
“There is a secret about human love that is commonly overlooked: Receiving it is much more scary and threatening than giving it. How many times in your life have you been unable to let in someone’s love or even pushed it away? Much as we proclaim the wish to be truly loved, we are often afraid of that, and so find it difficult to open to love or let it all the way in.” –John Welwood
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Ever since one of the Get Out Of Your Own Way students asked me a question that inspired this post, I’ve been pondering how we can balance feeling grateful for what is, while simultaneously inviting ourselves to tap into our deepest desires.
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Please welcome back guest author Tara Sophia Mohr -- Pinkie, writer, and coach extraordinaire -- here today with a post on turning up the dial of our dreams. Thanks Tara!
In my work with coaching clients, I often ask: “What do you want?”
What do you want – in this difficult situation?
What do you want – in your work?
What do you want – for your life?
The question can be disorienting. There we are, railing about the annoying person or the difficult circumstances or how we’re stuck, and then: “What do I want?” It’s a one hundred and eighty degree turn.
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I'm a giver.
That's right,... get your mind into the gutter, cause that's where I'm talking to you from.
It's hard for me to receive, sexually. I've been so concerned with my partner's pleasure, making sure she gets off and gets eveything she wants. Why? Cause I'm a recovering mama's boy and I'm doing what I know to do — make sure Mommy likes me so I know I'm lovable.
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I just finished the third weekend of Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts, where we spend a lot of time talking about desire- not just sexual desire (though we do that a-plenty), but also the big picture desires of how we wish to live and who we want to be. What I’ve discovered is that, when given permission to fully own my desires, a certain fear arises. What if my desires are too BIG? What if I want more than I can have? What if I’m disappointed not to have my desires met? What if what I want requires uncomfortable change? How do we make peace with our desires?

Dearest Pinkies, please welcome back Leah Shapiro, Head Rabble Rouser at DefytheBox.com. Leah works with women who are tired of the self doubt and the frustration that they are feeling, and who are no longer willing to give up their dreams in order to fit into the role that society has cast them in. Today, she brings us some fresh - and quite Pink, if we do say so - ways to approach making changes in our lives. Thank you as always, Leah, for your convention-defying wisdom. Love to you, sister.
Please welcome back Dr. Rachel Carlton Abrams, Mojo Mentor and Pink Health & Sexuality Coach, as she enlightens us about passion and chi, as they relate to sexuality, Taoism, and life.