Personal Growth Articles
Reality
What we call ‘reality’ is theatre… and someone else is writing the script. ... Continue Reading >>
Trust the Science… of what it is to be human.
The power in the science is not just knowing - it lies in the never-ending willingness to continue to explore, discover and know differently. In Gregg Braden's recent offering - Self-Empowerment through Self-Regulation - we are presented with the cutting-edge science of not just who but what we are as human beings. This science reveals to us the breadth, ... Continue Reading >>
Choosing ‘not that’ is a legitimate choice.
Standing in the ’now’… facing into the dark, vast empty Space that is my potential…. I AM the Light that will shine into existence some expression of meaning in my life. All things are possible, now that I am ready, willing and able to let go of my fascination with what has been (trusting QuantumTLC™ to attend to that, as required) that I might manifest what ... Continue Reading >>
Without edges, compliance/conformity reign!
Neither I - nor anyone else - will talk you into or out of your commitment to what you believe. That profound and life-altering level of change can only come from within you. What I am doing here is pointing to higher-order intentions that direct it all… most (and I mean most) of which you are oblivious to. Why? Because you’ve been trained to be oblivious to ... Continue Reading >>
Lex Fridman: Statement Against Lockdowns
Long ago, it stopped being about a virus and became about compliance and control. It became about a needle in every arm. It became about: When I say jump, you say 'how high?'. With millions now double and triple (and for some, quadruple) jabbed, how can a collective reality shift when so many will need to continue to be right about the one we've got? ... Continue Reading >>
Creating new thought is an age-old challenge
In my (many) many years, perpetually confronting myself has always proven to be the most painful, challenging and - ultimately! - life-expanding moments of my life. Daring to think other than what I had been trained to think often left me on the outside of an existing cohort - including family. Over time, I concluded: so be it. And my Life continued to ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Shakti: The Silent Pain of Toxic Masculinity
"I’ve now long known something not everyone seems to pick up on: that external referencing is not our friend. Capitalist/industrialist/individualist culture is not our friend. Patriarchy is not our friend. Our own mind, when shaped by these influences, is not our friend. When our mind is not our friend, we aim to escape, to forget in whatever way ... Continue Reading >>
Parenting: The Power of Authentic Self
Join Naomi Irons and her guest - Anne Bérubé - in a potent exploration of the process of parenting; and a revelation of where the power lies to embrace and open potential for our children. As our turbulent times continue to expand, it is not enough to teach our children the basics - we must introduce them to their innate capacity to trust the truth of ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Murrizi on: “You Complete Me”… – NOT!
"In my romantic relationship, my partner does not complete me. He did not rescue me from myself, he did not save me from my miserable life, he did not fall in eternal love with me from just one look, he is not lost without me, he does not need me in his life…And neither is he stuck with me “forever”. Instead, we choose each other every step of the way. We ... Continue Reading >>
Shame: Culture’s most powerful weapon
I was recently invited to be part of a small group of women who have embarked on a 10-day Whispers from Within writing process on the topic of 'shame'. I am always willing to say 'yes' to such an exploration as I hold shame as the most destructive force for shaping culture that underpins the parenting process. The destroyer of souls! That which causes ... Continue Reading >>
What’s important to you about being alive?
As far back as I can recall, my curiosities have often proven to be deeply annoying to many of those around me. Over time, if that changed at all, it was with an increasing perturbation of the murky waters of the status quo. I wanted to see what was under the surface… to see what littered the bottom that might trip us up should we choose to attempt to stand ... Continue Reading >>
The Power of the Process: BSI
Another meaningful discovery from Stela Shakti on her journey of accelerated personal evolution! In her most recent post Quantum Healing: an experience of Body-Spirit Integration, we are given the opportunity to bear witness to her discoveries as she ventures into that dance with Sheila Winter Wallace in her BSI experience. As always, Stela beautifully ... Continue Reading >>
The Chooser Shapes the Choice
It has been said that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience - we are spiritual beings having a human experience. It may well be that the Great Game of our existence is to find our way back and reclaim the very spark of our creation. Perhaps, in this, there is no greater evidence of the power of choice, to determine the context from which ... Continue Reading >>
Women’s Voices – Women’s Choices
Women talk. It’s what we do. It’s also one of the things we dobest. We come together in small clusters and we talk about the things that matter to us. We talk about the people we care about. We talk about our dreams and the things that get in the way. We talk about what we love and what we hate. We talk about our children, and their children, and how ... Continue Reading >>
The Year of Practical Magic… and the 5 Keys to Making it Happen
We live in a time of incredible potential, perched on the precipice of massive transformation...or massive destruction. We get to choose how we design our lives and, in doing so, the world responds. Our choices become our manifested reality that we might see ourselves reflected in our own creations. Dare we see what we see? There are so many in our world ... Continue Reading >>
Who Says it has to be Hard!
Every time I find myself writing about, speaking about or facilitating a conversation on 'ways to improve your life', I am reminded that this has been my life for more than 25 years. What an honor it is to be invited into the lives of so many who are seeking to find or to redefine themselves. In what becomes the Sacred Space of a shared enquiry, and as we ... Continue Reading >>
What does it take for women to lead?
Not that long ago, I was in the middle of a conversation with a trusted friend and colleague, about what was next for me, in the unfolding of my work and my business. On the wall across from where we were sitting, was the Declarationof Evolution by Intention. In a moment of uncertainty and what felt like struggle, I heard this voice saying to me: -If ever ... Continue Reading >>
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 ample 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 ... Continue Reading >>
Voices and Choices – Tapestry of Sounds
Peace... tranquility... serenity... those soft, seemingly endless moments when we can hear the unique sound that we are in the Universe. If all that is expresses through rhythm and tone, in those quiet and introspective moments, we can hear the note that we are in the vast harmonies of our existence. Yet, all ... Continue Reading >>
Sekhmet Rising: The Restlessness of Women’s Genius
Sekhmet Rises - The Goddess Awakens Excerpt from the book "Sekhmet Rising: The Restlessness of Women's Genius" In a quiet moment - nestled somewhere between phone calls, emails, family feuds and general, all'round distractions from my own inner landscape - I found myself wandering through an e-zine website. There I found articles on a variety of topics in ... Continue Reading >>
Sacred Spaces – Inner Places
In a world with a voracious appetite for compliance to external demands, too easily are we seduced into believing that what we need in life - all that gratifies, sustains and nurtures us - will be found outside of us. Without our own awakened exploration, we mindlessly teach our children what we ourselves have been ... Continue Reading >>
The Paralysis of Potential
Over more than 20 years of working with women, there have been unforgettable, life-altering moments. Moments when things are said in ways that profoundly display the immense genius of us all! Profound-in-their-simple-truth moments… no longer able or willing to keep hidden what so intently lies below and screams to be seen and heard! In reading recent ... Continue Reading >>
Losing Faith in Organized Religion
Once again, allegations of institutionalized child abuse perpetrated by the clergy of the Catholic Church filled the news. This time, Europe was awakening to what we for all too long have not wanted to see or hear or know as a truth in our own experiences: we are a species that cannibalizes our young. I’ve written about this in many other times and ... Continue Reading >>
Living Large in an Increasingly Smaller World
You likely have already noticed. The world you and I share is not in such good shape these days. The list of challenges, problems and frighteningly compelling global issues is growing and seems not to be affected much by our hopes that it will change or our desire to have it somehow be resolved by someone else. Long gone are the days when we can rely on ... Continue Reading >>
Living Life with an Edge
It is our edges that define us. Without edges, we would not be recognizable as different or distinct from our environments. Without edges, we would blend in to our surroundings ... disappear ... become part of something else and no longer be who we are. It is the edges of things ... a picture, an apple, a car ... that allow things to be separate, ... Continue Reading >>
Keeping Score
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 >>
Layers of Discovery
We have such desire to know ourselves. We have become restless in the need to fulfill some unnamed yet insistent drive to seek more than who we have been taught to believe ourselves to be. With a relentless spirit, we pursue our evolution, trusting that we’ll come to where we need to be and find… what?... we’re not quite sure. Yet we sense that we must ... 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 ... Continue Reading >>
Impeccability and Manifestation
My life has been profoundly and forever changed by the recent passing of my father. Being at my Dad’s beside for 40 hours as he chose to journey from a being of Light in matter, to one of Light, free from the constraints of tissue, was a significant and life-altering experience for me. Throughout the process of loosening the grip of the body that he was, ... Continue Reading >>
Being Outside and Inside
Living in Canada's capital, it's tough to avoid outdoor activity! With the world's longest skating rink but a short drive away; and with ski hills, toboggan runs and cross-country trails in abundance and close enough to deprive even the biggest Couch Potato of any legitimate excuse, spending time outside is inviting, accessible and proven to be good ... Continue Reading >>
Huna: Simplicity and Wisdom for a Busy Life
In our seemingly endless search for a spiritual connection, and having been relentlessly conditioned to always look for answers outside of ourselves, we have developed the habit of seeking out the more esoteric practices and traditions of what we hold as the legacy of an ancient people. In our journey of discovery, we believe that somehow, these ‘others’ ... Continue Reading >>
Holiday Season Survival Kit
As much as the Holiday Season brings joy and great delight to many of us, others among us fall victim to the increasing pressures of spending money we don't have, spending time with people we don't want to be with, and eating and drinking much more than our body welcomes or can tolerate. We have become mindless - and sometimes reckless - in spending ... Continue Reading >>
The Level of the Game
I don't know about you, but it's been a long time since I've known thefreedom of being four years old and fully engrossed in whatever it is that I was doing.Remember those days? Not a care, running wildly through...the yard, the field, acrossthe beach... focused completely on every sensory response in my body. Feeling the windmove across my face, the heat of ... Continue Reading >>
Finding Ourselves in the Dark
Many times in our lives, it is not our capacity to open our eyes and see outside of us that makes the difference but our ability to close our eyes and see nonetheless...inside...where we live. Far too often, the invitation to turn our gaze inward and move into the depths of our own potential appears to us in the form of loss, sorrow, pain and fear. We are ... Continue Reading >>
From Victim to Victorious Voice
It is not news that we are a society in the throes of coming to terms with its own imperfection. We are fast approaching 20 years of discovery and exploration of our 'dark side', slowly pulling back the heavy, dusty drapes that we've used to cover up and hide our dirty little secrets. Finally, we are becoming able and willing to allow the light of our ... Continue Reading >>
Evolution by Intention: New Beginnings for Weary Souls
I am both moved and disturbed by the completion of yet another year, coupled with the realization that not much has really changed. As much as I would like to share with you thoughts that inspire and uplift; thoughts that give the reader a sense of comfort and hope for the unfolding future; thoughts that would be much more in alignment with the expectations ... Continue Reading >>
Thoughts on… Commitment
If my recent conversations with friends and clients are any indication, itwould seem that the topic of 'commitment' is one which certainly causes emotions tointensify and blood to flow... if not the hackles to rise! The word alone is enough tosend chills down the spine of some and to warm the hearts of others. Even the conversationabout the topic can cause ... Continue Reading >>
Creativity and Daily Living
The notion of creativity is often linked to what we would consider exceptional achievements, like the art of Picasso, the invention of the laptop or the sleek design of the space shuttle. But for most of us, creativity brings its greatest rewards when it expresses quietly and much closer to home. The dictionary defines 'creativity' as the act of causing to ... Continue Reading >>
Thoughts on… Celebration
This particular topic has required more attention from me than usual. Moreeffort. More 'struggle'. When I am faced with such an experience, I find myself becomingmore and more curious. It has been a long time since I've let go of the need for struggleso, when it reappears, my instincts tell me that there is an opportunity here for arediscovery... or ... Continue Reading >>
Fully Alive from 9 to 5! (Excerpt)
The following excerpt is taken from the book Fully Alive From 9 to 5! (ISBN0-9685566-8-X). The original book has been updated and is now in its' 3rd Edition titled Fully Alive: Awakening Health, Humor, Compasion and Truth We spend more time at work than we spend anywhere else in our lives. For at least five days out of seven, we go to a place where we do ... Continue Reading >>
Thoughts on… Abundance
When I think of abundance, I am reminded of a picture that was given to me by a very close friend. A budding photographer, she had captured a cluster of cherry blossoms as they vied for space to become fully expressive on the tree in Japan that was their home. So fertile ... and so ripe ... each small blossom seemed to be pushing and shoving to find a sliver ... Continue Reading >>
2012: Desperation or Inspiration?
Time does seem to be flying by, accelerating and propelling us toward the date that has already reached mythical proportions in our time. Today, it is very rare indeed, to find someone who does not react to the notion of 2012; each in his or her own way, but react they do! As mindful as I am today about 2012, I’ve never taken the time to stop... take a ... Continue Reading >>