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transition
Consider The Acorn: Change, Potential, and the Ability To Receive
April Sweazy, June 3, 2011
Something big is afoot. I’ve been saying it all year. The minute 2011 trumpeted its way in, I knew. I could just feel it. Change was in the air.
And I was not happy about it.
So I crossed my arms and shook my head and said, “Sorry Change, go knock on someone else's door, I’m not having it,” and closed the door on Change to continue with my comfortable -- and safe -- little routine. Meanwhile, Change pitched a tent out in my front yard and taunted me from a distance. I would peer at it through the curtains, but refused to engage it in any way -- and we danced around each other in this manner for quite awhile.
Then I made my mistake (which actually wasn’t a mistake at all).
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How Chaz Bono is Being Unapologetically Chaz
Lissa Rankin, May 15, 2011
Owning Pink is all about being unapologetically YOU so you can heal, connect, and thrive. But doing so isn’t always easy, and we all need role models.
I’d like to shine a light on Chaz Bono, who is Owning Pink so fearlessly that I’m in awe. Chaz Bono was born Chastity, but he never felt like a girl. As a tomboy child, he struggled to fit in, and as a teen, he decided he must be a lesbian. But that didn’t feel right either. Chaz just always felt like a man and suffered from the constant unsettling feeling that something just wasn’t right. So two years ago, Chastity announced that she planned to become Chaz.
Transition
Read More...A Group Hug For Those In Transition
Lissa Rankin, March 29, 2011
Hello, my love.
If you’ve been following my blog lately, you’ve probably felt the seismic shifts that are rumbling around in my life in the aftermath of coming home from my book tour, closing my medical practice, and figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. Understandably, some of my personal rumblings have reverberated through the Owning Pink community, and those of you who are really sensitive to energy shifts have even written to me to comment on the bumpy feeling you might have noticed at Owning Pink.
The World Is In Transition
I know I’m not alone in my transition. I’m just one teensy little microcosm in a big, big world. Tsunamis are uprooting whole countries. Civil unrest in the Middle East is quaking throughout the world. The economic crisis in the US continues to pummel us as unemployment skyrockets, 13% of the houses in the US are empty, and we start to wonder when we’ll see the light.
Read More...Find The Baby In The Bathwater
Lissa Rankin, March 22, 2011
Huffington Post just named me among their Twitter Powerhouses in an article titled, "16 Health Experts To Check Out On Twitter". When I realized I was in the fabulous company of people like Dr. Oz and Women’s Health magazine editor Dave Zinczenko, I was deeply honored and humbled, as I was when Forbes listed me among the 20 Inspiring Women To Follow On Twitter.
After fanning my peacock feathers for my dog Grendel (who was the only one watching on a Sunday morning), I felt this strange sinking feeling, when I realized that I was -- yet again -- being recognized for my doctor-ness. I was getting put into the health box, when I wanted someone to recognize me for my spiritual leadership, my artistic endeavors, or my life coaching skills.
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Divorce & The Hard Days: 5 Tips For Healing Through Growth
Guest Author, February 18, 2011
Please welcome back the fabulous Laura Campbell, divorce and life reinvention consultant and founder of The D Spot, helping women regroup, renew, and reinvent themselves before and after divorce. Thanks, Laura!
Do you ever have days when it just feels so hard?!
I didn’t really know what this felt like until later in my marriage when I couldn’t figure out why some days (more and more as time when on) felt “hard” to get through.
And there were many hard days once I got separated, went through my divorce and began to move forward after.
To be completely honest with you, there are still days when it feels just so hard.
A client said to me today, “is it really possible to have the life you dream of? I only ask because no one I know is living their dream life… as a matter of fact, so many of them are not happy.”
I can’t begin to tell you just how sad I was to hear her ask this question. As a coach, I am surrounded by people--other coaches, experts, consultants and amazing women who are all on a journey towards living their ideal life.
Read More...Between Worlds: 3 Steps to Turn Transition into Your True Life
Guest Author, November 26, 2010
Please welcome back the extraordinary Tama J. Kieves, author of This Time I Dance: Creating The Work You Love, joining us today to talk about the wonderous space of transition and how stay the course, rest, experiment and explore.
"Surviving meant being born over and over again." Erica Jong
Freedom is not just about being able to choose anything you want. Freedom is ease with oneself. Believe me, you know this, when you're in a transition faced with goblins, jewels, and choices. See, the problem isn't that you don't know yet which life you want. The real problem is that voice in your head — which is just way too much like a jumpy crack junkie, or, say, a cattle-prodding "concerned" relative, who needs you to get a fix in the park — rather than take a walk in it. This junkie is calling out the inner militia to make you DO something. But here's what you are doing: You are learning to trust yourself, your life and your spirit. You are learning the art of living a more inspired life.
Suspended In Air
Audrey Vitolins, June 9, 2010
James Twyman writes, "You may feel the urge to return to the illusion of safety and security that separation offered as this reconciliation begins to manifest in the outer conditions of your life. You are in the transition phase, suspended between two trapezes. Slowly breathe in and breathe out, and say, 'I release the lesser to receive the greater.'"
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Mojo Monday- What Would You Do If You Were Brave?
Guest Author, January 25, 2010
Dear Pinkies, please welcome back the wisest woman in my life, my best friend and Pink Mommy, Trish Rankin. She’s here today with some thoughts on dreams, transitions, and the miracles that exist in each of us. Take it away, Mommy, and thank you! – Lissa
Healing, Releasing, and Owning Me: Joy's Pink Intuitive Reading with Caroline
Joy Mazzola, October 22, 2009
Hey Pinkies. Joy here. Last week, I had my first Pink Intuitive Reading with the Pink Goddess of Intuition, Caroline Diana Bobart.
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