Svaha: the time between seeing lightning and hearing the thunder
I will be eternally grateful for your great gift of taking in to the fullest extent what it is that I have to offer, living it, and then reflecting it back in terms of the potential experience of others. You have given words to a process that defies words. And you’re constantly in a position to help me continue to hone that, deeper and deeper and more and more resonantly, who I am and what I offer, which is truly invaluable. — Jon Hansen, The Remembering Room, Richmond, Illinois
What you’ve sent me is so darn perfect it hurts! It’s a sheer pleasure to work with someone who writes as beautifully as you do — and in “my” voice. — Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D, smARTist® Telesummit, Millers Falls, Massachusetts
You have a real gift for words. You’re really, really good at it. — Sherry Essig, Priority Ventures Group, Raleigh, North Carolina
You’ve built such integrity of message in your company. I know that’s because it springs forth intrinsically, but you stay so focused at your core! I can’t think of a better way to phrase that laser-beam focus you have. It’s funny, because in someone else, laser-beam focus would be intense, but somehow you manage to make it much more kind and easy. — Jessica Albon, Thrive Your Tribe, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
I’ve never worked with anybody in the way that I’ve worked with you in terms of trusting in your abilities to the level that I have. — Catherine Hajnal PhD, Eight Branches Consulting, Vancouver, Canada ... facilitating and nurturing joyful living
You have an uncanny ability to see through what is being said and surface all the “unsaid” issues. Then you quickly give candid feedback and have a tremendous toolbox to help me move forward through your expert guidance of the right tool.
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You bring both a spiritual perspective and some real-world hard-headedness. — Janet Bailey, Mindful Time Management, San Francisco, California
Brava! I wish I could draw a picture of me — you’d see me in a deep bow to you!
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I am a geek.
About everything. Whether it’s food and cooking, gardening, working with clients, computers, spirituality, writing, cats, knitting/spinning/weaving, marketing, understanding people, business and management, teaching … I could go on; I’ll spare you.
A geek. Me. Yes.
And you know what? It’s fun. I don’t know why I thought it was something to overcome. I don’t [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2009 under Awareness.
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A few months ago, I exchanged comments with someone about a post I’d made here on this blog. During our comment-conversation, I said, in part, “My experience is that whenever my reaction to someone is that strong, it probably means there’s something in me, more than in them, that I’m reacting to. In other words, I know it’s not [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2009 under Awareness.
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I write this with the belief that some readers may find it weird or egotistical.
That is, of course, my insecurity talking.
And I’m writing it anyway (take that, insecurity!), because it’s something that deeply wants to be expressed. And because I’ve learned not to listen to the voices of insecurity and criticism. Most of the time, [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 2
In my head, I mean.
After several rather painful days facing tough questions about doing and productivity, what it means to do and how it defines who I am, and the ways in which I have consistently overdone and made myself frantic and exhausted and resentful … I stopped.
Which isn’t to say I’ve stopped doing anything. On the contrary, [...]
Posted: June 12th, 2009 under Awareness.
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You don’t want to admit it, but it’s true.
Life repeats high school.
The dramas, the cliques, the weird ways that relationships form and fall painfully apart … it’s just like high school. But no one wants to go there because (a) it seems really weird to be reliving high school when you’re decades past graduation, and (b) how awful would [...]
Posted: May 22nd, 2009 under Awareness.
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Over the past seven weeks, I’ve come face-to-face – rather painfully – with a tight schedule, deadlines, and responsibility.
If you’ve been reading my posts here, you already know that I’ve been helping friends at their RenFaire booth for the last six weekends; this coming weekend is the last of the season.
Squashing what normally happens over [...]
Posted: May 14th, 2009 under Awareness.
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That seems like a weird question, maybe, but it’s one I’ve been living with this week.
Five weeks into RenFaire (and I promise this isn’t going to be another post about Faire!), and I’ve succumbed to what one Faire friend calls Faire Fatigue. Compressing seven days into four and a half for weeks on end takes its toll, no matter how much [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 2
As I’ve said here already – it’s Renaissance Faire season. The time of year when I fling sanity to the winds and spend seven weekends in a row helping my friends at their booth at the Southern California RenFaire. (I’d include a link to their beautiful work – stained-glass ornaments and windows and the most [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 1
Tonight, I wrote to a friend: “This is a dumb question, but…”
I knew perfectly well that I was asking him to validate my instincts. I knew perfectly well that I knew the answer to the question I was asking. (In situations like this, the question always contains the answer.)
But I wanted validation. I wanted someone [...]
Posted: April 21st, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 7
At a networking event this evening, I ran into someone I’ve known and been harrassing (in a friendly and helpful sort of way) for several years now.
He’s a consummate networker, always shows up at all the best events, knows everyone, generous, involved in a ton of high-profile executive and entrepreneurial volunteer activity, stays incredibly busy.
For as long as I’ve [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 4
