____________ Why are we not taught this in kindergarten? This is absolutely essential in the 'guidebook' of how to successfully be a human. ____________ Step 1. Become self-aware. Notice how you are feeling. Does it feel good? Does it serve you? Does it inspire you? Does it support your mental, emotional and physical health? If you are already feeling good - great! You may wish to improve it. If Continue Reading
How to Use the ‘Map of Emotions’
As you practice recognizing the emotions in you - just like a musician practices musical scales and an artist practices mixing paint - you can begin to use this awareness in an empowering, life-changing way. You are no longer at the whim of whatever emotion arises in you. You can determine what you feel, and when. Why is this so valuable? Because what we are feeling emotionally is a direct reflection of what we are thinking. And Continue Reading
The ‘Map of Emotions’ – #7 – Anger
Anger is among the most misunderstood and misconstrued energies in the human emotional spectrum. Anger is the 'rocket fuel' which propels us out of the lower, downward spiraling emotions (which, like opening a drain in a sink, act to suck us down). It is the power that blasts us up - into the realms of our true, glorious and benevolent nature. As we begin to recognize the '3 Purposes of Anger' and explore practicing the '3 Ways to Express Continue Reading
Identifying ‘3 Ground Rules for Moving Anger’ in Your Life – Part 2
Notice How You Feel! By the way … how do you feel when you allow anger energy to move? Next time you spontaneously - or through intention - allow anger energy to move, notice how you feel. Does it liberate you? Do you feel ten years younger? Do you feel lighter, like an enormous weight has suddenly disappeared? Do you smile more often? Do you laugh? What life have you uncovered that was hidden beneath your crusty old Continue Reading
Cultivating Courage – The Practice – Part 3
Last evening I joyously found myself in the opening pages of Marianne Williamson’s A Return to Love. Marianne affirms that ‘nervous breakdowns’ are gifts allowing what is not working to no longer endure. I often call this ‘cracking the egg’ – something no longer allows the ‘same old’ responses. In short, they are revealed (what a relief) to not actually work. What this requires – what this invites of us – is courage and faith that there is a Continue Reading
Cultivating Courage – The Practice – Part 2
So what are some ideas – that I’ve tried and can guarantee work – that might start you on your way of ‘cultivating courage’? Here are a few that I’ve chosen in my first week … Leaving clothes unfolded in my pack sack when I knew they’d be going straight into laundry when I got home from my camping trip. (I’m typically a very neat person.) Repeating the same the next day – this time with the Continue Reading
Tools of a Master Creator
Gather your tools. Use the practices in this book. And those in other books, DVDs, and CDs that you find yourself drawn to. Explore tools that others in your expanding circle of friends share with you. Try them on. See if they work! And if they seem to not work, do an honest inner inquiry. Is there a grain of doubt that is obscuring your trust or your desire? Continue Reading