For the past few months, I realized it’s time in my life for simplicity and I took a nice long break from all that involved creating my passion projects.
Why? Because the work behind creating and marketing my heartfelt projects became a grind.
When I retired early back in 2013…it was actually more like instantaneously quitting…I finally had the time to create what I wanted to create. To create something meaningful to me.
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Continue readingMore TagAll those times I learned of something horrific happening. The story of the moment faded away and I assumed things might be getting better. I told myself people learned, and progress was made. But no progress was made. An opportunity for positive change exists more often than we may realize. And I know that I and other white people can personally make a positive difference. But it means aware of our part in creating inequality and racism. And then we take action and truly stand up for what we care about. This is where I am today…
Continue readingMore TagMankind experiences crises in all shapes and forms to varying degrees. If you’re experiencing a crisis you never thought you would see in your lifetime, you’re in good company. You may be somewhat or very shocked. But how you process experiences is as individual and as unique as you are.
The crisis will end and mankind will have evolved. And you’ll now better understand how to effect a dramatic positive shift in your life. If you can step up to looking to yourself in challenging times, you’ll definitely be able to do this on an average day. This is you learning to stand in your personal power and create light in more and more moments. Even in the tough moments. Mastering your energy in terms of your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, through your choices, patterns, and habits will serve you well. It will serve others well.
Continue readingMore TagI had to learn that I couldn’t get my spiritual mojo from others. I learned that spiritual growth comes from within myself. From my own experiences. But it took a brief meeting with someone to understand it’s not the woo-woo that counts. It’s how our lives feel.
Continue readingMore TagMy short list of helpful suggestions for how I maintain positivity and inspiration. Our emotions are influenced by our habits. Just by bringing in more positive habits I can affect my mood. When I feel better I’m creating more positive experiences. Life becomes more enjoyable.
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Continue readingMore TagDo you ever shrink from speaking up for your opinions? It’s almost comical how I hold back from being myself for fear of offending someone. Even in a business relationship where two people benefit from an honest dialog I find myself holding back. Here’s how listening to myself on a conference call illustrated just how much I put up a phony facade. Yuck! No more! It’s much healthier and more respectful to the other person to be our honest selves. Like me. Don’t like me. At least I’ll be genuine and you’ll like or dislike the real me.
Continue readingMore TagIf I’m to feel delighted in my life then it’s time to be myself. Learning to step up to do my inner work stretches me in exciting ways. It’s also exciting and new. I choose to stand in my power, be myself unapologetically. Yes, to work on myself but also to love myself and to grow.
Continue readingMore TagLearning how to let go of insignificant moments that irk us is worth the practice. Who wants to be annoyed when a second ago they felt good? If you’re human you’re served plenty of practice at this.
Continue readingMore TagI love being organized and having a plan. To-do lists were my comfort zone. Efficiency my middle name. These days I’m allowing for what’s best rather than forcing things into place. The result is I am enjoying my life more because I’m allowing for what’s truly best for me to show up. Much better than what I think I want. Instead, I’m receiving what I most need.
Continue readingMore TagHonk if you don’t love parties. I don’t. I like them better than I used to but usually, I wish for a little scheduling conflict to show up so I can’t attend The Party. If it’s something I can’t get out of or have decided to push through my discomfort, I actually show up. There’s no telling how I might show up. I could be quiet, which is my old go-to. Or, I might talk a lot out of nervousness. When I used to drink socially I’d be sure to have one or two to get through the party. Sometimes I insert foot into mouth. Now that I’m more consciously intuitive I feel some people’s energy and that’s a whole new complication.
One of my life lessons and there are many, is to just be me and let go of concerning myself how others might process me. When that happens I find myself relaxing and actually enjoying the party. And if I’m not enjoying myself? I remind myself there’s nothing wrong with being an introvert and wishing I were home or on a woody path, or out on our sailboat for the night stargazing. I don’t have to apologize for what I like and don’t like. It’s time to stop feeling like I have to fit into what I feel society wants from me and instead just do whatever I want.
Continue readingMore TagDoes change throw you off? Change can be beneficial but still challenging and stressful. Change is an opportunity to take on new experiences and evolve one’s life. My husband and my recent move brought up a lot of feelings and of course changes in our habits. Once I understood that I needed to rebalance myself energetically things the weirdness dissipated. Now we’re thriving from the recent change.
Continue readingMore TagIf you want to move your personal and spiritual growth forward in a faster and more direct way, observe. Observe your relationships because they are the teaching ground for growth. Every single relationship in our life matters. It’s an exercise in exploring what’s showing up. Sometimes there’s pain, other times joy. But it’s always an opportunity for learning from your own experiences. The most direct and best kind of learning there is.
Continue readingMore TagFirst I want to say that I sometimes gossip. If someone hurts my feelings my go-to is complaining about that person to another friend. What I’m learning is that I feel awful when I do that. That constriction are my intuitive feelings coaching me to do something more supportive for myself.
If I want to create my higher vision and ideas then I will need all the assistance I can get. That means getting out of my own way and enabling something better.
When you feel yourself going gossipy just notice how you feel in your gut area/power center/solar plexus chakra. The more you notice how you feel the more you’re training yourself how not to go there the next time. It takes self-awareness to make positive habits stick. The more you take on lighter thoughts and words the more you’ll be creating lighter life experiences. It all comes down to the energy system that we are. Our natural space is to stand in our power as in light and love. When you’re in that space you should feel expansive, confident, lighthearted, and able to let things slide off of you more. When you speak up to another you’ll do so with confidence, kindness, and still be able to get your point across to state your feelings and opinions. This is you taking care of your needs from a position of true strength and power.
Continue readingMore TagFor too long I lived a life in the way I thought others would approve. I moved to New York City and began my career in advertising. It didn’t take too long to realize that career would never fulfill me. And yet I stayed. Eventually transitioning to marketing and ending my career after being employed by several internet companies. While living in New York City felt like an adventure, my life still felt flat. I had to learn that true adventure, for me, comes from within. Now I’m pursuing my own dreams and ideas and acting on them to bring them to reality. That’s adventure to me. Taking vacations and traveling is nice but becoming more me, emotionally and spiritually, is my true adventure. Creating what I’m excited about, fulfills me more. That’s me setting off for parts unknown. And I don’t need a plane ticket.
Continue readingMore TagOur walk around my neighborhood lakes led me to feeling both misty and feeling a little vulnerable to what’s next. I know that change is good and it’s time for me to leave this home I’ve lived in for approximately 20 years. It’s time for my husband and me to look for a home we can both love. While I’m looking forward to this, we’re taking a walk in the natural areas near my current home to say goodbye to the benches I’ve sat on, the wildlife I’ve enjoyed, and my sparkly lake view.
Continue readingMore TagFor a while now I’ve been wanting to offer people a positive way of honoring humanity and inspiring. I thought about creating a Museum, perhaps an online version. A museum unlike any other that I’ve been to. It won’t tell the stories of the world’s greatest atrocities but instead exhibit stories of love, generosity, and […]
Continue readingMore TagWhen I began looking into what my purposeful work might be, my intuitive guidance suggested I speak to small groups. What?! This to me was a huge stretch. They never steer me wrong so I did. I started to speak to meetups and I joined a Toastmaster’s group for practice. Everyone’s advice and pep talks around this fear are pretty much worthless. P.S. you are not helping by telling me how confident you are as a public speaker. Just sayin’. However, when I look at why I have this fear then I can work on limiting self-beliefs and start to kick them to the curb. In the meantime, imaging the audience naked just does not work. Nor does winging it.
Continue readingMore TagHuman beings like things to be easy but expect big beneficial change to be difficult. That’s we get stuck in the same old paradigm of looking to political leaders to fix things. But how’s that working out for humanity? The news aggravates and accentuates humanity’s supposed divisiveness. It isn’t helping to be that kind of informed.
For most, it’s easier to watch the news and feel disgruntled rather than creating beneficial experiences. But sitting, watching, discussing, and bitching does nothing beneficial. It just contributes more doom and gloom. And, doom and gloom isn’t a great recipe to inspire positive action. It’s a motivator for more doom and gloom.
A better motivator is realizing one’s own unique and individual personal power. It may not come with a political institution attached to it but it’s powerful nevertheless. True beneficial change happens when each of us steps us to act in peace, practice compassion, tolerance, and patience to collaborate and cooperate.
Continue readingMore TagSome of my greatest life lessons are around learning to speak up for myself. To speak my opinions and not make myself small. However, there’s also the lesson in learning when to let go and choose peace just by walking away. For now, I’m choosing to try to fix things. A good or less than good choice?
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