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Were ya worried?

January 23, 2011 Written by Lisa

Title: Were ya worried?

(the header thingy is not working – again!)

Chello, peeps! Despite not updating for almost a week, I can say with all certainty that I am, indeed, still alive. YEY!

Every once in a while my second chakra gets clogged and I lose all ability to be creative and so SP goes dark. I’d love to shift the blame for that to someone/thing else but I can’t. It’s all mine.

Here’s a bulleted list of what’s been consuming my time this past week:

* Pilates: I love it! I cannot believe I’ve found something physical that totally takes me out of my head and plops me square into my body. The teacher is wonderful and I have such fun in the class that the hour flies by. It’s a bit pricey compared to a gym membership (10 weekly classes for $250) but even if I do it for just ten weeks, I think I will get a lot of benefit from it. I suspect it’s an integral piece of my growth in the coming year. I have to learn how carry big energy – just not through my body (think: expanding waistline).

* Angry Birds: Damn addictive game. I think I play this for about 35 minutes every night before bed. Curses to the girl who does my nails for hipping me to it. Is there an Intervention for Angry Birds??

* Speaking of Intervention – I love that show (unless they are showing heroin addicts shooting up through their toes. Eww!) We are fortunate to have no addicts in the family (food issues are a whole ‘nother thing for our group, though) so watching people go through this is fascinating to me. (That’s because it’s from the safety of my bed. I’d really hate all the attendant drama if it were real life.) The psychology major in me loves hearing the backstory – the things that caused the person to use drugs. Clearly I’m not alone in my addiction to the show: Fred Armisen over at Funny Or Die.

*My new candid reality addiction? Heavy. It’s not at all exploitative and I can relate to their stories (sadly). Don’t judge. At least I provide linkage, right?

* Exciting news! I am going to be working directly with Andrea Hess on her new program called “Inspired Income Mastery” In addition to the program itself (which looks hella cool), she offered a mentoring option to have six sessions with her on the phone. It’s a fabulous opportunity to get coaching/mentoring on a personal basis so I snatched it right up. Of all the teachers I’ve had, Andrea is the one that’s impacted me the most in practical day-to-day work. My goal this year is to get Practically Intuitive out there in full force so I can leave that really exciting and fun day job and fly! This is one step closer to that goal. Hold on to yer hats, kids!

(Damn, I wish I had her boobies. Just pretend this is me because in my fantasy life, it is! heh)

Finally, I’m coming to terms with stepping into the full energy of what I have chosen to do in this lifetime. (Sounds sooo serious, doesn’t it??) Someone close to me calls me the “High Priestess of WooWoo” and I realized that I carry a lot of “high priestess” energy but it’s always been hidden. Making that part of me fully visible requires courage and a willingness to stop hiding. I’m probably not explaining it well but that’s the energy I was talking about above – the one that I can carry with me – just not in my body.

When I put the intention out there to the Universe that I wanted PI to be fully sustaining by year end, I also accepted the work that goes with it. Not only are the energies speeding up in the macrocosm, but here in the microcosm as well. Look at all the shifts that have gone on in the country just since the beginning of the year. Things are speeding up, energetically. Lots going on that we cannot see but will impact us greatly. So, I’ve chosen to move with it and work on stuff that’s in my way now so I can fully and completely bring into form the intuitive practice I’ve been longing for. Wish me luck!

Whew! Lots to say, hmm?

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Blah blah blah, Happy Stuff, teh WooWoo

I did stuff!, Universe, Woo Woo

Sorta lacking in the Spirit this year

December 22, 2010 Written by Lisa

Some holiday whining ahead but it’s not anything major.

And, as a bonus for you, I’ll do it in bulleted form. (you’re welcome.)

1. I completely and utterly misunderstood Duty when he said this about ‘those shoes‘: “If I ask you something, can you not ask questions about it? Can you wait until after Christmas to get those shoes?” Silly me. I thought he was saying that Santa would bring them. So when really nice lady at work who loves to buy me expensive presents (because she can) asked me if I still wanted those shoes, I told her that Duty was getting them for me. Because I really thought he was. Or at least was conspiring to get them.

But no. That was not the case. At all.

BitchLog, Blah blah blah, Suckage

Get off my lawn, Ponderings, Really?

Reverb 10 – Reflect and Manifest

December 11, 2010 Written by Lisa

Reverb 10 is an annual event and online initiative to reflect on your year and manifest whatâ€™s next. Use the end of your year as an opportunity to reflect on what’s happened, and to send out reverberations for the year ahead. With Reverb 10 – and the 31 prompts our authors have created for you – you’ll have support on your journey.

The Truthiness in 30 days was such a hit that I decided to do this nifty one. I won’t tag The Gal since she’s off on vacation and is already doing a Christmas meme. Play along in the comments if you want or leave a link to your own post (that means you, Jody!).

As usual, I’m late playing along so will run catch-up for a bit.

December 1 â€“ One Word. Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why youâ€™re choosing that word. Now, imagine itâ€™s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you? (Author: Gwen Bell)

One word for 2010? Breakthrough There were a lot of areas where I felt a shift was needed but manifesting my intuitive practice was top of that list. It took my inability to walk in the 3K Race for Hope in May to push me into offering my services for a donation to that cause. It took a nudge from Jody to remind me that I can put myself out there even without it being for a cause, though, to really break through that fear. Once it was gone, it was GONE!

What word will capture 2011 for me? (Two words, sorry) New level. Next year at this time I want things to be at a whole different (higher) level with regard to my practice. A level where I can plan out how I will transition from my day job to doing intuitive work full time.

December 2 â€“ Writing. What do you do each day that doesnâ€™t contribute to your writing â€” and can you eliminate it?

I’ve mentioned before that I spend a wee bit too much time on certain Sarah Palin gossip sites. I’m weaning myself away (but she’s such a damn trainwreck!) but habits die hard. I should just peruse it and then move on, right?

December 3 â€“ Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). (Author: Ali Edwards)

Gosh, that’s a hard one. I feel most alive when I’m doing my intuitive work. I am able to just go inside and focus on what comes through and it leaves me with such a high vibration that things seem brighter and more *there*. I could also choose the weekend with my babies but I’m not sure if I felt more alive so much as more exhausted. I will say it stood out as one of the very few times I was fully and completely in my body.

Next time, I’ll do three more and by the end of the month, maybe I’ll be caught up!

General Blatherings, Happy Stuff, Memeage, Reverb10

You can’t handle the truth!

November 29, 2010 Written by Lisa

Then again, maybe you can!

Day 25 â†’ The reason you believe youâ€™re still alive today.

Short and simple answer: because my work on this physical plane is not yet complete. When I get to a point where it is finished, I’ll be ready to move to the next plane of existence.

Bottom line: you’re stuck with me for now.

Did you know:

1. The wonderful and most talented Jody – frequent commenter here and on Practically Intuitive – has started a blog of her own? You can find her over at Carr Talk. I hope this sticks around a while. I like reading the thoughts in her head.

2. that I read a blog called “Confessions of a Cashier” and actually look forward to each post? I just like her way of complaining. It sounds like the voice in my own head.

3. Speaking of complaining – I need some days off where I don’t have to deal with people. Damn. I hate it. I should be thankful that I deal with mostly nice ones and not the kind that Cashier (above) runs into every day. (repeats to self: gratitude, gratitude, gratitude, cookies, gratitude … ad infinitum.)

Speaking of Cookies – we may be getting a new doggie!! Our neighbor volunteers at the local pet adoption place and is fostering a sweet – beyond sweet – golden retriever named Sandy (female) whom we met tonight. Now y’all know that I’m a cat lady through and through but I fell totally in love with this pupster. We’ll see how she does with kitty cats which will be the deciding factor (well, that and that she won’t bite Max’s face off like Pirate Doggie did in April). Pics to follow. Her name as given is Sandy but she shall be renamed Cookie when we officially adopt her. Wheee!

In honor of our impending (I hope) new family member, here’s a goggie fuh youze:

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30 Days of Honesty, Cookie Love, General Blatherings, Pretty Sure Ive gone insane, Wandering around the 'nets

30 Days of Honesty

Fifty is the new 20

October 21, 2010 Written by Lisa

Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. – Margaret Atwood

… or is that the new 40? I forget. (Comes with age, so I hear.)

So yeah. 50. Can ya believe it? I surely cannot. But there it is, staring me in the face.

Lemonade, bright side, yada yada yada:

Reasons I am happy to turn 50 tomorrow:

1. I’m still alive (mostly)
2. My 40s were all about the learnin’. The 50s are gonna be all about the doin’.
3. AARP discounts!
4. Lots of fun celebrations on tap for the day and the weekend.
5. New perspectives, friends and opportunities ahead

Over the last ten years I’ve gotten married, gone to Europe twice, spent two summers off, worked myriad jobs, lost my mom and goddaughter, became an Aunt and a Godmother (again), joined a Seminary, lost three kitties, gained one cat, lost and gained poundage, went through a “dark night of the soul” and came out the other end stronger than ever, stopped and started therapy and coaching a bizillion times, finally understood politics for the first time in my life, created a personal blog and a business one, found out I had monster intuitive skills and all kinds of woo-woo abilities, wrote some pretty good stories (and no, you can’t see them so don’t ask), regained my teeny-bopper status with one Mr. Cook, learned all about hockey, and a thousand more things that I don’t have the space to write about. (Well, I do but you’re already half asleep so I’ll cut you some slack on my birfday.)

I think I’m a very different person today than I was ten years ago and for all the people, places, events and things that helped me get there, I send a bouquet of love and snickers bars.

Thanks to all (how many now?) of you who read and follow along with my antics. Eight and a half years of it and going strong(ish).

Check back here in 2020 and see the haps. I’ll probably still be writing, waving my woo-woo wand, following politics, hockey, and the somewhat elderly David Cook all while surrounded by cats, coffee and books. Some things never change.

Cheers to a new decade!

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