I listened to Oprah's recent book discussion webclass with author Eckhart Tolle on his new book, "A New Earth". I so enjoyed Eckhart Tolle that I then bought the book and started reading it. Many things in this book started to resonate with me that I was musing to my friend Kate how great it would be to have help putting the teachings from the book into my life. She suggested we start a group book discussion like Oprah did but instead of listening to people talk ABOUT the book, we would talk about integrating what we learned into our lives. A group of us have been meeting on the phone, once a week for 8 weeks, (we have two weeks left) talking about and practicing one chapter at a time.
The things I have been learning through this simple but profound book has made a deep impact on my life! One thing I am practicing as a result of our book discussion group is no complaining...internally or externally. I never realized how much of my life I spend in complaint about other people. (Most of the time I complain inside my head to myself which does NOT make it better than complaining out loud.) The reason I am practicing not complaining is to be a more accepting person and more at peace. Complaining or wishing for something or someone to be different does not change them or make it so but instead just makes me frustrated and crabby and only has me in some sort of state of suffering. And why would I want to do this to myself? While practicing my new non complaining state I have been wondering, Why do I think people should do things my way? Why do I think situations should look the way I think they should look? Why is my happiness tied to things that happen in my life? What if I learned to be more accepting, would I be happier in life?
I am learning that the external world, of which I have found lots of opportunities to complain about cannot make me happy, make me feel safe, or tell me who I am. It is time for me to learn how to enjoy the experiences offered to me in my life without inner attachments to them so that I can be in a state of well being and contentment and maybe even bliss. Although I have a long way to go on this lesson, I am enjoying the practice and catching myself before or right after a complaint more of the time and even these small initial steps has me smiling more often,
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I am the creator of The Magic Parties.
My photo was taken by Barbara Peacock of Peacock Photography in Westford, MA 2009.
See what fun we have! Notice all the smiling women! This could be you if you came to one of our programs!
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Who is Wendy Capland?
I am the creator of The Magic Parties.
What is Wendy's Background?
I have 20 plus yrs of experience working in the executive and leadership development field. Our consulting team coaches, trains, and consults to develop the leadership skills of entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. We help our clients discover more powerful ways of leading in their communities and their organizations increasing results, changing themselves and those they touch, and leaving a legacy that makes a lasting footprint they are proud of. You can find out more about my business background and the work we do by going to my business website at
http://www.visionquestconsulting.com
In addition to my corporate work, I find myself asking the question, "Is this enough? Could I be doing something more with my gifts and talents?" And over the last few years I notice I am being drawn to expand my work beyond corporate leaders and corporations. Not an entirely new focus but a new expression. In some ways it feels like I am being called like a huge universal magnet to help others also answer the question, "What's next for me?" Thus the birth of The Magic Parties; a community of women who gather to birth themselves in a new way. A way they have forgotten. A journey into themselves and into wholeness.
And speaking to many women since starting my own journey, I notice how many of us are feeling a whole new kind of spiritual awareness awakening inside of us. For some of us, it is too embryonic to describe with any real clarity yet. But it is there. And we feel it. And for some of us, we know what it is and are sorting through how to express it and fit it into our lives. And for some of us who are living in our full gifts, we are sorting through all the possibilities for expression that are ahead of us in our journey.
A circle of women. A place to come to where we can learn, be witnessed, be connected and supported by other women on the same path. A place where we can remember who we really are; a place where we can listen to the deep source of wisdom within ourselves.
Do you sometimes feel like you are being called forth? Do you sometimes feel like God, Your Spirit Guides, Your Angels, The Goddess, The Universe is whispering your name to come forth? Do you have a yearning for something that has not happened yet but you can feel it? Taste it? And imagine it, sometimes even in detail?
Join our community by becoming a member to help yourselves and others become their best selves yet to be born.
http://www.visionquestconsulting.com
In addition to my corporate work, I find myself asking the question, "Is this enough? Could I be doing something more with my gifts and talents?" And over the last few years I notice I am being drawn to expand my work beyond corporate leaders and corporations. Not an entirely new focus but a new expression. In some ways it feels like I am being called like a huge universal magnet to help others also answer the question, "What's next for me?" Thus the birth of The Magic Parties; a community of women who gather to birth themselves in a new way. A way they have forgotten. A journey into themselves and into wholeness.
And speaking to many women since starting my own journey, I notice how many of us are feeling a whole new kind of spiritual awareness awakening inside of us. For some of us, it is too embryonic to describe with any real clarity yet. But it is there. And we feel it. And for some of us, we know what it is and are sorting through how to express it and fit it into our lives. And for some of us who are living in our full gifts, we are sorting through all the possibilities for expression that are ahead of us in our journey.
A circle of women. A place to come to where we can learn, be witnessed, be connected and supported by other women on the same path. A place where we can remember who we really are; a place where we can listen to the deep source of wisdom within ourselves.
Do you sometimes feel like you are being called forth? Do you sometimes feel like God, Your Spirit Guides, Your Angels, The Goddess, The Universe is whispering your name to come forth? Do you have a yearning for something that has not happened yet but you can feel it? Taste it? And imagine it, sometimes even in detail?
Join our community by becoming a member to help yourselves and others become their best selves yet to be born.
What's a Magic Party?
Sisterhood. Spirit. And a little chocolate!
The Magic Parties is an organization for women with what we like to call a spiritual center. We are a growing network of women who want to live our best lives and have our dreams come true. We offer tools, programs, resources, and a place where, together, we can figure out what's next for you...and your real life path can be born. Life paths can be spiritual, personal, or something of a career nature. But whatever your path is...it is magical...Because together we are helping you journey into wholeness and live your best life!
We are open to any woman who is yearning to wake up and re-ignite her own journey, her own magic, and her own spirit within the safety and quiet of a circle of women. The world is calling for you to come forward. And know that your unique touch of magic will forever change the world.
We also conduct personal and corporate programs for women. We welcome you!
The Magic Parties is an organization for women with what we like to call a spiritual center. We are a growing network of women who want to live our best lives and have our dreams come true. We offer tools, programs, resources, and a place where, together, we can figure out what's next for you...and your real life path can be born. Life paths can be spiritual, personal, or something of a career nature. But whatever your path is...it is magical...Because together we are helping you journey into wholeness and live your best life!
We are open to any woman who is yearning to wake up and re-ignite her own journey, her own magic, and her own spirit within the safety and quiet of a circle of women. The world is calling for you to come forward. And know that your unique touch of magic will forever change the world.
We also conduct personal and corporate programs for women. We welcome you!
How to Reach Us
Visit our website: http://www.themagicparties.com/
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My photo was taken by Barbara Peacock of Peacock Photography in Westford, MA 2009.
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See what fun we have! Notice all the smiling women! This could be you if you came to one of our programs!
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