Category: On The Edge Articles

Christmas in Panama

The month of December has flown by and I now find myself a few days before Christmas wrapping up the year-end responsibilities, sending cash gifts, and recuperating from two mini vacations this month. (Nicaragua & Boca Chica)

Our neighbours have decorated outside of their homes as well as storefronts. Panama is vibrant with their colorful, cultural traditions. We have felt little of all the commercialism found in North America. In fact, we have no decorations or tree this year. We have attended a local Christmas party and even met new friends. Christ’s blessing to us!

Christmas is different here in Panama but it’s also similar. It’s very family oriented and it is celebrated with music, food and community. School children are off now for three months at this time of year due to it being harvest time. Panamanian children are required to march in all local parades which are vibrant in cultural dress and traditions. Music played with instruments and drums are heard for months prior to the Christmas season as schools rehearse their songs. In the town of Boquete near us, there were 57 parade bands over the weekend. Fireworks are another favourite celebration tool.

For those of us who chose a life-changing move to Panama, we are met with warmer weather, a slower pace, and a more purposeful life. While our families and friends gather in cold weather around fireplaces, which I do miss, or inside their homes, in Panama, you will find outside palm trees glowing with lights, warm tropical nights, and Latin Christmas music everywhere. It is the same Christian belief celebrated here, more religious than commercial.

As 2025 ends in a new year begins, I would like to remind you that life is an adventure, family isn’t always biological, and happiness begins with finding joy each day in all the little things that make you smile. 

Merry Christmas & happy new year to my family, friends, and most importantly, the teetering on the edge Tribe!

Jacqueline

I’m Back

Hello Tribe, 2025 has been one long arduous path for me. I have learned the art of escapism and suddenly realize most of the year has passed. Forgive me for I know not what I do! So life has changed a bit this year. My husband decided to retire and we sold our home up in Northern Ontario. We have sold, given away and donated most of our possessions and we now plan to slow travel the world. We are headed to Panama, our first stop in the journey of retirement. I have decided to blog about it and post on social media the adventure we have set before us.

Retirement planning in this age of societal breakdown and chaos might seem inconceivable but it might be the cure for what ails you. If we have learned anything from the Covid lockdowns it is that there are other jobs to work, there is a creative side to our nature, and life will go on, with or without those who were supposed to be our family or friends. Follow me as I deep dive into topics around Spirituality & Wisdom, Mind/Body/Soul wellness, Reinventing Retirement, Travel & Adventure and Aging & Resilience where I welcome honest discussions dispelling myths from facts.

Walk with me as I journey on my own retirement path through the social media links that will be provided. Together we can co-create a better future.

HAVE A HAPPY NEW “YOU” YEAR

Let’s raise hands, how many of us are so ready for this year to end! yes I am not alone!!

Today is the last day of our Gregorian year and here in the north we have woke up to blue skies and the sun shining. It has been weeks of not seeing the sun, or feeling its warmth on my cheeks. We have had mostly foggy grey skies filled with rain or snow. So I consider this a great gift and it helps me raise my vibrations.

2024 has been a great learning curve for me. A mixed bag of emotional turmoil and learning new skills. People I thought would be friends fell away and others stepped in to fill the void. I have reached out to my community, served on boards, taught writing workshops and sold newly learned crochet items at local stores. I also sold more copies of my second poetry book “Soul Expression: The awakening of humanity through poetry” This collection sits in the genre of meditative/metaphysical. It is a call out for the need to awaken and heal humanity. My poetry beckons us to look within and to ask questions about who we are? What is our soul purpose? and how can we find clarity and truth in our world enthralled with lies.

My book is not on Amazon yet so if you want a copy $20.00 shipping included, send me an email at jacquiedenis@hotmail.com or through this site by commenting below.

This year has been emotionally hard as I learn to understand my loneliness and it’s relationship to my creativity. There is a fine balance between having too much alone time and just the right amount, between work and play.

Family personal struggles rose this year as did my faith, as it became the bridge I needed to have something to stand on. It is hard watching others learn their lessons by their own decisions and yet it is brilliantly satisfying to see how they figure things out on their own.

Yes shadow work still needs to be done by all of us and it is not pretty, but this is how we figure out what we want and what is truly important to us. As I look back on this year I encourage you to ask yourself the same questions. What would you do differently? What needs to change? What do you want for the upcoming year? I already began my New Year list, not of resolutions but of creations. Things I want to do and manifest.

If I had to make a prediction I would say that we are all going to be challenged this year! Whether it is in our relationships, families, world views / beliefs or in our realities as societies and countries break down. We may even fall into cognitive dissonance trying to figure things out as lies become truths and truths become lies. It is how we face these challenges that will determine the energy created to solve and fix them.

As I teeter on the edge of recreating myself, I want to remind you of Hope.

“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” Jeremiah 29:11

In keeping aligned to my title I wish all of you a Happy New “YOU” Year, after all you deserve it!

Sincerely, Jacqueline

If you have read this article this far, shoot me a comment below I rarely get feedback and I would love to know how you are approaching this new year and what you have planned? Thanks again.

LOVE IS AND ALWAYS WAS THE KEY

It is a new day, a new dawn for humanity “Remember, remember the 5th of November”

As Canada waits in their own silent struggling with the casting out of the Trudeau regime, the United States of America has created a big Red Wave of Rebellion. The country now stands united on the important issues of jobs, wages, economy and the inflated chaos from the present regime. Immigration and food prices have affected people more so than previously thought and with that a new Trump Maga (make America great again) is created. As I see Trump with his infamous red ball cap, on it is written 45-47. Spirit speaks to me softly, apparently the dash mattered!

The journey now begins, to recover and heal the people and country of The United States of America. “If my people who are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land” 2 Chronicles 7:14

We are witnessing a divine promise and a call to action, outlining conditions for blessings and restoration from God. I expect things will continue to unfold boldly for the good of all humanity. We are not in end times but at the beginning of a whole new world, not a new world order set by those who did not have our best interests, but a new world we will create by knowing what we want, what is important to us and what we need to work effectively, thrive and create spaces for everyone to grow mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically. I especially like all the talk about healing our environment, health and food crops.

I feel a sense of relief, a new timeline set. I feel the quantum field responding to our prayers, our subconscious wants and beliefs and I would like to remind all of you, to LOVE all the parts of yourself in each now moment. We all have infinite potential birthing within us and we are all multidimensional quantum beings of light.

“The Alchemist: Is one who transforms all energies into higher frequencies of light and love. They are the bringers of a new dawn, transmuting the old paradigms into a higher intelligence and order. They act solely for the highest good of all. Love is the only master they answer to. I am the Alchemist.

So, as we teeter on the edge of our future possibilities, let the light within you be filled with LOVE. LOVE of self, family, country and humanity. Let us educe, LOVE is and always was the key!

Namaste Tribe, Jacqueline

KINTSUGI

In times of challenge and change I often expand my search for self improvement in many different directions. This month I came across the Japanese reparation technique of Kintsugi. Although it is used to repair broken pottery pieces by mending it in lacquer dusted with gold, it was an inspiration to me to use it as a metaphor for life.

Kintsugi reminded me that most things that have been broken can be put back together. Our scars are the result of our battles & wars and our scars are a symbol of our resilience. We should not hide or try to cover them up, but instead embrace them. Whether our battles are mental, physical or spiritual, they are ours to overcome. We all fall at times in life but it is when we rise and take back what we battle for, we begin again our journey of lessons that renew our strength and spirit.

Kintsugi can be used as a philosophy, as opposed to a reparation technique. “Your scars are the design. Your attention is drawn to the cracks and how they are mended. That is what you are supposed to see. The beauty is in the brokenness”. – Justin Whitmel Earley – As we have learned from my previous poetry article, where we peeked into 13th century Sufism/mysticism on RUMI, “The wound is the place the light enters” where we open the doors to forgiveness and healing. “Kintsugi symbolizes how we must incorporate our wounds into who we are, rather than try to merely repair and forget them” – David Wong – Your progress comes from change and change can be a catalyst for living the best life you can imagine. Release your fears and welcome your flaws, your history, your life.

Think about this; You are a human vessel that flows liquid life through your veins, an unseen energy force that was breathed into you at birth. At times you have been cracked, broken, held and adorned. Where you place your energy and who you surround yourself with, directly affects how your vessel will be used. Kintsugi is the art of keeping yourself together!

Here is an exercise you may want to try:

Sit comfortably in a quiet, peaceful place – Take 3 deep long relaxing breaths – Picture a waterfall of liquid gold pouring over and into your head – Now pull that gold through your brain filling all the negative thoughts, ideas and traumas you remember. – Release and allow gold flecks to absorb – Leave some flecks behind to capture any future negative attacks that may come – Allow the gold to heal, protect, and bring your mind into a calm, peaceful positive state – Now pull this liquid gold down, slowly through each part of your body as you move from head to toe, taking a moment to ask “Do I have any cracks or brokenness here?”- Don’t forget to allow it to flow through your 6 senses (third eye, eyes, ears, nose, taste & touch) – You may also want to check in with the other parts of your body, mind and spiritual beliefs that may need a healing – Fill up with golden liquid light anything that does not resonate with you any longer. It was there to help you get to where you are now. That’s okay! you are now moving forward with greater resiliency and strength – Once you finish push this liquid gold light into the earth, to help renew the ground you now stand upon.

Finally, each time you look in the mirror, know you are a beautiful piece of pottery made by the creator’s hand. You are teetering on the edge as you continue to heal and help yourself and others move gracefully through the most challenging times of human history. You are a warrior!

Namaste Tribe

Jacqueline

THE QUICKENING

I can not believe it is September already. The quickening has started. We have gone from winter to summer and now fall in just a few moments. I spend my days outside because the season in Northern Ontario is short. I am jealous of the southerners, with their tans, sunglasses and sun dresses. The few hot days we have had, I have prepared gardens, visited family and sat sun gazing, allowing the warmth to wake my bones while the wind cleared my energy. I am in the habit now of hanging my sheets & clothes out on a line just to bring the fresh air inside. This summer has been a constant stream of projects to start or finish including finishing my rentable bunkie for two. I am hoping for the day to come when I can rest, knowing my nest is complete and I’m settled in my sanctuary.

In one of my morning meditations, spirit spoke to me a message to be passed on to the collective. Here it goes:

“It’s time for action. It is time to finish your shadow work, solving and releasing all the childhood traumas, anger, bitterness, procrastination within you, and recalibrate to the next level of existence. It is time to grow up and start thinking about the world you want to live in, the world that best resonates with you.

Disclosure will be speeding up and it may seem like a ping pong game. One day you will hear information that has been going on and the next day more information will pile up on top of that, creating a pile to process and release. This is to awaken you. Trust everything will be for your benefit not against it. What will proceed is the dissolution of all your created systems. The financial, economic, healthcare, education, political systems must be brought down and exposed to be able to re- create a new, better system that works for humanity. Your leadership is needed now to care for each other through this process. There is a call out to all humanity. We are at the precedence of our ascension also understood as The Great Awakening, or the Second Coming of Christ. Do not let your hearts be troubled, in all things give thanks and do not fear. You are the children of God, the creator of all.”

            Well with a message like this I thought I better do my due diligence and pass it on. Like many others I have been working on my shadow work for years, especially being a first waver with a soul mission. That could be the bases of another book for another time. I find myself at peace now and practicing the art of observational neutrality, grounding daily, meditating and correcting my thoughts to more positive ones. Although I still struggle with being triggered by certain people around me, I understand my humanity better.

While we teeter on the edge of our future paths, I would love to hear from you how you are doing with your own ascension journey. Send me a list of topics you would like me to write about, I would love to support you all more during this process!

Take Care Namaste Tribe

Jacqueline

6 SIGNS YOU ARE SHIFTING LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

As I teeter on the edge of my own transformation, I now realize that I have been shifting levels of consciousness throughout my whole life. My awakening to this has helped me greatly to release old ways, patterns and beliefs I was taught. Beliefs mixed with lies, patterns I developed to survive and expectations others had for me that were not in my best interest. As I continue to re-create the life, I want, I remain grateful to all who where in my life and helped me in both positive and negative ways to get to where I am today. My responsibility lies within the choices I made, but ultimately all roads lead to God, our creator and all lessons were for my journey. Thank you!

In the past few years, I felt called to leave my southern Ontario home and move north. This calling was confirmed many times to me before I made the leap. I quit my job, retired and moved to a place that held the right frequency for me to grow. This was not an easy task. I left many family & friends that I loved and enjoyed being around. I believed it was necessary for my spiritual growth and so I surrendered to the call.

My life now is a continuous lesson of connecting to nature, people and places. I feel physically better, emotionally stable and mentally clear. I am stronger, healthier and happier. I’m blaming it on the smell of cedar and pine trees that put me in a state of bliss every time it rains. My home is not as nice as any of the homes I had before but it is what I need. The location is the blessing and the space to wander is inspiring. I see and hear God’s spirit here because it is quiet.

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Yes, there are many times I am alone and have to work through that sticky energy but I am evolving. I am impressed at my creativity and the new skills I am acquiring.  I am even at the point that I crave that alone time. The world around me does feel different as I manifest new opportunities and surrender to the flow. I don’t know where this is going but I know something good this way comes!

How about you? Are you feeling any of these 6 signs of shifting your level of consciousness?

  1. You want to spend a lot of time alone. You are no longer in “harmony” with your old life, friendships or environment.
  2. You feel a strong need to move house, quit a job or move to a new place because your environment no longer “feels right”.
  3. You begin to experience periods of “manifestation on demand”, miracles and super flow as you experience your new vibration.
  4. The world around you feels different as if you’ve stepped into a new reality.
  5. New opportunities, relationships and abundance turn up, seemingly out of nowhere.
  6. You feel confused and uncertain but you know something incredible is coming. @lorenirlin
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For the next two weeks I am going to post some different meditations that have helped me relax, connect, and surrender to the infinite connection we all have with ourselves and our creator. Be kind to yourself and let go of all that dark, negative, icky goo stuff we often hide within ourselves. It’s time for your metamorphosis; it’s time to become your authentic self, the person you came here to be.

I don’t know about you, but I have had enough of all this evil, sick, self-centered, egotistical patterns. It’s time to release people, places, and things in our life who do not have our best interest and stand firm as a divine sovereign being. It is time to shift your consciousness to love.

Love is our new paradigm. Love, after all, is what we all seek!

Love is the answer to every question.

YOU ARE LOVE

Namaste Tribe

Jacqueline

HAPPY EARTH DAY

This meme sent along YouTube programs I follow, spoke to my heart and I thought it would create a great conversation. Within this picture lies the potential for you to ask questions and look within. What do you see? When I first saw this, I noticed the spring green colour that sparks renewal and life itself. The mountain range that seemed to begin and go beyond, stirred in me, the future possibilities of where I could go. I loved the natural river that meandered from the mountains, flowing gently but ever evolving down the slope of the land. I felt like I was one of the people standing on rock crop not believing the beauty that was laid before me. I could only imagine what they were thinking and saying. Did he hold the deed of the land in his hands? The ancient tree to the right piqued my curiosity also, for the branches seemed to reach out and wave to the onlookers, suggesting they should come for a visit. As I began to notice more details, I felt calm and happy. I love these colours and I felt like I belonged here. The words “You deserve to be in environments that bring out the softness in you” ran through my mind. Yes, I do belong! This reminds me of the true north, where I live.

I came here knowing I needed to be surrounded by the rock, the fir, spruce, cedar and pine. Nature has a way of speaking to our soul and our cells. Rural nature has the opportunity to communicate with us better than in a big city. There was a difference when I lived in the city. You always had to be on the watch for people, cars, crime, and cameras. No privacy, no quiet and physical space was limited. Even the parks became full on the weekends. We all deserve some green space to breathe and grow. My biggest change came when I moved from the city to rural Northern Ontario. It took time to lay my foundation because I was unaware how tall the fortress was that I built around me. Dismantling the barriers of survival was important not only physically but mentally. My belief system, my attitudes and my resources were built on survival and now I had to adjust to my new surroundings. As I learned about nature and trusted the native teachings I began to soften my soul. I connected to the poet within and wrote about my sightings and experiences. I began to understand the connectiveness between everything and the fragility of humanity. The lessons I am learning is that we are not here to survive but to create. We are not here to fight but to unite and we are not here to take our fair share but to care about the plight of each other. What is good for one is good for all. We are all going through the same lessons but at different times.

When I ponder this picture, I know the environment that I choose to live in. I choose one that is green, lush and holds the potential for growth but not at a cost of being there alone. I want one that includes you. We all need this type of environment in order to be at peace, grow and share, our lives together. Some of you may see this as heaven. The portal that these people stepped through being led by an angel or spiritual mentor but I see this as each of us, now having the opportunity to walk through this portal and create this heaven on earth. There is more than enough room on this limited hangout called Earth for all 8 billion of us. All it takes is a belief that you deserve this too!

Happy Earth Day Tribe

Jacqueline

Happy woman’s Day!

To all of my tribe. Today is the day to connect to the divine feminine inside of all of you!

Take time for self care and wellbeing.

The theme for this year is inspire inclusion.

Wear purple, green and white today to signal justice & unity, green for hope and white for purity.

Be happy, find joy and give yourself a hug as you teeter on the edge of finding your soverignity & authenticity.

Namaste, Jacqueline