Life is cyclical. It curves and bends and folds back on itself in the most interesting patterns…
Lately, I’ve found myself revisiting some old issues dealing with the themes of balance, boundaries and empowerment. Just last year I started Wake Up Goddess so that my life would be more balanced, so that I could have healthier boundaries around work and so that I could feel empowered in what I do.
But to tell you the truth, I’ve spent the last month in a bit of a tailspin. I’ve been overbooked, overburdened and bogged down in the minutiae. Ironically, these are exactly the spiritual issues that I was teaching about in my 3-week Spirit Guided teleseminar series “Reclaiming Your Life: Body, Mind & Spirit” which ended last night.
The beauty of the spiritual process and my own spiritual path is that by hosting these virtual workshops, I was given exactly what I need to receive in the exact moment I needed it ~ simply by sharing it with others.
As I was pulling all of the spiritual tools and techniques together for my virtual workshops, I was reminded to keep using them in my own life. And then I was reminded how incredibly damn effective they are!
The results for me and my clients over this past 3-weeks have been amazing. Personally, working with my Guides in such a focused manner has helped me reconnect with my own purpose as a teacher.
The process has also helped me let go of my issues around control and spiritual “micro-management.” And because I was willing to play along, my Guides orchestrated some synchronistic events to hook me up with my very first virtual assistant (who I officially hired today!) so that I can get out of “overload” and start focusing on the BIG stuff!
So next month I’ll be rolling out some really cool, spirit-centered products, program and services that absolutely makes my soul sing (and hopefully yours too). And I’m more excited about my future, the futures of my clients and the future of my business than ever before.
Trust me, I’m living proof that when you honor your spirit the benefits will carry over into every other area of your life! Enjoy the journey (including the curves)!
Okay, so I'm way far behind on my blogs and my "to do" list is a mile long (big surprise, right?), but I couldn't let tonight pass without paying homage to the Full Moon.
Tonight is the Flower Moon and it's a perfect time to stop and smell the roses (literally and figuratively)! Take just 5 minutes tonight, go outside and cast your eyes up to the sky.
Let the beauty and fullness of the Moon wash over you and take in the energy of the Goddess. Feel her arms around you and feel her full potential penetrate your soul with her light.
Remember, the Moon is all about feminine energy, so let your hair down and take time to appreciate the sensual curves of your own Goddess body. Pick a flower from your garden and put it in your hair. Dance around under the fullness of the Moon and let your body find its groove.
If you have a partner, make love to them. If you don't have a partner, make love to yourself. But whatever you do, do it like a Goddess! ~ Enjoy!
Every Goddess needs a little pampering now and then.
So imagine my surprise when my mother-in-law, Aggie ~ whom I love like perfectly chilled pinot (and that's a lot) ~ told me just a few weeks ago that she'd never had a pedicure in her entire life (gasp!).
To think that this woman raised two kids, divorced two husbands and worked two jobs at a time but had never treated herself to the simple indulgence of a well deserved pedicure just broke my Goddess heart.
So as a belated Mother's Day gift to her (and myself) I made it my personal mission to set things right in the world 10 toes at a time.
To this end, I made us side-by-side appointments at a little spa in our area that lets you bring your own wine (I know, right!?). And Aggie and I sat down in our heated massage chairs, sipped our wine and talked, completely undisturbed, for an entire hour while we were washed, clipped, rubbed and polished pretty.
When we left Aggie looked at me and said, "I can't believe I never knew how great this is. I should do this every month. And anyways, when's the last time you and I had an hour to just sit an talk?"
We then took our pampered piggies out for a lovely sushi lunch and sat and talked for another hour or two. It was purely divine and our inner Goddesses were absolutely purring by the time we got home.
I'm so grateful for the women in my life, for having a mother-in-law I love so much, and for being able to honor the Goddess within each of us today in such a simple yet indulgent way.
Have a beautiful day Goddesses!
You’ve heard me say it before… balance is an ongoing process. And all of us find ourselves a little out of kilter every now and then.
Lately, I’ve definitely been riding the rapids! I’ve overbooked myself and I haven’t been prioritizing well. And as I crowd more and more “stuff” into my day, the less time I have to honor myself by spending time on the truly important things ~ things like hot baths and long walks and watching goofy TV shows with my teenage son and making dinner with my husband.
But hosting Thursday’s Reclaiming Your Life: Body, Mind & Spirit teleseminar reminded me of just how easy it is to slide into that dark place ~ the place where you’re running ragged reacting to your world instead of flowing through it like a gentle river.
Putting together the content for this call also gave me the opportunity to pull out some of my favorite tools and to start using them again in my own life. And, not surprisingly, I'm already seeing results! (BTW, these are the same tools I share with you in the free teleseminar and the ones we’ll explore more deeply in the 3-week virtual retreat that’s coming up soon!)
Maybe the thing I love most about being a teacher is that you can always learn from your own lessons. And that’s exactly what I’m doing now ~ taking my own advice.
If you haven’t heard the call recording from my Reclaiming Your Life: Body, Mind & Spirit teleseminar, you can listen or download it for FREE until this Monday, May 17th. Just click here to register.
Today I let my tears flow as freely as the morning rain. Perhaps there is some sadness in these tears, but they are mostly tears of letting go.
Letting go of who I was, of expectation and of disappointment. Letting go of the illusions of helplessness and control simultaneously. Letting go of the questions that cannot be answered and the burdens that cannot be lightened.
It's a bittersweet letting go. It's painful and scary and ugly. And yet it's liberating and filled with a vulnerable beauty that can neither be described nor ignored for its rawness and its truth.
I don’t know what will be left of me when the tears all fall away to find the sea. Perhaps there will only be shell of a woman left behind...
A beautiful shell, less fragile than she might appear. An empty vessel waiting to be filled again with laughter and tears and the wisdom of both.
Lately I’ve had lots of people ask me, “How do I get rid of my ego when doing spiritual work.” And the honest answer is… You don’t!
I just want to take a minute to set the record straight here. Ego is not a bad thing. Ego is a part of you as vital and necessary as your liver. Within your ego is the seed of your individuality, your survival instinct and your personal drive and ambition.
That said, you’ve also gotta understand that the ego is limited within its function. Just as the liver can’t do the job of the heart, neither can the ego do the job of the spirit.
The bottom line is this… stop trying to force the ego out and instead let it do its job. Allow your ego to be moved by spirit to bring your personal and unique expression of divinity in the world. In other words, let the ego be in service to the spirit and not the other way around.
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Yesterday a familiar old feeling snuck up on me, seemingly from out of nowhere. It’s a feeling that I’ve come to know as “the Funk.”
Not to be confused with the Red Hot Chili Peppers bass guitar kinda funk; there’s nothing cool, outrageous or even remotely awesome about this funk. No, this is the kinda funk that’ll have you eating Chunky Monkey straight out of the Ben & Jerry’s container if you’re not careful.
It’s the kinda funk that used to really throw me off my game and have me questioning my life, my purpose and (in cases of extreme funk) my sanity. But lately, I’ve learned to just let these emotions of funkiness roll over me like a fog that’ll soon lift.
I’ve learned that not every day is full of bright sunshine, but that doesn’t mean the sun doesn’t exist. Eventually, the sun will break through to burn off the funkified fog that’s temporarily taken up residence in my brain. Until then, I just dim my lights a little bit, slow down the car, and keep on driving.
As a tarot reader and spiritual counselor, I've had many a woman open up and allow me the honor of witnessing her tears. From a single, silent tear rolling down a somber cheek, to a waterfall of emotional cleansing, I've seen it all. And far too often these tears have been accompanied by an apology.
Why, I wonder, do women feel we need to apologize for something as beautiful and as honest as our tears? Why do we feel shame when we purge ourselves of pent up emotions and allow the natural cleansing energy of our tears to wash over us?
Is it because we've been conditioned to believe that our tears make us vulnerable? Or are we fearful that we'll be judged as weak or emotional if we allow our tears to be shed in front of others, and so we shamefully hide them away?
Well let me just set the record straight by saying that although your tears may be a sign of compassion, empathy, frustration, sadness, pain or even anger… they are NOT a sign of weakness.
In fact, the tears of a woman (or any human being for that matter!) are a cleansing, healing force in the world and should never be a seen as a source of shame.
The Norse Goddess Freya knew this secret, and so did her followers. In fact, Freya’s tears were so honored by her people that they were said to turn to gold before making their way to the sea. Now these folks knew the value of a woman's tears.
And believe me when I tell you that your tears are no less sacred than those of the ancient Goddess. Your tears are made of the same powerful stuff that the oceans are made of ~ the oceans that cover 2/3 of the Earth, whose depths hold some of the planet’s greatest secrets, and whose waters provide life for countless sea creatures.
So let your golden tears flow freely to the ocean, just as Freya did. Because a true Goddess knows the depths of her own emotions, recognizes the transformational power of expressing them, and never needs to apologize for her tears!
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We always hear folks, especially busy, dynamic women, talk about the importance of balance... “I need to find some balance,” or “I’m so out of balance,” or “I don’t know how to balance all of this.”
But what exactly does it mean to be balanced?
I sometimes think of myself as that clown at the circus who’s got a bunch of plates precariously perched on spinning sticks trying to keep them all perfectly balanced so they don’t come crashing down around me. But in this scenario, although the plates may be balanced, the clown (me) is frazzled and, frankly, completely unable to relax because to stop for even a minute would mean disaster.
So I’ve had to rethink what the term balance means to me. Now I like to think of myself as the graceful tightrope walker who occasionally throws a few aerial tricks into the show just for fun and a little adventure. And despite the fact that the world around me is, well… a 3-ring circus, I’m focused, balanced and above the fray.
In this sense, balance isn’t something that’s achieved or accomplished because balance is a work in progress. Once minute you’re up there without a worry and the next moment you’re teetering a bit as you make your way from one end of the rope to the other. After all, the tightrope wouldn’t be any fun if you just stood in one spot trying not to fall.
And when you really think about it, what’s the worst thing that can happen? You actually DO fall. So what? This is when it pays to have a good safety net beneath you. For me, that safety net comes in the form of my loving Diva Sisters who are always willing to catch me when I fall and help me get back on my feet to claim my rightful place as an aerial ballerina above clowns, the crowds and the chaos.
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This is a true story...
So this weekend I spoke at an all girl event surrounded by radiant women. The energy was fabulous! We danced, we talked and we played together. It was a true gathering of Goddesses!
And then, at the end of the night as I was walking off the stage, one of the male staff members approached me. And this is what he said (and I am NOT kidding):
"Oh wow, you women are so powerful. I mean, I'm just in awe of you. I really wish that there were no men here at all so you could just take your shirts off and dance together like that with your breasts out. There's just so much power in women's breasts, you know?"
Really? I mean it... Really?
Okay men, I know this may come as a bit of a shock to some of you, but contrary to your ridiculous fantasies we do not (at least as a general rule) strip off our shirts and dance around naked, have topless pillow fights, or make out with each other just because we're bored.
And, for this you should be grateful... Because if we did, we'd have little need for you. Silly boys.
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