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
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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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I woke up in the wee hours this morning. Wide awake. So I spent what must have been a couple of hours or so in meditation before finally falling back asleep.
I’ve been coming across a lot of blog posts recently about meditation. Everything from Isabel Joely Black’s “Lessons in meditation from wearing eight-inch heels” to [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 6
There’s an old – and not very funny – joke about buying something frivolously unnecessary because it’s on sale. “Honey, look how much money I saved!” Yeah, right.
But what about when you buy something useful – but in far larger quantities than you can use, because it’s so much cheaper in bulk?
I threw out four [...]
Posted: March 4th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 6
This was originally a Newsletter post. To avoid sending duplicate material to readers of my blog who are also subscribers to my articles, I’ve moved all newsletters to the archive. This post was kept here to avoid deleting comments.
If you’re like a lot of people right now, you’re feeling at the mercy of many things that [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 4
A friend of mine has breast cancer.
Her spirit is indomitable, and she is tall, elegant, and beautiful with a scarf skillfully knotted around her head.
We had breakfast together last Saturday. She told me she was going to Disneyland the next day. With her sister. They’ve been at odds with each other for many years.
She paused, [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: none
What is vulnerability?
It seems that many people define it as a public expression of what they’re feeling, especially fear or insecurity.
I’m unconvinced. That may be true for some people, of course. But to me, that sort of running around emotionally naked seems a lot more like exhibitionism than vulnerability. To me, it smacks more of [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 10
I was going to write more about fear today, following up on Wednesday’s post.
But when I started writing, I realized that there’s something that wants to come first.
It’s something I learned a long, long time ago – so long ago that I can’t remember who I learned it from, so unfortunately I can’t give him or her [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: none
I was at a panel discussion on change this morning. It was sponsored by a local San Diego executive women’s group (Athena), and featured WD40 CEO Gary Ridge as the moderator.
I’ve heard great things about Ridge’s speaking talents, excellent common sense (so rare in today’s CEOs!), and sense of humor, so I was glad to [...]
Posted: February 11th, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 8
This was originally a Newsletter post. To avoid sending duplicate material to readers of my blog who are also subscribers to my articles, I’ve moved all newsletters to the archive. This post was kept here to avoid deleting comments.
A few years ago, I worked with a client who felt that his many unfinished projects were failures [...]
Posted: February 3rd, 2009 under Awareness.
Comments: 1
