The Most Empowering Advice You’ll Ever Receive

*Especially helpful for the holiday season*

Mirko Betz once said in a (German) interview with Felix van Frieden something along the lines of

“If you think you are enlightened, spend some time with your family.” (Translated by moi.)

Hands up who can relate!

It certainly is true for me.

Somehow, our families just manage to push our buttons like no one else.

It’s like they have an entire remote control with buttons that have your name on them.

For me, that’s especially true with my brother.

He used to REALLY PUSH my buttons. Like big time.

He would drive me up the wall as soon as he started speaking.

It frustrated the hell out of me.

Until I came across some invaluable nuggets of wisdom thanks to the author and former horse trainer Ren Hurst:

1. If you have a strong emotional reaction to something, it means you are being triggered.

2. Your triggers are your responsibility and no one else’s.

3. Each trigger is an enormous learning opportunity for your soul growth.

This, hands down, might have been the most empowering thing I’ve ever heard.

And it’s also what White Hedgehog from my The Return of the White Animals oracle is all about – with his pokey little spikes, representing all the things that might push your buttons.

Here’s what I wrote about him in the guidebook accompanying the oracle:

“When you have a strong emotional reaction to something, you can be sure you are being triggered.

It might feel like someone else is doing something to you and as if you are the victim of that situation.

But White Hedgehog is here to remind you that your triggers are your responsibility and no one else’s.

They are a reflection of your old wounds that wish to be healed.

White Hedgehog invites you to welcome any triggers coming your way as powerful learning opportunities and inspect them with the utmost curiosity and gratitude.

Flipping the switch from a victim mentality to accountability may be the most empowering thing you will ever do.”

If you are ready to dissolve your triggers and work more deeply with White Hedgehog and 40 + other lovingly illustrated White Animals, order your copy of The Return of the White Animals now:

https://www.thewhitepeonybison.com/oracle

Or do you need a last-minute Christmas gift?

It obviously won't get to you in time for Christmas (since today is the 24th of December), but you could always write the person a voucher for an oracle deck and give it to them later. Still an excellent present in my eyes, if you ask me.

Love and Merry trigger-embracing Christmas,

Katharina

♡

The Story of The Green Apple

Let me tell you the story of the green apple.

When I was a teenager, we analysed job adverts in high school. And one of these adverts included the image of a green apple. 

In class, we discussed the purpose of the green fruit in the context of the company that was looking to hire someone.

For me, this was an important – nay, life-changing – aha moment!

Because I realised:

This green apple was there to evoke specific associations in the reader!

Such as “Oh, this company is all about health, freshness, vitality, etc.”

This wasn’t just a pretty picture of an apple – it had a purpose. 

The purpose of influencing me – without me consciously realising it – to think of the advertiser in a certain way. 

(Ironically, I don’t even remember the company, but the apple made a lasting impression on me.)

Now, think about the endless stream of images (such as Instagram posts, advertising, film covers on your favourite streaming platform, etc.) you are exposed to every day.

Each and every single one of these images has an intent. 

Its sole purpose is to stir up emotions in you. The question is: what kind? 

Are they meant to empower or to manipulate you?

The same applies to words: words have tremendous power.

If anything has become clear over the last few years, it’s that both words and images have been used on a global scale in a very particular way: the way of fear. 

The way of keeping you, us, humanity scared. 

Which is a popular method to make you compliant with all sorts of stuff. Because, when you’re afraid, you’ll look for someone who’ll make you feel safe again.

And you’ll follow their lead.  

Just watch the news for about 5 minutes, and you’ll know what I mean. 

Just observe: 

What words and images are being used? 

And how do they make you feel? 

Or in the words of White Otter from my The Return of the White Animals oracle: 

“What is the motivation behind this way of presenting information? Is it love, or is it fear?

Anyone who truly has your well-being at heart will act from a place of love, not fear. 

Fear takes away your power, whereas love empowers you.”

If White Otter’s message resonates with you, and you’d like to invite her, her baby and a bunch of other White Animals into your life to help you navigate these challenging times we live in, order your copy of The Return of the White Animals oracle now (it would also make an excellent Christmas gift):

https://www.thewhitepeonybison.com/oracle

Love,

Katharina

♡

You’ll Get Through This

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” 

Albus Dumbledore 

Like anyone, I’ve been through some dark and desperate times in my life.

But there is one thing I’ve taken away from every single one of them:

These times DO NOT last.

No matter how convinced you are that you’ll never be happy again, I promise you, you will be. 

My mum unexpectedly died when I was in my early twenties.

And I distinctly remember that, at the time, the world felt like a carousel – a carousel that was still spinning, but someone I had been thrown off it. 

Life went on around me, but without me. 

It felt like the world as I knew it had been replaced by a bad copy of itself, where everything looked the same but wasn’t. 

For a while, all I did was stare into space and stroke my pet bunny’s fur.

I couldn’t really imagine the world ever turning brighter again. 

And I’m sure you’ve had similar experiences in your life, or maybe you’re even going through one right now. 

This is why I’d like to introduce you to White Raven.

White Raven is one of the founding fathers of my The Return of the White Animals oracle, so to speak, as he was one of the first White Animals I painted, which later led to the oracle being born.

If you’re going through a tough time right now, imagine White Raven by your side, whispering in your ear: 

“When you traverse the dark valley of despair, remember you are just passing through and will soon experience the joy of dancing across the mountains of light again.  

Keep an eye out for little sparks of light along the way; they are signposts of encouragement. 

Just as the sun brightens the sky after each night, its rays will soon warm your heart again, too.” 

You can connect with White Raven any time and let him be your beacon of hope. 

If you'd like to meet him and the other animals from The Return of the White Animals oracle, click here to buy your copy of the deck:

https://www.thewhitepeonybison.com/oracle

Love,

Katharina

♡

PS: If you can think of anyone who might benefit from White Raven's energy right now, forward this little blog post to them, letting them know you are thinking of them.