ARTICLES AND INSIGHTS
An additional Chakra Khan post comes out today on the #bealeader blog. Titled Power Up! The Energetics of Leadership This is a summary of a Remote Collective Healing emailed to the 120+ known participants held on Tuesday, 4/16/2013, the day following the explosion at the Boston Marathon. My gratitude to the participants for joining in … Read more
Once in a while someone will ask me if energy healing is a substitute or work around to help avoid feeling emotions. Yeah, I know, interesting question. When the question arises, it’s often about wanting to avoid feeling anger. Many folks have an aversion to anger because it’s a powerful emotion, and can become a … Read more
C.P., this post is dedicated to you and your ideas. C.P. brought such an interesting topic to his latest session with Chakra Khan. He wanted to know how to galvanize his energy to manifest all of the amazing and great ideas he generates. His days are filled with activities and tasks, like all of us. … Read more
Radical Self-Care was the theme discussed Sunday morning at #spiritchat, a tweetchat I have begun to regularly attend. There are some great people who participate each week, and some interesting questions are asked and answered. It may be helpful to read Janet Nestor’s wonderful post, Nurturing Wellness through Radical Self-Care to set the tone for this … Read more
Last week I wrote about practitioners who derail in their practices by having their personal energy set in such a way that they’re in their patient & client’s soup. Not only is it depleting and exhausting to live that way, but energetically, it’s like wearing someone else’s workout clothes. Ewwwww….. This week CK is going … Read more
Do you have any idea what it’s like to sit across from a patient (or client) in a therapeutic/healing session and discover that what the patient is describing to you is what’s happening in your own life experience? It happens all the time! And it can be pretty challenging to say the least. The reason … Read more
Last week I heard from a client who was carrying around all kinds of negative emotional energy. She had these thoughts and emotions wired up as really big, powerful and pervasive. It was all she could see, feel, hear and sense about herself. She told me that she felt frightened, scared and overwhelmed. Bless her … Read more
Remember Dana Carvey as Church Lady and that line from Saturday Night Live? It went viral before we knew what it meant to go viral. Want to hear it again? Let’s reframe that line just a bit into, Well, Aren’t You Special. Why? Because it works for the post, that’s why. Moving on… A friend … Read more
My, doesn’t this sound like an evolved thing to do? Avoid Your Life. Sign me up! How do I do this and do it well? It’s got to be an involved, intricate process to avoid your life, right? Sadly, not really. There’s a lot of ways to get it done. And we’ll review the top … Read more
I’ve been taking a little space lately. In lots of ways. Space from my school and my practice. Space from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Space from idle chitchat and meaningless conversation. Space from socializing. Space. I took some more substantial space this past weekend, choosing to go on a retreat for rest, … Read more
A colleague wrote a message to the members of a group that assembles bi-weekly to discuss business goals, objectives and projects and to ensure accountability for forward movement in our individual businesses. It’s a fantastic group of people with diverse businesses, models and plans. I feel privileged to be a part of this amazing process. … Read more
Remember that song? Sorry Bobby McFerrin – I mean no disrespect, but it is a really, really dumb song! And yet, the sentiment is on target. CK’s already written about worry in a recent post – she riffed on a quote she found on Facebook – Worrying is like Praying…for what you don’t want to … Read more
Purpose. It’s such an interesting concept – and one that the New Age has turned into a questing, why am I here inquiry within many folks who have rejected religious dogma and embraced spirituality. There are even spiritual advisers out there who will tell people what their purpose is, why they incarnated at this time. … Read more
This past week I met with several stressed out, exhausted clients. I heard: ‘I’m always running around,’ ‘I’m on 8 committees and they all demand a lot of support at year-end.’ ‘I’m traveling continuously; I haven’t been home for more than 3 days in 6 weeks.’ One client has rescheduled an appointment with me 5 … Read more
The season of Festivus is upon us. Have you noticed that sleigh bells ring every time the television comes on? And as I write this, emails flow steadily into my Inbox – announcing Cyber Monday deals. I’m already longing for December 26 when the ads fade away and we go back to the normal besieging … Read more