Through the Eyes of a two year old

What an adventure our walk turned out to be.

It seemed like everything was "new" for Sara, and it probably was.

Who knew the ducks wouldn't be like the cute little yellow ones Sara knows from TV?

Who knew that the squirrels would run away from an excited two year old?

Who knew that encountering dogs along the way would be a scary thing?

Who knew the little girl would walk around singing at the top of her lungs through the forest!

What a joy it was.

And what is in store for Jessica & her Dad this afternoon? Ha, ha, ha I know but she is sitting here reading it so I won't say!

Who knew?

Spring has Sprung

the grass has ris... I can never remember the next part of the saying.

Today is a beautiful sunny day in Dartmouth, the skies are blue, the temperature is above zero, and my FAMILY is going out for a walk in the park.

Mike suggested the place for the outing, Sara of course loves to be outside, I am estatic my family is actually going to be doing something together, and Jessica doesn't want to come.

Breathe. I am frusterated beyond measure and I found words coming out of my mouth that very much the "command and control" way of parenting.

"You are coming whether you like it or not". I cringe as the words come out, yet at the same time I am longing for this family outing to happen.

So now I have a choice point. Allowing her to go back to her friends house as the rest of us go out as a family, if she chooses to. Or making her do what I want her to do.

Breathe, follow the impulse, and stand in what your body knows is the right thing.

I'll give her the choice.

In each moment we have the power of choice...

The power of coming home

For those who know me, you know how I find it important to me to stay connected with the women I have been on this journey with over the past year and a bit.

I find it refreshes and brings joy back into my life to have these bigger conversations with people. Not to bitch and complain. (like I did in my last post... so easy to slip into what we "knew" for so long). But to have real conversations about things that are meaningful to us.

Reconnecting with women who have felt within themselves the power of coming home.

These days I have also been blessed with attracting new people into my life. Women who are searching, women who are seeking, women who are through doing what they have been doing for the past 35-45 yrs of their lives.

They have come to seek me out. Perhaps seeing how I am moving through my world. Perhaps having read some of my articles or having seen my programs advertised. Asking if I would take some time to listen. Take the time to talk. Take the time for a new friendship.

And it never ceases to amaze me, the number of them who are game. Who are up for the "what else is out there for me"; the "I know there is more to it than this" in their lives.

And I've seen them. I've witness their sacred moments when they have claimed back their own power (no longer giving it to the boss, boyfriend, mother, father). I've seen them know within themselves... deep down in that place where spirit touches tissue, that they are worth more and capable of more. And then they step into it.

I'm thinking of a woman now who I have been coaching for almost 6 months now and she is simply blossoming... coming home.

And I'm not the only person who sees it... and it is simply fantastic. I have learnt so much about myself in witnessing her courage and strength coming forward.

Witnessing the power of someone coming home... this is where it's at. This is where I want to be, growing, evolving, decloaking, BEING... all the while witnessing that sacred in other women... welcome home.

No Content...

I find myself compelled to write tonight and I don't have the slightest clue what about yet, so as I often do, I will let my fingers do the talking.

I've been finding at times I am exhausted. I don't feel burnt out... just tired. It is almost as if I am trying to pack too much into my days, trying to be there for everyone who asks, and getting back into the dance of wanting to please.

I just started a new job, the people I am working with are fantastic yet I am feeling inside myself that I should be doing more for the group. I don't have the slightest clue what that "more" is yet because I haven't yet claimed my space in the group. This feeling of in am I enough for them still plagues me although I thought that was the old me... things still creep up. Oh how the old culturally conditioned / early childhood systems stick with you.

The good thing is I can now recognize these as habit or strategies I used in my past, and choose to move through my world differently.

At work it's Year End, so my co-workers at my old position are going crazy with the additional workload I used to take care of for them (year end was mostly my job). My replacement is a temp who has not mastered the financial systems, so I have offered to help see them through year end. Well time is ticking and I'm still waiting...

Each time I would go to show the temp how to do something (to assist them) I would get bombarded with requests and questions from the 3 project managers.
1. Overwhelming
2. Where is the respect when someone is working with someone else?
3. I have allotted my time for a specific purpose, I have a full time job and you need to respect that.

I asked my old boss the other day to talk with the other 2 project managers and make a list of the things they would like me to work on for them this year end (and also to make sure it is not something either they or the temp can do) and I would come in on the weekend to complete the tasks. To help ease their work load.

Tomorrow I go to meet with my old boss to go over his projects, I have allotted an hour of time and I also asked that he get that list and that I not be bombarded with the other stuff when I am meeting with him. I told him my work load in my current job and that I would appreciate it if we could keep on task.

This post is way too much like bitching and complaining... it is making me feel blah!

I'm going to start a new post right now on some of the more important things going on in my world right now!

Stay tuned...

The Dance...

Single Mothers / Single Mothers on Assistance this is where my attention has been going towards. This is an area in my life where I know I can make a difference and impact... on how many it's unimportant, so long as I reach one I am happy.

I find myself consider alot lately this whole parenting paradigm.

I find myself most times feeling like I still am a single mother, even though my children's father is back in our lives. I feel very much alone in this "adult" world of parenting.

Having to be responsible, taking care of the house, taking care of the kids, taking care of their health (mind, body and spirit). And then having to make up stories about this man I want my children to look up to. This man I want very much to be a partner in our relationship, after all he is also a parent of our two girls and thus begins the dance of deception.

Dancing is a metaphor for this game I play where I know the type of man I want my children to look up.

I want my girls to be able to see their father loves them, by his actions, not his words. I want them to know he is interested in them, in who they are and who they are becoming. I want them to know he considers them a priority and not a burden.

And I have found myself in the past doing things to cover for him, not because he asked me to but because I felt compelled to make it "alright" for my kids. Making up stories (that I wasn't even sure were true as actions speak louder than words) about how much he really does love them, how proud he is of them, how much they mean to him... and I know because children are brilliant and that they know how they feel... and these words I tell them are contradicting what their bodies and emotions are telling them.

And what I know now is that is crazy making stuff. Imagine, if you (as an adult) met someone who had no interest in what you were doing, what you were accomplishing, not even really willing to talk with you except to criticize or occasionally inquire about your day. And imagine, if you had a mutual friend who kept telling you, they really like you, they really are proud of your accomplishments, they are so interested in your life.

How would you feel?

Now imagine being a child and these people are your parents.

I'm sure there are a few of you who did experience this in your own childhood.

So how do I end this dance I find myself dancing? I have already spoken up and said I was no longer willing to settle for less... and yet I find myself sucking it back up for a bit. I have seen changes being made already.

I figure I will wait a bit then enter the conversation again. Are these changes happening because it is what I want or are they being made because this is something you have found within yourself that you would like to improve upon? And how long do I wait?

The song has changed but I am still dancing.

Words Flooding on to the page...

My friend Sarah and I met last night with an amazing woman Louise connected us with . This woman is one of the few in our world who has discovered her authentic self is where she wants to be (and she discovered this on her own).

Thinking, being, feeling, healing in ways that are deeply meaningful to yourself. KNOWING your own truth. Coming home to yourself. There is no way to explain it other than feeling "right" with yourself.

Trusting in that truth, your truth. And knowing that is where the power lies.

The next step… allowing yourself to surrender. Surrender to the full expression of your unique signal in this world. Letting your culturally conditioned beliefs about what you are "supposed" to be like (quiet, loyal, obedient, a good girl) fall away, and be still as you stand in the sacred of your own truth.

Recognizing that what others think of you isn't your business. Living your life for yourself, in ways that are meaningful for you.

Because your reality is not my reality. As my reality is not hers. We are individuals experiencing our own lives each in a unique way.

We are the creators of our reality. How we choose to act or react at any given time alters the direction we are going on our personal journey. How choose to look at the events in our lives (our outlook) impacts the direction of our futures. The attitude and energy we express in our world either attracts or repulses things in our lives… but ultimately it is our choice on how we proceed.

As Winston Churchill once said "You create your own universe as you go along".

One connection brought these thoughts flooding into my awareness. The words are not what I set out to write about, but here they appeared before me… it is what I needed to be said.

Tomorrow is a new day. A new adventure. What is in store? Who will I become? Who knows? There is always more.

Not there yet always there...

I just wanted to give a shout out to Anne, welcome home from your trip and I am very happy to see a new post from you.

Equally surprising was to see Ray's return with some words of wisdom and living in the "now". It was nice to see your words Ray!

So I think of how sometimes we begin to think we are going through life alone. Alone in our thoughts, alone in our troubles, alone in our successes, alone in our utmost joy... yet we are never alone... there is always someone there (whether we see them or not) on the same wave length connected to us in what we are moving through... yet not necessarily standing beside us.

Welcome back onto my holodeck Anne & Ray... Your words always have some resonance for me.

Awaiting April...

As a good friend of mine says (and I love it) I am "all jazzed up" about stepping into my workshops next month. I am excited about who I can touch and what I can invite them to consider. I am excited about what each person who shows up will in turn bring to me.

Things seem to be really moving full steam ahead with my workshop "Discovering Authentic Self and Consciously Parenting" and I can hardly wait for next month to arrive so I can begin this new chapter of my evolution, directly facilitating a program that will ultimately cause an awakening in others.

A co-worker signed up for my workshop today and it served as a big reminder to me how I was revealing my workshop to only a selected audience. It never even occurred to me that people in my work place may be interested or may know people who are interested. It never occurred to me that my friends and family may be interested or know someone who would be interested.

Not occurring to me... the one who is always speaking of living large and being out there "in all aspects of my life". Yet still found myself sectioning off parts of myself for this experience.

I am so happy this came into my consciousness now... before the workshop is completely filled up. So I can share and get a good cross section of people who are interested in taking back their own lives.

This looks very much like the future I envisioned for myself... working with others, inviting them to consider their own potential and how they can shape their worlds in a way that holds meaning for them.

Life is indeed good, I can't wait for tomorrow...

ONLY 36 more sleeps until my workshop begins! *grin*

International Women's Day

This afternoon I had the opportunity to step back into a room full of women who had just spent the day with each other for a Women Awakening program Louise created with a celebration of women, International Women's Day twist.

I came in for the final 2 hours of the day. I came into a room full of energy and bonding of women who knew each other, women who work with each other, and a whole lot of women who just met each other today.

I arrived for the book signing event. There were several authors of the Sekhemet Rising book project on hand to tell their stories, speak of their experiences and sign their chapters of the books.

And I had the opportunity to connect with some new women who can give me contacts for my workshop "Discovering Authentic Self and Consciously Parenting". For future programs... to create space that is free to the Single mother on social assistance ... or mother on social assistance, funding obtained by community programs for me to travel to their communities to provide this to them.

I came home from this event, and there is an e-mail from a journalist of a local paper, who saw my workshop poster and was curious to find out more about it. Who knows where this will go?

I am excited about what the upcoming months hold for me. One foot in front of the other... constantly moving forward... keeping time for me to breath, be still, and engage.

Life is good, tomorrow is another day.

Living BOLD

Finished recording a CD conversation today with Louise for the Women Awakening Series called "Single Moms: Struggles and Strengths" The CD will be a complement to my workshop Discovering Authentic Self & Consciously Parenting next month.

I can hardly remember what we actually talked about while doing the CD other than in broad terms it was my experiences as a Single Mother. It will be a surprise for me to hear the first cut when the editing process begins.

What keeps coming to mind in how much of a difference we can make in peoples lives by simply being ourselves, and standing alone, speaking up and being heard.

I understand this can be a scary thing for some people. What will other people think? Who am I to talk about what is meaningful to me? Who am I to be able to do that and feel good about it?

Who are you not to?

I enjoy living BOLD and unapologetic... I enjoy engaging in life respectful to my authentic self and not harming others. I enjoy living my life in a way that I find meaningful. I enjoy speaking my truth. And I can't imagine living a life that I do not engage in this way.

For me, the notion of not being bold and unapologetic means I lose myself. It means I make myself small again, it means that years of culturally conditioned self (you can't do that, say that, you are worthless, you are stupid) wins again. It means I go back to sleep.

For me, the notion of not engaging in life respectfully to my authentic self means I rob myself of joy, passion and meaning.

For me, the notion of not speaking my truth means I keep others small. Now I'm not talking about going out and preaching or dictating to others how I think they should live; but standing alone speaking what is true for me, not only writing articles, but having them published with the intention of awakening others, means so much to me. For me, to remain silent is equivalent to "shutting up".

I am living BOLD... and will continue to do so. It is my intention to continue to grow myself and to wake up others (who are restlessly sleeping) to the notion of the unlimited potential. To keep this intention being BOLD will serve me well. I can become a beacon for those restless women to see and hear, I become an invitation for them if they chose to awaken and engage.

Life is good. Tomorrow is a new day.

Global Theatre

One of the things that struck me last week during one of our conversations in Engaging was just how messed up our "culturally conditioned" selves are.

Taught to us from almost day one is not to cry, not to be upset when it's inconvenient for our parents, to "use our words" (even though we may not have grasped them yet), be nice, share, don't hit, give "so and so" a hug or kiss good bye (and when we don't we get scolded).

As we grow up, we are told to shut up, don't be stupid, be a good child, don't talk back, don't be unpleasant, say thank you, say you are sorry (when you really truly are not).

As teenagers trying to gain independence we are told we are being stupid, think before you speak, you are worthless, you will amount to nothing, if you keep that up you will see what you end up with, or I can't wait until you move out of this house.

All in the name of "love".

And then I look around at some of the people in this world...

• People who do things because they don't know how to say "No". They do things because they feel intimidated. They gossip, they talk about others to make them seem so much worse that they must look better in comparison. They do things and then resent others for "making" them do it. Or they do not do it and find an excuse as to why it hasn't gotten done. And they become sick, stressed and cynical; they are often out on leave or spend their days complaining to co-workers about their miserable work lives (busy being the victim).

• People who relish in the misery of others because it makes them feel "big". They find people to intimidate, make fun of, push around. They pass the buck, the paperwork, the responsibility, the blame. Although they appear to be in control of things and all the people around them they are often compensating for some inadequacy that is buried deep within themselves. They also find themselves getting sick, often have heart attacks or suffer from high blood pressure.

Many other types of people out there... people who are also sleep walking. Zombies not awake to themselves. Not will to stand up and take responsibilities for their own lives. Not willing to create their future.

And last week it struck me... All around us are millions of actors, and the world is a stage.

People pretending to like you, to enjoy this, to do that.

People PRETENDING to be happy with their lives... settling for less.

People talking about the weather or the ball game, never really taking the time to TALK to the people they pretend to care about.

Pretenders... acting like they are living a meaningful life... are they?

Are you?

What is stopping you?

Going big... and reeling it back in...

Over the past week I have really allowed myself to engage in the "what if's" of my life.

I have made some huge declarations and set things in motion. Loving it, Living it and moving forward.

Now it's Sunday.

Hmm, I start a new job tomorrow with the Finance Branch in my department. I am excited to work with the people who I will be working with. I am also mindful of how "Monday" will be serving me in the now.

This is a weird feeling for me... I'm not feeling excited about starting this new job today. I'm kind of feeling... empty.

And what comes to mind is how big I allowed myself to plan things out last week. How fantastic my workshop is going to be in April and how many other programs I can get into place in the immediate future, to work with and ignite women, single mothers, and single mothers on assistance.

I am very mindful of what holds PASSION for me in my life... do what you love and love what you do. Those who are successful in life are following their passion, and all of the other cliches.

Today I'm feeling a little empty. I'm feeling a little bit of "it's in all about the details" which is hard to wrap your head around when you have been engaging in the Bigger Picture things in this world.

And I know that getting up and starting this new job tomorrow will be interesting and enjoyable... and it's not what I am passionate about, but it serves me for the NOW.

So as I contemplate tomorrow, I may as well start doing my taxes while I'm in a detail and empty mood.

:o)

Finance... taxes... if anyone knew me as a child and watched me do math they wouldn't be surprised that as a 31 yr old woman I have been known to still count on my fingers...

Bah, thank god there is always tomorrow... and there is always more.

Can no longer not know... what I know

Engaging... what a week.

The things I discovered about myself this week have forever changed who I am. I can never forget the things that moved through me.

I made some big decisions on just how I will be leading my life from now on. Just how I will engage with my world.

And it is huge... much like who I know I am.

I am no longer settling for less than I deserve in any aspect of my life.

I am no longer going to wait for my ideal future (the one I envision) to happen TO ME. I have already begun to take steps for my future... to create and manifest a life that is meaningful to me.

My home life is evolving, finally. Funny how I found it easy to decloak and be myself at work and with friends, but not at home with my family (the people who I love most in this world). So this week I chose to decloak, to reveal the massive presence I have become in the world, and invite Mike to continue the ride. I made clear what I wanted... and that I was no longer willing to settle for less than. I want to be seen for all I have done and all I am creating, in ALL aspects of my life.

And because I chose to decloak and engage, it will no longer be the same... and this is fantastic.

My passion... my passion for working with women and awakening others to their potential and their lives. I am taking steps to making this a larger part of my world... of my future. I have some upcoming meetings this week to discuss outside funding for future Workshops. So perhaps I can give them directly to Single Mothers on social assistance, so they too can come to discover that their are brilliant and full of potential as well.

I have gain great clarity on how my life will be and I have begun engaging to manifest my future towards that goal.

I can no longer not know... what I have come to know this past week.

Life is good, and tomorrow is another day.

Anticipating the Unknown

Tonight I sit here exhausted.

It has been a intense week with the women who have chosen to step into the Engaging process.

I have gained such clarity on many aspects of my life and in particular in the direction I am going.

After lunch today I went over to my work and took care of some loose ends that I knew I had to do. I withdrew myself from a competitive process for a higher paying job.

I have become very clear that I need to be passionate about what I do... money doesn't create happiness for me so why continue pretending that I would be happier at that other job.

I am clear that my future lies where my passion is, and in the meantime why expend my energy on competitions for a series of jobs I am not passionate about?

What I know.

What I know is the job I begin on Monday is one where I will be working with people who communicate and work as a real team.

What I know is that the people I will be working with already value the leadership skills I have discovered over the past year and are already recognizing ways that I can engage to the benefit of the group.

What I know is that this position I have will be a fantastic place for me to be at this stage in my life.

What I also "know" is that not many people decide to drop out of a competition that is at a higher level simply because they are clear they do not want to do that kind of work.

What I "know" is that other people are going to look at that and question why is she dropping out?

AND what I KNOW is that I am very clear that money does not equate happiness for me any longer.

The interesting thing is that right after I did all of this (i.e. withdrew from the competition) my throat started to feel funny (left side, thick) and I started to get hot (feverish).

I am curious how much of this is tied to what I know will be my mothers reaction to my decision, and I am also very aware how her model of the world (go for the job with the most money, financial security is of utmost importance, etc) is not my model of the world any more.

And what I know is that if I am getting curious about this, it holds resonance for me...

Big Week.

I have also had very tough conversations with someone I love very much this week. I have been clear to who I have become and what I need to move on and grow. And I am still anticipating the unknown with this one.

So I have been very clear... I want to be seen... for who I have become. I will no longer settle for anything less than that.

The person who I was last year would have settled... the person I am now and who I continue to become will not.

And I am not this person, so I don't have the slightest clue how they are processing this one... for me it is an unknown... and I wait.

The thing about the Unknown is that I know it will hold growth for me. Which ever way this thing turns out... I am clear in what I stand for.

What I want in my life and what type of people i want in my life... all of it.

I am clear that I will continue to be just who I have become... always growing... always engaging... living large, with passion and drive... for everything that is meaningful to me and for the future I know I am creating.

Tomorrow is another day... and there is always more.

Abundance and Growth

I am very clear on who I am.

I am very clear on who I am becoming.

I am very clear on what I will no longer settle for.

The conversations are there waiting to be had. Courage is needed to run through my body to have these conversations.

I have let go of what no longer serves me.

I have let go of the past.

I am ready to create, fully create, with all of me... my present and shape my future for myself and my children.

I will not keep myself small any longer, to do so would model that behavior as acceptable for my girls, and I am VERY clear that I want them to be unencumbered to be whomever they choose to be... and never be limited.

Only Day 2... what a fantastic week this is as an invitation to become even MORE...

Engaging and Awakening Others

Wow, what a first day of the Engaging program.

Here is what I am feeling.

I am feeling an intensity in these programs.

I am feeling an excitement in these programs.

I am feeling such a strong pull of WHO I AM wanting to come out and engage in these programs.

Here is what I know... I am much bigger than I allow myself to be.

Do you know what I mean?

How many times in our lives do we NOT do something or NOT say something because that is not what "good girls", "good kids" or "good employees" do. Or that is something that you don't want to do if you "want to get ahead". So we keep ourselves smaller than we know we are.

For me I discovered today if I trust in myself and engage fully and meaningfully (to me) in what I am passionate about I will create so much more than I already am.

I discovered today that I held a fear about being "too big for my britches".

I held a fear if I truly allowed myself to step out of the box and create what I feel pulled to create that I may fail.

And it isn't failing that is scaring me... it is that what will my parents (mother) think?

I found out today that some aspect of me is still seeking approval from her. Not approval to allow me to do something but for her to be proud of what I am creating. I was afraid that if I failed I would get a "I told you so". Hmm. Funny that.

It shows how deeply ingrained into our cells this culturally conditioned self is.

And who knows what is true about my mother? I don't, I am not her.

So the question for me actually lies in, do I trust myself to create and SUCCEED in what I am passionate about?

Am I truly resourceful enough to stand alone in what I am creating?

Am I willing to let go of this fear that was allowing me to keep myself small?

Am I willing to be who I know I AM... fully... not this puny being I have kept myself as for 30 years but this full manifestation of expression of who I AM in this world... brilliant (much like you)

I'm ready. I'm game. Bring it on... I'm ready to continue to create my future. I'm ready to fully engage, all of me, my signal #1 in full force without fear... (I think)

I AM... and tomorrow is yet another day. (it's only Monday)

Engaging and Awakening Others

Looking forward with anticipation to tomorrows invitation of another new beginning as I step into Engaging and Awakening Others with Louise LeBrun.

This week is going to be amazing, intense and profound. I know that at the end of this week I will have moved through so many things that I didn't even recognize were holding me back.

Who will I become? That is most of the fun... Ever Evolving... constantly discovering more...

of me.

Incomplete

I sketched a picture the other night in Moncton titled "The Disconnect", it stemmed from a belief I held about the lack of engagement and communication within our organization.

It has been on my mind since I made it. There was something that wasn't resonating with me completely.

Today I realized this sketch is incomplete and inaccurate.

I (my sketch) represented NO ownership from the individual. That is living at the effect side of the equation... the vicitm side... the "the problem is outside of me" side.

Much like I have gone out of my way to be engaged and involved with our organization in this past year; so must others if they feel there is a lack of communication or if they are feeling disengaged.

CLICK... the "Power of One"... the power lies within.

We are the creators of our futures; it isn't up to anyone but ourselves to become.

To become the brilliant beings we always have been but have forgotten.

The only one limiting yourself is yourself.

Tomorrow is a new day and there is always more.

Is it ever too late to change?

I'm back from the forum I attended in Moncton. It was a fast 24 hour trip with several workshops and 2 keynote speakers.

The last speaker on the first afternoon "Dr. Laugh" Chris Johnson talked about how we take everything so seriously especially in the work place. How we rarely take our outside self into the office (the positive, fun loving, caring self). How if we could just find a little humor and humanity in our workplace our lives would be much richer. He suggested we give hugs more freely, listen to co-workers if they need an ear, and do the unexpected to make others smile.

The final speaker of the session was Cathy Carmody "Power of One". I had the opportunity to be up front with Cathy drawing the models on a 2nd flip chart for the room to see. Cathy of course presented several of the WEL-Systems models to the room full of predominantly middle mangers with our department. What a fantastic 2 hrs those were.

The room was filled with management who are ready to retire soon, new managers who have been around for a while but are now moving into the supervisory roles, men from the "old boys club", women who are already familiar with the WEL-Systems, women who aren't, and many of us "younger folk" who participated as part of the youth network.

Some of the comments I heard during the 2 hours (all from men) were like...

"Well it's too late for me now, why are you presenting it to us (middle mangers)
when I am set to retire in a few years."

"I can see how I can use this at home, but how can I do it at work without
encouraging anarchy?"

"I really think this is great, we are taught this in University then come here
and we are forced to move down levels to deal with those we work with"

"I saw that too. I am in between the youth network and the retiring
managers here and I felt when I came I interacted from all levels of thinking...
Now I'm predominantly the bottom 3"

Fascinating and encouraging to hear such comments and engagement. Throughout the whole session, this was the first time the participants in the room were PARTICIPATING. This was awesome (from my perspective).

After the day was done and people began to leave to travel home, the Chair of the Youth Network (and often a co-facilitator during work events with me) was speaking to Cathy. He is very interested in getting this program going for men in the department (perhaps interdepartmental to the NS Youth Network?)

On the bus ride home to Halifax, I heard people talking about the Power of One presentation. Another man there said, "if you combine what the two keynote speakers were talking about you have the key to living". And I asked, would you take a men's program, he said hell yes.

Today at work yet another man commented on that Power of One session how much he enjoyed it, he commented on how much I seemed to have gotten from the Women's Leadership Pilot Program Cathy & Celine did last year, and how they should have one for men. Well, I said, you should talk with Andrew, he spoke with Cathy after the session yesterday and seemed really keen on getting something like that happening.

Life is indeed good... It is never too late to change, if you want it, if you feel there is something missing, if you have lived your life and you are still wondering what your purpose is... ask questions... get curious... consider what if...

Make the choice to LIVE according to you and your own passion. And have fun for once while you are working... when you love your work (passionate); work ceases to be work; you can be playing all of the time (and still getting paid).

And tomorrow is a new day. My last day at my "old" job. Then I play with Louise for a week while I'm "Engaging" and I begin a new.

A different woman (because if you have ever played with Louise you know how much you grow and evolve into someone more); in a different job.

Another chapter begins... and there is always more

The Disconnect

My interpretation…
So after the first day of the forum I went back to my room to sketch.
The attached is what showed up on the paper… my interpretation of our organization and the whole communication issues, and engagement issues.
I thought I'd share it with those of you who would take it for simply my interpretation and nothing more… I don't know what else to do with it (or why I was compelled to sketch it for that point).