There is usually a struggle before a breakthrough. The breakthrough is usually connected to the thing that we don’t want to feel, face, or fear. The one thing we bury with thoughts or activities like eating, tv, sex, relationships, or ____(name addiction). I like what Native Americans refer to as the “sacred wound.” It’s like we come into this life with something to work through in our lives. They call it sacred because it somehow brings you back to your true self when you can revisit this and face it. Then we can heal. The wound can make its appearance through a shock like a breakup, a loss, an illness, an abandonment. It is a disruption to the calm that we constructed to maintain equilibrium.
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Write It Down!
I read Henriette Klauser’s book again, Write It Down, Make It Happen, a wonderful blend of personal stories and tools. Each chapter has easy tips you can practice in a short time. Here is an old favorite that I worked with again: When you write down something you want to manifest in your life, write down why you want that. What is the outcome of that outcome? And what is the outcome of that outcome? Use the words, “because of that…” I tried this with a car. I have a good car, but it’s getting old, and when I drive long distances it is uncomfortable. Here’s what happened the first time. “I want a comfortable stylish car. and because of that, my back will be
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Listening with All the Senses
When I was an actor, I learned to how to listen. It was full body listening with all five senses. Using all the senses makes you fully present and able to react in a spontaneous powerful way. The audience believes the actors. They sense the actors are not lying to them. Something feels real. Listening in this way leads to authentic performance. In turn, this helped me learn to listen to people in life, in the classroom, in business and relationships. Sending a Different Message Now, I can hear when someone is saying one thing but sending a different message. If someone says they are “fine” but are angry, depressed, my senses are tuning into the true emotional or mental response from them. They are
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Blocks and Solutions to Manifestation
Even when we know the laws of the universe and manifestation, it doesn’t always seem to work. Why? In my experience, there are blocks. The heart can be blocked and The mind can be blocked because it is distracted, wired for worry, or the subconscious has a different agenda. These two blocks are interrelated. A blocked heart can shut down the pathways from mind to heart. How the Heart Fuels the Brain There are four pathways which communicate from the heart to the mind. If those pathways are blocked in some way, the mind will not function as well. We can see this is true from the work and research of the HeartMath Institute. So, this blocked heart traps the “fuel” for the dream. Mind
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5 Ways to Free Your Voice in Writing
I write and I work with students to help them write. It’s always exciting to begin to hear their voice as they write. Here are some quick tips to help with that. 1. Check out The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. She recommends to write non-stop in the morning for about 15 minutes or 3 pages. By page 2 or 3, I always found that thoughts and voice revealed themselves. If you like this, go through the self paced Artists’ Way Program. I have loved it each time and completed it twice. Each time, I get more confident with my writing voice. 2. Read diverse works. It just helps to get a sense of many people’s writing. I was in an online writing group for
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