My post yesterday, where I talked about Shadow Artists was, of course, only one version of ‘my story’ – a story of struggle and what was missing. The way we tell our personal stories – to others and to ourselves – has a great impact on how we go forward in our lives; whether that story is empowering or whether it keeps us stuck in an endless loop, doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over.

Just a reminder that next week we have the first monthly call for 2010 with Donna Heath. She’s called the group the New Moon Wish Group, as the calls help you focus on your dreams and desires and start you actually planting the seeds to get those dreams going. You can read Donna’s own description of the group by CLICKING HERE.

I’ve been lucky enough to have been joining in with Donna’s New Moon calls for the past 6 months and I’ve loved every one. They are all different – with a different mood and tone, depending on which astrological sign each New Moon is in. Each moon has its own energy, which is where Donna helps you guide and direct your own energy and bring it into alignment with the moon’s energy.

We had fun in my Writers Group this week – we each did our own Annual Review! Yes, I know ‘fun’ and ‘annual review’ aren’t usually words that go in the same sentence. But hey, Chris Guillebeau from The Art of Non-Conformity is at the heart of this one, so they do!

"Transforming The Light" oil on canvas - work in progress

Not only was it fun, but the process was surprising and really useful too. Chris does a review every year at this time – he doesn’t wait until the New Year to look forward and make plans for what’s ahead. Last night in my monthly New Moon Energy call with Donna Heath, I learnt some more reasons why this part of December is a great time to plot the year ahead.

Playing The Prosperity Game last night, (Day 60 – woo-hoo!) I came across this quote from Abraham-Hicks and thought it was so pertinent and uplifting that I’d spread the joy! Have a great week everyone!!

“You just have to be who you are. The best you can do is be certain that you are connected to your Source Energy, and let everybody else figure it out for themselves. Some of them will adore you, some of them will hate you — and none of it has anything to do with you. Choose what feels good to you and leave everybody else to choose what they want. Don’t spend any time saying, “They should choose differently and they’d feel better.” Instead say, “They’re choosing whatever they’re choosing; I’m choosing what I’m choosing, and I’m feeling good while I’m choosing it.” And let that be the end of it.”

Sonia Choquette works her magic in this wonderful workshop on Spirit. Sonia has her audience singing, breathing and raising their vibrational levels. She explains the 6th sense, living as a creator, listening to your spirit, emptying the brain and the differences between the 4 chambers of the heart.

Ideally, watch this with someone else so that you can join in the exercises – become a Diver and a Container to be able to hear your True Purpose…
Sonia asks; What is your best creation in your life so far? please share your comments…

Last night brought us a New Moon and with it new energy. I’ve been doing a monthly energy call with Donna Heath, a wonderful astrologer who I interviewed in the Journey’s series earlier this year. (click here to listen to our call). Donna described this moon’s Scorpio energy as one in which, as the days become shorter than the nights, is good to use to look inwards – into the dark recesses of our minds and souls…

It’s day 27 of the Prosperity Experiment and I just couldn’t help it spilling over into this blog . The exercise today is to let yourself free on a Rampage of Appreciation. Just let it all out – all the things you’re grateful for, all that you love, everything that gives you joy or make you feel bliss…. HAVE FUN with it!!! Enjoy. Once you get going, who knows if you’ll be able to stop… Here’s a wonderful example in motion of such a Rampage:

“You don’t have to struggle with your dragons for a lifetime……trust that things can radically change and they can change very quickly…”

Aina Egeberg is a master coach and trainer who runs numerous workshops and programs to help people overcome their ‘dragons’, or the things that might be holding them back from creating truly amazing results and fulfillment in their lives. She works with individuals, teams and companies in over 25 countries worldwide and speaks six languages fluently, enabling her to reach many people with her transformational coaching.

“What you are looking for is what is looking…”

Donna Heath combines Evolutionary Astrology, counseling and Kriya yoga to facilitate people’s consciousness and their awareness of their behaviors, attitudes and feelings. With over 30 years experience in astrology, she offers a whole range of workshops, groups and private sessions.

My personal favorites (so far) are her ‘Mommy and Me’ consultations, where she looks at the energy patterns in the charts of both parent and child and offers insights into how the two could relate to each other better.

We could all benefit from some time spent focusing within or connecting with source or simply not doing what we normally do in our busy daily lives. There are many, many forms and variations of meditation, from simply sitting alone focusing only on your breathing to group meditations aimed at promoting world peace, from lo-tech walking-in-nature meditations to hi-tech audio meditations that claim to alter your very brainwaves.

Which type would suit you best? That’s your journey of discovery… but here are a few different starting points you might find useful…

Zen (Kodai-ji Temple, Kyoto)

There’s been a spider lurking in our bath for 3 days now. Every time I’ve gone into the bathroom, I’ve been meaning to remove it safely to an outside place, but I never quite got there. Even when I took a shower, which is right next to the bath, I had other things on my mind and the spider remained where it was. Until yesterday, that is.

Yesterday, I went into the bathroom and there it still was, except this time it was dead. Shrunk, legs all squished up to its body, no movement, no life, nada, nothing. And what did the ever-present, critical voice in the back of my head say?

This week marked a major milestone in our family; our youngest son, Theo, who’s three, started school, joining his older brother in an expanding world of new people and new experiences. Despite having no friends yet, he took it all in his stride and the only thing that upset him was the fact that he’d dropped his ‘Treasure’ (a smooth piece of green glass found on the beach) on the classroom floor and broken it in two.