A Blessing For the New Year

              As we draw the curtain on 2011, I give gratitude to you, the readers of these posts.  I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to practice consistency in this new vehicle of self expression.  Without you, there would be no motivation or accountability — key to my creativity.  For those of you who have offered comments either here or privately, your words bless...

Let it Flow, Let it Flow, Let it Flow

Recently I accepted an assignment from my mentor.  She suggested that for a month I give up striving, driving, initiating, or instigating; all the active, dynamic energies that are my natural first impulse and without which I don’t always trust that I’ll get what I want. The invitation was to explore living in receptivity, the state of allowing – a dance with the magnetic energies.  In other words: stop...

My Year in Review

As a self-employed entrepreneur, I get to plan my own year end traditions.  This includes everything from a holiday party to performance review. The beauty of being self-employed is that I have a choice in what I want to pay attention to. This can also apply to retired people, those between engagements or those who don’t have to work. Here are the elements of my year-end review. Reflection       The typical...

Lifting Up

My friend Mindy recently quit a secure corporate gig to follow her dream.  She holds a high personal value on beauty and creating more of it in everything she does. She also has a great love of community. Mindy’s unique expression of heart, passion and savvy business skills have come together in the form of a yarn shop. At the Grand Opening celebration something she said struck me deeply. In researching for the...