Live Bright Reiki

12/10/2025

So much is happening in the energetic world, Solar storms/flares, Aurora borealis visible in the lower 48, Supermoons, New Year’s. 3I Atlas hanging around.

In addition, we have life happening all around us.
This can make things seem like they are just piling up, and we don’t know which way to turn or how to respond.
Little things get under our skin; the person who is driving too slowly, or who cuts us off in traffic, the tone of voice someone we love uses, or the tone of a stranger.

When any- or all of this happens, sometimes changing how you think about it can make all the difference.
Instead of getting angry, upset, or sad, remember there are no good or bad things that happen, those are just labels we attach to the events in our world. Think about how you can respond instead of reacting.

Stop for a moment to consider what that person who upset you might be going through, maybe they are really tired from staying up all night with a sick family member and they don’t even realize that they are going 60 in a 65.
Maybe they are rushing to help a friend, or to the hospital and have so much stress that they didn’t even see your car.
Who knows, maybe they are just a bad driver! At the end of the day, you cannot control how they drive or what is happening (or not happening) in their head. All you can do is control how you respond to them.

One of my favorite quotes is “Be kinder than necessary, everyone is fighting a battle that you know nothing about.”
Driving or talking in sharp tones are just two small examples.

I just finished reading The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. I highly recommend this book to everyone, all ages, all paths. It is full of the same ideas that I try to impart, just much more organized and more detailed. She also had more than an hour to go over it all. You can check it out from the library in print or digitally. You will find it everywhere books are sold.

Basically, if someone is doing something that you are reacting to, recognize that the only person you can control and change is YOU!
So “let them” do the thing and “let me” choose how to respond.
The only part she did not go into as much detail as I would have liked is the forgiveness piece.
Remember that forgiveness is for you, not for them.
Not forgiving someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Take care of you and your responses. Keep your power and protect your peace.

02/20/2025

Make positive changes in your body

Repeat these affirmations 4 times a day, listening to the frequency of 528Hz for DNA repair and overall healing.

shared via Healers of the Light

06/07/2024

Ostrog Monastery and St Basil. We are in the early stages of planning to go back in the spring!

05/25/2024

Just for today… (and everyday)
Bring joy into your thoughts.
Think of what you want to create and be, focus on the positive!
Manifestation is powerful today, your thoughts become as big as Jupiter and you are setting up for the next year.
It is time to bloom!!

04/04/2024

Great information to read and absorb before Monday, April 8, 2024

02/29/2024

Time is the only resource we use without knowing how much we have left.
Have a great “extra” day. Happy Leap Day. Do something amazing with your time.

08/07/2023

Yes! Seems the battles are hitting many right now. You are being held. ❤️✨🪽

07/28/2023

I do not know who said this, maybe "Anonymous" he says a lot of wise things! I just love the saying and the picture, which I took, helps remind me to just exhale and relax. I like to put all distracting thoughts into that fog so they can dissipate.

06/21/2023

I just updated my website! Whew! If you have a minute check it out and let me know if there are any typos! You can find it at livebrightreiki.com

06/21/2023

Happy Summer Solstice!
Photo credit The Night Witch and Moon Sisters Tribe

04/25/2023

03/21/2023

The Breakup
“The anxiety is the illness” my counselor said. As I paced across the floor feeling like I was going to explode from anxiety overload.
The thoughts would not stop. What if, what if, what if?

I didn’t recognize myself, the beast had taken over. “The anxiety is the illness.”
It was like a lightbulb went on - I realized then we were separate, my anxiety and I. I, a beautiful, gentle soul. My anxiety a raging, controlling beast.

It was not always like this. As a child I was carefree, ready to go along with anything, no worries as they say. But somewhere along the way, trauma after trauma, my anxiety found me. He came in one day and took up residence in my brain. I didn’t invite him in and I didn’t ask him to stay, but like an unwelcome guest he made a home and wouldn’t leave. He became a part of me. Every waking hour he was there. Taunting me, tormenting me.

“You’re not enough” he would say, “you are socially awkward, bad things are going to happen to you. You need to be careful about everything thing you say because you’re going to say the wrong thing and offend people. You need to make checklists in your mind of all the things you are supposed to do to keep yourself safe from disasters. You need to lock your doors and then go around and double check them to be sure you’re not leaving yourself vulnerable. You need to take your medicine and don’t forget because bad things will happen if you don’t take it. I own you, I rule you. You need to work in a safe and predictable job and don’t stray from it or you will fail. You need to do everything you can to get other people to like you because otherwise you are unlovable and will be rejected and alone. You need to live a structured life, avoid adventure and risk because bad things will happen. You need to control your children or bad things will happen to them. I own you, I rule you. You’re not good enough, you’re crazy. You can’t live your life without me.”

He was like an abusive and narcissistic lover. He didn’t really love me though, he couldn’t. So one day, I mustered all my courage and we broke up. It wasn’t sudden really. I had seen it coming. We were never really right for each other. Something always felt off to me about the relationship. Like it really wasn’t who I was. As I took four different medications to stop his bullying, I thought how did I get this way? Why did I let him take over my life and brain wash me?

The anxiety is your illness. Yes, an illness, not really me. An illness implies I can get better, I can heal. So after a night of brain wringing and fighting with anxiety I woke up battered and bruised. I was determined. Enough is enough! I unfurled my cape and grabbed my magic lasso. I roped it around anxiety’s neck and said “tell me the truth!”

He said “I lied about it all so I could control you and you wouldn’t leave. You are beautiful and strong and brave and wise and your heart knows the right thing to do always. You don’t need me. You never have. You are perfect and confident and you have all the answers. There’s no need to be afraid of anything, especially not yourself.”

And with that I released him and said “I am claiming my place as a mental super hero. I will no longer allow you to own me. Go now and find a home elsewhere. You are not welcome here any longer.” Reluctantly he backed up, turned and walked away.

At first it was kind of hard living without him as I had gotten so used to his voice in my head. But I harnessed my own courage and started designing my new life, the life I really wanted, the life I could claim without him by my side. My courage came back, my spontaneity, my love of adventure as I stepped into my beautiful future. That’s the story of how my anxiety and I broke up. It wasn’t easy leaving the abusive relationship, but it’s been so worth it. And you know what, I don’t miss him, not one tiny bit.

Melanie Shults