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Age of Alchemy

Integrative, trauma-informed psychotherapy, coaching and energy healing for adults in Ontario. A time and space for transformation, healing & becoming.

In-person & virtual sessions. Offering integrative, trauma-informed psychotherapy for adults across Ontario. Rooted in depth, somatic, and relational approaches. A safe space for healing, self-discovery, and becoming — in person or virtual. Learn more at www.theageofalchemy.ca

06/03/2026

Alchemical Reflections Reveal for the week of June 1st, 2026

If you chose 1: Anubis

You are protected and being guided through these changes with steady presence and devotion. Anubis reminds you that you are wrapped in protective energy even through the most difficult transitions. Don’t fear change or endings, be confident in them and trust that new beginnings are forming for your highest good.

If you chose 2: Hathor

There is love and creativity flowing to you now. Hathor invites you to embrace beauty and creation in all its forms. You are being awakened to your souls potential within you to bring love, joy, and sacred beauty into everything you touch. Nurture your creative spirit the same way you nurture those you love. Your heart centre is being activated at this time.

If you chose 3: Maat

Maat brings the energy of balance, truth and cosmic order. You are being called into your divine truth, and allow the scales of justice to balance as you walk your path with integrity. Look inwards with honesty and clarity, and live authentically in all you do and choose. Look to ways you can find better balance in life, releasing anything that is no longer aligned.

06/01/2026

Alchemical Reflections for the week of June 1, 2026✨

A but delayed today as I work to catch up and continue to navigate this head cold that’s making the rounds, thank you for your patience. There’s a lot of movement happening energetically, and some of it feels like a relief while some also feels heavy. Things we’ve been working towards are starting to take shape but in the process of it we are seeing some things fall away. That may be people, objects, situations or anything internally that needs to shift in order for us to step into this next chapter. Rest assured you’re not the only one feeling the anxiety around these shifts.

Change isn’t easy…never is.

Let’s see what the cards offer you this week in contemplation.

Deep breath, close your eyes and lean in intuitively. Choose a card- 1,2 or 3.

I’ll be back tomorrow with their meanings ✨

05/27/2026

✨Alchemical Reflections Reveal for the week of May 25,2026✨

If you chose 1: Tomb

This card signals for you to address any stagnant energy. It may feel like things are moving slowly, that plans or dreams keep getting derailed. Progress has stalled and you need to remove the barriers that have been holding you back. It might also mean that you are in places or relationships that no longer serve your highest good. This card is spotlighting the issue for you to see so you can make a plan to move through it.

If you chose 2: Dark

This card can show you where you’re experiencing a reconciliation with the self. There’s what feels like initiation of duty’s happening for you. This can feel like things being ripped out from under you, losses of people or jobs, or just an overall feeling of being stuck. This is meant to clear away the things that are not needed for this next phase, clearing the way for new and more aligned things to come into your life. Allow yourself to grieve what is being cleared, and look for where it is all leading you in this next phase. You are supported.

If you chose 3: Horus

This card reminds you that you have ambitions to fill, and although there will be setbacks and challenges, you are supported to aim high. Don’t let this lull make you forget what you want or question if you can achieve it. This card also encourages you to harness any energy or motivation derived from those who don’t think you can do it. Gather up that energy as motivation and don’t be afraid to prove them wrong. And remember that any setbacks are all part of the process.

Reminder: if the lows feel super low, please take it seriously and seek professional help. Reach out to me or call a crisis line or loved one. You do not have to navigate it alone and there is help available.

05/26/2026

✨Alchemical Reflections for the week of May 25,2026✨

Life’s busy at the moment, no doubt about that. We are stepping into warmer weather, planting the seeds for the harvest season to come. Many of my clients are talking about feeling stuck and overwhelmed right now, and I can’t help but see that this is becoming a constant rather than a once in a while feeling.

Are you feeling like there’s not enough time in a day? That you are being pulled in too many directions and not one of them has to do with your own needs or desires? That you wish there was a pause button or a way to slow down?

Listen to these message that your system is giving you. They are a gathering of information from your mental, emotional and physical system. Stress has become a part of everyday life when we are designed to live in ways that only see stress occasionally. Our systems or are stuck in overdrive and you are feeling the impact of chronic stress in a variety of ways. Listen to your system.

Let’s see what information the cards need you to know about this system overload, and what you can lean into this week to support better balance.

Deep breath, lean in intuitively and pick a card- 1,2 or 3. I’ll be back later with its message for you.

05/22/2026

Who else finds healing in making things with their hands? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

I’ve always been a creative person, and those of you who know me or have been following for a while know how much I love creating intentional candles and a variety of other natural products. Since I’ve become a therapist I’ve continued this behind the scenes. This week I’ve been finishing a custom order of intentional tealights for a women’s retreat next weekend, and moments like this remind me that creativity is so much more than a hobby. It’s nourishment. It’s regulation. It’s ritual.

As a therapist, I talk often about mental health, nervous system care, and reconnecting with ourselves… but creativity is also such a big part of that healing. Creating allows us to slow down, soften, express, process, and come back home to ourselves in ways words sometimes can’t touch.

In a world that constantly asks us to produce, perform, and push through, there is something deeply restorative about making something beautiful simply because it feels meaningful.

Whether it’s art, baking, gardening, music, writing, crafting, or creating intentional products like these…creativity invites us back into presence.
Into embodiment.
Into ourselves.

So here’s your reminder that creativity is not frivolous. It’s medicine too ✨

05/20/2026

Here's something I want to be honest with you about, because I really think it matters:
Building a therapy practice is genuinely unusual as a business, and I witness it myself and everyday with colleagues.

I can't ask you to leave me a Google review. I can't share what clients have said about our work together. Confidentiality isn't just a policy, it's the thing that makes the work possible at all. Without it, nothing I do means anything.
Which means the way this practice grows is almost entirely through something quiet and human: someone telling someone else.
If you've found anything here useful... a post that landed, a blog piece that put words to something you've been carrying, even just a sense that this kind of work exists and is available, there are a few genuinely simple ways to help if you feel moved to:

🌿Tell one person. If someone in your life is struggling and might be ready for support, mention Ilona Farry or Age of Alchemy. That specific, personal mention in a real moment is worth more than any ad I could run.

🌿Share a post that resonated. Not because it helps my numbers, but because it might reach someone who needs it.

🌿Comment or save content you find useful. It sounds small. It genuinely isn't, in terms of how content reaches new people.

🌿And if you're a practitioner, a naturopath, a doula, a yoga teacher, a GP... really anyone who encounters women navigating the kinds of things I work with... I'd genuinely welcome the conversation about whether referral makes sense.

I will be fully transparent: I'm building something slowly and on purpose. I invest a lot into my work and it means everything to me to walk alongside my clients in their journies.
Every person who finds their way here because someone they trusted mentioned my name is the reason this work continues.
And to all of you as followers and supporters, I truly thank you for being part of how that happens.

05/14/2026

You answer the emails.
You remember the appointments.
You carry the weight, hold the line, and keep everything moving, even when your own body is begging you to stop.

From the outside? Capable. Reliable. Strong as hell.

From the inside? Your nervous system has been bracing for impact for so long that peace feels unfamiliar.

High-functioning anxiety rarely looks like falling apart.
It looks like:
✔️Waking at 3am already preparing for tomorrow’s battles
✔️Rehearsing conversations like survival depends on getting them “right”
✔️Snapping unexpectedly because your system is overloaded, not because you’re failing
✔️Never fully landing in the moment because part of you is always scanning for danger
✔️Being the strong one in the room while quietly feeling completely alone

You are surviving. But survival is not the same thing as living.

And despite what you’ve been taught, you do not have to collapse before you are worthy of support.

Sometimes the most powerful thing a woman can do is stop carrying the world long enough to finally hear herself again.

If this speaks to something deep within you, I’m here.
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05/12/2026

Alchemical Reflections Reveal for the week of May 11,2026:

If you chose 1: Doable

What you are seeking is within your grasp. What may be creeping up is the doubt… imposter syndrome, fear that you aren’t enough or aren’t worthy. It’s time to alchemize past pains and lessons into your future…transformation is at its core really just evolution. Whatever it’s you’ve been seeking to step into, the Universe is showing you that it’s possible if you can just believe in yourself.
Ask yourself, what fear or doubt do I need to release so that I can get out of my own way?

If you chose card 2: Phenomenon

This card call for stillness and intuition. Trusting your instincts, that feeling in the pit of your stomach that tells you yes or no. Consider too your ancestry, the lessons that have been learned through their insight and experiences. It’s all part of the journey and shaping your intuition now. Take some time to get quiet and really listen to what these two things are telling you…it will surprise you how much information is there, waiting for you.
Ask yourself, what advice and guidance do my ancestors and my inner North Star need me to know right now?

If you chose card 3: Serendipity

Trusting the flow of life and learning to go with it is not an easy task. You are in perfect position right now if you can start to see the opportunities that are lining up for you. You are where you are meant to be, doing what you are meant to be doing. This is the gift of serendipity. It’s important for you to start paying attention to the events around you and trust the timing of it all.
Ask yourself, what am I grateful for as I notice these signs around me, and how can I consciously follow through and on them?

05/11/2026

✨Alchemical Reflections week of May 11, 2026✨

Things feel a bit wonky, am I right? Like you kind of know what’s going on, but there’s a hesitation happening and it feels like you are being irritated by the things that normally just wouldn’t bother you. It’s not hormones, it’s not anything you can really put you finger on, but it’s palpable to your nervous system right now.

This is what the beginnings of growth feels like. That space in between when you know something’s shifting but you really can’t name it. Your system is trying to move and it’s uncomfortable. Ana you may be feeling this is your own smaller world, or on behalf of the collective as we see massive systems begin to destabilize. Either way, know that you are not alone.

Let’s see what the messages are for you this week around this, giving you more to contemplate and to guide you in your week ahead.

Deep breath and release, lean into the cards and feel which one you are drawn to- 1,2, or 3. I’ll be back later with their meanings 💜

05/10/2026

Motherhood is the hardest role many of us will ever carry…and somehow, still the most sacred, soul-shaping, heart-cracking kind of love there is. It stretches us past exhaustion, past comfort, past who we thought we were. It tests our patience, our resilience, our bodies, our identities. And in the process, it reveals something fierce within us. A strength so ancient and instinctive it feels almost primal.

As women, we carry the power to do something utterly miraculous:

To bring life into this world.

And there is nothing small about that.

We mother the best we can with what we’ve lived through, what we’ve survived, what we’ve learned, and what we’re still healing. We make mistakes. We lose our tempers. We question ourselves more times than anyone ever sees. But beneath all of it is this relentless hope that somehow our love will be enough. Enough to teach them how to rise. Enough to help them build lives filled with joy, freedom, abundance, and love that doesn’t ask them to shrink.

And then there are those moments.
The ones that crack you wide open.

The look in their eyes.
The pride swelling in your chest.
The love so overwhelming it spills from your eyes before words can even reach it.

And suddenly every sleepless night, every sacrifice, every breaking point, every invisible piece of labour, every exhausted version of yourself… feels worth it.

Because this work may in many ways bring us to our knees; but it also shows us exactly how powerful we really are.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Mother’s out there, the Mothers of all kinds and the daughters who’ve navigated all kinds of Mothers ❤️

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