Visionary Consulting

11/28/2023

Season’s greetings!

It’s that time of the year again! For the wonderful gift of insight, give a Discovery Session for only $50 (usually $100). Venmo me -Glaubiger and I’ll send you a gift certificate! www.visionaryconsults.com.

Also, our book, Compass of Hope, makes a wonderful gift. This book is full of many ideas and practices to help you thrive in an uncertain world.

Welcome to Visionary Consulting! For more than twenty-five years, I have been counseling, teaching, and writing about mental health and the creative process. I have assisted individuals and groups in their search for personal meaning and wellness.

08/16/2023

Mantras are powerful tools to aid in the quieting of the always busy mind . . . .

In my meditation group last week (That’s right! One time a week, we gather in a group to meditate on zoom – we used to meet at the YMCA in Santa Rosa, but the pandemic forced us into our computers), we spent some time talking about mantras – and how they can enhance your meditation practice. a...

08/11/2023

Check out my blog post

A few days ago, I did a very interesting reading for a woman. As soon as we turned the cards over, and then added adjunct oracles from two other system, I knew that we were talking about what most women suffer from: tiredness, depletion, a sense of getting ripped off by life, all because we fail to....

04/17/2023

Announcing the arrival of Compass of Hope! A collection of articles, including one of mine on meditation, to inspire you to thrive. Get yours at Amazon and review it!

COMPASS OF HOPE: User Manual for the Human Condition

COMPASS OF HOPE: User Manual for the Human Condition

01/04/2023

It’s a New Year! It’s the perfect time to get a reading…check in with yourself, set intentions for the year, let go of what’s passed … PM me here or reach out by e-mail at maglaubiger@gmail.com to get yourself on my calendar …

Welcome to Visionary Consulting! For more than twenty-five years, I have been counseling, teaching, and writing about mental health and the creative process. I have assisted individuals and groups in their search for personal meaning and wellness.

11/30/2021

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09/30/2021

It's all in the breath.

GOD, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT ❤️
As someone who writes often, I naturally appreciate epic writing when I see it. This morning, I came across this written piece of art and it moved me deeply, so I had to share it with all of you! Not only are these words true theatre, they also act as sound advice ❤️

my brain and
heart divorced

a decade ago

over who was
to blame about
how big of a mess
I have become

eventually,
they couldn't be
in the same room
with each other

now my head and heart
share custody of me

I stay with my brain
during the week

and my heart
gets me on weekends

they never speak to one another

- instead, they give me
the same note to pass
to each other every week

and their notes they
send to one another always
says the same thing:

"This is all your fault"

on Sundays
my heart complains
about how my
head has let me down
in the past

and on Wednesday
my head lists all
of the times my
heart has screwed
things up for me
in the future

they blame each
other for the
state of my life

there's been a lot
of yelling - and crying

so,

lately, I've been
spending a lot of
time with my gut

who serves as my
unofficial therapist

most nights, I sneak out of the
window in my ribcage

and slide down my spine
and collapse on my
gut's plush leather chair
that's always open for me

~ and I just sit sit sit sit
until the sun comes up

last evening,
my gut asked me
if I was having a hard
time being caught
between my heart
and my head

I nodded

I said I didn't know
if I could live with
either of them anymore

"my heart is always sad about
something that happened yesterday
while my head is always worried
about something that may happen tomorrow,"
I lamented

my gut squeezed my hand

"I just can't live with
my mistakes of the past
or my anxiety about the future,"
I sighed

my gut smiled and said:

"in that case,
you should
go stay with your
lungs for a while,"

I was confused
- the look on my face gave it away

"if you are exhausted about
your heart's obsession with
the fixed past and your mind's focus
on the uncertain future

your lungs are the perfect place for you

there is no yesterday in your lungs
there is no tomorrow there either

there is only now
there is only inhale
there is only exhale
there is only this moment

there is only breath

and in that breath
you can rest while your
heart and head work
their relationship out."

this morning,
while my brain
was busy reading
tea leaves

and while my
heart was staring
at old photographs

I packed a little
bag and walked
to the door of
my lungs

before I could even knock
she opened the door
with a smile and as
a gust of air embraced me
she said

"what took you so long?"

~ John Roedel (johnroedel.com)

04/23/2021

Visionary Press – April 22, 2021
In Honor of Earth Day; I Have Been to the Mountain

Like MLK, I, too, have a dream, and I know my friend, Jamie Weil, author of SHINE! When Chasing Sacred Spaces Goes Dark (http://www.jamieweil.net), shares it. We have a metta-dream, I guess, one of loving-kindness, where we want all beings to be happy, to be free from suffering, to be at ease, and to feel deeply loved and held in this world. In a word, to SHINE! (If you have not yet had an opportunity to read or listen to Jamie’s short and wonderful book, SHINE!, take this opportunity to order it now, and join us in getting “SHINY.”)
Though Jamie and I are drawn to different kinds of earthly sacred spaces – she to the ocean, me to the mountains – we share the same spiritual philosophy of inner sacred space – that the YOU are the sacred space, that you always carry that sense of sacred within yourself, and that the ways to access this space are myriad and as individual as each person. The pathways to this inner sacred space can be quickly accessed during such practices as meditation or yoga, or by going out into the natural world and feeling underneath the noise of commerce for the peace of the land. On this Earth Day, please take a moment for yourself to imagine your own special earthly sacred space, give thanks for that place, and in your gratitude, vow here to do whatever you can to help the Earth maintain that place.
As many of you know, for years I have offered weekend and day retreats in an effort to share access to information and practices that can help you open to your own sacred self, your true nature, to find peace and relaxation wherever you go. Toward that end, this year, Jamie and I are collaborating, along with several other likeminded souls, to create a SHINE! container for you to practice accessing your sacred space. We recently were at Mt. Shasta exploring the mineral waters at Stewart Mineral Springs Resort (http://www.stewartmineralsprings.com) and we are actively engaging with the land, the Light Lifts in SHINE! and other sources to bring you a weekend retreat that will leave you feeling relaxed and connected to yourself and your purpose. Pay attention here to details to come; and please feel free to email me at maglaubiger@gmail.com with any thoughts.

03/22/2021

Happy Spring! Spring is a great time to start something new .... like a newly updated website! Please see mine below; let me know your thoughts; and contact me soon for a reading or a consultation! See me now at www.visionaryconsults.com (redone by FH Design/Felicia Hyllested).

Welcome to Visionary Consulting! For more than twenty-five years, I have been counseling, teaching, and writing about mental health and the creative process. I have assisted individuals and groups in their search for personal meaning and wellness.

01/12/2021

I promised myself and others that this year I would write more --
so to start, back to blogging for Visionary Consulting:

Visionary Press – 1/12/21

“I am always given exactly what I need”

For my birthday this year, I was given, by my beloved daughters, a set of affirmation cards. Goddess on the Go! they are called; and each card gives an affirmation. An affirmation is a positive statement; a solemn declaration with a true and valid meaning. The first one I pulled said, “I am a gift.” And, I spent the whole rest of the day, working hard to be a gift to all whom I came into contact with, personally, via phone or online. I liked that affirmation.

Affirmations are a concrete way for us to positively influence our environment and our own well being. The old modicum, “You are what you think” holds absolutely true here. I have a sign up in the entry way of our home that says, “Think Happy Be Happy.” And, so it goes. It is not that terrible things do not happen. As we are currently dealing with a pandemic and a political climate ripe with violence, it is easy to see that terrible things do indeed happen. However, we, as sentient beings with the ability to think and reason, CAN have control over what we think.

It’s important to pay attention to the messages that rattle around in our brains. Watching the news or letting your social media feed run rampant gives opportunity for negative thinking to invade an otherwise good day. Sometimes it can take some measure of effort to bring your consciousness around to positive messaging. Affirmations are a good way to implant some positivity into your day. Words have meaning; the words you say to yourself have the most meaning. By whatever means possible, make them good ones. Think happy; be happy.

12/20/2020

Now is the time to Shine!

SHINE: When Chasing Sacred Spaces is a book I wrote at the end of March 2020 when The Covid was taking over our world. I asked this question: how can my book...