247: Staying Sane in an Insane World

Hello Dear Ones! After a month of being silent mode (and navigating a natural disaster) ... sitting with what words and wisdom wanted to emerge to support and guide us through these intense, transformative times... the inspiration came through for a 3-part series on Power ... specifically what I am calling "Genuine Power" - natural, innate, native power, different than authentic power and for sure different than distorted power. We are going to explore what genuine power looks and feels like ... what distorted, destructive power looks and feels like ... what is at the roots of both...  how do we open up our eyes to see and discern truth and reality .... and then how do we apply our co-creative power to reimagine the way we and this world work, now, from the inside out. This first episode in the series is #254: A Call to Honor, Humanity & Sanity.   Imagine this: What if in order to hold a position of power and leadership in any system - from a corporation to government to a family or community - a person had to meet the qualifications of embodying and expressing Honor, Humanity and Sanity ... and they also had to create an environment that instilled and cultivated those qualities in others?     Remember, the fertlizer to the see of new, elevated realities are to imagine it, bring language to it, and then through our voices, choices, presence, relations and projects, co-create it. In the podcast we will hone in on HONOR. HUMANITY. SANITY and use the power of the definitions below to bring forth the essence of what we are talking about what leadership - personal and systemic - looks and feels like when it's rooted in wholeness.  Genuine - native, natural, innate Honor - regard to respect. honesty. integrity. Honor is the harmony between humility and dignity.  Humility - freedom from false pride or arrogance, not equating worth to being better than Dignity - healthy self respect, quality of being worthy of honor  Sanity - health/healthy. the ability to think and behave in normal, reasonable manner, sound power of mind.  Humanity - man + earth, humane, to be a steward, to show care for other humans without regard to how their beliefs or choices may be different or similar to yours.  See you there! Christine Remember ... OUR POWER comes from connecting with heart and purpose with others, to support each other to stay light - centered, radiant, clear -- and to explore and conversate so we can co-create new realities into being.  ___ >>INSPIRED ACTIONS - Be an Agent of Elevation >> INSPIRED ACTION: Share this podcast with a friend. Share some Hope Biscuits - evidence of Honor, Humanity and Sanity you are seeing. >> INSPIRED ACTION: Acknoweldge and appreciate a man in your life who embodies and has expressed the energy of Honor, Humanity or Sanity. ___ Resources + Connect Daily Harmonizing Kit - www.dailypracticekit.com Connect on Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinearylo/ Learn about Feminine Wisdom Way + Cyclical Living www.femininewisdomway.com Connect on Feminine Wisdom Cafe - for inspiration and resources to stay harmonized + wield your co creative power and wisdom! - go here.  

Wise beings know how to use the natural cycles of the earth and universe to support us to grow our work, wealth and relationships, and to support our overall wellbeing, and keep us focused on what matters. Which is why at the quarter point shifts of the year - Solstices and Equinoxes - our personal leadership best practice (and one we can do with our teams and partners) is taking what I call a Power Pause. Equinoxes specifically are all about illuminating imbalances, shifting habits to restore wellbeing, and re-focusing your priorities and intentions for the next quarter. In this episode we focus on the last quarter - between now and the end of the Roman calendar year (about 9 weeks) or between now and end of January, the start of the new lunar calendar year (about 12 weeks). Tune into this Power Pause and take a step back to get some perspective on the main parts of your whole life - your work in the world, your wellbeing foundation, your relationships and your personal growth / presence.   I will lead us through a creative inquiry process including somatic visualization to tune into and get clear on: Where you truly desire to focus your energy, time and resources this last part of the year - so you start the new year in a good space + create momentum for next year What two focus points - in your work in the world + your wellbeing foundation - matter most this last part of the year What two relationships - with an individual and with a group/team/family/system are imbalanced and need a reset.   See you there!  Christine  P.S. Remember -->> REVIEW + / or SHARE this Power Pause with a friend or your partner.  P.P.S. Make sure you are on Christine's wisdom letter list to receive access and notification of the Power Pause Guidebook:  https://christinearylo.com/wisdom-letter-signup/  or visit her wisdom library on her website at https://christinearylo.com/blog/   *** Resources + Connect 1.. Overwhelmed and Over It the book + the companion journal. Learn more www.OverwhelmedandOverit.com  2. Connect on Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinearylo/ 3. Learn about Feminine Wisdom Way + Cyclical Living www.femininewisdomway.com ***

Have you ever considered how the work you do and the way you work could be different if you & all people put Wellbeing at the center? Imagine if our culture embraced that all humans are designed differently, which means what supports our wellbeing - mind, body, heart, spirit - will be different. Therefore, the way we work, and the environments we work within need to be flexible, fluid and responsive to the different kinds of work styles required to empower and enable diverse humans to thrive. Imagine a world in which we defined work not just by what we did to receive money, but all the ways in which we give our energy, care, and time to a system…including caregiving & creative expression…as well as the jobs & roles we play within organizations and professions. In this episode, Christine and Jennifer explore 3 Realms to illuminate the way you are designed to work best, liberate you from what doesn't align, and then begin to take small but significant steps to bring your reality into alignment with your design now. We'll also explore and illuminate what must be present for you in the environments you work within in order for you to truly thrive. Remember: You and I have the power to co-create culture. Our power starts with choosing to intentionally cultivate the culture of our individual place + reality. Then the culture of the family + relational systems we live in. Then the team ecosystem we work in. Then the organizational, community & social ecosystems we swim in. Rather than wait for the big ecosystem to shift to creating a culture that creates work environments based on what we need as humans to cultivate and maintain a strong foundation of wellbeing...we can embrace our power of #HarmonicDefiance and make small shifts that lead to bigger shifts that bring how we work and where we work into alignment with all realms of our wellbeing. Between now and the next episode, Christine and Jennifer invite you to contemplate the inquiry: What shift could you make to bring your work more into alignment with your design and wellbeing? Bonus invitation: SHARE this podcast with a friend, and invite them to conversate on the inquiry with you. Let’s Stay Light in community with fellow Wise Beings – join us! Resources & Links: Season of Light series (Prelude + 9 Episodes): #241 - 243 / 245 - 248 / 250 - 252 Align to Your Design series (3 Episodes): #217 - 219 Inquiries into the 3 Realms of Aligning Your Work With Your Wellbeing: Rhythm: What is the weekly rhythm that best supports your wellbeing? What’s the starting and ending pace? Where are the breaths? Where is the space to connect with your heart & spirit? Roles: What roles align for you? Which chafe you? (Employee / Entrepreneur + Solo / Collaborative) Radiance: Look for your heart & soul gold. When these golden elements are present in your work, work environment, role, and pace…you feel supported, nourished, and your Radiance feels strong. When not present, your Radiance feels drained. Overwhelmed & Over It book: Weekly Rhythm (p. 265) + Harmonic Defiance (p. 279) What’s next? Remember to SHARE this podcast episode with at least one friend or colleague. Then conversate on the inquiry: What shift could you make to bring your work more into alignment with your design and wellbeing? Bonus invitation: invite a friend to a Wisdom Tea and conversate on the 3 Realms + sub-inquiries listed above. Join us again at Feminine Power Time around the September Equinox as we move into the next Season together! Ways to Connect: Join us in the Feminine Wisdom Cafe, a private online community Subscribe to Christine's Monthly Wisdom Letters  Connect with Christine and Jennifer on LinkedIn Watch on YouTube

The super power of Co-Creation. It's different than manifestation. It's not magical thinking. And it's the wise way for us as leaders to shift from pushing, grinding and striving to actually bringing our visions into form...without burning out or sacrificing our lives. It won't make everything you desire magically appear. And while it is about us as individuals, Co-Creation (emphasis on “co” piece) is not just about us as individuals - this is where the courage, compassion, and connection comes in to give us true super power. In this episode, Christine and Jennifer explore the feminine super power of co-creation through three key principles for bringing more of what we desire for ourselves and the world into reality. How we co-create with the Universe and each other to bring our desires from essence into form. Lean in, tune in and put into practice what feels aligned for you.  Suggestion - bring some paper and markers - we will be using the co-creative practice of visual thinking together. Bring your journal if you have one. Between now and the next episode, Christine and Jennifer invite you to contemplate the inquiry: Wha’s at the center of your life design? Bonus invitation: SHARE this podcast with a friend, and invite them to conversate on the inquiry with you. Let’s Stay Light in community with fellow Wise Beings – join us! Resources & Links: Stay Light Playlist on Spotify Mantra albums + artists to listen to for daily mantra practice: Igniting the Beauty - Brenda McMorrow  The Essence - Deva Premal  Light of the Naam - Snatam Kaur  Travel Well - David Newman + Mira  What’s next? Tune in to the 9-part Season of Light series, running now through the end of August - and invite a friend to join you! Remember to SHARE this podcast episode with at least one friend or colleague. Then conversate on the inquiry: What's at the center of your life design? Ways to Connect: Join us in the Feminine Wisdom Cafe, a private online community Subscribe to Christine's Monthly Wisdom Letters  Connect with Christine and Jennifer on LinkedIn Watch on YouTube

You and I have the super power to consciously choose to catalyze ourselves vs. wait to be catalyzed the big “Universal 2x4.” We have the power to work with the catalyzing energy happening on our planet right now in a way that supports and serves us and others vs. overwhelming us. But like any super power, if you can't name it and articulate it, you can't wield its power… In this episode, Christine and Jennifer explore the feminine super power of Catalyze: the power to use the situations that life brings you as liberators and elevators that lift YOU & OTHERS up - to expanded levels of consciousness and reality. When you choose to embrace your power to catalyze yourself out of a comfort zone, with focus and swiftness, you release and shed what's no longer needed (and is weighing you down), and take a self-empowered step into your soul's evolution, liberating yourself to a more full, true, empowered expression. When you shift the situation that’s challenging you right now in your life from something happening to you into something happening through you, you step into your power to meet and work with whatever is showing up...as a process and path to greater healing, freedom and expression. This is practical wisdom in action - to apply to whatever is catalyzing in your life. We'll dive into: 3 Principles of Conscious Catalyzing How to meet challenges as catalysts How to catalyze yourself to step out of your comfort zone vs. waiting for the Universe to do it for you How to work with the catalyzing energy of our time Liberation: what it is, and how you can use it Together, we’ll reveal and illuminate: What are your lifetime catalyzers? Those areas of your life that keep challenging you? What “skins”- roles, responsibilities, and robes of expression or repression – are you ready to or is it time to release? What within you is calling to be liberated? What desires to be more free to express? What do you desire to be more free to receive? What ways of living, relating, or working are you complete with and ready to liberate yourself from? Between now and the next episode, Christine and Jennifer invite you to contemplate the inquiry: What is calling you to be catalyzed? Bonus invitation: SHARE this podcast with a friend, and invite them to conversate on the inquiry with you. Let’s Stay Light in community with fellow Wise Beings – join us! Resources & Links: 9 Common Catalyzers (Soul Curriculum): Career / Home / Parenting / Money / Health / Relationships – Romantic / Relationships - Friends or specific gender / Relationships – Family / Self What’s next? Tune in to the 9-part Season of Light series, running now through the end of August - and invite a friend to join you! Remember to SHARE this podcast episode with at least one friend or colleague. Then conversate on what is calling you to be catalyzed in your life right now. Ways to Connect: Join us in the Feminine Wisdom Cafe, a private online community Subscribe to Christine's Monthly Wisdom Letters Connect with Christine and Jennifer on LinkedIn Watch on YouTube

One of the things I love about the practice of cyclical planning and co creation is that it gives us the space to tune into wisdom before moving into action. If we dare to take that space - which could be days, weeks or months, we gain so many things really hard to see or believe if we are only operating in the busy mode of our day to day.  Things like:  Clarity on what matters .... where the momentum is... where it's not.  Acknowledgment of all the incremental progress we have made ... that's easy not to see or receive if we don't pause. Guidance that comes from a deeper wisdom than our minds can source.  Which is why I'm inviting you to take a breath, take a beat, and experiment with this practice I call Pause. Listen. Co-Create. It's one of the practices for' how' we create space for ourselves to evolve into the next, while sustaining the now, and releasing that which we no longer need. This is a practice we do every August - the first harvest of the year - but you can do it anytime. I will lead you through the 3 parts - 1.Incremental Progress - What are you harvesting now because of where you put your attention, intention and resources the last 4 months of last year? 2. Pausing - Reflect on the wisdom gained. What do you want to take with you / focus on into the rest of this year (this will create your harvest next year!)  3. Listening - What's falling off? What's shapeshifting? Where's the momentum taking you? 4. Co-Create - What space + structure do you need to experiment, explore and elevate?  I will also check in with you on where I've been in my own journey these last few months using this process to chart my course forward. See you there! Christine Elevate Action - Share >> Share this podcast with a friend + share what you are harvesting this year because of what you gave intention and attention to the last quarter of last year. Also share, what you choose to give your energy to the last 4 months of the year. Leave a Review - Love to Hear from You! >>Go to show episode in your podcat app, scroll down, and leave review.  What’s next? Tune in to the 9-part Season of Light series, running now through the end of August - and invite a friend to join you! Ways to Connect: Join us in the Feminine Wisdom Cafe, a private online community Subscribe to Christine's Monthly Wisdom Letters Connect with Christine and Jennifer on LinkedIn Watch on YouTube

We’re all feeling the intensity – so how can Feminine Wisdom support us to navigate through it? Well, it starts with taking a pause, putting on our “wise being glasses,” and then taking a deeper look at what is going on in the Field (the bigger collective world) and in our personal field (our own inner experiences, relationships and reality). This pause allows us to see what is real, what is needed, what the patterns are, and to find the wisdom to navigate the now and the next. In this episode, Christine and Jennifer explore how Feminine Wisdom can support us in intense times, to elevate and expand our consciousness, so that we can liberate ourselves from the stuff we just don’t want to carry with us or create from anymore. The intention of our exploration is to give you perspectives and practices to prepare you for the now, and the next. Some of the wisdom models, practices and tools we'll work with in this episode are: Triangle of Transformation Sovereignty in the Swirl This is not that Co-Create from Momentum and Intention Be aware of the now and what's needed, AND keep the long game in mind. Put energy into both. Focus on your part and your design. If you are not clear, create space to get clear this year. EOE: Evidence of Elevation EOM: Evidence of Momentum Between now and the next episode, Christine and Jennifer invite you to contemplate the inquiry: What EOEs and EOMs am I seeing? Bonus invitation: SHARE this podcast with a friend, and invite them to play the EOE / EOM Game with you – share one EOE or EOM with each other every day. It’s how we can all Stay Light together, in community – join us! Resources & Links: Morning Practice Guide Overwhelmed & Over It book - Read Section 2: Liberate Your Life Force  Triangle of Transformation - video and model posted on the Feminine Wisdom Cafe  What’s next? Tune in to the 9-part Season of Light series, running now through the end of August - and invite a friend to join you! Remember to SHARE this podcast episode with at least one friend or colleague. Then invite them to play the EOE / EOM Game – find and share one EOE or EOM daily with each other. Notice how this simple act supports you in Staying Light! Ways to Connect: Join us in the Feminine Wisdom Cafe, a private online community Subscribe to Christine's Monthly Wisdom Letters Connect with Christine and Jennifer on LinkedIn Watch on YouTube

The word “sane” at its root means “free from mental disturbance.” So how can we free ourselves from mental disturbance in the midst of a world that is swirling with it? While we cannot stop the insanity we see happening in our world and the people within it, there are things we can do to stay sane, sustained, centered and focused on what matters.  In this episode, Christine and Jennifer share four practices for Staying Sane in an Insane World. These are practices to put into place proactively, in how we design our lives, the way we work, think, and operate. They are simple yet mighty structures that will hold us and keep us centered no matter what is happening around us. Here they are: Create Conversate & Council Center & Connect to Your Core Clear Your Field Our practices give us the space to have our human emotions and release them out of our system so that we can respond from an elevated, higher-frequency, more humane consciousness that opens up people and possibility vs. creating more polarity and unhelpful chaos. Our practices give us wisdom, so that we can use our life force to create the world we desire for ourselves, each other, and those we love, lead, and influence. Between now and the next episode, Christine and Jennifer invite you to contemplate the inquiry: What practices am I playing with to stay centered, and how do I feel as a result of playing with these practices? Bonus invitation: choose one of the four practices to experiment with, SHARE this podcast with a friend, and invite them to play with the practice, too. It’s how we can all Stay Light together, in community – join us!  Resources & Links: Morning Practice Guide What’s next? Tune in to the 9-part Season of Light series, running now through the end of August - and invite a friend to join you! Remember to SHARE this podcast episode with at least one friend or colleague. Then conversate on what practices you’re playing with to stay centered, and how you feel as a result.  Ways to Connect: Subscribe to Christine's Monthly Wisdom Letters Connect with Christine and Jennifer on LinkedIn Join us in the Feminine Wisdom Cafe, a private online community Watch on YouTube

Anger and grief are good human emotions. They have the potential to open up so much for us – individually and collectively – which can lead to healing, breaking down barriers, and breaking through to better realities. The problem is that most humans weren't taught how to express anger or grief in healthy ways, so it comes out sideways in distorted ways, or it gets stuffed down until we blow up or get sick. Sometimes we are the receiver of that big emotional eruption and other times we are the "unleasher" or "erupter" on someone else. In this episode, Christine and Jennifer explore perspectives and practices around dealing with the kind of rage and grief that comes from our wounds or the wounds of others, and how to do it differently in ways that lead to wholeness. Together we’ll explore how we can: Discharge anger and grief so that it doesn't build up inside us and leak out, or erupt in distorted ways Have big emotions like rage and grief about the world, about our reality, about other people's actions or choices, without them consuming us Use our big emotions to heal ourselves and ignite creative action that inspires Deal with other people’s misdirected rage and grief Respond to the things that enrage us, in powerful ways that make the world better vs. adding to the chaos Between now and the next episode, Christine and Jennifer invite you to contemplate the two-part inquiry: What anger or grief am I holding on to? Where do I feel it in my body? Bonus invitation: amplify your awareness and capacity to shift by SHARING this podcast with a friend and conversating on the inquiry together. Let’s Stay Light in community with fellow Wise Beings – join us!   Resources & Links: Osho Dynamic Meditation  Kundalini yoga: Kriya for Releasing Anger "Wheels of Life" by Anodea Judith (book on chakras) “Returning” by Jennifer Berezan    What’s next? Tune in to the 9-part Season of Light series, running June through August - and invite a friend to join you! Remember to SHARE this podcast episode with at least one friend or colleague. Then conversate on what to do when you get gooped. Ways to Connect: Subscribe to Christine's Monthly Wisdom Letters  Connect with Christine and Jennifer on LinkedIn Join us in the Feminine Wisdom Cafe, our Mighty Networks community  Watch on YouTube

Are you clearing your emotional and energetic fields? What do you do when you get "gooped" by the world, a person, the news, the physical and virtual environments you find yourself in, or even by your own emotional triggers? In this episode, Christine, Jennifer, and special guest Noah Martin explore what it means to be “gooped”, how to know when you are gooped up, how does it happen, and what do you do in the moment or as prevention to keep the external forces from knocking you off kilter? Clearing your emotional and energetic fields is a must in our world today; just like you brush your teeth and get in your daily steps. On today’s podcast, we’ll explore how to care for your emotional and energetic bodies by looking at: Wisdom About Energy - what we need to know about our energetic connections and energy fields, and how they interact with other people and situations. 5 Kinds of Boundaries - Emotional, Mental, Energetic, Physical and Environment. How to work with yours, know when your boundaries have been breached and how to re-center and clear your field. Goop Prevention - what you can do proactively to not get gooped. Emergency Care & Cultivating Your Energetic Support Team and Structure - practices & modalities that can support you to clear your being, strengthen your internal system, and clear out energetic and emotional interference. Get your practitioners, practices, and people in place that will keep you at a high frequency and keep your being light. Build these into your daily, weekly, and monthly rhythm to support your radiance. Between now and the next episode, Christine, Jennifer, and Noah invite you to contemplate the inquiry: What To Do When I Get Gooped? Awareness is the first step to making a shift, and by the end of this episode you will have the tools to bring awareness to what tends to goop you up. You’ll also receive practices and resources to support you in clearing your emotional and energetic fields so that you can Stay Light. Join us! Resources & Links: Meditations by Noah - UnGoop Meditation  Stay Harmonized Practice Overwhelmed and Over It Book - Section 2 Liberate Your Life Force  Daily Morning Flow Kit - Morning Receiving Practice book + video   Energy Clearing Sessions with Noah Noah’s 10 Before 10 - take 10 deep breaths daily before 10:00 a.m. Saltwater bath or saltwater in a bowl on your nightstand Plus…other modalities for De-Gooping and Staying Light to check out: EMDR - Seemorg Matrix - Family Constellations - Chi Gong - Tai Chi - Kundalini Yoga - Kriya Yoga - Pranayama - Earthing  What’s next? Tune in to the 9-part Season of Light series, running now through August - and invite a friend to join you! Remember to SHARE this podcast episode with at least one friend or colleague. Then conversate on what to do when you get gooped. Ways to Connect: Subscribe to Christine's Monthly Wisdom Letters  Connect with Christine and Jennifer on LinkedIn Join us in the Feminine Wisdom Cafe, a private online community  Watch on YouTube