Do you stay silent so that others can stay comfortable?
Women have been intentionally silenced for a very long time. The impact of this is deep and wide. We have adapted by second-guessing our deepest wisdom. We have adapted over this long time period in many ways. But I will mention a few here and then encourage you to...
The Power of Language
One of the themes of my book is finding my voice. Here’s the interesting thing—as I wrote the book (which covered an eight-year span)–I wasn’t consciously thinking about this as a theme. I was simply writing. I was following the language of the book. I was listening...
10 Characteristics of Stillness
The first Practice Portal in the Find Your Voice Program is slowing down. The reason for this is that we live on two planes. We live on the horizontal plane and the vertical plane. The horizontal plane is our daily life, made up of form, such as schedules, bank...
15 Tips for Finding Your Voice
It was October 1995 that I saw my first client. She came to my home office in Massachusetts. My teacher and therapist at the time referred her to me. I had protested on the phone that I wasn’t ready. However, my teacher said that I was, so I leaned into her certainty....
Finding Your Voice in Relationship
When women decide to sign up for the Find Your Voice Mentorship Program, it's a big commitment --- a commitment of time, money, resources and Spirit--the spirit to literally transform who you are Being and the willingness to trust that you can! Many times,...
God is the dancer, you are the dance.
I'm just back in the office after leading the Iowa City Find Your Voice Retreat. It was a wonderful weekend with a fabulous group of women! Most of the feedback is not in yet, but one person did say this: "I experienced an appropriate, well-facilitated crumbling of...
Becoming Visible to Ourselves
One of the Practice Portals of the Find Your Voice Process is called “Getting Visible.” This article is about some of the many reasons being visible is an issue and offers some inquiry questions to open up your own wisdom on the subject. Recently a client of mine had...
Do you shrink to fit into places you’ve outgrown?
I was speaking to a client last weekend about resistance and change. She wants to start her own business and she was sharing with me that she’s not enjoying her job anymore. She feels like she shrinks herself to fit into her present job. When you have a houseplant,...
Have you lost your sense of wonder?
Flying home to Iowa after leading a personal transformation program, I witnessed something that inspired me to write this article. My plane had landed in Detroit, taxied to the gate, and stopped. Passengers were still seated, waiting for the door to open and for...
