Let me introduce you to a new Substack offering from Simply Sarah - an unfurling wonder to behold! Sarah is a single Mom, having sort-of-recently adopted a young girl with a highly volatile internal landscape, sculpted from a 'troubled' start in challenging circumstances. Enter Sarah... bringing courage, compassion and new hope to a young girl in ... Continue Reading >>
Motivational
Are you worth what it takes to reclaim yourSelf?
I share with you my response in a recent exchange with a courageous woman who refuses to settle for a life of repeating history and habits of body and mind. What we were exploring is what it takes to reclaim the territory of your own Life and fully occupy every moment! Not always easy - and always worth it. =========================== Clearly, things are ... Continue Reading >>
Women and Rage
Anger is the polite voice that rage uses to be acceptable. ... Continue Reading >>
Navigating Chaos: Change as Process
Few of us consider change beyond the event within which it rests. However, the simple act of Being human is in and of itself, a process... and within that one lives the inevitability of change as a sub-set of our humanness. Change requires an inhale to consider and an exhale to express the outcome of having chosen. Beyond the 'nitty gritty' details of ... Continue Reading >>
Neil Oliver: The coercion of the banks
In Canada, we had our own and early experience with this. Totally devoid of courage to engage in the simple act of opening a dialogue with the thousands upon thousands who both acted and supported the actions of the Truckers, our purportedly democratic government declared the Emergencies Act - a war act - and shut down, in the blink of an eye and from a ... Continue Reading >>
Resourceful and Resilient
Sometimes, we forget we're up for it... with 'it' being an intentional outcome of our own choosing. Just because 'the world' (out there) is not yet designed to facilitate it, does not mean that its facilitation is not possible. In the face of what seems to be the impossible, consider that its presence is really the provocation to consider: "How badly do ... Continue Reading >>
Parenting: for good instead of evil
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 >>
Before we can…
... 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 >>
Step 2: Be willing to change your mind
After 30+ years of experiencing and learning how to trust the many waves of discovery in the vast ocean of my own potential, it has become easier and much less of a struggle to be willing to change my mind. With a new insight… a new moment in time, deeply rooted in my own intuitive knowing… letting go of what was and embracing that which has proven to be ... Continue Reading >>
Evolution
Evolution, for its own sake, is not imposed on us through cultural conditioning - it can only be chosen by us at the edge of surrender. ... Continue Reading >>
Parenting: What it takes to let go….
A conversation for the time we’re in! In this moment, the trance of the last 100 years is deeply disturbed. The next steps we take will determine if we are entrained into a new trance… or if we give our children what they need to create a future outside of trance. It really is up to us! ============================ "My son is part of this world ... Continue Reading >>
Melissa Allison: What is Real?
"We each know our own sliver of what’s happening based on what we experience directly or through media (deep faked or otherwise). That knowledge forms our truth, and while it is necessarily subjective, it is far from impotent. What we believe about ourselves and the world greatly shapes how we feel inside and what comes next. This happens whether we realize ... Continue Reading >>
Gregg Braden: Human By Design
Before we exercise our freedom to choose, we would be wise to listen... and allow ourselves to begin to understand all that we don't know, we don't yet know. ... Continue Reading >>
The Power of Walking Away
I think of the power of walking away as akin to the power of silence. The choice to be still rather than be drawn into the vortex of a presenting option. An option and a choice are not the same thing. An option is presented to me - a choice is something I create. Both of these create a gap.... open up a space which to many may appear 'empty' and yet, ... Continue Reading >>
Dancing Like an Idiot
Tenets of a Life Well Lived
I believe we live in a Sea of Intelligence; that wholeness is our essential Nature; that reality unfolds as required to lead us back to ourSelves. I believe that the greater the upheaval, the greater our need to pause... and consider: who have we been that brought us to this place? And who else must we become to create anew? ... Continue Reading >>
Collusion: the path to isolation
As change continues to press itself upon us, many find themselves falling away from the core of their Being... seeking some way of reclaiming a sense of internal safety and stability. As we lose our way, the pull to embrace collusion with others replaces the alignment we once had with ourselves. In a world steeped in apparent expanding collusion, we ... Continue Reading >>
Poetry of Predicament: with Deb Ozarko and Dean Walker
Now retired, I rarely engage in much beyond the joys of simply living my truly blessed life! However, every now and then, I am invited to be part of something that is so compelling to me I feel The Call to simply engage and see where it goes. Recently, I was invited to be in conversation with Dean Walker on the Poetry of Predicament podcast. In the ... Continue Reading >>
Stress
Another powerful (and very practical) post from Stela Shakti - this one connecting stress, the body and the potential of transformation. Some practical advice at the end re moving through your day more mindfully. Enjoy the read! ... Continue Reading >>
Synchronicity….
Don't you just love how it all works?!?!?!?! First, the TedTalk on women and anger; and then, this powerful, unique and individual expression from one woman and her deeply committed personal journey. Check out Stela Shakti blog post for today: Breath: The Vehicle to Personal Evolution Can it be that simple? Yes. Can it be that powerful? ... Continue Reading >>
Reality: The Music Behind the Dance
“You can only dance to the music you hear." That thought would not leave me alone! By 3:00 am, I had lost count of nagging reverberations in my mind, ensuring the desire to sleep was surrendered to a greater curiosity about my own internal workings. The relentless pursuit of my attention - like a message seeking some sign of its having been received - was ... 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Accelerated Healing: Safety, Science and a Touch of the Sacred
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 6:52 Accelerated Healing [audio:https://louiselebrun.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/a-healing.mp3|titles=Accelerated Healing: Safety, Science and a Touch of the Sacred|artists=Louise LeBrun|width=350] We are long overdue for a new and more powerful perspective that produces the results we seek. Accelerated healing – or ... Continue Reading >>
2012: Desperation or Inspiration?
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 13:46 2012: Desperation or Inspiration? Much in our world is changing - and fast! Gaia's activity - evidenced by earthquakes and tsunamis, wildfires, flooding, punishing rains, mudslides, etc. - is occurring with an intensity and at a rate difficult to ignore. In the face of such challenges, how can we see potential ... Continue Reading >>
From Victim to Victorious Voice
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 8:09 We are not without moments in our lives that bring chaos and challenges. Seeking to press these out of awareness will serve us well... to a point. And then, the time comes when we must wrap our hands around our life, claim all that it offers and bring voice to a much deeper inner truth. In that single act, we ... Continue Reading >>
Staying the Course
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 5:25 Staying the Course [audio:https://louiselebrun.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/a-staying.mp3|titles=Staying the Course|artists=Louise LeBrun|width=350] Creating what is meaningful in our lives is not always easy and it's not always fun - and it is always worth it. Whatever the original intention of your journey, ... Continue Reading >>
Layers of Discovery
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 7:00 Layers of Discovery [audio:a-layers.mp3|titles=Layers of Discover|artists=Louise LeBrun|width=350] Who would think that language could hold such power? Far beyond the meaning of any word is the vibration of the sound that shapes it, transforming tissue and lives. Yet even more powerful and profound in its ... Continue Reading >>
Bifurcation for Mothers and their Sons
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 6:14 It seems to go by so fast! One minute, their hand barely wraps around a finger; and the next, they're driving themselves to college and working part-time to pay for it all! Where does the time go? With mothers and their daughters, growing up often means 'more' in life as they return with partners and ... Continue Reading >>
Fully Alive from 9 to 5
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 10:57 Given that as adults, we'll spend more time at work than anywhere else, 'work' provides us with an immense and constantly shifting opportunity - a living laboratory! - to discover more about ourselves and each other. Nestled into a vast array of human behaviours, the invitation to see beyond the content of ... Continue Reading >>
Evolution by Intention: New Beginnings for Weary Souls (audio)
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 14:35 We are slowly, but surely, coming to recognize that we need a new place to stand in the creation of our lives and our world. Building on or seeking to change what is, may no longer be enough to offer the transformation that we so greatly desire and require. Take a moment to consider how else we might choose to ... Continue Reading >>
Women’s Voices – Women’s Choices
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 5:49 "Stop... take a breath... and allow yourself to discover more of your own potential." You are invited and encouraged to share this recording and to add your thoughts / comments Women's Voices - Women's Choices by Louise LeBrun is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No ... Continue Reading >>
The Year of Practical Magic
A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 9:17 As 2009 fades into the background and 2010 begins to offer up its opportunities, discoveries and challenges, take a moment to consider how you might choose to live your life in the coming days, weeks and months. Pause.. and consider: when December 2010 rolls around and you look back at your life, who will ... Continue Reading >>