I’m discovering a small feeling I didn’t realize was there.  When I stop my distractions, there it is. And I’m watching all the funny things I do to give that feeling, that shame a focus, to give it a nest–or an altar! Oh, what a subtle, subtle drug this shame has been!

See what no distractions, no defenses brings up for you. Be ready for surprises; it’s often NOT the same old thing! And don’t despair if it seems there’s always something else to work on. That’s only the ego getting trickier and trickier. Remember, that teaches us more and more about God, and about Truth. It’s worth it!

A couple weeks ago, I had a great, middle-of-the-night conversation with an author friend, another multi-tracker who told me of a correlation between our personality types and radio talk show personalities. She asked if I’d ever thought of doing a radio show. Hmmm…this is the second incarnation of that idea; I thought I had left it behind. Last year, I explored the idea of doing a very specific type of show. Now I’m open to more.

If you have any ideas about getting a radio show going, please share them with me. Right here on the blog is fine!

When we’re in pieces, our very brokenness makes it easier to see the Holy, the whole. When we’re broken (when our ego-obsession clearly ISN’T working!), what we’ve broken is the shell that hides the Truth!

So celebrate your seeming disasters. Hold on for dear Life by being present, truly Present in this Holy Moment.
…And try to remember it, too, when times are anything but rough; if you do, you’ll need to be reminded – by brokenness – less often!

I’m here in Olympia, Washington, meeting some amazing women I’d only met in phone calls and emails. We’re going to the Capitol tomorrow at 8am in support of HB1151 (no NAIS).

When my friend in Port Townsend called to tell me/ us to “give them Hell” tomorrow, I realized that in German, “hell” means LIGHT; we’re going to the State Capitol to bring Light.

Following my workshop in Seattle, I’m heading to Oregon, where I’d love to catch up with you!

I’ll be in Portland from Tuesday, March 6th - Thursday, March 8th.

Call 888-321-1981 toll-free for an appointment.

(Email if you’re a friend and maybe we can get together while I’m there!)

The phrase “Larger than Life” invites us to assume that LIFE is supposed to be small. That big experiences are not Life, but an exception to Life.

I won’t accept this anymore.

Many of us have learned to create physical problems in order to avoid conflict, fear, anger - or to help us to gain control over a situation.

This illness or accident that we then fall “victim” to, makes it off-limits, inappropriate (we believe - and most of society will agree with us) - to blow our cover, to “kill” our Sacred Cow.

A client years ago could not get a root canal done, as that specific part of her mouth would not go numb - though other, surrounding areas DID! She was acting, unconsciously, on a childhood decision, a childhood awareness: “They” cannot or will not make me do anything when I have a fever or am puking, etc.

Her fear of giving up control to an outside authority brought up the old pattern, telling her to RESIST, and, at the same time, to act like she wasn’t doing anything! When the pattern was pointed out to her, she was able to make a different decision, able to surrender to the numbing medication, able to submit to the expertise of her dentist.

If I start to have any signs of an oncoming cold or whatever, I monitor myself, checking to see what is REALLY going on. Nine times out of ten, I find a fear, a resistance, something I don’t want to do, and simply paying attention to this deep truth meets the situation, meets the need completely, and the symptoms immediately go away.

How many Sacred Cows do you have clogging up your personal streets? Stopping your own personal traffic? Look and see. So often, suffering is merely a teacher, who moves away when she is no longer needed, when her lessons are learned.

In recent decades my learning style has increasingly become labeled as “needing medication”.

A flaming ENFP, were I in school today, I would most likely be declared ADD/ADHD or whatever they’re calling it (-HAD?).

I made it through school successfully by talking in class, doing other homework in my desk, chewing gum, writing letters (this was, after all, the Olden Days), and reading my favorite authors. I had an incredible ability to multi-track, and would always know when I needed to get out a sheet of paper, file into line, or raise my hand, looking attentive. Had I not been allowed my diversions - well, I hate to think what would have happened.

Teachers & administrators looking for Learning Disabilities are in danger of merely Labeling Differences, making some of them Wrong or Unfortunate or Problematic. WUP!

I burst into tears today when reading up on ENFPs like myself, discovering that Dr. Seuss and Carol Burnett are members of my tribe. I’d like to see classrooms of kids who know their Myers-Briggs types and learn to meet their needs along these lines.

I’d also like to encourage you, while this is NOT the case, to home-school your children or search for meaningful alternatives! Seuss dropped out of his doctoral program - and aren’t we glad he did?

Most people, prior to having a Near-Death Experience, were having a Near-Life Experience.

Then, for a decade,

- or a month, - or maybe just for a moment -

they have a full-blown LIFE.

I’m teaching a 3-hr. workshop/ intensive:

“Using Fear as a Tool for Healing”
Learn why fear is a potent ally, a road sign clearly pointing out the direction of our greatest growth. Fear is the best diagnostic tool there is for emotional and mental blocks. Learn to work with it as an ally to unlock your potential - and the loving and lovely life yours was meant to be.

at East West Bookshop in Seattle

Sunday, March 4th, 1 - 4pm

$35 preregistration, $40 day of event

Call the Bookshop for an Saturday private appointment
or to preregister for Sunday’s workshop:

1-206-523-3726 or 1-800-587-6002
Private sessions will be available at East West the previous day, Saturday, March 3rd:
Emotional Healing, Intuitive Reading, Relationship Counseling.

(For more info on my work, see www.shantimai.com/services.html )