Living On Purpose
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Quick Announcement: I am sharing an offering called Internal Polarity Dialogue! This offer is for women who have a people-pleasing or self-sacrificing pattern. Through conversations with your inner masculine and feminine parts, you can move from feeling frustration or sadness around this pattern to feeling more resourced and empowered to honor and prioritize your wants and needs. Learn more by watching this video and apply for a session by filling out this form. I have been giving more of my attention to myself and noticing where I am congruent and where I am incongruent. When I can be present with my incongruencies and accept that they are a part of my life right now, then I can start to move towards other possibilities. I told my friend Tasshin on a walk last month that I believe that every choice I make in life matters: every action, every word, every thought. I am not perfect with that but I have been better able to address some of the low-hanging fruit. I am past the nadir of my addiction to overeating and I believe the confession to you was helpful. Tell the truth and love myself. Writing it out helped me be present with it much more than I had previously, and now I am enjoying a healthier eating rhythm that includes a snack of four mandarin oranges, or fouranges. If I can stomach the possibility of people being displeased with me then I can stomach anything. It felt fraught at first to state a niche, to say that I have the requisite skills and experience to help you over here, but not you over there. I am not for everyone, it would be exhausting and overwhelming if I were. I walk instead of run as a compromise with the heat of Austin. I write my projects on my whiteboard and I cross them off. I share my pitch with my friends and they affirm what is good and they generously reveal my blindspots around the language I use, the visual aesthetic, the order of the information. Step by step by step by step I honor the call to service as best as I know how, trusting that it is all on purpose because I am living on purpose. I am relaxed because regardless of how things unfold, I am communicating what matters to me. I move with courage and intention. |
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During a Gamification Conversation, I helped a startup founder create a framework of rules, rewards, and accountability for the area of his work that gave him the most resistance. This framework made him visibly excited - he was glad to have a lighter perspective on the work that was so heavy to him that he frequently avoided it. Towards the end of our conversation he asked why I was doing this. What's important to me about this offering? I feel most fulfilled when I give something that...
I stand alone on the balcony overlooking the backyard, leaning against the railing, thinking of nothing in particular. The door creaks open. "It's tiiiiiiime," my friend tells me. I walk inside towards the room where a dozen people await my arrival. Murmurs and declarations of "yes" greet me as I breach the circle. I stand at the center and am rewarded with louder yeses. I move towards someone, then someone else. Silence. Back to the center. "Yes," affirms the chorus. Okay, here. I hold my...
Hello! In the throes of a lower mood I try to remember how much I have to be grateful for, how much I have in my life that is worth celebrating. Today's newsletter is me doing that! It's remarkable how simple and effective this practice is at shifting my mood from gloom to bloom. Here is my gratitude list: Receiving appreciation for The RAMP Mindset and the dots method on a video call. Running into some new connections at a friend's birthday party. Hearing Nine In The Afternoon on the radio...