How do we deal with crisis ?

"What the bloody hell, 2020?"
I might hear you say...

In writing a piece for "An Alternative Voice" print and digital magazine last year, published January 2020 for the January / February issue, I called the article "2020 The Year of Reassessment."  I only had a 600 word limit. And really, 600 words wouldn't have adequately covered the first three months, but I laid out as best as I could in that limit how 2020 was going to make us have to think in hindsight, and where possible to act with logical and intuitive foresight about the very foundations of our life and what makes us feel secure, and to adapt as needed. I covered the Judgement Card (20), and The Emperor Card (4), and how 2020 was 2 judgement cards and added down to 4. And I saw it as this time as asking us to consider what legacy we are creating, looking at the order of priorities in our lives, at how we handle aggressive and chaotic times and people, whether our vision is clear or our responses, reasoning, outcomes are in context with what we are facing, and what new boundaries we might need to set.  Unfortunately, 2020 has been a lot like game of Jumanji, and we aren't even through September yet. And, the Saturn Pluto conjunction this year that marks most of this year was last seen during 911, saw a dramatic change to local and international travel, all of this along with the 2020 eclipses changing from the Cancer Capricorn axis to the Gemini Sagittarius axis. This all happened as Juno, the asteroid of marriage was busy retrograding its way from February 8th for four months, seeing dramatic changes around marriages, relationships and weddings.  Astrology and numerology aside, the simple fact is it's one heck of a difficult year, in which we have had to shift our entire focus.  I had been looking at 2020 back in 2010 along with some of my peers and we all thought it was going to be pretty big, the thing is that people all react so very differently to crisis, some will be the helpers, others will be fighting over the toilet roll, and there are reactions to be found anywhere along the spectrum of the two extremes as crisis brings out fight or flight, and everyone responds differently, I avoid judging people for how they are dealing with it as best I can, as I am hardly the adjudicator here.  That would be the job of The Hierophant card.

​We are being forced to reassess your entire way of living, doing, and being, as well as what we value and what we rely on. ​

Anyone who has been about to go into a personal 4 year and had a reading off me would have been given  "the beach analogy" of when the tide goes out at the beach, or when a lake empties out from drought, and how people wonder if the water (abundance)  is ever going to return. People all react to events like that differently, some panic, some hoard, some decide to empty out all the clutter and renovate, some help others. Many strip back any habits they realise doesn't support them, others go back to habits, or seek help, or retreat. I have said in those instances to remain as calm, and as flexible as possible, adapt, take time where needed, and to research but not jump ahead too quickly with new situations. To seek help and seek out those situations and people who they feel are life giving and not draining.

As 2020 adds down to a 4, And 4 is the Emperor Card, the foundations and framework of the structures in our lives are the focus, as we begin to see what has or has not been supporting us, and we have to decide what we now should or should not put energy into. The Emperor Card is linked on the Kabbala Tree of Life  to path 15, "Heh," which in English Means "Window," Windows admit light, and allow us to see outside and down the path to see who is coming toward the door to decide whether or not to admit them. So it is a cruel ironic restriction of course to find that many people in Melbourne, where I live, are like me, still looking out their windows most of the day, from inside their homes. 

The numbering and configuration of this year forces reflection, going within, and looking at what to move forward in life with.  

So, how do we deal with this?

There are many for whom forever life will be changed, businesses that will close, others will transform, and yet others will be borne out of this time. For some clients they have seen this as a time to hit the reset button, for some, marriages have ended, while others have cemented their commitment to each other and gotten closer in their connection. Crisis brings out the very best and very worst in society, and so for some people the stigma around mental health is being broken down as people realise it is okay and at times entirely necessary to reach out for help and do so for the first time ever.

Contact numbers for reaching out for help : 
As always I am available for healing and reading appointments, as well as the free weekly live broadcasts and podcasts for healing and well being. However for free specialist crisis and mental health care, see this link

Things you can do to help yourself :

• If you are working through at least you will be busier than if you are laid off, don't forget to be kind for all the feelings you might be going through, 
• Be realistic about finances, and any cuts you might need to make, seek financial counselling where needed and talk to your bank or lenders early rather than putting it off.  
• Patience toward yourself and others is an important to practise especially if you feel you hardly have any left.  
• Meditation in varying forms an help, but shouldn't be an escape from dealing with action and practicalities. 
• ​Setting up a daily routine helps regulate things more.
• Exercising daily helps as well, even if you use a bag of flour for bicep curls while watching Netflix. 
• Regular video calls and video dates with friends, family and social connections helps. 
• Have you been putting off study? Now could be a good time if you aren't doing anything else. 
• If you are "researching" on the internet, please also use terms to look at the other side of the very thing you are searching via the internet so that you get a healthy diet of a variety of sources of information. Especially, look up to find who is funding public speakers on any given currently relevant topic to find out if these might be the cause of any biases that may be demonstrated by the speaker as to their motivation behind their "opinion" as spruiked. In other words, who is paying them to say what they are saying.  (P.S, No one funds me except myself and my individual clients via their individual appointments. I am not sponsored by a political party, nor am I a member of any political party, and I am not funded by any  multinational corporations).
  
  
• Homeschooling : Where to even start on that.... 
  
  If you have the resources and can get a tutor once a week to assist, it may help you and your children refocus.
  
  If you are partnered may be take in turns who works when and which one of you takes on board the homeschooling at what time of the day, seek out professional advice about child care arrangements where needed and possible. I used to do all of my work once the kids were having naps, or asleep at night to meet deadlines while working partially from home when that was barely heard of in Australia back in the late 90s, the 00s, and early 10s.
  
  If you are a sole parent and working and homeschooling  I have simply hats off to you and a 25% discount off your session if you mention this blog because frankly, you deserve a medal.  

"The times, they are achangin" 
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New problems can't be fixed with old solutions. Some old problems were never fixed with the old solutions.
Compassion is a vital component of both having the characteristic of humanity, and creating a better world.
This doesn't have to be about just going back to normal, it can be about creating a better way of doing, thinking, and being.

It is not our present circumstances we all find ourselves in that is "character building" it's our choices, our resilience, our willingness to seek help, our work on self healing, and our capacity, if it's possible, to grow beyond trauma. The act of doing so should never be taken lightly, and it is not everyone's path to do help others, sometimes it's more than enough just to help yourself.

Rising from my own ashes

"In my life, I've been reduced to my core,
Risen back up out of my own ashes,
Learned to walk through the flames that no longer touch me,
And, I am still here, with no need to tell my whole story,
I have learnt to channel it all into living well and helping others.   
And I have done that in spite of the statistics.

And so, wherever you are at in your self healing journey, I salute you. 

While you may have been stronger than you think, there are times we may also need to be more self nurturing than we may have ever been."
​For free specialist crisis services, see this link

If you wish to contact me, I am also here.

"Sending you healing, strength, and love, via this image." Jacquelene

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Until next time, lots of love

​Jacquelene Close Moore