by christian@soulfulpower.com | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog, Soulful Power
When was the last time you got caught up in a power struggle? Who was the other player? A lazy co-worker? A manipulative boss? A controlling spouse or irresponsible teenager? Or perhaps that passive-aggressive customer service representative snagged you after you had...
by christian@soulfulpower.com | Dec 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Why do we lie? We may think people cannot handle the truth. We may fear loss of respect and the judgment of others. We may fear not having the right answer, being thought of as stupid, losing face, not looking good. We may feel shame about having to confess something...
by christian@soulfulpower.com | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
The word “sacrifice” comes from the Latin sacer “sacred, holy” and facere “to do, perform.” In other words, to make holy. One way to think about that is sacrificing—making holy—our lives in service to something greater, for the sake of our...
by christian@soulfulpower.com | Jul 24, 2014 | Blog, Soulful Power
One of the quotes which participants of Soulful Purpose retreats find most helpful is from William Hutchinson Murray’s The Scottish Himalayan Expedition: “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts...
by christian@soulfulpower.com | May 26, 2014 | Blog
Fear, in one of its many facets is what has kept us in stuck in stifling jobs, soul-devouring mediocrity, suffocating relationships—in “lives of quiet desperation,” as Thoreau wrote. The issue of fear and how to transcend it almost always comes up with clients and...