Turtle Medicine
I found this little turtle in our driveway Sunday morn before my walk. I moved him near the stream. Turtle medicine reminds us to slow down and pay attention. In my Steven Farmer booklet, Turtle reads, “Retreat”. “Stop trying to make something happen. You could stand to spend some time by yourself in nature. Although we call it a retreat, it’s really more a movement towards peace and harmony. The ocean’s been there a long, long time. Everyday there’s a sunset, no matter what else has happened.” Today on my walk, a hawk was singing above me. I almost...
Read MoreJoy in the Journey
I recently retuned from a retreat in FL, with a group of wise women. We talked about the culture in which we live; where we are asked to do more, go faster, be better. And, the missing ingredient…feeling better. We sat on the beach – stopped – breathed. We gave our self PERMISSION to stop, breathe and ask our self ‘what do I need?’. We did a ‘Miracle walk’: an opportunity to notice the possible discomfort that arises when we actually give our self PERMISSION. We digested the ‘permission’, and released the ‘discomfort’. Joy followed....
Read MoreMiracles
“Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.” – Elizabeth David Miracles are fascinating. I remember believing in miracles as a child. I looked for them, I craved them. When I looked for them, I would see them. During my women’s retreats, I often include a Miracle Walk. A Miracle Walk is when you take 15 minutes to walk with no conversation, no expectation, and eyes wide open. Something happens when we ‘see’ this way and yes, the miracles appear. Women come back with truly amazing stories of what they ‘saw’, that they perhaps would not have...
Read MoreJust Be
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” Eleanor Roosevelt The pressure to determine your new year’s resolutions are waning – along with the full moon – and allegedly, spring is around the corner! Today, ‘just be’. Allow yourself to be in gratitude for who you are, where you are, and what you have created. For now, let yourself be present with this moment. Relax. There will be plenty of time to dream and create. For this moment… breathe and ‘just be’. Enjoy!
Read MoreHow Do We Get the Positive Messaging to Stick?
We know that the positive messages elevate us and the critic wears us down. I’ve had hundreds of clients ask ‘how do I make the negative messages go away?’. The answer, ‘you don’t’. We are human and being hard on our self is part of the package. The good news is — the more we enforce the positive reminders, the softer the voice of the critic. A quick tip is shifting from our head to our heart –shifting from the critic to compassion. (Thank you Brene Brown.) It’s time to remove our blinders and shift to compassion (our 2014 Guided...
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