The spiritual meaning of Halloween goes far beyond ghosts or discordant energies trapped between worlds. As boundaries soften, we can choose our focus, a sacred act. In the recently published best-selling self-care book, The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self-Care: 25 Tools for Transformation by Anna Pereira, I wrote about my experiences with recurring nightmares in Chapter 10, Face Your Demons, Reclaiming Sacred Power. The more I tried to resist them, the stronger they became — a reminder that what we focus on determines what we align with, especially when spiritual doors are open. Autumn carries a particular magic — an earthy …
Estelle Bonaceto
Consciousness Coach & Spiritual Mentor for Authentic Empowerment
Owner of Box Your Way Fit
5 Fun Summer Activities To Savor Before Fall
Make the most of summer before pumpkin spice season takes over! Here are five fun summer activities to savor the sunshine and create sweet memories. Just as summer activities kick off, back-to-school ads and heating-cost chatter roll in. Seasons are fleeting, so I try to enjoy my favorite activities while I can, making sure I do what I love most before the next season sneaks up.Two years ago, as NFL games were underway and Halloween skeletons appeared, I realized I’d only swum in the ocean once that summer. Determined not to miss out, I planned a technically autumn beach day …
How to Practice Energetic Alchemy
Energetic alchemy is the sacred art of transmuting what harms into what heals. It turns inner and outer calamity into harmony, offering a remedy for emotional and energetic imbalance. Imagine becoming a filter—one that doesn’t absorb negativity but transforms it into light. When you learn to focus your energy with intention, you don’t just protect your peace—you elevate the energy of everything around you. That’s energetic alchemy at its finest. Energy Filtering for Empaths Okay, my energy absorbing empaths, anchor into your body and set those energetic boundaries. Develop the skill of discerning what’s yours versus what you pick up …
Self-Leadership in the Age of Influence
What is self-leadership, and why is it more critical for personal development than ever before? Maybe we should ask our phones. If we did, business and academically focused articles would highlight qualities such as self-awareness and self-management skills, which are essential for decision-making and achieving goals. I forgot my phone today, and we got along just fine without each other. It freed me to be even more present with my clients. There is empowerment through presence and a sense of wholeness and self-direction that comes from greater embodiment. We may not like to admit it, but technology brings us away …
A Healthy Mindset Knows Its Power
A healthy mindset is essential for experiencing the wellness and quality of life we most desire. The thoughts we hold and our subsequent emotional responses shape our perceptions of the world. What we think and how we feel magnetize like energies. The life we experience is a product of what we believe based on what we sense. A mindset has a direct impact on our bodies. If we attend only to what we think is true and the subsequent data that it brings to our awareness, the realm of interpretations shrinks. A healthy mindset finds beauty, perfection, and peace where …
Keep it Clean! 7 Tools for Spiritual Hygiene
Spiritual hygiene practices are like anchors that return you to your baseline energy. Each day, we immerse ourselves in a sea of vacillating vibrations. Some are uplifting, others are neutral, and many are outright toxic! We maintain our energetic integrity best when we practice clearing our energy daily. These tools promote a more conscious way of interacting with the world. With practice and consistency, spiritual hygiene helps us better honor ourselves. Spring, the season of new beginnings, is the perfect time to offer these essential reminders. Make them part of your daily habits, like brushing your teeth, and they will …
If You Want Growth, Let Go
Advice to let go to grow, heal, or find peace would meet my younger self with utter defiance. Was it that these gurus had nothing bad happen to them or lived in some Pollyannaish existence? I may have held on to whatever story or emotion harmed me simply to spite them. Now, I offer this guidance as sound wisdom. Learning how to let go may be the challenge and gift of a lifetime. It is the means to use your energy more masterfully. Each of us has been the gum on our shoe, the hairball in the drain, and the driller of holes in the bucket of life. We are, indeed, both …
To Love or Fear is Your Choice!
What if you could have the reality of your choice? Would that experience be one that delighted you or one that disgusted you? Of course, we all want a pleasing reality, something beautiful to feel passionate about! If you could have your choice of experiences and those decisions effected everyone and everything in the world, you’d be sure to use your best creative power! Right? We choose our thoughts and what we say and do each moment. Everyone does. If you don’t recognize that these micro-choices matter the realities you co-create may not align with your foremost desires. Imagine now …
Use Free Thinking For Empowered Living
As the new year begins, commitment to free thinking sets the tone for empowered changes. An open mind without the limitations of belief transforms perceptions. January is the month of resolutions, new beginnings, and renewed dedication to maintaining healthy habits. Many of us are returning to self-care routines and personal goals that got lost somewhere between the spiked eggnog and second helpings of our favorite holiday meal. Some are still there among the missing or hibernating. Free thinking challenges us to reevaluate our convictions and shows us there’s no one way to live right. It also helps us to get …
5 Fulfilling Winter Activities on a Budget
The best-loved winter activities cost very little, yet feel meaningful and rouse joy. When thinking about making the most of the winter months, entertain ideas that ignite a creative spark and provide opportunities for enriching connections. Find quality in simplicity and appreciation. Some of the most worthwhile winter activities require very little monetary investment. Invest in pricey tickets, or holiday-themed events only if you love to ski or find going to the Nutcracker delightful. Otherwise, consider a few modest ways of enjoying this season. Discover that the finest memories come with a frugal price tag. The Best Part of That …