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When women gather, there is a magical presence in the air.  Each women fully showing up as the person that she holds herself to be, becomes a gateway for another to discover their own genius.  How does this happen exactly?  Well the ‘details’ of it I simply do not know however what I do know is that when the body ‘hears’ the vibration of truth, it ignites the embers from within and magic happens.  The very thing that ignites one woman will not necessarily be the thing that ignites another.

Each women feels the pull (or the call) to be part of a gathering and with that being said, there is a knowing that we stand on common ground.  We don’t necessarily know what that common ground is and sometimes it isn’t discovered until we’ve gathered a few times.  Nonetheless we gather knowing that as each of us stands tall in who we are, we have the opportunity to explore and possibly discover the more that we are together and alone.

Sometimes when one woman speaks her truth, in a breath there are now words to express what was simply a vibration in another woman’s body only moments before.  There are moments between the breaths as we relax into the genius of who we are, that anything becomes possible.  Women not just showing up but being present to herself and others as well.  How many time in our past have we ’shown’ up and yet were not present?  The gatherings which I speak of, are very different.

There is a vibration in the body of these women and they know from that vibration, there is beyond a doubt more for them to discover about themselves.  This goes well beyond a knowing of the intellect, this is a knowing in the body.  The experience is different and not to be shrugged off.  If you do choose to shrug off the vibration and deny the truth for which there are no words, guaranteed that the vibration will intensify until it no longer can be ignored.

I send out a calling to gather.  I pick a date and time and whoever shows up, shows up.  Each and every time it is magnificent and these women (including myself) leave knowing that they are more than they were when they arrived.  There is a sense of ‘awe’ in the air for me when I arrive at my office in ‘preparation’ (just of coffee and tea) for the gathering.  I never know who is going to show up anymore than what they know.  Maybe that’s the excitement.  Maybe it is as simple as the anticipation of meeting and gathering with a group of authentic women who you may not know.  And yet, the vibration is as such that we all do know.  We may not know each other by name and yet there’s a familiarity that fills the room and makes us relax into ourselves knowing that as we speak our truth, that we are creating space for others to do the same.  It’s amazing and it feeds my soul like nothing else.

All are welcome at these gathering.  In fact, I encourage everyone to bring someone along with them so that they can continue amazing conversations beyond our gatherings.  It is during these conversations that the embers that burn quietly ignite and become a fire of transformation.  In a breath your life can change.  The women that arrive for the first time for Women Gathering know within their bodys’ that something has profoundly changed with in them and most often there are no words for it.  And yet they know that there’s no need to put words to it and that others in the room understand.

This summer I have committed myself to gathering every week with women so that we can explore our own potential together and alone.  I know that by us simply gathering that it will be touching other women who are not even in the room.  Imagine something that is so powerful that you get impacted even if you’re not there.  Imagine then what it would be like if you were.

If you’r interested in taking part in my next Women Gathering, I encourage you to connect with me.  If you don’t live near me, chances are I may be able to connect you with another magnificent woman who holds gatherings as well.  amy@thepowerlieswithin.com

Creating Space for Women to discover Their Genius

Amy

Over the past few years I believe that I have pretty much redefined all aspects of my life.  There may be a few areas that are left and they’re being redefined as I speak.  Everything has a different meaning and I have a different understanding.  The change?  Instead of looking for ‘content,’ I consider what the context is.  Is it relevant to what I’m experiencing in the moment?  If not, maybe it’s not worth spending too much time on.  What may seem relevant in one breath, becomes irrelevant in the next.

There was a time in my life when I thought very little of myself and didn’t consider that I had anything to contribute to anyone’s  life.  I wasn’t smart enough or capable of doing anything on my own.  Well at least that’s was what I believed.  Now I see myself in a whole different light.  In this light I am an amazing, intelligent woman capable of taking action on my own behalf.  I have pulled myself up the the table of life and…yes, I’d like a second helping.

Where I stand now is a very different place and now I know, that what you think of me is none of my business.  Something else that I am now allowing myself to consider is that, “Not only is what you think of me none of my business, I don’t think I’m really interested in hearing it.” If I stop to consider my life based on someone’s opinion (which is based on their internal landscape may I add), there’s a good chance that my life will become small and puny because that’s how they see.  I am so not willing to live my life small.

My life now is immense.  I not only see outside of the box, the lid and the top are so blown right off and I do not see them in sight.  The small puny way of living my life is gone. Why?  Because I no longer stop to consider that someone outside of me has the answers for what is right for me.

So I’m no longer willing to hear the words that say to me that I am small and insugnificant.  Whether or not the people in our lives say they love us or not, I ask you to consider this -  If  someone truly loves you, does it make it o.k. for them to speak to you in a condesending manner or in a way that say, “You don’t know what you’re talking about?”

Under the ‘guise’ of love it would seen that we should be willing to just simply accept these things and say, “It’s o.k. that you think so little of me.”  I know that what comes out of another person’s mouth is about them and guess what? It’s not o.k. if it’s directed towards me and creates an opportunity for me second guess my own true magnificence.

I am open to sharing the truth of who I hold myself to be.  I am willing to hear your truth of who you hold yourself to be.  What I also know is that our truths may be different and we don’t have to agree.  We also don’t have to apologize or forgive each other.  The whole notion of forgiveness makes me puke.  It’s as though we’re saying,  ‘Since you love me, it’s o.k. that you speak in ways that make me feel small.  I’m willing to accept that.”  Not friggin likely.

This is my life and you can’t have it.  This is my grandeur and I will no longer allow others to make me feel less than who I am in the world.  I am immense and have a huge passion for others as they move forward in their lives.  And, I’m not willing to lay down my life for someone else’s limiting beliefs.  I will not consider a life a of ‘less than’ when I know a life of ‘more than’ is possible and exists for all of us.

So my truth?  Respect yourself and respect others.  But…start by respecting yourself first.  So no, All is not forgiven because you love me.  I know what I know and am open to considering what I do not know, I do not know.  What I do know is that respecting yourself must come first before you can respect antoher human being.  I respect mySelf too much to allow for others to voice or spew their limiting beliefs in my direct.

Under the guise of Love, family and friends get to say things that make you feel less than who you are in the world.  Not on my holodeck.  The expression of, “We always hurt the ones we love,” makes me ill.  We say mean and hurtfull things because we have come to expect that others are simply willing to hear us spew our internal chaos at them.  Hmmm, not me – not anymore.  Our families, spouses, children and close friends are not our ‘dumping’ zones.

We have become the ‘wastelands’ of toxic sludge spewed out from generations of physical, mental and sexual abuse.  When does it all stop.  For me?  Right here right now.

Whether you’re in a relationship or have children or whatever, consider speaking up and speaking out and say, “NO.  All is not forgive. And I do not appreciate you speaking to me like that.”  Be done and voice that you’re done and stop what is going on in your life that no longer has meaning.

Creating space for others to consider their lives differently,

Amy

I know now that who I AM and who I hold myself to be is, the very essence that awakens and ignites others.  Engaging with women is what I hold as meaningful for me in my life.  I look at how quickly transformation and evolution becomes theirs to claim.

It is the essence of who I am that ignites others’ embers so they remember and rediscover that which they have forgotten.  The genius and magnificence of who we are in the world possibly was extinguished when we were very young.  Who I am and what I offer others in the excitement of endless possibilities.  A life of limitations is not my reality.  A life of endless possibilities is my life and what I have to share with others.

Women in my life are awakening to their own potential.  It’s not that they don’t know they potential or know that there are other possibilities rather they’ve forgotten who they are and look to the outside world for guidance and confirmation of who they are.  I see the magnificence of each and every woman that I engage with and there is no exception.

I heard someone once say that their spirit was taken away from them at a young age.  My thoughts is that our spirit has always been there and can never be taken away.  However what I do believe, is that our own internal ‘impulses’ were squashed down and we learned at a very young age not to trust the truth of our own experience.

“I have to pee.” No you don’t.  “I’m hungry.”  How can you be?  You just ate.

Although this may seem like I’m simplifying things, this is exactly how easy it is for us to have started to question our own internal cues in the body.  When these experiences start at the ages of two or three and we’re taught that they’re wrong, why would we question the adults around us?  Obviously they’re older and wiser right?  Hmmm, not so much.

If you wonder where or when you started questioning yourself and your own abilities, look to the past of when you were taught that what you were sensing in your body was wrong.  If we can’t rely on our own sensory acuity, then best we look outside ourselves to the ‘experts.’

I don’t consider myself to be an expert on your life.  I do however know that I am the expert on my life.  I’m willing to share with you the truth of my own experience.  My life has changed because I am willing to believe in myself and I trust that my body knows something that my intellect couldn’t possibly understand.  I AM a living expression of what becomes possible when you believe in yourself and allow your body to lead.

My approach with women is quite simple and is viewed as so refreshing.  Why?  Because it’s not what we experience as a constant in our lives.

Honest, Open, Clear and Direct.  This is what I have to offer and this is what awakens the women in my life to their own potential.   What does become possible for you in all aspects of your life as you allow yourself to consider a life without self imposed limitations?

I beleive that it’s the essence of who I am the creates a safe space for other to allow for the re-igniting of their flame.  I believe that when we were children that we knew we were maginficent until we were taught otherwise.  I’m here to share with you that only you are capable of allowing the fire within to burn bright.  I’m here to share with you that absolutely anything is possible.

The excitement that is the essence of who I am is meant to be shared with everyone who comes into my life.  Why?  Because sharing the truth and the excitement of my experience is what creates space for you to consider the ‘unimaginable.’  In my life remember, anything is possible.  I look at what I used to believe was outrageous, unimaginable or for that matter ‘unattainable’ and realize that those are old beliefs.

At the bottom of my email it says, “Only she who engages the absurd, can manifest the outrageous?”  And that is, My Reality.  Absolutely anything is possible.  I no longer live my life based on fear or scarcity.  An abundant life is what I experience every moment of every day.  All this and all I have to do is breath, follow the impulse and know the truth of my experience.

As I claim more of my own magnificence, the women in my life know that it’s safe to claim theirs.  I’m choosing to go first in my life to claim my own magnificence so that you can go first in your life to claim yours.  I’m aware that I’m repeating myself differently because what I know is that sometimes it simply takes a another  pass from a different direction to discover that our lives are anything but linear.

What I know in this moment is that if I don’t share the excitement and HUGE visions of what I SEE as Possible, that not only do I keep myself small but I’ll keep you small as well.  By holding the excitement of what I see as possible within me, (keep it to myself) I’m holding myself back and I am so not willing to do that to you or to myself.

If we allow the true essence of who we are to shine through, not only will our lives expand and grow but so will everyones.

Transformation and Evolution is a state of Being!

Amy

In my last blog I speak of what allowed me to change my life.  It was the ‘willingness to claim in all.’  However, before claiming it even entered the ‘equation,’ first there had to be the ‘willingness.’  Without it, I have nothing  that will create the space for me to move forward.  If I’m not willing to consider something different and then choose , how could I possibly move forward in my life?  I can’t honestly say that it has been fun claiming that I have had distasteful outcomes in my life because of the choices that I’ve made.  However without me first claiming responsibility, I know for a fact that I would not be where I am now.

I AM a Changed Woman.  And I had the willingness to first consider many different things in my life.  One of the first things that I had to wrap my brain around (and yes it was the brain because that is where my intellect remains alive and well), was the possibility that I had to take on responsibility for everything that happened in my adult life.  Even though I may have been molded and well shaped to be the adult that I was, at what point did I allow myself to stop making reference to the past and living a limiting life?

There is  no one outside of me that can have any kind of an impact on my life unless I’m willing to consider that they are experts on being me.  Since there’s no one living in my body but me, chances are – I AM the expert in my life and I get to choose.  If I’m not liking the out come, best I choose differently.

If you have a willingness to consider that something different is possible, then you’re right.  If you believe that you have no choice but to live the life that you’ve ‘been handed,’ then you’re right about that too.  Whatever you think…you’re right.  I was tired of listening to what  everyone else was saying about my life and making them right.  Now I have a knowing that absolutely anything is possible and I create my reality.

Have a willingness to consider what else is possible and see what you create for yourself.  Claim your magnificence and discover for your Self, that anything is possible.

Creating a safe space for you to consider your life differently,

Amy