Healing With Martha

11/22/2025

I asked ChatGPT to create this image depicting one of the scenes I experienced during an ayahuasca journey in Ecuador; the day before I left my body for several hours (sans ayahuasca).

I had 4 distinct scenes during the journey, but this was the one that has stuck with me.

As "I" sat at the opening of the cave on top of the mountain surveying the people below and then watching the condor flying so gracefully, I could feel myself sitting up a little taller. I felt great peace in my Being. I don't know if it was a past-life remembrance or a nod to the role I'm supposed to fulfill in this lifetime.

The next night, I didn't feel the need to partake in ceremony. I felt like I received what I needed. Little did I know.

The following night, instead of doing ceremony in the cleared-out dining hall space, it was done in the jungle around a tree. The tree had "sections" at the base that acted as dividers. In one section, sat a person from a new group that had arrived that day. In another section, sat 2 people from my group. The 3rd section was reserved for myself and my friend St. Suzan Baltozer, who is a shamanic healer. We both communicated that we weren't doing ceremony, but we were told that Don Augustin wanted us to sit there and hold space for the people who were.

So there we were, sitting on logs, unable to see our hands in front of our faces because it was so dark! I had thrown my hip out during the hours-long hike through the jungle to the compound. Needless to say, sitting on a log was extremely uncomfortable. And then . . .

One second I was there, and the next second I couldn't tell where my physical body began or ended. I experienced waves of pure bliss coursing through "me". The intensity of the love was out of this world. I could hear an ecstatic cry coming from within the depths of my Being. Long story short, the love transmission lasted for 3 hours. I was cured of 2 chronic health conditions and became sensitive to sending energy.

I share this as a personal reminder, as well as encouragement to others. There's more to life than meets the eye. Whatever difficult circumstances you may be experiencing, know that there is an inner agency available to you in a split second and, despite outward experiences, Love IS the energy that runs this whole show.

Our possibilities are endless!

08/26/2025

06/08/2025

One of the greatest challenges an empath faces is to create firm and self-loving boundaries–personally and professionally. And don't be a water sign! That's a double-whammy!

All kidding aside, there's so much power in acknowledging the challenging situations for what they are, rather than what they appear to be on the surface.

All challenges are inner-alignment opportunities that are meant for you to reclaim your power, not abdicate it to unpleasant or toxic circumstances. Abdicating your peace of mind creates a ripple effect of unhealthy action and/or chronic inaction that take a toll in every area of your life.

Caregiving my mother and learning-disabled brother has been a powerful initiation into embodying this understanding. Healing from a violent and dysfunctional childhood is a conscious decision that brings inner peace when you view it from an expanded perspective.

There's more to life than meets the eye. That's the core lesson I learned when I spontaneously left my body for 3 hours in 2009. And the "more" included feeling the most divine Love coursing through me.

Yet and still, I had a ways to go in applying that understanding consistently to my immediate family. Clearly, HAVING a miraculous experience and EMBODYING it are two different things.

I now appreciate even more the download I received to create the 5 Pillars of Radical Self-Care model: Self-awareness, Self-forgiveness, Self-compassion, Self-worth and Self-love. I'm working it as it’s working me! 🤣🤣🤣

The truth is that challenges are all good when we shift our gaze inward.

05/25/2025

Change your state, change your fate.

Your life shifts the moment you shift.

If you’re stuck in the same loop—same thoughts, same outcomes—it’s time to interrupt the pattern.

And here’s how: Feel. Flex. Forgive.

Feel what’s real. Don’t numb it. Name it.

Flex your mindset. Your perspective is powerful—bend it toward possibility.

Forgive yourself for what you didn’t know, and others for what they couldn’t give.

When you change your state of being—your energy, emotions, and expectations—you change your path forward.

Breathe with intention. Move with purpose. Speak with clarity.

Your fate isn’t written in stone. It’s sculpted by your state.

Change your state. Change your fate.
Feel. Flex. Forgive. Repeat.

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05/19/2025

This feels fantastic!

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05/08/2025

It’s not the thoughts that flicker and fade,
But the beliefs etched in your bones
That shape the rhythm of your days.

You may whisper affirmations at dawn,
But if your soul still believes you’re unworthy
The echo of that lie will lead you on.

Thoughts are breezes.
Beliefs are roots.

To change your life,
Don’t chase the wind.
Tend to the roots.

What silent beliefs are writing your story?

05/06/2025

Healing in New York . . .

05/06/2025

Be the light—but make sure you’re in the right tunnel!

Sometimes we’re so focused on shining for others that we don’t realize we’re lighting a path that doesn’t serve our soul.

You can be radiant, kind, strong, and full of purpose—and still need to redirect your light toward a tunnel that leads to your healing and your becoming.

Being the light doesn’t mean staying stuck. It means knowing when it’s time to pick up your light and move forward in a direction aligned with your truth.

You’re not failing if you leave a tunnel that was never yours. You’re growing.

04/26/2025

The medicine we need.

04/21/2025

The end of an old story is the beginning of a new one.

And here’s the truth—your life is where it’s at because of the choices you’ve made.

That’s not blame. That’s power. Because if your past choices wrote one story . . . your present choices can write a better one.

You don’t have to keep rereading the same old chapter out of guilt, fear, or habit. You can turn the page. You can choose differently. You can begin again.

The pen is in your hand now.