Where did you grow up?
Northern, VA
What were you like as a child?
I loved imaginary games & being out in nature. I spent half my childhood in trees
Were you always intuitive?
I didn’t know I was, however I have always been deeply sensitive to others’ feelings.
Did you always talk to angels?
I had “imaginary friends” as a small child, so looking back, perhaps I did although I didn’t realize it.
What is your spiritual background?
I was raised Roman Catholic and went to Catholic shools from Kindergarten through college!
When did you have your first mystical experience?
I was standing on a bridge over Great Falls, VA at age 5 when I felt the power and Presence of the water’s energy and had a sense of merging with that power. I’ve written about this in my book, “Love is the River.”
Also, in grade school a reputedly miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary was brought to our church. While praying in front of it, I felt my heart expand. I felt the presence and love of Mary and Jesus there with me, as if they were two of my best friends. I was overcome with the sweetest sensation and blanked by an tender, caring warmth. I could see Mary and Jesus in my mind’s eye and I felt as if we were made of light, and moving in and out of one another. After this I started praying the rosary every night, often hiding my rosary under the covers when I was supposed to sleeping.
What was your first job?
A friend and I created a car wash business when I was age 12. We charged $2/car at the person’s home!
Were you popular as a child?
No. I worked at McDonalds, wore glasses, braces, and rubberbands across my teeth!
Were you always outgoing?
No, I was painfully shy as a young teen. I remember the moment I made up my mind to pretend that I was outgoing and friendly. It was the first time I consciously understood that by choosing our thoughts, we can change our reality.
When did you start working with angels?
I learned about them when I was very young but didn’t talk to them much except through learned prayers until I was a young teenager. At that time, although I got along with others very well, I never quite felt like I fit in. I was “too” sensitive and didn’t like the games and gossip. So every night I turned to my angels and talked to them in my mind and imagination as best friends. I don’t remember hearing anything back, but I felt very comforted.
What were your career aspirations?
In high school I read all my dad’s books on the brain and consciousness. I wanted to “unlock the mysteries of consciousness” by becoming a neurophysiologist or brain surgeon! I started college in pre-med but quickly switched to electrical engineering when I discovered how many years it would take to become a doctor!
Do you have children?
No, but I have parented many adults, and mentored many amazing young people.
Do you have pets?
Two dogs, both in spirit now.
When did you know your life was going to change?
5 years into my profession as an avionics engineer I admitted to myself I wasn’t happy and began to pray. I started to take seminars, read books, and had many experiences that guided me. I chronicle this journey in my book “Whispers of the Spirit.”
Are there any moments that stand out as “life-defining?”
Yes! Two stand out… when I first felt spiritual energy in 1993 and later in 2013 when I first gazed with Braco, I knew my life was going to change dramatically.
Anything else?
I love you! The love that lives in me, lives in you too! Come journey with me and you’ll dive into a deep, beautiful, mystical, loving reality where you begin to experience this. I am still learning, and as I do, I’m committed to sharing all I do with you!
So many wonderful quotes! Here are a few of my favorites…
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the one that is waiting for us.
– Joseph Campbell
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
– Rumi
Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
– Robert Frost
Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.
– Joseph Campbell
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Affirm that our lives are to be lived in the Joy that is God. From Joy I have come. In Joy I live, move and have my being. And in that sacred Joy I will melt again. Hold on to this truth, and you will see how that joy inwardly sustains you no matter what comes into your life.
– Paramahansa Yogananda
You’ve got to be your own best company because you’re with you all the time!
– Summer Bacon
Your Spark can become a flame and change everything!
– E.D. Nixon (Civil Rights Leader)
Not my circus, not my monkeys!
– Polish saying
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
– William Blake
Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.
– Albert Einstein
There is a force in the universe, which if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.
– Mahatma Gandhi
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
– Aesop
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
– Marianne Williamson
If you want to be loved, love and be lovable.
– Benjamin Franklin
The heart has its reasons, which reason knows nothing of.
– Blaise Pascal
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
– Carl Sagan
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
– Norman Vincent Peale
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
– Chinese Proverb
Depend more upon the intuitive forces from within, And not harken so much to outside influences, But to listen to the still, small voice within.
– Edgar Cayce
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin–real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would being. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
– Fr. ALfred D’Souza
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.
– Henry David Thoreau
Natural Forces within us are the true healers of disease.
– Hippocrates
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
– Albert Einstein
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
– Leonardo da Vinci
The truth shall set you free.
– John 8:32
Life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.
– Kahlil Gibran
Work is love made visible.
– Kahlil Gibran
Ask, and it shall be given you’ seek and you shall find; knock and the door will be opened unto you.
– Matthew 7:7
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’
– Audrey Hepburn
Every now and then a [person’s] mind is stretched by a new idea and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
Inspiration, creative power, and energy flow into you when you attune yourself to the infinite.
– Paramahansa Yogananda
All learning is recollection.
– Plato
Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
– Pythagorus
Be not a slave of your own past, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
– Richard Bach
There is no failure, only feedback!
– Richard Bandler
- My last name, years ago, was “Nagel” – “Angel” with two letters crossed!
- My first name, Ann, means “grace of God”
- Two of my grandparents were Mary & Joseph… really!
- My other grandfather was a carpenter
- My favorite colors – saturated ones you find in nature – blues, pinks, greens, purples, golds, oranges…
- My favorite place – anywhere out in beautiful nature, cliffsides, seasides, deep in the forests…
- Favorite Books At the Moment – Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza, Divine Romance by Paramhansa Yogananda
- Favorite Movies – The Star Wars Saga, Last Mimze, Love Actually
- Favorite Animals – wolf, butterfly, dolphin, deer, hummingbirds, dragonflies…
- Favorite Songs – Dancing with Angels, Through the Eyes of an Angel, & Dreams of Heaven by Robin Miller
- Favorite CD – The Heart of Love, Dreams of Heaven both by Robin Miller
- Favorite Icons – Butterflies, Spirals, Hearts
- Favorite Word – Joy!
- Favorite Meal – Whatever I’ve just cooked!!
- Favorite Drinks at the moment – Coffee loaded up with homemade whipped cream, or Yogi tea’s Super-Antioxidant Green tea
- Favorite things to do in my spare time – read, hike, garden, meditate, do crafts, sit in silence… so many!
- Favorite TV Channels – Hallmark Holidays, Food Network, HGTV
- Life Changing Moments – First time I felt energy | First gaze with Braco
- Favorite Snacks – Manchego & Pesto, Chips & Salsa, Endive & Hummus, Smoked Salmon & Pesto
- Favorite Celebrities – Rachael Ray, Ty Pennington, people doing good in the world…
- My Angel BFF – Archangel Michael
- Favorite scents – gardenia, plumeria, jasmine, orange blossom, rose, pine
- Favorite Numbers – 222, 22, 33, 44
- What you may not know about me – I’m a registered BMI songwriter and a certified aromatherapist!
- Greatest Joy – Loving my life, Watching others Love their lives, Seeing our Lights Shine!
- Favorite Dessert – at the moment, Tyler Florence’s Cracked Earth Flourless Chocolate Cake with homemade whipped cream
- Favorite Not-Guilty Pleasures – La Crema Pinot, Trader Joe’s Organic 85% Dark Chocolate
- Favorite Comforts – Sherpa Fleece blankets , fuzzy socks, organic chai tea and frothed milk!
- Songs to Play at My Funeral – I did it My Way & That’s Life by Frank Sinatra, Dancing with Angels by Robin Miller
- I want to be remembered for – My Love
And last but not least…
- What I want you to know – You are SO loved! Beyond belief! Ridiculously, crazily, amazingly so!
I’m often asked about my childhood, personal life, and spiritual development. Here are a few answers to questions I’ve been asked over the years…
Where did you grow up?
Northern, VA
What were you like as a child?
I loved imaginary games & being out in nature. I spent half my childhood in trees
Were you always intuitive?
I didn’t know I was, however I have always been deeply sensitive to others’ feelings.
Did you always talk to angels?
I had “imaginary friends” as a small child, so looking back, perhaps I did although I didn’t realize it.
What is your spiritual background?
I was raised Roman Catholic and went to Catholic shools from Kindergarten through college!
When did you have your first mystical experience?
I was standing on a bridge over Great Falls, VA at age 5 when I felt the power and Presence of the water’s energy and had a sense of merging with that power. I’ve written about this in my book, “Love is the River.”
Also, in grade school a reputedly miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary was brought to our church. While praying in front of it, I felt my heart expand. I felt the presence and love of Mary and Jesus there with me, as if they were two of my best friends. I was overcome with the sweetest sensation and blanked by an tender, caring warmth. I could see Mary and Jesus in my mind’s eye and I felt as if we were made of light, and moving in and out of one another. After this I started praying the rosary every night, often hiding my rosary under the covers when I was supposed to sleeping.
What was your first job?
A friend and I created a car wash business when I was age 12. We charged $2/car at the person’s home!
Were you popular as a child?
No. I worked at McDonalds, wore glasses, braces, and rubberbands across my teeth!
Were you always outgoing?
No, I was painfully shy as a young teen. I remember the moment I made up my mind to pretend that I was outgoing and friendly. It was the first time I consciously understood that by choosing our thoughts, we can change our reality.
When did you start working with angels?
I learned about them when I was very young but didn’t talk to them much except through learned prayers until I was a young teenager. At that time, although I got along with others very well, I never quite felt like I fit in. I was “too” sensitive and didn’t like the games and gossip. So every night I turned to my angels and talked to them in my mind and imagination as best friends. I don’t remember hearing anything back, but I felt very comforted.
What were your career aspirations?
In high school I read all my dad’s books on the brain and consciousness. I wanted to “unlock the mysteries of consciousness” by becoming a neurophysiologist or brain surgeon! I started college in pre-med but quickly switched to electrical engineering when I discovered how many years it would take to become a doctor!
Do you have children?
No, but I have parented many adults, and mentored many amazing young people.
Do you have pets?
Two dogs, both in spirit now.
When did you know your life was going to change?
5 years into my profession as an avionics engineer I admitted to myself I wasn’t happy and began to pray. I started to take seminars, read books, and had many experiences that guided me. I chronicle this journey in my book “Whispers of the Spirit.”
Are there any moments that stand out as “life-defining?”
Yes! Two stand out… when I first felt spiritual energy in 1993 and later in 2013 when I first gazed with Braco, I knew my life was going to change dramatically.
Anything else?
I love you! The love that lives in me, lives in you too! Come journey with me and you’ll dive into a deep, beautiful, mystical, loving reality where you begin to experience this. I am still learning, and as I do, I’m committed to sharing all I do with you!
So many wonderful quotes! Here are a few of my favorites…
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the one that is waiting for us.
– Joseph Campbell
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
– Rumi
Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
– Robert Frost
Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.
– Joseph Campbell
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Affirm that our lives are to be lived in the Joy that is God. From Joy I have come. In Joy I live, move and have my being. And in that sacred Joy I will melt again. Hold on to this truth, and you will see how that joy inwardly sustains you no matter what comes into your life.
– Paramahansa Yogananda
You’ve got to be your own best company because you’re with you all the time!
– Summer Bacon
Your Spark can become a flame and change everything!
– E.D. Nixon (Civil Rights Leader)
Not my circus, not my monkeys!
– Polish saying
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
– William Blake
Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.
– Albert Einstein
There is a force in the universe, which if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.
– Mahatma Gandhi
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
– Aesop
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
– Marianne Williamson
If you want to be loved, love and be lovable.
– Benjamin Franklin
The heart has its reasons, which reason knows nothing of.
– Blaise Pascal
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
– Carl Sagan
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
– Norman Vincent Peale
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
– Chinese Proverb
Depend more upon the intuitive forces from within, And not harken so much to outside influences, But to listen to the still, small voice within.
– Edgar Cayce
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin–real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would being. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
– Fr. ALfred D’Souza
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.
– Henry David Thoreau
Natural Forces within us are the true healers of disease.
– Hippocrates
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
– Albert Einstein
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
– Leonardo da Vinci
The truth shall set you free.
– John 8:32
Life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.
– Kahlil Gibran
Work is love made visible.
– Kahlil Gibran
Ask, and it shall be given you’ seek and you shall find; knock and the door will be opened unto you.
– Matthew 7:7
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’
– Audrey Hepburn
Every now and then a [person’s] mind is stretched by a new idea and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
Inspiration, creative power, and energy flow into you when you attune yourself to the infinite.
– Paramahansa Yogananda
All learning is recollection.
– Plato
Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
– Pythagorus
Be not a slave of your own past, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
– Richard Bach
There is no failure, only feedback!
– Richard Bandler
- My last name, years ago, was “Nagel” – “Angel” with two letters crossed!
- My first name, Ann, means “grace of God.”
- Two of my grandparents were Mary & Joseph… really!
- My other grandfather was a carpenter.
- My favorite colors – saturated ones you find in nature – blues, pinks, greens, purples, golds, oranges…
- My favorite place – anywhere out in beautiful nature, cliffsides, seasides, deep in the forests…
- Favorite Books At the Moment – Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza, Divine Romance by Paramhansa Yogananda
- Favorite Movies – The Star Wars Saga, Last Mimze, Love Actually
- Favorite Animals – wolf, butterfly, dolphin, deer, hummingbirds, dragonflies…
- Favorite Songs – Dancing with Angels, Through the Eyes of an Angel, & Dreams of Heaven by Robin Miller
- Favorite CD – The Heart of Love, Dreams of Heaven both by Robin Miller
- Favorite Icons – Butterflies, Spirals, Hearts
- Favorite Word – Joy!
- Favorite Meal – Whatever I’ve just cooked!!
- Favorite Drinks at the moment – Coffee loaded up with homemade whipped cream or Yogi tea’s Super-Antioxidant Green tea.
- Favorite things to do in my spare time – read, hike, garden, meditate, do crafts, sit in silence… so many!
- Favorite TV Channels – Hallmark Holidays, Food Network, HGTV
- Life-Changing Moments – First time I felt energy | First gaze with Braco
- Favorite Snacks – Manchego & Pesto, Chips & Salsa, Endive & Hummus, Smoked Salmon & Pesto
- Favorite Celebrities – Rachael Ray, Ty Pennington, people doing good in the world…
- My Angel BFF – Archangel Michael
- Favorite scents – gardenia, plumeria, jasmine, orange blossom, rose, pine
- Favorite Numbers – 222, 22, 33, 44
- What you may not know about me – I’m a registered BMI songwriter and a certified aromatherapist!
- Greatest Joy – Loving my life, Watching others Love their lives, Seeing our Lights Shine!
- Favorite Dessert – at the moment, Tyler Florence’s Cracked Earth Flourless Chocolate Cake with homemade whipped cream.
- Favorite Not-Guilty Pleasures – La Crema Pinot, Trader Joe’s Organic 85% Dark Chocolate
- Favorite Comforts – Sherpa Fleece blankets, fuzzy socks, organic chai tea, and frothed milk!
- Songs to Play at My Funeral – I did it My Way & That’s Life by Frank Sinatra, Dancing with Angels by Robin Miller.
- I want to be remembered for – My Love
And last but not least…
- What I want you to know – You are SO loved! Beyond belief! Ridiculously, crazily, amazingly so!