Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving (officially!),

I hope you have a lovely, loving experience with friends and/or family today, and are mindful of all the blessings in your life. Remember, YOU are a blessing in many ways, too, and that’s no small potatoes (or yams, as the occasion may call for

I wanted to let you know that I have just created two new audio CDs, which are for sale on my website – one is called “Be Your Own Medium” which can help you learn to “go direct” and communicate with loved ones in Spirit; the other is “Ancient Chakra Toning Secrets” which will interactively help you learn to clear, tone & balance the seven major chakras for yourself and others! Both are available for just $23.99 (including shipping in the U.S.) or individually for $13.99. For ordering info, please click on:

www.cherylbooth.com/cd_offers.htm

I'll be in Phoenix, AZ from January 8th thru the 18, 2010 and have limited openings to see clients in person while there, for readings, hypnosis or Life Coaching. Email lifeofspirit@gmail.com for details!

I'm also offering Holiday Gift Certificates now through December 20, 2009 at Special Discounted Rates on ALL my services! Email me for details.

Many blessings to you as 2009 draws to a close. Let every day be a Holy Day – don’t forget to connect with Source to be reminded of who you are, and that you are loved.

Peace & Joyfulness!
Cheryl

Gray Skies are Gonna Clear Up (well, maybe not today)

Good day!

Just checking back in with my blog posts, "Twittering" actively, and contemplating my return to the states later this month.....also putting together trips to Portland, OR and Chicago for September, so if you're in either of those cities or know anyone who does live there and might like a reading, hypnotherapy or life coaching session with me in person, please have them email me at lifeofspirit@gmail.com Would love to send out particulars to interested parties!

It's a cloudy, gray day here in Stowmarket, Suffolk (in East Anglia, England) but that's not unusual. In the month that I've been here, I've been blessed to share lots of great blue sky weather, and I actually find the rain and gray pretty inspiring for writing (obviously) I'll be doing a Gallery (Group) reading at the local pub this Saturday night - in the back room, not in the same room as the bar! I've met some great folks on this trip - kudos to Fiona, my Bowen therapist (a wonderful body work/energy work modality) for helping me with my sciatica and other issues. You know, I find healers exist everywhere - in fact, there's a healer in you! Just depends upon your perspective. The ability to smile at a stranger and uplift their day - that's healing. Your dog or cat or any pet's empathy for your not feeling great or being in the best mood, but just sticking close by your side no matter what - healing. Sharing a laugh - VERY healing. So I encourage you to explore your own healing abilities and needs, and ACT upon them, my friend.

I spent some quality time in the local church yard yesterday before the skies opened up and poured down the blessed rain....I prayed for several people, including myself (why do we often forget to go direct to Source on our on behalf, but will do so willingly for everyone else?) and just got such a sense of peace, looking at the rose bush garden in front of me, the vast array of headstones in the surrounding cemetery - some dating back to the 1800s in various states of disrepair, but for the most part, still legible....the Norman style of the old church building itself set against the backdrop of an increasingly gray sky - all of this proved very comforting in many ways. The cows in the neighboring pasture seemed to agree :-) There are many footpaths here in this country, where pedestrians are welcomed to open the pasture gate and move across the land respectfully, preserving and observing the natural beauty. Something you don't see in the U.S. I find this to be a lovely custom. And while in many ways, I look forward to my return home, I also shall miss this land and plan to find my way back e'er long.

If you are feeling any type of unrest or unhappiness, I highly recommend finding some place in nature where you can escape and reconnect to SOURCE....if you don't happen to have a pasture nearby, a tree in a nearby park or even a flower box lining a busy city street can easily provide the solace and grounding you just might need. If you're an ocean lover but live waaayyy in-land, perhaps listening to a recording of ocean waves, and letting your mind go blank, then allowing your powerful imagination to paint a vivid (or tranquil - your choice) seascape along which you can lie or walk.....ahhhh......we forget how incredibly therapeutic and NECESSARY for the care and feeding of the soul going into the relaxation response is....indulge yourself, won't you? You'll be amazed at how refreshed you'll feel, even after just a few minutes. Longer is better, but five to ten minutes here and there is far better than none. In the words on the ancient Alka Seltzer commercial, "try it, you'll LIKE it!"

Enjoy! I'll check back soon.

Aloha, Namaste', and Shalom,

Cheryl
www.cherylbooth.com

Happy July from The Medium Abroad!

Hello!

It’s my pleasure to begin this blog, and my desire is that you will find it interesting and informative, and perhaps be inspired to start your own. As a writer, I believe this is one of the best venues avaialble today for us to share our thoughts and interact with like-minded souls.

I’ll be sure to announce when my vlog is up and running on YouTube, too (I plan to get this going by the end of this week) It will be called “Ask Cheryl Booth” and I’ll be addressing questions people email in to me at askcherylbooth@gmail.com So feel free to go ahead and send in your comments/questions – this is NOT going to be a site for FREE PERSONAL readings, however; rather a forum where I’ll deal with various topics of metaphysics, the paranormal, spirituality, etc. So please keep your questions geared along those lines rather than highly individualized, personal ones. [F.Y.I. If you want that type of reading, you can book a reading through my website, www.cherylbooth.com And it will be at my normal rate - did free readings for 3 years when I first started & paid my dues that way. Thanks!]

By the by, if you’re a writer, too, and have need of a ghostwriter or an excellent editor, that’s another field in which I work, and one that I love. Please send me any questions about your project(s), and we can discuss the possibilities. Your book/article/speech need not be metaphysical or spiritual – I love helping people with their autobiographies, novels, nonfiction books and much more. I wrote my “first book” (I believe it was 20 pages, hand-written on spiral notebook paper) when I was in third grade! lol I’m now a published author (see my website for details on my book Johnny Angel Is My Brother, A Psychic Medium’s Journey) and have contributed a chapter to a lovely book published in 2003 titled Feathers Brush My Heart, as well as a chapter in an upcoming A.R.E. Press release titled “Visits From Heaven” – I’ll share details once that’s in print.

Meanwhile, here’s an update on what’s going on with me right now:
2009 has proven to be quite an interesting year thus far. All throughout the month of May, I searched high and low in the Los Angeles area for a place to live. I’d been staying with an amazingly kind friend from high school (thank you, Patrick!) for six months, after moving into a situation prior to that which was filled with lots of high drama energy (my roomies seemed to thrive on that) Which brings up an interesting point – psychics often have a challenging time being psychic for ourselves! It’s much easier to stay objective and open to guidance/insight you receive for someone else than to trust the intuitive information you receive regarding any circumstances to which you have an emotional attachment – makes objectivity virtually impossible! So although I do receive many messages about various things which would be good (or not so hot) for me to check out, etc., this living situation was simply not one of those.

I searched all through Topanga Canyon, a gorgeous area of L.A. very close to Malibu – one of my favorite spots there – but to no avail. In other parts of town, I sought out guest houses to rent, because due to the nature of my work (readings, hypnotherapy, life coaching, writing) quiet and privacy are highly desireable. Because of our current economic situation, with many homeowners on the brink of losing their homes, at least three of the guest houses I would have liked were rented to people who showed up with three months’ rent (or more) in advance….thus helping the home owner catch up on past due mortgage payments, etc. I can’t blame them for jumping on that bandwagon, not one iota (as my mother was fond of saying….I have never really SEEN an iota, but believe it must be infinitesimally small) Very frustrated by this all, I had a bit of a temper tantrum (or to quote Mom again, a “hissy fit”) and stomped my foot at the Universe and anyone in Spirit who would listen, demanding help. And brother, it came forward in HUGE ways! Now, you might say, WHY would a temper tantrum cause support to come through? It wasn't a reward for bad behavior on my part - but my angels & guides made it clear to me it's part of MY makeup - an old belief system that before I can truly have what I want, I have to make my demands
C L E A R L Y. Speak up for what I need/want and then know I deserve it. You know, basic Law of Attraction 101 - I just know now I don't have to go through the tantrum part - merely to believe what I'm declaring I deserve. Life is a cabaret.... :-)

The very next day, I got in touch with a good friend who now lives in the Sacramento area. Jim and I used to have a musical duo back in the 1980s. We’d been out of contact for many years, but he found my website in 2008, and we’d been communicating since then. I explained my frustration to him, and he gently asked, “What do you think L.A. is trying to tell you, Cheryl?” Thinking back on the 2.5 years since I had moved back to L.A. from Phoenix (lived in AZ for 14 years off and on; in L.A. for nearly 10 years during the 1980s), I realized I had not been very happy being back. In fact, my original intent in returning to California had been to move to NORTHERN CA….but due to the house I was going to rent in Half Moon Bay getting “stuck” in the landlord’s ongoing rennovations, and lack of building permits to make them (something he conveniently forgot to share before taking my deposit) I wound up staying with friends in L.A., leaving almost all my stuff in storage. I did reconnect with some lovely friends from years back, and for that experience, I am most grateful.

During the time I was back in “Lost Angeles”, I auditioned for no less than three TV shows that were being developed around psychic themes. The funding went away for one of those, the other two decided to go with psychics who looked like models and were about 25 years old, rather than with me (someone who has NEVER looked like a model, but at one time was thin and considered pretty nice to look at!) – and who had 25 years of experience WORKING as a psychic….that’s Hollyweird for you – 99 percent of the time it’s about looks – the other 1 percent, if you’ve got enough $$ to pay your own way, they don’t care about looks! At any rate, Jim’s question about what L.A. was trying to tell me begged the answer, “Get out of town!” So when Jim and his girlfriend kindly offered me the opportunity to consider moving up and staying with them until I got more clarity, I thanked him and decided to muse upon it.

The very next morning I got a great invitation from a friend who’s been living in England, inviting me to come over for a visit before her work contact expired (when we surrender insisting on pursuing something akin to beating our head against a brick wall, isn’t it interesting how quickly things can move in a better direction?) Quick like a bunny, I assessed the funds I have put aside for moving and realized I didn’t have to be a brain surgeon in order to convert said funds into a roundtrip plane ticket to the U.K., plus a moving truck up to Sacramento and the procurement of a storage space there (much cheaper than L.A. storage – big surprise – NOT!) and, voila – starting June 1st, I was in the lovely suburb of Orangevale, my things moved into the storage space there, and staying with like-minded friends. I left for England on June 9th, arrived on the 10th, and for a first trip to Europe, it’s been GREAT! I’ve been to Landstuhl, Germany and Strasbourg, France….I’m currently back in Stowmarket, East Anglia, and will be doing a gallery/group reading here on Saturday night, July 11th.

Please Note: I can still do phone sessions for my clients back in the states while I’m here – I have one of those Magic Jack devices, which offers voice over internet phone service with an incredibly clear connection to the U.S., so if you would like a reading or hypnosis or life coaching session, that’s a “can do.” I’m planning on returning to Sacramento on July 22nd, then working on putting together biz trips to Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle and Portland starting in August through October….there’s a possibiliy I MAY be returning to the U.K. for a few months after that, which I would love….just waiting to see which way the wind blows me, so to speak.

I’ve also begun wrapping up my next book about past life regressions I’ve conducted – am seeking a literary agent and publisher, so if you are one of those, or KNOW someone who is, please get in touch & thanks in advance!

That’s it for now – rather a lengthy first post, but hey – it’s been a busy year! I’ll be checking back in with updates on a frequent basis….if you have questions for this blog and/or my vlog, please send those to askcherylbooth@gmail.com If you are a NEW client and would like to book a reading, hypnosis or life coach session, you can write me through my website, or just email lifeofspirit@gmail.com Mention this blog and you'll receive a first-time discount :-) Have an amazing day – be well & be happy!

Cheryl