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Love Blossoming: A Past Life and My Twin Soul

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I almost didn't go. I dragged my heels cleaning off my desk. I had no printed materials about the training, had put no money down, and probably wouldn't know a soul there. My friend Cynthia invited me to attend the four-day Synergy Leadership Seminar at the Christine Center in Wisconsin. We could hang out together and learn some new skills. Our full schedules made it hard to find time to connect. I was hustling work as a freelance storyteller, single parenting, and maintaining a house. She … [Read more...]

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Birthing Joy Amidst Loss and Grief

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At this time of transformation and ascension, loss and grief come to us all. They are inevitable. They are part of the cycle of life. Ignoring or stuffing our grief can have disastrous physical, emotional and spiritual repercussions. Yet, how do we deal with loss without losing ourselves in pain? How do we remain positive and hopeful when things come crashing down around our ears, when we face the deaths of people we love and lose things we care about? When we feel loss, our natural … [Read more...]

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Learning to manage verbal conflicts

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"Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can break my heart." - Robert Fulghum Raising children holistically means that we believe that all experience is education for the soul. We coach instead of censure. We focus on the lesson learned rather than the mistake made. We shape rather than shame behavior. I am a grandmother who proudly sees her children doing these things as parents. Earth is a planet of duality. So people will hold opposing viewpoints that often lead to verbal … [Read more...]

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Caring for Yourself by Doing More Great Work

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My days were consumed by a seemingly endless flow of busywork. I never found time to write my novel. I felt frustrated, less joyful and tired. In quiet reflection, I realized that I was so busy doing good work that I had no time left to do my great work. In quiet reflection, I decided to take better care of myself so that I could do work that makes my heart sing. I credit Michael Bungay Stanier, author of Do More Great Work and Get Unstuck & Get Going, for helping me create the following … [Read more...]

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The Power of Storytelling to Heal Yourself

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We all tell ourselves stories - positive and negative, conscious and subconscious. Our stories may be a single episode, a relationship, a season, a year, or our entire tenure on this planet. Stories impose meaning on the chaos; they organize and give context to our sensory experiences, which otherwise might seem like a fairly colorless sequence of facts. Facts are meaningless until you create a story around them. For example, you lose your wallet. But the meaning or significance you give to the … [Read more...]

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The Power behind “The Secret” is Surrender

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When I saw the popular movie The Secret, I felt a strong sense of deja vu. Long long ago in Lemurian and Atlantean times, this philosophy was popular. You simply had to focus on what you want, believe in it with all your heart, and voila, you manifested your heart's desire. It led those cultures into deep catastrophic trouble. And it can lead us down the wrong path today. For it is the power of love, rather than the love of power, that brings us happiness.I believe that we each hold a spark of … [Read more...]

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The Challenge of Community

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I belong to Lake Harriet Spiritual Community. We used to be called Lake Harriet Community Church. Several years ago, we voted to change our name from church to community. Church just didn not seem to fit with our mission statement which is to honor all spiritual traditions.The foundation of a community is respect for individual differences and unconditional love. Because our culture doesn not give us good role models to follow for community, we are pioneers and trailblazers.Being trailblazers … [Read more...]

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Rebirthing My Personal Vibration through Depression

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Have you ever gotten hopelessly lost while driving home? It's much too dark and scary to stop to ask for directions. You know you are terribly lost. You realize that you are driving around in circles, getting nowhere. Yet, for the life of you, you can't remember the way home. That's how depression is for me.Depression has been a gigantic force in my life and soul evolution. Some depressions can be a few hours, days or weeks of feeling "blue." My depression has been months of seemingly … [Read more...]

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