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16 Thursday Aug 2012

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Happy Thursday, everyone! There are so many great things happening right now!  And something here might be just the dose of inspiration you need!

First, on Monday I was a guest on Stacey Shank’s Blog Talk Radio Show – she’s the mastermind behind the 30 Day Challenge that I participated in. We talked about how to realize our own overwhelm and ways to remedy that and live more calmly. And I do a cool sense drenching activity that’s super relaxing. If you have 30 minutes, give it a listen! – click the little play icon below.

Listen to internet radio with Stacey Shanks on Blog Talk Radio

 

Second, I’m so excited about my upcoming Clarity and Connection retreat – right on the Autumnal Equinox- September 21-23 – a perfect time to be quiet in nature so you can hear your soul. Waterfall hiking, an incredibly beautiful and relaxing setting, and the perfect mix of unstructured time and group time to share with other wise women. I still have spots available, so check your calendar and see if a personal getaway in September is just what you’re looking for! Read more details and sign up here.

Third, if you’re in the New Orleans area, I have two wordless walks coming up!  I’m hosting a morning walk on Sunday August 26 at 8 a.m. and then a moonlight wordless walk on Friday, August 31 – it’s a special blue moon!  You can read more about these events here. And if you’re not near New Orleans, have you signed up to get my free wordless cure for busyness?  It gives you great directions on how to take your own wordless walk, and how to incorporate more wordlessness into your daily life and dial back the busyness.  You can sign up on the side bar to the right, or if you’re reading this on a phone and don’t see a side bar, then click here.  Then you’ll be subscribed and get email updates from me and exciting offers and other fun wild and precious goodies!

Fourth, I am looking for people to share their experiences with wordlessness for my Wordless Wednesdays. I want to start a wordlessness revolution and I would love to feature you and your wordless video or photos.  Feel free to write about your wordless experience as well.  Send your wordless goodies to me: carla@livingwildandprecious.com – and if you include your snail mail address in your email, I’ll send you a treat!

Fifth and best of all, if you’re at all interested in seeing how coaching can make a difference in your life, this is a great time to find out. My coaching rates will be increasing in September, so now’s the time to jump in, invest in yourself and save some money at the same time.  Are you itching to live more wild and precious? Click to schedule a free call with me and learn more!

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And this is just the beginning – I have some new Wild and Precious yumminess coming very soon, and I can’t wait to tell you about it!

Wordless Wednesday – summertime at Crane Creek

09 Thursday Aug 2012

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I haven’t gone to bed, so it’s still Wednesday to me!  I think this may be one of my favorite one minute wordless videos so far.  Can you hear the cicadas?  Enjoy!

And if you have wordless photos or videos to share, please email them to me and I’ll share them on Wordless Wednesdays!  carla at livingwildandprecious dot com.

Wordless Wednesdays – animal wisdom

27 Wednesday Jun 2012

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I was walking in the swamp, trying to stay in wordlessness, but getting a bit caught up in the land of thoughts and a long list of imagined to-dos.  I asked for an animal with a message for me to appear, and this was the first one I saw.  Yes.  I needed to remember that.  Slow down and take my time.  Savor the process.  Relax into a rhythm.  Thank you, snail!

Worshiping at the altar of busy

03 Sunday Jun 2012

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It’s funny, I was talking to a good friend about my crusade against the word “crazy-busy” and this idea of everyone telling everyone else how busy they are all the time, like it’s a badge of honor.

And surprisingly, she said, “Do you know how embarrassing it is not to be busy?  What are you supposed to tell people?”

Oh. Right.  That’s how we show that all is well in our culture.  A packed calendar, a list of accomplishments – a whole lot of doing, doing, doing.  We’re fine – we’re  just so busy!

Me – I’m starting to rebel against this kind of thinking. For the past bunch of years, I’ve been slowly chipping away at this concept. Now when people ask, “How are you?  Really busy?”  I’ve stopped saying, “Oh, yeah. Things are just so busy.” Because I really don’t want to live that way anymore.

Sure, sometimes I’m still busy, and sometimes my days are super-full.  But I’m not all proud of it anymore.  In fact, when my calendar gets too stuffed, I get honest with myself about what’s going on that’s led me to pile up so many appointments or commitments.  I get really curious.  Especially if I’m saying yes to everyone but myself.

I know what you might be thinking – that you don’t have any choice.  That there’s absolutely nothing you can do to escape the modern scourge of busyness.  Or that if you do elect to be less busy, that you’ll be excluded, ostracized, shunned. And God forbid you don’t sign your kids up for every available sport, activity, party, etc. Really – if we weren’t busy with all of this stuff, what would we post on Facebook?  Pictures of us finally getting enough sleep???

If you are craving a weekend of less busy and more you, with time to think and reflect and perhaps create a new reality for yourself by figuring out how to say yes to what you really want and no to what you don’t,  consider joining me for my Clarity and Connections retreat in beautiful St. Francisville, LA, July 27-29.  A small group of women gaining clarity about what we really want and connecting with nature, ourselves and each other.  With waterfalls included!  Check out the details here.

I’ve designed it for me – what I mean is that it’s exactly what I want when I’m craving  a weekend to press my own internal reset button.  There will be plenty of Wordlessness à la Martha Beck, plus free time to lounge and reflect, along with some powerful tools that will give you major clarity, fast, even if like me, you’re already sold on the idea of backing off on busy.

$99 reserves your spot, and there’s still time to get the early bird rate! Click here to go to the information page.

And I’d love to hear your thoughts about busyness.  How are you dealing with it in your daily life?