Josie with the Gems
A collection of reflections on personal and spiritual growth. Your monthly subscription goes to fund mental health support for couples and families.

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Welcome to Josie with the Gems, a personal collection of reflections on spiritual and personal growth. Join me as I share insights, channeled messages, and reflections on doing life with intention and integrity.

The Dos and Don'ts of Spiritual Hygiene and Protection
Just like physical hygiene keeps your body healthy, spiritual hygiene keeps your energy field clean and protected from unwanted influences. We don't live in a spiritually sterile environment, there are energies around us constantly, and your job is to stay present, attuned, and take care of yourself. Through simple practices, you can maintain a clean spiritual vessel and trust your intuition as your built-in detector for what belongs in your energy field…and what doesn’t.
Season of Self
Life's major transitions - breakups, career changes, loss, parenthood, Saturn returns - demand seasons of deep inner exploration. These uncomfortable yet transformative periods of self-reflection often happen at crucial ages like 27-30 and 38-41, when we're called to go inward and attune to how change is reshaping us. Rather than distracting ourselves with new relationships, degrees, or promotions, embracing these seasons of self becomes one of the deepest commitments we can make to our own growth.


Friendship Transitions, Grief, and Letting Go
Sometimes the most painful friendship endings don't come with dramatic fights or betrayals, they come with the quiet realization that you've simply grown into different people.
After several friendship transitions, I've learned that the gnawing sense of loss I felt wasn't just disappointment. It was grief - real, legitimate grief for the connection that once was and for the version of someone who no longer existed in my life. Read on to learn some of the profound lessons I’ve learned.