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Expansive VS. Glamorous

Apr 202012
 

Post by Jessica Hadari

Here is a thought provoking conversation from the March 13 2012 FRESH AIR, interview with Terry Gross. Her guest, Viola Davis, was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in “The Help.”

I just love the distinction Viola Davis makes about being “expansive” vs “glamorous” – Just that one part of the interview inspired me to feel into where in my own life I can strive for expansive, instead of glamour. As if “expansive” bears more depth and breadth. I so feel that today, these times are a calling for women to deepen. I feel this for myself.

Also, I love that she talks honestly about the role of black women in entertainment, diversity, etc… Continue reading »

 April 20, 2012  Inspiration No Responses »

Free FEM Talks 12-Month-Pass Package – Giveaway!

Apr 172012
 

- Giveaway -

Three women winners will each win:

“12 Month Pass Package” to FEM Talks, 2nd Monday of each month, live in Berkeley (valued at $400)

If you have been wanting a pass for yourself or as a gift for a friend, now is the perfect time. The deadline for entering is April 30th. Click here to enter the giveaway now. Good luck ladies! This giveaway is in honor of our commitment to the “BLING it On! Womens Party + Cancer Center Fundraiser” – May 6th, Berkeley. 

The package includes: Continue reading »

 April 17, 2012  Inspiration No Responses »

Living the Game

Mar 292012
 

Author, Kerri Lake

Get your copy of Kerri’s ebook, Organic Reality! at www.kerrilake.com/anorganicreality.html and on Amazon/Kindle!

I am standing in the fine sand on the near bank of a broad, fat river that flows to my left, releasing into the ocean beneath a golden sunset. Lush tropical forest, pulsing with life adorns the land behind me and across the river. I am waiting.
An ancient crocodile appears to my right. He is as old as life, vibrant and enormous. I trust him completely. As e slides effortlessly into the water, our eyes meet, and he silently invites me to join him.

I step out onto the water beside him, my feet floating on the surface as we travel toward the far bank. We don’t speak. We don’t need to.

We both know our destination as if we’ve made this trip thousands of times before. Continue reading »

 March 29, 2012  Inspiration, Manifestation No Responses »

Once you’re on the freeway, you can’t back up

Mar 212012
 

Author, Kerri Lake

That’s a direct quote from this very nice sheriff who stopped to say hello to me while I was in a moment of total indecision. I had a flight scheduled to go to Hawaii, but there I was, in my car, driving toward the desert from California. I suddenly was overwhelmed with this amazing panic that if I don’t go to Hawaii, I’m totally missing out, I’m blowing it, my whole dance with the universe and all of my flow will be swallowed into the black hole named “The Wrong Decision”. So, what action did I take in this moment of panic? I pulled over at an off/on ramp and sat still a moment while my body buzzed with the indecision of my mind. After a couple of minutes of freaky-crazy judgmental thoughts, my mind convinced me that the next best move would be to put my car in reverse and back up on the shoulder of the on-ramp to get to a place where I could turn around.

Brilliant. Hysterical. Oh my god… Continue reading »

 March 21, 2012  Inspiration No Responses »

Five Stages to Escape from Overwork and Overwhelm

Mar 152012
 

Author: Julie Stiles, Health and Transformation Coach and Certified Health Counselor

I could be the poster child for workaholism. In my first job out of college—teaching American Government to high school seniors on Guam—I spent most of the day teaching, and nearly all my time outside of teaching on preparing for class or grading papers. I was a teacher 24/7. In probably the most telling workaholic move I made, I actually worked a second, part-time job taking pictures for dinner-cruise companies during my second year teaching, because somehow I thought that taking on more work would relieve me of being a workaholic! It did increase my income slightly, but people at my second job got used to seeing me grading tests or papers while I was waiting for the busses to arrive or the boats to return to dock.

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 March 15, 2012  Inspiration 2 Responses »

3 Steps to Turn Fear into Friction!

Mar 152012
 

Author: Jamie G. Dougherty, Body & Food Coach and Founder of JamieLiving.com

We’ve all been there.  Sweaty palms, butterflies in the stomach, repetitive thoughts that scream, “This is not cool!” and “I’m seriously uncomfortable here, people!” You know what I am talking about.  F-E-A-R!  And as a coach for emotionally evolved (or so we hope), just-get-it-done, business-savvy women, I know we don’t likeanyone to know we actually experience this dreaded emotion.   We are the hold it all together, muscle through and make everything OK type.  Fear is weakness and we never outwardly show weakness…ever.  (It’s also why we only cry in the shower or while running.  But that’s for another post.)   “It’s all good,” we say.  “Nothing to see here,” we proclaim, as our insides twist and turn to jelly.  And yet once we hop on the everlasting, circular slip’n slide that is fear, it feels impossible to gain traction and get off!  Believe me, I was once a major nervous Nelly, with a fear of my body, my food and yes, even my business.  And the worst part about fear is that when deep in the cycle, we often don’t recognize the power we have to change it.  Fear and inaction become our default, where spinning our wheels actually safer and more comfortable than breaking free and creating friction. Continue reading »

 March 15, 2012  Inspiration No Responses »

The application – Hospice – My Answers

Mar 032012
 

Author Jessica Hadari

I have been meaning to share the answers that came through me, when I first applied to take part in the Zen Hospice Project in SF. The application itself was quite a journey. I treasure what the application stirred up in me.

I chose to not include the “questions themselves” – each paragraph below, though is an individual answer to the in-depth and provocative questions that are on the Zen Hospice application. Enjoy!

My son, upon his terminal diagnosis at birth was given a prognosis of only a few hours to live. We were told he would not survive the night. Though he did survive and is now almost 10, in the month that I spent with him in the NICU I had such strange and even wonderful experiences; celebrating his life, though it might end at any time. Rejoicing with other families as they took healthy children home and grieving with those who lost their babies. I cannot possibly know what it might have been like were I to have lost him. I do know acutely what it felt like to anticipate his death…and strangely enough to have had the felt experience of total acceptance in the wisdom of the universe, were he to die. Continue reading »

 March 3, 2012  Inspiration 2 Responses »

The skin – Hospice – “to carry within us an orchard”

Feb 292012
 

Author, Jessica Hadari

I am called to write a quickie about each hospice resident living at the Guest House right now. How each gifted me today

Thank you, thank you, thank you … my creative juice for writing has returned. I was getting worried. Thank you to Beth Barany, the Feb 2012 FEM Talks speaker for getting me flowing again.

Also, I just have to say; I resent having to change the names of the guests at the hospice house. Waaa! I wish I could use their real first names. It creates confusion in me for some reason…but I  understand and I will get over it.

“Jo” – The first thing I heard when I came into the house today, was a conversation in the kitchen, as the volunteer chef heard that the delicious breakfast had been thoroughly consumed by him. He had come to the house labeled “failure to thrive” and was not eating well, speaking and interacting … settling in.

How interesting it is to know and witness people, even at the end of their lives, flourish and blossom open here in this Guest House, like some kind of temple or place of healing. People heal into their deaths here. Continue reading »

 February 29, 2012  Inspiration, Real living 1 Response »

Get started writing and publishing your book, your legacy

Feb 222012
 

Author Jessica Hadari – Bath Barany

Creativity Coach & Publishing Maven, Beth Barany has been helping authors get their books written and edited, published and marketed into the hands of their readers for over 10 years. Beth is the author of The Writer’s Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book, and the bestseller Overcome Writer’s Block, and runs an active online community for authors www.BethBarany.com

Here is just a slice of what I took away from Beth Barany’s presentation at the February 2012 FEM Talks (very much paraphrased and sprinkled with my own thoughts) Enjoy!

Your book project will require you get really honest and present to four main areas:

Passion – If you are going to commit to and finish your book project it really must be written about something you are passionate about. Writing a book solely as a marketing strategy or in a “should” paradigm may not only be dissatisfying or frustrating but may not be the success you want it to be because it is not a true reflection of your deepest gifts and passions. The audience will feel that. What are you passionate about? That seems like such a cliche question…but worthy of your attention. Continue reading »

 February 22, 2012  "How To...", Inspiration No Responses »

The Resolution Revolution – Live 2012 as if it were your last…even if it’s not!

Jan 302012
 

Author, Amy Ahlers

It’s 2012…the year that has been touted as the end of the world. The end of the Mayan calendar. The apocalypse. Between hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and wars it can be easy to buy into the doom and gloom. (Insert ominous music here.)

Whether you believe in the predictions or not, one thing is certain: if you want to live your best year ever, live it as if it were your last risking, growing and stretching beyond your wildest dreams is required. And you’re going to have your Inner Critic to contend with. You got to go GREEN on your inner pollution.

You see, your Inner Critic’s job is to keep you safe, maintain the status quo and feed you Big Fat Lies to pollute your mind and keep you sleep walking. Why wait for the wake-up call, a near death experience or the world to end to break free? Let’s live today as if there is no tomorrow…and create 2012 a resolution revolution. Continue reading »

 January 30, 2012  "How To...", Inspiration, Manifestation, Real living No Responses »
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