by Gizelle | Oct 16, 2016 | Self Discovery, Self-Awareness
In the past I was plagued by a need to engage in mild combat with others about nothing and anything, which was often reflective of my inner state. I would get caught in the web of seeking power through defensiveness, rather than being empowered through slowing down,...
by Gizelle | Aug 27, 2016 | Conscious Living/Mindfulness, Leaps of Faith, Life in Balance
and the Universe will support you. Reminds me of the book entitled “Do What You Love, and the Money Will Follow” – although I’ve never read the book, the teaching has stuck. There have been many, many times when I ‘believed’ that lack of money blocked me from taking...
by Gizelle | Aug 20, 2016 | Being Present, Centering Practice
If we practice being in the moment, slowing down to check in with ourselves, to feel into the center of our being, then we create more opportunities where we are in touch with our true selves. For as many moments as possible, be present and ask our Selves:...
by Gizelle | Aug 6, 2016 | Self Discovery, Self-Awareness
Shedding scarves and jackets, pants and shirts are difficult. Our ego mind tenaciously holds on to its right to exist, the part of us that remembers things, replays conversations in our mind, causes we stand for, our need to be right – – unwilling to relinquish the...
by Gizelle | Jul 30, 2016 | Centering Practice, Prayer & Meditation
Thoughts are like clothing. They often wrap around the essence of ‘who’ we are, confusing us with all the different ways in which they move. Pulling our attention from the center of our being out to all the other things we think we should be concerned with. The more...
by Gizelle | Feb 14, 2007 | Growth/Self-Love, Self-Love/Worthiness
For many years I gave myself away, over and over and over. Despite numerous heartbreaks, grief and loss, I would replay the play (with different players). Eventually I came to a deep realization of how I have always loved ‘him’ more than myself. There was...