Claim Your Heart’s Desires
It is inevitable that each of us has a longing to live more fully. We are alive. We grow. We expand and our Spirit urges us onward and upward. The question is: Are you listening? Or do you suppress these desires for growth and expansion by ignoring them or listening...
A list of fear about standing behind your Voice
When women participate in the Find Your Voice programs, inevitably the question arises: “What’s the hardest thing for you when it comes to standing behind your voice?” Here’s a partial list of answers I've heard lately: I have trouble finding my words Anxiety...
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...
