Relationship Empowerment Coaching for Women
As I prepared this past week to be a part of the 15th Birthday of the “Imagine a Woman” event, I rushed to update my profiles on social networking and to create a Fan Page for Navigate from the Heart Coaching on Facebook.
I wanted to be sure that all of my blog posts show up in that environment, too. So I used an application called “Netwroked Blogs” to automate posting.
If you are reading this on Facebook, then I did it right! Ain’t technology grand?
Today, I have the privilege of wishing happy 15th birthday to the “Imagine a Woman” poem. The poem inspired my own “rebirth.” From the moment I heard it read, it’s message resonated within my heart. To this day, I cannot read it without a tear in my eye.
Growing up, I experienced the loss of my own “voice” and belief in myself. I grew to believe that if I put everyone else’s needs ahead of my own, I would loved and not abandoned. It was not until I heard the words: “Imagine a woman who trusts and respects herself. A woman who listens to her needs and desires. Who meets them with tenderness and grace”— that I truly understood that it was OK to be me. How freeing!
I am not alone on the journey to reclaim the truth about myself. My most heartfelt desire and calling is to share this message with my sisters everywhere, so that you, too, may know the depth of joy that I now experience because of this life-changing poem. I invite you to check out the Imagine a Woman Worldwide Community at its website: www.imagineAwoman.com and give your heart the opportunity to smile.
I wish you love and wholeness, Mara Castello
Compassion is a fundamental building block within a relationship in that it provides a “sympathetic consciousness of the others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.” Applying compassion in relationships is important in order to develop deeper connection.
To better understand the elements of compassion, it is necessary to keep in mind, a model used in coaching called the “Process of Manifestation” which teaches that thoughts lead to feelings, feelings lead to actions, and actions lead to results (T+F+A= R). How does compassion manifest?
It requires that we examine our core thought (T) to align it with that of our partner’s. This then produces a feeling (F) showing that we understand how the other person feels (empathy). We then ultimately act (A) on that understanding demonstrating compassion (either verbally or physically.) When two persons in an intimate relationship feel compassion for one another, judgment lessens, defense lessens and it deepens the level of connection (R) between the partners.
In my own experience with my life partner, by knowing this process, whenever I have experienced anger, I have been able to go back to my core thought (although not necessarily at that moment) and replace it with a thought that ultimaely leads me to compassion.
Honoring who you truly are in all aspects of your life enables you to fully express yourself. When you are able to live in alignment with your core values; your level of consciousness, or level of energy remains high. When your energy is high, you are more likely to attract a person aligned with your “core” values and ultimately the relationship you desire.
This way of “being” is achieved through a unique process known as “Energy Leadership.” Leadership is how you interact with everyone, including yourself. We tend to think of leaders in relation to small and large business. However, we all interact with people on a regular basis and, therefore, we are all leaders. Leading energy is the way we help move people into action, including ourselves.
The Energy Leadership process enables you to be the leader in your relationship journey by gaining the awareness and skills to raise your overall level of consciousness, or level of energy. It is based on the premise that sustainable change occurs from the “core.”
Through this process, you will deepen your relationship with yourself, bringing you greater awareness of your true values and ultimately raise your overall energy level, or E-Factor. Once you have gained this awareness, it becomes relatively effortless to embark on your relationship journey and ultimately find your ideal loving partner in a way that brings you passion and joy.
Relationship success carries a unique and special meaning for each person. It’s meaning is defined by who you are on the inside, defined as your “level of consciousness” which is inherently made up of energy. This “self-created lens,” or “level of consciousness,” through which you view your life determines the way you see the world, your reaction to it and the quality of character of others you draw to yourself.
When your “level of consciousness” is aligned with who you truly are at your “core,” you are able to live effortlessly in accordance with your most important values. This creates an opportunity for you to gain deeper connection with all aspects of your life. Specifically, with yourself and more clarity on what qualities you are looking for in a loveing partner.
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