According to Wikipedia, “meditation is a practice in which an individual trains his or her mind or induces a mode of consciousness to realize some benefit. Meditation is generally an inwardly oriented, personal practice, which individuals do by themselves. Meditation may involve invoking or cultivating a feeling or internal state, such as compassion,...
Read MoreWhat Others See Can Help Us See
I was talking with a client about her new coaching practice and the strengths she brings to her work. She shared that she had been sitting at table with several colleagues at a recent training and one woman told her that she could accomplish anything she wanted to, that she has a way of moving in the world that attracts people to her. My client was...
Read MoreDetach and Connect: How To Come Back to Now
Every morning after walking the dogs, I fill the birdfeeder and sit out on my back patio with my coffee and a bowl of bran cereal, no milk, sprinkled with dried cranberries and sometimes a sliced banana, and the birds and I share breakfast. This regular morning time is my opening time, my quieting time, my daily meditation. It is the space where I am not...
Read MoreHow To Create Your Own Personal Manifestation Manifesto
There’s a famous quote by L. Ron Hubbard: “If you can dream it, you can do it.” I will add that, “if you express it, it becomes possible.” Whether it’s through writing or drawing, singing or dancing, cooking or gardening, expressing and embodying our dreams make them visible. And if they are visible they are tangible....
Read MoreSeeing With New Eyes
So many of us live a life of routine. We drive the same way to work everyday, sit in the same chair with our morning coffee, listen to our favorite, familiar music. If creativity is how you express what you see, what you feel, how you interpret the world around you, then, if you see something new, you might think about it in a new way and often, that will...
Read MoreAn Exercise in Free Writing
Yesterday was the 4th of July here, a time, once again, to celebrate our freedom as Americans. I could go on about what freedom means, but we all have our own thoughts about it. So, instead, I’d like to invite you to play with some Free Writing. Writing is a wonderful way to access what is in your heart. Your hands are, in fact, an extension of your...
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