Val Tobin
Val Tobin worked in the tech industry for ten years as a software/web developer while exploring her interests in the occult, paranormal and spirituality fields on the side. In 2004, she wrote for the online publication Community MX. Val started writing for Suite 101 in May 2010 and achieved Feature Writer status in July 2011. She became Topic Editor for Paganism/Wicca at Suite101 in July 2011.
Val started Serenity Now Gifts & Services as a part-time home based business with her husband in 2005. They offer such holistic services as Reiki, Crystal Therapy and Angel Therapy Practitioner® sessions. Val's interest in the paranormal has also led her to doing paranormal investigations at a variety of locations throughout Ontario and the States. Val also writes articles for Serenity Now Gifts & Services. Read more about Val at Serenity Now Gifts & Services.
Another interest is health and nutrition, which Val has been studying both formally and informally for the last 27 years. To help people with their physical well-being, Val does cleanse coaching with people who want to remove impurities and flush excess fat from their bodies using the Isagenix® system of cleansing and fat burning products.
Val traveled to Kona, Hawaii three times between March 2008 and April 2010 to receive training from Doreen Virtue. She achieved her Angel Therapy Pracitioner® with advanced certification in October of 2008, and recently received her Mediumship Certification when she attended Doreen's Mediumship Certification course in April 2010. Val at this time also contributed a story to Doreen Virtue's Hay House book Angel Words.
In March 2007, Val enrolled in the Parapsychic Science Bachelor of Science program (now called "Alternate Spiritual Traditions") at the American Institute of Holistic Theology (AIHT) and received her degree in September 2010. Val and her writing were recognized in the Fall 2010 AIHT newsletter. Val is currently working on her master's degree in Alternate Spiritual Traditions. You can find Val at her company Fan Page on Facebook or check out her Tweets on Twitter. She also has a blog that she contributes to intermittently.
Val conducts workshops on angels, faeries, opening the third eye and more, primarily from Cherry Valley Retreat in Newmarket, Ontario and The Hedge Witch in Sharon, Ontario.
Latest Articles
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Developing Clairvoyance or Psychic Sight
What is clairvoyance? How do you recognize clairvoyant images? What can you do to develop your clairvoyant abilities when you think you don't have any?
Jan 30, 2012
- Val Tobin
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Hide in Plain Sight by Alan Annand: Book Review
Take one rich twin and one poor twin, throw in a bipolar wife, shake violently, and you have the makings of another delicious crime novel by Alan Annand.
Dec 9, 2011
- Val Tobin
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Indoor Play Parks Provide Fun for Kids and a Break for Parents
Kids today have no reason to complain of boredom with the indoor play parks available. This is not your mamma's drop-in center.
Dec 9, 2011
- Val Tobin
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Booking a Fishing Boat Charter or Lake Cruise
What do you need to know before you charter a boat? What do you bring on board? What if you don't want to fish? Would $48K in prizes change your mind?
Sep 27, 2011
- Val Tobin
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Scorpio Rising by Alan Annand: Book Review
Can murder be plotted in the stars? The perfect crime falls apart when Vedic Astrologer and Palmist Axel Crowe takes the case in this New Age Noir novel.
Sep 21, 2011
- Val Tobin
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Wheel of the Year: Pagan Samhain Celebration
Pagans celebrate Samhain, one of the most popular Sabbats, at Halloween. Night falls earlier at this time and winter looms. A time of introspection begins.
Aug 22, 2011
- Val Tobin
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Wheel of the Year: Pagan Mabon Celebration
The last of the crops are coming in. It is the autumnal equinox and the days shorten. But Mabon retains a celebratory edge, even as we begin to draw inward.
Jul 26, 2011
- Val Tobin
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Interview with Vedic Astrologer and Palmist Alan Annand
What are the benefits of having your chart done with Vedic astrology? Can you change your fate? Vedic Astrologer Alan Annand provides the answers.
Jul 14, 2011
- Val Tobin
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A Year and a Day: The Pagan Handfasting Ceremony
In days past, couples who wished to marry but had no access to a priest declared their union during a handfasting ceremony. The tradition continues today.
Jul 4, 2011
- Val Tobin
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The Guru Question by Mariana Caplan, PhD: Book Review
Do you need a guru to aid you on your spiritual journey? What do you look for in a spiritual leader? Mariana Caplan gives valuable advice in her new book.
Jun 29, 2011
- Val Tobin
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