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Alphabet Guidance

This morning, I noticed one of my gremlins present. A haze of depression was trying to get me to believe that all was not well, something was very wrong, and I’d better figure it out and correct it!

And I chose not to go there.

Instead, I took a deep breath, embraced the message that one of my inner saboteur voices was active, and said, “Hello Depression. I hear you and I know that your message is not my deepest truth.”

Then, I proceeded to play a word game which I share with you now. From D for depression, I proceeded to find other truths:

D for Dancing
E for Energy
F for Flexibility and Friendship
G for Godliness

I worked my way up to O for my Open Mind and Heart and realized that my inner being had shifted and Depression was no longer in control.

What would Alphabet Guidance show you?

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Act Natural

Summer officially ends in a few days but Fall activities have likely picked up. Perhaps you’ve begun to feel harried, overly busy, behind the eight ball. Perhaps the gift of summer, the freedom, joy, play, lightness, ease, spaciousness, are already a thing of the past.

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So I wonder, before any more time passes,

How might a summertime mindset support you now?

Click on the collage for more questions to spark ideas!

 

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Peeling Back the Layers

The sky is a solid grey, the rain is falling, and if I didn’t know better, I would believe the sun did not rise today. Of course the sun doesn’t rise at all! It simply IS. Yet sometimes, when clouds block the view completely, we forget.

If you are experiencing a grey day, try this visioning experiment. Lie down and close your eyes. Take in a few deep cleansing breaths. Then, gently imagine staring up at the sky and peeling back the layers of clouds currently blocking the view.

What do you see?
What is ever-present behind the clouds?
What focus clears the view?

 

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Daydreaming …

“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities.
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” Gloria Steinem

When was the last time you practiced a little daydreaming? Maybe you lost this precious activity along with other childish things. Maybe you replaced it with negative projections and awfulizing about the future. How is that working for you? Today, I am challenging you to put “Daydream” on your to-do list! If you need some inspiration, check out:

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and the questions behind it.

What possibilities live in your dreams?

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Be Thoughtless …

What? Be thoughtless? This, from Jeanne whose writing is ever inviting you into deeper thought and thinking about life in different ways?

Yes. Today the message is:

Be thoughtless … and, therefore, mindful

Mindful. No, I didn’t say “mind full”. I said, mindful. Present. Aware. Engaged with this now moment. Engaged from body, emotion, spirit so as to let the the actual experience you are in have an impact and truly be registered in your being. Be with what is … rather than with what you think is, assume will be, or prejudged it to be. Be with what is … rather than what your mind is conjuring up as a response.

Rather than ask you questions today, I have a challenge for you. Today, pick someone (or more than one!) you encounter and invite them into the practice of thoughtless conversation. After “hello” and before you continue to talk, explain this notion of thoughtless, therefore mindful and see if they are willing to be there with you. Note: If they aren’t, you can still be there! But find another person before the day is out, okay?

Then, come back here and post your experience of thoughtless. What will we discover?