The Indigo Connection

I’m moving out of the home office at last and it is starting to feel good.  During the past week I have been hauling furniture and accessories over to my new office at Inner Harmony.  My schedule hasn’t allowed me to linger for any length of time – just a few short bursts in to drop things off, then out again.  I realized this morning that I have barely had a chance to feel the energy of the space or to actually work within it.  Maybe I felt something subtle – but it is about time I really paid attention.

I started to pay more attention today by spending most of the day at the new place.  I brought my laptop, played music, set up files, hung pictures and got organized.  It felt very settled and peaceful.  There is a calm coolness to the energy there.  It was very quiet, even with the pediatrition’s office on the other side of the wall. 

On May 1 I will begin coaching clients there and look forward to their response to this new space.  As I get more comfortable here, so will they. 

My intention was to create a space for positive energy, peace and healing.  This was deliberately planned.  I can’t wait to see how it all materializes as my clients and I settle in.

I’m back at my familiar desk after the 9th annual Conference of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology in Chantilly Virginia.  As always, it was a joy to be there and to spend many days with like minded people from a wide variety of backgrounds.

The familiar things I can always count on are warm, genuine people, an open friendliness, exceptional speakers, feeling grateful to pick up so many new ideas in one place and the many opportunities to digest the learning with friends over  wine and dinner.

What was so different this year was initially of concern to me.  In the past, I frequently felt what I describe as “peak moments” – the feeling of being flooded with a huge rush of positive energy at frequent intervals.  I eagerly anticipated these conferences each year for the “rush”.  I had found an amazing recreational drug that made me feel wonderful, even if it was just for a few days.

This year it was different.  The rushes weren’t happening.  I was feeling great but it was on a level playing field.  The intensity wasn’t peaking and crashing – it was fully strong and staying there in a balanced way.  

I suddenly became aware that my experience with “peak energies” now happens back home, through my private client sessions. I recieve these miraculous feelings because I am doing what I am called to do, in service of others.  I don’t have to have hundreds of healers nearby, inspiration from international celebrities or the intention of a mystical encounter to make this happen.  I am learning that I can set myself free by just being me. 

Energy psychology is not a recreational drug anymore – it is my life.  I embrace this awesome choice I have made.

I’ve arrived in Chantilly Virginia for the annual spring conference of ACEP (Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology).  I’ve been a member since 2001 and I look forward to these meeting each year eagerly.  This is a homecoming of sorts.  A place where earth feels a little more like heaven.  Where practitioners can discuss their latest discoveries and where we can be ourselves completely. 

I will complete my certification as an Energy Health Practitioner today.  This is an important milestone in my growth and is symbolic of my fully stepping into my role as an Energy practitioner and leader.  I have reached a point of competence. 

To be among other competent and ethical people warms my heart.  To listen, to learn and to share our stories of healing is inspiring beyond belief. 

I am grateful for these 4 days to immerse myself in learning and bonding with like minds. 

EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques

It is a modality included within Energy Psychology

EFT is simple and easy to learn

It involves tapping on acupressure points while focusing on an issue or problem

It melts away stress and brings calm focus

When  you experience EFT, you know and feel a positive change

EFT looks wacky  – giggles can be part of the healing process too

Something this good isn’t too odd for me!

I serve others by sharing what I know

Something occurred to me today.  When we create, we are fully alive. 

Maybe I’m most aware of this because I create all the time now, in my mind and in the physical dimension too.  As a business owner, creation is this really fun cycle that begins with a tiny notion or idea, then grows and blossoms into a fully manifested message, product or service.  To witness creation is to be part of a miracle.

I also started thinking about those low times in life.  It made me wonder if depression is the absence of that spark of creation.  Through creation, can depression be healed?  I am hopeful that the answer is YES.  I’ve seen people light up after spells of depression and it seems that as they light up, they return to a creative process of some sort.

To be of service we can all encourage each other to be creative.  There are more ways to create than we can easily list – song, words, textiles, cooking, decorating, jewelry, hairstyles, speeches, musical performance, gardening, floral design, marketing, product development and relationships.  I choose creation as a mean to be fully alive.  Try it too!

Today we celebrate Easter as part of our family tradition.  If feels a bit unusual today with the heavy snow and cold here in Ohio.  Our family will gather to share a traditional ham dinner and the added bonus will be the celebration of my daughter’s 16th birthday.

When I woke this morning, my head was full of the theme of seasons, the passage of time and the eternal nature of life.  Each day is a new beginning, yet also a sad goodbye to a yesterday that is now the past. What is born will someday die.  Life goes in continuing cycles.  That tiny infant I held just 16 years ago has grown into a lovely woman.

Jesus helped our world to understand the eternal nature of our being.  He taught us that God prepares a place for us and that death is not to be feared – it is only uncharted teritory for the living. 

Thinking about death, we have a reminder for living fully NOW.  We appreciate that life is short.  We must take time to enjoy it.

I am comforted to know my soul is eternal and that I am loved unconditionally by an unseen force.  I realize I am part of that force.  I share this message of hope in all that I do.

One of my frequently requested speaking topics is called “New Ways to Deal with Difficult People”.  The title should really be “How to Allow Other People to be Really Great”.  What do I mean by that?

There are a few basic principles to remember:

• People who give us “trouble” are really there to teach us something we need to learn

• The “difficult” ones are just mirrors to parts of ourselves that need attention

• We all have egos.  Egos grow ugly only when fueled by fear, conflict and drama.  

• The ego shrinks in the presence of compassion – awareness toward the distress the other person feels, coupled with a sincere desire to relieve it.

• Setting appropriate intentions, we can disengage the ego.

• Sometimes boundaries are needed to maintain safety.  A boundary can also include ending a negative relationship.

Be the change you wish to see. When you send compassionate and loving energy into the universe, there will be something peaceful coming back at you.  That’s the blessing of the Law of Attraction. We can create the reality we choose to project.

I am a creator every single day

I create from my heart

My smile grows wide 

Some days I paint with words

The next, I choose colors and patterns

I love – as part of creation 

I follow my heart and create more

I stand back and admire what I have created

I can marvel at what one person can do 

Then realize I was never alone

Somewhere there is much to help me

 I ask for it and open my heart 

It all flows in – sometimes in a rush, and at other times slowly

I’m learning that it’s not about control

It’s about knowing and trusting

I have always believed that when humor is missing, God must have stepped out for a moment.  Humor is part of God’s plan for us.  Being silly and acting foolish serves a greater good – bringing healing, communication and a disruption to tension and resistance.  Humor can be unexpected or it can build from subtle suggestions and small gestures.

I love watching comedies and comedians.  They are brilliant creative beings.  Jerry Seinfeld makes us roll into giggles by gently mocking our behaviors of unawareness. Then there are goofballs like Will Ferrell and Kramer (Michael Richards) who can be so physically zany and extreme. They allow themselves to be total fools in public and come away as a heroes. They do what we wish we could do – if we were more daring and brave.    

We know that comedians are not fools but rather teachers who let us examine life from a new angle.  They allow us to see how we take ourselves way too seriously then teach us how to laugh together.

I may never hope to be as witty or as funny as the comedians I admire, but I will continue to study the way they connect us, entertain us and make us see life in a new way. 

God bless the fools!