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Kick off the Season with a Big Helping of Gratitude!

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.”  ~Meister Eckhart (13th century mystic)

For me, Thanksgiving has always signaled the official start of the holiday season. The holidays can be busy and stressful, but the spirit of Thanksgiving holds the key to getting them off to a serene and joyous start—and that key is gratitude! This year, I encourage you to take a deep breath before diving into the festive chaos to reflect and give thanks for the blessings in your life. Don’t stop when the pies have been eaten and the turkey dishes washed and put away. I challenge you to foster the habit of gratitude throughout the season – and resolve to keep it alive through the New Year!

Why is gratitude so important at this time of year?

Gratitude is all about expressing appreciation for what you have, instead of focusing on what you want or think that you need. During the holidays it’s easy to get sucked into the consumer frenzy. Frequently pausing to acknowledge the blessings in your life will help you put things in perspective and enjoy the spirit of the season!

Gratitude is good for the mind, body and spirit!

Gratitude increases your levels of happiness and optimism, and improves your relationships with others. Studies have shown that gratitude makes you healthier too! Keeping a gratitude journal and verbally expressing thanks allows people suffering from emotional or physical problems to reduce the severity of their symptoms, sleep better, and improve their overall quality of life.

Would you like to be happier every day? Regularly expressing gratitude can help you improve your “set point” for happiness. The idea of a set point comes from research showing that people return to their characteristic level of happiness a short time after experiencing unusually good and unusually bad events. The research on gratitude, however, suggests that by embracing gratitude people can move their happiness set point up – resulting in more optimism, joy and good health!

How can you cultivate the “gratitude habit?”

Are you taking the time to give thanks every day? If giving thanks isn’t second nature to you, or if you are experiencing a “dark night of the soul” and can’t find much to be grateful for, here are some ways to let the light of gratitude into your life:

  • Schedule time for gratitude! For a few weeks, make a conscious decision to conjure up grateful thoughts before you go to bed, as soon as you wake up, or before meals. Soon you’ll notice that thankful, positive thoughts pop into your head at these times, unbidden, lifting your spirits and taking the place of worry, stress, and fear!
  • Keep a gratitude journal! Take five minutes every day to jot down a few things that you’re grateful for. Put pen to paper and let the words flow! Be creative – you’ll find that you have a lot to be thankful for!
  • Say thanks in the form of a prayer! Give thanks to a higher power when good fortune strikes. When you find a great parking spot, have a pleasant interaction with a stranger, or have a successful day at work, acknowledge the event with a quick prayer of gratitude!
  • Remember people in your past who have made a positive difference. If you can, let them know with a quick note, call or Facebook post. Even if it’s not possible to contact them directly, take the time to remember them, give thanks, and mentally wish them well!
  • Give thanks to the world around you. Beautiful sunsets, a peaceful walk in the woods, or a starry night sky can inspire awe and gratitude. When struck by the beauty of nature, repeat the words of e.e. Cummings, “i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.”  It’s a great way to give tribute to the wonders around you!
  • Be thankful for the challenges in your life that have shaped you into the person you are. When you tackle a difficult task or handle a confrontation successfully, give thanks to the people and events that have made you strong in mind, body and spirit.
  • Don’t forget your pets! When your pet greets you at the door or curls up next to you on the couch, take a moment to thank them for the unconditional love and joy that they bring to your life.

It is easy to forget to say thank you when our lives are so busy – but that’s all the more reason to take the time! When you experience a loving moment with a friend, family member or pet, admire a lovely view or savor an accomplishment, make it a point to pause and whisper a quiet word of thanks. It will lock that positive experience in your consciousness, and make you more receptive to recognizing the next lovely moment when it comes along!

As an energy healer and spiritual teacher, I focus on sharing ways to bring more light and joy into your life. I recommend that you practice meditation, journaling and healthy living, as well as cultivate the habits of gratitude and forgiveness. These practices will enlighten your own life, and let you spread your light to everyone around you!

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Unveiling the Path to True Healing: The Power of Ancient Techniques

Have you ever wondered what lies beneath the surface of your everyday aches, pains, and worries? Modern science may offer a pill or a quick fix, but what if there’s something far deeper—a hidden energy that, once tapped into, could transform not just your body but your very essence?

Deborah King has spent decades exploring these ancient pathways, and now, she’s opening the door for you to embark on this journey too. Imagine a place where healing doesn’t come from outside forces but from unlocking your own inner reservoir of energy. Here’s a glimpse into a few time-honored techniques that can guide you toward a more vibrant, balanced life.

The Art of Chelation: Clearing the Pathways

Picture this: energy flowing freely, like a river unimpeded by debris. That’s the goal of chelation, a hands-on practice designed to clear the blockages that disrupt your energy flow. It’s not about treating symptoms; it’s about addressing the root cause—the energetic “gunk” that keeps you stuck. Imagine the difference when those blockages melt away, allowing vitality to surge through every cell.

Chelation is about more than just feeling better; it’s about becoming attuned to your body’s whispers, understanding what it needs, and healing from within. It’s a practice that bridges the physical and the spiritual, leaving you lighter, more aligned, and ready to embrace your true self.

Sound Healing: The Forgotten Frequency

Did you know that the ancient Greeks believed the universe was formed through sound? It’s no coincidence that certain tones have the power to penetrate the deepest layers of our being. In the practice of sound healing, the human voice is used like a tuning fork, recalibrating the chakras and restoring harmony.

What if the key to your emotional well-being was a simple tone, resonating at the perfect pitch to unblock what’s been weighing you down? By attuning to the sacred sounds Deborah teaches, you can clear energetic clutter and experience a renewed sense of peace. It’s a journey not just of hearing but of feeling, where vibrations shift the very fabric of your being.

Unwinding: Release What No Longer Serves You

Think of the unwinding technique as a gentle dance between body and spirit, a release of tightly held tensions that have been stored for years, even decades. These knots of energy often arise from old traumas, hidden deep within the muscles, the bones, the very core of your being.

Imagine slowly rotating, guided by an experienced healer, allowing your body to release what it no longer needs. It’s like unwinding an old, tightly wound spring, freeing you to move through life with ease, grace, and newfound energy. The results are often profound, leaving you lighter, freer, and more in tune with yourself.

The Power of the Pendulum: A Sacred Tool for Intuition

We all carry within us a well of intuition, but how often do we listen to it? The pendulum technique is more than a tool; it’s a compass that guides you to the truth that’s already within. As you hold the pendulum and watch it move, you’re not just reading energy—you’re aligning with it, understanding it, and using it to make informed decisions for your health and well-being.

In Deborah’s training, students learn to use the pendulum to assess chakra health, identify blockages, and restore balance. It’s not just about what the pendulum reveals; it’s about the confidence that comes from knowing you can tap into your own inner wisdom whenever you need it.

Taking the First Step: Joining the LifeForce Energy Healing® Level I Program

These techniques are not just for advanced practitioners. In fact, Deborah has made it possible for anyone—regardless of experience—to dive into these powerful healing methods through her LifeForce Energy Healing® Level I Program. This program is your gateway to exploring these ancient techniques, allowing you to start your own healing journey from the comfort of your home.

In the Level I course, you’ll not only learn the foundations of chelation, sound healing, unwinding, and pendulum work but also gain the tools to use these practices for yourself and your loved ones. Imagine having the ability to transform your energy, release what’s holding you back, and step into a life filled with clarity and purpose.

Ready to Transform?

If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected, this is your sign. The LifeForce Energy Healing® Level I Program is a chance to reclaim your power, heal old wounds, and start living the life you were meant to lead. It’s time to stop searching outside of yourself for answers. The answers are already within you—you just need the tools to access them.

Don’t wait. Join the thousands who have transformed their lives through Deborah’s teachings. Start your journey today and discover what’s possible when you align your energy, heal your heart, and connect with the wisdom that’s been waiting within you all along.

Explore the Level I Program here >>

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Where are you on the addiction spectrum?

Today is election day in the United States. It’s an election that impacts the entire world. So, it’s no wonder that many of us are sitting glued to our TV screens, scrolling social media, or refreshing our favorite news site.

Election season no longer seems to be just election season anymore. It’s constant. The 24 hour news cycle and the proliferation of social media has made it an ever present aspect of our lives.

Which begs the question: just how big a part of your life is it? How far on the spectrum are you?

No, not the autism spectrum. I’m talking about the addiction spectrum.

Everyone’s addicted to something. We hear the word “addiction” repeatedly in the news, referring to horror stories about opioids and other prescription drugs. And let’s not forget about the stalwarts of addiction: alcohol, smoking, gambling, promiscuity (sounds a little like an ad for Las Vegas).

And in today’s society, “doom scrolling,” fear, and outrage are all actually enormous sources of addiction. And election day brings peak symptoms with it.

Instagram or TikTok all day?

But what about other, seemingly more benign addictions. Social media all day? Wine every night? Shopping online incessantly? Marijuana to put you to sleep? Hoarding up to your eyeballs? Overeating that same food again and again and hating yourself for it?

Growing up in a family of alcoholics, I definitely had the calling. By 18, I was addicted to alcohol, Valium, weight-loss pills (okay, speed, but it was legal back then), and over-exercising coupled with under-eating so I could stay model-thin. I was running ten miles a day. I was a lawyer with substantial caffeine and smoking habits. And a bottle of vodka in my desk drawer, for emergencies only, of course.

When I was diagnosed with cancer at 25, I had to stop killing myself in order to get better. Not only from the cancer, but also from the stranglehold the addictive substances had on me. The trouble with addiction is the anxiety or depression or extra pounds or whatever the problem you were trying to fix by turning to the substance or behavior, brings with it a whole new exponentially bigger (addiction) problem that is much harder to manage.

You can’t beat addiction without community.

The first thing I found on the road to recovery was community. AA was a life saver. The 12-step program held many of the keys I needed. “Recovery” is the balance, the scale on which you measure your addiction and vow to win.

If you’re trying to shake something, I promise you will be stronger within the AA network. Without someone saying every day “you can beat this disease, we’re in this together,” your chances of success are much lower. Community offers the truth-telling, sharing, and not holding it inside, all so vital to you on your path.

The Recovery Village website lists 32 different 12-step programs, chances are there’s one for you: they range from alcohol to cocaine, clutterers to meth, and on to co-dependents, sex addicts, debtors, food addiction, gamblers, heroin, marijuana, narcotics, nicotine, gamers, pills, under-earners, and, my personal fav, workaholics. You name it, we can get addicted to it.

The community I’ve founded, the Deborah King Center, is based on energy medicine and is similar in many ways to a 12-step program, offering a community of like-minds as well as a host of tools for you on your journey.

I also offer a year-long Masters-in-Training program that is limited to 20 people that I meet with every other week and give intense direction and support as together we work on their personal goals, which often include addressing a behavior they’d love to permanently put behind them.

It matters who you hang with.

“Birds of a feather flock together.” So annoying that old truism is correct; that we can indeed become like our (worst) friends. Sadly, I had to take a lengthy sabbatical from my rollicking Irish family, all high-functioning drinkers who also popped pills at the least discomfort. I left criminal law and the courtroom with its insane stress, where lunch was liquid, and segued into real estate law, where the lawyers at least left the office for the night before hitting the sauce. I had to let my witty assistant go as she was knee deep in cocaine and I was afraid I might join her.

Sadly, my brother, my best friend, didn’t quit drinking with me, and, today, he so regrets it, as he deals with significant alcohol-induced dementia, can occur even with just social drinking.

How heartbreakingly sad for a man who single-handedly escalated to the top of his field; so successful he bought his own jet at 25. Now not even all his millions can free him from an addiction that is rapidly killing him.

And then there’s the recent study, talk about a wake-up call, that reveals that even moderate drinking can make you more likely to develop Alzheimers.

Overeating yet again?

Food (too much or too little) is undoubtedly the hardest addiction to manage. It’s tricky, because you can’t stop eating altogether. You actually need to eat, but moderation—there’s that word again—is the key. I mastered food by studying nutrition and focusing on a healthy diet. There are ways to get a grip on the weight issue, don’t lose faith; use the tools I’m outlining here. And don’t forget to eat a little something every couple of hours; keeping your blood sugar even is crucial here.

Marijuana is not a panacea

The latest craze to legalize marijuana ignores the science that pot is a gateway drug, profoundly damages the young brain, and can trigger mental health issues.


More significant for you, dear reader, is that it fogs the heck out of the adult brain and limits spiritual advancement. When I look deeply at someone (with their permission, of course), the pot user will have a telltale gray fog in their personal energy field that prevents them from stepping up another level in consciousness. Before you light up next time (or hit the edibles), ask yourself if you want to remain stuck in the same old narrow mindset, or are actively working to transcend; if the latter, try meditating next time in lieu of pot, it works way better.

The tools of the recovery trade.

After a few years, I was able to manage the drinking, drugging, smoking, under-eating, and over-exercising. The tools I used? Community (AA), meditating, getting plenty of sleep, super nutrition, energy healing, and spending a lot of time out in nature – each step helped me kick my unwanted behaviors to the curb.

But it’s still “one day at a time” as I battle the ever-present tendency to become addicted to the next compelling thing. I only have two buttons: on and off. On the spectrum, that’s the far extreme of the addictive personality. Moderation is a foreign concept, in my mind lumped together with boring, bland, and banal. Once an addict . . . those tendencies never go away.

One day at a time, forever.

The hallmark of the addict’s world is getting through one day at a time. You can make it through one day. The thought of a week or a month or, my God, a year, is impossible to contemplate. But you can get through one day. And the amazing thing is when you string together just 30 days of “one day at a time,” you can change any behavior. I promise.
Now nearly 50 years later, I am still (proudly) clean and sober, but watchful every day for addiction to raise its ugly head; it’s never far away. And on my end of the addiction spectrum, that’s a win. It can be yours too.