Soul Guide

Linda Mooney is a leading angel therapy practitioner with fifteen years’ experience, trained and certified by Doreen Virtue an international expert in this field. Linda specialises in the healing aspect of angel therapy helping people to engage with their angels to find inner peace and healing. Email Linda at linda@dailymail.ie or write to Linda Mooney, Irish Daily Mail, Two, Haddington House, Haddington Rd, Dublin 4

QUESTION

Dear Linda, Please can you help me. I separated from my partner of five years several months ago, after a long time battling with myself about feeling dependent on someone I can only say was not very respectful verbally to me in private. Over the years I spent with him, I lost my self-respect and confidence and gained a lot of weight for which he put me down over regularly.

This was the first Christmas I spent alone and while we separated several times before, he always persuaded me to go back to him, promising he would change and things would be different. I am proud of myself for getting through the holiday period alone however, I am feeling really empty, lonely and isolated.

Unfortunately I let my ex exclude all of my friends from me during our relationship for which I am now paying the price. Any helpful advice would be very much appreciated. Many thanks, I

ANSWER

Dear I, Firstly you are to be congratulated for detaching yourself and moving on from a toxic relationship. It takes courage and strength to move out of the comfort zone we place ourselves in, so well done. Everything else will fall into place with faith. It is time now to leave the past behind and build a life you deserve and are worthy of. The world can seem like a fearful place when we have had bad experiences, but trusting our inner knowledge and knowing we deserve the best of everything will put us on the right path.

You can take the positive from this relationship, and that is that you have learned you deserve better. The way your partner treated you says more about them than you. Take time to heal and reach out to people. Don’t expect the world to invite you in, that’s not the way it works when we create a situation where we are always on the outside looking in, we isolate ourselves.

Take back your power. The world is a wonderful place and all you need do is seek the good it offers.

FIRST CARD: FIVE OF WATERS

Things may not have turned out the way you expected. However, be careful not to focus too much on the negative as there’s a positive in every situation. You may be missing the silver lining.

Fighting or trying to ignore change doesn’t serve you. Instead have faith that everything happens for a reason. It’s healthy to grieve what has been lost and take time to heal. Reach out to friends, family, and wise counsellors for support.

■ ADVICE/OBSTACLE: SURRENDER AND RELEASE

When you hold on tightly to a part of your life that’s not working, you have no time to heal. Whether you’re unhappy with your love life, finances, career, home, or health - this card asks you to let go.

If you hang on to these aspects because of fear, then the situation will only worsen. However if you’re willing to open your hands and allow the situation to be freed, either it will be washed away and replaced by a better situation, or it will heal in a miraculous way. Let go, and let God help.

OUTCOME: UNITY

Working in groups enriches you right now. You drew this card because it’s time for you to expand your circle of friends or join a group. For example you may want to enrol in school or become part of a spiritual organisation. It’s also time to question and review rules, restrictions, or limited beliefs that you have. This can lift any blocks to the manifestations of your goals.