Feeling Lost – How Intuitive Art Readings Can Help

Many times in my life, there were times when I had no idea where I needed to be. While I had a job on the decline, I was scrambling and wondering “Why is this happening?” You probably know the anxiety that comes with this lost feeling because you have experienced it too. I began experiencing depression and escapism thoughts – I wanted to escape from daily reality by fantasizing about how to get out of my current state of stagnation, leave my city, leave my country, and leave everything behind. For many of us, this escapist thought can turn into suicidal thoughts. It’s not that you would do it, or that suicide is the answer for you, it’s that you want life as you experience it to end – something has to change.

How does this relate to Intuitive art readings?

Well, at some point, some of us begin to see that there is a change that is needed. We become slightly empowered because we have admitted that stagnation is causing this and are ready to move. But, the million dollar question, what’s the move? We have so many things floating around in our minds and hearts that it can cloud the path in front of us. This is where I come in with intuitive art readings and shamanic practices. I bridge the gap between you, your path, and the energy around you. Bridging the gap will help you understand your next move.

An intuitive art reading with my shamanic practices is like a psychic reading or using tarot cards. I gather this information based on energy and create a powerful art piece. A piece that will make it easier for you to understand and digest. This information that comes through the reading is what should be revealed. This guidance and information can bring understanding to where you are currently and you can apply it to every aspect of your life.  

With this information from the intuitive art reading, you can process and apply your reading to your life. The goal is to leave with more understanding, guidance, and eye-opening information. Some people already know where they need to be or understand what they need. Sometimes, we seek psychic readings or tarot cards to understand what we already know. When we understand, we have the confidence to move forward. 

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Erica Chinise Wilcox
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Intuitive Art Readings – Why?

Intuitive art readings can help you mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Intuitive, or psychic, art readings can bring many people answers and more understanding around their lives. But, why?

Throughout our lives, we experience a ray of emotions and moments that create a sense of loneliness, loss, fear, pain, confusion, and other things. When this happens, sometimes we are unaware or afraid of where to step next. Maybe the path we once had confidence in is now clouded emotions and current painful moments.

Most of us begin to wander with no sense of will and direction. We once felt a sense of control of ourselves and other things, only to now feel the floor crumbling beneath us.

It is in these moments that we begin to feel we do not have control of ourselves and we have lost some self-power. It becomes hard to see our reasoning for being here and this creates depression and escapism.

Now, it is not only the painful emotions that attract people to Intuitive Psychic Art Readings, but sometimes we have an abundance of choices or directions and are having a tough time understanding which is right for us.

Intuitive Art Readings remind you of self-power and helps you understand your path

I tell people to think of my Intuitive art readings as a bridge of communication to the areas & guides that feel blocked off due to stagnant emotions or actions in your life. I am not here to tell you I know all of the answers for you – you are the only one that has access to that. I am only here to open doors so that you can access those answers.

These psychic readings connect with your energy, your guides, your power animals, and the energy around you. Some will say, “I have never talked to those energies and animals you speak of.” Its okay, that does not mean they cease to exist.

Based on the information that flows from those energies when I contact them, I will create a beautiful art piece. This art will help you simplify the information you already know, understand clouded moments, offer self-power and love, and offer guidance where there seems to be darkness.

Look at this client reading for example – Click Here for Video

Intuitive Psychic Art Reading

Everything drawn in a reading is significant and carries a message. Each message can offer clarity, love, understanding, and self-power.

Intuitive psychic Art Readings are powerful tools

These readings will stay relevant for some time. Allow yourself to revisit the drawing, and the audio I send to you, multiple times. You will notice over the days, weeks, months, and years that a different object in the drawing will become relevant.

My intuitive readings are virtual, so you can receive a reading wherever you are. Your artwork will be packaged and shipped to you along with a written note of the main takeaways of your reading. A free 15-minute phone or zoom call is available to you should you have questions. You will also receive an emailed audio of me explaining your reading.

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Erica Chinise
Instagram – @ericachinise.art

Release Anger During Spring

“‘Being’ means evicting everyone from your inner core, so all that’s left is you. When only you remain, you begin to live as you and not live for the tenants you housed in your core. “

The beginning of Spring has been interesting. Honestly, it always is. She presents herself towards the end of winter just enough to make many anxious for warmer weather. Then, she’s gone. Wait, no; she’s back – no, she’s gone again. 

Many of us have experienced our mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional states doing the same thing. One minute I’m out of bed and ready to conquer my day, and the next minute (literally sixty seconds later), I feel all of the frustration and harshly judge myself or someone else for a minor thing. Of course, these emotions and judgments are created thanks to an existing base, and Spring Equinox amplifies ALL the things. 

You’ve probably felt anxiety, frustration, quick to anger, stiff and tight muscles, judgmental, and the lack of motivation to engage in the things that usually rescue you from your funk. This is no coincidence. As beautiful spring rolls in, she brings awakening, surrendering, and Being. Many of us are called to do one or all of those things during Spring and the Spring Equinox. 

Surrendering – Energy may feel heavy, constricting, and suffocating right now. No matter how much you try to conquer your day or situation, you see it hovering over you until your submission – until your surrender. Then you begin to understand there is no Conquering the day or problem – instead, there is surrendering to it. Think of a situation you are currently in or someone you give so much of your energy to that it depletes you of everything. Now, think of your life without the need to control that situation or person. What do you see? What do you feel? 

Awakening – Now it seems when people hear “Awakening,” they believe you are awakening to the energy around you and becoming aware of things outside of yourself like government actions, other people, and situations. But really, awakening is going within and discovering yourself. When you go within, you understand others around you and continue to do inner work for further understanding. The goal is Love for yourself and others around you – not to become awakened to dwell in anger. Use Love to push forward and encourage others to do so by your action of living within Love. 

Being – Most people feel that “Being” is to be in the here and now – focus on this moment and nothing else. It is about being in the moment, but it is not the only thing. “Being” means to Be – it means to live as who you are. It means evicting everyone from your inner core, so all that’s left is you. When only you remain, you begin to live as you and not live for the tenants you housed in your core. 

Why do we feel so frustrated, angry, and antsy during spring?

Traditional Chinese Medicine theory links the energy of spring to the liver and relates the liver to frustration, anger, and judgment. In the winter, just like nature, our body’s energy recedes to the core to protect it from the cold that would deplete it. In nature, the leaves fall due to the energy of the tree receding to the center – there is no supply feeding the leaves. What are we doing in winter? We also begin to stay inside more, keep warm, and consume warming foods. When spring comes along, the tree’s energy supply spreads through the trunk and branches, encouraging its buds to bloom. What are we doing in spring? Yes, the same thing. Our energy wants to spread and rise, and we have to let this energy take place. At the same time, when nature returns to winter-like temperatures, our bodies will do the same, which we should respect. 

So, right now, we feel that energy spreading and rising, and then we feel it receding – encouraging agitated emotions and the physical body.

How do we step aside and let this energy take place?

  • Stop trying to Conquer – surrender yourself to your day, life, or situation. This does not mean doing nothing because you are powerless; it means understanding where you have control. And understand that your control in certain areas is just a fantasy – let go and let it flow.
  • Cry – when we harbor and bury our emotions, this harms the liver and creates stagnation. A good cry will encourage liver qi to move.
  • Practice being – Practice being yourself completely, whatever that looks like for you. Take little steps. You could start by evicting people from your core and thinking as you are. Then you can begin doing as you are.
  • Drink water with lemon – water will help your body eliminate harmful toxins. Lemon will also help the liver.
  • Get a massage, craniosacral therapy, or shamanic healing session – This movement will help the body detox toxins we’ve consumed physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
  • Go for a hike – Get your body moving to support the energy spread.
  • Watch nature – get encouraged on how to allow this yang energy to spread.
  • Close your eyes and breathe – write down old patterns, situations, or people you want to release. Write down new practices you would like to create. 

The next time you catch yourself harshly judging yourself or someone else during this time, think about what season we’re in. But remember, those emotions are created from an established base, and this is a perfect time to understand that base. Help release the stagnant energy and emotions that have accumulated within you so you can enjoy your spring!

EricaChinise

You Don’t Find Peace. You Become Peace.

Many of us cannot be here because we look at the entire staircase instead of focusing on one step.

What comes to mind when you hear or see the words “Peace” and “Surrender”? Most of us think of “inaction” or “stillness.” Sometimes those things are needed, but one does not simply achieve peace, being here now, and happiness by being inactive. Being here now, being peaceful, and surrendering are a few of the most active things you can do in your life. 

The definition of Peace is freedom from disturbance; tranquility. A state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended. A more spiritual description of Peace is an inner state of well-being and calm.

Most of us know that peace is not easy to come by, not without doing some work. Our work tends to be done outside of ourselves, which is excellent, but we continue to see that true peace is still not here. It may be tough for many of us to find because Peace is not something you can find but something you have to Be. Confusion arises about “Just Being here” or “Peace.” We think we have to be calmer, meditate more, and not let our environment trigger us, but how can we do these things if we are not at peace ourselves?

The things we wish to see in the world come from within us. Being peace means doing who you are, being who you are, and trusting that you are in the safety net of spirit and yourself. Being here means being yourself and letting things fall where they may because you know things will be the way they should, with or without your “control.”

Try this exercise:

  • Collect your pen and your journal or notebook.
  • Find a quiet space to sit and breathe. 
  • Close your eyes and ask yourself these questions.
  • Ask yourself, if the fear, pressure, and stress of society did not exist, who would I be?
  • If the anxiety, pressure, and stress of my family did not exist, who would I be?
  • If the pressure from myself did not exist, who would I be?
  • If my fears were understood and worked on, who would I be?
  • Write down who you would be, or essentially, who you are, but it is being stored away.
  • How can you start becoming that person? One step at a time.

Being the peace we want is being the person we wrote down in our journal. Many of us cannot be here because we look at the entire staircase instead of focusing on one step. Focus on the step you’re taking and as you take it, trust that things are coming together as they should. 

Remember the calmer energy you were working at? You’ll find that the energy comes naturally because the peace you are becoming is now bleeding into your outer world. Why does being peace or being here terrify us so much? It means surrendering, letting go, focusing on YOUR step, and understanding the control you thought you had was just a fantasy. 

When you can sit and permit yourself to be peaceful, happy, and to be here, you may experience what I felt – relief. Whenever I remind myself I do not have to control everything, I breathe more easily. I live happier.

EricaChinise 

Now You Ask

Depression, grief, sadness, and pain doesn’t need you to believe in them to exist. 

I dreamt of a poem about suicide and thought it important to share.

Mental health is often overlooked. Why? Many believe all you should do is “push forward.” Others believe mental health is a weakness because they feel like a “pushover.” When I hear things against mental health, I genuinely think it is fear. It is scary holding up a mirror and taking a look at yourself. 

However, while most want to ignore the importance of mental health, they, and others, are paying for it with their sanity and lives. As we continue to speak against mental health, we continue putting ourselves at risk. Depression, grief, sadness, and pain doesn’t need you to believe in them to exist. 

Because our society doesn’t put more importance on mental health, we see increased suicides. When we decide to turn a blind eye toward our pain, we also cannot see others’ pain. 

Sometimes, if you can do so, all it takes is asking, “How are you?” or “What do you need from me?” to make someone’s day or save someone’s life.

How can you begin taking care of your mental health?

  • Find a Therapist
  • Meditation
  • Move your body (Yoga, running, walking, cycling, tai chi, weight training)
  • Journaling
  • Breathing techniques
  • Look at your diet – certain foods can cause physical reactions and mood shifts.
  • Get some bodywork.
  • Speak with a health/life coach.
  • Receive healing (reiki, craniosacral therapy, biofeedback).

Taking care of your mental health is a tough business, so going at it alone can feel suffocating. Finding a team (craniosacral therapy, therapist, life coach) to walk you through can help it feel less frightening.

EricaChinise

Change is More than Hoping and Good Thoughts

Anytime we stop growing, become stagnant, and expect life to work in our favor, we can expect life to become uncomfortable.

The new year encourages “New Beginnings” in many people worldwide. I see rituals like washing away the old energy in the ocean, cleaning the house to promote new energy, purchasing new wallets and purses to invite more money, writing letters to self or others, and then burning them. Many rituals encourage us to adopt the “new year, new me” mindset. The tricky part? Keeping that motivation with us through the days, weeks, months, and even years that come. 

These one-and-done rituals make people believe that is all the work that has to be done. When I was a kid, I had to attend church almost every Sunday with my mom and grandmother. Before the sermon, a member would come forward with announcements and a prayer list for church members. The prayer and advice for the members? “Leave it in God’s hands.” – even as a little girl, I knew there was so much more to healing than that. An excellent accountability message is “accept your inability to control things, leave it to the universe, God (or whatever you believe in), and do what your energy allows.” The one-and-done rituals remind me of the “Leave it in God’s hands” message from the church I attended. If I do this one-and-done ritual and I “Leave it,” where does my work come in? How will I understand the situation and things that need to change? How will I hold myself accountable? Where does the contemplation come in? How will I grow? Granted, there are many times when we do need to leave it and rest – something I am currently learning. But something tells me if you’re looking for new year resolutions, there are probably some changes you’re hoping for, and change doesn’t come without work.

This is not to say scratch the rituals because they do not work – they work as a good reset, but they continue to work when we put energy into them and ourselves. Think of manifestation – many believe it stops at putting good thoughts toward a situation, which is not valid. The good thoughts are where it begins, and it continues with changes in behavior and patterns to invite that changing and healing energy into your life. 

I’ve recently gone through a “Dark night of the soul” – when we experience painful periods that create depression, grief, and dissociation. The dark night of the soul can be induced by events like death, illness, break-up, or any change. My event is not so simple to explain, but it falls under the fear of loneliness. All the relationships in my life are experiencing some kind of change, all happening while I am experiencing loneliness x10. Whenever I see a specific energy happening all around me, and it is inescapable, I know it’s time for me to walk deep into the shadows to understand it and trust there is a stepping stone there to catch me. I do all the meditation, contemplation, group therapy, self-help books, and reaching out to my people, so why do I feel the same? Well, just like the “one and done” and the “Leave it in God’s hands” messages, I understand something needs to be different, but there’s no direct action of change on my part. My pain and depression are created by the uncomfortable feeling I receive when I try to stay in a place I have outgrown. Anytime we stop growing, become stagnant, and expect life to work in our favor, we can expect life to become uncomfortable.

What is the action for me? It is healthy detachment from the people I love and letting go of what I believe life and my relationships should look like. Action for me is understanding I do not have to save the world, only myself. Rescuing me is learning to trust myself through those “scary” moments and giving permission to live in peace. 

Seeing what needs to change and then taking action takes time. Some people will get up and immediately make changes for authentic self-care (which still comes with its steps in healing), and, for most of us, it can take a lot of processing, and that’s okay. The change you want to see may not be the change that happens. Instead, it’ll be the change you need. The time you wish for change may not take place; it could take years. I’ve known for six years that I needed to choose myself first, let go of attachment, and begin saying “No,” but it has taken me six years to finally take that energy and transcend above life as I knew it.

Take your time, but also understand Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes. 

What changes or energy are you inviting into your life this new year? What is your plan to continue with that energy? In what ways are you changing your patterns?

EricaChinise

Staying Put to Avoid Living

Letting go of stagnation means it is time to live. Living comes with shadow work, healing, mirrors, triggers, and trusting ourselves; we often stay put to avoid living.

How long have you stayed in a situation or relationship (business, friendship, or romantic) just because you’re comfortable? Are you in one right now? We all have done it at least once or twice. The question is, are we just staying for “comfort”? That’s a funny word to use when we decide to stay in a place where we feel disrupted down to our core. In this instance, the word comfort is like people using the word “anger” to describe their feelings – anger is the result of a more profound emotion that has been ignored. 

Also, the word “stay” is interesting as well – we say “staying in a relationship,” it feels like the word “content.” Most of us do not want to be content in a relationship or life. Deep inside, we want to be alive. 

The relationships I chose to stay in most were toxic and traumatic. A few relationships were beautiful and loving, while the situation around them (either with me or my partner) didn’t provide the comfort to “Live” in the relationship. In all my relationships, either with ill situations or an ill connection, I stayed for convenience, or so I thought. I realize, as I witness a current relationship becoming something I didn’t have in mind, that I didn’t stay for comfort – I stayed due to the fear of trusting myself and the fear of living. 

A friend told me, “Sometimes people stay where they are because they know they will be forced to deal with the things that trouble them.” What my friend said didn’t hit me until I dreamt about a venomous serpent that would not stop following me. This snake never threatened to bite me or attack me in any way, but it seemed its presence was inevitable in my life. Of course, I was terrified of the snake, more so for its venom – anyone would be. I ran from this snake as much as I could until I realized it was not attacking me, and there was no escaping it, so I had to figure out how to live with its existence.

When I woke, I was trying to escape the dream’s meaning. My best friend told me, “Snakes mean change and transformation. You have to stop running.” – this made sense, but the venomous snake seemed to hold a deeper meaning for me. Then I remembered something I say to my clients often, “The poison is also the antidote.” The snake represents change and transformation. The venom represents life and all of its triggers and mirrors I am afraid of, something that is not avoidable, even more so when I decide to live. My fear of this venomous snake mirrored my anxiety in my waking life – fear of trusting myself through this world of triggers and mirrors. 

When we choose to “stay” in relationships that we feel are keeping us stagnant, in some way, we know it is because we know we do not have to worry about trusting or failing ourselves. In some way, we understand by leaving or choosing to live, we agree to come face to face with our shadows. We must trust ourselves and our healing to work through triggers and trauma. Letting go of stagnation means it is time to move forward; moving forward means living. Living comes with shadow work, healing, mirrors, and triggers; we must trust ourselves to walk through it safely. 

Living sounds freeing, but to most, it can sound terrifying. As of right now, for me, it is both terrifying and liberating. I ultimately chose living over stagnation for myself and with hopes that the people I care deeply for will someday join me. There are ways we can begin to step out of stagnation and choose life:

  • Identify the “Good things” that keep you where you are.
  • Identify the scary things you will face or do if you leave a relationship.
  • Breathe.
  • Ask yourself often, “How does that make me feel?”
  • Journal, meditate, go to therapy, and begin shadow work.
  • Ask yourself what is needed to make you feel safe enough to Live.
  • How can you slowly make sure you have your needs?
  • Breathe.
  • When you walk into a trigger or mirror, trust your self-work (meditation, journaling, shadow work, therapy, etc.)
  • Review your past journals to see just how far you’ve come and some things you can work on.

These suggestions have helped me find my footing and gain the courage to trust myself to live this life. I won’t say that I am not terrified, but I know I am now equipped with the tools to keep myself safe and walk through life. 

I am not trying to encourage you to leave any relationship you are in. I am encouraging you to see your self-power and begin to walk into it. I hope this helps. 

Song of the blog – Verdigris by Roger Eno, Brian Eno

EricaChinise

It is Time to Trust in Your Healing Work

It is time to demand your core self front and center. That means trusting in the healing you’ve done.

I’ve been feeling another round of energy urging me to release more of my fears and put trust in the healing I have done – I know I can’t be alone in feeling this. A week ago, I was deep in meditation with a sense of urgency to find relief from my emotional stress. This stress and pain exist because I am physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted from being on high alert ALL THE TIME. While meditating, I heard, “Demand your core self front and center.”

A few days later, I was triggered by something that made me remember the sexual trauma I had experienced years earlier. At that moment, I said, “No. I demand my core self forward. I’ve worked hard and am not the person I was years ago.” I felt something I have never experienced in the face of a trigger – safety.

Now is the time to demand your core self front and center – this may feel like an intimidating thing to do. For so long, we’ve been healing and getting to know ourselves, and this is yet another area we’ve become comfortable with because it is familiar.

Now it is the time to trust in our healings and our work. Letting go and saying, “Okay, self, I trust you” is the unknown for most of us – it feels taboo. At this moment, the energy is encouraging us to say, “I trust you to protect me, to speak up for me, to navigate me through situations, to see me through triggers, to calm my shivering body through trauma, to take care of me.”

Trusting in ourselves also means letting go and loosening your fists that have been ready for a fight every minute of your life. Trusting means releasing the hold in your throat that keeps your voice lower than everyone else’s. Trusting means letting down the defenses you’ve built because, at the time, you didn’t understand how to protect yourself and lost your trust.

What does your core self encompass? It is EVERYTHING that is you. Your core self is all the shadow work you have done to understand yourself; it is your ego, and it has an understanding of your past. Your core is your healed wounds.

She, he, or they hold all of the work you’ve done AND have the understanding and wisdom to use it in a way that is healing and protecting you. Just as those harmful patterns you created in the past to protect yourself were automatic, your core self will work to do the same the more you demand it out.

When the core is front and center, we understand we are safe. We are safe because we are no longer the person who experienced the trauma. We are the person who is healing and understanding ourselves – that is, a person that works to protect themselves. It is time to trust in the healing we have done and let it take over instead of allowing the past to call the shots.

How do you know when your core self has come forward? I cannot tell you what that is for you – that is a question to ask yourself. However, I will explain how I know my core is here, and it’ll encourage you to understand what to look for. 

My core feels like warmth from head to toe – she feels like healthy blood circulation.

She feels like a heated bed on a cold winter night.

She feels like maternal energy.

She feels like the protection I didn’t receive when I most needed it.

She feels like the energy that understands what to say or do at the right moment.

She feels like a protective embrace.

She is me.

When I demand my core self, or my wise woman, out, I know she is here because I feel at least one of those things. I feel at ease and safe because I understand I am not in the pain and trauma that happened in the past. I am much more powerful and wise.

Demand your core in any situation, pay attention, and experience your feelings. Notice how your body relaxes, and your voice gets stronger. Notice how the roots in your feet become secure and dive deeper into the earth.

You’ve done so much hard work, and you have the right to enjoy it.

Mantra to say to yourself every morning:

I am safe. I am

I am safe. I am

I am here. I am

I am here. I am

I am safe because I am here.

I am safe because I am here.

EricaChinise

Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes

Coming into your new life means letting go of patterns and people who do not fit.

Many times, making room for our new selves and our lives is the most challenging part of the change. Why? Because it means letting go of old patterns and people we’ve become so attached to. These are things we label as safety only because they are familiar.

Growing and walking into the soulful change in your life doesn’t just happen. It takes going against the cycle you’ve stayed in most of your life, which can be scary and painful. 

You may feel so uncomfortable now in your life and feel yourself unraveling – for me, this always means I am not allowing something to take place. I have become the block in a flowing stream that is life. Maybe my energy isn’t where it should be right now. 

So, ask yourself. Why am I feeling like I’m coming undone while this change is trying to take place? Am I stopping this from happening in some way? What emotions arise when I think of a shift trying to take place and why?

Change doesn’t always mean everything you know of will be gone. It means it will look different. Maybe the people in your life are still there but are now positioned elsewhere. We know where we currently are (mentally, physically, spiritually, or emotionally) is bringing stress and frustration.

So, let’s gently encourage ourselves to step out of our cycle by looking at our fears and understanding them. Let understanding empower us to take the first step to change.

“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone” – Roy T. Bennett

EricaChinise

The Power of Looking at Ourselves Head-On

One of the best feelings in the world is when a trigger is no longer powerful – it shows just how much healing you’ve been doing. 

I recently came in contact with a trigger that, in the past, would’ve sent me overboard. It would’ve intensely irritated my abandonment wound. However, at this moment, the trigger had zero power. I felt like Jennifer Connelly in the Labyrinth – “You have no power here!”

My father left my mother and me when I was a newborn, and from then on, I believed I was not worthy of love and was worthless. Not only did I think it, but I also continued to tell myself that until a few years ago. 

I began telling myself the opposite – the truth. I am, in fact, worthy of any and everything. I belong. If I did not belong, then I would not be here. Now, I believe and breathe these affirmations, and the triggers have no power. Of course, I will always have healing and work to do for as long as I live, but it gets “easier.”

I feel that you all have been experiencing that your triggers have less power. This is something to celebrate and a reminder that looking at ourselves head-on is powerful and essential. When we do that, we focus on what personal experiences make us react to the outer world instead of caring about what others are doing and saying. If we work to look at ourselves, what others are doing won’t matter. 

I see you healing!

EricaChinise