We all agree that taking time to be relaxed, contemplative and mindful about our lives is a worthwhile thing, yet we still don’t do it. We’re too busy. Being busy is a given for most of us. And the truth is, we’re probably not going to get any less busy. Interestingly, when we take time to retreat, time expands, and you approach your tasks with a more peaceful heart, open mind, and relaxed attitude.
To retreat sounds like we’re running away, but we’re not. To retreat is to come back to yourself. To retreat is to create a stillness, a space, so you can hear the whisper, so you can revisit your needs and your desires. By retreating from the busyness of our everyday lives, we can be reminded of the truth about our strengths, our weaknesses, what we want, what we don’t want, and what we will and what we won’t do. Read the rest of this entry »
If you don’t know who you are, where you are, or what you want anymore, start writing.
Write in a journal. Write letters/emails. Write a daily prayer of gratitude. Write a book. Write a blog. (Either write your own or write on someone else’s.)
Today I want to talk about writing, or I should say, write about writing. Writing saved my life. Writing deeply, thoughtfully, truthfully, and consistently about my life, others in my life, what I know, what I don’t know, etc. Writing saved my soul. Read the rest of this entry »
This title is a line from an unbelievably empowering song by Jana Stanfield. Check it out on iTunes. I use it in all of my retreats and workshops when I ask people to dream big and envision the life of their dreams.
I am listening to it now as I am working through some early morning anxiety. You know, that free-floating anxiety that is right in front of your face and on top of your chest when you first wake up – those feelings of fear, dread, uncertainty. It always takes me by surprise. Read the rest of this entry »
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”
As a matter of fact, I’ve used this quote in many of my talks and articles, even in my upcoming book, Consider the Possibilities for Your Life. I use this quote to inspire people to wake up to their inner callings, their deepest nature – to who they truly are. I use this quote to encourage people that it’s never too late to live their most authentic life.
Not being a literary scholar, imagine my surprise when I learned that the author of my favorite quote, George Eliot, was actually Mary Ann Evans. Seriously, and I just learned this today. I had not known. Mary Ann Evans used a male pen name both to be taken seriously and also to shield her private life from public scrutiny.
What a difficulty that must have been for her…to be living an inauthentic life in order to be taken seriously and to be emotionally safe. Sound familiar to anyone….. Read the rest of this entry »
You are receiving this invitation because somewhere along your path you have connected with me and my work or people who know me who also know you. Exactly where we all come from does not matter. What matters is that we are all on the same path…the path of consciousness, awareness, and possibility.
This is your invitation to participate in an online community. Should you choose to join, every two weeks you will receive an email that will present you with an opportunity to stop and take some time out of your busy life to reflect, to remember, and to remind yourself…of who you really are and what you really want. Of what your deepest values and beliefs are and of how you want to be in your life. Of what you want your life to stand for.
