Let what you don’t need fall away. Seek nature.
The craziest things happens when you listen to yourself. It can take you to unexpected destinations.
A week or so ago I saw the draft of the cover for my new book Dark Legacies. It says Paranormal Romance on the cover. That’s when I realized, “Wtf I am writing a romance?!”
It didn’t occur to me before now. Of course I knew it had elements of romance, I read some books on writing in the genre before reading. I thought about how to have interesting romantic situations between the characters as they get to know each other and overcome some obstacles. But I was more focused on the main plot of witches and dangerous secrets being uncovered.
It was a slight surprise because it isn’t something I thought myself capable of until now. It’s possible to learn new things and create something you never thought you could do before.
I actually had the idea that inspired this series during a guided meditation. The image I got from my imagination felt powerful enough to inspire a whole series of five books, because it told me so much about the world the character lives in and what she desired beyond that. It got me fired up.
The core message of my series is to listen to yourself. I have written a lot of nonfiction about this journey to do this, to uncover who you really are and unlearn what others have taught you when it doesn’t fit so you can hear yourself better. This time it is woven into a fiction piece.
I think we as writers or creators can make a difference in many ways. That is what my new course Creative Impact is about: helping people figure out what to do next in a way that fits them.
We do not all have to do the same thing in order to have an impact. In fact because creativity is so vast, you have many choices on what you can do to be of purpose in the world.
Even writing romance novels…
And who knows, as you step forward on your creative path, there are endless roads you can find yourself cruising along.
When was the last time something you made surprised you?
Every time that we choose generosity, compassion, and being of service, we set in motion a chain of events that catapults us into a series of lessons and growth spurts comprising the first path of initiation.
The first step on this path is the desire to be of service.
The second step is the decision to be of service.
The third step is personal devotion and commitment to making the world a better place for everyone.
When we move toward being of service, any self-obsession or feeling of being a victim will shift, and we can achieve a more balanced perspective in life.
When we see how others are often in far worse situations than our own, and when we see how we can help, we view our personal problems from a totally new perspective.
The world may not change, but our perception of it and how we experience it will be radically altered.”
Quote from: Dancing the Dream: the seven sacred paths of human transformation, by Jamie Sams.
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Are you ready to be of service? Access the deep peace and clarity that comes from listening to a deeper source for guidance. <3
I am looking for 6-7 people to be apart of the first round of my Creative Impact course which will help you find clarity of direction and purpose!
When you know how to connect to your deeper purpose, you will know what to do next to be of service. Then you can start doing what you were put on the planet to do. <3
It feels so good.
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If you want to be of service and be more creative as a writer, creator or sensitive soul–drop an emoji in the comments and I will tell you more about the low price group I am forming.
Lately I feel really drawn to working on my writing more than anything else. Things have been feeling different for me since I went to Japan. I used to be primarily focused on growing my business.
I adore helping people so when my business clients from the past come to me, I am happy to help them. But for months I haven’t been promoting many of my services as I have done in the past.
To be honest I have had some experiences which feel heavy. Years of them. Running a business can be difficult to say the least. Over the last 8 or 9 years I have gotten tired chasing something and in some ways it just doesn’t ever get caught.
Each thing I add on in terms of projects has an opportunity cost and I have been cautious about taking that on. Some times I will not be a good fit emotionally for a project but then it is already underway and I am obligated to deliver. That is the hardest.
My own writing seems essential and in the past it got squeezed out. I thought that was the “smart” business thing to do and focus on generating income, although I always fit a bit for me in.
The answer to my struggle, I realized isn’t to implement things more or listen to more business advice or push harder. The answer is to listen to myself and the spirit of what I am called to create.
This has always been my philosophy, but I am experimenting with applying it at a new level of depth.
Soon I plan to share some new ways of working with me, new ways I can be of service to you. Some are things I have been doing behind the scenes for years.
I’m going to listen to what my heart wants me to share and consider it like this space online is my little altar. I’m not filling it up with stuff just because, I am following a calling.
When I look back, these posts are like a journal of my experiences. Its always been a goal to help others but lately I have had to deconstruct it.
What I am actually serving is bigger than a client, bigger than a business. It’s a profound, ineffable source that is bigger than me, wiser than me. This is what gets me through hard times, now and always.
I’m inviting it into this space online to lead my words and lead my steps. Thank you.
You are here to make a unique contribution and there are infinite possibilities as to how you can do it.
This is for you if you feel like you are in a box and your choices seem limited:
Option A. be inauthentic to yourself or
Option B. feel bad about yourself. You aren’t doing enough. You aren’t productive, talented, nice enough, blah blah blah.
Stop. Erase that.
There are many possibilities: more than two options.
We cannot even predict half of the things that have happened in 2020 let alone your entire life.
So if anything seems impossible right now when it comes to what YOU are capable of, think twice.
You have got possibilities. You can make your mark any number of ways.
So let that sink in and let your inspiration flow easier.
I’m building a new course on how to find clarity on your unique contribution, especially if you are the sensitive or creative type that wants change the world, but doesn’t like fighting.
I’ve helped hundreds of people find an innate sense of clarity and purpose on what the hell to do next. They’ve used that clarity to create a stir across social media channels, write books, start businesses, write blogs, sell paintings, and breakthrough on musical instruments.
If you want to shine bigger as an inspirational leader, and get the clarity you need to make faster progress on whatever you’re on the planet to do right now, shoot me an emoji or a private message! I’ll let you know more about the course.
Wishing health and peace on everyone on the planet, including the US president.
I may not like how he behaves or support his agenda, but he is still a person. And COVID is a pretty terrible way to go, and a terrible thing to recover from even if you survive it. Many people have awful symptoms afterwards. It is not an easy road.
Hoping our nation as a whole is able to turn the ship on this virus soon. And wishing positive things in your experience, a way of personally or creatively expanding that is a win win for all. xoxo
I have been in a battle with myself my whole life. Publishing my book “Freedom Year: How Trying to be a Dominatrix (and Failing) Changed my Life” in August was a strike that changed the whole playing field.
It was me standing up for myself–as I am. I am loveable, I am worthy and I don’t need to be perfect. I don’t need to scrub my past clean of taboo or traumas or sex or the times when I was so lost I didn’t know which way was up.
But that doesn’t mean it was easy to press publish and it doesn’t mean my struggles ended. In fact publishing it was so intense for me that I knew I was immediately contracting and avoiding visibility online the day after. This feeling has gone on over the past 2 months since.
I’m aware of the parts of me that want to hide. I do not regret publishing, or taking a step back from marketing to go inwards, but I have been waiting for my vulnerability and fragileness to temper out.
It’s taking a while with everything going on so I’ve been making other changes to my life to support me. One thing is hiring someone to help me for example updating my blog and email newsletter which have fallen by the way side since early August as I went into this contraction. Feeling more supported is giving me some oomph for this post.
My old wounds are things that I never asked for. I work on my shit but accept I don’t need to wait to be perfectly healed to help others or show up because living fully means reopening my wounds. It just happens.
I cannot control needing to contract, or needing to have time to settle into a whole new way of being. I’m not only an author now, but a recovering perfectionist. It’s incredibly vulnerable. I edited my book for 8 years and I still want to keep fixing it every time I pick it up even though I know it needs to be left alone.
But what’s really cool is I don’t need to be perfect. I don’t have anything to proove. I wrote and published to celebrate ME. So I am not doing anything that doesn’t feel like me and what I need right now.
I am gentle with myself and that is okay. This is my process and it doesnt have to look like anyone else’s.
A lot of people pick themselves up and keep going. Why not you?
Carl Jung spent time thinking about how to prevent another world war. He analyzed what happened in WWII and he saw that it could happen again.
What did he recommend? When a single person seems tiny compared to masses of people? How do you as an individual make a difference?
Face your shadows: your judgements, your anger, your sadness, your power, your weakness–whatever you have repressed or denied.
He said that is how we avert another war, to face the wars inside of ourselves.
Let’s start with where you judge yourself. Lately I am looking at the judgements holding back my deepest, powerful, giddy, happy inner child self. She is in my shadow and she is powerful, but she gets blocked from helping me shine because a judgemental part of me holds her back to protect her.
For me negotiating between these two parts of me is very powerful and it has ripple effects that will change the world. Because as I integrate my shadow, I become more powerful and I can do the things I need to do to create broader change.
Where are you in judgement?
How can you create a dialogue between the two parts at war and find more peace or integration?
