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Roads and Beaches
Hello amazing goddesses!
Some subtle energy shifting changes are going on. I know we are evolving, becoming more internal-guided and aware of intuitive direction. We’re becoming more present in our feminine spirit and body, and her softer and subtle sensing ways of operating, knowing, connecting.
I am leaning more toward BEing than DOing. And not planning as much….or writing as much lately either. (It feels good to be writing now, though!)
I have found that when I push and plan and do, it doesn’t turn out as well as when I follow the muse, respond, and allow and PLAY. … which is totally counter to basic business principles and societal messages in general…and can be a little disconcerting. And yet, I don’t get to skip the planning and doing… they just happen after an invitation or a request or a prompting of the heart.
For me, it’s soul work. The lesson: Manipulation does not work; and doing it all alone doesn’t either. Everything I do has to come from my heart and be true to who I am and what I love and what my soul came here to learn and do and be. I cannot take shortcuts or fool the divine or miss the sacred contracts I came here to participate in. All that has my name on it, from a spiritual perspective, is mine to fulfill. And the other lesson is that I need to trust and know that I am and will continue to be fully supported and blessed in every way I desire and need…including the financial and material needs of this physical world, as well as the spiritual.
Like I said, soul work. That dance of honoring the journey, ourselves (myself), internal guidance, and our real work here, asking for what we desire, and trusting it will be provided. What helps? Nature’s examples: Birds, butterflies, trees and flowers in full bloom after winter; Looking back at all that’s happened and been provided on this path so far; Taking note of the miracles that happen every day and remembering that experiences and support come in many forms; Keeping in touch with my spirit, Source, and others who help me do that, including each of you. It is in BEing all of who I am that brings the rest into place. Puzzle pieces…each one a perfect fit and necessary to the joyful, delightful, interesting, creative, dynamic big picture that is my life here.
Last month’s Goddess circle, muse and magnificence call was on Wallowing in our desires.…identifying what we desire and savoring it. The heart has powerful, attracting energy. What we desire from our heart has a way of coming to us. I desired to see the Pacific Ocean and giant redwoods some day.
Last week, I found myself on a cross-country road trip from Wisconsin to California by truck, arriving in time for a side trip to the ocean and to the redwoods. Such incredible beauty and blessing and grace…and confirmation. What we desire from our heart, we bring to us…very quickly
The soul work in all this is so many-layered.
Last summer, I held a Monday Morning Beach Series. I’m holding another one this year...by request. The dates are Monday mornings, June 17 through July 29, 9:30 – 11 am at a picnic table at the beach by Brewers Two-Pewaukee. This year’s conversation resource will be Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd. The goddess journeys we’re on are soul work. A conversation resource gives us a common starting place. I know from last year that the actual conversations and connections and support experiences go way beyond.
More coming soon. For now, Save the Dates and check out the reference resource.
I so marvel at the flow and unfolding of happenings that feed and fuel my energy–people, places, experiences, synchronicities. I hope you are also feeling and experiencing those kinds of moments, connections, support, and love. I know I love that you and all the blessing you bring by being you are part of this. You are loved and beautiful and appreciated. Look forward to connecting on tonight’s goddess call. – Anne
Creation, Earthy, Original Blessing, Spirituality
Hello beautiful goddesses,
I’m offering a Creation Spirituality class this week for earth-honoring souls and seekers. It’s a path and perspective that speaks of original blessing and celebrates our goodness and that of the natural world.
I came across this treasure in my own search and studies for a woman-spirit-honoring path…one that also honored or bridged and connected, shed perspective on, the traditions I’d grown up with. It comes out of the scriptural scholarship of Matthew Fox, who also grew up Catholic, in Wisconsin. His work opened and cleared a lot for me.
The class is Wednesday evening, April 24, at the Kindred Spirit Center in Waukesha. More info and Register HERE.
Happy Earth Day and month! Love, blessing, gratitude and celebration to all creation; earth, air, animals, water, plants, people, sun, and stars, and each of you. – Anne
The Wild Woman
Hello beautiful goddesses!
The words of The Wild Woman speak to our spirit. She’s a part of us, of all of us….
This piece of art graces a space I share. And I take a moment to read it again when it beckons. It begins like this:
A healthy woman is much like a wolf—robust, inventive, loyal, fierce.
Yet separation from her wildish nature causes a woman to become meager, ghostly, anxious about leaping, fearful to create new life.
With the wild nature as ally and teacher, we see not through two eyes only, but through the many eyes of intuition. With intuition we are like the starry night, we gaze at the world through a thousand eyes.
The archetype of the Wild Woman carries los bultos, all the bundles for healing and meaning. She carries all the medicines of stories, words, and songs, all the mending tools of dances signs and symbols. She is both vehicle and destination. She is the essence of the female soul….
It is She, the Wild Woman–using the powerfully descriptive, moving eloquence of Clarissa Pinkola Estes–who will be our Muse and Magnificence Inspiration messenger this month.
Mark your calendar for Thursday, March 14, 7 pm (CST). Everyday Goddess Community members will receive their usual reminder with additional details–like a full copy of the Wild Woman clip and access information–via group shortly.
If you’d like to be part of the Wild Woman conversation and connect in a community like this, learn more and make it happen HERE. Welcome!
I so look forward to this call with all of you! Enjoy your day. – Anne
Women and Girl’s Spirituality Saturday
The Spirituality of Women and Girls in Chick lit, Life and Religion…
Hello beautiful everyday goddesses!
The very event of our birth in female bodies changes and influences everything about how we see and experience what is spiritual in our lives…and how we perceive religion and the teachings and words that come from their texts and teachers.
And in the end, each one of us is on our personal quest... to find and connect with the Sacred in a way that’s meaningful to our life… and to experience and define spiritual for ourselves. I had to; and I wasn’t alone.
Women’s studies and feminine theology found a place in college curriculum. And I was fortunate to benefit–as a single, young professional in her 30s, much more aware–and reading, even between the lines, and soaking in everything. A different lens sharpens focus, and mine was. It was the women writing about women’s spirituality I was especially drawn to.
The female soul is no small thing. Neither is a woman’s right to define the Sacred from a woman’s perspective. – Sue Monk Kidd
That was my journey and my generation’s contribution to those behind us. Today’s women and girls are searching for and navigating their own path to experience spirituality and meaning. And there are writers of their generation making sacred feminine art and writing FUN and creative texts, like Becoming a Goddess of Inner Poise and The Girl God. … because, you see, everyday goddess women like us, have expanded the definition of spiritual experiences. Yes!! Full Color. LIFE Engaged! 
Anybody ELSE want to TALK about this stuff?! I DO!
I have a wonderful, living room style space and an open Saturday. No agenda other than to hold sacred space and allow the conversations among women and girls, and be a guide and resource where I can…connecting, assisting across generations. I have a niece now….growing into a young woman. I need these conversations for me, too. I have room for eight everyday goddesses. Join me…
Women’s Spirituality SATURDAY | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm | February 16, 2013 | Kindred Spirit Center, Waukesha
Conversations about women and girls’ religion and spirituality– today … and the spirit of the goddess …from a soul and wellness, life experience, women’s studies and feminine wisdom and theology perspective. What empowers and frees our deepest parts? You? Where and how do women and girls, you, find and define the spiritual today? Conversations will go where those gathered need to take them. My desire is that you’ll feed and celebrate your divine, inner goddess, pink and purple, spiritual path, find answers… and different questions, share resources and stories. Please purchase, download, and BRING BOTH the “Spirit and Meaning” AND “the Divine Feminine”class resource packets at www.wonderspirit.com/products/classmaterials.html They contain pieces that powered me, and that I pass on with love and blessing. FREE WILL DONATION at the door for this delightfully different Woman’s Spirit, Soul and Wellness Saturday conversation and connection session. Please RSVP that you’re coming. Thank you!!
Oh, and if being here is not possible–life time and distance logistics and all–get the materials and gather with a girlfriend for an evening or afternoon of soul sister sharing. Lots of conversation material to start off with and expand on.
There’s that thing about “Ask and it is given” too. If these are something you want more of, ASK for what you’d love!
To loving our lives, feeling inspired and empowered, growing our greatness … and satisfying our Goddess of Inner Poise. You ARE dancing your path, whether you know it or not, and it probably includes chocolate, music, and maybe a beach!
Love and light and delight! – Anne
Wellness Goals and Dreams
Hello beautiful goddesses!
Today’s Love-Your-Life™ lesson is Wellness Goals and Dreams…WonderSpirit goddess-style for divinely creative, inspired, feminine, artsy, and those curvy, not-so-good-at-straight-lines-and-boxes types. Here’s an intro for a taste. Have a delight-filled day! – Anne
LOVE-YOUR-LIFE…
Wellness, Goals and Dreams
Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate accomplishments. —Napoleon Hill
True wellness begins with our dreams and the callings of our heart … and finding a way to bring them to life.
There are things we do for money, for our livelihood, for security, for necessity sometimes…
Perhaps they serve the body; perhaps not.
Do they serve your spirit, as well?
And then there are those dreams and visions we had in younger days, and maybe some are getting stronger and more insistent now.
Or maybe we’ve outgrown what worked before.
Physically, mentally, emotionally, creatively, who are you now?
And who do you want to be?
When we give voice to the visions inside us, we change ourselves as well as our world. –Rheya Polo
Wellness, Goals, and Dreams goes beyond the usual career and job conversation and goal-setting tools.
For two reasons:
1. The opposite of PLAY is not work; the opposite of play is Depression.
For your health, and love of life, there has to be some serious element of PLAY in whatever work you are doing, the goals you are setting, and the life you are leading.
2. As you grow in awareness and depth, the alignment of personal and professional will MATTER MORE. You want–and will require– your life and work to be something honorable that aligns with and feeds your spirit, as well as your bank account.
These are not mutually exclusive…and that can be part of our conversation.
Our bottom line is, to create a life worth living, worthy of our name on it, one that sustains our body and honors our soul, That’s the framework of this WonderSpirit version of Wellness, Goals, and Dreams.
I invite you to join me; tap in. And I ENCOURAGE you to join me for the whole series and continue. The next lessons directly compliment and support this one.
The WHOLE SERIES will add to and empower more and deeper elements of your life and dreams.
LOVE YOUR LIFE and WHO you are, and want to BE…
Positive support of our dreams makes a difference in the outcome
Tap in tonight on the call, or with a Success Set-up session on Saturday.
Everyday goddess LOVE-YOUR-LIFE Lessons / classes are held via Telephone Conference
and in person by appointment.
Success-Set-up Saturday
Good morning gorgeous everyday goddess!
2013 is one week in already! NEW Year, New STORY… Possibilities are WIDE OPEN. Our Success–AND SPIRIT–need SUPPORT to Maintain Momentum and Motivation. We ALL do!
You’ve got a great start. You made your plan; downloaded and PLAYED WITH your Full-Color, delightful 2013 Create Your INCREDIBLE BUSINESS and LIFE Workbook and Planner.
Start-Your-New-Story Saturday was perfect for that. (Mine was so FUN! Used Playful Purple Neato Pen … and Purple Ink. I LOVE ART and Color!)
Now your spirit and imagination and dreams are flying high. It FEELS so GOOD to be Excited about your LIFE and what you’re creating, about Adventures and wonderful Experiences ahead! That energy is powerfully ATTRACTIVE and Creative SOURCE Energy we are tapping in to!
I want to keep it going, growing, and FLOWING for ME… and that means helping YOU Keep that Attracting, Creating, Source ENERGY going, GROWING, and flowing for You …and through you! We are so humanly designed to pay it forward….to bless others just being who we are. In the BEing and DOing for others, WE are (I am) Energized, come alive, Find the Magical connections and synergies, and EVERYONE’S Spirit and Life Energy is supported and recharged!
I have some oh-so-awesome and EASY Spirit-and-Dreams-Supporting ACTIVITIES we can TAP IN to AND Motivate EACH OTHER with this month:
VISION BOARDS AND WISH LISTS – Jan 9. Are you VISUAL like I am? Seeing pictures and objects helps me focus, reMINDs me…and then there’s Out of SIGHT leads to Out of MIND too… More
SUCCESS SET-UP SATURDAY – Jan 19. A day of sweet Personal FOCUS sessions…and a very incentivized, no-more-excuses price. Details HERE and how to schedule your time slot.
SELF-TALK and SELF-THOUGHTS – Jan 30. What are you Saying? Thinking? WORDS and Our Voice carries Power. Some habits support your spirit and dreams; other conversation and imagination habits maybe need some shifting… Energy flows where our attention goes.
Here’s a COLORFUL Flyer to print and post to remind you. Drop by my LOVE-YOUR-LIFE Page and see WHAT ELSE is coming too. Here’s to a 2013 of helping YOU and ME–all of us–keep our Spirit, Mind, and Motivation…and INCREDIBLE Life and Spirit supported, happy, and Centered around the Dreams of our heart.
Have a beautiful day! Enjoy. – Anne
Start-Your-New-Story Saturday 2013
Hello beautiful goddesses!
I’m hosting my first Start-Your-New-Story Saturday January 5, so lovely earth angel goddesses like ourselves get to do exactly what we’ve promised ourselves every year… spend a day just for us, creating and planning the year ahead…together!
Amazing and awesome goddess Leoni Dawson has put together two BEAUTIFUL, inspiring, FUN and COLORFUL Workbooks and Calendars to get you started. Choose one…or you can bring any other favorite tool you like, or use one of mine. I, of course, will have lots of resources of many kinds on hand too.
The only agenda is to spend the day together and FOCUS on what DELIGHTS our HEARTS and SOULS…and openness to create it into BEING in 2013!
There is a modest investment involved. If it feels restrictive for you, offer what feels easier. Our goddess dance with money, love, and making a living is definitely part of our planning, conversation and creating this incredible year!
So here’s the rest of what you need to know for Start-Your-New-Story Saturday. Let me know you’re coming!
And January’s only beginning. More to come… 
Whoo-hoo!! Love, Love, Love. – Anne
Do you Want change?
A new year, a time of looking forward, making changes. What do we want? and Who do we want to be?
What follows are two life wisdom clips for some inspiration and conversation: the first is from Dalende (Gelma Bruce); the second is from Bonesigh Arts.
“Do you want to see changes? Then you must make them happen. …”
“What do you want? What is it that deep down you feel comfortable with? Think about this for a moment. You really like staying at home, you like meditating, you have been writing your lessons, you enjoy cooking, you enjoy traveling, you would enjoy having a house surrounded by mountains, and, most of all, you enjoy doing all this in a leisurely way …”
“Now you have to plan your life the way you intend to live it, and use your thoughts as the building blocks for its realization. This might take some time because old habits die hard, and ego is always present to tempt you to follow the old familiar ways. But…nothing is going to change unless you will it to change. … You have been given the tools to change your life, but the changing is up to you.”
“… [T]here are no preset patterns to somebody’s life. You come here with certain lessons to learn, but the way you set the stage up to learn them is totally up to you. Most people get so involved with setting up their stage that they miss the purpose for the setting of the stage and get lost in the details. You are a creator, and as such you always create, sometimes out of fear, sometimes out of love, but you are always creating. Start writing down all your thoughts on how you want to set up your stage; keep on thinking about this new stage and you will see how your present stage will change. Do not think about anything else; do not pay attention to anything else. This is your life, your stage, and at this point you should know how you want to live it. Do not give in to other people’s thoughts or ways.”
- Conversations with a Friend by Dalende (Gelma Bruce)
Desktop Wallpaper, BoneSighArts
it’s your thoughts and your spirit
and your creativity and your flair
and your heart and your sparkle
and your passion and your loves
and your courage that make up
the incredible mix of who you are…
why oh why do we let others tell us
what our mix should be?!
Now your part: the Conversation to make it Yours
. What do you want? What is it that deep down YOU feel comfortable with? What do you enjoy? How would you like to live?
. Old habits … and new approaches
. We are creators. What / How do you want to create out of love? Or fear?
MORE … the Follow-through
1. Tap in to January’s first Friday Monthly Muse & Magnificence call. 11:30 AM Central / 12:30 PM Eastern. Always Free to Everyday Goddess members…. and membership is only $5 a month. Learn more/sign up.
2. January Winter Spirit Saturdays. January 5 is Start-Your-New-Story Saturday, a day of private and group coaching to do what you’ve always promised yourself. January 19 is a Success Set-up Saturday of short, targeted success set-up planning sessions. Learn more/sign up.
Exploring our Inner goddess
Looking forward to tonight’s telephone / web conference class exploring our inner goddess and the sacred feminine. Spent the morning following an inspiration and added even more good stuff to inspire your heart and imagination…and conversation! Music, art, poetry, and wherever the muse took me. Such FUN!
And best of all is that all of us get to be together tonight from the comfort of home — even if we’re across the country from each other. LOVE it!
You can still get in on the class, and it’s EASY…and a something special for the holidays.
During December, $7 gets you all Class Materials AND a real-time Class with me and the other inner goddess explorers you’ve invited. The call-in number and access code come with the class materials–and also links to those additional goodies I added this morning. Download HERE.
I grew up Catholic. I’ve been praying to a goddess all my life. Hail Mary, Mother of God. – Anne Wondra
If you can’t make the class, here’s Plan B. Download the Class Materials and all the extras–or select the ‘private’ option for yourself and a friend–and get the conversation flowing! Love, love, love!! Catch you later.
Crystals, classes, and connecting this week
Three notes for today!
1. I’m excited and delighted to welcome my friend and talented crystal jewelry artist, Julie Bvocik of Julie’s Crystal Realm to this growing-our-greatness group of wonder-spirited women entrepreneurs. (I couldn’t resist…) I met Julie at an art fair years ago, and we’ve become friends along the way. I’m one of her raving fans too. She does beautiful crystal chakra jewelry art, especially her signature necklaces. Enjoy!
2. This week’s Love-Your-Life class is the Sacred Feminine / the Feminine Face of God, She whose and image and likeness is reflected in the mirror each day. Join me Wednesday, December 5. Call in and enjoy a woman-spirit-honoring feast into the music, art, and wisdom of the feminine spirit… Info is included with the Class materials and here. 
This–and all December classes–will be Interactive Telephone and Web experiences, so you can tap in from wherever you are by phone and keep warm and cozy too. 7 – 8 pm (CT). Details, register here.
Even if you can’t make the class, get the class materials! They’re packed with lots of good stuff to feed, free, and inspire your heart and everything in your being. (This is one of my favorite signature classes!)
3. Friday’s monthly Muse Connection Call will take place December 7 at 10 am (CT), an hour earlier than usual. I hope this fits better for more of you. The first Friday Calls are one of your free, cool, and complimentary membership perks and a good chance to connect with each other. The reminder email (Yahoo Groups list) will be updated, so you’ll be reminded again later this week.
That’s all for now. Enjoy the moments. – Anne
