Michelle Obama Agrees that Finding Your Voice is essential
As I put the finishing touches on the Find Your Voice retreat I'm leading in Oxford, I am so inspired to hear Michelle Obama speak out about the importance of 'our voices' during a recent event she spoke at in Boston. When important messages make it to...
read more7 Practices for Waking Up within Your Life
The title of my book is The Life That Woke Me Up Was My Own. If we turn that around to apply to your life, then the title is The Life That Wakes You Up Is Your Own. It’s true that our own life—your own life---is the source of your awakening. It’s not something...
read moreChoose to Grow with these Live Event opportunities
Fall is a time for inner growth. Ever since my ‘back to school’ days, September gets my juices flowing. Do you feel that nudge to go within as well? Choosing to grow is different than just growing. Everyone grows simply by being alive. But not everyone...
read moreHow to have more power with the voice of limitation
The voice of limitation creates the illusion of safety and security through maintaining the status quo. The voice of limitation is also called the ego, the wounded self, or the false self. Everyone has a voice of limitation. No one is exempt. It’s part of...
read moreThe first time I retreated it ended up lasting four years
The first time I retreated ended up lasting four years. In 1985, I moved into a Kripalu Yoga Ashram for three-month spiritual lifestyle training program and I stayed four years. I don't regret this one bit. Oh, I had that 'voice in my head' that said I was running...
read more19 Characteristics of Self Love
Since I began to work with clients in 1995, the core issue, no matter what result my client desired to achieve, has been a lack of self-love. Self-love is a paradox though. In the highest reality, we are Beings of Love. This is who we are in Essence. So if this is who...
read moreDoes your voice hide behind a perfectionist?
I had a very powerful dream a couple months ago---the kind of dream that keeps on giving! I was walking on my favorite part of the trail near the wetlands where all the red-winged blackbirds nest in the cattails. In the dream I look over to my right and a red-winged...
read morePlease don’t settle for an airbrushed voice
There is a world of difference between a voice that speaks from the neck up and one that arises from the depths of bodily knowing. Women who have primarily identified with the intellect may believe we have found our voices before we have found our depths. From...
read moreLet’s Talk About Hiding
The hiding I’m referring to is hiding from your Self. Hiding from your Light. Everyone has a calling in life. Many times, we hide from our calling because it seems impossible to achieve in this world. When you're hiding, you're safe because people can't see you...
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