Blog Entries tagged 'journeys'

How I Leaped into Film and TV

lauree@simplyleap.com — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0100

"You will work on a film project that last six weeks."

It was a familiar voice, the inner one that whispers when I least expect it. I smiled inwardly, wondering how its truth would show itself ~ for often the voice within speaks in riddles that our conscious mind dissects to mean something entirely different.

I knew it would come true, but the how remained a mystery.

By Christine Louise Hohlbaum, author of The Power of Slow: 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World.

It was a rainy day in December 2008 when I embarked on a me-day to Muni [...]

How I Leaped: Becoming a Zumba Superstar

lauree@simplyleap.com — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Ok, well maybe not SUPERstar--but I'm pretty darn happy.

By Eloiza Jorge, with Deepening Wisdom.

My story begins while I was at the gym trying to lose some "baby weight". Yes, I gained over 50 lbs with each of my two pregnancies and I wasn't petite to begin with!

I was in pretty good shape (good enough shape to push two healthy babies out naturally) and I sure did enjoy me some food while I was pregnant.

A YMCA member cas [...]

How I Leaped: What you resist persists

lauree@simplyleap.com — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0100

On motherhood and leaping, by Christine Woodcock

If money were no object, if fear were no object, if you could do anything in your life, live anywhere-- Where would you live? What would you do? What would your life be like?

In order to answer these questions truthfully, takes a lot of courage. It requires one to simply leap. Back in 2006, as I sat in the living room of my lakeside home in Connecticut, I somehow mustered my nerve and finally responded:

"I would live right here in this house in CT. I love this house and the lake. I would go down to only t [...]

How I Simply Leaped

lauree@simplyleap.com — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0100

I often describe the subtle shifts and outright leaps I make in my own life. Now it's your turn.

Introducing the September blog series: How I Simply Leaped.

Please share the moments that changed your life.

Did you set your mind to change, then see it through?Were you taken by surprise, and made the best of it?Did you jump in with both feet not knowing what might happen? Even better, are you leaping right now?

Outrageous stories aren't required. I believe there are two definitions of Simply Leap.

"The company name, Simply Leap, is [...]

I'm scared & doing it anyway!

lauree@simplyleap.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

In June, I spoke at IgniteDC #4 about How My Brain Tumor Will Change Your Life. Watch me in action!

It was surprising how a certain catchphrase caught on that evening - you can hear the crowd at one point - and on Twitter since.

"I'm scared & doing it anyway. I'm taking fear by the hand and walking through the door."

I've written before about being scared. How admitting that means you can stop avoiding it, making it bigger than it is, and actually face what's in front of you more confidently.

This phrase means something else. I [...]

How my brain tumor will change your life

lauree@simplyleap.com — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Six years ago, I had the first of three surgeries to remove a benign brain tumor. At that moment I also started down a path to understand myself better - and claim the strength I had to affect major change in my life.

You have that power too. I blogged about it recently.

Over the next few weeks I'll impart lessons from my experience. With them will be actionable steps for making your own changes. I'm talking big stuff, and also all of the subtle things it takes, like changing your mindset.

So what are we waiting for?

How my brain tumor will change your life, [...]

Holding on can hold you back

lauree@simplyleap.com — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100

You are more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

I learned this first hand in 2004 after my third surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. Lying in the ICU with a small cylinder connected to my incision, I asked a question I never thought to ask before.

What is the purpose of this?

The answer - to drain excess fluid - was a revelation. You should know that at that moment my head was swollen to double its size and that the same thing had happened after each previous surgery. Both times a spinal tap was ultimately employed to remove the fluid.

Up [...]

Inadvertent miracle-making

lauree@simplyleap.com — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100

'Tis the season for miracles - both the everyday and spiritual variety. I think it's time to get in on the action, don't you?

"Inadvertent miracle" is a new term for a technique I've employed for some time. It is a cross between stumbling upon a miracle while walking down the street, like you would a heads-up penny, and making a wish on that penny before tossing it into a fountain.

The order of these two events is reversed, however.

You are consciously aware of what you want - that wish - and you are also detached enough from the outcome to be delighted w [...]

You are the cure

lauree@simplyleap.com — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

A friend is writing a great series of posts on Curing the Incurable - lessons she learned from curing herself of Lupus.

I'm immensely inspired by her, as well as reminded of my own journey with a benign brain tumor five years ago.

The cause was different, but the lesson is the same: We are each the cure to whatever ails us.

I remember sitting in the doctor's office, looking at the chart with my tumor and feeling my own mortality for the first time at age 29.

Not long after I decided that if I had to go through with this, [...]

When Crazy happens to good people

lauree@simplyleap.com — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Do you ever ask yourself: Am I crazy?

Bad news: you probably are.

Good news: so is everyone else.

Most sane people at some point, as I affectionately refer to it, will ride the crazy train.

Maybe it is because your brilliant plan has been thrown off track unexpectedly. You want something to happen and when it doesn't, or when something else gets in the way, you are at a loss for what to do. Crazy sounds good.

It can feel similar to getting a head cold that causes your inner ear to send you teetering off balance.

First, your reaction i [...]