Category Archives: Facing fear

Owning My Life — Attention and Intention

Posted on Thu 03 16 by Lisa Sorensen

23 March 2016 Accept — then act.  Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it… This will miraculously transform your whole life.  ~Eckhart Tolle Amazed that only six weeks remain of this year-long blog, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Three Steps

Posted on Tue 02 16 by Lisa Sorensen

16 February 2016 If you live the questions, life will move you into the answers.  ~Deepak Chopra Often when I feel discouraged or weary, I’m resenting the way the world is.  And asking it to tend to me in a … Continue reading →

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Stopping in My Tracks

Posted on Wed 11 15 by Lisa Sorensen

25 November 2015 True abundance does exist; it flows from sufficiency, in an experience of the beauty and wholeness of what is.  ~Lynne Twist I desire to fully appreciate the goodness in my life, but sometimes there’s a catch.  Fully … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Creating a Bullseye

Posted on Sat 10 15 by Lisa Sorensen

16 October 2015 When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.  ~Rumi From early on, my parents raised me to think of other people and put them first.  To be practical and sensible … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Laying Down the Gavel

Posted on Fri 09 15 by Lisa Sorensen

11 September 2015 “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.  ~ Brené Brown This morning a friend mentioned that she wanted to open some boxes, pigeonholes where she had set people with whom she’d … Continue reading →

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Delving Into the Dark

Posted on Wed 08 15 by Lisa Sorensen

11 August 2015 “You must go into the dark in order to bring forth your light.”  ~Debbie Ford, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams   I fear going into this kind of … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Take Your Mind for a Walk

Posted on Sat 08 15 by Lisa Sorensen

7 August 2015 “Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.”  ~ Robert Allen I love this quote, even though I don’t fully subscribe to it.  It’s patently not true about a lot of things for me.  The smile … Continue reading →

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Being What We Are

Posted on Tue 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

7 July 2015   Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering.  There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. ~ Leonard Cohen     It’s so tempting to want to be what … Continue reading →

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Touchstone — Meaningful Connections

Posted on Sat 06 15 by Lisa Sorensen

19 June 2015 In order to have meaningful connections with others, we need to have a good connection to ourselves.  I need to be willing to support myself, rather than sell myself out at the first hint of disapproval or … Continue reading →

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Meaningful Connection

Posted on Wed 06 15 by Lisa Sorensen

16 June 2015   …What I loved as much as, possibly even more than, being seen was sharing the gaze.  Feeling connected. ~ Amanda Palmer, The Art of Asking I yearn for meaningful connection.  To others.  To myself. I want to be … Continue reading →

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