Your Body Is Talking – Are You Listening?

As we enter into the second half of this transformative year of 2025 how have you been dealing with that roller coaster ride so far? Or has it been relatively smooth sailing for you? Most if not all of you have likely experienced some changes in relationships, health, prosperity, even location or other parts of your life as your Spiritual growth has accelerated this year. Have any of those changes included an abrupt halt to your daily life or a change in direction? Have any of those changes been brought to you through messages from your body? Has your body been trying to deliver messages to you from Spirit? As most of you

know our body is speaking to us all the time and if we don't listen the messages get louder and louder. Most often those messages come to us through subtle feelings in the body that reflect some type of emotion or thought that we're having. For example, anxiety may show up as a nauseated stomach or a racing heart when we think about yet another challenging day at the office. Sometimes those messages come through symptoms that are difficult to explain medically - you may go to a physician, and they can find nothing medically wrong. Other times we may be hit with an injury or illness out of the blue that creates a sudden halt to our life and may literally bring us to our knees. All of these different scenarios reflect how the body has us stop and listen to what Spirit is trying to tell us. The signs and symptoms persist until we dive deeper into perhaps an energetic or Spiritual origin. Does any of this sound familiar? If so, you're not alone. Spirit would like me to share with you my experience with my body from last week. I'm calling it the “double whammy.”

Coming Face to Face with Mother Earth... Literally

As some of you may know we were blessed with the arrival of a beautiful grandson three weeks ago. I had the privilege of fulfilling my grandmother role to the fullest being present at his birth and then the following week helping my daughter with her family as she spent time with her newborn. Last week I ventured to her place a couple more times to again happily help as the family adjusted to the new little one. However, the Universe had different plans for me. On the first occasion I arrived early evening to deliver supper. As I turned to walk up the driveway with a casserole in hand, somehow I stumbled and the next thing I knew, instead of making a graceful recovery, I had “face planted” in the driveway. After slowly getting to my feet, I entered her home not happily presenting dinner but shakily walking in covered in casserole! Shocked, my daughter quickly helped me clean up the scrapes on my face from the contact with the cement as well as the cuts to my hand from the shattered dish. She then proceeded to go out and clean dinner up off the driveway while I recovered at her kitchen table. Grateful that I had little physical injury, I was more upset at two things - dinner was ruined and she was out cleaning up the driveway instead of me! After much reassurance from my daughter that they could handle dinner on their own, lots of hugs from her and the grandchildren, I headed home. Thankfully the drive home was uneventful. In fact, I could sense an energetic pressure around my head that was reassuring that Spirit was with me and that I would get home safely. On arrival, as I went to exit the car, a searing pain stabbed through my right knee. I was grateful for the assistance of my husband and my other daughter in getting me into the house and to the bed to put my leg up.

That evening as I sat with ice on my knee I tried to analyze what had happened. I believe that everything happens for a reason. It was such a strange and bizarre accident I knew my body was telling me something that I had to look at. But what? As I pondered the question, the first thing that came to mind was a very clear visual of a giant stop sign. Well, that message seemed to be clear and obvious. It seemed that Spirit was telling me I needed to slow down in what I was doing. On reflection, I had to admit, that even though I had loved every minute of it, it had been a busy couple of weeks with supporting my family. Check! I could do that! I had no demanding plans for the next few days. The next thing was to figure out what to do with my knee. The pain was excruciating every time I bent it to sit down. Recovered from my latest attempt at sitting, Spirit came in and casually suggested “just heal it.” So, I called in Archangel Raphael and my physician Spirit guide and together we sent healing to my knee. I am grateful that the next time I got up the pain was completely gone and has not returned.

Over the next few days, the scrapes on my face healed quickly and I was very thankful that I had no other serious injuries. At the end of the week, I again set out to help my daughter in her home. The day went smoothly until it was close to home time when I suddenly slipped on the stairs and ended up at the bottom doing my second face plant for the week! I couldn't believe it! Another face -to-face contact with Mother Earth! This time there was more bleeding from a cut to my brow and the pain in my right wrist made it difficult to get up. Once again, my daughter helped me clean up my wounds. I suggested we use a steri-strip bandage to pull the cut together. I knew I had a few stored deep in one of the pockets of my wallet because I had put them there several years earlier when my son was playing hockey. Surprisingly though, when my daughter opened my purse the steri-strips were sitting on top my open wallet. I was stunned. How did they get there? If I had any doubts before, they all evaporated in that moment. Spirit had definitely orchestrated these events for me. Next my daughter splinted my wrist with an ice pack. Although I was hoping and praying for just a sprain, I intuitively knew that under the swelling there was a break. So, this time, I needed my husband to retrieve me and, as some of you know from my e-mail last weekend, I spent the evening in an urgent care facility instead of writing my newsletter for you. A week later as I write this, I am still sporting a hard cast on my right hand and wrist and am learning how to navigate life differently. I've had a week of quiet downtime to reflect on the messages and lessons that these experiences have brought to me and those are what Spirit has guided me to share with you today.

Gratitude

I know it may seem odd that after two bizarre accidents in one week the first thing I wanted to address is gratitude. But I have to say, that over this week I have had many periods of intense gratitude for absolutely everything in my life - my loving family and friends, a roof over my

head and food on the table, the country that I live in, every convenience and item that I need for my daily living at my disposal, the beauty of nature all around me, essentially everyone and everything in my life. Being forced to stop, I had the time to really feel that gratitude deeply, not just have the occasional fleeting thought of thanks. I am so blessed to have the love and support of my family with everything from the occasional assistance in getting dressed, to cooked meals, and daily phone calls checking it to see how I am. Friends and colleagues in the Spiritual community have sent love and healing that I gratefully received. I am also grateful for the care, expertise, and sometimes even humor of the staff at the urgent care centre despite the challenges that some other angry and boisterous patients presented to them. How do you experience gratitude for the things and the people in your life?

When I look at the two incidents themselves, I am so grateful that my injuries were not more severe. I had no cuts to the body from the very large sharp shards of glass from the broken casserole dish that I landed on top of. I had no other broken bones and very little pain with the broken wrist. I had no facial bruising or swelling from either “face plant.” I had no symptoms of a head injury despite hitting my head twice on the ground. Spirit helped me heal my knee within hours. The cuts I did have were minimal and healed quickly and I am confident my wrist will do the same. I am grateful that my body is as resilient as it is.

More Lessons to Learn

As with every challenge in life, this week of quiet reflection has given me the opportunity to work further on some of my life lessons. I acknowledge that the first message of “STOP” has reminded me to take time for self-care. It is a reminder to get back into balance between giving and receiving. As a healer and likely as many of you, I have a lesson in learning to receive. This pause in activity, in giving, along with the right wristed handicap” has allowed me to gratefully receive help, love, and support from others. Do you have the same life lesson? When is the last time you allowed yourself to receive help, love, and support from others? Spirit is reminding us that especially in this year of transformation with all of its challenges and ups and downs it is important to remember to receive.

As I am in awe at how quickly my knee was healed, Spirit reminded me that my gifts as an energetic healer are real. It was yet another validation that this is another gift I should tap into when I offer help and healing to others while I move forward on my path. This is not only a gift opening up, but it is also a lesson in belief in myself and in Spirit. It is a lesson in trust that when we believe in ourselves and in Spirit anything is possible. When I look at the healing of my wrist, I look at the balance between what our traditional medical system has to offer and the self healing that we can all do. I really believe that Spirit puts in our path what we need to heal and that our thoughts and beliefs impact our healing. What about you? Do you have a lesson in believing your gifts? How are you faring with your trust in Spirit?

Whenever I have an injury or illness I like to turn to Louise Hay, author and one of the founders of the self-help movement, to decipher the messages that my body is giving me. When we look at injuries of the knee, the body is speaking to us about the stubborn ego and pride, inflexibility, and fear. I do admit, and I'm sure those close to me will agree, that I can be stubborn especially when it comes to denying down time for myself. I've worked very hard in my life to be flexible, and I believe in most cases that I am. Perhaps that's why the pain when “flexing” the knee healed quickly. However, I still plan to work with Hay’s affirmation for healing. Spirit is telling me that ironically the fear that my knees held was fear of falling. That is a fear and focus I will definitely work on releasing. I don't need to manifest that again!

Interestingly Hay notes that injuries to the wrist represents issues with movement and ease, and her affirmation refers to handling all experiences with wisdom, love, and ease. As we have gone through the ups and downs of this year, I'm sure most of us I had some change in direction in life, and I have become curious about my own. As Spirit reminded us at the beginning of the year (see Angel Messages for Each Month of 2025 - Part 2) one of the major lessons for most of us is to enhance our trust in Spirit. Perhaps my wrist is reminding me about that as we move forward into the second half of this year. My body is giving me this quiet time of reflection to determine what that new direction if any should be.

Another message that my body brought me was about balancing the Divine Masculine and

Divine Feminine energy that I hold. As I pondered the significance of my injuries being on the right side of my body which is the masculine side, Spirit showed me a block of energy in my right injured knee. The message I received was that the injury released the masculine energy that I had been holding onto which no longer served me. Interestingly, as I recalled my daily morning meditation, I could see that energy flowed freely through the left side of my body, but it was restricted through the right leg. However, since the fall there is now energy flow through the right leg. I am grateful the fall released that block. Do you have specific injuries or illnesses that might be speaking to you? Have you ever wondered what your body is trying to tell you?

The last lesson that has become evident is for me the biggest one. Reflecting on this last week with my best and dearest friend, what became clear for me again was that for the majority of my life my sense of self-value has been rooted in what others think and feel about me. My source of self-worth has been external. I have always worked hard at everything I've done in life and the deep underlying driver was the hope that others would see how valuable I was. Spirit is giving me this time now to remember that what is most important is that I value myself. Just as I have always told my children, it doesn't matter what others think about me. What is most important is what I think and feel about myself. In this year of moving to become more heart centred I still have a little bit of work to do to anchor that feeling of self value in my heart. So, I am working on it! What about you? How do you feel about your value, about your worth?

The Mother Earth Connection

But wait you might ask. What about the face-to-face contact with Mother Earth herself? As hard as my two falls were, what is amazing is that my face’s contact with the ground was fairly gentle. In recalling both falls it was as if the momentum slowed so that my face came to gently kiss the earth. Indeed, one of my “Spiritual buddies” told me she had a vision of two angels softly lowering me to the ground with each fall. So why the face-to-face contact at all? The suggestion I have received from my Spiritual friends and the information that has come to me from Spirit tells me that Mother Earth had something for me. I wasn't spending enough time in direct contact with her, so this was how she had to get that energy transfer to me. I am not sure yet what message was in that energy transfer and perhaps it will never be very obvious. It may be something that I just needed to integrate into my system as I change and transform. So, a quick word of advice, spend as much time as you can in nature. Perhaps that's where you will find your quiet time. Whenever it is, try to spend time connecting by lying on the ground. That way Mother Earth may not feel the need to pull you to her as she did me. Wherever you are though, hear her messages and hear the messages Spirit is giving you.

A New Beginning

So as with every pause, we have the opportunity to start anew. The card pulled at the beginning of the year for this month is about celebration and new beginnings. Archangel Uriel is there to work with us bringing us brilliant epiphanies as we move forward in our transformation. He reminds us to follow our passion and opportunities will occur. He reassures us that our plans will workout perfectly. So, despite the escalating chaos in the world around us, grant yourself the gift of some quiet time to go within. Take inventory. Really acknowledge how far you've come this year. Look at your success and your strengths. What lessons have you learned and which ones are you still working on? Don't wait for the Universe to create that pause for you. Slow down and know that you can despite the frantic energy that surrounds us these days.

Spend some time listening to your body. Is it speaking to you? What is it saying? Give

yourself that reprieve that you deserve. You are worthy. You are worth taking the time to make a plan for this next leg of the journey. There is still work to be done in the last half of this year of transformation and Spirit wants you to take the time to prepare for it. There will be more challenges for you to overcome, more successes; more fears and belief systems to release because they no longer serve you; new opportunities, new gifts, and new directions to explore. But first stop and listen. Listen to your body. Listen to your intuition. Trust, heal, and let's take these next steps together.

Sending you love and light,

Marilyn

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