Women's Wisdom

Weather...What Season Is It?

I wish the weather would just pick a season.

I don't have enough drawer space to hold both warm and cold clothing, so I put off-season clothes into storage.

But lately the weather in Texas (and lots of other places) has been all over the place; and I've had to keep out both warm and cold weather clothes.

Just yesterday, it was warm enough that I pulled out a pair of shorts. Last night, as the wind started to blow, I went outside to move some plants out of the wind, and within 10 minutes I was freezing. The temperature dropped 15 degrees in 15 minutes.

Why am I sharing this with you? Because this situation is a metaphor for other areas of my life - and maybe yours too.

Since I can't control the weather; I'm focusing on what I can change. I'm wondering where else do I not have room for the unexpected? Where else does my system (storing off season clothes, in this case) not really work 'in real life'? And what do I really need?

To stay with the example, maybe I need another dresser or at least more drawer space. Or maybe I can free up some space in a drawer to accomodate both seasons of clothes. It's unlikely I'll be using all of either season, just a little of both.

Hmmm...applying this to other areas, I might take the best of a system or what is working and combine it with other parts that are working and create a new hybrid system that is better adapted to the real environment I encounter.

What hybrid systems might you create in your life? In your business? In your relationships?

In Spirit,
Lauren

P.S. - Another real-life example of a hybrid system that works is the hybrid automobile - it uses gas and electric, using the best that each has to offer. Together they make a great, gas-saving car!

To BLOG or not to BLOG - that is the Question

BLOGs - the latest rage on the Internet. Seems everyone has a BLOG these days. Even me :D

So what IS the big deal?

For starters, the tools available are much easier for the average person to use, then say, updating a website. And BLOGs are designed to be updated on a frequent basis - this is why they're loved by the Internet search engines who feed off of new content.

So if you have something to say or you want to share, but the technology has been too tough to deal with - a BLOG might be just right for you.

Want to know more? I'm doing a brain-dump of everything I've learned and know about BLOGs on December 6th at Noon Eastern. Since I've done all the work for you, I'm charging a nominal fee to get all this good information - $9.95. And if you can't make the class, you can pick up a CD recording of the class for $15 + shipping.

If someone had offered me all the information I needed to decide if a BLOG was right for me; and if so, how to get one started, I would have jumped on it. Now's your chance -

It's not often I let my technogeek side out of the closet...

In Spirit, Lauren

Do You Really Need A Website? BLOGing 101

You've probably heard about BLOGs by now - they're the latest thing on the Internet.

Have you ever wondered about them - what are they, really? Should you have one? How do you get started?

In this content rich, 1 hour teleclass, you will learn:

• why you should care about BLOGs,
• how they can dramatically increase the effectiveness of your existing website,
• when you should use a BLOG *instead of* a website,
• what BLOG tools exist and which one you should use,
• and much more.

BLOGing 101 - Tuesday, December 6th at Noon Eastern - you will learn everything you wanted to know about BLOGs but were afraid to ask! :D It will be the best $9.95 you've spent in a while!

Lauren Lee is a Master Spiritual Life Coach (and a closet technogeek). She spent 15+ years in the high-tech computer industry and has a natural skill for everything technology. Her talent lies in translating all the techno-jargon into easily understandable 'English'. She specializes in knowing about technology tools that work *for you* instead of you working for them.

To register for this teleclass, go to: http://tinyurl.com/aor6m

Can't make the teleclass? You can purchase a CD recording of the teleclass for $15 + shipping
(available within 1 week of the teleclass completion)
Go to: http://tinyurl.com/8cy6u to reserve your copy now

Women's Wisdom

"The moment you come to trust chaos, you see God clearly. Chaos is divine order, versus human order. Change is divine order, versus human order. When the chaos becomes safety to you, then you know you're seeing God clearly."
—Caroline Myss, *Spiritual Madness: The Necessity of Meeting God in Darkness*

Trusting Chaos. What a novel concept. Really.

As humans, we resist chaos - it's disorder, it's out-of-control, it's CHANGE. 

Trusting Chaos as Divine Order?! Hmmm... just considering the possibility creates an energetic shift, a lessening of the resistance, a relaxing of the tense muscles in my body.

Trusting chaos, disorder, change as Guidance?! Is that possible?

I'm going to do an experiment; and I invite you to join me. For the next week, whenever I encounter chaos - yeah, right - we live it most of the time, dont' we?

To rephrase - For the next week, I'm going to consider the possiblity that chaos  is Divine Order and has at its core a Divine Purpose and Plan. I'm going to breathe into the chaos and see where it takes me.

I'll share my experiences next week; and I hope you'll share yours too.

In Spirit,
Lauren

Is there such a thing as Fearless?

I just received an email titled "From Fear to Fearless" and it got me to thinking about my own experience, especially recently.

What if fearless is a misnomer? Are we really ever fearless?

If you count every day life stuff that doesn't stretch us or move us outside of our comfort zone, sure we're fearless. But if you're talking about moving from fear to fearless, then you're probably venturing into new territory - uncharted, unknown territory. That's why there is fear.

There are so many programs, books, etc. that talk about shifting into a fearless place. What if it's not about shifting into a fearless place but learning to move with the fear?

Lately, I've been involved in animal rescue in my local area and between pulling an overheating cat from a hot car on a 100 degree day or calling up the owner of a starving horse, I've been told by others that I'm a 'natural' and 'fearless'. In reality, those descriptions couldn't be farther from the truth.

During those experiences (and plenty of others), I am full of fear and sometimes even terrified! What's the difference between those times and other fearful times?

I took action even with the presence of fear

I didn't use some nifty technique to move from fear to fearless or meditate and transform the fear. What I did do, was remind myself why I was wanting to do this action that brought up so much fear - I wanted to save an animal, to be their voice. That increased my motivation and desire so it was a little more than the fear. And I was able to take action in the presence of fear.

Take a moment to check in with yourself - now. What if you let go of having to get rid of fear, to transform it, to move from fear to fearless, to in any way remove it from your life? What if you gave yourself permission to allow the fear and to consider moving in the presence of fear?

Experiment this next week with amping up your desire or motivation so that it is a little more than the fear. And then take action even with the presence of fear.

And please share your experiences with me -

In Spirit,
Lauren