Blog: Articles + Inspirations
Got Rest? The Key to Maximizing Productivity and Living in the Flow of Life
by Casey O'Connell and Jonathan G. Itchon How often do you get a "full night's sleep" only to wake up feeling exhausted? Do you feel like you can't shut your mind off even when you want to? Does having time off with nothing planned make you feel anxious? If you...
Spirituality and Tattoos : Can Getting Inked be a Spiritual Expression?
by Vanessa Nova Tattoos have had a bad rap. However, tattoos are becoming slowly more common and therefore more accepted. According to a 2017 survey in the United States, 4 out of 10 Americans have at least one tattoo. Personally, I believe we can reclaim the...
The Big Move: Is Your Guidance Clear?
The Call Do you ever hear the whisper in your ear to uproot? Leave where you are and not look back? The feeling deep inside that there are things yet untapped and places yet seen which will help you to unleash your greatest powers? I feel as though most everyone on a...
Overcoming Lyme Disease : From Physical Disease to Spiritual Awareness
Many of us have experiences in life which lead to paradigm shifts, rejecting old ways of being and stepping into new awareness. I was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2014. It put me in a place where I needed to make a decision about the course of my healing process...
Stand in Your Power : Plug in to These 11 Spiritual Power Sources to Raise Your Vibration
"Since the individual soul is part of the universal soul, man has access to powers he does not know, but which time and knowledge and experience will gradually reveal to him." --Frater Albertus What does it mean to stand in your power? How can we truly stand in our...
Owning Your Divinity: Showing Up as Your True Self
While I believe that the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover" carries a lot of truth, like anything, it can be twisted to contribute to an anthem of disempowerment. How does it disempower? Examples: If they really care and are of any substance, they'll look past...
My Antidote to Addiction: The 3 Spiritual Ingredients that Helped me Kick Alcohol
The Secret For a long time, what felt like many lifetimes, I hid what I believed to be my biggest secret. I had struggled with a lot in my young life, but this was by far the heaviest - or so I thought. My life was a mask. My world was a sham. My words were plastic....
Altar Magick: How to Create a Personal Altar in 5 Simple Steps
Altars are places of power and intention. Your personal altar is a place where you can be reminded of who you truly are. We are eternal spiritual beings living a physical existence! Creating an altar creates a physical anchor for all of the energies of creation, a...
Kunzite : The Stone of Unconditional Love
Pink Kunzite: The Stone of Unconditional Love With our February theme of "Living from the Heart," we want to explore ways to experience the beauty of the heart and the many flavors of love. We chose Kunzite to be our crystal companion this month to explore the...
Orange Calcite : The Stone of Creating Your Joy
We at Activate Austin are crazy about crystals! We've chosen Orange Calcite to kick off our year long journey monthly crystal themes for 2017 and we hope your relationship with crystals inspires more magick and power in your life. Though crystals have been ancient...