Eclipse Hangover?
Me too. The past week has felt molasses-like in nature, luring me into witnessing unconscious territory brought to the surface by the recent eclipse season. It hasn’t been pretty, and definitely not easy. Tired isn’t even the word for it, I have felt exhaustion run through me. Resistance is a decent word for it although it isn’t only that. It feels to me that there is a deeper invitation to actually change my behavior and way of being in the world. Am I up for it? I would like to say yes…knowing it will require some heavy lifting…
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Who Are You Now?
I am birthing myself into a singer...of pop songs! I know, it is a wild plot twist in the story of my life yet it is such a natural form of expression for me that has been under wraps for far too long. I grew up singing solos in every school play, musical, and eventually choir from kindergarten into high school. I had a true leaning towards jazz and the blues, the kind where I felt it in my heart so deep. Later, when I got more involved in competitive sports, I moved that stamina and energy onto the slopes and onto the field. And, I forgot myself…
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What Is This New Moon Teaching You?
This new moon is teaching me to tell the people I love that I love them. To hold them near and to be generous with my heart. There are many unknowns in life, many more than there are givens somehow. I am writing with a tender heart, feeling grief and empathy for dear ones who are suffering deeply. I recognize the fierce impermanence of this life, remembering the paradox of our strength and simultaneous fragility…
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What Is Self-Observation?
Here is an example of what Self-Observation can look like: I am on retreat. I’ve just meditated, breathed, observed, and processed my dream from the night before. I stretch and make some tea. The whole day is ahead of me and I have a thought. Only five days left and what do you have to show for yourself? That thought is then proceeded by more commentary. You still have this chapter and this chapter and this chapter to write...
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What Is Your Insight?
Right now I feel a feverish high. So much is in the air. Like sparkles in a snow globe, my life is full of things to celebrate yet you can’t quite see what is happening, momentarily. My body is a vessel for process and goodness, a process I am in. Have you ever rebirthed yourself in every area of life all at once? I thought I did this already. 5 years ago I experienced such radical upheaval that it felt like a wildfire moved through my soul, but I missed some key pieces that were unconsciously lodged inside my mind…
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How Does It End?
I recently found out that my cousin lost her life to addiction. Lost her life. What is more precious than our very breath? Perhaps that which is beyond the breath, that which is greater than this physical existence...maybe, yet isn’t our life the most beautiful gift we could ever receive? And now she is gone and there are no more breaths. I am sitting here in deep reflection…
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Why Does It Hurt and Does It Have To?
On the entrepreneurial journey I have learned so much and I still feel like a toddler of sorts. I may be walking but the road is a long one and I am still learning how to use many of my still-forming muscles. Everyone talks, laughs, or cries about how difficult it is, and truly, it really is…
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Do You Take This Summer Solstice To Be Your Invitation?
This Summer Solstice was like no other. Surprisingly, basking in the Teton glow was not the highlight of this most brilliant day of the year. It was the coming together of two hearts ready to commit to a life of choosing each other that changed everything for me…
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Is It We or Me?
I have a particular writing style, some of you may enjoy it, others have strong opinions around the ways in which I share. One friend, in particular, does not love how I write in the context of “we” in that it assumes I am speaking for both he, I and everyone else. I have thoughts on this…
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Are You Enthusiastic?
Damn right I’m enthusiastic! Even, or especially, in the midst of great challenges, life is an adventure. I’ve been on a three-week road trip without my car and I’m surfing the synchronistic intraweb of life. Ok, well, maybe taking a few days off this past week has something to do with it. Amazing what some sunshine and R&R can do for you if you’ve been pushing the edge since pre-pandemic. I feel a rebirth coming on, can you feel it?
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What Is a Clarity Session?
On this New Moon in Aries, a day of initiation, growth, and blessings upon our courageous acts - I feel inspired to share with you a glimpse into an offering from cielawynter.com called Clarity Sessions. The following is an example of how one of these sessions would begin and a transcription of what is possible…
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What Are You Leaving Behind?
Today marks the spring equinox. This day is a living paradox of mystery and science, that which is enigmatic and yet clearly makes sense when studied through measure. The very practical notion of the sun crossing the celestial equator, as well as the vibrant metaphor of an expressive rebirth following a long internal winter season. The flowers bloom through the snow and our animal nature is stirred towards procreative efforts. While the energy is that of moving forward and rising up, we are simultaneously shedding layers of dead weight of what no longer serves us. What are you leaving behind?
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Are You Excited?
I am. Deeply… are you? In constant awe of the range of emotions I can feel within an hour, I find a profound resonant beauty within this kaleidoscopic existence. As a human, our capacity to feel is so relevant and also proportional to our level of being. Imagine with me the felt sense of every aspect of every emotion, the shape-shifting perseverance of what it is to be human, as well as the need to discern throughout the entire range of what is possible and ask, is this real? Is what I am feeling true...or false?
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What Is Your Moment?
I cried tonight, I laughed out loud, I sat and stared into the flame. There are so many moments in a moment and right now the full spectrum of aliveness calls me within. I wanted to share with you a letter I wrote to our Joan of Sparc community that encapsulates this moment for me. Not all sides of it, not the intrinsic transformative fluid nature of what occurs inside the chrysalis walls… yet, there is a hint of what is to be.
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How Pregnant is Your Pause?
Inside of each one of us is a vision of life. It is unique, it is bold, and it is empowered by the grace that beats our hearts. Your particular vision is one for the ages, the essence of which has been touched by every molecule that you are. All the blood, sweat, and tears you have experienced as a human being brushes its DNA upon the effervescent and indescribable nature of your embryonic light of mind. It is both a duty and a service to live this into reality. Where are you in the journey of your becoming? This moment feels weighted with divine fire. The energy is pressing each one of us to the edge of our discomfort. This is growth. This is right now…
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What Are You Waiting For?
In this moment, anticipation runs hot...like a fever. The temperature rises as Mars and Uranus come together in exact conjunction with today’s moon in the realm of Taurus. The United States is inaugurating a new president and the world is on the edge of their seats. Some are waiting to exhale, others’ to see if their conspiracy trip manifests at last. Today is a day to remember, and much like every other day in this fearless decade, it is a day of powerful change.
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Streamlined?
As 2021 is now upon us, it’s obvious that some of the astrological forecasts are on point. I feel the electric surge only gearing up as one consistent shock after another sparks new layers of release. Perhaps I didn’t fully let-it-all-go at the end of 2020 since I’ve been busy digging deep, excavating my startup in preparation for rebirth. Instead, I’m innovating in the resolution sphere as my whole life consists of everyday resolve. Streamline is my word for this year...what is yours?
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Do You Have the Time? 5 Ways to Become Your Own Super Hero/ine…
Do you have time to fret, waste, or to be distracted? No, we don’t have time for this. To numb out, escape, or fall prey to conspiracy? No, definitely not. To complain, point fingers, name call, or blame? Nope, not that either. How about to wallow in self-pity, luxuriate in self-importance, or sit back and watch while the fabric of the world as we know it comes undone? Even if it is time for a bit of undoing, still the answer is no.
What about time to be distraught? Unsettled? Or challenged? Yes, yes we do have time for this. We don’t want to remain here forever, however, we can accept that this is a natural state of internal affairs to meet the unsettling challenges externally.
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