Archive for August, 2009

10 Ways to Meet Your Intentions with Intention

Monday, August 17th, 2009

We’re heading into the dog days of summer (at least here in the northern hemisphere) and that can feel like a time of slow progress, if any. But it’s actually a great time to check in with ourselves on the intentions we set back in the spring for our inner work and personal growth as well as those relationships, jobs etc. that we wanted to bring to life.

According to nature’s cycle, we’re at the half time. So stand up, stretch and clear your head!

Here we are, heading toward the bend to the end of summer; where many of our creations are in full bloom. We may even be harvesting the rewards of our efforts! But for some of those intentions we made, it’s only natural to hit a few snags on the way.

That’s why this time of year is a great time to step back and take a good long look at where we are and where we want to be. We still have time to re-set our GPS, recalculate our route, get support and of course celebrate our successes with a nice cool lemonade!

10 ways to get on track with what you want to create for yourself this year:

1.    Be your own cheering section

Now’s the time to acknowledge what you’ve accomplished in the past 6 months or so. And, I’m not just talking about those things you’ve accomplished in the “outer world.” But look to see how have you grown or changed personally. What have you learned about yourself? Acknowledge the milestones, and don’t discount the baby steps you’ve made toward those things you wanted for yourself.

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Discernment: Deciding What is Yours and Not Yours In Times of Change

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

It’s certainly not news by any means that we have been experiencing change on many levels over the past few years. It’s easy to feel bombarded with information and energy that seems to be coming at us from all sides. It’s also easy to loose site of what is real for each of us individually when at a group level there is fear, confusion and resistance to the many changes around us.

I’ve noticed over the last few weeks what feels like a surge of this group energy. The thing that I’ve most noticed is just how easy it has been for me to empathically pick up everything that is going on around me. Mostly what I am taking in is fear and confusion. And there is a lot of it to go around these days.

I feel a bit like my antenna is receiving signals from far and wide, and I have to really attend to filtering out energy that is not mine. I’ve had to stop and ask myself if what I’m feeling is coming from within, or just a reaction to something I’m noticing around me.

And in talking with people, I seem to not be alone in this awareness.

I wonder just how much of what people are experiencing are the emotions and energy that is lifting off of mass consciousness as we move through the changes in our own spiritual evolution. (more…)