This week had one of my favorite days of the month in it - the full moon gathering with a group of amazing soul-filled folks that I am blessed to now be a part of. It is an amazing group of people in my local area that come together each month to simply BE. We do some musing on the significance of the current full moon, spend extended time practicing zen meditation, share with the group about our experience, and then pig out with a potluck. Amid our harried lives it is a soul-filled way to connect inside ourselves, with each other, and be still. Did I say how blessed I was to do this every month?

Well, this past Wednesday we combined a walking meditation with our usual sitting meditation. For many of us it was our first time doing a walking meditation. We used a short path at a local park which weaves into the woods and eventually extends out to a large lake. So, on a beautiful spring night we weren’t the only people at the park. This is where the story of magic comes in.

Before I get to the magic, I just want to share a little about the fact that we are always influencing those around us. Whether we like it or not, how we are BE-ing influences everyone and everything around us. Not to mention it is the sole determining factor about what kind of experience we have as we go through our days. Have you ever been in a calm, chilled out mood in the morning and then gotten to work only to be whipped into a frenzy of panic and chaos by the first co-worker or client you encounter? If so, you know the power that person had on influencing you.

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If you missed my free teleclass on April 24th, you won’t want to miss this one.

Wow — it was a great hour filled with amazing wisdom from the participants. More than one person said “Wow!, I never thought of it this way before…” and “That’s something I can take back and try right away!”.

I also share the 3 secrets on how YOU can get more comfortable in your own skin. You can’t find these gems anywhere else.

Read on to learn more and to register….

• Are you tired of feeling like you need to compromise who you are in order to get what you want?
• Do you let fear, lack of self-confidence, or a long list of excuses stop you from doing - being - or - having what you really want?
• Do you sometimes feel like you don’t fit in or wish you could feel more comfortable in your own skin?

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Do you know how some people are always ready to take the opportunity to take a dig at someone? Those little seemingly innocuous comments made in an attempt to lighten the mood or loosen up? In reality it neither lightens nor loosens anyone’s mood unless you are someone who enjoys a good laugh at someone else’s expense (and that’s a different conversation). I should know since I used to be a queen at passive aggressive comments and offhanded sarcasm directed at others.

Yesterday I spent the day at one of those big corporate shin digs where all the top brass does a big “rah-rah” dance complete with smoke and mirrors. While I know many of these folks mean well, sometimes their approach leaves a lot to be desired. In an attempt to keep the event light and personal, several top executives spent their introductions taking digs at one another. I suppose acting like you don’t care about how comments may come across to people in the audience or even deeply within the person you are lightheartedly digging is supposed to somehow make everyone feel like a big happy family. Now I’m all for being authentic and real. In fact it is a cornerstone of how I live my life and the approach I take to my work as a coach. Somehow my gut tells me that my discomfort at listening to this couldn’t possibly have been limited just to me.

That led me to the question of - why do we have to be so mean (even subtly) to each other? Is the only way to forge a connection in the corporate environment to poke fun at other people? Wouldn’t it be more powerful and unifying to share a moving, personal story rather than take cheap shots at one another? Read the rest of this entry »