Wild Heart Coaching


 
A great realignment

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(c) Lisa Galinski 2012

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a month since I’ve written.  Actually, I can.  This whole autumn has been….really something.  Movement inside, feeling big inner shifts.  Some significant happenings on the outside – our Creating Infinite Possibilities women’s retreat, lawyering on the side for 1 month and what that opened up for me, and exploring new and exciting ways I can work with people.  And creating, mapping, visioning, planning what’s coming into being as we move into 2013. 

Leaning in.  This fall has been process of looking deeply.  Looking deeply with clear eyes, an open heart and a desire to connect.   

A time of getting real.  Asking myself:  What do I deeply, truly want?  Where am I’m holding back?  What matters most when it comes to how I spend my days, my breaths and my life energy? 

I’ve been asking many many questions and noticing what questions the universe is asking of me.  What’s really working?  What’s not?  What needs to shift to be in greater alignment with my self, my purpose, my soul, heart, mind and body?  

All of it has been deeply transformative & allowing me to see things newly and differently.  I feel like a different person than over the summer (and before I got married).  It’s oddly wonderful. 

But, by all means, it’s not all roses.  It’s frustrating, disorienting, confusing.  Noticing parts of me that want answers, that want to have it all figured out.  And, simultaneously, knowing that there are no answers.  Only experiments.  Only actions.  Only beliefs and patterns and choices and ability to see it differently and feel it differently and do it differently. 

Facing things I’ve been unconscious of, or consciously avoiding, has been an eye-opening experience.  Seeing them, really, and staying.  Not turning away. 

I see newly how parts of myself were not working in together in harmony, or even on the same team.  My mind not aligned with my heart.  My soul and body not communicating effectively.   The energy it takes to work against myself in this way, and yearning to start to change that way of doing it. 

I am really and truly asking myself what’s going to bring out the best in me, what is being called forth from me now. 


I don’t have any answers.  I’m intending to do better with what I have and know (and don’t know) now.  I am continuing to look deeply.  I am continuing to foster natural alignment within myself.  I am continuing to gulp and take another step.  And for all of that and so much  more, I am deeply thankful. 

Wild Heart is growing.  She’s evolving.  She’s taking in sights, sounds, smells and tastes from her environment, noticing what happens and asking important questions.  She’s learning and maturing.  I am thrilled. 

So you’ll see that evolution in this space and on my website in coming weeks and months.  I’m awakening to a new experience of myself, my passions, my gifts, my offerings and my joy to share it with others.  I am calling forth more of myself than I’ve ever brought forth before.  

I can’t wait to share it with you.  Naturally, organically and from my heart.

It’s thrilling, and I feel excited anticipation in my stomach.  I remind myself to trust.  Trust and hold this vision with deep care and love.   

Love,
Lisa  

p.s.  New News!  On Wednesday the 28th I will be launching a sweet little treat that I’ve been working on for the holiday season and I can’t wait to share!!  My heart is full

 
 
What Are You Nourishing?

Lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to nourish ourselves.  The last couple weeks have been a reminder to me that I need to nourish myself in order to be the woman I want to be and do the things I want to do.

In my writing here on this blog I’ve spoken to the importance of nourishing our hearts – doing the things that put us in the space of feeling alive, feeling joyful, feeling fulfilled.   Committing to nourishing your heart, and making choices over and over again to do so is a complete game changer.  It’s amazing how your view of your life and where you’re headed can change when you get into that space. 
And, I’ve been noticing other realms of life that ask (and sometimes demand) to be nourished as well – our bodies, our minds, and our spirits. 

My physical body has been calling out for nourishment lately.  When I go days and forget to eat breakfast or (and?) lunch because I’m feeling busy busy busy and on the go, my physical body yearns for nourishment.  Or when I eat foods that do not nourish my body.  No big surprise there!  It’s something I understand intellectually but falls by the wayside in day-to-day life.  Lately I’m increasingly FEELING the difference when I’m nourishing my body and when I’m not.  It’s the difference between feeling like a human being who is full of life and one who is a meat-sack walking the streets living life!

Case in point:  This afternoon I went to a beautiful and amazing place organic food café & production location – Alchemy Juice Bar & Mamalicious Market.  I went there with the intention to nourish my body.  The life energy and amazing food I experienced there was a welcome oasis of the on-the-go eating I’ve been doing recently.  The live veggie wrap and green smoothie nourished my body AND my soul more than anything I’ve eaten in a while.  I felt truly nourished.  My energy level boosted immediately and I felt clear and alive.  Oooh, it feels sooo good. 

I’m also nourishing my spirit more consciously lately.  For me, I know that being outdoors, breathing fresh air, walking in the woods, seeing the sky and laying on the grass nourishes my spirit.  I spend a short while in the natural world – a few moments even – and I feel like my spirit can breathe again.  It animates and comes alive.  So I’ve been committing to spending at least 15 minutes outdoors every day to create a regular habit of nourishing myself and my spirit.  Why 15 minutes, you ask?  Because it is 1,000% doable.  There is no excuse for *not* taking that time!  And so I do.  And it often turns into more – 15 minutes becomes 20 and becomes 30 or beyond.  And my spirit thanks me for the breathing room each and every time.
(places I go to nourish my spirit)
What nourishes your mind?  I’ll start with a confession:  When my mind wants a break I take a quick soujourn over to celeb news sites like UsMagazine and People.com.  I’m pretty embarrassed to admit this guilty pleasure . . . and that’s why it’s just that, a guilty pleasure!  But does it really nourish my mind?  Um, no.  It’s a light little break, but not nourishing.  A different choice could certainly nourish me more.  Now, I’m not advocating reading the Tao Te Ching in every free moment so that you can enrich your mind.  I’m simply inviting you, me, all of us to notice what nourishes us and what doesn’t. 

Because where we direct our energy, our time, our mental space, our heart space nourishes (fuels) something in our lives.  What are you nourishing?  Sometimes we’re feeding the critical part of ourselves.  Sometimes we’re nourishing the future we are yearning to create.  Sometimes we’re fueling habits that no longer serve us.  Sometimes we’re nourishing a better relationship, a better career path, a better world.

So, just take a look.  Are you choosing to nourish something that affirms you and where you want to go in your life?  Or are you using your energy to fuel something that takes you somewhere else?

What choice can you make to nourish your heart, your spirit, your mind or your body today?   (Note:  That choice could be to take a nap!  I’m feeling that urge myself on right now!)

Yours in wildness~~
Lisa