My closest friend for 50 years. Gone... and always a part of my Life. A Tribute Thank you for being here, today…. for choosing to spend this time in remembering the life of a woman who has touched so many, in some distinctive or memorable way. Lorna was a vibrant and colourful tapestry woven of many threads. She was the cherished daughter and ... Continue Reading >>
Women
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 >>
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 >>
Mandy Sandbach: Conversation with Poetry of Predicament
Another compelling and authentic conversation with Dean Walker (Poetry of Predicament podcast) and Mandy Sandbach. With evident deep respect for Self, Self of other and the living Planet, this exploration takes many twists and turns - with every one a gateway to a new insight. Enjoy! ... Continue Reading >>
Melissa Allison: Trusting Myself Beyond Stories
New Post: from Stela Shakti
Louise and Dean: New Conversation in Chaotic Times
My conversations with Dean Walker of The Poetry of Predicament podcast always open doors to my own as-yet unexpressed thinking. This one proved particularly potent for me. For some time, I have had no interest in speaking, blogging or even journaling. Every thought I have seems to be one that I've had so many times before. As I listened to the podcast ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Murrizi: Covid-19 and Conventional Narrative
"When it comes to Covid-19, that voice of wisdom tells me that the conventional narrative is inherently untrustworthy and full of countless contradictions. The loudest voices on conventional media AND conspiracy theory channels only spew messages of fear, hatred and shame. We are now experiencing polarization in narratives, and therefore ideologies, like ... Continue Reading >>
Melissa Allison: Poetry of Predicament
Another great conversation with Melissa Allison and Dean Walker of The Poetry of Predicament podcast. You'll find the blog post referred to on Melissa's blog. Be sure to allow time for browsing - there is much shared that will touch your Soul. Enjoy! ... Continue Reading >>
New post: Stela Shakti
Culturally... globally... we are caught/trapped in the bands of the hurricane. Every moment of every day, we seek the right information that we might make the right choices - for ourselves and those we care about. Consider, for a moment, how life might change were we to move into the eye of the hurricane; move into that place of vast stillness and calm; ... Continue Reading >>
Mindful Choice vs Habituation
Far more important than any single, particular choice is the underlying - and far too often, invisible - process for choosing that determines the way we move through the world. At this time in our human experience, the frequency and range of choices with which we are faced is offering up the opportunity for us to begin to notice that underlying process and ... Continue Reading >>
Evolution: From mindless habits to mindful choices
As the pressure continues to mount for compliance driven by fear and the absence of truth, paying attention to what moves inside us becomes more and more evident as the force for critical difference. As we wipe the deep sleep from our eyes, we begin to recognize: we are no longer children, at the mercy of purported 'authority figures' who know better than ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Murrizi: To choose mindfully is to awaken to the Self
"In my own life, I have come to discover that the more I let go of stories about myself, the more I discover who I AM rather than who I have been led to believe I am (based on who I have always been, and apparently, will always be). After all, I am not fixed, nor made of concrete. The essence of who I AM manifests through my body — a brilliant, living, ... Continue Reading >>
New Interview: Sheila Winter Wallace
An opportunity to consider the bigger picture and notice how the moment is sourced from and shaped by the moments that came before... unless we mindfully choose otherwise. Another provocative exploration with Sheila Winter Wallace as you sip your morning coffee. ... Continue Reading >>
New Post – Naomi Irons: Inner Wild
"Not surprisingly, after week 3 (activating the power center) of our Living Fully Through Conscious Choice experience, I woke this morning to an inner roar. That Elemental part of myself became a visceral surge from the depths of my Being rising to the surface, transforming all that was in its path in the most life giving way. It became immediately clear to ... Continue Reading >>
New Post – Stela Shakti: Regeneration of Self
"What happens to the essence of my being in that exact moment that I choose habitual living that keeps me stagnated and shuts out my very essence? Where does the “I” that I AM go? In what ways have I become the habit that brings no meaning in my life? Who do I become in moments where living choice-point down reinforces all that I have ever known? Is there ... Continue Reading >>
Choosing the Freedom to Choose
Do not speak of climate change. Instead, ask: who do I choose to BE in the face of a rapidly changing climate? Do not speak of pandemics and vaccines. Instead, ask: who do I choose to BE in the face of immense and collective pressure to comply without raising question or voice? As I celebrate my 70th birthday, I do so in the full awareness that I have ... Continue Reading >>
The Search for Answers
Here’s what I’ve discovered after 30 years of engaging with others: People don’t need advice or to have their answers put in place by another. They need a more powerful and effective way to find answers for themselves; and find value in the process that takes them there. ... Continue Reading >>
Life is fluid..
If we were to allow ourselves to own that the process of living is fluid and not fixed, changing our mind would become the requisite underpinning of living a meaningful and joyous life. ... Continue Reading >>
Sheila Winter Wallace: Guilt and Changing My Mind
"...I had lived with a specific rule - an obligatory one - outside of my conscious awareness throughout my entire life - that I could not change my mind. For me, the right to change my mind has become a required rite of passage I have been actively advocating for with others for over the last 15 years in my life’s ‘work’. It is not that I have never changed ... Continue Reading >>
Deb Gleason: On Conscious Creation
"With willpower letting me down, I focused once again on manifestation, and I can see now that the problem I had was that I never did have the full picture. While in the past I’d done my best to hold the ideas of what I wanted, I also held beliefs that I was undeserving of what I desired. For the most part this belief was out of my awareness, having been ... Continue Reading >>
Upcoming Online Events: Sheila Winter Wallace
Ease of access. Convenience. A way of integrating new discovery into day-to-day living. All of these are available to those who choose to engage with others via technology. Perhaps, something may be missed without the face-to-face contact... and yet, so much more is gained by allowing ourselves to engage and not be deterred by our current set of ... Continue Reading >>
Parenting Podcast: Naomi Irons and Angela Burton
Another compelling exploration in the Poetry of Predicament podcast series; dedicated to fully embracing the magnificence of our imperfection as we navigate a more life-giving parenting process for ourselves and our children. These are not 'business as usual' times. We can feel the compression that is taking place on all levels of our expression, as a ... Continue Reading >>
Your life…
... is your own creation. It does not happen by accident or coincidence or synchronicity. It is sculpted by your hand, guided by the clarity of your own intention, sourced and sustained by your deep and abiding connection to Self. There is no mystery to it - and it is most effective when embraced as the emergence from a state of Being rather than a ... Continue Reading >>
A timely thought….
The relationship between time and memory has always fascinated me. What comes to mind is the experience of one with amnesia... who remembers nothing of who they are and/or their life and its meaning/purpose/value. In that single moment of realization presents the opportunity to redefine the quality of their life. Meandering through all of that is the ... Continue Reading >>
Trust Your Body
Never trust anything that does not sit easily in the body. Question everything and in so doing, allow the pieces to fall into place. You don’t need to know - and you do need to be willing to wonder…. ... Continue Reading >>
Are we doomed?
Since my last urge to write (Ascent into Chaos), I have found myself in varying enquiries about the apparent trajectory on which we find ourselves. Many are troubled…agitated… about what may well lie ahead. I can appreciate that some would conclude that we’re doomed. The way I see it, being ‘white’ makes it less aggressive… and being ‘old’ makes it more ... Continue Reading >>
Melissa Allison: New post on old choices
Creating new agreements, with intention Such is the topic of Melissa's latest offering on her blog. I read this one a couple of times, finding the choice of her language to be profoundly authentic and open; trusting that in her vulnerability she would find great strength. There is a grace to this… and a clarity of mind…. that exudes strength and ... Continue Reading >>
Ascent into Chaos
“The All is mind; the Universe is mental.” (The Kybalion; 1st Principle - The Principle of Mentalism) I am grateful for this place where I can write what is meaningful for me to express. In reading what I write, I become able to detect what had remained hidden to my own discernment. I do not write to reveal - I write to discover what remains ... 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 >>
Sheila Winter Wallace: Upcoming Events May 13th and 20th
"Have you ever really considered what your core values for being alive are? What IS most important to you about being alive? And, if you have engaged in such a reflection, have you considered what has now changed? How was your life working for you before this world as we knew it came to an abrupt stop? How is this change in process suiting you now? As ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Murrizi New Blog Post: Becoming ‘Mother’
"I suppose you expect me to write that my whole world changed, that my perception of “who” I am shifted, that my whole life transformed. Truth of it is, I transformed my life long before I chose to become “mother”. I transformed it the moment I decided, viscerally, I was no longer wiling to be captive to abuse, addiction, drugs, self-destruction, ... Continue Reading >>
Resting Your Mind
The distractions are many and constant. No longer is the frenzied pitch intended to alert us to start or stop something - it is a constant reminder of the purported threat to our very lives. In the droning of background noise …. of television, laptops, tablets and phones; of YouTube, podcasts, live reporting on unfolding events or commentators’ views ... Continue Reading >>
The Power of Surrender
Below, is a brief recording from some of the work of Dr. Joe Dispenza. It’s worth watching/listening to, from beginning to end… and to discover that after decades of doing what you’ve been told to do, the answer is: STOP! And surrender. Surrender... the limitation of the intellect to the power of the body. Surrender… the truth that you are ... Continue Reading >>
Options for Personal Evolution: Blog, Podcast, Online Events
... is the first day of the rest of your Life! Running out of interesting things to focus your attention on? Needing to dive a little deeper to find something worthy of the power of your attention? Here are a few things for you to consider. Sheila Winter Wallace - new blog post: "What is the Highest Order Invitation I Can Become to my Self in this ... Continue Reading >>
Deb Gleason on: Surrender and Intensity
"What I know about Gaia is that she tells the truth of her own experience without attachment to outcome. She expresses her surrender intensely along a continuum of gentle to fierce. Her most gentle expressions can be observed in the delicate flowers that push through the spring soil, and in the way new ferns unfurl on the rainforest floor. On the other end ... Continue Reading >>
Now or never: Boundless LeaderSelf™
Now - unlike at any other time in conscious memory - we are being called to create beyond the mindless and incremental that has so relentlessly shaped our collective reality. Our existing constructs of 'leadership' are proving themselves to be limited in the face of multiple incursions into the sanctity of dominion over our own lives, simultaneously ... Continue Reading >>
Audio Clips for Challenging Times: Deb, Naomi, Sheila, Ella
"In response to what now presents, I am excited to share audio clips from The Virtual Village, a meeting space for expansive conversations held regularly during these changing times with Deb Gleason, Sheila Winter Wallace, Naomi Irons and Ella Schatzmann. All four of us have deeply immersed themselves in the WEL-Systems® framework and speak to these changing ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Shakti: A new blog post on parenting
"The two of us, as partners, have created a life where we are both fully present for our son, to the best of our abilities. We chose to co-create him out of love; we chose to stay at home the first few months to adapt to the new lifestyle; we choose to split the chores and responsibilities equitably; we choose to raise our son together. The evolving ... Continue Reading >>
Poetry of Predicament Podcast: Trance State Interrupted
Naomi and I have experienced the great pleasure of each other's company for many years. Each of us has borne witness to the evolution of the other, marked by a shared deep sense of potential greater than any fear; and a willingness to simply invite and allow that which presents.... and trusting it to lead. In a rare moment, indeed, we recently got to ... Continue Reading >>
Three Things
The challenges continue, as billions around the globe are faced with affronts to their deep commitment to habits of body and mind. Gone are the days of ’normal’… when it seemed that the greatest of challenges would rise up in the lives of others - but not my own. In this moment, I am mindful of three things on which I must keep my focus: * I don’t know ... Continue Reading >>
Naomi Irons: Conscious parenting demands conscious parents
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 awaken to a life outside of trance. It really is up to us. ... Continue Reading >>
Eaney… Meaney… Mieney… Mortality
These are interesting times! Without precedent and the accompanying pre-packaged, well-practised, habituated responses, we are faced with mindfully choosing the behaviours which we think will best serve our interests and those of others we care about. In truth, we are now in a time when those ‘others’ must include any and all with whom we may come in ... Continue Reading >>
Paradigm shift
The gateway to a paradigm shift will not be found with the intellect. Only the body has the capacity for the processing speed and volume of information required to take us there. ... Continue Reading >>
Deb Gleason: Poetry of Predicament podcast
Another potent exploration of how else we might choose to live our lives today.... particularly in the face of a massive and global 'pause' in the business-as-usual lifestyle expectations. Check out Deb Gleason in conversation with Dean Walker on the Poetry of Predicament podcast. As I listened to Deb speak of the ease with which she can now embrace a ... Continue Reading >>
Sheila Winter Wallace: Focus on Resourcefulness!
"This global pause to be still, let go and let god, invites me to consider what I'd like to contribute in these times of rapid fire uncertainty... contributions that will nourish one's body, mind and soul in ways that will transform pain into peace and possibility. What is it that you need to lead yourself out of overwhelm and into the certainty of your own ... Continue Reading >>
Deb Gleason: New post from the coast!
"I could suddenly see through it all, and I remained determined to follow my inner voice. I decided that the dominant culture could not have me back, and each attempt they made to invite me back toward the pack mentality strengthened my internal resolve. The truth is, it has always been my life, and my life has never been up for debate. My life was never ... Continue Reading >>
Masterful Liars
It is not a good or a bad time… it is simply the time we are in. We find ourselves here and now because we have what it takes to move through this; and if we are both willing and able to embrace this moment - without resistance, without fear and without the desire to run - we will find our way through. I am here and now because the I AM (the ... Continue Reading >>
Wise Women ~ Wise Words
It helps to have something to think about that expands potential rather than compressing it. It's a choice, really, and that choice shapes your world. It has long been understood by many: we become what we think about. Here are some things for you to consider thinking about. And remember: anything that we have created was first a thought in someone's ... Continue Reading >>
FREE ~ Cultural Crones: The Power of Permission
Provocative times call for provocative choices. This is one of those times. In a recent post, I shared a TEDtalk re COVID-19. What stood out for me is that this particular virus transforms (attacks is one way of thinking of it - transforming is quite another) the lungs. In my world, from a CODE Model™ perspective, the lungs are the 4th Chakra (AIR ... Continue Reading >>
Intimate and Personal Truth
A deeply intimate and personal truth, owned unapologetically, fuels our creations. ... Continue Reading >>
Struggle and Dis-ease
There really are no accidents in the Universe. Today, I received and posted a comment on a blog from several years ago... and yet, still relevant as we move through our global pandemic. Below, is the reader's comment: "Synchronicity — when I “randomly” choose an article from your site to read and it is EVERYTHING I wanted to read to feel inspired. (A ... Continue Reading >>
Radical Acceptance
I wonder how many times we have to forget something in order for us to become willing and able to remember.... ... Continue Reading >>
Deep Truth
Deeper truths cry out for stronger voices. Time and Space seek to welcome the forces of expansion and creation rather than succumb to compression and demise. In the deep intuitive of a woman's body lives the seed of a thriving world. Perhaps we would be wise to simply listen. ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Shakti: Women, Leadership and Creation
"Today, I know that as woman, I am creator of my own life. The only validation I require to lead is that of my own intuition. I trust that we are designed to embrace that which has been a threat to patriarchy (note, not men) for tens of centuries and thousands of cultures worldwide: our ability to lead from our unique and intuitive femininity. Our ability to ... Continue Reading >>
Being ‘done’
No amount of understanding or explaining will ever give you permission to be fully alive. Your body knows - long before your intellect - when you’re ‘done’. Life explodes with potential the moment you simply trust your body to lead. ... Continue Reading >>
Melissa Allison: New Voice in the Blogosphere
Wow... I must be on some kind of a roll! So much presenting and moving around; so many words in my mouth that seem to need an escape through this final portal to a vast and open expanse of possibility. Although I am no longer here on a regular basis, I am grateful that there remains an outlet for my expression (sporadic as it may be) when I cannot contain ... Continue Reading >>
The Long and Short of it All
As a child, I may well have been described as ‘precocious’ and ’strong willed’. Never one to agree to anything just to appease, or to embrace pretence for peace over discovery (despite the likely chaos to follow) I was also considered by some to be ‘difficult’ (translation: a pain in the ass!). Truthfully? Not much has changed. Now in my 70th year, my ... 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 >>
Perspective of Self
Recently, I had an email exchange with a wonderful woman who is both courageous and curious about her own potential, knowing only too well that she will be the model for her children to discover their own. Over the past few weeks, she has been listening to the 'Decloaking and Living Authentically' audio materials and likely heard my comments re my own long ... Continue Reading >>
Evolution unending: unmarked territory beckons
As always, my time spent with the amazing and precious LesDebs (Deb Ozarko and Deb Gleason) has left me with more to ponder. During a very recent conversation, we found ourselves travelling along a familiar path of exploring what evolution - for its own sake rather than for the need to solve a problem - requires and demands of us. At one point, we came ... Continue Reading >>
Deb Gleason: A Journey of Self-Reclamation
"I’ve come to discover that when it came to reclaiming my life, there was something much more powerful than willpower available to me. What I’ve discovered is the power of willingness. The willingness to find instead of eternally seek. The willingness to speak my truth, at the moment that it presents. The willingness to stand alone, and to sit in my ... Continue Reading >>
Update: Women Awakening – Part 6 – Audio fix
For any who've been wondering where the Women Awakening: Part 6 audio file went.... It's back! It was brought to my attention that it had disappeared. Happy to say it is now available for any who were left hanging without a conclusion. Enjoy! ... Continue Reading >>
Women and the Future of the World
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Line in the sand…..
I've been working with women for close to 30 years. Two things that have always stood out in my ever-deepening conversations with them: they are often shocked and terrified by the depth of their own rage; and they are pissed to discover that their well-honed and practised 'appropriate-ness' will not take them where they want to go. They are ... Continue Reading >>
Voices Rising
I'm really getting the twists and turns of this 'retirement' thing! Have to admit: I am settling in nicely. Now a first-time Gramma (with the most adorable Little Human in the world within easy smooching distance!), I greatly appreciate the pace of my life as well as the proximity to all that is meaningful for me, within it. And right at the top of that ... 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 >>
Farewell to Facebook
Today, I left Facebook. Can’t even remember how long I’ve been on Facebook - it has become such a habit of body and mind. When bored, I would flip through postings for pictures of my family members; updates on Gaia’s latest global messages; or something funny or inspirational to propel me through my day. And those are but a few of the reasons for my ... Continue Reading >>
How can I tell?
Seems that when the Spirit moves, so do the fingers…… There are two things that occupy much of my Life these days: my family my willingness and ability to choose meaningfully and mindfully. The first - my family - is an easy one. I spent decades away from my family, doing the things that ‘had to be done’ to make life manageable. In far too many ... Continue Reading >>
Attachments and Stories
This one has been nagging at me for a while…. Saturday is the Baby Shower for my truly delightful daughter-in-law and Mom-to-be. My Grandson is expected to make his arrival early July. I find myself wondering many things about him. As much as I know it is expected that he will learn from all of us, will we be wiling to learn about ourselves, from him? He ... Continue Reading >>
To Share or Not to Share: that is the question….
I choose to stay informed. In particular, I choose to stay informed about climate change, AI development and the transhumanism movement - my top three on a much longer list. In addition, bits and pieces of ‘life’ drift in and out of my awareness. These include local events in my community, what my friends and colleagues are up to, the lives of my sons and ... Continue Reading >>
The Gift that is the Burden of Mind
I am coming to better recognize and understand the depth of my agitation around all that is unfolding in my larger world. I know this process well as it echoes what it was like in my house when I was growing up. Stuff happened. The more significant it was, the more we pretended it didn’t matter or worse, had not happened at all. Or we just looked away. ... Continue Reading >>
Guns…and the murder of our children
I really don’t know which runs deeper: the rage…. the outrage… the grief…. the sadness that the event took place. The disgust at the corruption… the greed… the cowardice… the betrayal… the indifference... the deception of those in political, governmental and corporate power who allow it to be so. Hope lies in the powerful, raised voices of the young; ... Continue Reading >>
Infinite Grace
I recently chose to watch ‘The Post’ - the latest offering from Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. For me, the pivotal moment occurred when Katharine Graham - decked out in her finery to celebrate a friend’s latest adventure - was insistently interrupted by her assistant to attend to an urgent phone call from her editor. Haltingly, she takes her leave and heads to ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy - a word that for many causes chills down the spine, a churning deep in the belly and the desire to run and hide! It’s a word that is laden with judgements and labels, running the gamut of questionable intelligence to suspect morals; leaving this a topic that is often shunned and left to languish to the very last moment possible. Not only do ... Continue Reading >>
Breaking: Bone and Bondage
"When I am ‘in’ my mind, it cannot be hacked. When I am ‘out’ of my mind, some other can easily mimic the sound of my own voice and leave me thinking that I occupy that territory." It has been an interesting time. On December 12th, I broke a bone in my right shoulder. In that instant, movement became excruciatingly painful, resulting in my ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Women Shaping Culture
I believe that the future of the world is in the hands of women. It’s in how we choose to move through our lives, and our connections and interactions with others. It’s in our ability to trust in the inherent genius of living, organic systems and how they unfold and evolve. It lies in our willingness and ability to trust in our fear and do it anyway! I ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Choosing to Emerge
The start of a new year and the opportunity to pause... and make it count! It can be a daunting prospect: carving out space and time to focus 100% of your attention on yourself; choosing to leave no stone unturned in acknowledging, out loud, what you know already moves within. Not in the usual bits-and-pieces approach but in a concerted and wholistic ... Continue Reading >>
The More Things Change…
I originally wrote the article on which this post is based in 2011. I could have written it this morning. (The original article can be found here.) I find myself neither hopeful nor hopeless, but pensive... even relaxed... as I continue to trust that I am, always have been and will continue to be the creator of my own experience and its corresponding ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Money, Self and Stuff
It’s that time of year, again. In a debt-driven economy dependent on perpetual consumption, December brings with it the biggest retail event of the year! Purported to open our hearts, for many this is more likely the press to open our wallets in some effort to meet or exceed expectations too often shaped by advertising and marketing hype. Who amongst us ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: The Edge of Potential
Strong (think: power), intense (think: passion) and definite (think: purpose) - when directed at creating what we want in our lives rather than fending off or pressing away what we do not want in our lives - take on a flow that supports the creation of Life rather than its destruction; awakens others to that potential in themselves; and leaves behind a trail ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Designing Your Life
I remember well, those days when I believed that I had to plan my life; to carefully map out the trajectory of my evolution rather than simply trust the process of my own evolving. I remember well the degree of detachment that was required in order for me to be able to do what was required; to stay the course of my own intention; and to make the sacrifices ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Violence and Silence
In my world of engaging with women who are seeking to regain their footing in their own lives, I have become mindful of two critical components that contribute immensely to keeping women in check: the first is silence and the second is isolation. One side of these is the need that women have to become silent, in an attempt to avoid reaction and diminish ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Women and Leadership
Over my 25+ years of working with others, I’ve come to conclude that expressions of, interpretations of and experiences of ‘leadership’ are deeply intimate and personal. For those with whom I engage in a more protracted exploration, they inevitably come to this simple observation: what is common to their definition of leadership is not the words they use or ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: The Line in the Sand
Consider how many times in your life you have stopped yourself from saying out loud what moves inside you; how many times you have said 'yes' to something when you wanted to say ‘no’; how frequently you have pulled back from the edge of your own thinking to, yet again, comply with the thoughts of those around you. Stop for a moment and allow yourself to ... Continue Reading >>