Thanksgiving

November is nearly gone. That happened fast. I have had the busiest and most interesting fall. It's been fun and frantic.

My fall plans were to teach one Law of Attraction class, one Law of Attraction II class and one Psychic Development class, along with as many readings and healings as I could squeeze in. Since I'm still working a full-time job, that was going to be plenty. As those classes came to an end I had so many requests for more classes that I decided not to take the six week break I had planned to take. Instead I taught a weekend version of the Law of Attraction that was incredibly fun and a Psychic Development class.

I'm so glad that I decided to teach these two classes. What I have discovered is that I love teaching. It fulfills a need in me that I didn't realize was there. I still have 3 more weeks of Psychic Development and I'm truly looking forward to seeing what fun things these 6 women will learn about themselves.

Without a doubt, my favorite, my absolutely favorite thing to do is readings. Sitting across from someone that I have never met, someone that I know nothing about, and be able to connect them with loved ones who have passed to the other side is something so gratifying to me that I truly don't have the words to describe it. I am blessed beyond words and I want you to know that I am thankful for my gifts every moment of every day of my life.

These are some of the things that I'm thankful for this year. What are you thankful for?

Fall is Here

October 1. How did that happen so fast? I can't believe how September just disappeared from sight for me. I'm sitting in my healing room, which is on the second floor of my home. My desk faces the window and I'm looking out over the tops of the other homes in my neighborhood. The trees are beginning to turn color. There is one at the end of my the cul de sac that is a beautiful red and orange color. It's surrounded by trees that haven't begun to change yet so it stands out.

I know how it feels and I bet a lot of you do too. To stand out from others. I used to hate that feeling. I wanted to belong. I wanted to be just like everyone else. I wanted to dress like everyone else and wear the same hair style and have the same makeup. All of my accessories needed to be the same as everyone else. Then I discovered the freedom of being an individual. Of standing out.

I have no idea at what point in my life I came to this realization. It just occurred to me one day that people were commenting on how different I was - and the comments were compliments. And I liked how that felt. When I made the conscious decision to no longer keep my spiritual gifts a secret from the rest of the world I took a huge step forward into that world of standing out. I worried that people would no longer want to associate with me. That they would judge me. Look at me funny. Say uncomplimentary things about me behind my back. The funny thing was - the opposite of that happened.

Okay, some people reacted like that. However, nearly everyone, once they got over their shock, embraced the new me. The day someone said to me, "It's so cool to be you" I knew my fears had been for nothing. I am thrilled that I have now "come out" of the psychic closet and no longer keep my true self a secret from the rest of the world. I'd challenge you to think about yourself and see if there isn't something you've been hiding away that the rest of the world would love to help you embrace. It's a wonderful feeling.

Have a great week.
Robin

Fall Classes have begun

Greetings -

I love this time of year. I always feel reborn. I feel energized. I feel like buying knee socks and a trapper keeper for my stuff. The first day of school is exciting.

Last Friday night was the first day of school for our fall sessions. We had a Law of Attraction class on Friday night and then another one on Saturday morning. They both went great and were filled with interesting people wanting to open their minds to something brand new in their lives. The left my home with that slightly glazed look in their eyes and lots to think about.

Tonight we had our very first Law of Attraction II class. This is for the graduates of the first class. It was better than I ever thought it would be. Our topic for discussion was relationships. How our friends, family, loved ones, co-workers all affect our lives. What we do to let them in and what we need to do to keep them out. It was a high spirited conversation as we all have sisters and husbands (well some husbands) and children and friends that affect our lives in good and bad ways. I'm already looking forward to next weeks class.

This morning on my facebook account I posted Happy Monday. The responses I received regarding that were interesting. I'm never sure why people hate Monday's. I see it as a weekly rebirth. I get to see all the people from work that I love who I didn't see over the weekend. I have lively exchanges and interesting banter with people. I get up and get my body moving and appreciate all of that. I wake up and know that I'm alive and I have something worthwhile to share with the rest of the world. I also go to bed at a decent time on Sunday night so that I have the energy to put toward my Monday morning. Perhaps that makes all the difference.

Have a great week. I'll post again soon.
Robin

Labor Day Weekend

Hello -

The summer is past, although fall is a technically a few weeks away. This is my favorite season. It could be fall all year long and I'd be very happy.

My summer was a whirlwind. My first Law of Attraction class was a huge success which has sparked a Law of Attraction II class by popular demand. It also sparked a Psychic Development class, as one of the women realized there was more to her than meets the eye and asked me to help her develop her skills. We've been having fun with that.

In August I took a road trip. I drove myself to Colorado to visit the little bit of family I still have left there. The drive out was wonderful. I stopped at the Eisenhower Presidential Library on my way there. It is gorgeous. I spent a lovely hour walking around, enjoying the lovely day and soaking in the tribute to this President. I recommend it to anyone driving across Kansas on I-70. The day after I got to Colorado I became ill. I'm assuming altitude sickness. I basically had migraine symptoms the rest of the time I was there. It was miserable. No fear of my gaining weight on that vacation. The drive home was the worst. I was still ill on the first day out. The second day was better, but still miserable as I hadn't slept well and my body was exhausted from being ill. What should have been 7-8 hour driving days became 12-13 hour ones. I'm pretty sure I've napped in every rest-stop between here and there.

I've been home for 3 weeks and am gearing up for fall classes. What began as one class has spun off into 4 classes. 2 Law of Attraction, 1 Law of Attraction II and a Psychic Development class. That along with private readings and healing's and I'm going to have a very busy fall. Exciting though. I love every aspect of what I do.

This weekend I have been preparing my home, as I know for the next 6 weeks I won't have time to think. I painted my new healing/reading room on Saturday. Yesterday I was invited to a baptism and a wedding reception so no work was done. Just partying. Today I will clean my house, mow my lawn, put the reading/healing room back in order, do my laundry and then collapse. I hope to be done with all of that before 6pm so that I can relax this evening as work calls me at 8am tomorrow.

I hope you have all had a lovely holiday weekend and gotten to do exactly what you wanted to do. I will be writing more frequently now that summer is over.

Check out my new website at robinallen.net

Till next time,
Robin

Late July

I cannot believe it's been over a month since I last posted. It's been a wonderful, exciting month.

My Law of Attraction class has been so much fun. I knew it would be a great time, but I had no idea just how wonderful. The people in this class have just been sponges. I'm honored to have them in my class and now in my life.

The amount of psychic readings I'm doing has multiplied so fast some weeks I don't get even one day off. I believe that part of it is the uncertainty of our time. When I was first doing readings, the most common question was, "who is my soulmate." Now I'm always asked, "will I continue to have a job." This too shall pass and before we know it, people will be back to searching for their soulmates.

I will be taking an unexpected vacation. I've discovered that my beloved Uncle Larry is not going to live much longer, so I'm making a trip to La Junta, Colo to see him along with my other living relatives. I'm looking forward to the solitude of the drive as well as the reconnection.

Till next time. Be happy all day every day.

Ladies Night Out

Last night I participated in a great time. It was a fund raiser for The United Way. It was a Ladies Night Out event in Big Lake, MN. I was there to do psychic readings for people.....I did a lot of them.

This was my first time doing an event such as this. I'd done several single readings right after the other, but nothing like last night. I was a bit worried that I'd have difficulty giving readings like that.

My first reading started at 6pm on the dot. They were 10 minutes long with 5 minutes between them. I did my last reading just before 10pm. Every slot was filled on my dance card. Wow.

I didn't need to worry though - the spirits just flowed through me. I had so many parents show up to greet their children and in some cases, to give some major messages. There were lots of smiles and lots of tears and some aha moments.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Of all the things I do in my life - this is the most rewarding.

After the First Class

I'm taking a 16 week course on Psychic Development at The Center in Mpls. It's instructed by Echo Bodine. Last Tuesday was the first class. It was interesting, but like most first classes, most of it was just hearing about what we would be doing in the future weeks. I didn't really think I'd gotten all that much out of it. What happened though, was very interesting.

It was as though my psychic abilities went into overdrive. I just suddenly knew things before they were going to happen. Echo had given us an assignment to begin a psychic journal and to write down all of those sorts of things. Now - I had always known things before they happened so that wasn't such a big deal...or so I thought. Suddenly I knew lots of things. One day I was walking to a restaurant for lunch and I knew that I was going to have beer cheese soup with my salad. This restaurant doesn't normally have that on the menu, but sure enough, they had it - and I had a cup with my salad. One day I was gardening and I had the thought that it would be nice to have my iPod on. I don't own an iPod so it was an odd thought. The next day a co-worker asked me if I'd like to have her old iPod. I of course said yes, thank you.

Another odd - extremely odd - thing that has happened to me in the past week is my obsessive need to be outside. Shoes off and walking in the grass. Planting flowers. Sitting with the wind blowing over me. The sun soaking into me. Sleeping with the window open at night. This is completely different from me normally. Typically I am content to sit in the house with the air conditioning blowing. I've always joked that I'm a child of the asphalt. I grew up living in an apartment. Outdoors is foreign to me. Ever since this class I can't get enough of it. I have even created in the last week, an outdoor sitting area where I can read while enjoying a cool beverage. It's secluded and comfortable and I'm surrounded by flowers and green grass. It all feels so foreign and yes so totally normal. I know it has to do with this class.

Class two is on Tuesday. I will keep you updated as to what new and interesting things happen next.

Memorial Weekend

I have had an interesting few days and it's not over yet. On Tuesday the Serpentine belt broke in my car. That began a chain reaction of events. I talked to a mechanic about getting it fixed. I took Thursday off to accomplish this. One of the men I work with heard about my belt issue and told me that he would come and fix it for me for free. Free always sounds like a good thing. In reality it rarely is. He arrived at my house at 12:30 saying it would only take him about 20 minutes to fix it - he's done it lots of times he says. When he looked at my engine and said, "It would have to be a Chrysler" I suspected I was in trouble. He then noticed that my pulley was not turning and told me that he'd have to take that off and replace it before he could fix the belt. Okay. He then proceeded to take apart things. I was more than a little disconcerted. Then he said he just had one more bolt to loosen but it was stuck. I got him some WD40 which didn't seem to help. Then we found a pry bar for him to use. He pushed and pushed and then SNAP. He broke the bolt. It seems that he'd been torquing on it the wrong direction. Things had become complicated. I asked him if I should just call a tow truck and have it taken to the shop and he insisted that he could fix it. He made a call and found out the the bolt he'd broken needed to be purchased at a Pontiac dealer. While he was calling around I went into the house and called my mechanic and left a message hoping he'd call me back. After the "helpful" co-worker left to go back to work my mechanic called me back and I explained to him what had happened. He told me that he was concerned that if he didn't tap and drill exactly he would crack my block. The mechanic then did something you rarely see anymore. He drove to my house to look at it personally. He even brought another mechanic with him for a second opinion. They explained things to me and I asked if they'd be able to help me. They could. They drove my car to the shop (it was only a mile away) and within 2 hours it was fixed and back at my home. The FREE fix I'd gotten cost me an extra $170. At least my car is fixed now and I know I have mechanic's I can count on.

Friday I did one medium reading. Saturday I did three readings. Sunday I did one. I'm always amazed at how different each one is. I love this aspect of my life.

Monday I head to Harmony, MN. Time for an Amish Day away. Nothing is more soothing to me than basket shopping at Amish farms. Perhaps I was Amish in a previous life.

Readings

Psychic Readings to be exact. I am constantly amazed at how different each person's reading is. I'm also constantly amazed at how fearful I am before each reading - fearful that nothing will happen. That I will have nothing to be the medium to. It' s never happened to me so I'm not sure why I'm so concerned with that each time, but I am.

Last Friday I did a fascinating read on a woman. I'd never met her, but as always by the time I left her home I felt like we were old friends. And as the answers to her questions came through so easily and made such sense to her it reminded me of a Star Trek episode from the original series in the 1960's. In this particular episode Mr. Spock's brain has been removed by an entity of higher knowledge. It's left to "Bones" to put back in. He's given the information and at first it is as clear as a bell. He keeps repeating, "A child could do this." That's how I felt while I read this woman. Her answers were so clear - once we were given the answers. In her daily life the answers weren't so clear to her. She wrote me a few days later and told me that I'd provided her with the missing puzzle pieces to her life. It feels good to be able to help others. I love my gifts for that simple fact alone. I'm able to help others. I'm not a doctor or a teacher. I don't have a higher education. I'm a simple woman with an amazing gift...and I am grateful.

Psychic Development

Today was an interesting day. I took a psychic development class instructed by Robert Baca. He's an amazing psychic/medium and was my launching off point to my own psychic development. When I head about this class I jumped at the opportunity to take it. Classes are interesting in and of themselves. It all depends on the people who attend the class what you get from it. I was hoping to find a community of like minded people that I could begin to communicate with. That wasn't to be in this case. The majority of the people there today were what I'd call dabblers. They were interested in the idea of psychic development, but only just slightly interested. I suspect that most of them had been read by Robert before and were simply drawn to him, as many are.

It was still a good class in that I did learn some new things and more importantly I had my own abilities confirmed. When we were asked to do a reading on the stranger sitting across from us and a parrot came through I wondered what she would say. It turns out she knew exactly what I was talking about and was excited to hear from the bird.

And speaking of animals. I am continually amazed by the amount of animals that come through in my readings. Nearly every one has a pet come through. Not too long ago I was involved in a conversation with several people about animals as family members - did we really see them that way. I always have seen my dogs (and now my son's cat) as members of the family. One of the women in the conversation said that although she cared for her dogs she would never consider them family and did not talk to them and would never tell them that she loved them. In my case my dog is the last soul I converse with every day as I go out of the house to work. Even though she is in her kennel I always say the same thing to her. Sleep good, mommy loves you. I've never thought that was even slighty strange until our conversation about pets as family members. Considering how many pets come back from the other side to connect with their "families" though, I'm going to have to stick with my belief that they are family.

Till next time.

So tired

Do you ever feel so tired you have a hard time making the next decision? That's how I feel today. Last night I didn't get to bed on time and I didn't sleep well. Sometimes the spirits feel the need to visit with me most of the night. Last night was one of those nights.

I was supposed to do a reading on a woman I've never met tonight. She called to say she needs to reschedule. Thank you Universe. I love doing readings. No I LOVE doing readings for people. It fulfills me on a level I never knew I owned. It is the THING I'm supposed to do with my life. However, tonight I needed to stay home and rest. I laid on the couch and read and then my son-in-law came upstairs to make his dinner and we got into a conversation about religion and how did I actually see and feel and hear spirits. If I could tell him that it would be a miracle. It was a good conversation though. At 8:00 I watched Deadliest Catch, but it was a sad one. I like the action packed ones the best - and oh how I love those Hansen brothers. I plan to head to bed early tonight and I'm hoping the spirits let me sleep.

Friday night I get to go with a friend of mine to a book club event. She's the guest of honor as she's a writer. She really is good. If you love romance, check her out. Lauri Robinson. You can buy her books on Amazon. Trust me. Buy them and read them. You won't regret it. I'm looking forward to the evening. She's so much fun to hang out with. It's cool that I get to be her roadie for the night. I'm honored.

Saturday late morning I will be doing readings on two young women. They both sound excited. I don't know either of them. Part of the fun of this gift is the meeting new people.

Sunday I have a class I'm taking at The Center in Mpls. It's being given by Robert Baca - a gifted medium. If you don't know of him, check out his website Voices from Heaven. He was the first person to read me and he changed my life. It will be fun. I'm also hoping to get my hair cut and colored on Sunday. This is the first time in about 15 years that my hair is totally it's real color. Brown & Grey. Not a good combination. :-)

I'm anxious to find out what the rest of the week has to bring me. Every day is an adventure.

A Day with Friends

I left my house this morning with the intent of having brunch with some friends from high school. It became so much more than that. We met and had a lovely time, good food and fun conversation. At one point the conversation came around to my psychic abilities. Most of the women at the table were unaware. They were intrigued and asked some very interesting questions. They wanted my business card so I passed them out. One asked me if I'd be willing to do a healing on her mother, which of course I would be. On our way out of the restaurant one woman seemed to be hanging back. She and I barely know each other but I felt that she wanted to talk to me. Turns out she did. Her mother had died a year ago and was heavily on her mind. While she was telling me that my guide came in and told me that NOW was when I needed to do a reading on her. She asked me if I'd be willing to read her some time and I asked if now would work for her. We ended up going to her home and had a very successful reading. I learned a lot about her and now feel very close to her. A lovely woman. I had no idea how the day would turn out when I left this morning, but I was more than pleased by it. A wonderful way to end a week...or begin one.

The First One

Hello -
This is my first attempt at blogging. A good friend of mine, Lauri Robinson, suggested I do this so I'm giving it a try.

I've had an interesting week. I'm on vacation from my full time job. I've done some spring cleaning but mostly I've taken care of me. I've done a lot of meditating, a lot of laying on my couch and a lot of reading. I've felt the stress of my work life melting away. I'm a little concerned that when I go back to work on Monday it will all come rushing back on me, but for now, I'm just going to enjoy the time I have left. 3 more days. Tomorrow I have absolutely nothing on my calendar until dinner. My daughter and her husband have offered to take me out.

A little something about me. I'm nearly 50 and looking forward to it. I sometimes live alone, but currently have a houseful. My daughter and her husband live in my basement while they search for a home to purchase. They have a puppy, Mikko. My son lives in one of my spare bedrooms with overflow into the second spare room. He's recently gone back to college and should be home with me for years to come. This makes me happy. He brought his cat, Danny with him. Danny is named after the lead singer of Tool. You probably know a lot about my son just from that. I have an elderly miniature schnauzer named Tellie. My house is full of fun.

I have a full time job that will stay a secret at least for now. I will share my part time job though. I'm a psychic/medium/healer. I'm a Spring Forest Qigong healer which is interesting and enriching, but the psychic/medium thing is what I was born to do. Last week I read two young women. Next week I'm reading two more women. I've noticed that readings tend to come in two's. Must be that safety in numbers thing.

That's all for this blog. I will be back soon with more news.