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What Does an Intuitive Counselor Do?

Referred by colleagues in the healing arts, prospective clients often contact me without really knowing what an intuitive counselor can do for them. Struggling with health concerns, depression, anxiety, or detachment from their everyday lives, few of them realize that their symptoms may be a call for them to access the deep inner self. I have found that each individual is rich in symbolic language. Just as we collectively interpret a red light to mean, ‘Stop!’ any form of discomfort can be a sign from our spirit to cease regular activity. A headache or a panic attack may be an urgent message, just as important to one’s safety and wellbeing as a stop sign. What is the message? That’s to be determined.

Archetypes

Archetypes as a Helpful Tool

***Please take a moment to look at the Archetypal Analysis that I offer.***

As an Intuitive Counselor, it is my job to provide my clients with tools and an environment for them to explore how their symbolic or archetypal landscapes translate into something they can understand and use to make their lives more efficient and full of meaning. I do this in many ways. The main tenant I work by is that I give validity to the symbolic and credence to the unseen and un-rational. Some of the tools I use are those I mentioned above. I offer my clients an Archetypal Analysis which consists of using Archetypes intuitively chosen that are ‘thrown’ onto the Astrological wheel of houses. This tool was developed by Caroline Myss and is described in her book Sacred Contracts. The interpretation of this evaluation is a spring board for a deepening into the self and we can follow up with regular visits to enhance the process using conversation, goal setting, and Hellerwork which is a process model that uses structural bodywork, movement and awareness education. It is imperative to include all the systems of the self when exploring the world of the archetypes. Caroline Myss has a saying that has always resonated with me, “Your biography becomes your biology”. It is my experience that any work we do on the Physical translates in some way to the Mental, Emotional or Spiritual and visa versa; in any order. The process is enhanced 100 fold when we acknowledge all of the self.

Relationships

When Love Beckons You: an Essay on Marriage

By Kim Illig and Dennis Mead-Shikaly

Marriage is when a community comes together to witness, support and bless a couple who have made the intentional decision to spend the rest of their life together.

Marriage always has been a sacred institution cross culturally. More recently however, its social significance, structure, and meaning have undergone radical inquiry and change, particularly in our culture. Statistically, the sanctity of it is no longer held in as high regard. Some marry and find themselves unable or unwilling to stay when they realize the amount of work that it takes.

Parenting

Conscious Parenting

I have had the blessed opportunity to work with quite a few parents in my capacity as a personal spiritual director and an intuitive counselor. What comes up more often than not in our conversations is an attitude of parenting that we are calling conscious parenting. Everyone that has passed my way has a desire to be aware of how they manage their lives. Parenting is a very opportunistic vehicle to use in cultivating that awareness or consciousness.

Self Improvement and Motivation

When I think of the roadblocks to succeeding in self improvement, staying consistently motivated toward attaining my goals is one roadblock that can so easily knock me off the wagon. Lack of motivation is probably the biggest stress factor in personal growth.

It’s getting to understand how motivation works within you that is the key, actually. What I would like to share are some key points that have assisted both me and my clients in understanding our relationship with motivation.

Health

How Intuitive Counseling Can Help with Health Problems

An Interview with Intuitive Therapist Kim Illig

By Jaleh

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Do you frequently feel physically or emotionally unhealthy? If you answered, “yes” then intuitive counseling could be beneficial for you. To help understand what intuitive counseling is and how intuitive counseling can help you with your healthy problems, I have interviewed intuitive therapist Kim Illig.

Growth

Spiritual Growth on Vacation

I remember hearing from a dear spiritual teacher of mine, many years ago, that summer was the time for personal spiritual growth work. I cannot, for the life of me, remember what the time was for any other season, so that must mean that it meant something meaningful for me. 🙂 I know that I was curious as to how that was supposed to work; at the time my young daughter was in school and summer meant that, as ‘The Mom’, my job description included scheduling her time while she was out of school for the summer holidays. How was I supposed to concentrate on my spiritual growth when the organizing aspect of parenting was in full swing in the summertime? At the time I assessed that since my wise and wonderful teacher didn’t have children, she may not have had the full picture as to how full summer was for parents!

Self Help

Managing Overwhelm in Our Everyday Life

(printed in the New Spirit Journal March 2007)

In addition to the stress of our everyday lives – family, jobs, finances, we also witness world events like hunger, AIDS, war, and natural disasters. It can be overwhelming to our emotional, physical and mental well-being when we consider all that is going on in our lives and the world. As a Certified Intuitive Counselor, I work with many people who are trying to deal with feelings of overwhelm, frustration, and helplessness caused by events in their lives or in the world.

Compassion

Managing a Compassionate Life

(printed in the New Spirit Journal October 2008)

If you believe a spiritual life is part of being a balanced person in this world and are already on your path, you know cultivating compassion is part of the journey. There are a number of great books out there on the value of compassion, but integrating a pragmatic approach into your everyday life often feels much more complicated than the books might lead you to believe.

Uncategorized

Two Wolves and Global Warming

There’s a wonderful story that has been attributed to the Native American Cherokee Indians. The story is about a boy who notices that his grandfather wears a beautiful pendant that is a wolf with two heads. When he asks his grandfather what the two headed wolf pendant means, his grandfather stops what he is doing and sits down with his grandson. He tells his grandson that life has many difficult times. The grandfather tells the boy that when these times occur it is as if there are two wolves battling inside him. One is very angry, aggressive and acts out of fear. This wolf wants to fight, control the situation and be right all the time. The Other is very compassionate, collaborative and acts out of love. This wolf loves life, is respectful of self and other and lives in peace. These two wolves are always in conflict. The little boy asks, “Dear Grandfather, which wolf wins?” And the grandfather replies: “Dearest son of my son, the wolf that wins is the one I feed’.

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