Today a 105-year old woman told me that the key to happiness is having a peaceful heart. I agree…yet sometimes my heart’s choices are entirely opposite what my mind thinks I should be doing. For example, my mind tells me I should live in the city because it’d be better for my career…but my heart…
Many of us make decisions and navigate through the world in a pre-verbal, metaphoric way. Whether it’s a career path, a place to live or a decision about who to marry, we will choose the one that “feels right”—the career that feels inspiring and expansive, the house that feels lighter, the person who brightens our…
You can listen or download the podcast here: http://lourdesviado.com/29-the-power-of-metaphor-to-unlock-creativity-and-inspire-breakthroughs-with-kim-hermanson-phd/ On Inauguration Day in the US, I was interviewed on the Women in Depth podcast….during which I knew that what was really happening on that day…was the Inauguration of a new world. IN·AU·GU·RA·TION (iˌnôɡ(y)əˈrāSH(ə)n) noun 1. the beginning or introduction of a system, policy, or period….
When I’m scared or confused or thrown off by something, I open up metaphoric space and usually… see myself drawing a square. When I become third space–the ‘space in which it happens’ and allow sacred square energy to permeate my Being, I feel Square’s amazing strength, clarity and boundaries. Square has no trouble being fully present. It is not…
Is there something in your life that’s a bit intense, overwhelming or challenging right now? Stress often creates a feeling of being “boxed in” and having nowhere to move. But no matter what is happening in the external world, third space is always available to us. Metaphoric images are portals to another realm that is…
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