AINSLIE’S BLOG
Why We Write
My next book is currently in the hands of my editor, and I’m looking forward to its publication a couple of months from now. It’s been a long time coming, and I’m feeling a huge sense of relief, now that the hardest part is done. But it’s left me wondering why the...
Immigration Policies and Karma
If you've been following current events here in the U.S., I'm sure it won’t surprise you to hear there’s a connection between our current immigration policies and karma. With all the horrific news stories and images of children being locked up in cages far from their...
Suicide and Your Soul
In the wake of his suicide, I’d planned to write about the life and death of Anthony Bourdain, but my Spirit Guides felt there was little I could do to add to the conversation about this inspiring old soul. Instead, they asked me to write an...
Avoiding a Life of Disappointment
You’re here to live the life your soul intended. And when you don’t, it creates a major sense of disappointment that your soul will carry from this life to the next. Two years ago, my client, Vicki, lost her husband prematurely to cancer. She asked me to contact him,...
The Ego Has Landed
What Happens When Your Soul and Conscious Mind Separate Your soul perceives mind, body, and spirit, not as three separate parts, but as one. And that’s why the ideal condition for any of us is when all three elements are operating in harmony. The balance between mind,...
Stephen Hawking: An Old Soul and a Life Well Lived
Farewell, Stephen Hawking. You were an especially inspiring old soul. I’ve been asked quite a few questions about Stephen Hawking following his death. Did he choose to spend his life in a wheelchair? Was he an old soul? Did he achieve what he came here to do? There’s...
You Always Have Options
Why You’re Never as Powerless as You Think While preparing for this month's Soul World class, I was talking with my Spirit Guides about how to approach the theme of spiritual investigations from a place that would empower members. My Guides' told me to remind them...
Getting Unblocked in 2018
It’s the beginning of a new year and you’re all fired up to make big changes. You’re motivated and ready, confident that this is the year you actually follow through on all the promises you’ve made to yourself. But how often have you begun the year with optimism and...
The Thomas Hill Affair
In 1991, Clarence Thomas was nominated for the Supreme Court. If you’re old enough to remember his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, you can probably recall how his onetime assistant, Anita Hill, came close to losing him his appointment after...
Predatory Behavior and Spirituality
If there’s one good thing to come from recent attention given to the behavior of sexual predators like Roy Moore, Harvey Weinstein, and Louis C. K., it’s that it will lead to victims of abuse feeling safer to go public with their stories. You don’t need a psychic to...
Dreaming Big
This week in the Soul World, the Spirit Guides asked members what they dreamed of having in their lives. Not surprisingly, for a bunch of older souls, the dreams were not so much materialistic as they were more spiritually fulfilling. Family, travel, love, and...
Planet Earth Needs You
This is an important and timely message that the Spirit Guides want me to share with you about how planet Earth needs you now. Fire in the wild is rejuvenating, and is part of the natural cycle of life. Our forests are renewed through its cleansing effect. But when it...