Women's Wisdom

Senses and Spirit

"It is no longer possible for us to live as
pale and diminished versions of ourselves.
For a new world in a new millennium,
we need a new mind with expanded senses
and a deepened spirit."
- Jean Houston

Do you feel connected to your Spirit? Do you
hear your intuition? Or do you feel like
something is missing from your life?

Connecting with Spirit, listening and trusting
the Divine guidance you receive will bring you
inner peace, confidence, and a feeling of purpose.

How do you get started? Spend some time being
quiet. Whether you sit still in a favorite chair,
take a walk in nature, or meditate, letting your
brain 'dump' all it's everyday thoughts will
allow you to hear your Intuition, your Inner
Guidance.

If you would like support in connecting to Spirit
and hearing your Intuition, contact me for a
complimentary coaching session.

In Spirit,

Lauren Lee
Master Spiritual Life Coach
Certified Prosperity Guide
and Women'sU CEO
www.womensu.com

Watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition this Sunday on ABC

    If you've ever watched ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, you know it is an amazing show that highlights the BEST side of humanity. The deserving families not only get a new home, they get a new life. I cry at the end of every show and it fills me with joy and gratitude!

    Watch ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition this Sunday at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central and you might just see yours truly!

More importantly, you will see a very deserving family, the DeAeths, get an Extreme Makeover that includes the animal rescue they founded and run in their backyard, True Blue Animal Rescue. For Hooves, Paws and Claws, True Blue Animal Rescue (TBAR) helps abused, neglected and abandoned animals in Brenham, Texas - my hometown.

    It has been my deepest pleasure, priviledge and passion to work with this rescue and help save animals, rehabilitate them and find them homes. In fact, TBAR was just awarded 30 horses from an animal neglect/cruelty case. I am currently fostering a wonderful bullmastiff dog, and an Arabian horse.

    Please watch on Sunday, January 29th at 8pmET/7pm Central. It will warm your heart and make you feel good!

    You can check out True Blue Animal Rescue and our adoptable animals at: http://www.t-bar.org

   In Spirit, In Joy,

  Lauren Lee

Making a Difference BEing who you are

"All women can mentor, if they wish. We all have
specific talents, wisdom, and knowledge to share.
We forget that we can so strongly affect others,
just in being who we already are."
                                                   - SARK

You know the Christmas movie "It's A Wonderful Life",
starring Jimmy Stewart - where his character experiences
what life would be like if he never existed? Where
he gets to see how much his BEing alive has affected
the people and even the town around him?

Wouldn't it be great if we could each have our own
experience of "It's A Wonderful Life"? Then you would
know - in your bones - how many people you have touched,
including the ones you don't even know about!

Knowing that your life is like a stone dropped in a
pond, rippling out into the lives of others, how
would it affect you? Would you act differently?
Would you have more confidence and give your Self
more credit?

I invite you to acknowledge your gifts and your
contributions to your family, your friends, your
community, even the world. You make a difference!

In Spirit,

Lauren Lee
Master Spiritual Life Coach and Women'sU CEO
www.womensu.com

Boundaries

Boundaries define to others how we want to be treated and what's important to us. They're an imaginary line in behavior that we don't want others to cross.

An example of a boundary is "Arrive within 15 minutes of our meeting time or if you can't, then call me".

Why is it that when communicating or enforcing a boundary, as women, we so often spend a huge amount of time and energy to get the other person to "buy-in" to our boundary? To agree with it?

I may upset a few people here - but it really doesn't matter whether the other person agrees with our boundary or even understands why it's important to us. If they do, that's great. But neither agreement nor understanding are necessary for the other person to *honor* the boundary.

I've experienced this amazing time-consuming phenomenon on occasion with my fiancee and sometimes with other people as well. I feel compelled to get their agreement that my boundary is valid. I spend time defending my boundary, trying to convince them that it is just, so they will honor it. That's crap!

My boundary is valid because, and only because, it is important to me. Period. They don't have to agree, undesrtand or validate. The only thing they need to do is decide if they will and/or can honor it. Period.

How simple is that? And so freeing -

I know I have a ways to go in mastering boundaries - setting and enforcing them. How about you? What are your experiences?

In Spirit, In Growth,

Lauren

Sticking Together

"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things,
but just look what they can do
when they stick together"
- Vesta M. Kelly

Contributed by Susan Killian, LifeCoach,
[email protected]
http://www.coachforyourlife.com

Ever notice that the people who play big,
who are at the top, didn't get there alone?
Oprah did a show detailing the process
required to produce the cover photo for her O
magazine. It takes a team of 40 people to
produce each month's cover! Look closely at
someone making it big - Shania Twain,
Corky Roberts, Sandra Day O'Conner, Cheryl
Richardson - and you will see alot of
resources that helped to get them there.

If you were going to create your Dream Team,
the people to support you in getting where
you want to go, who would they be? Maybe you
know some people already that you would have
on your Dream Team, maybe you just know the
positions to be filled. For my Dream Team, I'd
start with a Virtual Assistant, a Tax Accountant,
a Webmaster, a Lawyer, a Massager Therapist :D,
and Marketer. What does your Dream Team look like?

In Spirit,

Lauren Lee
Master Spiritual Life Coach, Women'sU CEO
www.womensu.com

Guidance In the Fog

For a number of years I lived in San Francisco. It is a place of breathtaking natural beauty - from cliffs dramatically dropping into the frothy ocean to beautiful mountains hiding crystal clear rivers. Sparkling city lights and views of the Golden Gate bridge. And then there's the famous and infamous FOG.

San Francisco's fog is so dense and thick - it's like no other fog I've ever seen. It obliterates everything it covers, no matter how large or small; and watching it come over the mountains is like watching some sort of beautiful, eerie wave cover the earth.

Now that I'm living in Texas (yes, there's a story there), I'm reminded of San Francisco's fog from time to time, because I feel like I'm in it. Blanketed by the fog.</p><p>You know the feeling, I bet. You have no clarity; you're not sure what direction to take. To make it worse, all your previous projects seem somehow unimportant; and you're at a loss for a next step. You're stranded in the fog and you can't see your hand in front of your face.

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You Are Beautiful

"I want to tell you how beautiful you are
in such a true and unforgettable way
that you will never doubt it again."
- Real Women Project - www.realwomenproject.com

If you could see your Self, at your core - your Essence - that pure light; if you could
see your Self as the perfect expression of love that you are; if you could know, in your bones,
that you are Spirit - how would it feel?

The next time you look in the mirror, look into your own eyes and see your Self - truly see
your Self. You are beautiful and uniquely You. Savor it and share it with the world.

In Spirit,

Lauren Lee
Master Spiritual Life Coach and Women'sU CEO
www.womensu.com

Success on Your Terms

"If your success is not on your own terms,
if it looks good to the world
but does not feel good in your heart,
it is not success at all."
- Anna Quindlen

How do you define succcess for your Self?
Is it based on external markers like money, career, possessions? Or is it based
on internal markers like happiness, joy, community, expression, etc.? If you would
like to define your definition of success, email me for a free worksheet!

Happy New Year!

In Spirit,

Lauren Lee
Master Spiritual Life Coach and
Women'sU President - www.womensu.com