Noteworthy - November 2025
Catch up on the good stuff while still having a life.
Why I created “Noteworthy” posts:
One of the things I dislike about content creation is that many seem to employ the strategy: more content = always better.
I don’t want more fluff, I want the gold. I prefer to see condensed, high value content that is organized in a useful way. Those values were barriers to creating Interviewing Angels. I had to wrestle through all the reasons I didn’t want to be what many other content creators are. I eventually decided that I was going to break all the rules and do this publication in a way that resonates with the core of who I am.
I can’t stomach most marketing strategies and games, in fact that type of behavior often causes me to disengage, and I’m betting I’m not the only human who behaves that way. I believe what I am giving has value, it will speak for itself. If it’s truly serving a need people will find it.
I’m not here to create an addiction. I’m here to enrich your life.
That caused me to wonder, how do I navigate the social media side of substack? -AKA the “notes” feed? Some of what I share there I don’t share anywhere else.
I’ve used this short-form space to share:
Quotes from my dives that stand alone and are unlikely to make it into a full-sized post.
Brief moments of spiritual connection that invade my day: words of advice from Marcus, or funny things Emerald has said.
Or maybe a vision of a beautiful creature that feels too short to be a post unto itself.
I also share wisdom / reflections from my life as a natural born mystic.
I enjoy getting likes and comments on my notes and honestly those are incredibly valuable for building a blog. I’m happy to see you when you want to be here. But I don’t want my readers to feel obligated to create a substack account and sift through my notes to mine for things. Then it dawned on me:
What if I pulled the important stuff from my notes feed and the comments sections, then curated it into an organized post every months or so?
I’ll be experimenting with that very thing here. (Let me know what you think in the comments, or by hitting reply to this email.)
It’s been a busy month for Interviewing Angels:
I recently had the privilege of being interviewed
Elior Finlan from The Province of the Mind was such a gracious host. Our conversation helped me find language and gave a context to begin sharing about what it’s like for me to have these uncommon spiritual experiences. I’ve been so excited to share it with you!
If you missed the post you can check it out here. I’ll also link it again at the bottom of this post so you can check it out after you’ve finished reading this article.
I’ve curated my dives into collections for thematic reading:
Dragons: All my dragon interactions appear here.
Feminine energies: Dives that talk about the power of feminine energy. I’ll also be adding a dive with mermaids in the future…
Context / World building: These are posts like: How I met Emerald, a description of my 30 foot guardian Angel called Marcus, and other articles that immerse you into the world I interact with during my dives.
Powers of Love: My angels often teach about the powers of love and how to let it guide our lives like the current of a river. Here is where I have collected some of their lessons that circle around this theme.
Noteworthy: Easily catch up on the previous month’s content. All of my noteworthy posts are collected here.
Recommended resources: Other substacks and books that I feel are worthwhile. This is also where I link to my new spotify account.
About Willow: If you’re curious to learn a little more about me and my story, you can do so in this section. I’m currently writing a bio which will be released on New Years Day. The piece will walk you through the highlights of my life story and how being born with spiritual gifts has impacted my life.
Notes Highlights
Spiritual experiences
I was listening to some gentle music this morning when Emerald appeared in my consciousness. “Mmm I like this music,” came her gravelly voice.
Me: Really? That’s somewhat surprising, it’s soft and gentle.
Emerald: So? I like some soft things too, and I am capable of being gentle despite my dragon-y nature.”
Pauses…
A moment later she starts quietly chuckling to herself, “Sometimes I softly burn things...” Then she continued chortling to herself as she faded away…
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“Seeking requires trusting. If you are not trusting you cannot seek properly.
Why? Because you cannot listen to the little nudges you are sent that guide you along the way.
You must trust that there is a guiding force, otherwise you are not seeking at all.
You can ask questions, you can pull on strings, and wander down paths. But seeking is looking for the hand that guides you along those paths, trusting that it will be there in the subtle, breathy details.” -Marcus. Dive date: May 29 2022
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Sometimes I see a huge tree that has been cut down and I feel a pang in my heart. I love trees, some of them are friends.
Other times, I have seen a songbird laying dead on the pavement and that pang strikes again with the loss of something so beautiful and delicate.
It can be hard to feel these types of emotions and process it. To acknowledge it and allow it move through you, and then to let it leave you.
My angels taught me a ritual for moments like these. I can give that tree or bird a small funeral by uttering the words “return to the earth,” to that fallen being. I have been amazed at how much this creates a release inside me when I speak these words. It allows me to acknowledge the loss, but also to remember the cycle of renewal, and that “all energy is merely borrowed” as the Avatar movies teach us. It gives me a quiet moment to observe the grief and a way to then let it go. Then I can move forward in life without emotional clutter while still remaining open and attuned to nature.
For all my sensitive souls out there, I hope this helps you as much as it has helped me.
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“Things work best in a community. Never forget that.” -Akiemba
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I, Father, am water, I permeate everything.
She, Wisdom, the (Holy) Spirit is air.
And he, Jesus, is light.
These three together are rich and create life everywhere they are found together...
Songs my dragon likes
Traveling for the holidays?
I’ve got you covered.
I just mixed out the songs featured so far from my series: songs my dragon likes. (I’ll update is as new songs release.)
Play it on your road trip or plane ride and invite your dragons to listen with you while you pass the time. :)
Reflections
When I first started interacting with angels I felt completely isolated. I knew no one with experiences similar to mine, except for a man from another country who was visiting the area.
At first I kept my experiences to myself, who would believe this is possible anyway? But eventually I got up the courage to start sharing with particular people if I felt a spiritual nudge around them.
Then something magical started happening, often those people would respond with their own spiritual story that they also clutched tightly to their chest.
I started thinking, maybe spiritual abilities aren’t so rare, but no one is talking about it, because we all feel alone and afraid to break the ice? I have since met many of my best friends by stepping out on a limb in this manner.
Years later it got me thinking, why not continue that pattern on the internet? If I am generous with my story, I believe there are many more who might feel comfortable coming forward and saying “me too, let me tell you about the time…”
-And I’d love to meet you!
If you’re comfortable, I’d love to hear about one of your favorite spiritual experiences, or your brief story about your own spiritual awakening. Let’s connect with each other and remind each other that spiritual experiences aren’t abnormal. They are part of living an aware and integrated life. I can’t wait to hear your stories!
-Willow
(Hit reply to this email to message me, or drop a comment at the end of this post.)
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The truest power in the universe is not control,
It is relational: it is love.
And love requires listening, trust and alignment…
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I believe living according to “soul time” has a great impact on our proclivity towards synchronicities and being “lucky.” Things tend to work when we live in a natural way.
I often try to limit scheduled things whenever I’m able, instead having things that need to be taken care of, just not at a specific time. My husband also likes to schedule more casual things, say hanging out with friend within a time range rather than a specific start time. “We’ll be over between 6 and 6:30,” things like that. This allows life to breathe a little more and allows the soul an opportunity to govern the rhythms within the modern calendar.
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November 16, is an important day for me.
It marks the anniversary of the day I started interacting with my angels.
That was several years ago and my life has been so much richer and more fun with them in it! :)
Happy “Akiemba Day” everyone! :)
(For those wondering, Akiemba is the name of one of my guardian angels. I met him first and so named the day after him.)
Comedy (life is short, don’t forget to laugh)
The Lord’s prayer for content creators (tongue in cheek version)
Our father who art over the algorithm
Hallowed be thy name
Give us today our daily followers
And forgive us our debts
Remembering that some might endure haters and death threats
Lead us not into people pleasing
And deliver us from the void of being silenced
For thine is the power and visibility forever and ever
Amen
Exercise to connect with your angels, dragons etc.
Take a little time upon waking to pause before you get out of bed. Reach toward the loving connection between you and your angel. Say good morning to them, and open yourself to interacting with them.
Do this before the clutter hits your mind, while you are still relaxed and un-distracted, this will make it easier to sense the connection you share with your spirit guides.
Quotes
“Whenever you are gripped by fear, the one thing you can’t access is God’s love.”
-Messaiah podcast. Episode 67 Autism, Telepathy & Faith. ~42 minutes in
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Wonderful wisdom from a chat I had today with Colin Karewa Forbes from Oneness Awareness:
“In order to avoid building religious dogma we need to create scaffolding that others can walk without needing us. To show them the journey and let them choose if they’d like to walk it with us or do it themselves. This is how we avoid many of the problems of cults and institutions.”
Re-stacks
Notes from others that are worth mentioning.
Jonathan Francis Thompson
What do you consider to be a spiritual life? What does that look like for you? Is it completely separate from the material world?
Willow
Excellent question. It is not separate but rather integrated and embodied.
I would perhaps say it like this: a spiritual life is a life where we are aware of, and in tune with the spiritual realm. This impacts how we live our lives: our values, awareness, insights, choices. We are also highly integrated with ourself, connected, aware.
I feel that many live outside themselves or perhaps in their most shallow layers. Experiencing shallow wants, desires, lusts, and lots of programming whether social, religious or psychological. It takes a lot of reflection and inner-work to peel back these layers, to begin to become aware of yourself on deeper levels. To me, that is the first step to a spiritual life. From that awareness we can then be present with others, observe life, nature, and eventually the spiritual realm. But awareness is the key to first sorting everything before we can understand anything beyond ourself...
What that looks like for me: I have different values and organize my life accordingly.
Minimalism,
holistic health,
alignment with and time in nature,
relationships as a priority,
living a slow life at a pace where I can process my thoughts and emotions.
I have a lot of practices such as gardening that keep me connected to nature and aligned. This allows me to gain spiritual insight throughout my day, or to ponder on previous insights. I am also learning to organize my life according to love rather than legalism…
Highlights from the comments section
My note:
The often quoted 1 Corinthians 13, (love is patient, kind etc.) is not a list of marital obligations, it is someone trying to describe the symptoms of love. If you have love you will end up being patient and kind accidentally. Sometimes it even happens “against your better judgement.”
Love doesn’t make sense to the mind. It ignores protocols and boundaries. Patience etc. is a side effect of having love. It is something much deeper than those side effects. It is a force beyond control, that’s what makes it powerful. That is also what makes it frightening at times...
Nancy Moelk
I see that passage as a description of God’s personality and way of treating us. Unless we have encountered His love for us, we won’t have the ability to give it out. We may even give our body in service but our motives are about taking care of ourselves.
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My note:
What is your #1 question about connecting to you guardian angel?
written in the patterns
More of an insight from my personal experience- something I could’ve used sooner is the concept of oneness- as within, so without.
It’s like I was frantically digging through every drawer and bag, looking under furniture, and checking behind every curtain in the house, searching for my keys. But if I had just slowed down and been more present within myself, I would’ve felt that my keys were in my pocket all along…
(Further along in the conversation) written in the patterns
Polarity allows for each and every concept to exist, but only to the degree in which we’ve experienced its opposite- for example, you can feel shallow love if you haven’t faced any adversity that challenges its unconditionalness, but once you have experienced extreme despair and disappointment they have the energetic potential to alchemize in the opposite direction even deeper still.
I think what determines the how and when of our realization of this comes down to how intensely we’ve resisted or truly melted into feeling it previously. I think most times, a person’s catalyst for this kind of inner work tends to be experiencing a small taste of that depth in positive light first in order to realize it’s possible for us, then being thrown into the opposite depth to transmute the old ways in exchange for a hopeful chance to feel what we once cherished to that degree again. Since we have now experienced it once, we have the drive to see through the work to have it back.
The best part is though, that usually, what we end up receiving after is better than what we had been yearning for all along because we’ve expanded the capacity of our container. What grows deeper in one direction must inherently have equal and opposite depth in the other direction.
Posts for November 2025
If you’re spending time on a plane or in a passenger seat, there’s lots of fun reading material below to pass the time.
Safe travels!
How to observe mysteries “A great many creatures and mysteries only come out if you coax them, and observe them gently, in the soft, silvery moonlight.”
The Connection between Oneness and Dives This is a post I wrote for Oneness Awareness where I talk about my childhood awakenings where I experienced the aliveness and interconnection of everything, and how later affected my dives…
The Way of the Feminine This was a very popular post, the title says it all.. (If you like this post you will also enjoy the How to observe mysteries.
The Crystal Forest The first of two excerpts from a single dive experience.
Interaction with an Elemental Spirit The second excerpt from a single dive experience.
Happy Thanksgiving A gratitude journal entry to bring a little positivity into the holidays.
