Tag Reviews

Sarah Lawrence at Mom On A Spiritual Journey reviews spiritual books and card decks.  She also reviews any spiritual tools that inspire growth.

Discover gifts for friends, or for yourself, that support you with insights and a growth in your awareness on the spiritual path.

Reviews of movies and other spiritual media, such as apps, are also included.

mind over medicine

Mind Over Medicine by Lissa Rankin – Cracking the Nocebo Code

Did you know that people who respond well to a placebo are often REMOVED from clinical trials?

The Nocebo Effect is something I had heard of, but wasn't 100% sure that I understood the definition well - until I read Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, that is.

The theory behind the Nocebo Effect is that we can think ourselves sick, basically - and perhaps even sicker when we are surrounded by others who think of us that way also.

So the formula (according to Lissa) would be Negative Beliefs + Harsh Care = Sickness.

The power of personal belief is a tool that can be applied for everybody's health and well being.  We just need to be taught how to use it.

family pathology

How Family Pathology Begins: Peace from Broken Pieces

If your family patterns have been difficult or you don't feel in touch with your broken pieces, then I highly recommend this book - it's not an easy read, but a deep one. Iyanla Vanzant is an internationally recognized author, healer and teacher. In this book she tells the story of the broken pieces of her life, and how she finds a way to put all the pieces in order through the lens of healing herself.

Mom On A Spiritual Journey

Now Discover Your Strengths – Book Review and Personal Insights

Now Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton introduces a powerful idea: instead of focusing on fixing weaknesses, we should identify and develop our natural talents. A Strength as defined in Now, Discover Your Strengths is "consistent near-perfect performance in an activity". The aim here is to find your natural talents or ways that you express yourself in the world that you find the easiest because your brain works that way.

This book is revolutionary.  It's a very different concept to consider simply building on your Strengths rather than 'plugging the skills gap' and shoring up your 'weaknesses'.

clairaudience

Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber – great gift for Christmas | Book review by Mom On A Spiritual Journey

I recently read Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber (thanks again to Andover Library KS for their great new book section!).

It's a short novel about angelic intervention and free will and is a love story, too.

Whether you believe in Angels at the Table or not - a fun read.

Archangel Gabriel allows angels Shirley, Goodness and Mercy to take an angel-in-training, Will, down to Earth to watch the New Years' celebrations.

They find themselves in trouble when Will is drawn to stand in the celebrating crowds in Times Square and notices two lonely people, a guy, and a girl.  He gives them a nudge with his wing and they connect and like each other.

So what's wrong with that?  They were destined to meet, but not that soon - so their relationship becomes blocked by a number of complications.

Life Purpose Oracle Cards

Life Purpose Oracle Card Deck – How to Use It

One of my favorite card decks, Doreen Virtue's Life Purpose Oracle Cards.

During this post I cast a reading and interpret it, so you can see how the process works.

I hope you enjoy this post and check out other oracle card reviews on the blog.

Sarah's review of Judith Orloff's Power of Surrender cards>>

Sarah's review of James Van Praagh and Doreen Virtue's Talking to Heaven Oracle cards>>