Coping with Sudden Horrifying Change

The news hits hard and fast, you've suddenly lost your job without cause or warning, your world goes up in flames and you have to start over, or a hostile government turnover has suddenly whisked away safeguards and a future you were depending on. You can fight back, you might be able to repair it, but you can't stop it (at least not right away and not alone) because the crisis has already happened or is happening too fast. How do you cope?

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Speaking Up Loud and Proud

Speaking up loud and proud does not describe me. I can be outspoken in print, I can be bold as an artist. But ask me to make 5 calls? Aargh!! I'm going to stumble over my words, make a fool of myself . . . but today I felt strong enough to make myself do it. And it was no big deal . . . Then I found out people were buying Trumpet Vine in my shop. Aha! I wasn't alone.

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Flower Essences for Grief, Hopelessness, and Despair

In times like these they say that "despair is not an option." Well, not in the long run, but there are days when the news is so horrific that an ordinary human being would have a hard time not dipping a toe in those waters. And sometimes when you feel numb or like "it doesn't matter, it's going to be okay," you may find that the feelings bubble up as soon as you try to go to sleep.

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Protecting Your Energy with Yarrow Flower Essence

There has been a significant uptick in sales of Yarrow in my shop in the last two weeks—White Yarrow, Pink Yarrow and a combination formula I call Inner Strength and Protection. This makes perfect sense to me because I have a bottle of my Inner Strength and Protection scented spray on the table next to where I sit when I'm working or playing on the computer.

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