12/15/2025
Retraining Our Brains For Joy,
Sage Advice, & Gift Ideas
Sage Advice
Lovely Words From Cydndislight - Home of The Relationship Maven
Below is Cyndi's recent email newsletter where she talks about a recent experience with Moi at Cafe Corvo.
Please enjoy!
Greetings Love,
Have you ever walked around with a low-grade hum of chaos in your system and not realized it until something soft finally let you exhale?
That was me last week.
I found myself sitting across from my dear friend, the luminous psychic adviser, Jessica Senires, of Down to Earth Oracle (downtoearthoracle.com).
She offers the community free tarot card readings for First Friday at Cafe Corvo (cafe-corvo.com) and I plopped myself down in her chair with one request:
“Can we please not talk about my business? I’m exhausted just thinking about it.”
She laughed, pulled the cards, and of course… the non-business related reading was spot-on.
And because the Universe loves to poke me a bit, it still managed to slip in a little quip about my business.
But here’s the part that dropped my shoulders and softened my breath. Jess said, “It’s ok to just Lather. Rinse. Repeat.”
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Just… keep doing what I’m doing.
And the moment she said it, my whole nervous system melted. I realized, once again, in that moment how deeply I’m marinated in a culture that worships the grind.
Drive harder. Do more. Reinvent. Hustle. Ascend. Produce.
But what if it’s okay to coast?
✨Coasting can be trusting your momentum.
✨Coasting can mean choosing flow instead of force.
oof, that felt like mercy.
Sweet permission.
A reminder that I don’t have to hustle my way into worth.
So I’m offering you the same question Jessica offered me:
Can it be okay to coast right now?
Can you let yourself ride the energy that’s already moving rather than pushing for more?
Just notice what rises when you hear that.
Your answer matters.
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How To Retrain Our Brains For Joy
Feeling a little lackluster? Not feeling the holiday cheer? You’re not alone this year. This has been one of the most rollercoaster infused years of all time. I’m more interested in curling up and hiding under a blanket than mustering up enough cheer to be worthwhile.
So I thought it would be good to write about the neuroscience of joy. How can we take an active part in re-wiring our brain and training it to be happier? How do we keep ourselves from being grumpy and pessimistic and hating everything? How can we feel more joy in our day? Well it takes work, that’s for sure. And no, this isn’t toxic positivity where you pretend everything is okay and only focus on “good vibes.” This is being able to handle the hard things easier. It’s about having more balance in our perspective and creating resilience.
But first, a little neuroscience. Y’all know I love neuroscience. Our brains are so cool and our brains love, love, love patterns and repetition in order to create neuropathways. Neuropathways are like well-worn footpaths in a field. No need to venture off the beaten path. Sometimes that’s a good thing. Sometimes that’s not, like when there’s a giant mud puddle in the path and you go through it anyway without the waterproof shoes.
In order to help our brains pick a different way of doing things, we have to actively create a new neuropathway. We have to step off the pathway, which is scary. We don’t know what’s in the grass. There could be holes that we roll our ankles in. There could be snakes in those holes and they bite us and we die. There could be ticks and we’re wearing shorts! It is going to take us longer to get where we’re going and then we’ll miss the party!
Our brains are also really good at finding the worst case scenarios, horrible possibilities, and pessimistic outlooks. It’s how it keeps us safe, and how our species have survived for a millennia. If our brains can calculate and formulate the worst case scenarios, then we avoid those possibilities and stay alive.
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With the current state of things, and the potential to be even more financially challenging in the future, I've decided to offer a Pay What You Can opportunity.
This opportunity is for a 30 minute virtual session. The session can be about whatever you need it to be: Tarot, Spiritual Guidance, or something in between.
Inside the booking link (https://calendar.app.google/rWmjccYuK1qdgo7U9) be sure to click "See More" at the top, and listed are a few ways you can pay what you are able to, including a bartering option.
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After booking you'll receive an email calendar invite. Inside that invitation is a Google Meet Link. You will also receive a separate email confirmation from me.
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I've done some updating to the DTEO Recommended Reading webpage. I've been adding new titles and recently became an affiliate with Bookshop.org.
You can directly visit my virtual shop HERE. (https://bookshop.org/shop/DownToEarthOracle) You'll find books and favorite Tarot decks of all kinds.
Don't know what Bookshop.org is?
Well, it's super awesome online bookstore that takes a portion of the proceeds from your direct purchases and gives it to local bookstores near you! You even get to pick the bookstore of your choice! This is a great alternative to buying books online from the evil "zon" company.
Besides, not only are you helping me by purchasing any of my recommended titles, you are also helping your local bookstore as well. It's a Win Win for everyone.
Remember, the holidays are coming up and it's best to get started on that shopping list. Books and Tarot Decks make great holiday gifts.
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