January first, the first day of the rest of the year…it’s almost like another birthday, with all night celebrations, drinking and promises for the rest of the year. Such an exciting time!

As a spiritual counselor and psychic medium, the first of the year is an incredibly busy time. Clients want to know what is coming up for them, if they should make changes, set goals, etc. Ring in this special day with positive energy and a positive outlook on life; bring in abundance with a punch bowl that is more than just fruity goodness, and learn to recognize the power of positive thinking and intentions by creating a Dream Board.

Raise A Glass To The new Year (and Your Own Well Being)

Everyone toasts in the New Year, typically with a bottle of champagne, which represents prosperity and happiness for the rest of the calendar year. Bring blessings of abundance and life fulfillment to your new years gathering with an Abundance Bowl. Filled with fruits, this drink welcomes the lengthening days, brings summer to a winter month, and promises good tidings and luck!

ABUNDANCE BOWL RECIPE

What you need:
Large punch bowl
½ gal apple cider
1 c. sliced strawberries
1.5 cups grapefruit juice (preferably white)
1 orange sliced
Cinnamon to taste
½ c. whole cherries
1 cup whole blueberries
1 2 liter bottle ginger ale
1 thinly sliced lemon

Directions: In the large punch bowl, mix apple cider, undiluted grapefruit juice and cinnamon. While you’re doing this be sure you are in a very positive mood, make sure to put on fun New Year songs, and don‘t be afraid to get a little funny — your bowl will be imbued with those feelings as well as the natural spiritual properties of the ingredients.

You may choose to use whole cinnamon so you can fish out the spice after it chills. Stir in fruits and chill until ready to serve. Add ginger ale when serving until the juice reaches top of bowl.

There are a lot of things that contribute toward this bowl: the fruits represent the bounty of Mother Earth, apples for instance are a symbol of the Divine Feminine because when you cut it in half it has the sacred symbol of the pentagram which represents the balance of Nature, Spirit, and Divine energy. Apples are also known as a love fruit because of their connections to Venus. Strawberry helps to bring in lighthearted energies, ensuring you and your guests happiness all year long, orange is a success color and the fruit brings those properties to the bowl, as well as luck and health. Cherries help with intuitive abilities, which will help you to make the right choices. Aside from helping to fight aging and cancers, blueberries are symbols of abundance in general, family and friendship. Lemons give the gift of longevity, and new friends as well as a freshness to the New Year.

Besides all of the symbolism and spiritual properties each fruit has it’s own medicinal properties which can be harnessed through the drinking of the Abundance Bowl. This recipe is great for any major holiday where you want to grant wishes and bring blessings to the gathering.

Achieve Your New Years Dreams With an Inspiration Board

New Years is really is a time to re-evaluate your life, put plans into motion for the future and look back on your accomplishments of the past year — but don’t put to much pressure on yourself to change and fix whatever problems you feel you have! A lot of times when we set goals it is with negative connotations (“I need to lose this weight, I look like crap”). Instead of bringing a feeling of empowerment, you actually enslave yourself to your negative thought patterns. I want to help you set healthy goals and bring a positive energy to the New Year.

The best thing to do is lay out a plan, it’s all about the baby steps. If you don’t take things one at a time, you can set yourself up for failure. One of the best things you can do is to create a Dream or Inspiration board, one of my favorite activities! It’s a tradition in my family to build one at the New Year and it’s so fun to make (plus you’re recycling so this is a no-guilt fun project to be had by all)!!

HOW TO MAKE A INSPIRATION BOARD
You and your guests can do this at your New Year’s party for a fun project. Have everybody bring their old magazine and newspapers to the party along with a poster board, scissors and glue. Cut pictures and phrases from the magazines that fit your goals. Be creative, write whatever you feel will inspire you the most on your board.

When you’re done, hang it somewhere you’ll walk by everyday. It’s best if you can hang it in a quite and peaceful room such as the bedroom. Every morning spend five minutes looking at your board. Conjure up the emotions of feeling success in attaining your goals. This actually helps to keep your momentum going throughout the year.

Having a visual of your goals in a place where you will look helps to remind you what you are working towards. Just remember to not put to much pressure on yourself, there are always bumps in the road when you are trying to make a change. The biggest thing you can do is acknowledge the reason behind the obstacle, recognize the lesson in it and move on.

‘Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit!’ (Irish Toast)
A Prosperous New Year!

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