Contemplation & Creativity Counseling

03/11/2026

A little more Haiku...
Share yours if you have one!

01/19/2026

Don’t just do something, sit there!’
~ a proverb made popular by Sylvia Boorstein

Let me follow up this concept of non-action with the important 12 Step slogan, Easy Does It…But Do it!

The most important take-home for me in this contemplation is to pause before responding.

Time with inner connection - and listening to my mental commentary until the smoke finally clears - informs my actions much more wisely than my instinctive knee-jerk reactions.
I have learned this the hard way.

This waiting period may be as simple as taking a beat or two to check in with my integrity signal of yes or no. It may be much longer, but the muscle that checks in and recognizes is what I am all about.

The time it takes for clarity to come is something I don’t control. I’ll know when I know. It took practice and patience for me to trust this. It had always been there, I just didn’t trust it.

So once that happens, that knowing, I then have an intuition-informed choice to make and act upon. That’s the But Do It part.
The key here is understanding and recognizing this Channel of Clarity. How do you sense it?

I find it’s revealed when I give myself time to relax enough to be discerning.

A deep dive into Gene Key 57 has been a great support for me in this practice. This is the invitation to feel my unease as part of this discernment.

When I sense it, intuition feels like harmony.

To me, this practice of pausing, contemplating, and using active imagination is the key to opening this channel. Creative writing has helped me shorten the time between intuitive flow, perception, and acting, for certain!

I have also found this practice gently allows courage and trust that give me the strength to act on intuition.

So in these times of turbulence and seeming division, I find waiting for clarity before responding is important for me to maintain critical thinking and spiritual connection.

Having a clear channel that responds in integrity matters.
Here’s to Harmonic Knowing…

01/06/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/juliathie/p/winter-haiku-5

My Heart and Eyes on the Nature Around Me...

01/04/2026

More Winter Haku-ing

01/03/2026

01/01/2026

In the Spirit of Quintessence( Gene Key 23) and to inspire a contemplative state with my pen moving, I'm playing with Haiku on this lovely New Year's morning.

Today, I'm invited to release old ideas of what New Year's Day means, and simply be here now (in a Haiku).

Tipping the ladle
old gray rock spitting steam
in memory of lava.

12/17/2025

Wow! FREE WRITING WORKSHOP
Thursday, Dec 18th 4-5:30pm ET

I am honored to share my poetry and process and give a couple of prompts to spur our inner-intuitve voice to come out.
Come as you are, no skill required.

🫖And ask anyone, ZenJen Brown facilitates and holds a safe and caring circle!🙏
Donations for her community circle are welcome, but not required.

REGISTER HERE...
https://zenjenbrown.com/quick-sign-up-page/ola/services/free-writing-workshop-with-julia-thie

12/17/2025

The Spectrum of Light [Gene Key 11]
The Many Names of Love...

12/16/2025

I had planned to contemplate on the 12 Holy Nights on my own, then I saw The Gene Keys are also offering inspiration in that direction too.

It's free and includes some nice audio attunements. It looks like an interesting take on this theme:

Seeding your dreams in the soil of the year to come. Enjoy this free gift - a gentle nightly practice of contemplation, ritual, and inner renewal.

11/25/2025

"In the contemplative traditions—Franciscan, Eastern, the mystics who learned to pray in the dark—this kind of gratitude isn’t about answers. It’s about presence.

It’s standing before the Holy with empty hands, with your grief and your joy both visible, and saying: This is what I have. This is where I am. Not because God needs the report, but because you need to stop pretending you’re holding it all together.

The practice isn’t complicated. It’s simply this: pause. Let yourself feel what you actually feel—the sorrow, the beauty, the fear, the strange flicker of joy that appears even in hard seasons.

And then, without fixing or explaining any of it, offer it. Not to an idea of God, but to the Mystery that holds you whether you understand it or not." ~Donnie Yance

By Donnie Yance “You may not control life’s circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.” Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Illne…

11/20/2025

An experience to be had!
Come to Florida this Spring for a weekend of Gene Key immersion...
Stay an extra few days and enjoy the springs and beauty 🌊

March 6-8, 2026 in beautiful Alachua, FL. A special, life-affirming event to celebrate the raising of collective consciousness, exploration our true nature, and rest in beauty and community. Bathe in sound, move blocked energy with Qigong, and expand in contemplation and with guided visualization.

11/04/2025

I'll be there - you bet!
How fortunate to have my Los Angeles Traditional Chinese Medicine school's spiritual studies branch, The Collage of Tao, come across the country into what is basically my backyard!

I'm also looking forward to going to The Art of Living Retreat Center for the first time. Have you been yet?

If you have inclinations toward the I-Ching, Qi Gong, Taoist Philosophy, and being with folks who make balanced cultivation a priority -please consider attending too.

​Set amidst 380+ breathtaking acres of pristine forest high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Boone, North Carolina, the Art of Living Retreat Center is a renowned sanctuary of peace that eases the mind and inspires the soul.