Signý Unleashed

Blue Denim

11 years ago today my friend Rhiannon flew across the country to be with me. She wrote me this poem, in honour of me and blue denim day.

Blue Denim

Strange day…
I have travelled 3000 miles
Her hand to hold
Warm in my own
as I remember, always
To sit awhile
To pray…
While she slumbers,
Dreams unnatural dreams
And wakes to find the world has changed…
For want of better.
And I will sit…
Here
Silent in my prayers
For however long it takes…
Forever
And blue denim I will wear for you.

~ Rhiannon Dacosta, May 15, 2001

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The Guest House

Here is one of my favourite poems that I’d like to share with you on a sunny Friday afternoon:

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

~ Rumi ~

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Time to Join the Party!

21 days…. What would you do if you had 21 days to focus on you?

Would you finally pick up that journal and take the time to truly reflect? Would you find ways to increase your happiness in everyday life? Would you take a step back and participate in something that makes you feel refreshed and fulfilled? Would you take that leap into creating a healthy body, mind, and spirit?

I’m inviting YOU to join the party…. our virtual launch party, that is! Today, Pink Launch Party celebrates the launch of wonderful new products that put creative writing, coaching from the body, extreme self care, and recipes for joy on the centre stage.

If you feel like you need to focus some time on your happiness and health, or if you need to take a step back to reflect on yourself and your life, then it might be time to investigate one of these new 21-day challenges.

Included in the products is my new e-course, called Signy’s 21-Day Self Care Challenge. In this course you will:

Get support and inspiration to challenge your thinking
Learn what gets in the way of honouring yourself and do something about it
Focus on dedicating some time to yourself
Discover how to feel better about yourself

I encourage you to take that leap and check out the opportunities!

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What’s Stopping Me?

Ok, I have at least 7 half written blog posts. Almost ready to go, just needs the extra words, the extra time, the extra push. What gives? What is holding me back? Me, who likes writing. Me, who loves an audience and creating for an audience. I don’t get it!

What’s stopping me?
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Me and/or We

I have this thing. An unexamined (until now that is) belief that to have “we”, as in relationship of any form, I need to give up “me”, both my independence but also my self expression, my Signy-ness. Not surprisingly, given my nature, which leaks out even in the title of my blog (Unleashed), I am not really all about giving up the “me”.

That is not to say I haven’t done it, in my youth, and in some relationships and in some jobs. Sold out the true expression of who I am to fit in, or belong, or be loved… or something. And it sort of works, for a while, but then I start to bust out, to break free, gosh darn it… to be myself again.
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I’m off Vacationing!

During my time away on vacation I had planned to blog my heart out, to capture exciting morsels and post them. Who knew that there were places in the world that still don’t have easy access internet (and some of you might say Thank God). Well, Sandbanks National Park is one of those. So I will just have to hold it all in until I get home, which hopefully will be sooner than any of us expect.

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In Search of Pele

Ok, so I am here in a Hawaii for a couple of weeks. Having my first proper vacation in years. I am suppose to be learning how to relax.

It is not really working.

The other day, fueled by my love of Goddesses, and recent inspiration to come home with gifts reflecting that view – I decided I wanted to find a figurine of the Hawaiian fire Goddess Pele. She represents awakening and coming alive and passion. That sort of yummy (in my books) stuff. I pre-supposed that it would be easy. I’m in Hawaii. She is kind of their best known Hawaiian Goddess. No brainer, right. Wrong. Dead wrong.
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What do I feel like doing next?

This is a magic question. What do I feel like doing next? As is “what do I feel like saying next?”. The power is in the not knowing what will come from it. I can’t plan it, the outcome, or control it. It is beyond me. Bigger than me. When I get into the zone of this, this question then wait for the answer, then do what I am feeling called to do (or say), then a higher intelligence kicks in. I can trust that. Well theoretically I can trust that. But boy do I fight it. Instead of allowing this magic, I struggle, I force what I think I ought to be doing, I fulfill the obligation that I committed to 3 weeks ago. Three weeks ago when I had no idea what I would, or even might, be feeling in this moment.

And each moment it fresh. It changes constantly, and new information changes the old information, and changes the changes. It is very fluid. Very feminine in fact. And requires both trust, as I have already mentioned, but also surrender.
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BAST – The Goddess of Play

This morning I woke up (like I do most mornings). The first thing I saw was a little black furry face, with yellow eyes, staring into my face. Waiting. Waiting as patiently as she can. Waiting for me to wake up. And the minute she saw that I was up, well that was invitation enough.

TIME TO PLAY!!
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The Journey

I know, I know, blog posts should be unique, my own thoughts on things. And yet there are some things that are just so good that they need to be shared, and quotes and such. Mary Oliver is one of those. An amazing poet – she leaves me speechless on occasion with how much she gets the human condition and so eloquently captures it with so few words. She unleashes my mind and my heart. She makes room for me to be more in this world. What a gift she gives. And what a gift she has.

Without further ado –
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