This guest post by Deb Smouse is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. For a decade now, I’ve chosen a Word (or three) for my year. It was one of the first conscious choices I made to create my life instead of just letting it happen to me. I would love to tell you that it makes life “easier”, but that would be a lie. What it has done, though, is allowed me to be pulled into the magic that setting a focus and intention can do to transform you. Last year, I added as part…

This guest post by CC Smith is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. When I look back on the year, the flames were there all right, dancing, leaping alarmingly high, relentless at times, demanding to be seen and heard. Fire is hard to ignore. My goddess for 2014 is Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess of fire. I was unsurprised to see her come forward – I’d been a bit afraid of fire for most of my life but in the last few months of 2013 I’d seen her softer, nurturing side. I’d become quite addicted to…

This guest post by Kate Powe is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. I came across the lovely Amy Palko and the My Word Goddess Readings several years ago. From first contact, I found something magical about the concept of a guiding goddess light for an entire year–one that would help me through the challenges that would inevitably arise amidst sparkly new-year promises. It was comforting to know that even though each year would indeed bring unique hiccups, I had a framework–a guiding energy to help me understand a deeper meaning to it all.…

This guest post by Lisa McLoughlin is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014….   Entering 2014, with Amaterasu as my Goddess of the year, felt exciting and full of possibilities… I pondered if this was finally the year for me to Shine and step into the life I had been dreaming of. I kept her in mind throughout the first few months of the year and sensed myself waiting and waiting for the moment I might Shine. At one point, I caught myself thinking that perhaps this was not the Goddess or word for me and…