One of the fun parts of exploring ‘retirement’ is that as I wander through long-untouched audio files, I have discovered many, many hours of unpublished recordings. Due to constraints of available time and effort, these sound files are just now re-entering my consciousness. Given that a WEL-Systems® approach is process and context driven, the ’shelf life’ of ... Continue Reading >>
Truths, Perceptions and Choices
Everything is true somewhere, at some time, for someone - not because the content is ‘real’ or ‘accurate’ but because perception makes it so. Now prone to being awake and ready to start my day anytime after 4:00 am, I am also prone to thinking in sound bytes rather than complete sentences. Even within myself, I am noticing that I explore my own thoughts ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Reclamation of Self
Reclaiming your Self is not a single event but a living and perpetual intention. It’s a way of ‘being’ that takes us far beyond solving a problem or fixing a broken life, and offers us access to the reclamation of untapped potential to become more than we had ever imagined possible! Reclaiming your Self is a perpetual journey and not a destination. It’s a ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: The Intelligence of Pain
So many in so much pain. Physical pain. Emotional pain. Spiritual pain. We have been relentlessly trained to consider the experience of pain as the enemy, seeking to eliminate it and banish it from our lives. We use drugs to numb ourselves to its presence. We accept violent and invasive procedures to the body to cut it out of our lives. Perhaps what ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Owning Our Strategies
It’s not always easy to come face-to-face with the truth of our own lives. Keeping in mind that it’s not about good/bad, right/wrong, it can prove to be profoundly meaningful to make the time to pause and allow ourselves to consider how our lives are an authentic reflection of the truth of who we are... and how they are not. In the moment of that ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Paying Attention
Being human, there are two things essential for our ability to function in this physical world. The first, is a body. Without that, we are incapable of detecting, sensing and metabolizing the experience of matter. Our bodies are capable of far more than we are taught, making it possible for us to ‘ingest’ and ‘digest’ ‘life’ at many different levels - from ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane Mondays!
Because the WEL-Systems® body of knowledge is intended to open a gateway to a paradigm change, the information that has developed over the years is at a level of thinking that bypasses strategies and behaviours. What that means is that who I ‘am’ at the first reading or listening, may not be who I have become at the opportunity of the next. ... Continue Reading >>
The Future: Growing into Grace
Recently, I had the great joy and privilege of attending the wedding of my first-born son. They were engaged in the summer of 2015. Little did I know that I would spend the following months in the grip of frequent episodes of tears… welling up from somewhere so deep within me, I could not recognize the source. It was a puzzle for me, since I felt such joy ... Continue Reading >>
Invisible Frameworks: Who Designs Them?
Woke up this morning to another beautiful day at the Chateau Montebello. Windows open, breeze blowing through the room, smell of the water….life is good! I greatly appreciated the opportunity to spend time with three strong and courageous women in what was, for me, a compelling and deeply meaningful ‘pull’ for discovery of some kind. Add to that, that I ... Continue Reading >>
Markers and Journeys
As I approach 67, I am becoming aware that I have forgotten more than I even remember having known. As I continue my journey of letting go of all that is no longer meaningful in my life, I am finding digital trails of articles, blog posts, etc long stored…. ‘just in case’… that speak to things that I now recognize as markers along the path of my own ... Continue Reading >>
Starship: The Power of the Body
Over the last 30 years of working with others, some conversations have proven to be more significant in effecting rapid, profound and generative change; have stood out as more significant in terms of the essentials of accelerated evolution of consciousness. Now, as the lives of so many of my amazing colleagues are filled with the joy of co-creating ... Continue Reading >>
Marketing: The Illusion of Choice
I’ve been thinking. And although I can’t say that’s always a good thing, it is most definitely something that even ‘retirement’ cannot seem to banish from my day. The more I move into this freedom from what was, the more I am able to see through new eyes. It all just arrives: thoughts neatly packaged, as if I’m already reading that which has been written for ... Continue Reading >>
Life called – I answered
Lots on the go and new, compelling observations coming into my awareness. Today, I found myself listening to the opening remarks on Day 1 of the 6-day Manifesting a Meaningful Life experience. There was a time when these were recorded… and I never got around to doing anything meaningful with those recordings. Today, I played ’spin the dial’ and what ... Continue Reading >>
Embracing Futility
Recently, I made the decision to make the 20-CD 'Decloaking and Living Authentically' audio material (recorded live from a 5-day intensive) available to a general audience. I did that, after much consideration, because I believe we need to do much more than change what we do or how we think. We need to redefine WHAT we believe ourselves to be. The ... Continue Reading >>
The Pause….and the Redirect
When I sold my house in the summer of 2015, little did I know that I was letting go of ‘ownership’ of so much of the familiar in my life. I gave myself to the end of 2016 to explore, discover and consider what ‘retirement’ might mean for me. That concept (for me, from the French ’se retirer’ - meaning, to remove myself; to pull myself away from or out of) ... Continue Reading >>
Lies, lies and alternative truths
Lies, lies and more lies. Or are those just alternative truths? I’ve stopped watching/reading/listening to what’s going on in (American) politics. Not because of the lies…. or ‘alternative facts’… but because I can’t bear to witness, yet again, how unable we are to act mindfully in the face of such lies. How desperate we are to WANT those we put in ... Continue Reading >>
The Absence of ‘the next’…
I know that I am standing at the precipice of…. something. Not sure what. Like discovering that what I’m looking for is just off to the left and not in front of me…. so I have to turn my head, in some way. It’s right there - I just need to turn my head to see it. I also know that despite my increasing disinterest in this perceived 'reality', I know that ... Continue Reading >>
Defining the Search
I woke up this morning, thinking: you will never find what you’re not looking for. That which I seek - the willingness and ability to leave ’the creation’ and know mySelf as Creator - is, in general, NOT sought out by the vast, vast majority of those with whom I have long shared a ‘reality’. In addition, that which I seek absolutely requires/demands that ... Continue Reading >>
Decloaking 20-CD’s: download now available
Decloaking and Living Authentically is a facilitated, five-day intensive experience for accelerated personal evolution. For many, many years, it has been the pivotal point for acquiring capacity to claim a new paradigm for living; launched from the solid platform of a process that appeases the intellect while feeding the Soul. Not an easy thing to ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 10
Good morning! Here I am on Day 10: The first day of the rest of my life. I think of the completion of this cycle of enquiry as the end of a long, steady and deep inhalation… of my Self. Now, I pause… and in this continuing cycle… I enter into the long, slow and deep exhalation as I choose to live my life as an expression of the integration that now ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 9
Good morning! Day 9: the penultimate, in this journey of inner exploration. We are almost complete, ever mindful that we can begin anew anytime we choose. There is never an end - only pauses along the way to live out discoveries and re-awaken the desire for yet another deep dive into the unclaimed possibilities. How does it go? The purported Chinese ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 8
Good morning! Inside myself, the ’tone’ of my own enquiry has shifted. As I move from what I know or have known, to what I know I don’t know, there is a sense of being set adrift in a weightless environment. Perhaps this is what a walk in space might feel like. I am more present to the moment; more in the ’now’ as I release myself from searching and ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 7
Good morning! In my own life and with others, I became aware of patterns and how these patterns, themselves, become the very fabric of our existence; aware that they come to shape our very lives into what we come to call ‘reality’. These patterns come to be relied upon as not only the right thing and the appropriate thing, but the essential thing for our ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 6
Good morning! It has been the longest 5 days of my life! :) Great surges of insight! Deep undulations, reminiscent of those from so long ago. Churning and swirling and twisting….. constant movement of the Soul, as is to be expected when a Great Journey is undertaken. And in this moment, calm. This is what it must be to enter into the eye of a ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 5
Good morning, All! Today, I feel the wrenching. And the truth is: sometimes, when something has been fixed for so long, the wrenching is required for it to be dislodged. A very, very old wave activates as I notice an inner voice speaking to me, in the timbre and cadence of a much younger me, chastising that I have gone too far. That I have asked too ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 4
Good morning! As I settle comfortably at the keyboard… first coffee of the day gratefully within easy reach… I am mindful of the sounds of a new day beginning, as they stream through the open window behind me. The light of dawn and dusk hold a special promise. Light softened yet still allowing for all to be seen, there is a peace as the harsh light of day ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 3
Good morning, All! The dawning of Day 3 and already, it feels as if we have been here for weeks! Clearly, I am in the right place, at the right time and with the right people. With every thought you share, my own expand. The awakening of internal cues is palpable. As I read, I am aware of the great courage that it takes to dive so quickly into the ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 2
Good morning! An earlier start to my day, today, as I am off to Carleton U for a lecture series on astronomy. Yup, not much to do with anything I usually do, and I’m loving it! What great joy to read your insights about yourself, revealed and shared! I have long known - for myself and in my life - that in the choice between willing and able, willing is ... Continue Reading >>
Whispers from Within: Day 1
I begin with much appreciation for your enthusiastic willingness to be part of this journey with me. Many of you already know that those who step into our worlds are, in some way, a living expression of an as-yet unrecognized aspect of our own consciousness. I enter this journey with all of you with the recognition that what calls to me requires… and ... Continue Reading >>
Women’s Retreat with Louise: Nov. 22, 23 & 24, 2016
It’s that time of year, again! With the rapid approach of Fall, my thoughts turn to the annual Emerging Futures retreat for women; at the Fairmont Chateau Montebello. The Sharp Edge of Your Own Evolution: Contouring the Curve of Creation November 22, 23 & 24, 2016 Such an odd way to define this event! How do we make sense of recognizing that our own ... Continue Reading >>
You’re Invited: 10-day Writing Adventure!
I recently had the great privilege of stepping into the ‘Whispers from Within’ 10-day writing experience with a small group of women. These women were asked to be on this journey with me, bringing the full measure of their own concurrent evolution as I chose to dive more deeply into my own. The results for us all, have been outstanding and ... Continue Reading >>
The Meaning of Life
How presumptuous of me : to think that I have figured out the meaning of life. And yet, to be sure, I have figured it out for mySelf. Things change. There was a time when I was driven by a bottomless well of caring that my potential, and yours... as human beings... was given the chance to be fully expressed. In that, I felt it was both meaningful and ... Continue Reading >>
The Mother/Daughter Dance
Tomorrow will be my Mom's 91st birthday. Inside the strong, straight body that moves her through my world, her mind continues to fade into a world that only she can navigate. As I prepare to make the drive to spend time with her, I am grateful that she is happy, healthy and at peace with her reality. Today, as a result of conversations with another ... Continue Reading >>
The Seeds of Potential: Living In the Inclusive ‘Or’
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” (Aristotle) From one day to the next, we are pressed into considering so many diverging and often conflicting thoughts. For most of us, what we have been taught to do is to shut out that which neither reflects what we already know nor builds incrementally on ... Continue Reading >>
Timelessness….
Yesterday, was a really lovely day! In my cozy sanctuary, my Ohana gathered to be in the good company of each other. My always-funny, sometimes-outrageous and ever-loving sons; their wisely-chosen and equally-compelling partners; and long-time, close friends gathered for good food, great conversation and side-splitting stories of long-ago mishaps and ... Continue Reading >>
One of My (Many!) Moments of Truth…
The Women Gathering retreat - at the recent Fairmont Chateau Montebello in November - has left me increasingly curious about my/your/our future. (Stay tuned: Blog post to come re the discovery of a 'Free Fall' exploration and its impact.) Much has stayed with me from that experience, not the least of which is the thought, below: We are rapidly ... Continue Reading >>
When Our Illusions Collapse: Awakened Ownership (Part 3/3)
Through those decades of my own evolution, as well as more than 25 years of working with others, I hold this to be the most challenging and difficult part of this exploration, around our illusions: With ownership, we take hold of mindful and meaningful creation. Without ownership, we cannot let go of the frantic hope that some ‘other’ will create it for ... Continue Reading >>
When Our Illusions Collapse: Ground Zero (Part 2/3)
We can talk about it… ponder it… even anticipate it…. but once we’re in it, our bodies pack a powerful punch in awakening us to a new reality. When our illusions collapse, beyond the internal voices that seek to capture our attention, the effect is most potent in its visceral cues as life as we've known it, begins to fracture and separate; causing the body ... Continue Reading >>
When Our Illusions Collapse: Do they make a sound? (Part 1/3)
I grew up in the post-war, baby-booming ‘golden days’ of cookie-cutter housing projects, rayon blouses, muscle cars and the infinite miracle of plastic. That war-to-end-all-wars was over and it was time to build; to create and invent; to design high-consumption, mass-expression lives. The feeding frenzy went on for decades… imbedding in two generations ... Continue Reading >>
Unschooling : podcast with Naomi Irons & Angela Arbuckle
Another compelling conversation, sourced through Deb Ozarko and her life-enhancing podcast, Unplug! Naomi Irons and Angela Arbuckle bring the truth of their own experience, to be shared into yours. Beyond philosophy and diving deeply into the practicality, Angela and Naomi are living expressions of the power that comes from being wiling to see what you ... Continue Reading >>
Boundaries… and Beyond! ~ New podcast with Louise
In the midst of many and significant changes in my life, I had the great opportunity to be in an open, expansive and compelling conversation with 'open heart specialist' Deb Ozarko on her 'Unplug!' podcast. My conversations with Deb always lead me into new thoughts and through fields of potential, to that point untapped. In Episode 75 (Boundaries... and ... Continue Reading >>
WSI Affiliates: Voices Raised
Every voice counts! And every voice holds the potential to profoundly and generatively reshape 'reality' as we have come to understand it. Below, you'll find links to recent activities of two WSI Affiliates : Betty Carr-Braint and Sheila Winter Wallace. Among many other things, Betty Carr-Briant is elder-in-residence at the Four Directions Aboriginal ... Continue Reading >>
Mind to Mind: Michael Cremo
What is 'reality'? What is 'truth'? What does one have to do with the other? In today's world, the answer to that question may well be: not much! In my unwavering curiosity about it all, I spend time allowing my own 'reality' to be freely infiltrated with the 'truth' of another. Putting aside personalities and idiosyncrasies, I get to sit back and ... Continue Reading >>
Cultural Crones: The Power of Permission
Episode 98 ~ with Holly Irons, Betty Carr-Braint, Wynne Macaskill Delaney One of the great benefits that comes with the massive wave of Baby Boomers moving through time, is the inescapable presence of women in their full expression as Cultural Crones (women 50+). If the future of the world is in the hands of women (Kofi Annan and many others share that ... Continue Reading >>
A Moment to Reflect…
I look outside my window and am mesmerized by the blaze of glory that is Fall! In this moment of quiet contemplation, it is difficult to believe that snow will soon begin to fall. Can the year have unfolded so quickly? For many, this is a time to pause… reflect… and identify all that has filled the soul and leads the way into a more expansive ... Continue Reading >>
PTSD: History Takes a Hostage
Episode 97 ~ with Kae Roberts In today’s exploration, we consider PTSD and reconsider both how else and what else! We seek to explore a shift in the capacity of ‘mind’ to reposition what PTSD might be; and how else we might approach this exploration, with the deep desire to make a difference in the lives of those held so tightly in the grip of a frozen ... Continue Reading >>
Radical LeaderSelf!
Episode 96 ~ with Naomi Irons Today's exploration launches us into the last in a series of topics of great meaning for and relevance to the lives of women! In the new, one-day experience of 'Radical EVEolution: Reclaiming LeaderSelf', we make our way to the sharp edge of possibility and reconsider how else we might choose to live our lives, today! ... Continue Reading >>
Radical Choice!
Episode 95 ~ with Nancy Hanlon Today's exploration launches us into the 4th in a series of topics of great meaning for and relevance to the lives of women! In the new, one-day experience of 'Radical EVEolution: Reclaiming LeaderSelf', we make our way to the sharp edge of possibility and reconsider how else we might choose to live our lives, today! ... Continue Reading >>
Radical Wellbeing!
Episode 94 ~ with Sheila Winter Wallace Today's exploration launches us into the 3rd in a series of topics of great meaning for and relevance to the lives of women! In the new, one-day experience of 'Radical EVEolution: Reclaiming LeaderSelf', we make our way to the sharp edge of possibility and reconsider how else we might choose to live our lives, ... Continue Reading >>
Radical Community!
Episode 93 ~ with Cathy Saunders Today's exploration launches us into the 2nd in a series of topics of great meaning for and relevance to the lives of women! In the new, one-day experience of 'Radical EVEolution: Reclaiming LeaderSelf', we make our way to the sharp edge of possibility and reconsider how else we might choose to live our lives, today! ... Continue Reading >>
Radical Money!
Episode 92 ~ with Noreen Mejias-Bennett Today's exploration launches us into a series of topics of great meaning for and relevance to the lives of women! In the new, one-day experience of 'Radical EVEolution: Reclaiming LeaderSelf', we make our way to the sharp edge of possibility and reconsider how else we might choose to live our lives, today! ... Continue Reading >>
Crones: The Power of Permission
Episode 91 ~ with Holly Irons Today, we’re going to take a look at what it can mean to be a Cultural Crone.... to be that woman who has lived long and knows deeply; who has trusted the power of innocence and known intimately its great consequences; who has danced in the magic of creation and the ongoing responsibility of its expressions; and who now, is ... Continue Reading >>
Creating Communities: Choosing Beyond Being the Caretakers of Relationships
Episode 90 ~ with Naomi Irons and Cathy Saunders As we move into a time unlike any other, we as women are being beaconed to lead, not in the traditional sense but in a way that allows us to hear and heed the call from deep inside ourselves, calling us to become the leader of our own potential, to reclaim the greatness we carry to shape a very different ... Continue Reading >>
Boundless LeaderSelf™: Moving Beyond Collusion
Episode 89 ~ with Naomi Irons and Susan Weeks As we move into a time unlike any other, we as women are being beaconed to lead, not in the traditional sense but in a way that allows us to hear and heed the call from deep inside ourselves, calling us to become the leader of our own potential, to reclaim the greatness we carry to shape a very different ... Continue Reading >>
Moving Beyond the Mother/ Daughter Roles
Episode 88 ~ with Naomi Irons and Holly Irons As we move into a time unlike any other, we as women are being beaconed to lead, not in the traditional sense but in a way that allows us to hear and heed the call from deep inside ourselves, calling us to become the leader of our own potential, to reclaim the greatness we carry to shape a very different ... Continue Reading >>
Women and Safety: Living an Awakened Life
Episode 87 ~ with Nancy Hanlon and Jaime Lowe-Roach For many women, the notion of safety is a fleeting thought – until we are on our own, find ourselves in unwanted situations or at the hands of being victimized by the cultural hum. Today’s conversation moves beyond the nature of safety at a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level – and invites ... Continue Reading >>
Legacy of the Guardians
Episode 86 ~ with Noreen Mejias-Bennett and Ella Schatzmann Imagine a world where we consider all children, our children. A world where every adult owns their contribution to the wellbeing of a child in evolution, regardless of ownership or blood lines. Imagine a world where each of us chooses mindfully to be the living Guardian of a developing ... Continue Reading >>
The Journey to ‘Radical’
Be mindful of the company you keep. My world - and yours - is shaped by the conversations that we have and the people with whom we choose to have them. For my world to expand, I must first expand my conversations. I don’t know about you but I have long tired of the blah blah blah... as we continue on, deep in our denial and mindless march to the edge of the ... Continue Reading >>
Leveraging Body Genius for Change
Episode 85 ~ with Nancy Hanlon, Cathy Saunders and Sheila Winter Wallace This radio show offers the invitation to consider Engaging Language, Metaphor & the Body as Pathways to Well Being: A WEL-Systems® NLP Experience for Women. One of the key presuppositions of traditional NLP is that all meaning is context dependent. If this is so (and it ... Continue Reading >>
Women in the Healing Arts
Episode 84 ~ with Sheila Winter Wallace Given the depth of cultural wiring that permeates how we go about doing what we do, women often find themselves on the short end of the stick when it comes to their own wellbeing! Profoundly committed to making a difference with others, it’s easy for women to give and give... and forget, to replenish their own ... Continue Reading >>
Women and Rage: From Silence to Creation
Episode 83 ~ with Nancy Hanlon and Jaime Lowe-Roach Guest Host: Nancy Hanlon - WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ For many women, their inner passion and wisdom have long been forgotten to the demands of partners, children, work and taking care of extended family and community. As life fast forwards day by day, the ... Continue Reading >>
Leadership: The Deeper Dive into Self
Episode 82 ~ with Naomi Irons Far too often, the conversation about 'leadership' is one that positions it as something 'out there' that we need to study, strive for and eventually acquire. This exploration of leadership is one that demands you stay much closer to home: inside, where you live; and where your leadership potential is already present, ... Continue Reading >>
Authenticity in the Workplace (2): Creating Meaningfully
Episode 81 ~ with Lisa Weiss, Angela Burton and Claire Harris Guest Host: Lisa Weiss - WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ What is it that we are creating in our workplaces? Who do we become once we step through those doors? Creating a meaningful life should include work, yet how many of us engage only a small part of ... Continue Reading >>
Family Systems: Taking the Lid Off!
Episode 80 ~ with Naomi Irons and Raina McDonald It is unlikely to find a more provocative topic than that of family systems. Long held as the Sacred Cow of cultures around the world, explorations of these deeply personal and intimate interconnections are taboo in most environments Too often, attempts to pull back these curtains of silence and secrecy ... Continue Reading >>
Decloaking and Living Authentically: Gateway to Transformation
Episode 79 ~ with Ella Schatzmann In a world rife with the challenge of the moment and the promise of much more to come, it is not unusual for us to feel agitated, unsure and often overwhelmed. Our potential seems to slip away, often lost to our inability to access capacity for creating something other than what we have... and in that, we become lost ... Continue Reading >>
Dodging a bullet?
It all feels very different when it's personal; when someone you care about is living the challenges that Gaia is unleashing upon the planet. As I watch the images from Canmore, Alberta to all around the globe, I am reminded of the 'hype' around the impending global-annhilation predicted for 2012. And here we are - 2013 and counting... and our devastation ... Continue Reading >>
Creativity: Living an Awakened Life
Episode 78 ~ with Melissa Owoc What would life be without the ability to see what does not yet exist; and to capture the unexplored perspective, in a way that allows it to be shared with another? Without creativity and our willingness and ability to dare to engage, we find ourselves stuck in the same-old/same-old patterns of one day being just like the ... Continue Reading >>
Sanity, Silence and the Sacred
Sometimes, there is more going on than I can manage with logic and reason. The pieces on the playing board of my life seem to have minds of their own and I fall into believing that my job is to just try to keep up! That awareness becomes my cue to stop... pay attention... and make the time to enter into a deeper, more conscious and intended exploration with ... Continue Reading >>
Ceremony: A State of Being
Episode 77 ~ with Betty Carr-Braint What would life be without our ability to mark the special moments and intentions in our lives? How would we manage if we could not make note of and share the magic and mystery in our lives; and honour who we have been and who we might become? 'Ceremony' takes on new meaning when we come to realize that it is not ... Continue Reading >>
From Impulse to Expression
In our lives, we travel many roads and experience many discoveries. Perhaps the greatest of them all is to tap into the wellspring of genius that lives within, waiting only to weave its way through the network of beliefs of our own limitations. Once found, we become free to create and manifest. Louise A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = ... Continue Reading >>
Revisiting Possibility
Lots going on in my life, these days. Sometimes, I need to be reminded that I am always choosing; that I am always the one making the decisions and setting the boundaries on my world. I get to say 'yes' or 'no'; and I get to declare where I draw the line in the sand of my own being. Maybe you'd welcome that kind of reminder for yourself, in your life, ... Continue Reading >>
Parenting: The Roots of Community
Episode 76 ~ with Ella Schatzmann How do all the pieces fit together? How is 'culture' shaped; and how can we reshape culture in a more potent and meaningful way? What is the connection between who we have been and who we can become? Consider that the forces that shape culture begin in utero and follow us throughout our lives! What will it take for us ... Continue Reading >>
The Jagged Edge of Possibility
Episode 75 ~ with Noreen Mejias-Bennett Possibility and potential - two words that we long to know personally, in the lives we create. And yet sometimes, we pull back from the truth of who we might become, as we come face-to-face with the jagged edge of the impact and implications in our lives. Although it's not always easy and it's not always fun, the ... Continue Reading >>
Accelerated Healing: Choosing a Different Path
Healing - of body, mind and spirit - is a choice. And yet it seems that, no matter how much evidence we have to support this notion, we hesitate to allow ourselves to consider - let alone, trust! - that which is unfamiliar to us. The following recording offers an invitation allow ourselves to trust what moves inside us; reconsider the possibilities; and ... Continue Reading >>
Engaging With Others to Feed Your Soul
Episode 74 ~ with Leona McIsaac Moran For the vast majority of women, cultural conditioning imbeds and demands that women be the caretakers of others and of the relationships. This frequently requires putting the interests and needs of others ahead of their own, leading to a great sense of detachment from their own dreams, ambitions and intentions. ... Continue Reading >>
Refusing to Disappear: Living Large
My choice today, for myself and in sharing with all of you, is called 'Living Large in an Increasingly Smaller World'. It is not what we do, it is who we believe we can become. As our world begins to feel smaller and tighter, rather than curl in on ourselves, we must expand into our Selves. For a new context for evolution, click here to read the ... Continue Reading >>
Remembering Who I Am….
Given the recent circumstances of my life, I was drawn to listen to this invitation to remember who I am. Not always easy and not always fun, moving on is nonetheless both required and desired as evidence that Life lives, even when the things inside that life may fall away. I hope it will prove as meaningful for you as it has been for me. A ... Continue Reading >>
Awakening Matriarchal Consciousness
Episode 73 ~ with Naomi Irons "The future of the world is in the hands of women." Kofi Annan Great change is occurring all around us. We can find ourselves at its edges; or we can choose to place ourself at its core. Women awakening to their own potential... to the power of their presence and capacity to shape their reality... is a force that goes ... Continue Reading >>
Living a Life of Curiosity
Episode 72 ~ with Jean Winter It is one thing to know what life is. It's a very different thing to be willing to be curious about what life might become! Join us as we explore what it takes to live a life fuelled by the desire to discover rather than the need to know. Consider, for yourself, what life might become were you to invite and allow your ... Continue Reading >>
Reconsidering Commitment
Today, I am revisiting the things that have long held meaning, and wonder: do they still? My commitment is and always must be, first, to mySelf. Today, I am mindful, that without a willingness to revisit my life as a living and evolving expression of 'being', my commitments become hollow and empty. I share this recording with all of you and invite you to ... Continue Reading >>
Living Life with an Edge: Daring to Awaken
What far too many women overlook is the intensity and consistency of the cultural conditioning that ensures we have no edges! Without edges, we are more willing and able to be moulded and shaped; with a greater likelihood of never noticing that we have disappeared from any notion or intention of our own creation and expression. Like matter cannot form ... Continue Reading >>
The Power of the Journey
Episode 71 ~ with Nancy Hanlon It's may not always easy and it may not always be fun... but for those who are called to the powerful and compelling journey of their own evolution, it is always worth it! Those who choose to venture into the unknown territory of the Awakened Self soon discover that the power lies in the journey, itself, and not in any ... Continue Reading >>
Reaping what we mindfully sow
It's Wednesday and I'm mindful of my commitment to myself to listen to/for something that will expand my world. This one (on Evolution by Intention), I've listened to a few times, mindful that it's not a quick listen; it's not an easy listen; and it's not a catchy little ditty that you can hum when you're leaving the show! It has however, reminded me of who ... Continue Reading >>
Let’s Talk About SEX
Episode 70 ~ with Lisa Weiss This episode of ‘Reclaiming Your Self: Women Unedited and Engaged!’ marks the re-launch of these provocative, compelling and life-altering explorations with women, by women and for women! Everywhere we go, we can easily find references to sex in our day-to-day experience. But how often do we ever stop and consider, for ... Continue Reading >>
The Roar of ‘Enough!’
Around the world, men and women are beginning to stand, together and in resonant voice, to declare, 'Enough!'. Enough violence against women and girls! Enough mindlessness and brutality! Enough looking the other way and pretending it isn't so! Enough fabrication of story to make it right and noble! Enough! The toughest conversation we will ever have is the ... Continue Reading >>
Reconsidering ‘Coaching’
As we launch our first gathering for Affiliates 2013 and anticipate the same of ACES 2013, I am mindful of two thoughts: interconnectivity and leaps! I've been working with others for more than 20 years and am clear: we need to make leaps in how we engage in the accelerated evolution of our own lives; and in our work with others. The following short ... Continue Reading >>
Voices and Choices: Tapestry of Sounds
I spend much of my time in conversation with others. As magnificent as these experiences most often are, there are times when I long for the sound of my own inner truth; the time to pause… take a breath… and listen for the sound of that which is deeply authentic to me. Perhaps in taking this pause, you too, will have the opportunity to hear ... Continue Reading >>
Men Waking Up
Recently, I was in contact with a man who has been my pen-pal for more than ten years. We met during one of the many programs I have attended and for whatever reason, chose to stay in touch through the years. We live on different sides of the world so, although I consider him my friend, I have not seen him in person since that first meeting. In a recent ... Continue Reading >>
Sexual, Sensual and Spiritual Beings: Penetrating Coma
The pervasive and relentless sexualization of women and children has created a downward spiral for us all. There is no power in judging this or railing against it. The power lies in knowing that this is not the world I want to leave as my legacy for my children... and then, act accordingly. This exploration was seeded more than three years ago. I would ... Continue Reading >>
Seeing Through the Eye of the Storm
Recently, there has been lots of turmoil. Lots of change and uncertainty. Life coming and Life going away. Many new ideas and considerations. New and different paths from which to choose, needing first to explore and discover the underlying mechanism for choosing that will enliven my 'being'. Random thoughts coming and going, some taking root and some ... Continue Reading >>