Wednesday Wisdom
Beginnings and Endings
Beginnings and Endings Happy 2017! Today as the winds gusted up to 45 mph here in St. Louis, the temps shifted, the clouds lifted and sun and springlike weather showed up this afternoon. Brought on by winds of change. Do you feel it? The palpable shifting of our society, our energy, our truth-telling, our growing…
Read MoreUp Over and Down Under
Up Over and Down Under, Beginnings, Endings & Using Both Sides of Our Brain… This trip has been full of paradoxes, juxtapositions and opposites and opportunities for looking at mirror images… First off, flying out of the Midwest as the sun was setting on December 20th and into the sunset for hours…the longest sunset on…
Read MoreReleasing 2016 Ritual
It’s the Wednesday before New Year’s. This is Deborah LeeAnn and since I’m traveling abroad and not able to login to my typical site, I am doing this on my phone. We’ll see how good the quality is on the balcony here if it gets loud. But I wanted to just say happy New Year,…
Read MoreTime for Bravery
It is never too late for Bravery says Margaret Wheatley. To stand, To speak up, To not let the overwhelm take hold. I’ve been laying low, cancelling events, filling my days with lots of introspection AND lots of diversions and distractions. There’s something being called forward within me, within the collective, and I’ve been pretending…
Read MoreCreating Space for Authenticity
Space. A block of time? A bit of quiet? An open shelf or drawer, an empty plate. How do you fill it? It’s been said, “Nature abhors a vacuum”…and many of us do too. Notice how uncomfortable it is when the conversation dies down or the movie score goes silent? Even the space between my…
Read MoreAuthentic Surrender
It’s been coming. And I’ve been fighting it. First the stoic, “I can handle it.” Then, affirmations of “I can do this!” “You are stronger than the obstacles!” “Keep moving!” Until finally, letting go. Letting God. Letting it all out. The Grief. Anguish. Acceptance of Failure. Acknowledgement of Where. I. Am. Lost enough to see…
Read MoreAuthentic Collaboration
We women can be our own worst enemies. What is it about women competing with each other? (even when we know better?) Do you ever feel diminished by another’s success? Or feel a contraction when you see someone else doing the same thing (or a bit similar even or especially superior) to your business or…
Read MoreAuthentic Messaging :: Dropping the Shield
Drop my Shield? It’s taken all my life to build it and perfect it and refine it to fit me perfectly. Protection, as an unconscious behavior, is unfortunately, a necessary one at times. We women don’t feel safe. Most of the time. When we do, our truest, most Authentic Self comes out to play. You…
Read MoreAuthenticity = No Hiding
I’ve been hiding. Even with being online, recording a podcast, and doing live interviews with exceptional women leaders. And, it used to serve me but not so much anymore. You see, Hiding is not only being a wallflower (or a lurker) or making safe statements so your voice gets lost in the “noise,” it’s not…
Read MoreSavoring Beauty in all it’s Forms
We love Beauty. We are inundated by media’s definition of Beauty. We turn to what’s familiar and cultur’s idea of Beauty …versus seeking out the bizarre, different, odd, or strange. We are trained early to see beauty, especially in women, as being small, young, sweet, sexy and similar. Similar? Yes, to what we know, what…
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