When I launched this blog in October, 2020, I was following my intuition. Earlier that year I had felt led to go back through my old journals and pull out the nuggets of wisdom that seemed to come from outside of myself. That in turn led to expanding on those snippets and writing more in depth about what they meant to me. Those essays were the genesis of my blog, Womanspiritspeaks. Today will be my ninety-eighth blog posting.

I have been gratified by the responses of many of you to my blogs, which seem to have resonated deeply with you as you walk your own spiritual path. It has been a labor of love, but these blogs are not mine. I am guided by the Divine Feminine each time I write. The words that I write each week come from a much deeper place than my own mind. When I re-read what I have written, I am amazed at what is on the paper. It is both me and not me.

As I began 2022, my intuition was once again nudging me to expand on these blogs. I felt the call to put them in journal form, with questions, based on that blog, for each day of the week. I wanted to use a format that would allow readers to dig deep into themselves to find their own answers to spiritual questions and life struggles. 

I am so proud to announce the publication of my book, WomanSpiritSpeaks: 52 Weeks with the Divine Feminine.  It can be found on Balboa Press and in Amazon Books. If you have resonated with any of my blogs, this is an opportunity to go a little bit deeper within yourself. It is an easy way to start a journaling or meditation practice or to change up your existing practice a bit.

Thanks to all of you for reading and editing these blogs and encouraging me along the way, especially Kay, Ann, Mary, and Leslie. I hope this book will speak to all of my followers. For my local readers, you will soon be receiving an invitation to a celebration and book signing event. Watch your emails.

Blessings on the Journey,

Barbara Garland
September, 2022