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Breathe Love & Magic

Breathe Love & Magic

By: Ronnie Ann Ryan
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A magical mix of mystical methods including everything that works to live your best life, grow spiritually and maybe find love. Open your heart, expand your mind and connect with spirit to embrace the magic that is all around you.Copyright 2023 Breathe Love & Magic Social Sciences Spirituality
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  • Try These 5 Simple Mood Elevators To Feel Greater Peace

    Try These 5 Simple Mood Elevators To Feel Greater Peace
    Jun 25 2026
    Some days just suck and that’s okay. Here’s what you can do about it with simple these mood elevators. There will be times when a bad mood hangs around. Maybe something triggered you. It could be a cloudy day when you counted on sunshine. Or you might feel crummy or no reason at all. You just feel off. [Join me at the Intuition Cafe – the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays every month from 10 -11am ET for just $11/session.] Feeling Dysregulated A lot of people describe this as feeling dysregulated, which includes feeling anxious, irritable, overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, or just plain blah. The truth is there’s likely nothing truly wrong. You’ve had too much stress, too much news, too many demands. You haven’t had enough downtime or sleep. You’re overdue for some self-care. The good news? You don’t need therapy, a silent meditation retreat, or an appointment of any kind to feel more at peace. These five simple mood elevators are free, fast, and surprisingly powerful. I’m sharing them today because honestly, I’ve been in a mood myself for a few days and putting this together for you has already lifted my spirits. 1. Start Moving One of the fastest ways to lift your mood is to move your body, even for just a couple of minutes. Go outside, especially if it’s sunny. Fresh air and natural light work quickly to shift your emotional state. But even a rainy day has its benefits. Rain actually reduces an overabundance of positive ions that are absorbed from electronics and screens. Walking in the rain, taking a shower, or spending time near moving water like a stream or the ocean helps clear that energetic overload. Other easy options: Put on your favorite music and dance around the room for three minutesTake a short walk around the blockDo a few minutes of stretchingTry just three yoga poses Get physical, even briefly, and watch how quickly things start to shift 2. Stop Arguing with Reality When you’re in a bad mood, your mind can drift to unhappy thoughts. Then you might think you shouldn’t feel this way. Or other people have it worse and even things aren’t really that bad. But pushing your feelings away doesn’t make them go away. It suppresses them, and that’s not good for your emotional health long-term. The faster path to feeling more at peace is actually to own what you’re feeling. Face it. Accept it. Don’t make yourself wrong for it. When you acknowledge your feelings, even the uncomfortable ones, that’s often the quickest way to move through them and come out the other side. 3. Find One Tiny Thing Going Your Way Okay, this might feel difficult, but the truth is EVERYTHING is not bad. Even on your worst days, something is working in your favor. You don’t need to drag out you gratitude journal or make a list of 20 things. Just noticing one positive thing will be a solid mood elevator. Did you eat a good lunch? Find something on sale? Pay your bills and have a little left over? Hit a string of green lights? (One of my personal favorites!) These tiny moments count. I’ll share one that happened to me just yesterday. A client I coached a few years ago texted to say he got engaged. He was a sweet guy who struggled with social anxiety around dating, and we worked together to find some simple solutions. He sent me their happy engagement photo and said it wouldn’t have happened without me. I left him the most choked-up voicemail. That moment brought me completely to tears in the best heart-filled way. Finding even one thing that’s going your way shifts your brain out of fight or flight mode and into a place of greater peace and joy. Try it right now. 4. Call a Funny Friend As I was sitting down to write this episode, my phone rang. It was my friend Tammy. She has this gift for finding the humor in everything. We ended up reminiscing about our 20s, when we’d get together every Thursday night to listen to new music and dance in my living room. Laughing with someone who knows you well is one of the most a powerful mood elevators. If you have a friend with a good sense of humor, call her. Tell her your moody little story. Find the humor in it together. Nostalgia is genuinely uplifting. That’s why people love a good stroll down memory lane. Childhood stories, old shared jokes, funny memories are all good stuff, and can absolutely raise your spirits. Who could you call right now? 5. Create a Moment of Delight This is a fun one. What’s one small, easy thing that’s guaranteed to bring a little joy back into your day? Here’s mine – mascara. I stopped wearing mascara during COVID. Who was I going to see? But this year I started putting it on again every single day, just for me. When I catch myself in the mirror now, I smile. Those long dark lashes make me feel pretty and more youthful. That’s a genuine moment of delight, and it costs almost nothing. Here’s another one. I recently discovered a brand of sugar-free chocolate made with allulose that tastes just like the real ...
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    18 mins
  • Is There A Risk Relying On AI Vs. Your Own Intuition?

    Is There A Risk Relying On AI Vs. Your Own Intuition?
    Jun 18 2026
    You ask AI what’s the best brand of supplement, how to handle a tricky conversation, or whether to take the job. But what about your own inner wisdom? When was the last time you paused and asked yourself first? I’m not picking on AI or telling you not to use it. However, it’s important to tune into your inner wisdom, so it doesn’t slip into the background from lack of use. It’s like use it or lose it baby. Why We’re Outsourcing More Decisions Than Ever People have always looked outside themselves for guidance to experts, religious leaders, therapists, coaches, and even psychics, and astrologers. That’s nothing new. But AI has changed the speed of that outsourcing dramatically. Author, entrepreneur, and podcast host Tim Ferriss recently shared a transparent peak into his business. His book sales dropped over 40% in 2025 and a jaw-dropping 50% again so far in 2026. His explanation? People are skipping how-to books and long- form YouTube videos in favor of instant AI answers. This isn’t just a publishing problem. It’s a signal. We are increasingly moving away from anything that takes time. For decades we’ve had drive-through coffee, apps for finding love, and now there’s telehealth calls. But what are we missing when we skip just sitting with something and taking our time with it? Are we handing over big life decisions to something that compiles other people’s experiences rather than relying on your own? The Hidden Cost of Decision Fatigue Research suggests the average adult makes 35,000 decisions every single day. Just ordering a coffee involves cup size, hot or cold, caffeine, sweetener, milk type, and flavorings. No wonder we’re exhausted! Decision fatigue is real, and that overload pushes many of us to skip the natural process of seeking inner guidance, especially for big issues. When you’re depleted, it makes sense to look for something to ease the burden. AI is right there, fast and seemingly limitless. But that speed has a cost in terms of trusting yourself and your own inner knowing. Information and Inner Wisdom Are Not the Same This is the heart of the matter. Information is fast, external, and tells you what other people know. AI gather this information and can deliver it in seconds. On the other hand, inner wisdom is personal, earned through your lived experience, and requires time, awareness, and reflection to emerge. That is something AI will NEVER provide. For thousands of years, wisdom required effort. People took on apprenticeships, learned religious or spiritual practices, spent time in self-reflection, experienced trial and error and these paths often took years. But today, information arrives instantly. The question is are you trading the slow accumulation of wisdom for the quick hit of information? And what might you have lost as a result? 4 Things AI Cannot Do For You AI is a genuinely powerful tool for brainstorming, research, and saving time. But there are things it simply cannot tell you: Which opportunity feels right for your lifeWhether a relationship is for your highest goodWhat your soul is nudging you towardWhat you truly want in your heart of hearts The danger isn’t that AI will replace your intuition. The danger is that you’ll skip it even after gathering information to make your final decision. This will eventually erode trust in yourself over time. A Personal Story About Self-Trust At the end of my corporate career, I took a layoff package instead of taking a position in another division of General Foods. That place was draining me of my life force. In fact, I had a recurring dream that ended one night with coming home from a business trip to find my apartment emptied out. The only thing remaining was a burned-out neon clock that had stopped working. This same clock was in my real life office. Finally, I understood I was burned out, time was up, and so I walked away. Leaving with a seven-month package, I had no plan except talking to vendors, peers, and marketing executives. I had my astrology chart done and read What Color Is Your Parachute? which was a popular self-help book on finding work you love. None of it told me what would come next. Looking back, what I find interesting is that I didn’t discover my next chapter because I found the answer. My future unfolded because I gave it room to emerge. Within six months, former colleagues started calling asking for freelance help. That became a twelve-year career freelancing for big marketing agencies with brands like AT&T, Chase Bank, and Jack Daniels. The work was on my own terms, often just four days a week. My father joked with his friends that I was semi-retired because of that schedule. That’s the difference between information and wisdom. Information shows us possibilities. Wisdom helps you recognize which possibility is right for you. And the more you connect with your intuition, the more you trust yourself because of it. Midlife Wisdom Is Powerful By midlife, you have decades of ...
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    23 mins
  • Conversation With The Garden Beings

    Conversation With The Garden Beings
    Jun 11 2026
    It’s gardening season again! Have you ever considered talking to plants and wondered if they’d respond? That’s what you’ll discover in this post – surprising messages and insights from the plants in my garden. I’m not one of those people who can’t wait to get my hands in the dirt. I don’t love digging holes or weeding. I do enjoy planting small seedlings and flowers because that goes quickly and you see fast results. Hey, that’s who I am. I love fast results! But there’s another reason I look forward to gardening season and one that has nothing to do with the physical labor. I talk to my plants. And, they talk back. Dahlias Started It All The first time a plant talked to me was when I bought my first home which was a townhouse. I filled the tiny front porch with colorful flowers and a pot on every step leading to the front door. As I removed the first dahlia from its starter pot, I heard a voice… “Plant me in a good-sized pot because I’m going to grow really BIG!” The voice was high-pitched, gleeful, and absolutely adorable. I was totally shocked. A little freaked out but pleasantly surprised. That was my first experience of clairaudience and talking to plants and that’s how I started having little chats with them. How I Connect with Garden Spirits I do get a thrill from seeing plants grow, filling garden boxes, and producing vegetables for our meals. But besides the growth, I look forward to talking with the plants and nature spirits. It’s better to connect while it’s warm and plants are green and growing, rather than dormant in the winter cold. I do my best to start every gardening session by sitting quietly and connecting with the spirits of the garden. I call forth the plant divas, the overlighting land angel, and the local elementals. With my eyes closed and palms up on my lap, I open to these energies. I often see energy swirls behind my eyelids and a big smile plants itself on my face. Then I move into gratitude and ask to communicate, cooperate, collaborate, and co-create with the garden spirits and plants. I call this the “four C’s”, words that came to me naturally in that space of connecting. I’ll admit I sometimes forget and start pulling weeds before I’ve connected. That’s when I stop, sit down, and begin the ritual properly. It does amaze me how easily I can slip back and forth between a human doing and a human being. What the Squash & Cucumbers Told Me On one particular Sunday, I completed the four C’s and got ready to plant squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes. I felt strongly that the squash and cucumber plants wanted to communicate, so before pulling them from their starter pots, I sat with them and asked if they had something to tell me. They did. The squash told me not to plant the seedlings too close together because they need space. The cucumbers explained they need less water than the squash. Both were happy about growing up the wire fence, which keeps their leaves off the dirt and minimizes disease. But what really surprised me was the squash plant’s sheer enthusiasm. The voice I heard was exuberant and joyful. That expression of excitement was absolutely thrilling to receive. After planting, I moved on to weeding. Grass tends to sneak into the beds and the roots hold on tight. As I struggled, a thought came to me. Apologize for removing them and ask them to let go easily. So I did. They came out of the dirt with ease, eliminating the struggle. Who would have thought to ask? String Beans Whispers Years ago, my string bean plants were growing like wildfire — vibrantly green, climbing their strings like Jack’s beanstalk. But there were no flowers, which meant no beans. I decided to ask the plants. They didn’t have much to say at first, but then I heard two whispered words: “wood ashes.” I had no idea what that meant, so I Googled it. Turns out, over-fertilized plants get too much nitrogen, which makes them grow wildly but prevents flowers and fruit. As luck would have it, we’d just had a fire, so I swept up the ashes and sprinkled them around the plants. A few weeks later, the vines were loaded with flowers and we ended up with a bumper crop. The plants know what they need. Basil Plants Taught Me Not to Doubt One summer my two basil plants were being attacked by insects I couldn’t see. They looked a bit dreary. I bought organic spray and an extra plant just in case. Then in July, all three took off like crazy, turning into thriving bushes over three feet tall. In August, as I harvested basil to make pesto, the plants spoke: “You were worried about us but we turned out well. You doubted our ability. Never doubt us again.” The following summer the exact same thing happened. But this time I knew better and once again, they flourished. How Arugula Encouraged Self Trust The last story has to do with arugula plants. This plant does better in cooler weather. But they will grow all summer. I wanted to cut them back, so they ...
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    18 mins
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