Q: Catherine,
thanks very much for taking the time to speak with us
today. You are the author of an exciting new book, Angelic
Abundance Treasure Maps: Discover the Wealth Within
You. You also have a website, http://www.angelicabundance.com,
where you provide many wonderful articles about communicating
with the angels and learning how to incorporate their
wisdom into your life. And you also offer angel readings
for people over the phone. More info about this is available
at your website. Before we get into discussing the angels
and the exciting work that you are doing with them,
can you tell us a little more about your background?
You come from the arts world, correct? You've worked
as an arts teacher in various school settings?
A: I
began working the day after my high school graduation
and put myself through college working in various positions
in a bank. I graduated with a BS degree in Elementary
Education. For a while, I flip-flopped back and forth
between banking and teaching as I found both worlds
offered fascinating career opportunities. So far, I
have 7 years banking experience and 25 years teaching
experience. In the end, teaching came to the forefront
and continues to be my main focus.
Although
I have self-contained classroom teaching experience
in many grades that lasted several years, I've been
an Art teacher for grades 1-8 for the past 10 years
and thoroughly enjoy teaching children to look inside
themselves to find the gifts and talents they possess
and to assist them in expressing those gifts and talents.
I
firmly believe that each and every person has a great
storehouse of creativity within them. Once they give
themselves permission to express that creativity in
whatever way suits them they become free from habitual
inhibitions and open to their vast inner wealth.
One
book I find an invaluable aid is The Artist's Way by
Julia Cameron. When I read it, years ago, I did all
the exercises and found it a great help to doing for
myself that which I found so easy to do for my students.
Other dynamic books are Drawing on the Right Side
of the Brain and Drawing on the Artist Within by
Betty Edwards. Each of them is loaded with marvelous
exercises that can open a person to their creativity
and help them to better hear their own inner voice.
I
am a person who learns most easily by visual and kinesthetic
means and from a young age on, I instinctively knew
the arts were (and are) a means inward for me. Dance
was always my favorite thing, followed by writing.
Although
I'd learned to sew and knew how to do about 50 different
kinds of crafts, our elementary school did not have
an art teacher and I was never taught to draw, which
was a huge missing piece of the puzzle, I think. At
the time, people had the misconception that drawing
was something people were born knowing and couldn't
be taught. As a child and teenager I couldn't figure
out why I'd not been blessed with the ability. I knew
I was talented at many other aspects of art and simply
could not figure out why I couldn't draw.
You
see, my understanding of myself was that I was a completely
average and perhaps stupid child because math was always
difficult for me. To my parents, being "good" at
math was paramount. Anything else I could do was considered
trivial. They were blind to anything else and told me
my innate gifts and talents were insignificant because
they were related to art. I was told that since I had
not been born a great artist, a DaVinci or a Michelangelo,
that none of it counted at all. I was to focus on math
and science and leave the arts alone except to have
fun. To dabble in it was okay but to pursue it as a
career would be, they thought, to ensure my certain
starvation.
I
learned to draw only after I'd been teaching for several
years and finally, after working through the exercises
in the previously mentioned books and getting my courage
up, I took classes. Cameron and Edwards, authors of
the aforementioned books, were instrumental in changing
the field of art education for the better.
So,
yes, Fine Arts has always been the main focus of my
life and the thing I have found that truly makes life
worth living, rescuing me from the mundane "blah" dullness
many people seem to choose to live in. Fine Art connects
a person at the heart level to the richness and fullness
of life. Having it as a daily part of my life has truly
facilitated opening to my own inner voice and the gifts
housed there. It has greatly helped me to cherish my
authentic self and has given me the courage to live
life the way I know is right for me.
Q: As
a child, you felt a strong connection to a loving Higher
Power –whether you want to call this God, Goddess,
or Great Spirit. I think so many children are wide open
spiritually and are extremely psychic, before puberty
and the pressures of adulthood shut them down. Can you
tell us a little about your early experiences with the
angels and with higher beings? Was it easy for you to
feel a connection with the divine when you were a child?
For how many years did this connection last? Also, I
know that parents, teachers, and other authority figures
can have a strong reaction when their children tell
them that they are talking with God or communicating
with higher teachers like Jesus or the angels. Did you
feel shut down by parental figures or other adults in
your life when you tried to discuss your spiritual experiences?
A: When
I was an infant, unable yet to talk, balls of light
would appear as I lay in my crib and looked through
my favorite blanket. I remember clearly one naptime
talking with the spheres of light in my infant language
and my mother standing in the bedroom doorway to check
up on what I was up to. I distinctly recall telling
her absolutely everything I had heard. Of course, I
couldn't speak English yet so it was all baby blabber,
not words. I remember, as clearly as if it were yesterday,
my mother replying, "Oh, you're talking to the
light," and smiling her marvelous smile.
When
I was preschool aged and in the lower elementary grades,
I recall a being of light who sat with my siblings as
we colored with our crayons at a low square coffee table
we had in the living room. I recall the comfortable
loving feeling that always surrounded the being. Although
it remained there when adults walked into the room,
I was unable to see it as well when an adult filled
with anger or fear was nearby.
I
had a favorite toy monkey doll, a J. Fred Muggs, that
I'd received as a Christmas gift when I was 2. I remember
it talking to me. Obviously, it was my Angel talking
to me through the doll as it always had kind, uplifting
things to say. The doll was my favorite companion. One
day, my mother threw it away, and I was inconsolable.
My sister recalls that my mother had become fearful
when I'd told her it talked to me. I must have put up
quite a ruckus for a very long time as the doll was
replaced weeks later. Eventually, however, that doll
disappeared too. I remember being very sad as I did
not know how to make the loving voice come back. I had
lost my best friend.
I
recall going to Mass on Sundays and listening to the
sermons. I was confused about many things that were
said and had discussions with my father about it. I
finally noticed that, whenever the priest said something
that was of God and actually true, I'd see the light
surrounding him grow brighter. Whenever he'd condemn
something or tout man-made church rules, the light would
fade and often disappear. I used that as my guide to
what to believe and didn't ever blindly accept everything
the nuns taught in school. Obviously, I was seeing his
aura, but didn't know it at the time.
Later,
when I was about 10 years old, my siblings and I got
our eyes checked for the first time. I didn't know what
glasses were really for and figured it was to make the
light I sometimes saw around people go away. Why I thought
this I do not know. What I do recall is not being able
to tell the optometrist which lens was better to see
through because the light surrounding him remained no
matter which lens he inserted. I told him that I couldn't
tell because the light was still there. He asked which
light that was and I said, because I really thought
everybody could see it, "You know, that light that
you see around people, that's around you right now." He
gasped and I thought he wanted more explanation so I
said, while wondering why he didn't know what I was
talking about, "You know, that light everybody
has around them, especially when they're in church." He
suddenly jumped off his stool, turned on the main light
in the examination room and said, "I don't know
which light you're talking about, but I've corrected
your eyes the best I can!" and he showed me the
door.
I
recall discovering that I was very successful in English
class, especially in composition. In the 9th grade,
I realized that, at certain times, I was given "help" while
completing assignments. I'd be given ideas and words
to write and was amazed at what came out of my pen.
I didn't know how to access it at will though, so sometimes
my writing sparkled, and sometimes it was simply good.
I had great fun writing things and still awaken at 4am
each day to write and have quiet time with the Angels.
Let
me say right here and now that throughout my childhood,
I always believed that I was only doing what everyone
else did. I simply didn't know that others didn't have
the same experiences. Adults generally had strange reactions
on the rare times I'd mention what I knew or heard or
could do.
By
the time I reached my mid teen years I'd learned to
keep my mouth shut when I was given information I knew
came from the Angels. Gradually, I learned to ignore
it almost completely, doing everything I could to be
like everybody else and fit in.
Q: The
wonderful thing is how you have been able to reawaken
your spiritual connection and your ability to interact
with the angels. Was there any one, strong event which
prompted this reawakening, or did you gradually open
up psychically again as an adult?
A: I
spent my early adult years trying to fit in and be
like everyone else and live the sort of life they
lived, and that meant shutting off my ability. I consciously
chose to forget how to use it and copied other girls
and women I knew who lived a "devil may care" sort
of lifestyle, learning how to focus on trivial things
and becoming part of the bar scene my coworkers indulged
in. I'd been told I was odd or weird way too many
times to feel secure showing the real me in the banking
or teaching professions. It's difficult to live life
so completely disconnected from one's inner self.
As a result, I began drinking far too much and squelched
most of my talents so no one would "find out" about
me. Of course, I married someone who fit the "dumbed
down" squelched version of me. He, although basically
a good person, was a mean drunk. After about 16 years
of marriage, I'd had enough and began to work through
self-help books and also went to therapy to dig myself
out of the dark pit my life had become. I had a young
daughter and I wanted better for both her and me than
to live with a sometimes raving drunk. I wanted to
become healthy again and become whole again. After
a few years of self growth, I gained the strength
to move out, get a divorce and become myself again.
It was an extremely difficult journey but one I am
ecstatic to have made.
Q: I
think we all face so many challenges in learning to
reclaim our connection with the sacred. Did you have
to get rid of any feelings of being unworthy, of feeling
sinful and so forth, in order to connect with the angels
again?
A: No,
I didn't really feel I'd been sinful. My credo has always
been that God loves. I consider that to be the entire
story and I've always focused on it. I consider any
thing that organized religion says that demeans God
and gives any suggestion that anything less than pure
love flows from God to us to be ridiculous. I've always
felt worthy when it comes to God. I had to realize that
my search was not for the perfect religion that embodied
God, it was a search just for God on a one to one basis.
I had to admit to myself that I had a thirst for God.
I'd shut up about that as well as I didn't want anything
to do with being told I was too much of a commoner to
be a saint, that I was a pretender or that the only
life I could live like that would be to become a nun.
Yuck! I never said I was a saint, only that I could
hear God answer when I prayed. And that seemed to really
bother people because they thought I was saying I was
somehow better than them, and that hurt.
What
I had to do was to quit running away from my gifts and
talents. I had to become comfortable with the fact that
I have always been able to do something many others
wish they could do. I had to quit separating myself
from the real me and learn how to become comfortable
inside my own skin again. I had to learn to not allow
the jealousy of others to knock me off track as it did
when I was younger.
I
say this so frankly now because, as a teacher, I watch
girls shut down and learn to hide their giftedness quite
often, and it always makes me sad to see it. Their classmates
can say very mean things and ostracism can be very real
for gifted young women. I often wonder just what I would
have accomplished had I been encouraged to be the psychic,
artistic person I really was instead of a hobby crafter
who was supposed to follow church rules and not let
anybody know she could talk with heaven. It was like
living in a shadow of the life I was really made for.
I recall asking God repeatedly why, if He'd made me
the way He had, I couldn't live life fulfilling and
perfecting the way I was made. Why was I always told
to behave as somebody else would? Obviously, that question
was the key. Of course, the meaning in anybody's life
is to bring out and live through one's gifts and talents
in order to fulfill the creator's desire/plan for that
which He created. Yes, I knew how to be popular and
went on lots of dates during high school, and most of
my former classmates would be absolutely stunned to
read this interview! I'd hidden myself so thoroughly
behind the various roles I played that even I didn't
know who I was.
Q: I
know that many people –especially Catholics, it
seems –have shared with me that they find it hard
to open up to the angels because they have a lot of
negative programming that is blocking them. Have you
encountered that in people you counsel? That they have
to free themselves up from a lot of that negative conditioning
which has told them that they can't have a direct experience
with spiritual beings?
A: Actually,
no. Most people I counsel have somehow gotten through
most of the negative programming. In my experience,
the ones who were once Catholic and have grown past
the strictures of it have found it easy to open to their
Angels. They are probably, for whatever reason, not
aware of my work or ready to hear what my Angels have
to tell them until they've gotten to that point. Most
tell me they already know how to hear and are seeking
to broaden their abilities.
Q: In
one of your wonderful essays at your site, you mention
an experience you had one time with a golden shower
of light, a bunch of sparkling energies which inspired
you with their loving energy and beauty. I've found
in my own life that my angels sometimes like to show
themselves in the form of what I call “sparkies," little
pinpoints of beautiful light that will suddenly pop
up when I least expect them, offering a feeling of love
and encouragement. Do you see sparkies regularly? Or
do your angels manifest in other ways? Tell us how you
like to communicate with your angels.
A: In
the experience you mention, the Angels did appear to
me on a cool day in late Autumn as a column of sparkling,
swirling, golden snow which was about 10 feet wide and
20 or so feet tall. I'd been meditating for quite some
time, sitting on the beach in a county park. It was
a spellbinding thing to experience and one I shall never
forget.
I
like to communicate with the Angels best in private
while driving the car through the countryside. I use
a clip on microphone and talk into the tape recorder.
I do not usually try to see the Angel manifest in the
physical at will. I fear becoming distracted and falling
into a trance while driving, so I don't attempt it.
I suppose I could see them if I tried while talking
to them at some other time such as when I sit in bed
in the morning and write or when I do an Angel reading
for someone. One way that they communicate with me is
by showing me pictures in my mind's eye, which I then
use my discernment to interpret. I do see them quite
easily and very clearly in my mind as they reveal themselves
to me in the same manner.
Q: In
your book, you focus on helping people to open up those
pathways of receiving good energy. You show readers
how to welcome in energies of abundance on all levels,
personally, financially, and spiritually. I love how
you teach people how to make “treasure maps." Can
you describe these treasure maps a little more, so that
readers will understand what you do in the book?
A: As
we are all triune beings composed of body, mind and
soul, I purposely present the information I bring in
from the Angels so that it is easily applicable to every
aspect of our beings.
As
I wrote the book, I pictured the treasure maps I drew
as a child which we followed when we played games in
the nearby woods. I always loaded the maps with common
landmarks which could be easily found but that always
held a secret of some sort. It wasn't just a tree; it
was the tree where the "lost boys" lived.
It wasn't just a large rock, but the rock under which
was a secret cave. In drawing the maps as a child, I
brought the product of the imaginary into the physical
realm.
As
you know, the book is organized by seasons and then
by the months and weeks. When I considered each month
and nature's cyclical emphasis of each, I thought of
using the technique of drawing the treasure map in order
to reveal the things we'd already put into our lives
and better understand why we'd put them there. Seeing
what we've put into our daily lives reveals our open
avenues as well as the blocks we've constructed that
impede access to our inner selves.
So,
in the book, we take the treasure map that already exists
on the soul level, reveal it to ourselves using the
activities found in the writing concerning the body
level, and compare the treasure map we wish to walk
with the map we have actually drawn for ourselves and
walk each day. The drawing itself, of course, is figurative
for most people, but the idea of the treasure map is
easily understood. It is a great pictorial vehicle to
use in revealing the impact of our choices.
I
have structured the seminars so that they lead people
through the book and teach them journaling techniques
that reveal the maps they have figuratively drawn.
Q: So
treasure maps can help us to unblock areas of our life
where we have found it hard to receive. Is that right?
A: Yes,
that's correct. In realizing that which we have constructed
for ourselves to experience on a daily basis, we are
better able to understand the things we have consciously
or unconsciously chosen to experience in life. If, as
a result of our introspection, we find a block we have
constructed that prohibits reception or realization
of the ample abundance freely available to us, we can
then choose to change it.
Here's
an example. While writing the book, I began keeping
an abundance journal. Surprisingly, I found I tend to
discount and devalue the abundance that comes to me
in forms that are not monetary. Once I realized it,
I began writing them down. I found I also tended to
ignore the abundance that often came in small amounts
and added up -- the quarter found on the sidewalk, the
$5.00 off coupon for the hardware store, the food that
was provided at a luncheon at work. Things like that,
I tended to take for granted and either wrote off as
being too insignificant to notice or did not notice
at all until I began to write them down. In acknowledging
these seemingly small evidences of greater abundance,
I've learned that I do truly receive far more often
than I'd ever acknowledged in the past. I now actively
look for these winks of support from the universe as
they let me know that I do indeed stand in the flowing
stream of abundance, showing me that things are always
going toward the greater good.
Q: I
love the treasure map exercises. I think they give people
powerful, practical ways to overcome obstacles and get
their energy flowing again. No matter how successful
we are in different aspects of our life, it seems that
there is always room for improvement in other areas.
For instance, someone might feel very fulfilled on a
personal level, manifesting lots of great relationships,
yet they don't have good financial flow. Or they might
have tons of money but no quality companionship. As
I read your book, I could really see that we can enter
into working with our angels to really tackle each area
that needs to shift.
A: I
agree. I think the treasure map exercises are great
fun. They all begin with easy and obvious activities
that quickly lead a person deeper within themselves.
Then, when the activities designed to help a person
explore the furthest inner regions of themselves are
encountered, it's very easy for them to do as they have
laid the groundwork. One progresses rather painlessly
from the simple to the complex and holds their Angel's
hand every step of the way.
Q: Do
you have a favorite angel experience that you'd like
to share with readers or one that has happened to someone
else you know? I always love a good angel story!
A: I
think the most fun Angel story I can relate is one my
sister told me. She awoke in the middle of one night
because her dog was at the back door inside the house
barking and yelping in a very joyful manner. She arose,
walked toward the kitchen and saw the light in the back
hallway switch itself off. What we both got a kick out
of was the fact that that the light hadn't been on when
she retired and that whoever the visitor or Angel was,
they had come to see the dog!
Another
story I really like to tell, which is also true, is
this one. As you know, for many years on the way to
work I've talked to the Angels into a small tape recorder
via a clip-on microphone. I'd transcribe the tapes later.
So, one afternoon I was transcribing the tape which
typically has only my voice and the sound of the car
engine on it. I distinctly heard a person's voice saying "Hello." I
almost fell off the chair! I've listened to it 100 times.
I went back to the car with another tape and, while
traveling on the same stretch of road I was on when
the voice appeared, tried to recreate the voice. I figured
I must have moved a switch on the dash board or something
such as that and it only sounded like a voice but, try
as I did, I could not even begin to create or duplicate
the sound.
Q: That
is so cool! I’ve heard stories like yours from
time to time, where audio equipment starts to behave
with a will of its own as various spiritual presences
decide to make themselves known! Tell us more about
the angel readings that you do with people. What issues
can someone explore with you in an angel reading? How
does an angel reading work?
A: Angel
readings are so much fun. I love doing them as they
give me a chance to be with the Angels once again and
use my gifts to assist others. They are a conversation
between you and the angels with me as the intermediary.
Typically, people make a list of questions. Nothing
is off limits, so you can feel free to ask anything
you want or say anything you want at any time.
First,
you contact me either via email catherine@angelicabundance.com or
by phone (262) 377-3829 and we set up a time for your
session. In preparation for your call, I first light
an elegant rose-scented candle that has exceptionally
pure fragrance. The Angels tell us that the rose is
the flower possessing the highest vibration and this
fragrance assists me in elevating my vibrations to better
meet the "messengers from heaven" halfway.
I
then gather my favorite crystals and a copy of my book, Angelic
Abundance-Treasure Maps: Discover the Wealth Within
You. As the Angels speak so eloquently through
it, I include passages from it that further illuminate
your reading.
Finally,
I look through the Angel card deck I designed to accompany
my book. The Angels convey so much to us through pictures
and this further enhances your reading in a way no other
reader can. As the cards have not yet been released
to the general public no one else has access to them,
only you and I. You'll be one of the first to reap the
benefits of using them.
You
phone me at the appointed time and we begin!
People
really look forward to their session. If you're excited
and a little nervous when you call, it's understandable
and perfectly normal, as it is truly a unique experience
to talk with the Angels of Abundance. We'll chat a bit
to set the energy, start the conversation flowing and
address any concerns you may have.
I'll
start the cassette tape that I'll mail to you after
the session. (For readings lasting an hour or longer
I include 6 free bonuses) Only after these preliminaries
do I set the timer and billing begins. The reading starts
as I invite my loving Angels to come and talk with us.
I'll also invite your guides and angels to be with us.
You'll receive reassurance that the Angels are indeed
present in great love to assist you in your journey
of self exploration.
Your
reading is very much a conversation between you and
your Angels with me as the intermediary. The Angels
usually jump right in with something interesting to
say and the discussion flows from there. It is very
beneficial if you prepare a list of questions beforehand
and ask them freely. Anything is fair game. It has always
been my experience that the Angels handle even the most
personal and intimate questions with respect and loving
consideration.
The
Angels of Abundance love to speak in conversation with
you. I am simply the go-between. Their words will sound
like me talking because you'll hear my voice but, rest
assured, it is they who give me the information to tell
you.
The
Angels communicate with me in several ways. As I am,
by nature, a person who receives information best if
it is presented to me in visual and or kinesthetic ways,
they are more likely to send "energy pictures" to
me or sensations of energy movement through the chakras
of my body which we interpret together. I'll describe
the picture or movement to you, and we'll follow where
it leads us in a sharing of ideas and impressions. You'll
be an active participant in your reading, so please
plan on revealing your own insights as well. As the
Angels love for you to stand in your own power and experience
their presence within yourself, they often give information
directly to you as well as to me during a reading and
they wish for you to bring that insight into the conversation.
My purpose is to teach and encourage all to stand in
their own power.
When
the Angels give information to you as well as to me,
they allow you to experience their loving presence for
yourself, and what a wonderful experience it is!
My
fee is $1.99/minute for an Angel Reading, and I'll happily
and lovingly offer a reading to you at that rate for
whatever length of time you choose. I am deeply committed
to providing readings for anyone who wants to have one,
and I'll mail a FREE cassette tape of the session to
you afterwards.
Once
you've begun the conversation with your Angels though,
you might want to just go on and on and never stop!
Many people the Angels and I have done readings for
in the last 5 or so years, have had this experience!
Many have said they feel such a loving connection with
their Angels and that they are receiving such relevant
and surprising information that they never run out of
questions to ask! Because of this, I include 6 very
special Bonuses with readings lasting an hour or more.
If you look at the Angel Readings page at the website
you'll easily see just what those fantastic bonuses
are.
Q: It
sounds like a wonderful service, Catherine, and I do
hope that people will consider getting a reading with
you. I know it will make them feel great. Just talking
with you on the phone is helping me feel wonderful,
so I can just imagine what a reading might be like!
You also offer a newsletter through your site, right?
Tell us more about that.
A: The
newsletter is published once a month and it's absolutely
free. I try to cram it full of all the latest Angel
info I can. Each month, I feature a channeling from
my angels, a section on increasing abundance in your
life, notes on using the information in my book for
that particular month, a guest section because I know
so many people who do high quality spiritual work and
I love to give them a spotlight, the latest information
regarding our products and services, and as so many
of my subscribers have become good friends, notes from
me about what's going on in my life and what I'm developing
for the website in the near future. You can easily sign
up to receive the newsletter. Either send an email to
me with the word "subscribe" in the subject
line, or go to the site and fill out the form that appears
on any one of the pages.
Q: And
you're planning to teach more workshops up ahead as
well?
A: The
seminars focus on revealing a person's inner wealth
and personal power, enabling them to live a richer life.
The 4 Treasure Map seminars are based on my book, Angelic
Abundance Treasure Maps: Discover the Wealth Within
You and focus on realizing your inner wealth and
attaining personal fulfillment through journaling, meditations,
and hands-on creative play types of activities. These
are powerful seminars that follow the seasons of the
year and will change your life and allow you to better
know who you are and where you are going.
For
example, in the spring seminar you will:
• Experience
the powerful feminine goddess tiara circle
• Call
your inner child to come out and play
• Learn
to use collage techniques to create images of inner
wealth and abundance
• Move
into the state of joy with the Angel goddess blessing
• Experience
the uplifting Angel energy circle
• Participate
in meditations, journaling, hands-on creative play
• And
much more!
Seminars
are fun-filled, active days which give you the space
in which to experience the Angels' love for yourself.
We have great fun at them and welcome everybody to come
and join us.
Q: You're
in Wisconsin, but you'd be open to traveling to do workshops,
too? Maybe some of our readers who are in touch with
various healing centers throughout the US could help
to get something set up. Is it okay for people to contact
you if they think they can get a workshop together in
their area?
A: Definitely
yes, that would be wonderful. I love to travel and would
love to take my show on the road and meet more of my
readers. Please do contact me. By hosting a seminar,
you'll attend for free, have lots of fun, meet new people,
be of service to the Light by facilitating greater exposure
to it for yourself and others, and easily establish
a group of spiritually like-minded individuals who most
likely will want to continue meeting for meditations
and friendly fun. You'll reap the benefit of providing
a space in which people are free to stand in their own
power and experience the Angels' love for themselves.
If
the paid enrollment for the seminar is over 35 people,
you'll earn 20% of the net profits. Depending on expenses
and enrollment, this income could be $200-$500 (US dollars);
a nice sum for experiencing an enjoyable, fun filled
activity packed day with the Angels of Abundance. Plus,
you'll attend at no charge!
Q: Do
you have any other thoughts or experiences on angelic
communication that you'd like to share? Anything that
readers should keep in mind as they start exploring
their own connections with the angels?
A: Yes,
I do. Once people learn to hear their Angels, it's common
for them to have days where they have trouble connecting,
and then they begin to fear they have lost their ability.
I want to tell them that even I have occasional days
in which it is difficult to hear the angels. Typically,
these are days on which I have filled myself with fear
or anger or other draining emotions. After all, we are
human and things seem to happen in life that we react
to. That's all normal. At those times it is important
to remember that the Angels are always here, although
we may not be able to hear them. I find that once I
calm myself down and refocus on love, the messages come
through again, loud and clear.
I
find that if I look at what I was occupied with when
I perceived I could not hear, it is typically something
I would have stayed away from had I been living from
my authentic, heart centered self. Hearing one's Angel
is a natural state, and we are all able to do it.
As one grows closer and closer to living life in connection
with their own higher nature, the connection becomes
clearer and more frequent.
Another
thing I'd like people to keep in mind is that communicating
with the Angels is a skill, and skills are acquired
and perfected through practice. I'd like to tell them
to keep trying and not give up; that the ability, like
a muscle will become stronger and easier to achieve
through repeated use. Be certain to find a quiet spot
and give it the attention it deserves.
Q: Thanks
so much for giving us wonderful ideas to ponder. And
thanks also for writing your book, which I'm sure will
be an inspiration to readers across the globe. How can
people order your book? I'm including a link to Amazon
below where people can order it. Are there other ways?
A: The
book can be purchased in soft cover or e-book form either
through Amazon.com or via the shopping cart on my website.
We do accept charge cards and the site is secure through
Verisign. You may also call me and I'll take your order
over the phone. My number is 262-377-3829. Also, you'll
receive the book for free when you have an Angel reading
lasting an hour or longer.
I
am finalizing negotiations with the distributor New
Leaf so it can be made available through bookstores.
Let me also say that it is currently being translated
into Spanish and also Korean by two individuals who
have kindly volunteered their services!
Q: I
imagine that you have been gathering lots of new material
as you continue to work with the angels. Any plans for
a second book up ahead?
A: My
second book, which is well underway, is a response to
the many questions I've received. It is a "How
to Talk With Your Angels" type of book which will
be an extension of that same section found on my website.
Almost everyone who has had an Angel reading with me
has requested more information and techniques to use
to better communicate with their angels. I'll be certain
to let you know when I have completed it!
Q: I
do hope you'll do a follow-up interview with us when
it's time for your next book to be released. My readers
will be eager to find out what you've been up to! In
the meantime, I encourage everyone to check out your
website and current articles, sign up for your free
newsletter, and consider buying your book, since it
is certain to help them embrace more ongoing communication
with their own angelic helpers.
A: I
thank you so very much for this interview, Jennifer.
It was so wonderful to talk with you. Thank you for
giving me the opportunity. I hope everyone visits my
site and that they too experience the wonderful love
that their Angels have for them.
Catherine
M. Kasper is the author of Angelic Abundance Treasure
Maps: Discover the Wealth Within You and sole writer
for her website http://www.angelicabundance.com which
includes over 75 articles on Angelic communication and
the popular How to Talk With Your Angels section. Catherine
also offers a free monthly newsletter which includes
articles on abundance, angelic communication, and a
monthly channeling from the Angels of Abundance. Also
included are monthly notes from Catherine and a guest
section.
Catherine
offers fun-filled day long seminars which are based
on her book and designed to allow you to stand in your
own power and experience the great love of the Angels
for yourself. She also offers high quality Angel readings
by phone.
At
present, she resides in Wisconsin in her small house
with her daughter, Anna, and two cats, Sandy and Kipper.
She enjoys flower gardening, restoring old houses, engaging
in many types of arts and crafts, browsing through rummage
sales and antique stores, listening to grand opera with
the volume turned way up, and roaming through Wisconsin's
beautiful countryside. She has been an Elementary School
teacher for over 25 years and enjoys sharing her knowledge
with a rapidly growing, global audience.
Catherine
may be reached at (262) 377-3829 or by sending snail
mail to: Angelic Abundance Publishing. P.O. Box 362,
Cedarburg, WI 53012-0362. Her email address is catherine@angelicabundance.com and
her website is http://www.angelicabundance.com.

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