by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Sep 19, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
No Men Allowed? Only in the Yard.
The weekly Kat and Sheila show focuses on spirituality in current events and offers Tools for Daily Living. This episodefocuses on:
- turkey mothers raising their chicks on Kat’s property and there are no men allowed
- 9/11 in the news and in our hearts
- your Tarot Card for today and this lifetime
Reflections of 9/11
This week we remembered 9/11. It was a week of sorrow and sadness that has been painful for many families and friends across America and the world. However, it is okay to be joyful in the face of grief. It will add a positive vibration that will create balance to the world.
Tarot Card for 9/11 and 9/12
Is Septemer 12th your birthday or that of your best friend, lover or boss? Kat and Sheila discuss 9/12’s The Queen of Wands and the significance of the black cat sitting at her feet looking at the audience. The sunflower in her hand signifies life and is on both the Queen of Clubs playing cards and Queen of Wands Tarot Cards.
If life is a game of cards have you ever wondered what the Tarot Card is for September 11th.? The card for 9/11 is the King of Wands. The King is facing to the left so his focus is on the past.
Dreams:
We may have heard of a Recurrent Dream. But, what does it mean when your dreams are all different but have a recurrent theme? It may mean your inner-guidance or spirit guide is telling you the same thing in different ways to be sure you get the message because it is important. Keep a dream journal beside your bed and write down anything you remember about your dreams to help you figure out the recurring message. Ask your spirit-guides or guardian angels to give you more guidance in the dream to help you understand it. What is the dream theme? What animals, colors or numbers did you see?
Answering these questions will help you connect understand your dreams, connect with inner-guidance and live a more fulfilled life.
Join us every Monday evening 4:00pm PT which is 7 EST for more Spiritual Tools for Everyday Living.
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Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos is a three time breast cancer survivor whose dreams diagnosed her illness, TV/Radio Host/Producer of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod™ , Kat Kanavos Show on New Earth International, Patheos, Quora, Medium, and Internationally Syndicated Women’s Voices Magazine HOME & SOUL Columnist, International and Nautilus Award-winning Author/Lecturer who promotes patient advocacy and connecting with inner guidance, contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams & Premonitions, and Realities of Creation. Kat’s been featured in newspapers, American Express Open, on CBS News, and medical journals. Learn more @ www.KathleenOkeefeKanavos.com
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Sep 15, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
When we lose a limb we experience phantom body pain. When we lose a part of our spirit we experience phantom soul pain. They both hurt!” Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos
If you have “hit bottom” you are in a perfect place to begin again because there is nothing left to hold you back or keep you down. As cohost with Kelly Sullivan Walden of the radio show Dreams Unzipped it is my pleasure to discuss tips with you and share tales of Tears to Triumph offered by world-renowned guest Marianne Williamson.
When you were a child you may have had physical growing pains. Expanding limbs can create cramps, and aches. As adults, we forget that as long as there is life, there is growth even when the growing pains are of a different sort; emotional.
A child’s arms weighted down with precious toys are replaced by mature hearts overburdened with life.
We loved our childhood toys and when one disappeared we felt as though we had lost a piece of ourselves. A toy slept with and lost becomes so traumatic it may change sleep patterns. A lost adult relationship can do the same thing.
On the way to our adult “toy box” it is not unusual to lose something that brings us to tears. We suffer emotional phantom pain. So, how can we move from tears to triumph?
Mirror therapy used to help alleviate phantom limb pain from amputation can be modified to reestablish a connection with self to find the lost pieces of our life.
Mirror Box Therapy is an occupational therapy invented by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran that is comprised of a mirror box in which two mirrors in the center (one facing each way) helps alleviate phantom limb pain, in which patients feel they still have an amputated limb.
How can similar therapies treat dissimilar ailments when one is physical and the other is emotional?
Modified Mirror therapy discussed in detail during the radio show is a method to find and reconnect with what is truly important in life- you. It is an emotional therapeutic technique to reassess your priorities. It is difficult to ignore yourself or embellish on the truth when you are looking yourself in the eye. What a great way to get to know yourself better.
When a part of our spirit is lost we experience phantom soul pain. Journaling is a means of measurement. How will you know how far you have improved if you don’t know where you are right now? You may be pleasantly surprised when you read your journal and discover you are improved.
Like Mirror Box therapy the goal of Modified Mirror therapy is to reestablish a connection with self through the windows of your soul; your eyes. Using any mirror accomplishes this goal and is easy enough to do daily in the privacy of your home.
The next time you look in the mirror while brushing your teeth, combing your hair or getting dressed take thirty-seconds to look deeply into your eyes. Then, ask and answer these three questions:
1.) When was I the happiest in my life? When you feel joy from that memory of that moment you have found what was lost.
2.) What can I do to reestablish that happiness in my life now? If you feel excitement from the question you are reestablishing the connection by formulating a plan.
3.) How can I keep that joy safe? The answer to this question is an emotional protection mechanism. Once implemented it will help keep your love safe.
Ask your own questions. Modified mirror therapy is a bit like stepping through the Looking Glass into Alice’s Wonderland. If you look in the mirror and dare to ask, “How far down this darned rabbit hole filled with tears do I have to go?” Don’t be surprised if a voice from behind the windows of your soul answers, “How far down do you want to go? It’s your journey.”
The more truthful you are with yourself the quicker your will find your missing parts and the tears will turn to triumph.
CLICK LINK TO LISTEN: http://kellysullivanwalden.com/audio/MarianneWilliamsonShow.mp3
Photo credits: Poster created by co-host Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos for Dreams Unzipped
Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos is a three-time breast –cancer survivor whose dreams diagnosed her illness, TV/Radio Host/Producer of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod™ , Kat Kanavos Show, Nautilus Book Awards Radio Show, Internationally Syndicated Columnist, Award-winning Author/Lecturer who promotes patient advocacy and connecting with inner guidance, and contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul. Learn more @ www.KathleenOkeefeKanavos.com
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Apr 25, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
You have sent me many dream questions and I’ve been waiting for a rainy day to answer them. Well, it’s raining. So, I’ve shut off my cell phone and hung the Do Not Disturb sign on my door that I “borrowed” from a hotel room. In order to answer them all, I’ve created a dream series because I believe by reading the answers to the dreams of others we enrich our waking-life. Each section in the series will focus on answering your dream questions.
Today, your wildest dream questions are my main priority.
Your Question: When I wake up it feels like my dream just disappears. And, it seems like the harder I try the less I can remember. Sometimes I even know when I am dreaming that my dream is the same dream before that I forgot. Yet, when I wake up it is gone, again. Very frustrating! Can we train our brain to remember our dreams?
I feel your frustration as I read your questions. The good news is Yes! we can train our brain to remember dreams, just as we can train it to wake us at a certain hour every morning, or remember where we left those car keys when we threw open the front door and ran into the house to answer the telephone. It has to do with mentally retracing your steps.
You can learn to retrace your steps through your Sacred Dream Doors to find the keys to your dream message, even your wildest ones.
Here is how to start training your brain for sleep memory.
Our brains are so amazing they never stop surprising us. And your brain is extremely active in a different way when you are asleep. Dreaming is a complete brain activity. Why is it important to train yourself to remember your dreams? Have you ever meditated or prayed for help with a life challenge?
Your prayers may be answered in your dreams. You don’t want to miss that guidance do you?
Dreams are Sacred Doorways to Celestial Information that can impact your waking life. Remembering that information imparted through dreams is the key.
Remembering your dreams is as easy as 1-2-3-4-5.
Your dreams are an incredible tool that can help you overcome or work through any illness or crisis with guided healing information. The trick is remembering them.
Here are some tips and information to help you remember your dreams and connect with Inner-guidance for a healthier and more fulfilled life.
George Noory of Coast to Coast AM Radio interviewed Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos on prophetic dreams that diagnosed her breast cancer three times. The most important thing about the dreams was remembering them.
“Without dream memory there was no hope for life. Stage 4 breast cancer is considered a terminal stage. Yet, here I am writing this blog series, 12 years later. When the medical community missed my breast cancer all three times my dreams told me it was there and how to convince my doctors to test for it.”
During the show Kat Kanavos also discusses additional ways to remember your dreams. The actual link to the show is at the bottom of this information.
Here are five simple steps you can use tonight to help remember your dreams.
I.)Verbally voice your intention to remember your dream before you go to sleep.
II.) Keep a notebook beside your bed and when you awaken, write what you remember. Early-morning dreams are the easiest to remember. If you are having trouble remembering, lie down in bed in the same position you were in when you awoke, relax, and try to remember anything at all.
III.) Write down your feelings at the time you awoke if the dream still allusive -Happy, Sad, Frightened, Content or Anxious.
IV.) Write down any color that pops into your mind while trying to remember the dream.
V.) Give your dream a title, even if it’s The Dream Without a Name. If some part of the dream returns during the day, jot it down on a piece of paper and add it to your dream journal.
* If you do not have a dream journal download one for FREE by clicking this link. http://bit.ly/My-Free-Gift-to-You
Writing in your journal will help increase dream recall. Many clients have told me that they began to recall more dream content than they really cared for and felt flooded with it. It is okay. Their Sacred Dream doors opened and all the information that was locked away flooded out at first, then it slowed down to a manageable flow.
Over time your dreams will become longer as you begin to interface with yourself, your Inner-guidance, and your Spirit-guides.
We all have Spirit-guides. We are their job and they take their job very seriously. Remembering your guides is reconnecting with your true essence.
Meeting guides in your dreams is a wonderful step to a healthier and more fulfilled life. And they can help you remember your dreams by reminding you of a night dream during a Daydream.
If you have not done so already, set your intention tonight to remember your dreams and meet your Spirit-guides. They are waiting for you. It could make a big difference in your life because you will never feel alone, again.
Help others by sharing your personal steps for remembering your dreams in the comments.
Do you find dreams easier to remember in the morning or right after you fell asleep? Note that in your journal.
Resources:
Link to Coast to Coast Radio Show: Shemitah Cycles/ Healing & Dreams http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/o-keefe-kanavos-kathleen/74194
Medical journal: 2015 May-June Volume 11, Issue 3, pages 193-198 Warning Dreams Preceding the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: A Survey of the Most Important Characteristics http://www.explorejournal.com/article/S1550-8307%2815%2900034-8/abstract#
Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Cancerland-Intuitive-Aspects-Healing/dp/1879384965
ABOUT Dream Expert-Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos TV/Radio Host/Producer of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod® believes your DREAMS can diagnose your life. Author/Lecturer of Award winning, International bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing: which promotes patient advocacy & connecting with Inner-guidance through Dreams, Prayers & Meditations for success in Health, Wealth, & Love. Learn more @ www.AccessYourInnerGuide.com & download your free DREAM gift Access Your Inner Guide
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©2015 Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Apr 11, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
You have sent me many dream questions and I’ve been waiting for a rainy day to answer them. Well, it’s raining. So, I’ve shut off my cell phone and hung the Do Not Disturb sign I “permanently borrowed” from a hotel room on my door. In order to answer them all, I’ve created a dream series because I believe that by reading the answers to the dreams of others we enrich our waking-life. Each section in the series will focus on answering your dream questions.
Today, your wildest dream questions are my main priority.
Your Question: Are symbols and symbolism the same to everyone in every dream? Is there a trick to using a Dream Dictionary?
Although World renowned Psychiatrists Dr. Freud and Dr. Jung used Universal Archetypes present in dreams to see into the minds of their patients to better treat them, dream worlds are unique to the dreamer. In fact, your dream world is as unique to you as your fingerprints or DNA. What is frightening to one dreamer may be enlightening to another. Take the example of a large snake in a dream. It may be frightening to someone with a fear of snakes but may be the Kundalini to others more familiar with spiritual symbolism- the ultimate rising spiritual wisdom. If it is a rattle-snake it may mean there is a warning in the wisdom, “Don’t tread here,” just like the Texas state motto. Sometimes the symbolism can be a play on words.
Therefore, although dream dictionaries are usually based on universal archetypes and helpful, they can also be limiting. Learning your own dream language is the best way to interpret your dreams. I call it learning your Alice in Wonderland “Jabberwocky Talk.” Nonsense words (perhaps based on jabber) coined by Lewis Carroll, for the poem of the same name, which he published in “Through the Looking-Glass.” You hear the words and see the pictures but they don’t make sense until you learn your dream language.
Remember; just like any other foreign language, practice makes perfect.
If you still would like to check your personal definition of something in your dream against a dream dictionary do a search for “dream dictionary” using your favorite search engine, and pick one that appeals to you. You can also get one in print from your bookstore or order it online.
Dream dictionaries work just like regular dictionaries: you look up the symbol from your dream that you want to learn more about, and it gives you some background on what that symbol might mean for you.
As the dreamer becomes more in tune with their inner-guidance, they will learn their own dream language just as I learned mine. In my book SURVIVING CANCERLAND: The Intuitive aspects of Healing, I take dreams from my dream journal and show the reader exactly how to underline important words, figure out their meaning according to their context in the dream in order to understand the dream message.
I hope this helps to answers your incredible dream questions. Ask me anything in the comment box.
Join us for Your Wildest Dreams Revealed Series: #10- “Mom! My Teeth Fell Out!”
ABOUT Dream Expert Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos TV/Radio Host/Producer of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod® believes your DREAMS can diagnose your life. Author/Lecturer of Award winning, International bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing: which promotes patient advocacy & connecting with Inner-guidance through Dreams, Prayers & Meditations for success in Health, Wealth, & Love. Learn more @ www.AccessYourInnerGuide.com Download your free DREAM gift http://bit.ly/My-Free-Gift-to-You
(All pictures and quotes were used with permission from the guest or are owned by the author.)
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Apr 8, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
Perhaps you have heard the saying, “When nature calls, we must answer, or have an accident.” Well, what if answering nature is easier said than done? Here is a true story with a new twist to that old saying.
My cousin and I were backing out of the driveway in the golf cart on our way to lunch at the Country Club when I heard a phone ring. You know, the new cool ring-tones you download into your cell phone from iTunes or the Apple app store?
We looked at each other and asked at the same time, ”Is that your cell phone’s new ring- tone?”
As we both shook our head no, the phone rang again… in the tree beside the street.
As we looked up in the direction of the ring tone, looking down on us was a large Mocking Bird. To complete the joke he rang us one more time.
“Hello?” I answered to which the bird promptly flew away to mess with someone else’s head.
Nature is amazing and is always listening. It also seems to have a sense of humor.
The next time you hear an annoying cell phone that keeps ringing and you cannot locate its owner look up in the nearest tree. Nature may be calling.
Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos is a TV/Radio Producer/Host of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod™ and Author/Lecturer of the International multi-award-winning bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing which promotes patient advocacy and connecting with inner guidance for success in health, wealth, and love, Show Host on New Earth International, contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams & Premonitions, PATHEOS Blogger and Columnist to Women Voices Magazine: SOUL and HOME, Kat taught Special Education and Psychology. She has been featured in newspapers, on CBS News, in American Express Open, and published in medical journals. Learn more @ www.AccessYourInnerGuide.com http://www.patheos.com/blogs/aboveandbeyondthe5senses/
