Wednesday, October 27, 2021

A Bit About Me - Rewrite

She/her, bi/queer, cis white Celtic American (there's a story behind that)

There's three things there's nearly always time for in my book; sass, sparkle, and smellin' roses. Sometimes this gets me into trouble. Ha!

I'm rewriting this because, well, weird formatting issues with the original one, and why the hell not? You can always read the original here.

This time, I'm gonna do things in a nice bullet form category fashion, because, why not? And it's easier to read. πŸ‘€ 

πŸŽ“ My formal, nifty cool, accomplishments! πŸŽ“

  • Spiritual Minister via the Universal Church of the Masters, Aug. 2023
  • Certified Massage Therapist CAMTC#83230, Jan. 2020, current
  • Motoki Lvl 2, earth-based modality, Jan. 2018 
  • Tarot Card Success - The Complete Tarot Reading Course, Jul. 2017
  • Master's in Education, multiple subject curriculum and social justice, May 2016
  • Reiki Master/Teacher, traditional Usui Ryoho, Mar. 2016
  • Bachelors in Child & Adolescent Development, magna cum laude, Dec. 2012
  • Associates in Early Childhood Education, Jun. 2008
  • (We won't talk about the blackness of HS, wherein I graduated by the skin of my teeth; if you look at HS transcript vs college transcripts you would think you were looking at two completely different people with the same name.)

😎Unofficial, nifty cool, accomplishments!😎

  • First Meetup class I taught! Feb. 16, 2019 
    • Pamela Colman Smith's birthday! Had no idea at the time! 
    • She is the artist of the Smith-Waite Tarot. 
  • First fair doing Tarot Energy Healing! at the Center for Creative Living, Dec. 2, 2018
    • Note: The date is different than what I have shared before because uh, I remembered wrong. I double checked the dates on the emails about it. Apologies! 
  • Initiated into professional Tarot reading Jun. 13, 2018 (There's a story behind that.)
    • Note: Yeah, I messed up that date too. I remembered this and the above in relation to each other but got the dates wrong.
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy for Trauma, Fall 2016
    • It was INTENSE. Worth it. 
    • I took a bunch of group therapy classes/groups at Kaiser too. They were quite helpful for shadow work and properly healing old wounds.
  • Consistently practicing meditation and mindfulness since Summer of 2011 
    • I figured this out by age of child and where we lived at the time. Also note, consistency, I don't count the dabble on and off years.)

♪♪🎡These Are A Few of My Favorite Things! 🎡♪♪

  • Lois McMaster Bujold, author
    • especially Paladin of Souls
  • Enigma, music artist
  • Babylon 5, tv show
  • Shadowscapes Tarot (the deck that made me brave)
  • Intersteller, movie
  • Persona 4, video game
  • Elfquest, comic
  • Singing 
    • (I love to singa about the moon and the June and the springa, I love to singa, about skies of blue and tea for two and I-I-I-I-I-I LOVE TO SIIIIING)
  • Talking to the crows and the trees and everything around me. 
  • Rain

πŸ‘ͺ😻Core Family!πŸ˜»πŸ€
  • Cat Mom! Owl, and Huntress. 
  • Married to The Robert, Best Spouse (no bias here obvs lol) 
  • Mom to a grown human
  • We used to have pet rats too, and other cats and guinea pigs.

πŸŒˆπŸŒžπŸŒ“Personality StuffπŸŒ—πŸŒŸπŸ”₯
  • Fire Nation 
    • You gotta watch "Avatar: The Last Airbender"! It is my favorite animated cartoon series.
  • The Hierophant - Soul and Personality Tarot card
  • Temperance - my hidden factor/teacher Tarot card
  • Queen of Wands - who I am in the Tarot Court
  • Myer-Briggs: ENFP-T 
  • Taurus Sun, Gemini Moon, Rising Leo
    • Sidereal Astrology (a little bit closer to actual astronomy, but still not quite the same as astronomy)
  • Gemini Sun, Cancer Moon, Rising Virgo
    • Tropical/Western Astrology (absolutely not the same as astronomy, not at all; this is the default astrology people refer to)
🌎✊My World View / Politics ✊🌍

  • You cannot heal what you cannot see
    • or what you refuse to see
  • We are stewards of the Earth
    • Let us tend well
    • "Every rock and tree and creature, has a life has a spirit has a name." -Colors of the Wind
  • Diversity and inclusivity are our friends
  • Duality is ONE of many metaphors to help us understand our world
    • If it's not ugly, if it's not beautiful, what is it? Plain. 
  • I am unapologetically anti-fascist and an intersectional feminist
  • Trans rights are human rights
  • Climate change is real
    • and we can do something about it
  • Science is real
    • Being anti-science is like amputating your curiosity at the neck.
    • "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!" -Girl Genius
  • Vaccines save lives
  • Black Lives Matter 
  • Stop Asian Hate
  • Free Kids in Cages
  • There's more than two genders
  • Everyone deserves a living wage
  • It's okay to be wrong. 
    • It's part of learning; and oh how I have learned. 
Note: this list in no particular order, and is not necessarily complete. Basically NO to ableism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, transphobia, fat phobia, and to colonialist capitalist ideals. Yes to taking care of our planet and all peoples as humanely, compassionately, and kindly as possible; and it's more possible than we think.

My Soul Vow is: I Accept All Things that are for the Preservation, Healing, and Growing of LOVE Eternal; come what may.
 



2 comments:

  1. Very interesting Lady of Radiant Joy. I have Gemini Sun and Virgo Moon. I also believe there are more than 2 genders. I have a master reiki and some massage experience too but I have nobody to give me massages and I would like to know if you also do massage therapy. I have a BA in Psychology a post degree in counseling for children and adolescents. Right now I studying to become a special Ed teacher. I have come to one of your tarot's courses @ Palo Alto library a couple of years ago may be you don't remember me...

    I love πŸ’“ love tarots but don't do readings that much, I am more of a collector. My favorite deck is the crow tarot and would like to have tea and do readings and I also love to sing and I wish I was singing even more....lately I have become a bit obessed with this K-pop group called BTS..I would not say that I love them but I definitely had to stop for a moment and have a closer look at these guys...nevermind though. I won't go on about them πŸ˜… unless you want me to...

    Have a nice weekend and let me know if you are interested in meeting up sometimes.

    Francesca

    PS. I love cats and dogs but I am a bit phobic about rats😬

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    1. Francesca! I DO remember you! I really like BTS too. I love how we have so much in common. Email me! I'm happy to provide massage therapy. ^__^ I hope to see you in class again soon. Much love!

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