Beyond Certainty? We, as a society and individually, value certainty. We seek to create it in our lives and in our work. It brings security and safety. But, what if there is something more? beyond certainty? Though we avoid disruption of the status quo, chaos has within it the seeds of that something more. Listen [...]
Our bodies, exhausted, demand rest, but nothing in our world, today, demands we be silent. Yet silence nurtures our being. It reassures us that “All is Well” when chaos seems to reign. It allows answers to the dilemmas we face to emerge from a place of pre-verbal knowing. Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us to be [...]
At the beginning of this New Year many ask “What will 2013 bring?” A much more potent question is “What are you bringing to 2013?” Michelangelo stated “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” What do you see? Sophocles tells us, “Look and you will find it - [...]
"Yes, it's a matter of CHOICE!" Yes, it’s true, it’s all a matter of choice. Viktor Frankl in his classic work “Man’s search for meaning” states “A human being is a deciding being.” This is true even when external circumstances threaten us. Frankl, who was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp understood that “Everything can [...]
New beginnings We associate new beginnings with New Year’s, the first day of Spring and our birthdays. Nonetheless, we have new beginnings every moment of every day as new life flows into our beings to keep us alive. We have the energy to begin something new, a more expansive you, a kinder you, a more [...]
As you think about the upcoming holidays, what scene are you painting? Do you cringe when you anticipate seeing a certain person, family member or associate? Do you see, hear or feel yourself feeling less than because of that person’s comments or behavior? Listen to A Jolt of Joan to learn about strategies to transform [...]
Weave the MAGIC of KINDNESS! The approaching holidays with ensuing end of year celebrations triggers in many a pattern of relentless busyness coupled with increasing stress and in others feelings of isolation and depression. What if instead of these stressful patterns we choose to weave the magic of kindness into the approaching days? Listen to [...]
"Calm in chaos?" Often we get caught up in the chaos that swirls around us. What is the impact of being swept up into the chaos? What if we seek the calm that always exists beneath the chaos? Carl Jung posits “In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” Click [...]
http://www.cellular-wisdom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/11_18_12.mp3 Click on the date above to listen to this week's "Jolt of Joan" As the end of 2012 draws closer and the holiday celebrations loom large, many experience stress in many forms. Anticipating being with family and friends may elicit concern over questions we are likely to be asked. “How are you doing? How [...]
Watching people meander, listening to music, enjoying food along the banks of the Mississippi River in New Orleans I am reminded of the immense value of relaxing, pausing and letting life flow through us. In our driven world of goals and achievements, we leave little time to just be, to allow all that occurs in [...]