.

My name is Elizabeth, (and also Liz), and my dream is to allow the mystery of the wild to move into and through my life and once again, through the lives of others. My wish is that access to this mystery will re-open through the Wild Woman Mystery Cards, Retreats, Teachings, and other re-awakenings and Wild Wonders found here at Wild Woman Enchanted. 

Visit my portal at www.WildWomanEnchanted.com and receive your wonder-full  FREE gift to guide you along the way! 

Here's Proof that you will Make it Through Anything

My Shaman teacher looked at my hand in a palmistry class many years ago now and said with his Spanish accent "You beat out many other souls to get to your mommy."

I looked at him. Right in the eyes. It had never occurred to me, how hard I fought to be here on this planet. It never occurred to me, that my mother, was the one that needed to be my mother. And that I wanted to be here with such fierce intention that I fought and won, over many other hard fighting souls.

And that was the beginning. It was first an essence, wanting to become something. I began as a spec, chose where to incubate . . . fought for it actually . . . and won over many . . . according to my Shaman.

And what I do know for sure, is the journey did not stop there. That battle for my soul's keeper was important. Just think of what it took, just to get here.

We had to find a Mommy. Then we had to say, "Pick me. Pick me."  Just think of what it took to say "I do" Just think of the intention to become who you are. Just think of what it took to be the one who made it.

I felt guilty to be here for many years. I never knew why. 

My brother was adopted, but was always just my brother to me and my family. My mother had two still born babies after me. Oh what it took to be alive in my mothers belly for the whole 9 months, and then, not to make it.  When my father told me about the second one, I was old enough to understand. I was eager for a little brother or sister.

We were driving in the car to my aunts house when he told me. "The baby died" he said as the car moved along the road. I looked at his face. It was so troubled as he concentrated on the road and attempted to share with me what had happened. He was very sad. I looked away into the moving yards passing by. "Was it a boy or a girl" my little, somewhere around 10 year old self asked while while watching the houses pass by on the road. I  turned and looked at him when he answered. "It was a boy" my father responded, holding back the tears. His lips quivering. His eyes starring out onto the road, yet tending to me.

I looked out the window, like in the movies when music is playing. I was sad too. "I wanted him to have a name. So I named him right there. "David. Your name is David." I said to myself. At least that is what I thought I did, but admit to feeling like he came to say hello as we talked about him and then quickly left as fast as he came. Whatever it was, I had no doubt, his name was David. "I will miss you" I said quietly inside myself as my Dad and I let tears hesitantly fall from our eyes as we drove to my aunt's house. I will never forget his face that day.

It took a while for me to realize it. To feel it. To experience the impact of it all in my life.

I was the one who survived.

Oh, the hard ship of just getting here. We knew how to do this, all this, before we could walk.

So when you are thinking "I just can't do it  . . . or it's just too hard" remember, you are here. The hard part is done. This place you are in is no happenstance. It was filled with intention and determination. It was wild to the core. It was primal and visceral. And it was you. You are here. You made it. You deserve to be here, just by the very fact that you arrived.

So never think, for one second, you or someone else, shouldn't be here. It's redundant to think such things. You fought to be here. And you are the one that is here.

So when you see the quotes that say "take the leap" and you think you are too scared. Just remember, you have already leapt. You just forget. Just think what it took to leap into the womb of your mother to become her daughter, to grow to be your Self . . . She who belongs here. She who fought to be here. She who knows how to survive here.

For those who see, like the Shaman above, there is more to us than meets the eye. We have chosen to be here, on this crazy planet, to learn, to grow, to love. To belong.

So you see, before you even got here, you were a Wild Woman Warrior. A goddess filled with desire. A Medicine Woman with intention. A Priestess of all priestesses knowing the magical power of survival, of purpose, of love .

You made it. Before you could walk.

Never forget this.

This is said, with love, deep, deep love,

Elizabeth xo

PS. My new E-course is coming soon. We'll get in touch with magical places and using cards as guides to help us through our days and to receive what we need, we will uncover our power, love, and magical connection to all that surrounds us.


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ABOUT ELIZABETH MACLEOD BEd BMus CPC
Founder of Wild Woman Enchanted

 My name is Elizabeth, and sometimes Liz, and my dream is to allow the mystery of the wild to move into and through my life and once again, through the lives of others. My wish is that access to this mystery will re-open through the Wild Woman Mystery Cards, Retreats, Teachings, and other re-awakenings and Wild Wonders found here at Wild Woman Enchanted.

Visit my portal at www.WildWomanEnchanted.com and receive your wonder-full  FREE gift to guide you along the way!

A 'Behind-the-Scenes' Tour of my Little Portal by the Sea and the Kinds of Messages and Other Cool Things that Happen Inbetween

It's been a week! Getting the store ready so my little portal by the sea is there for you to experience when you travel through. Here are some Wild Women diving deep into their wild places with the Wild Woman Mystery Cards and Empowered Fusions Essential Oils that go with them last Sunday… She's figuring out which Chakra she is in below!

I'm making a little Gallery of my artwork for you to see as well which is really fun. Here's a sneak peak. It's still in progress! How do you like the canvases for your living room, bedroom, office or any wall that needs a little wild feminine love ..

and a wall of Wild Woman Posters of my artwork too. They are finding homes already in just their first day out as you can see when Nusri commented on FB!

I have to say though, last week-end was a big rainy, cold day in my covered portal by the sea! But we always manage to have a laugh through it all We are like a family down there…. at one point, the pouring rain was a bit ridiculous. I mean it was slamming down!  And we weren't really prepared clothing wise….  Here is Mark (another store front owner) and I trying to stay warm as it pours outside.  It was cold and we were laughing. Just that in itself made me warmer!   … that's my hand on the left in the green hand warmer! That's Mark with his lighter. Thing is… we were serious!!!!!  LOL 

Thankfully though, the weather got warmer through the week! I'm so ready for summer, aren't you? Daisy is too… here she is last week, in her favourite spot in the living room sun… with all the toys pulled out of their basket by Reilly (my other little four legged!)

I caught her snoozing in delight here… is that not the life?!!!! Directly in the sun ray :) I get it!!! 

Many messages through the week too, like this little wonder on the path to my back door. You know, the snake, in many cultures is considered a symbol of the Goddess. I think this one was sleeping. It didn't budge when I went to get my camera to take a beauty shot of her! In my card deck,  the cared Wild Woman Snake Woman ROCKS! All about devouring your life whole and shedding your skin for new things to move in. Couldn't have been a better time to cross my path as I was heading into making videos for you for my new E-course that's coming soon! Here she is in all her glory...

Everybody is liking the sun these days… whether you have 2 legs, 4 legs or no legs at all!!!!! 

I too found fun in the sun as I went out onto the land around my home in the magical woods in the Halfmoon Bay forest and made the videos for my up coming E-course, where I talk about how to use the Wild Woman Mystery Cards I wrote and illustrated and how to choose cards, manage your energy, how to use the cards to get what you need and more! I had a blast and LOVED being in the meadow by my pond and teaching about the cards and readings and how to do it and wow, the syncronicities were also in full bloom! Here's a screen shot from the video in my meadow teaching about a special reading to bring in certain energies from different times to help you move through it so you can move in the direction you really want to move in . . . It's pretty cool!

And my other 4 legged, Reilly, wanted to join in the fun too. She popped into this video and wanted to be part of the teaching! She even helped me teach about energy in one of the other videos. Such a smart cat she is! This is in the fourth video. She looks so wise!! 

And then today happened with a trip to the farmers market and groceries and a drop in to my friend for some serious "GoddessTime by our Ocean!" It was great to take a little break today too. She just got the coolest thing called a "Der Standkorb" in german…  To give you an idea… Here I am IN IT!!!

It's just the COOLEST thing. Apparently they are everywhere on the beaches in Northern Germany was my friend is from.  She just got it and said when she sat in it, she laughed out loud it made her so happy. I can see why. As today was her second day with it, and we laughed out loud together too! We sat in there and talked and talked and talked until the cows came home… while we were enveloped by  this phenomenal view!!!  Oh the life of a couple of Wild Woman Goddesses when found by the ocean sharing their hearts. Could it get any better?

Oh, life on the Coast! There are my toes on the left below!

and here is the sky above…. 

I AM LOVING THAT SUN! BEAUTIFUL! 

Oh the hardship of it all!!!!! So hard to live by the ocean!!!! That was a dream of mine since I was a little girl and here I am, living it out in full colour. Pretty sweet!

I can't wait to peer into this next week coming up. Feels like peeking through the looking glass! 

Yup, it's been an eventful week! 

I'm eager to see what joy comes to my little portal by the Sea again tomorrow. We are at the Langdale Ferry Terminal … just in the lower car lot on the right. We are open every Sunday until schools out for the summer in the last week of June. Then we go full time every day except Saturdays. 

Will you come by and see me on your way through? I would LOVE that. 

Lots of love coming your way, 

~Elizabeth xo

PS How's your Wild Woman Goddess doing? Feel free to share in the comments below. I read everyone of them :)

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ABOUT ELIZABETH MACLEOD, BEd, BMus, CPC
Founder of Wild Woman Enchanted

My name is Elizabeth, and sometimes Liz, and my dream is to allow the mystery of the wild to move into and through my life and once again, through the lives of others. My wish is that access to this mystery will re-open through the Wild Woman Mystery Cards, Retreats, Teachings, and other re-awakenings and Wild Wonders found here at Wild Woman Enchanted. 

Visit my portal at www.WildWomanEnchanted.com and receive your wonder-full  FREE gift to guide you along the way!

What Does it Really Mean when a Wild Girl asks "Is it True?" . . . And Why it Needs to be Answered

My summer store (which is at the Langdale Ferry Terminal right by the Ocean, in BC, which prompts me to call it my little portal by the sea)- helped to keep the magic alive the other day!  Here's how.

At my little portal by the sea, a young wild girl was there with her Mom who said something like "Here are these cards. Come look. Let's see what we get." She was referring to the Wild Woman Mystery Cards which I wrote and illustrated and are on display for people to play with and try.

Her young wild self stood beside her Mom while she choose a card. I came over when her Mom was reading about her card and looked at her and smiled and was about to say something when she looked up at me and said… "Is this true?"  Her eyes were seeking. Earnest. Asking. "What do you mean by true sweetie? I asked as I bent down to her level. "Is it true?" she said.

I felt like she was asking me with the energy we asks our Moms when we are wondering "Is Santa real?"  I looked in her eyes… "Is what true?" I asked. I'm wanting to find what you are really wanting to know, because I really want to answer your question the best way I can."

She looked at her mom. Her mom smiled. "Are you wondering if the words are true? Or that it's true because you picked that card? Or something else?" "She  thought for a moment as she nodded her head. "All of that?" I asked. She nodded shifting from one foot to another. "Ahh, I said "Such a wise question. Let me see if I can find the answer. You let me know if I answer your question. okay?" She nodded.

"I'm wondering if you are asking is this real?" I looked at her for confirmation. "Yeah" she nodded and looked back at her Mom. I snuck a peak to her mom and our eyes met. I wanted to see where she was at with this. It was good. So I continued.  "I love this question." I responded as I looked at her. "When we pick a card from the deck, we follow what feels like the right one for us, the one that kind of calls to us, or that our gut says... ."pick me. pick me!"And we follow our feeling to find the right card for us . . . and what we feel is always right." I wanted her to know, her feeling and seeking was valid, accurate, infinitely wild, and I wanted her to keep this experience for later times in her life when she needed a little help. I looked at her listening to me earnestly.

I knew the bigger question was her wanting to know if magic was real.

It took me back to when my first niece looked at me when she was 10 years old and we were getting ready to go outside to play with the fairies.  I was putting on my sparkles and make-up and usually this excited her. But today, something else was on her mind. I was one step up from her, primping myself in the mirror and she came in, stopped, looked at me and said with conviction "Lizzie. I know." I felt a lump in my stomach. I knew what she meant. Her sister was younger and eagerly getting ready as usual. I kept putting my make-up on as if it was the most normal statement like, I'm wearing my running shoes. 

"What is it you know" I asked innocently. I kept putting on my make-up. "I know" she said looking at me intently. This intent energy made me stop. I put my arm down and looked her in the eyes. "What do you know Little Love" I asked. "That fairies aren't real. My Mom told me." "Oh" I said. I didn't want to compete with her Mom, or confuse her or take away her truth. I felt intense sadness that the magic was now lost and for an instant, I recognized this place where we loose the magic, and I grieved for all children who loose this place.

I kept it normal though. And said. "Okay, that's cool." And I went back to putting my make-up on, each lash getting the right amount of mascara. She remained beside me and didn't move. Watching me.

As I continued I asked "Would you mind if I kept doing it?" I asked. "I still believe in fairies. It's okay that you don't. Would it be okay with you if I did?" I could hear her thinking. We had spent her whole life talking about fairies and making little houses for them, and leaving them things. I talked of the fairy ring that was at my house in Halfmoon Bay (yes, there really was one!) and I could feel her trying to make sense of it all.

She stood there. Her head tilted. She was thinking. "They are real to me" I said "And I'm totally cool that they aren't for you. That's totally okay. Beyond okay." I turned and looked at her. She still stood there. Thinking. Watching me. Wheels turning.

"Well" she said "Maybe they are like angels and are a spirit." I looked at her lowering my mascara wand from my eye and looked at her. "Yes, I said, maybe they are like angels."

I could feel her relief. We sat on the step and talked about it. Asking questions and forming new realities. In this moment, her magic matured. She was growing up.

I was so quietly happy inside myself that she figured out that the magic didn't have to stop, it just needed to mature with her. I felt elated inside. I knew how important it was for when we grow up not to have to reclaim this place.

This little girl was asking the same question here in my booth. I honored it deeply. I knew that this was a question she needed answered. A reference point for her maturing magical ability. And so I said "This question you ask is very wise and a really good question. One smart girls ask. And I'm so glad you asked me and I hope you continue to ask as you find out more. Here is what I can tell you about this."

She looked at her Mom, excited. Her Mom kept reading the meaning of her card in her book with a quick glance my way. "Yes, it is real. That is a good word to use as well as true. What happens when someone pulls a card for the Wild Woman Mystery Card deck is that they are wondering about stuff in their life so they ask for a little guidance. Then they follow what they feel, they might not know exactly why, but they feel it, so they turn over the card. Many times, when people read about the card they choose, they find it to be really right. So they come back for more. It's like getting a little help with what's going on in your day." Does that help answer your question?

She nodded in her whole body and had a little smile.  "So, to answer your question, is this true? "Yes, this is true, for me. Maybe for your Mom. And now you get to decided whether it's true for you. Okay?"

"Yes" she responded. Her body light. The heaviness of her spiritual awakening relieved. "And the way you do that, is by trusting what you feel" I said to her reaching inside her internal wisdom.

We chatted a bit more. Got it solid. Made sure her questions were answered. When she left, she was holding her Mom's hand and skipping. Yup. That's what it feels like to know the secrets of the Universe and not have to squelch the real you.

Maybe that day, I had the privilege of helping another soon to be Wild Woman, keep her magical place inside, and cherish her knowing, her intuition, her self. Maybe one more little wild soul was saved. Maybe the Wild Woman Mystery Cards are here to save not only us 'big guys' but also the little ones that are by are side and the little ones, inside of us. Maybe they are helping to form the lineage of wildness, that place of knowing who we are.

Maybe, it's bigger than I knew and know. Maybe, I'm a little part of that. Maybe, just maybe we are all more than we think, affecting each other in ways we can't always know. Keeping alive the magic.

After all, what good would it do to leave all that behind. What good does it do to give up your self and your beliefs?" What good does it do to not grow into something you outgrow, just because you don't know how, so then it dies?

Don't let your magic die.

Don't let your children's knowledge of magic die"

Instead, let it grow into where you are now. Let it move you into a place that makes you come alive. Let it surround you in your deep inner wisdom.

Let her breathe. Let her be known. Let her be seen.

And love the HECK out of her when she asks the easy to dismiss questions. Because she is asking here, for her lineage, her ancestory, her knowing. It is important and vital to keep it alive. Because it is real. And it is true.

Let your magical self mature with you. Bring our children along with you. Let them mature too, no matter what age they are or you are.

Grow with it. Allow it. Embrace it. And see it for what it is. Ask when you don't know. Our inner wisdom does not let us down when we let it rise up.

And when we are asked "Is it true?"  by your own self or someone else, be sure to answer. It keeps you growing and keeps you real.

And to me . . . that is the greatest blessing of all....

XOXOXOXOXOXO

~Elizabeth xo

PS. I'd love to hear your thoughts below . . .

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About Elizabeth MacLeod BEd, BMus, CPC
Founder of Wild Woman Enchanted

Hi! I'm Elizabeth MacLeod. I'm the author of the Wild Woman Mystery Cards - An enchanting journey to your true self and other wild wonders.

Ultimately, all of my work is about helping people be more themselves without the guilt because that's what makes you smile deeply from the inside out.

(Because being who you are is like air is to oxygen and hearts are to love. And if you're wild, like me, it's the only way to feel vibrantly alive)

That's what I do.  And I'm not confused.

Learn more and receive your free gift at: www.WildWomanEnchanted.com

OMG - I love this woman!

A little fun from the archives! 

Summer is here and the sun is out. People are playing music here in BC along with smiles, shorts and sandals and we are happy to see the SUN! 

I saw this video a long time ago but today, I just wanted to share it with you . . .  let's here it for Nana...and all the women out there doing their thing!

Here's a true Wild Woman  . . . a little inspiration and a whole lot of fun! Be sure to watch it right to the end. I have to say though, you'll be smiling WAYYY before that. :) 

We all need a little lightness from time to time. 

Here's to you, and Nana, and all Wild Women on the planet everywhere! Bless you. 

After you watch it share your comments with the Wild Woman Tribe below. 

TO WATCH DANCING NANA - click here

Honestly . . . it's so worth it if you haven't seen it and if you have, take a moment and enjoy it again! Be sure to go right to the end . . .  

I don't want to give it away, so I won't say more (even thought I want to!!!) except . . .

Love, Love, LOVE to you . . . 

~Elizabeth xo

P.S. Be sure to watch right to the end . . .  ;) 

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Hi! I'm Elizabeth MacLeod. I'm the author of the Wild Woman Mystery Cards - An enchanting journey to your true self and other wild wonders.

Ultimately, all of my work is about helping people be more themselves without the guilt because that's what makes you smile deeply from the inside out.

(Because being who you are is like air is to oxygen and hearts are to love. And if you're wild, like me, it's the only way to feel vibrantly alive)

That's what I do.  And I'm not confused.

Want more? Get your FREE Wild Woman gift at www.WildWomanEnchanted.com 

What my Perfectly Imperfect Mom did for me and the Generations to Follow

It's hard to believe, but it's been 10 years since my mother died, and I feel like I saw her yesterday when I look at a picture that appeared on Facebook from my nephew. So lucky we are with some of this technology that we can fly back into our hearts and our eyes can feast on things that feel so real and so 'now' even though they are from 'then'. 

Here's one of the last pictures (above) I have of me and my Mom taking by my friend Dwaine taking a picture of my friend Louise taking a picture of Mom and me when they were visiting. Kind of has a generational feel to it...and that is what I am thinking about today as Mother's Day arrives. If we were to look inside our lives and down the generations and lineages, what would we see? 

My Mom and I didn't always have the best relationship when I was growing up. She was absent a lot and was one of the women who forged the way for the younger generation, leaving my brother and I to be latch key kids way back when. You know, the kind that has a key around their neck because when they arrive home from school, no one is home. 

That was my teen age life. My mother went back to school, when we became bankrupt instead of taking a job as a secretary at the local library. "I could have done it" she said, "but the thought of being a secretary just wasn't for me. I had already done that!" 

Today, I sit and think of her courage, and the courage of my father, that at a time in their life, with 2 children, the house threatened and no work, they chose to make an unpopular choice in a very vulnerable situation, one that to many, would seem like the wrong thing. 

Not only that, but at that time, going back to school, was not common for the mature student, let alone a woman student. Now, going to school at the age of 40 is not a big deal, nor is it a big deal in the same way for a woman, but at the time for my mother, it was not popular and rarely done. In fact, she was one of the first of her friends to do it. Following close behind was her best friend Val. They were the start of their tribe back then to do this courageous act. 

I admire that courage. I admire that fortitude. I admire going against what is thought to be the right thing instead of doing what everyone thinks you should do, in the name of your heart and soul. 

I admire the path they forged for me and for others along the way. I admire that heart of their convictions. And I admire that they made it a path that I could easily follow with little to no trouble years later. 

Did they even think, even once, that their actions, their push, their going against the grain, was making history? 

Sometimes, I felt alone as she forged her way. But you know, now, I sit here in my living room forging my own way, and I am humbled by the path our mother's had to take in order for our lives to be easier. 

Today, in honor of my mother and your mother, and our mother's mothers, I want to say a big thank you. 

I want to say I see them and their journey. 

I want to tell them that I thank them for forging the way so that our lives could be different and more choices could be available for us. 

For those of us who were lucky enough to have one of those beautiful mothers who were so perfectly imperfect I extend my gratitude. If it weren't for you, would I be following my heart? And if it weren't for you and the choices you made and the fights you put up, would we be able to vote today, go to school when we wanted to or stay at home because that was our choice? 

It makes me wonder, what things am I doing that will make it easier for the younger generation? It makes me wonder. 

As I put myself forward, and speak my heart, I hope this will bring inspiration now but also for those who follow our lead. I hope that my heart will lead me in a direction that will allow others to lead themselves in their directions. And I hope that my choices, even when not popular, will forge the path for the younger generation to come, like my mother and her friends did for me, my family and my friends. 

Living at the end of a dirt road in the wild woods a 2 minute drive from the ocean, selling in an outdoor market at the ferry by the sea where I get to meet amazing people from all over the world, writing to you now from my heart, all these things seem normal to me. But are they? Was going back to school normal for my Mom? Is doing what you are doing 'normal' for you but maybe not so normal if you swing back the pendulum of time?

May you and I forge the way, unknowingly, or knowingly, by following our hearts. And may the mother in you come out to be honored, whether you have 2 legged children, or four legged children or one thin stemmed children with petals or thick trunked with branches and leaves . . . 

For any woman who has bent down over another who is vulnerable and cared for them in what ever way that was and appeared to be to the outside world or inside too, I honor you and . . . 

I thank you. 

We will never know in some ways, how we changed the world in years to come by our actions of now. 

To that, I bow in reverence to you . . . and share my heart. 

Happy Mother's Day Beautiful Wild Soul.

With love, 

~Elizabeth xo 

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Hi! I'm Elizabeth MacLeod. I'm the author of the Wild Woman Mystery Cards - An enchanting journey to your true self and other wild wonders.

Ultimately, all of my work is about helping people be more themselves without the guilt because that's what makes you smile deeply from the inside out.

(Because being who you are is like air is to oxygen and hearts are to love. And if you're wild, like me, it's the only way to feel vibrantly alive)

That's what I do.  And I'm not confused.

Want More? Get your FREE Wild Woman gift at: www.WildWomanEnchanted.com