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Life Coaching Challenge

Isn't it a curious thing how often we give ourselves to something we don't like? We talk and think about ideas and beliefs that we don't even LIKE and certainly don't want to be true? This can even be applied to "facts", those events or phenomena that we consider to be "just the way things are".

Terrible twos...

Horrible economy...

War in the Middle East...

PMS...

Just because something is common doesn't mean it is normal or healthy or the choice we need to make. We can make a change for the better in this very breath. The so-called facts of the world are far more malleable and fluid than we may realize. In an instant, we can begin giving ourselves to what we WANT and the world around us will follow accordingly.

Our Life Coaching Challenge is to go one week giving ourselves ONLY to what we WANT to be true. We live the life we want from the inside out. In our imagination, we are always free to live the richest most fulfilling life we can imagine, to be the version of ourselves that we most love, regardless of the outer "facts".

Try this for one week. If you notice yourself dwelling on something that you don't want, in your mind or in conversation...smile to yourself tenderly, let go of any tightness or resistance, and start again.

What we give our attention to, grows. Always.

 

 

Eating Boogers

 

Mom, you don't need to bring any snacks

on our walk today because

I will just eat my boogers

when I get hungry.

Sascha, age 3 1/2

Oh the amazing things that children say...sometimes funny, often shockingly honest, enough to wake us from our immersion in the dream of adult-ness.  It is so clear that they come from somewhere else, that they haven't had their feet planted in this physical realm for all that long, and that they have much to remind us of. 

coconut sugar

We have a five pound bag of coconut sugar sitting in our kitchen and it makes me happy just to look at it. Here's the lowdown on this nutrient-dense sweetener:

Coconut sugar is the crystal form of the sap which has been tapped from the coconut flower blossom. The sap flows into bamboo containers and then it is gently heated in woks to evaporate the water. Because of the minimal processing, the taste and texture can vary from batch to batch and even between packages. It tastes sweet with a hint of caramel.

Coconut sugar is classified as a low glycemic food ensuring no spikes in blood sugar. It can be substituted 1:1 for other sugars and used in pretty much anything. We've been using it for tea parties, muffins, pancakes, and cakes (made with coconut flour).It is a rich source of potassium, magniseum, zinc and iron and contains vitamin B1, B2, B3 and B6. It contains 16 amino acids and is highest in Glutamine (useful in healing injury and illness) and also contains Inositol (beneficial effects on nervous system and development of healthy cells).

Unlike many other sweeteners, coconut sugar is a traditional food and may be helping small farmers as well.

Enjoy!

Friendly

Do you trust that the Universe is friendly towards you? Then why not relax, breathe a deep sigh of gratitude for what you already have, and then allow more of what you want to come to you on its own.

We don't need to work so hard to make anything happen.

Allow me to serve you

I'm excited, ready, here. Elliott started school in January and in the blink of an eye, the flow of my days, not to mention my identity, shifted. Funny how tied up we get in thinking we actually are the circumstances of our lives.  I've watched myself feel and react in all kinds of ways...clinging, wanting, detesting, fearing, embracing, delighting, and even enjoying this big change.

The thing is, he loves it. How can I not love his love? In spite of at least one week where I was pretty much pulling out every enticing bribe I could think of to get him to return to homeschooling, we are all finding our groove with this.

And you know what? I'm discovering some damn awesome things. Saschy, being who she is, wants her own school and so a few days a week she is going to a friend's waldorf-inspired playgroup/preschool leaving me with me.

Whoa.

When space happens, how interesting it is to see what comes flooding in, sprouting seeds which lay dormant through those years of babes in arms. Which brings me back to this...

I'm excited, ready, here.

My passionate love of being with people deeply, guiding personal transformation, listening with all my heart and soul to another's energy, blocks, and joys, now has space to flourish. Life Coaching.

Allow me to serve you.

Much love has gone into these offerings. I do hope you will join me for some or more of what you see below. Email me or simply leave comments if you have any questions or want more information. You will know what's right for you. I bow to your biggest self and invite all of who you are to show up everywhere, always.

Individual Life Coaching by Phone

$90/session

Sessions are 45 minutes. Bring whatever is going on for you to the call. Problems or situations you want some solution for, struggles you are having, or simply the desire for greater well-being and deeper aliveness. Career, relationships, health, wealth, meaning, and everything else is up for exploration. It may only take one session to experience the shift you desire.

Monthly Individual Life Coaching

$300/month

Here's a little financial break for you if you know that you want regular sessions. Sign up month by month and receive 4 sessions (one/week) with me.

Once you've paid, we will email to schedule.

Individual Life Coaching by Email

$50/email

Once you've paid for the session, I will email you a set of questions which will focus our communication and enable you to get the most out of your session. You will receive a detailed personal response that you can refer back to over time, allowing you to continue to receive benefits.

Group Life Coaching by Phone

$25/session

First Monday of every month from 10:00am to 11:00am MST, beginning March 5th

These sessions will focus on whatever shows up. There is synergy and magic when a group comes together: we glean important nudges in our own lives when we are listening to others and give this gift when they are listening to us. Bring yourself as you are and walk away more awake to what matters to you, ready to take action in your own life (which sometimes means less action).

Magical Mothering by Phone

$125 for eight week session

Wednesdays 11am-12pm MST, March 21-May 8

Let's explore the curriculum of Magical Mothering together by phone, with connection and support that will feel alive with present-moment-ness. This class is about befriending ourselves, for our own sake and for the sake of our children. Self-friendship is the rich soil from which our best life blooms. Its importance cannot be underestimated, its presence is all too rare. When you become your own best friend, your life changes, effortlessly. Come and be with me on this...I continue to grow from this work.

YES!

An inspired eight week teleclass.

$175

Mondays 11:30-12:30 MST, April 9-May 28

What do you say YES to? Is it what you truly want? Is it in your best interest, really? Is it to your deepest, truest longings you give the big nod? Is it what you were put on this Earth for? What would happen if you only said YES to those things which are absolutely YES, and not to the maybe's, or the no's? When you let every obstacle to your absolute YES choices melt away, what shows up? What happens to your thoughts, feelings, body, life circumstances?

We are each a unique physical manifestation of Life expressing itself. The body-sense of YES is our compass, our true indicator of who we are meant to be. YES is our guide, more than shoulds and supposed to's. In this course, we will learn what YES sounds like, feels like, looks like for each of us. We will start by saying YES to beauty, ease, movement, connection, fun, poise, truth, and kindness. From there, you will have the tools to live a YES life, one that is open to what shows up and aware of your own creative authority in shaping your every experience.

awful

I have been thinking about this word: awful. There are times in our lives which we may refer to as such. I don't know about you, but for me, these times have been important. Awful...or.....awe-full?  Full of awe.

Awesome is only some awe.

Awful is full awe.

Hmmm. This is not random.

Then I found this....(or, more truthfully, this found me)...

How should we be able to forget those ancient myths

about dragons

that at the last moment turn into princesses;

perhaps all the dragons of our lives

are princesses who are only wanting to see us once

beautiful and brave.

rilke