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Spinning Your Story | Learn Psychic Development — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:13:21 +0000

[...] No Longer Serve You. This week, Andrea Hess began a great conversation at Empowered Soul — What is Your Story? Read her original post and the discussion taking place in the [...]

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Personal Hack » Blog Archive » Personal Development Articles — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:01:27 +0000

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By: Watch Your Language â€“ Three Small Adjustments that Can Make Your Dreams Come True | Delightful Work

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:31:43 +0000

[...] Andrea Hess of Empowered Soul on the relative non-importance of the stories we tell ourselves. Whatâ€™s your story? Suzanne Bird-Harris of Learning Curve Coaching on the alignment of body language with intentions. [...]

By: Darioush

Darioush — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:20:25 +0000

My name is Darioush, Today 04-27-08 at 9:10am. I would be trying to kill Negative energy to save my LOVE, powerful as much that my soul would anderstand more the langueage of the INFINIT LOVE, MEHRBABA!
And I liked to share this movment with other drops of only 1 ocean.

By: Druid Journal » Blog Archive » The Tolkien Tarot Spread III: Fiction and Divination

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:50:59 +0000

[...] have already passed, or situations you’re in the midst of — is an act of storytelling, placing a structure on events to give them meaning. Recognizing the structures you’re using will not only give you more control over the stories [...]

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Meditation, Yoga & Spiritual Growth Carnival- Edition #13 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:19:59 +0000

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Meditation, Yoga & Spiritual Growth Carnival- Edition #13 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:19:59 +0000

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By: Andrea Hess

Andrea Hess — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:31:55 +0000

Jen – thank you so much for your comment! How wonderful that you were able to “change the script” and step into your power to create your reality differently! I find it interesting that you could live with the awareness of pretense … I had always thought this was the most difficult aspect. But that was, apparently, my story!!! Hee hee. Thank you for sharing yours here!

Pat – thank you so much. I love that this article started a conversation on other blogs. Here’s the link: Plain Talk

Blessings,
Andrea

By: Pat R

Pat R — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:16:30 +0000

Andrea – thank you so much for your post. It inspired me to write a post of my own about stories called Plain Talk. I linked your post in it.

I appreciate the spirit and energy you put out there. Gives us food for thought and is inspirational.

Thank you.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:36:47 +0000

Hi Andrea – wow…your post here (and the comments that follow) has explained not only how my view of my stories has changed but from another perspective how trying to live a story that was really untrue made me so ill. I am not depressed – but I was. I was not confident – I am. I have had many life experiences that made me feel unlovable…I don’t believe that anymore. Once i put distance between me and the happy family story I was able to see the story apart from the truth. The hardest bit was doing something about it and correcting it. I did it. ‘we know that when a story no longer serves usâ€¦ we can let it go. ‘…I am living much more in the moment, much less defined by the story – which was a steroptypical one. I can now sing! I am not sure that a failure to become aware was the problem – I knew it was there – I knew i was pretending – for me it was finding the courage to change the script that made the difference – the doing something about it…thats what gets you past blame and projection. Well i think i have got that far at least!

By: Andrea Hess

Andrea Hess — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:27:51 +0000

KL – you know you won’t be able to resist for long! You just have way too much good stuff to say. I love the idea of asking “Is it FOR life?”

As for living One-ness … you know, sometimes there’s just such a sense of completeness in the Now. Nothing else to do, nowhere else to be, and it’s delicious right here. For me personally, that’s what I try to tap into. I think in order to experience being One with All, we have be fully with ourselves first, yes?

Deb – Nice!!! Great observation! I am oblivious when it comes to numerology, so it’s always a revelation to have these things pointed out to me!

Ms. Tee – Thanks for commenting here. You know, I think once we realize that we can rework the story as much as we want, we also will automatically detach from it. I think that the process of reworking would have to give us the sense of being the Creator of the story – and thus be removed from it, also.

Tom – Isn’t it interesting that we shy away from awareness, when it is really the first step to true empowerment? I agree with you, though – we all have those moments when we wish we could keep our blinders on and pretend our life circumstances aren’t of our own making. But darn it – once we recognize that we’re just pretending, we kind of have to stop, don’t we?

That’s an awesome observation – level of self-esteem and level of awareness as reflections of each other. Very true – thanks for pointing that out!!!

Many blessings,
Andrea

By: Tom Volkar / Delightful Work

Tom Volkar / Delightful Work — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:15:07 +0000

Andrea, you asked if any of my clients ever back away from the responsibility. I wish I could say no. But unfortunately the first reaction of many is to avoid facing the discomfort that comes from full awareness.

Then of course there are those of us who have accepted responsibility and still occasionally pretend like we don’t.

I find it interesting to realize that our level of self-esteem is directly tied to our level of awareness. Thanks again for this great discussion.

By: Ms. Tee

Ms. Tee — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:40:29 +0000

This idea of “reworking one’s life story” is capsulated in Narrative Therapy.

I’m a grad student (Marriage/Family Therapy) and our program favors this approach because it teaches us to help our clients to change the story they have crafted for their lives and to re create a new story with a more positive journey.

By: Deb Estep

Deb Estep — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:30:29 +0000

HI KL,

If the number for completion is 7 and 8 represents a new beginning….
Check out when this comment of yours posted….

“Andrea, youâ€™ll really got me going with this postâ€¦ so much soâ€¦ Iâ€™m tempted to tip toe back into the waters and start a new website”â€¦

2008 at 8:08 pm

Maybe… that’s a nudge.

xo xo
Deb

ps….. I wanted to comment on this post, I will … in a few, once I get my brain back together. LOL

By: KL

KL — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:08:04 +0000

Yes, yes and yes!!!

And yes some more.

Call it oneness, call it union, call it connection, call it togetherness… but whatever we call it, it is only reaching an understanding and more importantly an expression of this concept that will shift us from the old story of duality and conflict, of us v. them, to a new story of…

Of what…

How does one express what it’s like to LIVE Oneness.

Here’s another way to look at it.

What if we were to ask ourselves before any though, word or deed… is this FOR LIFE or against life?

And measure whether or not to proceed against that one criteria.

Andrea, you’ll really got me going with this post… so much so… I’m tempted to tip toe back into the waters and start a new website… Otherwise your comment sections will get longer and longer and longer!!!!