Inner Conflict
I’ve spent the last 30 years dancing with an inner conflict. There are two of me in there, and they have different values and points of view. I’ll tell you how I navigate my dual (not dueling) selves.
Jill Leigh
Chaos & Emergence
Transition For 10 months, I’ve lived with my condo in a mild state of disorder. During a building-wide re-plumbing project, I had 2 floods in my unit. I had to have the floor replaced, and it’s taken many months for the moon and stars to align to get the work completed. Now that it’s truly … Read more
Interview: Awakened Consciousness Summit
We’re Talking Awakened Consciousness! I’m thrilled to share my interview with Tracy Roman from a recent summit – The Awakened Consciousness Summit. I was the last of 25 speakers – and we had an enjoyable and powerful interview together. I shared a bit of my personal story – fascinating, compelling – a real show-stopper! More … Read more
Where Do You Place Your Attention?
Do You: watch a lot of news on tv read a lot of news in the paper talk about the headlines with your friends, family, colleagues feel overwhelmed by all of the terrible things happening in the world Do You? meditate, pray, turn your attention inward cultivate inner peace seek ways to create and support … Read more
On the Road & Heading Home
GPS: Taos to Salt Lake City Having completed my 2nd week in Taos, it was time to head back home. I felt clear about my relationship with Oliver. I was sad, disappointed and a little angry. Not at him. At the situation. I felt ready to return to Portland. Ready to tackle my ever growing … Read more
Into the Light – Part 3
Light & Clarity Emerge Returning to Taos from my brief junket in Portland, Oliver and I moved into our second rental. A sweet little house, with a lovely kitchen, gas fireplace, comfortable furniture and a fenced yard. My routine – out early on the frosty mornings for coffee, breakfast and writing time at a local … Read more
In the Dark in Taos – Part 2
The Road to Taos I drove 12 hours from the mountaintop hotel in Utah to Taos. The drive was gorgeous – through Zion National Park, across Utah, Arizona – with a smidge of Colorado mixed in – into New Mexico. A sleepless night preceded the long drive, yet somehow, I felt alert, awake and fully … Read more
Evolving on the Road – Part 1
Evolving Through Whimsy I left Portland because I felt tired, stifled and stressed. I needed a break from my ‘normal’ life and routine. I was seeking inspiration and focus to take my work to its next iteration. A trusted consultant asked me when the last time was that I followed my whimsy, following that question … Read more
Evolving Thoughts About Evolving
Evolving is Incremental When I look back at where my life was a year ago, I can hardly believe the difference. In a nutshell, I: migrated from the East to the West moved from 16 acres in the woods to a loft in the city have an online classroom instead of a brick and mortar … Read more
Evolve
Changes Comes Easy…Or Not! I’ve been thinking a lot about change lately. The way change can come easily while at other times a knock-down, drag-out battle occurs – between the existing and the emerging self. I’ve had a lot of time to think. I’ve been on a road trip through Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and … Read more
Own Your Energy – Give the Rest Back!
What does that mean, exactly? Well, it means that whatever you attract, carry and vibrate in your field, your Aura, is your responsibility. But I’m an empath, say many. I feel and carry the burdens, suffering and pain that others are experiencing. It’s one of my ways of relating to the world. Are you telling … Read more
Community – Bees & Garden
Community Garden I’m loving playing in my oh-so-manageable 400 sq. ft. plot at my Community Garden. I work alone in my little plot – it’s more than plenty for my needs. As a member of the community, I’m expected to do 6 hours of community work each season. My time to contribute is coming, and … Read more
Energetic Boundaries
Emotional Entanglement – Countertransference Do you have any idea what it’s like to sit in a therapeutic/healing session and discover that what the patient is describing is similar to what’s occurring in your own experience? It happens all the time! It’s called countertransference. And it’s a wild and woolly experience for a practitioner! If you … Read more
Collaboration & A Community Garden
Day 1 – Community Garden I’m thrilled. I applied for and nearly immediately received a plot in a community garden. Many of the gardens that I perused online had multiple year waiting lists. I waited less than 4 weeks and was given (for $100/year) a 400 sq. ft. plot – 20 x 20, enclosed in … Read more
Meet. Greet. Complete.
Meet The issue, person, emotion, physical pain, mental musing, spiritual crisis head on. Straight up. Say hello. Invite it in. Even if it terrifies you. Greet The underlying story, the root cause analysis, the underbrush and move in to the work. Yes, exactly. Just do it. A meet and greet is just that – … Read more