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Powerful Resources from 10 Years of Retreat-Leading Experience
About Darla
There are two things that have made a difference for me more than anything else on my journey to right here.
- Alignment. Aligning with my spiritual Truth has created a priceless internal freedom.
- Retreats. Connection heals and healing frees. To risk being truly seen, in a retreat community, creates permanent transformation.
Kurt Wright said, “We can only trust that part of ourselves that we have revealed to another person and had validated instead of violated.” This simple statement demonstrates why small, safe-space, truth-based retreats are such powerful tools for empowerment. Once we experience ourselves in a new way, we can’t un-know who we now are. And live retreats create experiences in a way no self-help book (or virtual program, or information-packed big event) ever could.
If you are someone who creates a safe space of non-judgement in which people can share their Truth (or people just tend to tell you stuff), or if you love to dig into the root cause of an issue to shift it at its core, you might a transformational entrepreneur and a powerful retreat leader. Join us!
Recent Posts
Do Nothing But Bring Acceptance
To continue on the post from last week about doing nothing... Doing nothing meant taking no action to try to "fix" something, or avoid it, but rather just getting honest with yourself about "what is." We talked about Joe, who was subconsciously trying to prove his...
Can Doing Nothing Actually Make a Difference?
When was the last time you gave yourself permission to do nothing? Likely long ago, if ever. Giving yourself permission to be, and not do, is truly important… but that is not what I'm talking about right now. Later you can go to the spa, take a nap if you will, but...
Seth inspired me, and freebie transition posts!
I am finally, as of 2 months ago, a subscriber to Seth Godin's blog. I resisted subscribing because I thought with all my studies, I have a handle on being authentic in life. Well, I must say, I have gotten some new thoughts from reading him, and also some...
Commitments can be renegotiated!
I have gone into hiding a little bit this week, I am working on a new program which will be launching shortly. I am having so much fun doing in, and I know it is going to help me to be extremely focused in the way in which I make a difference for people. I also know...
Are you more committed to pleasing others than you are to your own dreams?
A theme I notice among my very brilliant and motivated clients is an extreme resistance to saying no to others, or an extremely reliance on on the opinions of others as gold. They might have a brilliant idea in their business, or a marketing line that really speaks...
7 Possible Views of Divorce
It's 7-Level Sunday! This week I have been working on a chapter for an anthology book with several other coaches from IPEC. The title is TBD, but the theme is all about turning challenges into opportunities. My chapter includes some reflections from my 2006...
7 Level… Tuesday? When you didn’t do what you said
OK, since I am writing my Sunday blog on Tuesday, I thought I'd use this as a topic. When you commit to something, then you don't follow through, how do you respond? Now, of course, the goal is to plan sufficiently well so as to not have this happen. But, let's...
In Transition, Passion Wanted? 7-Level Sunday!
It's 7-Level Sunday! After taking last week off, I am refreshed and ready to go! Again, be sure to check out the prior posts on Energy LeadershipTM to get up to speed. Today I am thinking about the fact that clients frequently seek me out when they are in...
Snow Day! Opportunity or Obligation?
I just returned from a fantastic weekend at a cabin in the woods near the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. And now it is snowing again. It typically doesn't snow this much here in Cincinnati, and the city had not yet recovered from last week's snow when it started...
What Does Freedom Mean To You?
We are on Day 9 of the Freedom Summit tomorrow, and we have heard different thoughts on what Freedom means: - Being yourself - Speaking up - A sense of control - Fitting your job to your personality - Having choice - The opposite of control - It feels right to the...
When You Make a DECISION, Then LIFE HAPPENS
I made a decision to blog each weekday morning, when was that, 5 days ago? I have posted ONE morning blog since that time (7 Level Sunday is already an established habit). What happened? This is an interesting question. Well, I can tell you that for me with this...
7 Levels and Building Your Business – The Default Response Game
This week I had a booth at a networking event (Positive Connections for those in Cincinnati, it is great!) I created a handout which included several scenarios and potential responses which generally correspond to the 7 levels of energy. I used some relationship...