Talk Radio - Sept '09
Candice was featured LIVE on the air on Wednesday,
September 30th. You can listen or download a podcast of
her segment here!
Team
Sizzle Podcast
- Live on September 30, 2009
Inspired Action
June/July 2009
Action
may not always bring happiness,
but there is no happiness without action.
-
Benjamin Disraeli
What should I do?
It's a common question. I come face-to-face with it
often - in sessions with clients, and in my own
personal life.
At the heart of the question is disempowerment. It begs
for a prescribed to-do list that will help to sooth the
feeling of disconnection. However, acting from such a
desperate space rarely feels good. Rather than
approaching the situation with immediate action, I find
it to be far more efficient to focus on clarifying
desires. When we do this, we address the feeling space
directly, and then let the to-do list emerge from the
space of inspiration.
Inspiration is alignment with the best of
you.
For the most part, I tend to follow my bliss where it
takes me - which means shedding old skin (ie. labels
and livelihoods) often. I have been told I am being
'impulsive' and 'unreasonable' more than once. If
following my impulsive whims makes me appear flighty
and without rational direction. So be it! The compass
that I follow is Happiness Itself...and it always
points toward my greater good. I can honestly say that
I get happier and happier as the years pass. There is
nothing more fulfilling to me that riding the waves of
inspiration. I do what I love; I love what I do. When
that statement no longer applies - and I have learned
this the hard way - it is time to make a change. And
when I do, I feel a surge of inspiration and
opportunity that defies description. In short, letting
go of what no longer serves me makes me available to
what does. Thus, in response to what should I do?, the
primary and immediate action that is required is to
stop doing that which I feel I am no longer a match
with.
Having said that, living an inspired existence is not a
lazy affair! On the contrary. It takes dynamism,
energy, and stamina to ride the waves of inspiration as
they come. Taking inspired action lends itself to a
life of courageous self-discovery. And while it may
mean taking a scary leap or two (or twenty-two!), the
payoff is bigger than any other. When you are feeding
life with what sends your heart soaring, it rewards you
with life force energy and opportunity beyond measure!
How does it feel?
How do you know what constitutes an inspired
action? Use the compass within to direct your
sails.
You see, at its best, action is fueled by inspiration
and passionate self-discovery. At its worst, action
holds us in stagnant defiance of who we are longing to
become. When you are reaching for something in your
life, action is futile without right alignment. Actions
that disallow your continual expansion create dis-ease
in your world. Simply put, they are inefficient,
energetic leaks that need addressing. You recognize
them for the strain and discomfort they bring about. On
the contrary, ease can be found through inspiration.
Sometimes it is found in pushing edges that propel you
forward. The sensation is one of freedom and
exhilaration (sometimes confused with fear). Yet, the
cliff-diving leaps of creation become easier over time
as you learn that what moves you to jump has the power
to send you soaring.
Look at your to-do list for the week. What do you see?
Responsibilities? Inspired Ideas? For most people,
responsibility takes the cake. Indeed, our daily
comings and goings are important. Many of your daily
tasks make you available to the peace of mind that
invites inspiration. Yet responsibilities become
liabilities when they keep us apart from ourselves.
Action is inefficient when it holds in fearful
stagnancy. The way of humanity (and all of life) is one
of continual expansion and transformation. Inspired
action means taking a risk...and moving towards what
moves you in the moment.
Therefore, consider taking less action...and
allow inspired actions to take you (further).
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Soul Light
April/May 2009
The
moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and
hesitate to tell the truth that is in us...the divine
floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
Elizabeth
Cady Stanton
As a coach, I am privy to the themes of human
experience. While the stories of our lives take on
different shapes and characters, certain sensations are
common. Feeling stuck - either energetically or
circumstantially - is a common sensation that we all
face at one time or another.
Upon closer examination, "I feel stuck" is describing a
sensation of powerlessness. To feel powerless is to
lose connection to the voice of your soul and the more
of you that is longing to become. As a life coach with
a soulular approach, my job is to poke around in the
dark to help realign you with the light source
beckoning to you from within - reflecting itself
through your life experience.
Neale Donald Walsch cleverly describes the SOUL as a
Singular Output of Universal Life. So let's imagine
your soul is a light source through which a larger
intelligence speaks to you. Your soul light shines on
the fluid landscape of your life in order to guide your
way. Like a compass, it directs you to move this way
and that in order to connect you with the larger Light
of Source. When you yield to the trajectory of your
soul, you feel the bliss of Source shining upon you.
You feel powerful as you move towards more of you as an
outpicturing of this Larger Light. Your soul is
unfolding you through your experiences, and its job is
to take you in the direction of more of you becoming.
Yet, when you turn from your loving soul light - often
towards the directional light of what you think others
might want of you - you feel lost and disconnected from
joy. The light seems to elude you. Why? Your soul has
shifted its energetic focus in the direction of who you
have become, and you are not following along. You are
stuck being who you once were. Your discomfort is your
soul calling out your name in the dark, inviting you to
turn towards your future. Thus, the feeling of being
lost (or stuck) is good news! It lets you know that you
have developed into the new you, and that now is a time
to shift your vantage point and direction.
Living authentically is an internal gauge that can only
be read from within. When you are in alignment with
your soul light - your values, passions, purpose, who
you are becoming - you know it by how good you feel.
Authenticity is an continuous dance of keeping your
vibration (way of being) level with the next evolution
of your soul's unfolding.
When your soul light turns you in an unpopular
direction; you must go in order to realign. Approval is
fluid and co-creative - others reflect how much you are
able to accept your right to become. They give your
will something to push against in order to develop
strength and confidence in who you are. Yet, this
discomfort too shall pass. In the end, living
authentically is never about rebellion - fighting
against what others think of you only strengthens your
fixation on them as your gauge. Nor is authentic
living about isolation - to live in alignment with who
you are does not require abandoning the desires of (and
your commitment to) those you love. On the contrary,
you are more present and true in every relationship
when you are confident, secure, and walking in the
world as who you really are. You no longer confuse the
way you feel with outside causes; nor do you expect
others to be as you are. You understand that YOU are
the first cause of your greatest joys and sorrows, not
those around you. Because your joy depends on you
alone, the people in your life approach you eagerly.
Your feeling good is up to you...they are off the hook!
This leaves you both present for authentic connection.
As a final thought: when you are feeling powerless, it
is important to note that your soul light only gets
stronger and stronger in your search for it. It is
there; always it is there calling out to you. In fact,
without this light from behind, you would not even be
able to see your shadow. Isn't that a grand design!
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