Spring 2025 Newsletter
As we step into the beautiful season of spring, a time of renewal and growth, we pause this week to acknowledge and honor the significance of Bereaved Mother’s Day, which falls on the first Sunday of May. This day offers a gentle acknowledgment of the love, resilience and the deep connection that we bereaved mothers share with their deceased child. Also, this day serves to create a community for all mothers who have experienced the heartbreaking loss of our children.
It’s a day filled with mixed emotions, with the intertwining of both love and heartache. I want to extend my heartfelt love and support to anyone who has endured this unthinkable loss. The focus of my Reiki (Universal Love) practice is to be a source of healing and solace, and I encourage you to take some time to engage in reflection and meditation. Together we can create a sacred space filled with compassion and understanding, for this is ultimately how we hold space for one another.
In connection with this day, I also wish to shine a light on the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). As we navigate our healing journey, it’s imperative to remember the women who have been lost and their families left behind. The pain experienced by these families is a reminder of the urgent need for awareness, action, and support within our communities. I encourage you to learn more about the MMIW in Canada and to attend any vigils or events available in your community. We all play a role in collective healing and have a responsibility to bring attention to this critical women’s issue.
As an ally and advocate for change, I’ll personally be attending a MMIW awareness event at the University of Alberta this coming Monday, May 5 @9am. All are welcome, and details can be found at the bottom of the newsletter.
Also, I’ve included a complimentary link to a guided healing meditation that I wrote a few years ago specifically for bereaved mothers. This meditation is meant to be shared with whoever needs it, so if you are aware of a mother who would benefit from listening to the meditation, please pass it along. This work is humbly offered in memory of my own daughter Sara Kimberlee Scobie.
Spring is a time for renewal and as we honor all mothers on Mother’s Day May 11 let us embrace the spirit of community and support. We are here for one another, offering love, reiki, meditations to all who need it. I welcome all your comments, and if you feel comfortable, invite you to use this space to share your thoughts and memories of your child.
I wish you all the same peace that I wish for myself.
Namaste’
Loralee
Loralee J Scobie
Author of A New Normal - A Grieving Mother’s Journey from Loss to Healing.
For over 2 decades, Loralee Scobie has been professionally working with energy and helping women (and men) embrace the power of their own being. Loralee started her career as a registered social worker but always knew through her own childhood experiences with spirit that we are all more powerful than we know.
As a Reiki Master/teacher Loralee offers training in Reiki (Japanese healing art) and in meditation. Loralee is a firm believer to be an authentic teacher of Reiki one must work with Reiki daily (either on self or others), for the Reiki energy is the true teacher. In her full-time practice Scobie offers in person and distance (via facetime or zoom) treatments on demand.
Loralee believes that meditation is the foundation to all spiritual practices and should be incorporated into ones’ daily routine. She offers group training online and in person, where she teaches not only how to meditate, but how to create your own meditation practice. Loralee also provides a unique service where she will compose/record a personal meditation just for you, relevant to what you are working on healing in your life.
As a certified hypnotherapist Loralee has helped many clients young and older on how to use hypnotherapy to overcome obstacles in this lifetime. These sessions can be shared either in person or on zoom/facetime.
Loralee is the published author of her first book titled A New Normal-A Grieving Mother’s Journey from Loss to Healing. In this narrative Scobie shares what it took to move her through her grief and to go on to live a life of purpose, following the death of her daughter. She also shares what is and isn’t helpful for grieving parents and how others can best support the bereaved. Loralee can be booked as a guest speaker and welcomes the opportunity to read from her book and sign copies.
Learn more @ loraleescobie.com
