Go Talk To Trees

August 9, 2016 by admin

I love to do this when I’m stressed..

Blessings

PS – My Healing Your Soul’s Voice Meditation can help you in talking about the difficult stuff.
If you already have it – USE IT!

“After listening to the meditation I felt so calm and relaxed. I loved it. I could feel the frequencies going through my body and I felt as though something shifted in my throat chakra. It’s always that area that needs a boost. I also felt like there was a weight taken off my shoulders. I felt totally at peace when it finished and plan to make it part of my regular practice. Thank you Ariana. It’s a wonderful experience!” -Su Davey

Devastated. Exhausted. You?

July 27, 2016 by admin

So much has been going on in our country and the world that is devastating. I’m emotionally exhausted. Are you?

Much of what’s going on has to do with not having honest, respectful conversations about the difficult stuff – race, gender bias, religious extremism, cultural change, politics, and …

We don’t want to talk about these difficult issues because we don’t want people to get angry with us, we’re afraid we’ll choke up and won’t be able to get the words out, we don’t want a negative reaction…

Or, we don’t want to know about things that are scary and threaten our comfort. We don’t want to hear information that challenges our dearly held beliefs or unconscious biases.

Let’s face it, we all have unconscious biases. (One of mine is my tendency to discount the privilege I’ve had all my life because my skin is white.) If you’ve read my newsletters for a while, you’ve read about unconscious gender bias, so hopefully, you’re aware about how that operates for you…

So, how DO we talk about the difficult stuff?Continue Reading

Great advice from the Water Board???

May 12, 2016 by admin

I just read some of the best advice I’ve seen recently about how to communicate – from a place I would NEVER have expected.. the chair of the CA State Water Resources Control Board!

Felicia Marcus happens to be a Harvard classmate of mine, though I never met her there. She and the Board have the incredibly difficult job of creating new water plans for our drought-stricken state with stake holders whose interests often seem to be diametrically opposed.

Herding cats. On steroids. Lions and tigers and…

Yet, they’ve managed to get some great stuff done. Her attitude towards communication has A LOT to do with it.Continue Reading

Gender Bias In Business: Speaking out can backfire!

December 30, 2014 by admin

I usually talk about how important it is for us to speak up and speak out for ourselves (especially women) and for change. We usually don’t speak up enough in many areas of our lives. Of course, speaking up at the appropriate time is critical, and HOW we say things is even more essential.

I just learned something new about how to speak about gender bias. It’s an issue I address with my clients – always – because it is so often operating unconsciously for all of us, men and women alike. It affects how we listen to each other, how we speak, how we behave toward each other, and how successful we are.

I talk about creating a paradigm shift in our culture into true partnership between men and women, about speaking up and speaking out for ourselves and for partnership, about claiming our place beside men (no longer slightly below them). I support my clients in creating highly successful, deeply fulfilling businesses as women entrepreneurs and change agents – as part of this new paradigm. Being able to speak with power and confidence is crucial to your success. Shifting the gender bias is a central part of creating the new economy.