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Soulbyte for Sunday May 3, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Remember the Magic Broom that we taught you about a few months ago? We advise that you take that out often and use it liberally all over your body, within and without. Clear the cobwebs in your brain. Clear away the incessant thoughts, the fears, painful ideas and worries that come to you unbidden. Thoughts are in constant motion, coming into your mind like an endless speeding freight train heading into a station, piled high and bearing goods that you have no use for. When that train approaches your mind-station, step back and let it pass. Don’t attach to anything you see on that train. Just let it go by without engagement. If something tries to get in, take out your Magic Broom and give negative emotions, ideas, and fears short shrift, whisking them far away from you. Do not engage in thoughts of worry or allow some foreign idea to get planted in your head. Sweep them away. Keep your body free of thought debris, physical detritus, and outside energy seeking fertile ground upon which to seed. Use your Magic Broom every day to sweep yourself clear and free, into joyous, vibrant mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Thursday April 30, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Embrace a new way of life every day by reminding yourself that you are going to be positive today. Begin by being positive to yourself. Say something kind and loving to yourself as you begin your day, and then keep that positivity going so that others feel it emanating from you. You will become more attractive to others in this way and they will want to be around you. They will be drawn to you, wanting to know what your secret is. It’s all within.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Thursday April 16, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Let the world go for a few moments at a time during the day. Take your mind off it and do something nurturing for yourself, and those you love. Find moments of joy even in pain. Find something funny even in sadness. Find something to be happy for even when things feel really bad. Find some way to bring a little light into your life, even when it is very dark.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Monday March 16, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

In times of stress be aware that ideas of illness can arise. This might mean that an inkling of sickness is really telling you to slow down, that you are doing too much, giving too much, overwhelming your own body with too many stress hormones that find no place to rest. Take care of your body, especially during times of stress, for rest of the body, mind and spirit are as important as peace in the world. And if you are not at peace within yourself then there will not be peace outside of you either. So, get some good and nurturing rest in whatever stress-free way appeals to you, for a stress-free you will mean a stress-free world.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Sunday March 15, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Take care of yourself even as you care deeply about others. Take care that you are in tiptop shape so that you may be available to those you love deeply but also available to monitor and guide yourself through trying times. It’s very important for those who can offer help to others to be mindful of their own shortcomings and their own tendencies to over-give, to overcompensate, and to become codependent, without regard to their own needs. A caregiver must also care about the self, and perhaps this is the most important aspect of caregiving, to be caring of and about the self in times of stress but also in times of rest. For to truly be a giver, one must also truly become a receiver, and that might just mean saying no.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne