Let me ask you a question. Are you all in when it comes to your work? Are you playing big? Are you letting yourself be seen? Nope, me neither — at least not as much as I want to. What about your personal life? Do you feel really connected and engaged? Are you living your life [...]
Personal Empowerment
Warning If you want to read an upbeat, let’s speak and think and feel only positive things so that’s what we attract kind of experience today, then you don’t want to read this blog post. But if you are in the midst of a dark night of the soul or if you’re just feeling a [...]
My friend Sarah O’Leary over at Holistic Hot Sauce has written a great post on the art and science of letting go. She inspired me to go poring through my files and come up with something I stumbled across years ago. The following is not original to me, and I have no idea where it came from. [...]
Categories Authentic Power, Carol's Musings, Personal Empowerment
Cranky. Cantankerous. Don’t you just love those words? I like the sound of crotchety too. I come from a long line of women who tend to get cranky and cantankerous as they age. I’m delighted to announce I’m there. Just call me Crankypants Carol. (Thank you, Sandi Amorim for crankypants.) Actually, I suspect my female [...]
The day I knew I was going to quit smoking once and for all, I was pissed. I didn’t want to stop. I loved smoking. But I stopped anyway. Why? Because I knew it was time for a change. And guess what? It wasn’t that difficult. That change that I had always regarded as an [...]
Happy New Year! We made it! You know me. I’m a pretty big believer in the woo-woo (and proud of it!). I didn’t come to this belief easily. In fact, I fought it tooth and nail and still do sometimes. One of these days, I will tell you how the story of how and why I transformed [...]
Dear Santa, I know it’s a bit early to be sending you my Christmas wish list, but I wanted to get in ahead of the rush. Here’s what I would like to find under my tree this year. An acknowledgment and celebration of my accomplishments and what worked well for me in 2012 An acceptance [...]
Categories Personal Empowerment, The Art of Star Polishing
(This is the second post in the Star Polisher Authentic Power Series. The first post was The Leap into Power.) I met a woman years ago whom I’ve never been able to forget. She might have been my greatest teacher, even though we didn’t exchange more than a few words, and I never saw her [...]
This post is dedicated, with gratitude, to Theresa Reed and Margie Perrier. I’m a writer and polisher of stars. It’s not just what I do. It’s who I am. It’s sacred work. I’ve known that from the get go, and I’ve treated my work accordingly. Or have I? The truth is I haven’t given my work (or [...]
If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that you are a star. You were born a star, and you will die a star. It is who you are – your divine identity. And nobody can change that – including you! But what you can change is how brightly or dimly your star shines. [...]
Categories Personal Empowerment, The Art of Star Polishing
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