2013 Preview and Why I’m Raising My Rates

An overhauled version of this website will be available January 1, 2013. You may not “see” the difference, but you’ll certainly “feel” the difference: This overhaul will be of all my content, as I still really like the steely and sparkly look of my site overall.

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Location, location, location… Why where you read is important

My card of the day pulls last week had a very similar theme. They related directly to the weather phenomena we were experiencing in New York. If you’ve been living under a rock, you are one of the few people that haven’t heard of Superstorm Sandy that tore through many places (including the Eastern Coast) a few weeks ago.

This direct correlation of card interpretations to the weather surprised me, because usually when I pull my card of the day, it corresponds to more intellectual or personal situations and not what Mother Nature is doing. Normally I select my card of the day when I’m sitting in front of the computer… Continue reading »

Billy Joel, Narcissism, and Tarot Readings

“And you can speak your mind, but not on my time.”—Billy Joel, “My Life”

My friend told me about the time she went to a psychic that had been highly recommended by a friend of hers. This person swore up and down how good she was… how accurate. My friend had no reason to distrust her friend’s recommendation.

So she went into the reading expecting to be read by a professional and accurate reader… and wound up hearing all about the psychic’s life and not her own!

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What LUSH Taught Me About Brand Dynamics and Tarot

What did my favorite skincare company teach me about my tarot biz? Read on to find out.

Once again, a “wisdom from the shower” post.

After my whole stint becoming a B-Schooler, I’ve been paying a lot of attention to brands, what I like about my favorite ones, and what I can do to incorporate everything I love about them into my own business. One such company (and this is why it’s a “bathroom wisdom” post) is LUSH.

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Your Clients Are Not Your Friends

It’s a controversial headline for a blog post, I know. But the summation of a lot of my boundary lessons from the last year have accumulated in this assertion: your clients are not your friends. I’m not saying that it’s impossible to cultivate good relationships with your clients, but I am saying that over familiarity may not be what you want.

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