Friday, 2 January 2026

Post No. 3,362 - My next SubStack newsletter, and some reading

I have got my fourth SubStack newsletter out this morning, and I feel like I'm finally starting to get the hang of that. 

In reflecting on the writing skills of others on SubStack, I grapple with my cautious approach – which has been shaped by experiences in a conservative profession and as a community activist. Life limitations, including family health matters and past trauma, have led to actions such as disabling comments on my blog to avoid abuse and manage time. I contrast my struggle with Centrelink and the challenges of personal trauma to others who seem unaffected by life's adversities, and acknowledge my need for self-acceptance and recognition of my life experiences, particularly after being a driven over-achiever. The discussion touches on themes of writing, life challenges, and personal growth. 
I also detail some current projects: advising for recording setup to commence spiritual interviews, significant progress on lived experience presentations, including completed work on autism and drafts on LGBTQIASB+ and Paganism; my plans to offer courses on Udemy, starting with a dowsing course, contingent on the required audio setup; additionally, I intend to issue more ISBN copies of my writing on Patreon, but need a PO Box, but getting that is complicated by my trauma around bureaucracy and financial issues. I am also working on large courses focusing on psychic/spiritual development and my autobiography, which will include stories assisting a young friend in Africa during the COVID lockdowns – which I will publish in these newsletters as they are suitably edited (the first of these stories, on starting at Uni in Queensland in the 1970s, is included in the current newsletter).
I also look at 2026: difficult living conditions will persist in various regions, particularly in parts of Africa facing war and governance challenges. Australia’s corporate media will likely focus primarily on the USA, Ukraine, and Israel-Gaza, neglecting broader global issues. Those with personal resources will navigate challenges better than those without, which is a situation exacerbated by half a century of destructive, anti-community, anti-person neoliberal policies. The Australian ALP government will face internal and external pressures to improve its response to these crises. However, overall I consider resistance to global issues will strengthen despite worsening conditions. 

https://musingsofgnwmythr.substack.com/p/gnwmythrs-news-edition-no-4   


 

I also thought this video is worth a watch: 
  • “2026 Financial Reckoning | What They're Not Telling You”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e7B5NBRZw8   “2025 was a disastrous year — economically, politically and morally.   But the consequences of that failure are only just beginning to arrive.   In this video, I ask a simple but uncomfortable question: who is going to pay the price in 2026?   Austerity by design is still with us. Fiscal rules are still being used to override human need. Markets are still prioritised over care. And the result is that credibility is draining from politics across the UK and beyond.   I look at who is likely to fall from power — in the UK, in the US, and internationally — and why neoliberal authority is finally collapsing under the weight of its own failures. I also ask whether anyone might emerge with a credible alternative, and what that would require in economic terms.   2026 will not be an easy year. But it may be the year when technocratic politics finally runs out of road.”      


PS - as someone who has continued blogging since 2007, I quite like and agree with this article:   



Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

  • there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking” 
  • I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.

 

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Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

#PsychicABetterWorld   and  

Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear  

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Thursday, 1 January 2026

Reminder: practice exercises, online courses (including using this blog as a course), and ethics

This is just a quick reminderr that I have some practice exercises posted at https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2023/09/post-no-2572-practice-exercises.html, and links to online courses (including using this blog as a course) at https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/p/on-line-courses-on-this-blog.html

 

 

Also, don’t forget to do everything - including any psychic work - ethically. 

I discuss that at https://gnwmythrsglossary.blogspot.com/2023/05/ethics.html, but I would like to add/emphasise the following - the details of which are subject to the current laws of whatever jurisdiction you live/work in, so if you have any concerns, consult a suitably qualified/registered/experienced expert

  • even if you do not charge people, you may be liable for the advice you give them. As an example, if you told someone to give their money to a shonky person, even if you did not charge them for telling them that, you may be liable (you SHOULD be, IMO)
  • legal protections go both ways, so you are likely also protected against attempts to blackmail or threaten you; 
I consider many people who are not outright fraudsters get themselves into trouble because they are actually seeking emotional validation for their beliefs - especially if they wish to talk about or “demonstrate” proof (see Victor Zammit and  Dean I Radin's “The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena” [Harper One (2010), first pub. Harper Collins (2009), ISBN 978 0062029096, Amazon] on that topic before getting in to any debates/discourse). I suggest doing the emotional work to be able to move away from physical proof and live with spiritual values and ambiguity/uncertainty - you will be more effective for yourself and others, and less likely to damage the entire field that way.

 


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Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here

(Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear)   

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither). 

#PsychicABetterWorld   and   

Copyright © Kayleen White 2007-2025     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. Typos may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-ShareAlike basis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/