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Jamie is an inspiration partner and lantern-holding guide for her fellow transformation leaders, change catalysts, and creative nonconformists who are exploring and navigating the "fierce edges of Life" and "Being (and Seeding) the Change" in these transformative times.
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February Mysteries: Candlemas and Bhrìghde’s Creative Well.
“There is mystery at the heart of what holds us together, expressed in shared symbols, stories and experiences.” ~ Brigidine Sisters We enter into the Mysteries of Imbolc, Candlemas, or Fèill Bhrìghde. As I’ve mentioned in previous musings, Imbolc-Candlemas has... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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The (Healed) Feminine – Medicine for Our Times
See how you respond, or react, to this quote, and then read on … it’s what this musing is about. “In fact, (Professor Miranda) Shaw learned that … women were to be worshipped, honored and revered as the bringers of... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Love, Belonging, Home, and Presence – John O’Donohue
There’s a Fiery Phoenix (and Phoenixing update) musing brewing — stay tuned. The recent and current ‘energy weather‘ is fiery, and as we know (yawn), that always amps up the Hissy Fit, Tantrum Yoga & Psychic Spew potential. On a... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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The Mind Can’t Recognize or Create …
“Mind can neither recognize nor create beauty. … Many people are so imprisoned in their minds that the beauty of nature does not really exist for them.” ~ Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now. Here’s a short musing from notes... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Oh Those NarciPaths – Shahida’s “20 Narci Tactics”
I’d usually just reblog this one, but the reblog format is funky. So I’m just going to say this: Shahida Arabi, via her Self-Care Haven blog, recently posted an excellent summary of 20 often-used Bully and NarciPath tactics. I shared... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Water Does Not Resist … and Other Water Wisdom
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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MuseWorthy Quotation: We Cannot Live in a …
“We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Energy Weather: Waves, Recalibrations, and NarciPath Management
I’m writing this on Day Two of our snow-infused Winter Wonderland here in New York, with at least two feet of fresh snow since the wee hours Tuesday. In case we were confused about it, Mother Nature has, once again,... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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QuoteWorthy: Real Spiritual Warriors
“Those who stand in the fires of uncertainty, despair and fear with presence, awareness and discernment are spiritual warriors. And in an age of digital distraction, emotional shaming and bypassing, we need all the spiritual warriors we can get.” ~... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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QuoteWorthy: Encouraging What We Love
“Railing against the past will not heal us. History has happened. It’s over and done with. All we can do is to change its course by encouraging what we love instead of destroying what we don’t. There is a beauty... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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“I’ve been on a soapbox for months now about the harm that our overheated talk is doing to us. Yes it mobilizes supporters—but by mobilizing them with hysterical accusations and pseudo-information, overheated talk has made it impossible for representatives to... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Restoring the Heart – a reblog from Janet Chui
The heartful, soulful quest. The heart’s yearning is its primary language. In her fresh musing, “Identity, Purpose and Destiny in Moana,” Janet Chui writes, “The Sacred Feminine is strong in this movie. The female relationships are strong, supportive, and incredibly... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Seeking the Changeless in Changing Times
“All times are changing times, but ours is one of massive, rapid moral and mental transformation. Archetypes turn into millstones, large simplicities get complicated, chaos becomes elegant, and what everybody knows is true turns out to be what some people... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Mystic Activists and Phoenixes Rising
It’s always something of a wonder to me the things that spiral back around to be seen, engaged, and expressed anew, fertilized by the richness of experience and ‘rigorous initiations’ between one arising and the next. Back in 2005, in... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Threshold Paths and the Wild Bees of Spirit
The ‘wild bees of spirit‘ have spiraled back around, so it’s timely to share anew this “Thresholds and the Wild Bees of Spirit” musing from the Sophia’s Children treasure vault. ‘Tis the season, too, in the Northern Hemisphere, with Spring... Continue Reading →
April 19, 2017
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Empath-Sensitives and M-Fields
This ‘empaths & energy fields‘ topic has been percolating for quite awhile, based on what I’ve noticed over recent years of experience, for better and for worse. More recently, I’ve revisited with a couple of different ‘works’ related to the... Continue Reading →
October 4, 2016
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MuseWorthy Quotations: Callings, Purpose and Meaning
“The life I am living is not the same as the life that wants to live in me … Trying to live someone else’s life, or to live by an abstract norm, will invariably fail … True self, when violated,... Continue Reading →
September 30, 2016
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nar·row-mind·ed. adjective. “A person with a limited outlook who is unwilling to consider alternative ideas, perspectives or thoughts. An example of narrow minded is a person who has a strong political position and who will not even listen to debates... Continue Reading →
September 30, 2016
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Today I begin anew. Over the last week or so, I found that message – Begin Anew – arising within and around me more than once. First it simply arose in my awareness. Begin anew. Then, as I was walking,... Continue Reading →
September 30, 2016
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Here! Present and Back in the Body.
The topic of this musing is very much linked to the reminder that resurfaced recently — that I shared in the most recent post, “Today I Begin Anew.” The topic on the table? Being present and in the body. We’re... Continue Reading →
September 30, 2016
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Are you feeling an growing pull towards harmony, beauty, and social artistry? Or are you noticing, or even mired in, their opposites — disharmony, conflict, relational dysfunction — which are seemingly over-abundant in the world right about now? I’ll use... Continue Reading →
September 30, 2016
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Museworthy Quote: An Imagination Cleanse
“Imaginal hygiene is the inner art of self-managing the imagination, to defend it from forces that compromise, pollute, colonize, shrink, and sterilize it, and to cultivate those that illuminate, expand, and nourish it.” ~ M. T. Xen, by way of... Continue Reading →
September 30, 2016
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The Return of the Healing Feminine
“I swear by Apollo The Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the Gods and Goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.” The... Continue Reading →
September 30, 2016
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Energy Weather: Live Wires, Mind Trips, Zap Zones + Mastery Practice
“The birds of negativity may flock around your head, but you don’t have to let them nest there.” Then again, Bird Whispering is an art that must be learned and practiced in the nesting season. Hint: It’s a nesting season.... Continue Reading →
September 9, 2016
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QuoteWorthy: Transformation Fatigue and Keeping Heart
For many horizon-edge walkers and vision-seeders, transformation agents, and similar culture-shifters, transformation fatigue and burnout are occupational hazards. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and to become fatigued or heavy hearted at what seems a daunting task in the face of... Continue Readi...
August 31, 2016
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Reclaiming Our Gifts and the Golden Thread of Destiny
“Our destiny is the golden thread that holds together the hearts of humanity and the heart of the world. We carry the heart of the world within our own heart, and through living our destiny we nourish the heart of... Continue Reading →
August 31, 2016
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“A thousand things went right today.” ~ Ilan Shamir, Storyteller & Artist Even slight shifts in wording and perception can make a huge difference. “A thousand things went right today” is from one of Ilan Shamir’s poems (find more on... Continue Reading →
August 31, 2016
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Effortless Creativity and Uncompetitive Purposefulness
It’s no secret now that we’re at a bit of a craggy crossroads, we humans? It seems that Life herself is more urgently stirring up the recollection, resurrection, and/or Phoenixing of whole areas of innate and indigenous-soul genius that were... Continue Reading →
August 15, 2016
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The Power of Inquiry: Loving the Questions Themselves
I’m always amazed at the seeming magic of replacing a period with a question mark. Know what I mean? If you’ve explored the power of inquiry — the art of asking the good questions — you’ve likely found, as I... Continue Reading →
August 15, 2016
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3 Museworthy Quotations: Invoking Humanity … and Courage
Here’s a trio of Museworthy quotations or excerpts from one eloquent and visionary leader, and two inspired writers of different generations, but all “born into interesting times.” Two were born in the mid to late 1920s, and the third was... Continue Reading →
August 15, 2016
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Greetings All! The updated Berrett-Koehler web site and author's pages look wonderful. Congratulations (I know first-hand that it's a lot more behind the scenes work to make it seem so effortless!).
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