I’ve known for some time, now, that breathing is good! Not because of the effects of the physical breath on my physical body, but because the very process of breathing graces me with a constant reminder of my own, uninterrupted potential for the next wave of expression. In that, my state of being is infinite; as are my intentions and outcomes, beyond any ... Continue Reading >>
Accelerated Evolution
Urgency vs Panic
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to spend time with some women who are new to me, in my life. I have become accustomed to spending time with people who know me well through abundant personal contact. I sometimes forget that what I intend to say and what others hear, don’t always match. Such was my discovery during this recent conversation. As we ... Continue Reading >>
Sacred Space in Cyberspace
Slightly more than 18 months have passed since I had the urge to create the Women Gathering Google Group - a place for women to dare to be themselves, for its own sake, regardless of who may see. Over these 18 months, I have laughed, cried, grieved, celebrated and delighted in the presence of those - most unknown to me, personally - who have chosen to show ... Continue Reading >>
Scorecards
It's been a long time since I've considered the notion of 'keeping score'... maybe because now, the games I play are intended exclusively for my own accelerated evolution, and not much else! Is that a good thing? A bad thing? I have no idea - I only know that I love being me. I think that's a clue. A couple of weeks ago, I was reminded of the notion of ... Continue Reading >>
Talking to Myself: Paradigm Shifts
I do that sometimes: have chats with myself, fingers to keyboard... wondering just what I have to say to myself that I've not yet noticed. Know what I mean? One of those explorations is below. Now that it's here - having bubbled up from the invisible to the visibility of these words on a screen/page - I can move on. Maybe, as you read, you will move on, ... Continue Reading >>
Entrepreneurial WELbeing
How do I compress 1000 thoughts, streaming at mach speed through the living organism of this quantum biological processor, into coherent and successive statements that will make sense to the intellect? In this moment, I know fully the visceral meaning of that expression of “... a picture being worth a thousand words! “ So many pictures - and far too many ... Continue Reading >>
Half measures = Whole Life ?
I woke up this morning to this thought: half measures will never get me a whole life. Half a marathon will never get me across the finish line. Half a recipe will never get me a pan of brownies. Half way will never get me to Hawaii! Half of my attention will never get me a whole understanding. How many times in my life have I longed for... strived ... Continue Reading >>
CODE Model Coaching™: Midwifery for the Soul?
I've never been a big fan of the notion of 'coaching'. Way too guy-like... sports-like... and far too reminiscent of the guy standing on the sidelines, running it all while observing the players on the field - the ones engaging life! Guiding, directing; chastising, praising... and all the rest of it that goes with it. Short conversations with clear ... Continue Reading >>
WEL-Systems: Discovering what it is by eliminating what it’s not!
Wow... here I sit, wondering: what will it take? What will be the 'right' combination of words, ideas, notions, experiences, outcomes, tools, frameworks... moments!... that will finally have it be clear; that will finally make it easy and effortless to understand what WEL-Systems® is! 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of this amazingly powerful, ... Continue Reading >>
A Gift to Yourself: Intimate and meaningful conversations
Happy New Year to all! I, for one, am bursting at the seams with the sense of possibility and potential that 2010 offers us all. I know that each of us will carve out our own path as we move forward into the coming days, weeks and months, remembering that it all begins with a single breath. The world is changing - and fast! There are times when I feel ... Continue Reading >>
“My people…”
November has been an incredible month for me - not just because of its intensity but because of the acceleration of my own evolution, as a result of it! November began with the first of two Engaging and Awakening Others women's intensives, offered in Halifax. A small group of women gathered, talking about their lives and the potential that awaited... if ... Continue Reading >>
Sleeping to awaken
I am feeling the urge to reveal myself, to myself. I know of no better way to do this than to allow the words to flow out the ends of my fingers onto the screen, ultimately allowing me to discover who I have become. Last week, in the good company of a loving and ferocious friend, I created space for myself to stop... let all of it go... and rediscover who ... Continue Reading >>
My emerging future…
"Eleven different climate zones generate everything from lush rain forests to arid deserts, black sand beaches to snow-capped mountaintops. The Big Island is Hawaii’s biggest playground." I now better understand what so pulls me to the Big Island of Hawaii. In many ways, I 'feel' just like that! Over my lifetime, some have delighted in but most have been ... Continue Reading >>
Catching up to myself
It's been a busy month! I notice the date of my last post and marvel that it has been less than 30 days and yet, it feels like months have gone by. How does that happen???? Things no longer unfold in increments but in leaps and bounds. Having created the Group of 10 (a gathering of women who know, without a doubt, that each of them IS The One to make a ... Continue Reading >>
Living at mach speed
Almost three weeks since my last visit here. I look at my calendar and count the days and am amazed that it feels like just yesterday.... How does that happen!?!?!?!? I've been working on creating the new series of Guided Reflections : 5 different topics of 2-CD's, each. I must say, there are moments when I get pretty zoned out... allowing myself to ... Continue Reading >>
I had a dream…
.... or was it a vision? Some might say its a ‘phase shift’ or drifting between worlds. Whatever it was, it came with an insight. I was awake and yet knew myself to be dreaming. The dream unfolded in great detail in the time it took for me to draw a breath. The world was in chaos. Massive change - unlike anything we had ever known or could likely ... Continue Reading >>
Pandemic
It's been lingering in the background for some time. In the last few days, its vibration has amped up significantly as Mexico and other countries 'brace for impact' of what many have long intended and been waiting for. It would be easy to tell a long story about this; to spend time and typing and 'pages' in proffering a perspective that would encompass ... Continue Reading >>
Bubbling up from the turmoil
Wow... has it been that long? As much as I could tell the story of it all, the story now seems completely irrelevant. What feels so much more potent is the place where I continue to stand, not always easy or comfortable and yet knowing that it is exactly where I need to be. So many thoughts continue to come into my awareness, some with great ease - ... Continue Reading >>
Speechless
Rare is the occasion when I cannot find the right words to express what moves inside me. I've spent 40 years of my life - as a way of life! - on this journey of personal discovery and evolution. I'm not quite sure when the turn in the road took me beyond seeking with my head to allowing myself to be found through the body; from seeking to solve a problem ... Continue Reading >>
Whose fault is it, anyway?
Sometimes, I miss having someone else to blame for the state of my body... of my life. I lament the 'good ole days' of believing - heart and soul - that the world 'out there' was doing things to me... that other people were doing things to me... and that I was a righteous and legitimate victim of my circumstances. There are moments when I long for it to be ... Continue Reading >>
If WEL-Systems® is a gateway to a new paradigm, what’s the old one?
In all my years of working with others to help them understand and access the paradigm that a WEL-Systems journey makes possible, it has never occurred to me to first speak to and identify the existing paradigm in which we live. I have always assumed that it was obvious. These days, I'm thinking, not so much.... Trying to answer that question is like ... Continue Reading >>
The desire to pounce
The 6-day ‘Manifesting a Meaningful Life’ experience is THE conversation that lights me up! Big! Bold! Boundless and formless! Edgy, provocative, compelling… not because it’s a pathway but because it’s the unsettled, feral essence of our potential being. It is not that we move through those conversations, it is more that we trek… and climb the rock ... Continue Reading >>
Feral Consciousness
In my own, decades-old journey of personal discovery, I have long been a student of the notion of the evolution of consciousness; or the acceleration of consciousness; or those of awakened consciousness and expanded consciousness. In my own thoughts and in my conversations with others, there has been this ‘other-worldly' quality of and to consciousness... ... Continue Reading >>
My Dilemma of the Terrible Embrace
I continue to be held in the terrible embrace of my two worlds : the one I have lived and the one I know is waiting for me, to be lived. I see it played out in the inner turmoil and tension I am experiencing around the notion of decloaking; around the notion of ‘being silenced' vs ‘being silent' - one imposed from the outside, in, making me a helpless, ... Continue Reading >>
Density, intensity and manifestation
It happened on Saturday and has been rumbling around inside me since then. A seemingly harmless Valentine's Day breakfast among friends - and my life is changed. I arrived with a sense of agitation, having spent about 20 hours editing the soon-to-be ready for production, multi-CD set on 'CODE Model Coaching™ - Part 2: The Awakened Self'. Having ... Continue Reading >>
Paradigm of BEING
It's one of those moments. Things are moving way too fast - inside, where I live - for me to be able to calibrate or track for specifics, or for information in any kind of order. It is all an explosion of formless and nameless ‘stuff' and yet, I know it all makes perfect sense. For some time, I've been mindful of the degree to which a WEL-Systems® ... Continue Reading >>
Being In-Different
As my world continues to unfold, moment-to-moment in an Emerging Future, I am beginning to notice something about myself. I care deeply and passionately. I live my life from RIGing - for myself and others. I am indifferent. Hmmm.... I wonder out loud... how do all those fit together? I am in-different. I don't need to be the same as you or have you be ... Continue Reading >>
Money and Manifestation : Follow Up
After posting this, Noreen Mejias - a contributing author to Sekhmet Rising: The Restlessness of Women's Genius and accomplished Financial Advisor - shared her thoughts on the Women Gathering Google Group . Take the time to read Noreen's unique and profoundly enlivened way of engaging with others! As you scroll down to the bottom of the posting, what ... Continue Reading >>
Money and Manifestation
A small group of women gathering, talking... about the impact and meaning of 'money' in their lives. The language of 'currency', 'money', 'wealth' and 'abundance' came into my awareness as I was getting ready to head out to this gathering. For me, this is another layer in the Currency of Consciousness conversation. It was indeed, a great conversation ... Continue Reading >>
Polar ice cap: just how fast is it melting?
I got an email today from a family friend who has recently been posted to the Far North. Lou left Ottawa in late '08 and is now living and working amongst those in the community of Qikiqtarjuaq (spell that without looking!). Those of us who are in Lou's life have the great fun of getting her newsy (and sometimes very funny!) updates and pics on life in ... Continue Reading >>
The currency of consciousness
Day 2 of a New Year. It feels fresh and ready, like the proverbial blank slate waiting for me to place my mark in the creation of my own life. I'm aware of many things. Some have to do with what has been and some have to do with what I believe will be. And, in a holographic universe, it will be because I say so. Not like imposing force of will and ... Continue Reading >>
RIGing – a powerful alternative to ‘love’
I've come to conclude that the language of ‘love' is highly overrated! Having just completed a week-long conversation with a small group of women gathering... talking about their lives... it became clear to me that we have mastered a huge variety of ways to denigrate ourselves in the name of ‘love'. "Love' is not real. It's a nominalization... a code word ... Continue Reading >>
The Audacity of Being Present
I've been reading the blogs and emails of some of the women I spend time with. I've been chatting and listening to the direction their lives have taken since our last time together. There is a theme emerging and I believe it is greatly important to pay attention to it. The theme is this: the audacity of daring to claim our own lives! The audacity of ... Continue Reading >>
Sorting out Shadows
More pieces are coming into my awareness. Yesterday, I had time with a wonderful woman whose company lights up my day! Lisa dropped by the office because of a technical problem with CD's... only to discover once she got there, there were no problems. AND we had a great conversation! I feel compelled to acknowledge that our messages come in the strangest ... Continue Reading >>
So many forks…. so many roads!
I am all over the map! Not a day goes by that I am not mindful of the degree to which my life is unscripted... without rituals and routines... a constant invitation for me to stop and wonder: how does the godforce that I AM choose to live - in this day, in this moment, in this breath? Without exception, the moment always comes with a choice to be ... Continue Reading >>
From depression/despair to delight!
I had an amazing experience, recently. A very dear friend wrote me in a state of despair. In a moment of engaging, I shared some thoughts with him - and his world changed. Imagine! Such profound shifts from such little effort! Can it really be that effortless? In a matter of days, he started a new life and is now LIVING! If that's not magic, I don't ... Continue Reading >>
Invitations to greatness
There are always bumps in the road. Just how dull would it be if the road were always smooth, without any twists or turns to test our attention and our skill.... to test our willingness and ability... to own both the destination and the journey? I'm one of the lucky ones. In my life, I cross paths with more genius women than likely my fair share. ... Continue Reading >>
The forces that shape culture
I really must stop listening to the radio when I'm in the car. Will I ever not have something to say???? Today's topic was young offenders and the impact (or lack thereof) of longer sentences. An interview with a criminologist spoke to the degree to which more and longer incarceration periods were not achieving the outcome of reducing crime rates ... Continue Reading >>
Alive and well and trundling along…
Wow! Time sure flies when you're having fun! When I checked the date of my last post to this blog, I was struck by how quickly I've gone from July 7th to August 21st. Lots has happened and I know there is lots more to come. Since July, I've seen my life take some dramatic turns. Perhaps the most stunning (for me) was that the July offering of ... Continue Reading >>
Imaginal Cells
It seems that since that fateful day in January 2006, my life has been a constant stream of turning points. From that small gathering in January 2006 came the Declaration of Evolution by Intention, the Sekhmet Rising book, Emerging Futures as a process for mindful and meaningful living, a profound shift in the approach to 'certification', new direction for ... Continue Reading >>
For the love of dancing… Part 2
Even when I sleep, I am still dancing! I awoke this morning with an yet another insight into my experience of dancing. My dancing is not dependent on whether or not I like the music, the people or the environment. Dancing is an essential form of expression of who I AM in my world. Music or no music; classical, rock or jazz, dancing is still the ... Continue Reading >>
For the love of dancing
I am a dancer. I have no memory of anything other than loving the movement of body, connected and engaging in flow, with or without music. I remember moments of walking down the street, being present to the vibration of every cell in my body, as it engaged in the flow of getting from here to there; vibrating to, responding to and dancing with the sounds of ... Continue Reading >>
Living is a choice…
... but living fully is a determination... an intention and an accompanying presence that will not be swayed by anything outside itself... and one that requires we be awake, fully present and both willing and able to engage. Living fully is no small feat in a world of mediocrity and complacency. That's not rhetoric but the cold, hard truth of what stands ... Continue Reading >>
Breathing is good….
Since returning from the Emerging Futures: Entrepreneurial Women retreat, I'm noticing that I can hardly breathe! From one day to the next, I catch myself holding my breath - time and again - and wonder what that's all about! Typically, breathing comes easily and effortlessly, bringing with it a sense of the vast Space that I AM for my own evolution. But ... Continue Reading >>
Emerging Species, Women and Pollination
I spent last week with a small group of women, talking... about many things, all of which were indicative of but a sliver of their own potential... and mine. (Visit the Women Gathering blog for more about the week.) I was deeply moved by my time with them. I witnessed terror and courage; grief, sadness and loss sharing space with determination and hope. ... Continue Reading >>
What I’m up to
It feels like I'm ready to come up for air and check out the rest of the world. Between my time in Hawaii, my re-entry into the world of grocery shopping and laundry, engaging in programs and with clients and - let's not forget! - the riveting moments of 'Dancing with the Stars', I'm just now feeling like I'm back in the game and ready to play! For some ... Continue Reading >>
Radical, you say???
That we change is not what separates us from the rest of the world. HOW we change, is. We are not the first (and likely will not be the last) who claim to have found a way to accelerate their personal evolution; to create profoundly meaningful lives for ourselves. Given that I've been in the ‘personal growth' world both as a participant and as a ... Continue Reading >>