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An Epiphany: This is What Happened

1/6/2022

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The dream seeds you plant in the rich darkness of the 13 Holy Nights are like turbo-charged New Year’s resolutions. Rather than simply writing down a list of intentions you actually do the things, activities and practices you want to strengthen or develop in the coming year.... - Lara J. Day
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My 13 Holy Days Experience


It was only yesterday, in retrospect, as I looked through my 13 days journal, that I realized what a rich, expansive and healing time my 13 days were.

Every intention that I set came to pass within that time. And I also acted on and experienced the readings I did for myself.

I made a list of everything and it was stunning! (39 items on that list)

Here are just a few of them…

(1) Cooking - I want to cook healthier meals, and real-er meals, instead of say, making a sandwich, or having one-item dinners. 

(2) Time with Friends - I want to spend more time with my friends.

(3) Time with my Son - As is to be expected, my son spends more time with his friends, these days, than he does with me. And he did a bit of a pendulum swing in making that shift. But I would like it to swing back toward the middle this year & begin to do again, some of the things we used to do together (eat a meal, watch TV, etc.

Here’s what happened…

Background - do you remember that on the first day of the challenge, I mentioned that we sometimes experience both financial & food insecurity?

As a result, we have made lots of microwaved one-item meals and have been watching TV separately on our phones.

So, just before the 13 days began, my friend and her wife told us they would be giving us food every month to help us, and one of them took us to a grocery store and gave us our first Christmas gift from them, a really big, two-cart grocery spend.

Then, at Christmas (the day after) they gave us a Roku TV and a pasta pot that comes with a strainer thing. We all ate dinner together, too, at their house.

My son and I watched TV for hours the other day, and we spent other time together too. Inviting people over is another 2022 intention of mine, and on Christmas day, we had his friend over and all of us cooked our dinner.

I also cooked most of and the healthiest part of the New Year’s Day meal at my friends' house and watched a movie with them after we ate dinner. While I was cooking the collard greens, cabbage, black-eyed peas and rice, I collected wishes from them and stirred some magic into each one.

The stirring in love and wishes is another part of my cooking intention for the year.

NOTE - I set my intentions before the 13 days, and set some that I forgot to write down - and still they came true during the 13 days, and some began even before then. Plus, it stunned me that without knowing anything about them, my friends enabled several of them for us!

But I was sick during the entire 13-day experience, and a little depressed, too. I always feel sorry for myself when I get sick.

So my felt experience of the 13 days was not very holy or sacred. And there were moments when I felt like I was failing by not doing it well enough (recovering perfectionist here).

But yesterday, when I woke up, and began to think about and itemize everything that happened, I realized that not only were the intentions manifested, but I also made some powerful shifts and healed and grew, etc.

And by the way, that happens a lot when I get sick. For most of this past year, my illnesses turn out to feel like they were initiations once they are over.

Also, I kinda forgot some of the guidance in my readings after doing them, and only when I came back afterward, did I see how they had guided me into action and had come true during those days.

So not only do I now see that even when I couldn’t feel it, my 13 days were successful, I also feel immense gratitude for them.
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Word of the Year


Do you usually find a word of the year and did you do it this time?

I normally don’t do that, but this year, during the 13 days. a phrase came to me.

​I had this vision of the divine leading me into 2022, my hands enfolded, and what I heard in my head was “trust Me.” So that’s my word (phrase) of the year.


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How You Can Experience the
​Same or Similar Benefits


(1) Seek spiritual guidance & intuition using this New(ish) Moon & Waxing Crescent energy for about the next week or so.

(2) Also, during that week, journal about your intentions for the year & get clear about what you want.

(3) Then begin to seed your year for the next week or so, until the Full Moon, by acting on the guidance & doing, living & experiencing as much as you can.

Example of how you can do that…

One of the things I want to be paid to do this year is tarot coaching/readings. So my son paid me a nickel and I did a “who you are being” one-card reading for him that was so on point, it surprised both of us.

Also, I am exploring the possibility of making & selling healing potions (i.e. essential oil body care blends). So I made some and gave them to my friends for Christmas. And had my son pay me for one (a nickel) which I made yesterday.


Now, if you have difficulty living anything out, and you think there might be something afoot, like negative core beliefs or fear, use the time after the Full Moon for doing some work on letting go.

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Announcement


I believe that because the earth settles in for a long winter’s nap, resting and slowing life down a bit are important things for the human part of the earth to do, too.

I intend to spend the next 3 months or so resting, creating lots of cozy, hygge moments, and continuing to seek guidance for myself. This is the time to nurture your dreams about what you want for the year, but not the time to run hard after them.

And in my work, my mission is to help women uncover what is holding them back (negative core beliefs, unhealed experiences, etc.), and encourage them to slow down, rest and use self-care practices for letting go of the past, and for spiritual and emotional healing.

But because I have been working harder than I intended with this blog challenge, I am going to cut my posts back to 3x/week, starting next week, and won’t be posting again until Monday.

See you then!

Love, Jeanine
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22 Comments
Sinziana link
1/6/2022 03:06:22 am

This was a beautiful reading for me in the morning! Have a wonderful 2022!

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Jeanine Byers link
1/6/2022 12:19:38 pm

Oh, thank you! That's wonderful to hear.

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Dog Ownership Guide link
1/6/2022 08:20:47 am

Good for you for taking care of yourself and dropping down to three! You don't want to burn out. Also, I love what you're saying about doing the Resolutions instead of just inteding on doing them. I'll ready that for next year for sure.

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Jeanine Byers link
1/6/2022 12:21:45 pm

Thanks! It will give me time to recover from this illness. Because I already have a chronic illness, when I actually get sick with something else, it feels like it lasts FOREVER, and in reality, lasts about 3-4 weeks. Btw, you can still do that this year, with your intentions.

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Dominique link
1/6/2022 09:41:26 am

Good for you to take care of yourself! I have been considering that as well. I have a lot of things to do so I will have to think about that for me as well!

Have a great weekend!

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Jeanine Byers link
1/6/2022 12:22:27 pm

Thanks, Dominique! I say go for it. :)

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Brenda Marie Fluharty link
1/6/2022 09:50:25 am

This is amazing and I can't thank-you enough for writing it. I will tell you why. Trust is so import and I think I have not been listening. I keep hearing I am the Spiritual Mystic. I write articles every day to help people on their way. But, I have not written one article for the Spiritual Mystic. I join this challenge hoping it would help my son find something he enjoyed I have always put him first.
My words for this year are heal, balance, and self-discipline. Maybe trust should be added to it. Thank-you for this article. You gave me a lot to think about.

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Jeanine Byers link
1/6/2022 12:25:43 pm

You're welcome! You are so right, Brenda. Trust is everything!! Especially trusting the intuition you receive. If you keep hearing, "you are the Spiritual Mystic," I would act on that in some way, so the Source of your guidance knows you are listening and responding.

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Victoria Juster link
1/6/2022 10:14:21 am

I haven't heard of the 13 Days before and did a quick search to learn more. This is such a beautiful way to start the year! Thank you for sharing and bringing something new into my life.

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Jeanine Byers link
1/6/2022 12:28:40 pm

You are most welcome, Victoria! I hadn't heard it this way, either. What I had heard was about pulling a card each night and assuming it means something for that month of the next year. I have never wanted to do that one. But this one was very powerful!

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Roy A Ackerman, PhD, EA link
1/6/2022 10:41:04 am

Interesting....
Keep us appraised.

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Jeanine Byers link
1/6/2022 12:29:25 pm

Thanks, Roy! I will.

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Martha link
1/6/2022 11:25:21 am

What a great post! I love that your son "paid" you for reading, it's a great start. Sometimes we just have to slow down and think of ourselves just for once. I'll miss reading your daily posts but you need to rest your body and feel better! Hugs and love.

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Jeanine Byers link
1/6/2022 12:38:05 pm

Thanks, Martha! I agree, it's a wonderful start. And, absolutely - we need to think of and take care of ourselves first, because if we get run down or sick, that will really get n the way of helping others.

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Sinziana link
1/6/2022 11:36:44 am

Omg this was a beautiful post to read...I used to read Tarot in the past...and I was enjoying this very much. I enjoyed reading about your healing body oils, very cool!

New subscriber here!

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Jeanine Byers link
1/6/2022 12:40:45 pm

Thank so much, Sinziana!! Oh, how neat that you used to read tarot. That really added to my experience and gave me a sense of direction and validation.

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Kate Loving Shenk link
1/6/2022 12:53:43 pm

This visualization tool I will tuck away in my own problem solving repertoire!

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Jeanine Byers link
1/7/2022 01:26:07 am

Oh, that's great, Kate! I'm happy to hear that.

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Cherry-Ann link
1/7/2022 01:41:27 am

Fascinating. Like Victoria, I hadn't heard of the 13 Holy Days before and promptly Googled it. I like the concept and will try it next time around. And, good for you for working on your self care. So often we put ourselves last.

Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year:)

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Jeanine Byers link
1/7/2022 11:47:21 pm

Thanks, Cherry-Ann! I think since it is still January and there's still energy for making changes, you could still do it.

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Lily Leung link
1/7/2022 09:17:38 am

Interesting, Jeannine though I am not familiar with tarot cards and readings. Sounds like you have good friends.

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Jeanine Byers link
1/7/2022 11:48:57 pm

Thanks, Lily!! You're right - I have good friends and am lucky to have them.

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