Reclaiming Your Self ~ Episode 76 ~ Parenting: The Roots of Community

How do all the pieces fit together?  How is ‘culture’ shaped; and how can we reshape culture in a more potent and meaningful way?  What is the connection between who we have been and who we can become?  Consider that the forces that shape culture begin in utero and follow us throughout our lives!  What will it take for us to become more present and mindful to the power of parenting: the underlying process that shapes it all.

In conversation with: Ella Schatzmann - WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ – knows well the power of the process of parenting!  Mother of two young children, Ella is the first to declare that her children are among her greatest teachers.  Not a day goes by that she does not notice – and embrace! – the constant invitation that her children are, to her own evolution.

With a background in social work and a deep commitment to owning the truth of her own experience, Ella’s willingness and ability to open herself to discovery – as a mother, as a woman and as a living expression of godforce in tissue – guide her through the maze of the dogma around parenting.

In her own words:  “As the ferociously caring person that I AM, I have made a commitment to mySelf to create a meaningful and substantial impact on my world.   I believe it is only through my authentic presence and courage to speak the truth of my experience, moving beyond habit and cultural conditioning, that I will have the capacity to transform my life and become the invitation for others to transform their own.”

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Reclaiming Your Self ~ Episode 75 ~ The Jagged Edge of Possibility

Possibility and potential – two words that we long to know personally, in the lives we create.  And yet sometimes, we pull back from the truth of who we might become, as we come face-to-face with the jagged edge of the impact and implications in our lives.  Although it’s not always easy and it’s not always fun, the great and soaring effect of embracing who we might become, demands that we first and foremost, be true to ourselves.  That takes courage – and the willingness to see what we see, hear what we hear and know what we know.

In conversation with: Noreen Mejias-Bennett - WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ – brings both wisdom and experience to any conversation!  For many years, as Noreen applied her significant skills and expertise to attending to people’s money, she soon discovered that far more compelling was the need to assist them in determining where meaning would be found in their lives.

Beyond her skills, credentials and willingness to engage, one of Noreen’s greatest gifts is to ‘call ‘em like she sees ‘em’.  The courage to speak out loud the unspoken undercurrents that far too often highjack people’s lives, is a reflection of her greatest gift: her willingness and ability to become the jagged edge of possibility.

In her own words:  “Leadership comes when I am willing to re-claim my VOICE. When I allow my voice to carry the message that comes from deep within my body, my life changes. The time is now.  Leadership must come from women who are willing to re-awaken, re-connect, re-define, re-claim for ourselves that which is meaningful and sustainable … that which will allow us to stay healthy and well.”

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Reclaiming Your Self ~ Episode 74 ~ Engaging With Others to Feed Your Soul

For the vast majority of women, cultural conditioning imbeds and demands that women be the caretakers of others and of the relationships.  This frequently requires putting the interests and needs of others ahead of their own, leading to a great sense of detachment from their own dreams, ambitions and intentions.  Imagine a way of contributing to others that, in doing so, profoundly enhances our own evolution!  Take a moment and listen, as Leona shares with us her way of moving through her world that ensures her own evolution.

In conversation with: Leona McIsaac Moran - WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ – cares deeply about others and about herself!  Her desire to contribute and make a difference now weaves its way into and through the process of her own evolution, ensuring that in the process of engaging with others, she does not lose herself!

In her personal journey, Leona has learned that life is a constant process of making choices … allowing new learnings and new experiences to guide those choices, so that we create something different: the life we want.

In her own words:  “I’ve always been energized by learning, gaining new insights and perspectives and using them in my work supporting others and in my personal life. I’ve so often been heard to say “I cannot take to others what I have not first made my own and know it works in my daily life.”

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Reclaiming Your Self ~ Episode 73 ~ Awakening Matriarchal Consciousness

“The future of the world is in the hands of women.“

Kofi Annan

Great change is occurring all around us.  We can find ourselves at its edges; or we can choose to place ourself at its core.  Women awakening to their own potential… to the power of their presence and capacity to shape their reality… is a force that goes beyond learned behaviours and acquired skills.  Create the pause for you to consider: What is Matriarchal Consciousness?  What can it mean for me, in my life?  And if I dare look, what else might I discover about mySelf?

In conversation with: Naomi Irons - WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ – dives into the deep end of the pool, seeking to discover a greater truth about herself, her world and her ability to create and shape that world!

Daughter, mother, sister and life-partner, Naomi has chosen to take a stand for herSelf, in the much greater expression of her potential rather than her history.  In that powerful choice, she has become the attractor for others to awaken to themselves.

In her own words:  ”I feel the momentum building in my life, like a launch point from a solid, sturdy platform.  It feels as though I AM pulling back on a sling shot, creating the dynamic tension required to accelerate my own evolution! Now to just position and point in the direction that is in alignment with who I AM capable of becoming…and relax into the letting go! ”

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Reclaiming Your Self ~ Episode 72 ~ Living a Life of Curiosity

It is one thing to know what life is.  It’s a very different thing to be willing to be curious about what life might become!

Join us as we explore what it takes to live a life fuelled by the desire to discover rather than the need to know.  Consider, for yourself, what life might become were you to invite and allow your curiosity to lead the way; to welcome uncertainty and relax into the unknown.  One of our greatest curiosities is to consider:  How else might I choose to live MY life, today!

In conversation with: Jean Winter – WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ – shares the challenges and the joys of moving from being the ‘teacher’ to discovering herself as the student in her own, great evolution!

With a Masters degree in Education; as well as being a singer with a passion for great music and powerful sound, Jean  has chosen to expand her life by choosing to expand into her own, accelerated evolution.

In her own words:  ”It is my belief that, in working individually and in collective,  we have the power to transform and evolve. In the power of the collectives which we create together is the power to create culture. ”

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Some things bear repeating – and this is one of them.  Given the many and recent postings that speak to violence against women and human trafficking, becoming mindful that we’re choosing is likely, a reasonable conversation for us to reconsider.  Special thanks to Jaime Lowe Roach for reminding us all that there is much more to who we can become, than who we are in the moment.

Settle in with a steaming cup of your favourite brew… and listen to how we get to be who we are – and we’re never stuck there!

Reclaiming Your Self ~ 11/01/06 ~ Penetrating Cultural Coma

As a new year begins, so does the dance of the ‘resolution’ for change. All those promises to ourselves… walking the edge of the sword as we move between giving up the familiar that we see as the cause of the problem, and taking on the unfamiliar in the hope that it will become the solution! Maybe this time, it will last longer than 10 days….

But what about the much bigger picture? What about the world through which we move; the one that has shaped us through family and culturally ingrained beliefs, values and attitudes; and far too often, continues to do so long after we think we are indeed, our own person?

How effective can we be in redesigning our lives if we are unable to see the invisible one that holds such sway over our ability to be true to ourselves?

Join Louise and her guests as they raise the bar on the explorations required to reclaim your Self – awakening to your internal cues and individual intentions in a much larger world profoundly committed to external referencing as the ‘truth’ essential to our survival!

In conversation with: Naomi Irons-Hill and Kae Shelby Roberts – WEL-Systems Institute Affiliates and Certified CODE Model Coaches™ – know the pull of the collective as a challenge to potential.

With differing and unique perspectives, both Naomi and Kae bring the insights and wisdom of their own compelling journeys to shed light on (and bring definition to the recognition of) the ‘invisible presence’ of others in the choices we make for ourselves.

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Reclaiming Your Self ~ Episode 71 ~ The Power of the Journey

It’s may not always easy and it may not always be fun… but for those who are called to the powerful and compelling journey of their own evolution, it is always worth it!  Those who choose to venture into the unknown territory of the Awakened Self soon discover that the power lies in the journey, itself, and not in any single destination.

Join us as we engage in the exploration of the moments of uncertainty; and the great moments of discovery that make it possible for us to ask:  How else might I choose to live MY life, today!

In conversation with: Nancy Hanlon – WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ – knows intimately the courage it takes to be both willing and able to begin the never-ending journey of personal evolution for its own sake.

With a background in Social Work; as well as a Certified Instructor of Nia, Nancy combines her passion for people with the grace that comes from the life-lived discoveries of Self and other.

In her own words:  ”I entered the social work field thinking I could save the world. That is no longer what I think.   I choose to create conversations that are compelling and life transforming, with individuals, families, couples and professionals that are willing to take the dive of self-discovery within themselves.“

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Reclaiming Your Self ~ Episode 70 ~ Let’s Talk About SEX

This episode of ‘Reclaiming Your Self: Women Unedited and Engaged!’ marks the re-launch of these provocative, compelling and life-altering explorations with women, by women and for women!

Everywhere we go, we can easily find references to sex in our day-to-day experience.  But how often do we ever stop and consider, for ourselves, what sex means to and for us, as individuals?  In today’s conversation, we take a look at sex from a very different angle.  We consider the impact in our lives of sex, as: Self Expression Xplored !

Join us and discover a new and powerful platform from which to consider yourSelf as a Being of Light and matter.  You can be sure this exploration will push some buttons and blow open the doors of your own habituated and limited thinking about sex… and about yourSelf as an expression of Light in tissue.

In conversation with: Lisa J. Weiss – WEL-Systems Institute Affiliate and Certified CODE Model Coach™ – has chosen to share her own journey of personal discovery with all of us, as she dives into the deep end of the pool of human expression of body, mind and spirit.

Founder of I of the Storm Coaching and Consulting, Lisa brings presence and passion to all that she engages, in her personal life and in her work with others.

In her own words:  ”In my journey living as a quantum biological human, I choose very differently. To actually make choices based on what is best for me in the moment and choosing not to choose when I’m not sure.“

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On Thursday, February 21st, the 70th episode of Reclaiming Your Self: Women Unedited and Engaged! marks the re-launch of these provocative, compelling and life-altering explorations with women, by women and for women!  After creating an archive of  69 hours of life-changing conversations and attracting in excess of 75,000 monthly listeners; and having taken some time to reflect on the direction of a meaningful future, we are now ready to continue these journeys of discovery – with and for you! – as we wonder, together:  ”How else might I choose to live MY life, today!”

It is exciting to know that in the coming weeks and months, I will be part of truly life-altering conversations with women who dare to be more than that which they have been told to expect!  Women who are hungry to discover where that driving, inner cue will take them; and who are both willing and able to follow the path, wherever it may lead.  I know that these conversations have already moved to a higher order expression of enquiry – and I know that we’re up to them!

New episodes are scheduled to be released
the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month.

In anticipation of the release of Episode 70 with Lisa Weiss on “Let’s Talk About SEX!“,  take a moment and revisit the opening remarks from Episode 1 that framed the intention for the radio show that would  awaken and invite us all to ‘Reclaiming Your Self‘ in the good company of ‘Women Unedited and  Engaged‘!  As I listened, I could hear the underpinnings of what continues to be the platform of intention for the show.  As much as you will find that intention intact with the launch of the new shows, you’ll also notice that all has ramped up; that there is a significant acceleration in the pace at which it all moves.  Bigger explorations!  Deeper enquiries!  And a sense of the underlying interconnectedness of us all.

Take a moment and listen to what it’s all about: Overview

On Thursday, February 21st, listen to Episode 70 ~ Let’s Talk About SEX! …  and know that, as the Hawaiians would say, “It’s the same but different!”

Buckle up!  It’s going to be a great year!

Louise LeBrun

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Episode 69 – Reclaiming Your Self ~ 11/06/30 ~ Endings and New Beginnings: In conversation with Louise LeBrun

Guest Host: Naomi Irons

Today’s Episode of ‘Reclaiming Your Self: Women Unedited and Engaged!’ will mark the completion of 69 hours of compelling, provocative and life-altering explorations of how else you might choose to live your life, today! It will also bring to completion what has been a life-enhancing experience for all those who have chosen to embrace these conversations and make them their own.

Guest Host Naomi Irons, will hold the frame for this exploration with Louise LeBrun – the creator of Reclaiming Your Self: Women Unedited and Engaged! - as they reflect on the intention that shaped the unfolding of the show; and glance into the future as it beckons for the creation of a bolder, more expansive vision of what can be.

In conversation with: Louise LeBrun – Founder of the WEL-Systems Institute and creator of the WEL-Systems Body of Knowledge. Provocative thinker, writer and speaker, Louise shares what this journey has revealed and offers new invitations for creation on a global scale.

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