Louise LeBrun

Facing into the challenges. Reclaiming resourcefulness and resilience in the face of life-defining change.

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Parenting: for good instead of evil

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The process of parenting is the delivery mechanism for culture.  Not good/bad, right/wrong... just the way it is.  How mindful are we - as parents and parental surrogates - of the power of our influence to shape reality for developing, young minds?  How directed are we, in that process, to ensure compliance rather than exploration and discovery? Consider ... Continue Reading >>

Surrender

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Surrender… the truth that you are so sure is the right one. Surrender… your unwillingness to intentionally allow chaos to emerge. Surrender… the certainty of your habits for the uncertainty of your potential. Surrender… the truth of their evidence for the truth of your experience. Surrender… the path you’re on to the moment you’re ... Continue Reading >>

Before we can…

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... we must be willing to face into and lay claim to all that has told us that we can't.  Without that, we seek to spread the seeds of our potential on concrete... without breaking up the barrier and making way for the ability to penetrate to the nutrient-rich soil below.  And in the face of bearing witness to that potential's inevitable and slow dying, we ... Continue Reading >>

Time

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Your time is your life. Where you spend your time, how you spend your time and with whom you spend your time becomes the quality of your life, lived. Choose your moments mindfully and the rest will take care of itself. ... Continue Reading >>

Becoming Unglued

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Constantly feeding the Fear Machine is essential. Without that undercurrent of fear, we become willing to slow down... and pause… and examine what becomes evident beyond our desperation for strategies to escape the moment we're in. With the passage of time, data accumulate that reveal the popcorn trail of where we have been. Bits and pieces begin to ... Continue Reading >>

Awakening inside a Collective Coma

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What does it take for a collective to wake up? Is it even possible for a collective to wake up? A bunch of people shuffling in the same direction does not an intelligent organism make. If the individuals are not present, mindful and awake, putting a large number of them together does not increase intelligence but in truth, decreases it. The fine art of ... Continue Reading >>