Spire Coaching and Consulting

12/10/2019

I often get emails from people saying, "Here’s my situation, here are my choices, how do I choose what to do?" And it’s quite clear to me, from reading what they’ve written, that they know what choice they want to make. So I write back, "I can’t give advice, but it sounds to me as though you already know what you want to do."

The way they explain the situation and the decision absolutely tips their hand. And that’s helpful.

So if you’re not sure what you want to do, try drafting an email to explain the situation, send the email to yourself, wait a week, then read it. Maybe you know what you want—more than you’ve admitted to yourself.

Also, when I’m trying to make a tough decision, I ask myself: am I making this decision to "Be Gretchen," or because I want to impress other people, please someone else, pretend that I’m different from the person I actually am, or deny a truth about myself?

Sometimes I tell myself, "Choose the bigger life." Which choice—for me—would make my life bigger? Often that consideration makes a choice obvious.

What do you do when you need to make a tough choice?

12/08/2019

Great class, for free! Start off the new year right!

Beloved Friends...I've got something exciting to share with you. I've decided that in the new year I'm going to offer a FREE 10 Day version of Be Your Own Beloved to start out the new year and the new decade, with a dose of self-compassion. Class runs January 3-12, 2020. Just enter your email on the course page to join: http://bit.ly/2LtwP70

I wanted to offer one free class while I'm on Maternity Leave and this felt like the right time...thanks to all the alumni who gave me feedback on their favourite prompts of the full session so I could hone it down to 10 powerful activities to help you step into your visual story with compassion!

03/31/2019

Celebrate everything

03/18/2019

She Let Go
By Rev. Safire Rose

She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of the fear.
She let go of the judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons.
Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask anyone for advice.
She didn’t read a book on how to let go.
She didn’t search the scriptures.
She just let go.
She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn’t promise to let go.
She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn’t analyze whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line.
She didn’t utter one word.
She just let go.
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort.
There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore…

01/18/2019

What would you do?

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Still true

05/28/2018

Choose joy.

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05/27/2018

One of my favorite artists ❤️❤️❤️

05/21/2018

What change is coming your way?

08/08/2017

What do you need to ask for this week?