Throughout the ages, people havew gathered while quilting, sewing, scrapbooking...it might have been called a crop or a stitch & bitch circle or just another evening in the castle. In Empath Haven, we cdall it a PLAYDATE! Play is the pathway to getting out of overwhelm. That's scientifically proven, btw - not just from my own love of delight. It's almost time for our monthly playdate! What's that, you ask? It's a time to come have fun. - maybe doing a puzzle - maybe painting - maybe decorating your planner - maybe making cards or journals - maybe doogling - maybe doing needlework - maybe simply taking a break and chatting It's always fun. Join us at the playdate at noon Central! Check the calendar for your local time.

It's time to celebrate YOU. Share your WINS - large and small. - Live life on your terms? - Do something to take care of YOU? - Start offering a new product? - Play? - Get a new client? - Take a break / nap when you needed it? - Make a sale? - Hold a boundary? 👎Share based on your comfort level in the comments!👎

Buckle up, buttercup! REMINDER: You're welcome to download the image for this week if you like. Just click on it and choose the down arrow in the upper right next to the X. ⚡ 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗬: 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 Well, friends, we're still in the thick of it. Venus is retrograde in Libra. Mercury just turned retrograde in Scorpio on October 24. That gives us TWO personal planets apparently backing up through the cosmic parking lot at the same time. 😆 And yet retrogrades are not a command to panic. They are excellent invitations to REVIEW. Revisit communications. Re-check plans. Look again at assumptions. Make sure the details are where you thought you left them. Notice what becomes visible when you stop rushing forward long enough to look behind you. This week also brings some genuinely challenging lunar and planetary weather, including a long Tuesday Moon Void of Course, Mercury square Mars on Friday, another VOC on Halloween, and a conflicted Third Quarter Moon Sunday. So: awareness on. Agency intact. Tongue occasionally placed behind teeth before deployment. 😂 🐿️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟 🥜 ⚡ Overall intensity: HIGH — challenging, but useful for review 🔥 Monday: Taurus Moon square Mars + Sun square Pluto; mind reactions and power struggles 🌫️ Tuesday: nearly 11-hour daytime VOC + Moon opposite Mercury + square Jupiter 💬 Wednesday: Gemini Moon + supportive aspects; catch your breath and connect 🌊 Thursday: mixed weather + roughly 4½-hour afternoon/evening VOC 🏠 Friday: Cancer Moon + Sun trine Moon, but Mercury square Mars says THINK before speaking 🎃 Saturday: Halloween + Moon trine Mercury, square Venus + nearly 7-hour VOC 🌓 Sunday: Third Quarter Moon + DST ends in the U.S. + mixed supportive/challenging aspects ✨ Overall theme: REVIEW before REACTING 🌌🌌🌌 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻, 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀: 🌌🌌🌌 🔥 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟲 We start the week with the Moon still in Taurus, and Monday has some bite. The Moon squares Mars, while the Sun squares Pluto. Mars can bring speed, heat and quick reactions into the picture. If you notice yourself becoming irritated faster than usual, that's useful information. It does not mean you have to hand the microphone to the irritation.

I'm thrilled that @Gillian Binet has just joined our quirky corner of the internet! She's brilliant in helping you turn Dusty old assets into something bright and shiny and wonderful. She also has a system for virtual assistance and I'm sure she can tell you all about that if you would like to know I know her from a couple of other communities that I'm in, and I'm delighted she's here. So please let's help her feel welcome

Some of you may read this and think it's just more toxic positivity, but it is not. What if you imagine that something wonderful what happened in your day. You don't know what it will be. You don't know when it will happen. But what happens if you set up a positive expectancy for the day.But what happens if you set up a positive expectancy for the day? Something in our brain is called the reticular activating system. Basically, it means that when you're looking for something, it will run around and show you examples of that. If you're looking for a particular type of car, you will suddenly see so many of them on the roads that it will surprise you. If, on the other hand, you stub your toe in the morning and decide that there goes the rest of the day it's all going to be downhill from here, you're a little reticular activating system will dutifully show you everything that's going wrong or is broken or has gone sideways. So, each of us gets to choose the outlook. I prefer to lean into something wonderful happening today. And at the end of the day, I can look back and find some wonderful things Today, this gorgeous view of interesting clouds captivated my imagination. It was a little challenging to get a photo because of the position of the sun and not wanting to burn out my phone's camera on the sun! But I managed to get this beautiful shot. Other wonderful things today... Emmi give nuggets kisses. The cats played and had such a wonderful time. I enjoyed crafting and playing with paper. All wonderful things and the day isn't over yet. So, what if you tried this outlook for yourself? What wonderful things might your brain show you? Will you try it? Drop a comment and let us know.