Michelle Cassandra Johnson shares about how grief has shaped her life and helped awaken her intuitive abilities. You’ll also hear about: Sensing the spirit and the energy of the wind Why people forget their inherent wholeness Signs that ancestors are near How bypassing arises from trying to use logic to understand something that’s energetic  ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership!  Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgement When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an activist, author, social justice warrior, intuitive healer and yogi. She travels around the country offering dismantling racism courses and Skill in Action: Yoga and Justice courses in communities, yoga studios, organizations, corporations and beyond. In this episode, we talk about: How sensing her friend’s spirit after he passed helped awaken her intuition Grief and healing from a head injury as a gateway to hearing the Earth speak Loss as a gateway for opening to something new Embracing seeming opposites to integrate duality (ie - right/wrong, good/bad, life/death, etc.) Why people forget their inherent wholeness Michelle’s take on cosmic alien connections What’s underneath people’s desire to leave the planet Attuning and anchoring higher knowing onto the Earth plane Why groundedness is necessary for responding to the suffering on Earth Michelle’s relationship with the spirit world - and how she connects with the other side Being open to helping people transition through death Sensing the living energy of the wind Listening to messages from the birds and other animals Being guided by a deer about where to plant a memorial tree Signs and numbers that ancestors are near Receiving messages from spirit through dreams with the support of mugwort The divine timing of spirit  Being with the discomfort of not being able to make meaning of something like COVID19 How bypassing arises from trying to use logic to understand something that’s energetic  Deciphering between healthy meaning making vs emotional or spiritual bypassing The harmful narratives being spread about COVID19 Exploring how grief is connected to liberation   Bonus Secret Episode! Michelle Cassandra Johnson guides you on two meditations: one where you’ll receive support from your well ancestors who have faced times of uncertainty and another one to connect with your spirit helpers and get grounded and centered at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Learn more about Michelle’s offerings // www.michellecjohnson.com  Connect with Michelle on Instagram @skillinaction, https://www.instagram.com/skillinaction/, and @mysticcassandra, https://www.instagram.com/mysticcassandra/ Connect with & Support Michelle on Patreon // https://www.patreon.com/skillinaction Watch the Healing In Community Online Summit and Grief & COVID19 interviews on Michelle’s YouTube // https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5CUvq0sI9c19l5kDKZecJQ/playlists Michelle’s project Race and Resilience // https://www.raceandresilience.com/  Share what is your biggest challenge or struggle around finding and expressing your voice // https://www.earthspeak.love/voice  References: Healing In Community Online Retreat // https://www.michellecjohnson.com/hic-retreat Listen