Sex in the City

I just went to see Sex in the City with a girlfriend. It may not be quite our Magic Party brand of sisterhood, spirit, and a little chocolate, but it’s definitely the quintessential sisterhood and cosmos movie! There have been many reviews written about this film, some good and some not so good, but if you are an observer of women in girlfriend relationships like I am, this movie had lots to offer its audience.

As I sat watching the movie, I loved how these four women had so many characteristics in their relationship with each other that I value in my own relationships with my girlfriends.

• Sticking with each other and being BFFs through good times and bad.

• Watching each other’s backs and protecting each other, especially when their men went haywire.

• Supporting each other’s dreams.

• Celebrating each other’s successes.

• Taking care of each other when the crap hits the fan.

• Telling each other the truth no matter what.
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Watching this movie actually made me re-evaluate my relationships with my girlfriends. I wondered would they come running and take care of me if my crap hit the fan? Would one of them come out in a snow storm in the middle of the night and sit with me when I needed it, even if I didn’t ask? Which one would tell my man that he better shape up, or else when he did something really stupid?

Most of all, this movie made me miss my girlfriends. I have two wonderful oldest and dearest girlfriends and when we do manage for the three of us to get together; we usually close some restaurant because we love being together so much. And lately we have all become way too busy climbing some ladder that we rarely have time for each other. And I miss them. This movie reminded me of their importance in my life and how we need to create time in our schedules to be together more often.

Upon arriving home from the movie, one of them called to ask me what I wanted for my upcoming birthday. I told her, “No presents this year, instead I want dinner together and a pajama party, just the three of us.” And we picked a date in a few weeks that actually works for us all. Woo hoo!

posted by Wendy Capland

If I Were Brave

If I were brave. That is the question I carry in my heart from many Magic Parties. What would I do if I were brave? Taken from a wonderful song that was shared at many of the Magic Parties, this calls to my heart. “If I were brave, I’d walk the razor's edge…..If I were brave.” I practice being brave in my life. Brave to handle life’s ups and downs, brave to be a great wife and mother, brave to expand my business. Brave in my inner self – to love me and be courageous. Brave to stand up for my faith and beliefs. Brave to make the life I deserve. It is so much easier to be brave with the support system of other brave woman to stand with. The Magic Parties have introduced me to so many dynamic, fun, experienced, wise woman. They contribute to me each and every time I am with them. Their energy reaches a place in my soul that makes me feel alive! I look forward to each and every Magic Party – excited to see the magic that will be created just for me!

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Posted by Donna Iacopucci, Magic Party Council Member

Book Discussion Group: First Session

I so enjoyed our first Magic Party Group discussion on the Eckhart Tolle’s Book A New Earth. I had my own first glimpse into awakening 10 years ago when suffering from clinical depression. My therapist invited me to notice the thoughts in my head; I remember coming home and walking in my yard and realizing how horribly I talked to myself. I had an aha moment then… I am not these thoughts and I can change how I talk to myself. I started asking myself, how would my best friend talk to me? Definitely I had a glimpse of the light within me then.

I am grateful for this book which has “lightened” me even more. And I am grateful for our group discussion where we share our experiences and support each other in awakening. I got a wonderful gift from our discussion this week. One of the teachings in the book is to “make friends with the present moment.” This is something I have been practicing and sometimes find pretty difficult. Then Sheri shared that her way of “making friends with the present moment” was just to be the observer what is happening, nothing else required. I realized that when this practice is hard for me, I’ve been equating “making friends” to “feeling good about”, and that is simply not possible or helpful for all moments. And I loved how Sharon shared how she “looks with new eyes” to be present to what is, not making up a story about what is. Another gift for my own practice.

If you are at all interested in exploring these powerful teachings, we are offering this developmental opportunity for free. Please join us on Tuesday nights. Go to our website to get the call in conference line phone number. http://www.themagicparties.com/Events.htm

Written by Kate Harper, Magic Council member and co-facilitator of the book discussion series

Maybe It's Already Inside Me

By now you know me. I’m the girl who is obsessed with figuring out her life purpose. And as usual, I have been thinking about it a lot lately, again. The topic seems to be popping up everywhere I turn. Over the past 10 weeks, Oprah has had a live web teleclass with author Eckhart Tolle who has most recently written the book, A New Earth; Awakening to Your Life Purpose. Although I have not yet read the book, I listened faithfully for 10 weeks hoping to find a clue to my own journey. And I wasn’t alone as somewhere around 2 million people around the world participated in this teleclass. Through my own participation of this work, things in my life started to shift. More on that in a minute.

In addition to listening to Oprah and Eckhart’s eye opening deep discussion each week, I attended a Magic School program through our organization, run by my friend the yummy, spiritual teacher and healer Melanie Calitri Holden. This program gave us the tools, actually four really powerful tools, to clear out blockages and icky-ness in our bodies, minds and emotions for the purpose of hearing and experiencing the Divine within us. Participants and I spent a whole day practicing how to do these four things and without much effort at all, I came home and just integrated them into my every day life. More shift. In fact, after this program I felt as if cells on the inside of my body had shifted to a new awareness, a new awakening, and a new way of looking at stuff I had been doing for years without much thought. All in a good way.

So between Eckhart Tolle and Magic School, I am feeling like a new woman, with a new set of eyes.

So what does this have to do with life purpose?

I am now wondering if I should be looking for my life purpose on the inside of me versus outside like in my work or career. What if my life purpose is already inside me and part of me, and always has been and I just did not know it. I always thought life purpose was something to get to, to do, and to accomplish and now I wonder if it is more an internal, within myself kind of thing versus an external expression of who I am. Not that having an outside expression of who we are is a bad thing; it’s probably a really good thing too. What if all these years I have been searching and trying to find IT, find out what IT is and instead the IT I have been searching for has been within me all along? What if there is nothing to discover at all? What if the first step for all of us is just to prepare ourselves to hear and feel IT? What if the busy-ness most of us run our lives prevents us from knowing our life purpose?

And now I wonder what if the way in which I have been living has blocked me and clogged me up so that I could not be available for my life purpose to shine through and stay long enough for me to know that IT IS already. What if the wine and the martinis I love to drink, the junk food I put in my mouth and then convince my self is not really all that bad, the lack of silence I experience as I have created a life of doing, doing, doing, and the emotional gymnastics I, and the little horrible invisible guy that sits on my shoulder who whispers incessantly into my ear, “You’re not all that special, confident, smart, or capable”. What if all of that stuff builds up within me and contributes to junking up the pathway to experiencing my life purpose and experiencing the Divine already within me? What if I cleaned out my act, as I learned how to do at Magic School? What if all there is to do is prepare myself to receive the gift already given me, as it says in the Beatitudes? I know I am meant to live in alignment with my life purpose. I know I am meant to hear the Divine whispering in my ear all the time, helping and guiding my next steps. I know once I do this, it will be so much easier to align what I do on the outside, for example in my work, my relationships, my home and my friendships with the “me” on the inside that is already living in her life purpose. And then it would just be a matter of living as me; the fabulous parts of me.

Knowing this has brought me a sense of peace inside and out. Which feels so much better than feeling like the busy whirling dervish I have just today tucked in for a long restful sleep, maybe even forever?

With blessings,

Wendy Capland, Creator of The Magic Parties

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Women Supporting Women

We were at a dinner party the other night. We had invited our neighbors over to get to know them. Our children have been friends since moving here. Well, the conversation was wonderful and inspiring. I found myself sharing about the magic parties and my new friend said, “I have to go to one! I have felt a calling to this for awhile!” As we talked more, I was in awe had how much of the “magic parties” she had already imagined. From the journals, to the spiritual touch, to the support, to the inspiration. It is no accident….the timing for creating magic in our lives is NOW!!!

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Posted by Donna Iacopucci, Magic Party Council Member

Magic School

We are unveiling our first Magic School Program on May 3rd, 2008. It's pretty exciting. Magic School, what a cool name! I love the name, even though until you come and see or read what it is about, you might be thinking you are going to learn how to be a magician. Not!

Magic School, where tools for transformation await you! Magic School provides women with a deep dive and a full day to focus on themselves, to figure out what's next, to awaken to their inner voices and to hear the direction in which to head. Hey that kinda rhymes! If you are wondering what's next for you, Magic School is a perfect venue for you to discover something you have been struggling with and a perfect place just to take a deep breath and treat yourself to a day of self discovery. Because it is a place for us to give our minds a rest and let our hearts and spirits lead the way, you'll leave wondering why you don't do this more often. Magic School programs will be offered throughout the year by our Magic Faculty. May 3rd is our first program, Awakening The Divine Within, with Melanie Calitri Holden. Mel is a spiritual teacher and healer who I adore. She has conducted healing sessions on me for about 10 years and was instrumental in healing all sorts of physical ailments that I have had ranging from a sprained ankle to a breast scare. She is a woman you just want to sink into her presence because of her yummy-ness and loving care. You just feel better being with her. And her program is going to be outstanding. It's not too late to sign up. go to www.themagicparties.com and click on events. Hope to see you there!

The Whales in Maui

Recently I went on a whale watch. It was on my list. You know - the list of things to do someday that we carry around in our hearts. Well, I finally went and it was great. We saw so many whales that morning, I practically had to pinch myself to make sure I was awake and in my real life and not dreaming. Anthony, our guide, was going to graduate school to study marine biology and knew everything we could ever want to know about whales. He happened to be standing behind me when my husband Chris said, "Honey, can you see the whale? It just went under the water right next to the boat." Having totally missed whatever Chris saw, I still tried hard to look into the water and see if there was anything left for me to see of the beautiful mammal as she dove down under our boat. "I can't see anything except for that smooth patch on top of the water. I guess I missed it," I answered. Anthony, having overheard our conversation replied, "See that smooth looking oil slick on the top of the water? That is what we call the whale's footprint; it's what they leave behind as they move to the next place along their journey."

Footprint.

Just like whales we each leave a footprint in the world. Each of us is on our own journey, traveling it in our own way. We are meant to leave a footprint for others to see, to feel, and to follow. A mark. A tell tale sign that we were here. At Magic Parties, we call our footprint a wingprint (angels' wings, get it?) because it seems more spirit-filled. And we are meant to leave it on the universe together. Helping others. Healing the world with our touch. Making a difference in a wide variety of ways. Our ways. Your way. And helping others do the same by passing it on. So that eventually our wingprints change the world in small ways and in large ways and most importantly of all, in OUR OWN ways.

A call to action.

I call each of you to action. It's time to step forward. If you are hearing or reading these words it is because you are being called forth. By some universal spirit or force. It is not by accident or coincidence that you are here, now, reading this. Whether you are here for the first time, or you have been here many times. You are being summoned by the earth, by the sky and by your own guiding spirit.

It matters not that you feel ready.

It matters not that you uncertain if you are a believer.

It matters not that you can or can't see it all clearly.

It matters not that you don't know what to do.

It matters not that you are busy with your life.

It matters not.

It is time.

You are being called.

Let these words settle in your bones, just for an extra minute before reading further. So am I. Just like you. Being called forth. And it's time for us to start listening. Deeper. Quieter. More consciously. It is time.

You are meant to be in this magic community, to be part of a sisterhood of support, being supported and providing support for others all of us on our own journey. To be called forth into YOUR work. Hearing the universe whispering or shouting," The time is now!"

And only you know the answer to the question,

"Time for what?"

And we each have a different answer, an answer that is all our own. Uniquely ours.