I believe in being authentic, and speaking out about the things that make me cry.

I believe it is worth it to use our voice when we hear the call from our intuition–that it is time to take a stand. That’s when we have to speak, to step into our power to create positive change in the world.

Because for every person who can speak, there are many others who cannot or will not.

This month I testified in favor of reforming my state’s medical marijuana program in the Maryland House Government and Operations Committee.

I believe this is not only necessary for many many people in pain–in such pain that it made me cry talking about it in this video–but it is also necessary for people with seemingly “unworthy” causes.

I’m talking about women’s problems. The procedures, disorders and the problems that only women experience and understand the pain. For some reason these problems are so unworthy of treatment–the pain is unworthy of medicine– that women every day have no options besides over the counter pain killers. Why can’t medical providers offer something that humans have used safely for millennia?

In this video I speak about WHY this is an issue worth speaking on. I know from personal experience with a painful medical procedure in which I was instructed to only take over the counter medication. It took days to recover  but it inspired me because I know there are many other women with this pain. So I’m going to talk about it.

Let’s face it: women do not have effective medication for their problems and won’t unless they speak about it.

I’m planning a project further down the line that will empower other women to speak on this issue. Hence the tag, #MJ4PMS the name of the campaign. Feel free to use it on twitter, your blog, or where ever you express yourself.

It hasn’t been easy to share this video with you. It hasn’t been easy to talk about in the past, but it’s getting easier. The tide has shifted. Other countries, and other states are changing their laws, we can, too.

But it did really take me aback that I started crying. After I finished I thought about redoing it or holding it back, but this is a very important time, and when I ask myself, should I put this up? Should I do this? All I hear is YES.

Thanks for holding space for me to express what I believe in, whatever you believe, I support the same for you.

Currently a medical system is one of two kinds of legislation that are moving forward in Maryland. Public opinion has been polled as in high favor (90%) of a medical program, but a majority also supports full legalization. Thursday March 12, the Maryland house will be hearing testimonies  for a proposed bill that charges possession of the plant with a $100 fee rather than arrest.

This law could change the current situation which often penalizes nonviolent people with jail time, loss of income, and damage to work opportunities.

For the second year running, this bill has passed the Senate and now awaits approval in a difficult committee to be voted on by the floor. The Senate bill has been passed for the second time with bipartisan support.

But a medical system is still necessary. A medical system will give people in pain, whether temporary or chronic, as well as ill children with life threatening disorders (epilepsy, cancer) a powerful and fast acting medicine–and protect caregivers.

Please contact your local legislation representative about your opinions on this issue.

It’s my favorite time of the month– your free tarot reading.

Attend Live March 6, 2014 at 8 PM EST or watch the replay to make your March Golden. Click to RSVP and get your answers.

Blessings, I am an intuitive messenger. I assist sensitive and caring women who see the world in a different way to overcome their struggles with fear and uncertainty. I help them find connection and community through sharing their unique perspective.

Every month I offer a free demonstration of my skills. That’s tonight at 8PM EST

Come for a general reading of your situation or receive insight specific to your biggest questions.

Lots of people ask about their business. So this month is prosperity themed, and will include a discussion of the wisdom that has come to me to share to you.

I currently am booked for weeks as a reader, teacher, and coach, which is a new thing for me. I have a long story about my own struggles with prosperity, but I am certain of the key now.

We can all be intuitive and benefit from the knowledge I have acquired–and I truly enjoy sharing so we can all live in a beautiful and abundant world.

Who am I? Sofia Wren. It’s hard to reach me for private consultations because I have so much to create. I am writing a novel about feminine empowerment and constructing a course to help sensitive people be more resilient and balanced in difficult circumstances.

But do feel free to fill out an application for a free Vision Session if you would like to speak later in the month or April. I can provide personal insight and new insight to your challenges.

I look forward to partnering with others online–you are welcome to join my show in the future and introduce yourself, your site, book or business. If you are interested in expanding your reach with me, press contact me above and let me know.

Missing it? There is always a replay from last month’s show on the stage at www.sofiawren.com/live

Thank you for your time, darling.

RSVP for today:

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 Looking for inspiration? It’s here in droves! I got deep with week in a 30 Minute video interview with Wendy Wolff, author of the Letter Writing Project.

We talked process, inspiration and changing the world with sharing your voice.

Wendy always knew she was meant to write a book. After her sister passed in a car crash, she became inspired to write her sister letters to share feelings that they had never gotten a chance to talk about.

But soon she began writing other kinds of letters.  Letters to groups of people like teens and teachers, letters about love, letters about anger.

This outpouring has allowed her to get a great sense of who she is, what she has to say and now she is putting it out into the world.

Wendy has been serving the community as a planner and organizer for 20 years–pretty amazing stuff.

Now she is sharing her process of writing letters and utilizing all her skills to organize a Letter Writing movement that will help others to voice what is inside of them and create a better world together.

Her book debuts on March 12th, see her facebook page for more information about that.

In the meantime enjoy this video interview about her inspiration—it is sure to move and inspire you, too. Yes I did tear up! Oh my gosh, you have to watch this.

Do you have a book inside of you? If you need help, why not apply for a free Vision Session?

Join us at the Author Interview Circle for more author events.

Join my facebook page for daily affirmations and inspiration

 Recently I’ve felt a call to go bigger, to help more people in a unique way.

After speaking to many people in my tribe, I’m hearing a lot of people are feeling overworked and overwhelmed. Social anxiety is causing people to hide a slice of who they are back from the world.

It all comes down to better boundaries and I’ll be creating a course on using mental and spiritual techniques to gain more confidence and control over emotions.

When you have healthy boundaries, you can intentionally create more of what you want in your life and be true to you. You’ll have more time since you’ll have fewer fears and fewer droops in your energy.

I’ve decided to focus on making this course, as well as my book, so I will be taking my scheduler down tomorrow. After this if you’d like to work with me to clear fear and uncertainty in your life, I will be available by application only.

• For those who apply by February 25th by Midnight EST, I’m willing to offer every client who signs up with me a full year of free courses.
• If you are specifically a match for my energetic boundaries class, I’m willing to offer a discount or free preview to those who will help me to develop and test it.  

Will you be my test dummy?

Apply here: https://sofiawren.wufoo.com/forms/r1yhrwky0zps1af/

Space is probably the last thing type “A” people add to their to-do list, but it’s the key to productivity and happiness.

Lately, I’ve been reminding a number of my sensitive clients about how important it is. We’re talking work-life balance, better boundaries, prioritizing what’s really important, and taking decent breaks.

It’s a little thing called Space to Breath. Space to Think. Space to have fun. Space to Enjoy Living.

One way you can catch up for lost time and regain clarity around the big picture is by taking a personal retreat. It is an investment in your energy, motivation, self-worth and focus that will definitely pay itself back many times over.

Today I’ll be sharing about the retreat I took this week, the challenges and the benefits.

Here’s a five minute video on the topic of Space and Retreat to Relieve Stress and Overwhelm

The biggest challenge for me is getting dates on the calendar so it will really happen. During the post-holiday season, I came up with the idea to take a retreat, and figured I might as well take it sooner rather than later.

To make sure I’d get that idea on the calendar I shared my dream at two networking meetings. I love On Purpose Women in Maryland. This was deliberately instead of a work goal because I work all the time, but I’ve never taken a trip by myself without crashing at a friend’s.

If I didn’t get someone to hold me accountable, I’d  roll forward into the year without creating the SPACE I needed. 

My group also helped remind me to keep setting goals each week like deciding what city to stay in, researching bed and breakfasts (Thanks Bella Vista B&N in Philadelphia), brainstorming activities, booking personal care appointments, adding information about stores, restaurants, and activities to a list on my phone, and of course packing.

Scheduling appointments creates it own challenges: if you are only retreating for a few days, it requires careful balance not to over schedule yourself.

Remember the goal is space, but you have your own preferences. Will it help you to know what movie time to go to? To have your nail appointment set? Or is flexibility and spontaneity nicer? I definitely recommend booking massage or haircuts in advance, so you can get the practitioner and time you want.

Personally, I ended up making only one: my massage appointment since my favorite hairguy disappeared from Philly and I could walk in to get a pedicure.

Packing: the earlier the better, and the less the better.

I have a personal block around packing. Whether I travel internationally, or to a friend’s house, I always seem to be doing things last minute, pack too many things, and forget something of importance trying to get out the door. This time was no different! But I did make my massage appointment in time, which I had deliberately scheduled early to force myself to get on the road.

But if I had bothered to check my premade packing list-I would have remembered a few things!

I was more concerned with what books and notebooks to bring. I always have grandiose notions of what I will get done on a trip– read through all my journals, write a todo list with everything I’ll do for months. Yeah didn’t touch it. You can leave most books at home, or do a Coco Chanel and remove something right before you go. 

And then there’s the challenge of what really happens on a retreat. You can’t control weather, or your mood.

It snowed while I was away so I didn’t go walking around the city like I had planned. I didn’t do all the things on my list.  No pedicure. I got stuck in a weird part of the city exploring and it would have been too much hassle to get to the art museum to sketch. I got a parking ticket, rats! But that’s ok.

Remember that the point of the retreat isn’t the appointments, or the activities, it’s the SPACE to let yourself be you.

Be sure to leave some flexibility in your schedule, allow yourself to reschedule things if necessary, so that you can make the experience what you are in the mood for. It’s time to give yourself your every whim! Even if it’s doing a lot of nothing.

You don’t need to do something exciting so you can tell other people about it. This is your time.

Also, keep your eyes open for any “stuff” that comes up. 

I have to admit the first night of my retreat was weird. I didn’t really want to get into the notebooks I brought, so I just watched TV. I thought did I really come all this way to watch a buzzing TV. But yes, I did, and it was what I needed.

And since I get lonely at night, I reached out to a local friend and we got together for dinner on day 2. Yay! Fun.

By the second day I was able to pin point a few of the anxieties that got in my way. This is called “The Breakdown before the Breakthrough” and you can read the blog about it here. 

I used EFT to regain calm when I was feeling a little weird about not working on anything and just chilling out. 

As I’ve mentioned previously, I did get a ticket on Day 3 of my retreat. It felt really unfair because a pile of ice prevented me from backing up enough– and it was $75.

I could have let it get me down. I could have punished myself with negative self talk or refusing to spend money on the next thing I wanted to do.

Instead when things didn’t get my way, I paused to breath, and name everything I was grateful for in that moment. 

It’s a sure fire way to get your head back where it should be– appreciating yourself. 

And in the last minute, when I couldn’t make it to the Philadelphia Art Museum because there was a detour in West Philly, I did something even better. I decided to visit my alma mater.

The whole experience of the retreat was incredibly powerful for me and here’s what I got out of it.

I regained a sense of vision around all the projects I have planned for the year ahead. My ideas have begun to take form, shape and color, like they are almost ready to pop out into reality.

Even more important I’ve gotten in touch with how valuable my time really is— how this space is helping me, and how in order to reach many many people with courses and books, I need to be realistic about my capacity for private clients. But I feel really good about it, because I’ll create more impact.

(I have a special ending this weekend, so if you’d like to work together, I highly suggest reserving your spot now. Due to my limited time, I will soon be taking my general scheduler down for a time and and speaking to me will be by application only.) 

And I got in touch with how valuable I really am. I saw the world in my special way, and how I’ve grown from five years ago when I lived or studied in Philadelphia. I could see how much I’ve grown and how much I really do have to offer.  I saw visions and signs leading me to the Sofia Wren I am meant to be in the future, and in a way, now that I’ve connected with that, that brilliant future self exists right now, too, lighting my path with love.

So was it worth the approximately $500 I spent on hotel, great food, massage, a new pair of earrings, art supplies, frames for the house, and that parking ticket?

Yup. Every penny.

And so I gave myself a little space to post this just a tad bit late. 🙂

See you next time, and remember to reserve your spot today for intuitive readings and coaching, so you can overcome fear and uncertainty in your life. Sensitive, caring people who see the world a different way deserve happiness and calm, too.

Gain more love this Valentine’s season by celebrating your inner beauty.

Enjoy this special mermaid meditation to bring your beauty out for all to see– including you.

And afterwards are quick writing exercises to bring you confidence.

After the opening this live event begins with a discussion of mermaids and expressing inner beauty.

The Quick Option:
At 15:55 is the mermaid meditation to bring out your inner beauty and draw more love to you

At 27:56 try the quick sacred writing exercises to bring you more self-love and confidence

If you’d like to explore the therapeutic benefits of writing, apply for a free session with Sofia Wren

Or focus on your soul beauty by applying for a free session with Pamela Chen.

Peace. Love. Happiness. Here’s your free tarot and oracle card reading for the next month.

Now you’ll know what opportunities to take advantage of during this time of year.

There are two ways to enjoy this reading:

1. The quick version:

Scroll to 42:24 where I give a free reading for all watching and for everyone drawn to watch the replay (that’s you!)

2. The in-depth version:

A full hour of insight from how to be happier, things to know about clearing space and more. You are sure to gain inspiration from enjoying the full session as it’s intended to address the concerns for the live guests AND everyone who watches the video this month.

Apply for free personal attention from Sofia Wren,

Certified Ethical Intuitive Consultant known for her spot on intuition and healing presence.

Success with Sofia:

The reading has been an experience for me! I have never, ever, ever had anything like this done before, ever. Not palms, or cards or anything.

When I read your story, it really spoke to me. I knew it was time. I confess there was an element of “testing” for me, to see if you could see me…and you did, beautifully.

I was looking for a specific answer and I literally, almost fell off the sofa when you said it. I was seriously blown away when you said that! Everything you said in the video just was spot on; like you were reading the words off my soul. So, “how was the reading,” you asked? It was pretty cool! Thanks!

Ready to resolve fear and uncertainty? Schedule a session with Sofia

About 15 years ago when I first started to read about spiritual techniques, “grounding” was highlighted as an essential skill. But it never worked.

Books and teachers promised if I grounded every day I’d be calmer, cooler and more in touch with the earth.

What’s funny is that it took me 10 years to understand what it is, really, and find a way to make it work for me.

I wanted to believe there was something to energy work, or guided meditations but nothing I tried had any effect besides leaving me frustrated and dissatisfied! Sheer determination is the only reason I figured it out.

This week I’ll be discussing grounding for non-earth types: people who definitely need to feel more grounded but who can’t feel a difference when teachers guide them to envision trees, sink their energy into the earth, etc.

In the future, I will discuss other techniques such as centering, shielding and clearing energy, all essentials to stay calm and collected in the hustle bustle world. Especially if you are a sensitive person, this stuff is key.

OK back to our grounded discussion.  So what is grounding?

Grounding is a practice of releasing excess, frantic or distracting energy from the body by becoming more in touch with the present moment, our physical anatomy, and the earth.

“Airy fair” spiritual people are not the only ones who need to do this: if you spend a lot of time anticipating other people’s concerns, you’ve been emotionally triggered by a bad movie or fight, you can’t stop checking your email, traffic is making you angry, or you’ve just been trolling around on the internet (hah! caught you), then you could benefit from this, too.

Basically any one feeling stressed, busy, harried, worried, anxious, distracted, sad, spacey, all over the place, unfocused, or anything other than calm, cool and collected can gain immediate benefits by grounding. If they do it right that is.

The thing is that a lot of people take the word “grounding” for granted. About 90% of the teachers I have had instruct students to connect with the center of the earth as a grounding exercise.

This may be difficult for you.

First off some people don’t understand how using the imagination can do anything physical to our bodies.

Scientific studies have shown that envisioning exercise can actually build muscle without moving an inch. What we imagine CAN have a measurable effect on our physical bodies. See The Brain that Heals Itself by Norman Doidge

Second some people just aren’t the earthy type!

In the Indian tradition of doshas, certain people are more energetically aligned with elements other than the earth like air and fire. I personally like to expand that line of thinking to other elements like water, or even wood and metal from the Chinese tradition.

My overall point is maybe you aren’t a tree or earth kinda person! And 90% of books and spiritual teachers are telling you to imagine you are a tree or to reach your energy into the earth? Would they tell a flame or a babbling brook to grow roots?

The only reason I am able to follow the directions of those teachers today is that years ago I began working with a different visualization. As I discuss in the youtube video guided meditation I made a year ago the cauldron has all the elements.

Finally I found the missing piece! For the first time I actually felt like those visualizations I was doing had an effect on my body.

Personally I feel enthralled that there is so much more to life than the earth, I love fire and water and air and wood and metal and spirit and wireless internet.

You need to know yourself and to find the visual symbols that resonate with you, so don’t just visualize a tree, visualize what you need to.

Do your thing even if a teacher talks about roots, so that you can shift your emotions. And if you don’t know what do instead, then try it all!!

I planned to make a video to lead you through this but it won’t upload right now. I’ll get it to you soon. Instead I did make a new video based on last week’s post on the Breakdown before the Breakthrough. 

 Try this experiment to help you find visuals that work for you. Woohoo!

Let’s try this:

Try feeling into the earth like water slurping down a drain flowing down to meet streams deep below.

Sink into the earth like a heavy anchor meeting molten steel in the center of the earth.

Feel your fire spreading down to meet the fires of magma.

Let your winds swirls through the earth’s pores to tunnel in hidden caves.

Then try that tree.

If you have any trouble, contact me for a free session to develop a personal practice that works for you, so you feel calm, collected and ready to rock the world. <3

Or attend the live event and Q&A to learn more about working with your intuition, Certified Ethical Intuitive Consultant Sofia Wren. Thursday Feb 5 2014 on G+ and Facebook

Swimming upstream? About to hit the next level in your life? Almost done your project?

Well, darlin’ prepare for the breakdown before the breakthrough—- it’s a rite of passage every person must face to develop themselves or improve their life.

The bigger the change you want, the bigger the potential breakdown.

Often, this happens right before you reach success, so you have to keep the faith, and keep pursuing that dream anyway.

Or maybe it’s not a breakdown before the breakthrough, but instead a breakthrough before the break down. Even smaller improvements–an amazing day, a new success–can be immediately followed by a breakdown.

Think about the last time you “upleveled” your life. Did you get praise, reach a goal, have a great date, receive important news, and then immediately after your happy moment, find yourself down in the dumps? Did some other area of your life collapse?

Do you remember experiencing a breakdown before a breakthrough? These are usually a little more difficult to remember because they are overshadowed by the positive moments, but keep the question out there and it may come to you.

Noticing this pattern–the tug and pull of life—will empower you to have faith in yourself and your ability to create improvements like happiness and peace. When our dreams don’t match reality, we need to keep high morale.

I think we’d all like more happiness and joy, more love and success, and perhaps even a little more $? Yes I bet you wouldn’t say no to a few more good things. But your unconscious might.

We all have what Gay Hendrix calls the “Upper Limit Problem.” In his book The Big Leap, he describes how we all have an inner thermastat–a certain tolerance for goodness in our lives. When we cross the threshold into unknown territory (basically more overall awesomeness) scale tips too far. This alerts our subconscious mind that something is out of the typical equilibrium and inevitably we are drawn to find something to be upset about– petty fights with loved ones, an accident, a tech crisis, old heartache, or something else.

Sure feelings come up, but we never have to be devastated by things that happen in our lives. Whether or not it really is a big deal, we can still choose not to become fully emotionally invested. We could always be grateful for what we have and do our best to make the most of the situation. This allows us to hold on to the positive aspects of our experience.

If you find yourself experiencing your Upper Limit or going through a breakdown, ask yourself what you were feeling before the breakdown happened. Try to get back in touch with that and back on track.

Something that is absolutely necessary when coming across a breakdown, whenever it happens is to pause and breath. Then:

1. Do not blame yourself or call yourself weak, etc. This is all a part of the process of growing! Congrats, you are on to something. Try saying this to yourself, “Of course I feel this way. I make sense.”

2. Get space to relax, take care of yourself and process. You could meditate, journal, talk to a coach or friend, get a massage or whatever works for you.

3. Pat yourself on the back for continuing to seek improvements. Find something to celebrate and decide to see the glass as half full rather than half empty.

4. Remind yourself of your big why– why are you doing what you are doing? What are you building? Is what you were seeking still relevant? What lays before you on the path to your goals or desired experiences? Organize your todos, and decide what manageable bite you will tackle and what you will enlist others to help you with….tomorrow.. because today you need a break!

Good luck

xx Sofia Wren

I help sensitive, caring individuals who have a different perspective of the world to overcome their struggles with uncertainty and fear.

I help them express their unique perspective and personal journey so they may be a better, more confident version of themselves.

Whether you are an entrepreneur, a writer, or artist, if you’d like to overcome fear of your true purpose, and feel safe expressing yourself, so that you can help more people in the world and better your life–

Request a free 15 minute Down to Paper Session to gain clarity on what you are here to write or create for your book, business or other project