Real Men Don’t Call Psychics! (What Women Want)

REAL MEN DON’T CALL PSYCHICS!

by Brigid Bishop

Oh, so NOT TRUE!!

Although most of my blogging here on Keen.com has been aimed at my female audience, this is “One for the Boys”.

Yes, my client base is 90% female, but 10% of my clients are male. 

The reason for this is because women, by nature, tend to reach out and express emotions, while men, by nature try to be self-sufficient and are more hesitant to reach out for advice, especially psychic advice, as it is so hard for them to quantify it.

Regardless, REAL MEN DO CALL PSYCHICS!  (and ladies, they frequently have the same issues we do, but they come at them from an entirely different perspective).

I love men.  I have been a flirt all of my life, knowingly and unknowingly, and I have never had a shortage of men in my life.  I am currently married for the second time in my life, and I would like to tell my male customers some secrets about “What Women Want”.

Oh, the things most women want……

Women like communication.  When you meet a female of the species and you interact with her, and have a mutually pleasant encounter, and you have asked her for her number…..she actually does expect you to call!  Of course you don’t want to appear over anxious, so you may not call her the very next day, but by the second day after an encounter like this, the average female is jumping up to read the caller id every time her phone rings.  So, take a hint.  If you meet a woman you are interested in and she gives her your number, please contact her relatively soon, if you truly are interested.  If you are not interested, please don’t ask her for her number in the first place.  Don’t play games with her, respect her feelings.

Women like “plans”.  Don’t wait until Friday afternoon after work to call her for the weekend.  If you’d like to see a woman on the weekend, give her a call by Wednesday, Thursday at the absolute latest.  This way she knows you put some thought into seeing her and she doesn’t feel like it was a “what the hell, I’m not doing anything else tonight, let me ring her up.”  Women like plans and they may hold off making plans with friends waiting for you to call.  Respect her time and realize that, unknowingly, you may be holding her back socially.  This way, if you call her on a Wednesday and you know you are going on a fishing trip for the weekend, she is aware and can move forward with her own plans.  Yes, I know, you didn’t make plans, but women hold a “spot” open just in case very frequently.  Release her from her bonds of “maybe he’ll call”.

Women DO NOT like to be STALKED.  If she has been avoiding you and your phone calls let it go.  Some women are not good at being direct about being disinterested.  If it’s too difficult to get her on the phone or she doesn’t return your messages, please move on.

Women, again, like plans.  Please do not call her up and ask to see her on the weekend and then say “what do you want to do”, this puts her in a difficult position as there are literally a million different things “to do”.  When you are ready to call her and ask her out, have an idea or two about what to do.  Ask her if she’d like to go to dinner or if she’d like to see the newest movie that’s out, something to that effect, don’t put the pressure on her to choose.  Women like plans!!!

Women like attention.  If you have been seeing her for awhile and you really do care for her and want to continue seeing her, flowers are always appropriate.  Women love to receive flowers.  Especially at work where other women can see that someone does care about them!

Women like to feel cared about.  When you two are talking, ask her how she feels about the different subjects you discuss.  Ask her how she feels about how things are going…….if asked, she will tell you.

Women like progress.  Make mention, as your relationship progresses, of what you think about how things are moving along.  Tell her that you think things are going well.  Tell her that you think you have a future.

Women like honesty.  Please don’t lie to women.  It is very upsetting to them.  Even the little white lies hit women like darts in the eyeball, so try to be as honest as you can with them.  It is better to suffer a little discomfort by answering a question you are uncomfortable with honestly than to tell a lie, get caught, and have the woman you think you may be falling in love with go ballistic on you and hearing about it for the next ten years.

Women like commitment.  If you care for her and you believe that you love her, tell her.  Think out loud about the future with her, but remember, women like honesty, so don’t do it if you don’t mean it.  If you are not into commitment then you should be playing the field and not dating one woman exclusively, and you should be honest about it.

Women like security.  If circumstances exist that make it difficult to see each other as much as you would like, such as travel for business, etc., make an extra effort to stay in communication, make plans, send flowers, etc., it will ease her insecurities and build a happy foundation.

Women like romance.  Flowers, candy, opening her car door for her, getting the door as you enter and exit buildings, dancing, candlelight, telling her a song reminds you of her, telling her sweet things and being creative with the time you spend together, these things make her feel warm and loving toward you.

Women like to feel connected.  If you are dating and you want to continue to do so, give her something personal of yours to keep, like a favorite t-shirt or sweatshirt that has some symbolic meaning to her.  She will wear it, sleep in it, tell her friends about it and be very happy about it.  Women like to feel connected to you.

Just a glimpse, very straightforward, of what the majority of women, of all ages do like and hope for in a relationship even in our modern times.

For All The Animal Lovers In The Audience

A Pet’s Prayer

Treat me kindly,

my beloved master,

for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness

than the loving heart of me.

Do not break my spirit with a stick,

for though I should lick your hand between the blows,

your patience and understanding

will more quickly teach me the things you would have me do.

Speak to me often,

your voice is the world’s sweetest music,

as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail

when your footstep falls upon my waiting ear.

When it is cold and wet,

please take me inside,

for I am now a domesticated animal,

no longer used to bitter elements.

And I ask no greater glory than the privilege

of sitting at your feet beside the hearth.

Though had you no home,

I would rather follow you through ice and snow

than rest upon the softest pillow in the warmest home in all the land,

 for you are my god and I am your devoted worshiper.

Keep my pan filed with fresh water,

for although I should not reproach you if it were dry,

I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst.

Feed me clean food,

that I may stay well,

to romp and play and do your bidding,

to walk by your side,

and stand ready,

willing and able to protect you with my life should your life be in danger.

And, beloved master,

should the great Master see fit to deprive me my health or sight,

do not turn me away from you.

Rather, hold me gently in your arms as skilled hands

grant me the merciful boon of eternal rest -

and I will leave you knowing with the last breath I drew,

my fate was ever safest in your hands.

Author Unknown

Meet Bella!

Meet Bella

 

Bella The Ball!

I must admit it, I am in love.

Truly in love!!!!

Not Kidding!

It feels great!

You asked to see her….

and Here She IS!!!!

And what a Ball of Fun she is!!!

These pics are from the day we brought her home, age 7 weeks, she is now ten weeks, I procrastinate with the digiatal camera stuff, but anyway, here she is!

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“On a Wing and a Prayer”

“On a Wing and a Prayer”

You’ve probably heard that phrase many times, and you probably realize that it means to maintain hope in a desperate situation.

Many times in my life I have had this energy about me and around me, and just as many times the situation has come to fruition to my satisfaction, although perhaps not in my preferred time frames.

Lately I’ve been having this energy surrounding me, but it seems to be subsiding now as God and the Powers of the Universe are bringing me Hope and Peace.

Here’s a bit of trivia for you.

Many people conjure up images of angels or some spiritual imagery when they hear this phrase, however, it may enlighten you to know that this phrase is one of the most Patriotic in the American Language.

Those of us who study the metaphysical, frequently learn trivia like this, and this is one of those little-known tidbits.

This phrase originated in an American World War Two patriotic song, with words by Harold Adamson and music by Jimmy McHugh. It is a song about a plane struggling home after a bombing raid:

Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer
What a show, what a fight
Boys, we really hit our target for tonight
How we sing as we limp through the air
Look below, there’s our field over there
Though there’s one motor gone
We can still carry on
Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer.

The song came out at the end of 1942 and instantly became a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic, so much so that the phrase almost immediately entered the language.

And that, my dear friends, is where the saying comes from, the faith of our brave veterans that they will be guided safely home.

Peace!Brigid Bishop

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What is Your Power Animal?

What is Your Power Animal?

 

Power Animals exist in multiple cultures across the world.  Native American, Chinese and Christian cultures are just a few examples.

Power Animals, (also known as totems, as referred to by Native Americans), can be familial (tribal) or personal in nature.

I have two Power Animals that I relate to and draw strength and guidance from. 

The first is the Wolf.

The reason I associate so strongly with the Wolf is because wolves can “run with the pack”, or become the “leader of the pack”, as I tend to do when feeling happy and social, but they can also be a “lone wolf”, which I tend to do when I am feeling stressed or challenged in some way.

It is a common misconception that wolves mate for life, wolves are “serial monogamists”, just like me.  A wolf will stay with a preferred partner for as long as he or she is available and will often reject mating attempts from other wolves, but a wolf will take a new mate if its’ significant other leaves the pack or dies.  The majority of wolves maintain one partner at a time, but may well have more than one mate over their lifetime.  Polygamy is rare in wolves.

My second Power Animal is the Tiger because I was born in 1962, the Year of the Tiger in Chinese Astrology.  Tiger characteristics are a natural match for my Western Astrological Sign of Aquarius.

Whenever someone is getting to me, I always warn them, “Don’t Poke the Tiger”, and I mean it.

Tigers are known to be born leaders, strong and in control of themselves and their environment.  They are magnetic and charismatic, excellent communicators and possess a raw appeal that attracts many into their personal jungles.

Tigers, although kind and generous, can pounce without warning at any given time, so caution should be exercised around them!  Tigers are extremely sensitive and subject to emotional outbursts.  They like to live life to the fullest, but should learn moderation.  (Boy is that me!)

What are your Power Animals?

What Chinese Astrological Year were you born in?

What animals attract and fascinate you and why?  How does it relate to you?

Your Power Animals exist to protect and guide you in the spiritual and physical worlds, drawing on their energies help us in many situations.

Copyright © 2007 Brigid Bishop

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Tough Love In The Garden of Eden  

Careful What You Wish For!!

Relationship Autopsy

The Dating Game

The Geometry of Relationships

On The Outside Looking In

  

On The Lighter Side…

On The Lighter Side…

Three friends die in a car crash, and they find themselves at the Gates of Heaven.

Before entering, they are each asked a question by St. Peter himself, “When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about you?” asks St. Peter .

The first guy says, “I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor and a great family man.”

The second guy says, “I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher who made a huge difference in our children.”

 

The last guy replies. “I would like to hear them say….

LOOK !!! HE’S MOVING!!!!!”‘

(Author Unkown)

Cold Mountain – An Adventure in Scrying

Cold Mountain – An Adventure in Scrying

Have you seen the movie Cold Mountain, starring Nicole Kidman and Renee Zelwegger?

I love that movie, especially when Renee comes on the scene as the character Ruby just as Nicole is freaking out over the aggressive rooster and she picks up the rooster, calmly rings his neck, and says “Let’s put ‘im in a pot”.  I love that scene.

Anyway, for those of you who were entranced or confused by the scene at the well, when Nicole bent over backwards and gazed in a mirror to view the reflection of the water to see her future, this practice of gazing into a reflective surface to divine your fate is known as “scrying”.

There are many differing forms of scrying, you can use a candle flame, a mirror, automatic writing, dowsing, the pendulum, a ouija board or your dreams.  Scrying is as ancient as any of the other metaphysical arts.  Nostradamus utilized scrying to foretell the future.

Anyway, back to our movie.

Nicole looks into the mirror as she is bent over backwards over the well and sees a man walking down a road with crows flying all around him.  She takes that man to be Jude Law, the actor playing the role of her estranged love, away fighting the civil war.  She feels intuitively that it is an image of Jude falling to his fate and is very shaken by the scrying session.

The movie goes on and we approach the climax.  Nicole is up on Cold Mountain and a man comes toward her against a backdrop of snow, she pulls her shotgun on him, crows take off from the trees around him and the image that she scried in the well comes to her and she realizes it is her love returning to her.

At that time, as they reunite, she believes that she misinterpreted her vision, and that the message was not that Jude would fall, but that he would return.

The movie continues, and, as any have seen the movie well know, Nicole’s initial “gut reaction” to the vision was correct. 

This was a great movie, but also a lesson for any who take part in any of the metaphysical sciences involving divination.  Your first impression when doing a reading is the message that the Higher Power is sending, do not try to twist it or bend it or shape it into what you want, listen to the message and prepare yourself for the challenge.

Stichomancy

Stichomancy

Never heard of it?  It’s fun!  Here’s how you can do it yourself.

Stichomancy is an ancient art of divination, maybe 3,000 years old or more.  It is done by randomly selecting a book and flipping it open to a random page and reading a random passage and applying it to the situation that is on your mind.  You can even do it for a “daily guidance” type of reading.

Any book at all will do!  You’ll be surprised at what insights can be gained by this random act of analysis.

Many people do this using The Bible, in that case it is usually referred to as Bibliomancy.  I do this from time to time when in need of strictly spiritual guidance.

Try it yourself and see!

Brigid Bishop

How Free Are You?

How Free Are You?

How Free are You?

This is a simple self-assessment exercise for you to determine how “free” you are as a person.  Again, I am a list person, so get out your pens and papers!  Fold your paper in half.  Set a timer for ten minutes, only spend ten minutes on this exercise!!!  Don’t over-think it, it is supposed to be a spontaneous exercise.

In column one, list all of those things that bring you comfort, a sense of peace, happiness or joy, pleasure, in its’ simplest forms, maybe how you feel when you see the ocean, or hold a seashell, or when you think of baby pictures of one of your children, the simplest things that make you feel some delight.

In column two, list those things that make you feel anxiety, or anger, or fear, or embarrassment.

Remember, you only spend ten minutes on this exercise.

When the timer goes off, check your lists.

Which list is longer, the pleasure or the discomfort column?

If you spent more time and were able to brainstorm more thoughts in column one, you are a free spirit and optimistic in your outlook on life.

If your column two was more expansive, you are not free, and the very things that you listed, (and the more you expounded on any particular item), is an indication of just how trapped you are.

The only thing that can free you is yourself, this exercise can begin to effect that change in you, right now, today.

You now have brought to consciousness those things you need to feel free and happy, just as you have brought to consciousness those things that imprison and bind you.

These items in column two are the tip of the iceberg in that hell of your own personal demons.

Now that you have begun to identify them, you can begin to disempower them, let them go, and free yourself from bondage.

The items in your column two could well be represented by several different cards in the tarot deck, but are most likely related to the card of The Devil, that which holds us back and prevents us from making progress and living in the light.

Keep your list, and you can add to it and subtract from it.  Repeat the exercise in a month or so, has anything changed?  Are the things that are imprisoning you self-imposed or are they items that are out of your control that you cannot affect and can only let go of?

Think about it………

Questions to Test You

Questions to Test You

Every so often I come across a thought strain that I consider provocative, and being the way that I am, I like to encourage others to think about how they would respond as well.  I will post these occasionally under my “Thought of the Day” Category here on my blog, and today, I am asking myself, and you, “What would you most readily die for?”

You can just think about this to yourself, or you can take an active part in this blog and post your answers and thoughts in the comments, and I will share my answer with you here:

This is an “easy” one for me.  If faced with a choice of saving the life of one of my biological children I would instantaneously die so that they may live.  I don’t think I would die for my mate, despite how much I love him, he is an adult, I would do all I could to save him, but if it came to the ultimate self-sacrifice, I think I would choose to preserve my life over his.  I gave this some deep consideration, and that is my honest answer.  My children are adults too, but I would still rather give my life for them than see them suffer in any way.

I might consider giving my life for my country, if it were to make a significant impact, such as stopping an act of terrorism, etc., but I have very low odds of finding myself in that type of situation, so I am staying with my initial reaction to the question, and my answer is “I would most readily die for my children.”

How about you?

Is there anything that you actually would die for?  Would you preserve your own life no matter what, or are there some things that you would give up your life for?

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I look forward to any answers you may choose to post.