Staying sane in the Wood Snake Year: Make it a GREAT morning

As we’ve written about HERE, HERE and HERE, this Wood Snake Year is certainly living up to its promise— and we’re all feeling the effects just a few short months in!

So, I decided it was high time to tap the incredible community of clients, collaborators and friends around our work here at TOTEM and The Skeptical Shaman podcast to bring all of us short, snackable, and human-scaled tips and tricks to stay sane in this Wood Snake Year!

In this video, I chat with the talented and *very lovely*

Nicole Foos

of NVision and chat about her incredible jewelry, sculpture, and much, much more. In this discussion, Nicole shares her long and inspiring journey TO creativity (and creating awesome stuff), as well as her simple, daily trick to make it a good morning— and, as a result, a better and more creative day.

The long and the short of it? Spending just a few minutes of quiet contemplation in your morning BEFORE grabbing your phone, checking your email, or GOD FORBID looking at social media or the news can completely transform the rest of your day— and open up new fonts of creative and spiritual inspiration. Pull a few tarot cards. Take note of the cycle of the moon. Check in with your body and the elements that comprise it.

Sounds simple, I know. But, as we’ve been exploring in this Surviving the Wood Snake series, simplicity can be very powerful.

You can learn more about Nicole and her art and jewelry via these links:

• IG: @nvisionbynicolefoos

• Other IG: @nvisionbynicolefoossculpture

• Website: http://www.nvisionbynicolefoos.com

• Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NVisionbyNicoleFoos

And, if you’re curious about what we do here at TOTEM— or how to work with me 1:1— check out these links:

• Website: https://www.totemreadings.com

• Linktre.ee: https://linktr.ee/totemrach

• The Skeptical Shaman Podcast:

• The TOTEM Flower Essence Deck: https://a.co/d/gw16LsG

• The TOTEM Tarot Deck: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1492934343/the-totem-tarot-deck

• The TOTEM Flower Essences: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TotemReadingsATX

• TOTEM Spiritual Transformation Coaching: https://www.totemreadings.com/coaching

• TOTEM Business of Woo Mentoring: https://www.totemreadings.com/business-of-woo

Stay tuned— more of these discussions are to come here on Substack!

And, as always, thank you all for your support and engaging (and additive) comments— looking forward to keeping the conversation going!

-Rachel