Your Dark Passenger

Happy January 13th, dark passengers! This month, I’m going to switch gears and talk about the flipside of what I usually discuss. As you know, I seem to spend a great deal of time defining the difference between psychic gifts and mental illness, especially when portions of the abilities mimic psychosis.

At some point, I believe most people with psychic abilities pose a single, fundamental question with far-reaching consequences: Is this real or am I crazy?

This is a tough question for any awakening psychic to answer for themselves. If you find yourself wondering at the answer to this yourself, in many cases, it’s a straightforward internal process to work through for your answer. You may be able to look at your family history. Do psychic gifts run in your family? What about mental illness? Sometimes, you can use those questions to guide you through the process.

Unfortunately, these questions can also bring their own share of new concerns. So, here’s the tricky question: What are you supposed to believe when both psychic abilities and mental illness run in your family? (more…)

Happy New Year, dark passengers! 2010 has brought some exciting changes to my little family blogs. Some of these site changes have to do with the specific direction of each blog, while others are all about when new posts are available to read. I’m not ready to fully announce the direction for each site because I’m still finalizing details, but I can go ahead and give you some info on Your Dark Passenger.

Because I can’t think of a more fitting day for posts, you expect regular updates to this site on the 13th of each month. I’m not saying there will never be extra posts, but the 13th is THE day for Your Dark Passenger to come out and play!

Of course, if you need some reading material before the 13th, feel free to check out the Top 101 Paranormal Facts you need to know. But, erm…you are only 2 days away from a shiny new post right here.

Jen

“Let your dark passenger come out to play…Be your own nemesis!”

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Yule or you’re just waiting to ring in the New Year, I hope you have a safe and happy holiday season.

If you haven’t subscribed to the feed for the site yet, I suggest you do. You won’t want to miss the 101 things you need to know about the paranormal. Look for it the first week of January.

Jen

“Let your dark passenger come out to play in the snow…Be your own nemesis!”

Happy Monday, dark passengers. Tonight we turn our attention to a serious matter we often look to forget. As children, we all have our fears - be it the dark, something under the bed or a monster in the closet - but how often do we review these terrors in the cold light of day? How often to do we think about that which terrorized us as children once we’re grown?

Instead, we tell children it’s all in their head. Nothing’s there. You have an overactive imagination.

For the most part, this may be a correct assumption because children do have fertile imaginations…but what do we do when the terrors haunting us in the night as children are anything but figments of our mind?

Rather than a monologue featuring my own feelings about this, I’m opening it up. What scared you as a child? Was it all in your mind or do you believe it was real? (Disclaimer: In this blog, it’s okay to be scared of the dark!)

Since the end of the year is fast approaching, I thought I’d give you a little something to smile about while you think of your own monster in the closet:

 Aka: When Adverbs Attack

 My favorite part: “Could you understand what he was saying?” Uh…hello. The monster was very clearly saying “Rowarrrrrrrrr!!!!!)

Now go kill those closets!

Jen

“Let your dark passenger come out to play…Be your own nemesis!”

Well, dark passengers, looks like this year is nearly behind us and it’s time to look ahead to what the new year holds. For me, that means it’s time to get back to the basics and make sure I’m giving you what you want, be it plenty of information or a good laugh.

By now, you may or may not know that I maintain five active blogs in addition to an online fiction site. I already follow a regular fiction posting schedule, but my blogging habits have been a bit sporadic. That changes in the new year.

Each of the blogs has a distinct theme and I’m looking forward to relaunching each site the first week of January with an “ABC’s of (Insert Topic Here)” post. Can I come up with 26 unique points of interest for each of my blogs? You betcha…but why would I do that when I can focus my lists on what y’all want to know?

So, if you’ve ever been frustrated by any blog - including mine - that never got around to addressing the stuff you care about most, now’s your chance to have your say! I’m listing the sites/topics below and I’d LOVE to hear from you about what kind of posts you want to see on each. If you aren’t comfortable sharing with the rest of the class in comments, feel free to use the contact form at the top of the page.

• Paranormal, Supernatural and Spirituality - We can pepper in some urban legends and conspiracy theories, because you know I like ‘em! - but this info will be found right here on Your Dark Passenger.
• Vampires - Still not indulging the delusional fantasies of those who won’t listen to reason, but most vampire topics are fair game, be it historical vampires, modern vampirism or fictional vampires, I’ll address your suggestions at The Vampire Lair.
• Serial Killers, Crime and Dexter - I’ve already kicked this one off with “Defining the Serial Killer” and a few episode reviews, but that’s about it for Dark Passenger right now.
• Personal Finance and Money Management -I’ve already got a few posts on this site, but it’s still under construction. After the beginning of the year, I’ll draw from my financial expertise (bet you didn’t know I had that, did you?) to give simple answers to the hard financial questions and demystify money.
• Wedding Planning - At this point, I’ve ghostwritten hundreds of wedding articles on a myriad of themes and planning issues. Whatever you want to know about planning a wedding, I’ll answer on Dallas Weddings.

For anyone in the room who’s going “but that’s not all your sites,” you’re right. I might get back to those not mentioned in the coming year, but these 5 sites (and my fiction site!) are the priority.

I’ll start finalizing my ABC’s of each topic on January 1st for posting the following week on each site. Make sure to comment or send your suggestions by December 31, 2009 if you want to have your say.

Jen

“Let your dark passenger come out to play…Be your own nemesis!”