Time to Come Out - Meditators!

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TIME TO COME OUT Confess. You're a meditator. I went to the Wisdom 2.0 conference and I was blown out of the water by Arianna Huffington. Her opening line was, "Business people all over the world are coming out. Not as being gay, that's so yesterday, but as being meditators."  LOL! But it's true isn't it?  People who never talked about spirituality are bringing up the idea of past lives, or amazing spiritual experiences they are having.  This conference was about spirituality in business. Google, FB, Twitter, Medium are starting meditation groups in their high tech start-ups, beginning meetings by taking a moment to become present. I love this, because, why not? Why not start everything with a moment of inner calm?  Open an inner ear to guidance and reflection? In all of the news that HuffPost offers, did you know that the religion, GPS4Soul and the Third Metric columns have the highest reader ratio?  It just happened in January.  We toppled over into soul awareness. Please join me in celebrating, no matter your faith. #awesome. #wearewakingupandtalkingaboutit This past week I saw so many cool speakers and one of them I have to give a big shout out about.   His name is Kevin Carroll and his company is Katalyst.  His story will break your heart and then heal it up again and inspire you to stay motivated into your greatness.  Follow him, find him, hire him - Nike did for 7 years and he is on his own now speaking around the world. His message is about the power of play. "You can find out more about a person in 1 hour of play than in a year of conversation."  How true it is. BIg shout out to all of the people from the TCI Learning Lab  program who I drew for this past weekend - all of you are so committed to innovation. Thank you so much for changing the face of education at the community college level. You're amazing. Tomorrow I will be illustrating for the Disrupt Education think tank at Pepperdine, so stay tuned to see what they are up to. Orchestrated by none other than Frank Fitzpatrick - check him out. Shameless Promotion in the Braggatorium: Read this awesome blog post and win a free copy of Drawing Solutions - by Monica Bourgeau from LifeOhm.com She's a really great blogger, btw, who falls into our category of awakening soul messages. PORTLANDIA Club Inc!  For those of you women who enjoy networking, I am giving a short talk over lunch this Thursday, March 6th. If you need a tune up, why not get one over lunch? That's a cheap and lively consultation plus you get to meet awesome Portland women. Inner Guidance:  Your Divine Birthright There's an amazing woman coming to Portland (and she may be coming to your town as well).  Anne Archer Butcher and she wrote an excellent book called "Inner Guidance: Our Divine Birthright."  She'll be speaking at the conference Travel the Road to Spiritual Freedomat the Unity Church on March 7th. I am the opener, so I'd love it if you came to see Anne and I both!  Anne will share some of her profound stories with inner guidance. Me, I'm talking about…what else, love ;-) Not to be missed!  One final thing - a question really... isn't Jimmy Fallon awesome on the Tonight Show? Hashtag LOVE HIM! #changingtheworldonesweetmomentatatime TEEN RESETTING SEEKING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL I need a few more classes in Portland to run Vision to Reality groups now that Open Meadows is closing (boo!) So if you have a line in to a great high school,please contact me. CREATIVE GENIUS U GET READY! We are coming out with some really fun things this year. Learning Videos. Box Kits. Creative Genius Tools you are going to love! Stay tuned! SHOUT OUT MINDY FELDBAUM & DEB BRAGG This team makes it happen. They are orchestrating the most incredible convenings with educators or influencers across the nation.  Big shout out to theCollaboratory and University of Illinois. Thank you!

Getting Some Detachment Recently we moved our house (and my office) to another city - Portlandia! While I knew it would be a good move, I found the toughest parts were leaving my neighbors, that (ahem) recently remodeled house, and the casual, but significant, day-to-day interactions I had with people in my hood. Since my work isn't locked to a place, and my PNW clients see Portland and Seattle as sister cities, (albeit one boasts more piercings ;-0), my moving 3 hours away wasn't an issue for them.  Many of my friends said things like, "We'll probably see you more, now that you'll need a place to stay when you are working here." (Correct!) Not an issue for them. While I consider myself a pretty good change agent, I found myself not hiring someone to clean the house at the end. Instead I chose to do it myself, and while doing it, went room to room to room...I just couldn't seem to ... let....go. While mopping the last inch of that shiny basement floor one more time, I thought, "Girl, you need to get some detachment! Unhook the train car and...LET GO! Stop looking back! Start looking where you are going!"  Suddenly, things got much easier and I found myself in a swirl of newness. WHAT'S great about moving? Moving forces you to reevaluate. STUFF.  You look at all the stuff you've acquired and ask yourself, "Now why do I still have that?!" PRIORITIES. You start thinking, what things do I want to live close to? How long of a commute do I want to have? What new things can I try? One of our dogs needs to run. So having a park nearby was very important. My new office is super close to parks.  But the surprise came when we were walking the dogs one night and discovered this trail 4 blocks from our new home on a street we'd never walked before.It leads to a sweet nature preserve, a bike trail, a creek. NICE. Detachment paves the way for new things to come into your life. If you look closely when change is occurring, you can see how seamlessly life steps in to make your transition smoother. PRETEND you are moving. ASK for new things you want to experience, then LET GO of some of your old habits (and stuff!). Step into each day as if you are entering a new house, a new partnership, a new city.  Then, watch with wonder as life rearranges the road and the scenery around you to match your new state of consciousness, as it did to hold and support our family in our Portlandish move. For these amazing gifts I am grateful.  And for your readership.  I thank you. NOW, please check out the cool people I have been meeting and what they are up to.  Some of them might have a surprise or an adventure for you!   MOTHER ROSE UNDERGROUND BOOKS Mother Rose was super helpful at TEDxSacramento. She promoted the heck out of my books and I thank her for it!  Check out herbookstore in Sacramento. THE LIFE COACH SCHOOL BROOKE CASTILLO & HER TEAM OMGosh! This was the most amazing group of coaches who convened outside of Sacramento for a 1/2 day Vision to Reality training in the Snapshot of the Big Pictureprocess.#supersmart #superinsightful PEOPLE FIRM VISION TO REALITY This team makes it happen. I was invited to do a vision to reality process with this fantastic consulting team. Deep, broad knowledge and experience. #lovethem#hirethem