The Fig Leaf; Holistic Health and Wellness

The Fig Leaf; Holistic Health and Wellness Whole body health and wellness. Naturally. Present moment guidance for the life experiences you des

Valerie is a certified hypnotherapist, Akashic Records reader and Intuitive healer/Artist. She has been practicing Reiki and other healing modalities for 20 years, and has been working within the Akashic Records for the last 5 years. "Akasha" is a Sanskrit word meaning "primary substance, that out of which all things are formed." The Records contain the record of your soul's existence; you can thi

nk of it like a library where all of the books are about you. Work done in the Records offers powerful soul level healing, and enables us to have a more conscious relationship with our own soul. Valerie is a pioneer in working with past life regression hypnosis within the Akashic Records; extending the scope and depth of healing at the soul level not just the ego level. Hypnosis within the Akashic Records can potentially help heal lifetime patterns. She can also hypnotize groups, work with couples, and help you work through any kind of stress in your life. Valerie paints Intuitive Soul Portraits: They are her interpretation of the energy of your soul. All are abstract, acrylic on canvas, original, healing and unique to each individual. Her artwork is not limited to people; she has the ability to paint energy of places, buildings, animals and anything else that you can imagine. “I offer the unique “side benefit” of being able to paint your Soul. As I open your Akashic records and tune into your energy field in order to help you to heal, I am able to “see” the energy of your soul. I am a painter, and offer this personal and unique visual reminder of the beauty of your inner self as a keepsake and as a tool to help you to delve more deeply into your own soul.”
Valerie speaks to audiences about promoting personal health, wellness, alternative healing methods and expanding consciousness. She enjoys writing about energy healing and how it helps us to help ourselves, and has had articles published in local and national magazines. Valerie is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists, the Association for Research and Enlightenment, and currently sees clients in Charlottesville, VA and by phone. She travels to Northern VA and the Tidewater area regularly to see clients as well.

May 17Last night, somewhere between waking and dreaming, I imagined luminous gossamer threads extending from my own divi...
05/17/2026

May 17
Last night, somewhere between waking and dreaming, I imagined luminous gossamer threads extending from my own divine essence to the people I love… my children, grandchildren, family… and then farther outward, until the entire earth was softly connected in a living web of light.

This morning these cards appeared.

Karma.Strength.

Not punishment.Not fate.

Connection.

The understanding that what moves through one of us touches all of us.

And strength not as force, but as the courage to remain open-hearted inside a world that often teaches separation.

Maybe healing isn’t becoming untouchable.

Maybe it’s remembering we were never separate to begin with.

May 12.Things feel… different lately.Not necessarily bad.Not necessarily clear.Just different.More vivid dreams.More sen...
05/12/2026

May 12.
Things feel… different lately.
Not necessarily bad.
Not necessarily clear.
Just different.

More vivid dreams.
More sensitivity.
More emotional static.
More moments of wanting to retreat from noise, urgency, performance.

A lot of nervous systems are trying to recalibrate at once.

If you’ve been feeling oddly tender, restless, emotional, foggy, overstimulated, or deeply reflective lately…
you are not alone.

This may not be the season for forcing answers.

Maybe it’s the season for:
more water
more sleep
more honesty
less noise
less doom-scrolling
less self-pressure
less pretending you’re fine when you’re tired

Sometimes the shift happens quietly first.

Under the surface.
In the body.
In the dreams.
In what you no longer have the energy to carry.

You do not need to rush your becoming.

Gentle is still powerful.

Just a sliver of blue amidst the darkness.
05/09/2026

Just a sliver of blue amidst the darkness.

Therapy takes different forms.
05/08/2026

Therapy takes different forms.

May newsletter is here!  https://conta.cc/4wlA3P1
05/01/2026

May newsletter is here!


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Email from The Fig Leaf May: An Invitation to See Things Differently May 2026 Change How You Meet Yourself in Real Time "Not Subtle" Acrylic on canvas, digitized. A Note From Valerie Hello friends—

Porter found his feet, and apparently they taste great!
04/15/2026

Porter found his feet, and apparently they taste great!




April 9Lately it feels like things are shifting beneath the surface.Not loud. Not obvious. But real.Old structures don’t...
04/09/2026

April 9
Lately it feels like things are shifting beneath the surface.
Not loud. Not obvious. But real.

Old structures don’t quite hold the same way.
Some things are falling away without needing to be pushed.

Today these two came through:
Grace + Rendezvous

Which feels like…

what’s unfolding isn’t random
and doesn’t need to be forced

there’s something here meeting us
if we don’t rush past it

April 7.Icarus / DiscoveryMaybe it was never about flying too close to the sun.Maybe it was about realizing you no longe...
04/07/2026

April 7.
Icarus / Discovery

Maybe it was never about flying too close to the sun.
Maybe it was about realizing you no longer need to chase the light at all.

There comes a point where seeking softens.
Where the urgency to figure it out… quiets.

Not because the connection is gone—
but because you’ve moved beyond the way you used to access it.

Discovery isn’t out there.
It’s what becomes visible when the reaching stops.

You didn’t fall. You just stopped chasing what was already yours.
❤️

https://conta.cc/416wMViApril newsletter is here! Support and guidance, inspiration, channeled message. XO
04/01/2026

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April newsletter is here! Support and guidance, inspiration, channeled message. XO

Email from The Fig Leaf April: Between knowing and shadow April 2026 Guidance for the In-Between; Listening for what’s emerging. Malibu Sunrise with a Sliver of Moon A Note From Valerie Happy Spring

I’m messy when I paint.
03/29/2026

I’m messy when I paint.

Not everything that surfaces is asking to be fixed.Excerpt from April's transmission. April newsletter goes out April 1....
03/29/2026

Not everything that surfaces is asking to be fixed.
Excerpt from April's transmission.
April newsletter goes out April 1. (No April fools there.)





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