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SECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYIntroducing Mr. BonesNeeding some structure in my life I call in my imaginary friend Mr. Bones! Imagine my delight when he Mandy-fests in real life times 2!!!2022-10-0314 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYUSB Drive GraveyardHow to have interactions with a stranger that are infused with secret message play.2022-07-0819 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYMockingbird, YeahDrawing mockingbirds and reliving a story where I was invited to use my voice.2022-06-2410 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Woman Who Can’t Be HelpedThe parable of one woman who is willing to receive help and one woman who cannot be helped and the astonishing difference in how flow flows in each instance. In this episode I’m sharing my Full Moon secret message take away!2022-06-1517 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYReactionary Secret MessagesConversations are the improv of our identities. We get to test out who we think we are, respond to one another and later, go-back and self-compassionately scoop up the secret messages that appear.2022-05-2916 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Kitchen Drain Part 2When the kitchen drain gets clogged will it be the straw that breaks the camels back or can I get by with an insta-flow secret message?2022-05-1710 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Kitchen Drain Part 1When the kitchen drain gets clogged will it be the straw that breaks the camels back or can I get by with an insta-flow secret message?2022-05-0209 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYHardest GearWhen my shifting cable broke on a bike ride leaving me stuck in my hardest gear, I needed to adjust my goal and my focus, but there were secret messages and ease in going with that flow. When plans or visions change how can you adapt?2022-04-2714 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLittle MagicsOn a day where I’m not in the best of moods, I hone in on “little magics” and it really makes a difference.2022-04-2010 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe DeciderLearning about creative collaboration through an NFT project called the Boopieverse, I get to see firsthand the way to work with a person’s energy and implement it for good.2022-04-1113 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYIt’s a Beautiful Day and Something Great Will HappenA saying from my childhood that always caused me to groan helps me fuel the concept of the Secret Message Society.2022-04-0410 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThings Are Looking UpMy cat’s strange behavior as me looking to the skies and reading the secret messages there-in.2022-03-2810 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYForget-fullForgetting means you get to find a new secret message all the time!2022-03-2113 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYToggle Switches and DialsMy surprise love for technology and machines holds some secret messages worth exploring. I dive into the secret messages of switches and dials in this episode.2022-03-1515 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYWand As a VerbWhile journaling, I make a mistake and write wand 🪄 instead of want and it unlocks a secret message.2022-03-0714 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSecret Messages and Law of Attraction*Following a secret message trail last Fall I find myself listening to some Law of Attraction Books and feeling like I am reminiscing with an old friend. In this episode I’m sharing a resource I’ve been enjoying lately and why it resonates.2022-02-2811 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYMagnet Man🧲 A man with a lot of giant magnet messages on his car gets my attention.2022-02-2307 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYTrinketsOn a walk I find a bunch of familiar things, but feel inspired to call them by a different name. Changing the name changes the secret message potential. It taps into beginner’s mind and allows something to be something brand new in the moment.2022-02-1706 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYFlow is SlowThe Dr. Of Secret Messages would like to prescribe you a two-fold prescription for what ails you: Let it take 2 times as long as it used to and laugh about it the whole way.2022-02-0708 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSecret Message ResurfacingI come across something on a walk that helps an old secret message resurface. That’s exciting!2022-01-3110 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYFlipping the Secret Message SwitchHere is the secret to finding secret messages everywhere. In a moment that could have been just an average been there, done that moment, I open up to wonder by flipping the secret message switch.2022-01-2416 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYCheerio!When two boxes of cheerios get left at the grocery store on accident it becomes a scavenger hunt full of secret messages.2022-01-1812 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Happiness FactorDoing something small that makes me happy - taking a walk around my block - and finding secret messages on the way.2022-01-1509 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLet’s Celebrate 52 Podcasts for 2021!Thank you for listening and subscribing. It’s been a delightful year and I have loved the practice of showing up with a secret message every week. Next year I go with the flow. No hard and fast commitments, except to flow. That sounds exciting to me. I hope it has me talking into my phone some more, recording podcasts like I’m Dick Tracy talking into his watch. Happy New Year! May secret messages always find YOU!2022-01-0208 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLime Green and PeaceWhen I share on Instagram that lime green and peace have been a secret message for me, @jackrabbit_spiritual shares the exact same two secret messages showing up for her. This is a fun way to explore secret messages with another person and share your findings as they develop.2021-12-2908 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYCatching My Lucky LeafThis is my experiment in trying to catch a leaf as it naturally falls off of a tree in Autumn. (A game I learned from @witchingwildwood on Instagram.) It is also me watching my mind in meditation and seeing all the places it runs off to. It is also me enjoying play and imagination.2021-12-1314 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYRemembersWhen I forget I can trust my intuition, secret messages help me become mindful and spark revelations of who I am and where I am going. I need the secret message of a camel or a white rabbit out in front of me, so I stay curious and alive and don’t retreat.2021-12-0913 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYWhat Are the Chances?Wanna start to feel lucky? Start asking the question “What are the chances” in your own life. Here is an example of me asking that question, while on a walk home from taking my car into the shop for service.2021-11-3009 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYNatasha the Black WidowA bank teller and I have an impromptu collaboration on secret messages. The more I set an intention to stay open to receive secret messages, the more they flow into my life.2021-11-2412 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYDeer Me, I’m All InThis one is about the deer sighting on my weekend cycling/camping trip. It is also about being all in on committing to the secret message of deer showing up in my life and then the pleasure of sitting back to watch it actually happen.2021-11-1511 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYShifty shiftyWhat if you are about to do something you don’t want to do and instead you decide to do it with a sense of wonder and find a secret message in it. I go into Walmart with the spirit of adventure and come out with a secret message that things are shifting and possibilities are arriving.2021-11-0811 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYEmojis as Secret MessagesA chat conversation with my daughter leads to an idea. What if your recently used emojis have a secret message for you?2021-11-0206 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYUnstopping the DrainA past memory resurfaces as the perfect secret message to help me visualize flow in my life.2021-10-2810 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYFiling CabinetsFollowing the multiple threads of a secret message.2021-10-1809 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYFlipping Turtles 🐢Taking negative thoughts of lack and flipping them to work for me.2021-10-1111 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYJigsaw PuzzleIf our brain wants to solve something, let’s give it a secret message as mind candy to play with. Let it play with curiosity instead of anxiety. Let it solve a puzzle.2021-10-0409 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYVanilla CokeWhen three Coca-Cola trucks show up in the parking lot of a grocery store I am reminded how simple the pleasure of a secret message can be.2021-09-2810 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSecret Message SparkCatching myself in a secret message moment and being on the receiving end of a secret message, I process what it feels like and why I appreciate it so much, and why I want to share about it in the moment.2021-09-2016 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYInvisible FriendsA make believe conversation with a bee has me considering what a powerful tool role-playing dialogue with invisible friends can be. 🐝2021-09-1312 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYMis-readingWhen a secret message is mis-read to say something else and the mis-read is the actual message you really needed.2021-09-0707 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYUsing Your SensesAn example of how an author uses music in a novel reminds me of how we can tease out a secret message by using our senses, like sound. My Dream Zine for September explores the senses as they relate to the bees.2021-08-3108 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYBee VisionA little longer podcast than normal, so I can share my vision for where I am steering the Secret Message Society Community over the next year. Slowing down and taking our time. Bee-lieve. 🐝2021-08-2518 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLinking Secret Messages TogetherI play with an idea called scratching that Twyla Tharp talks about in her book “The Creative Habit.”2021-08-1611 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLaser BeamsAn example of using tools like tarot and dreams to gather input for a secret message. Working with imagery and symbols helps gain clarity.2021-08-0907 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSpiralI keep seeing the secret message of a line forming a spiral. I’m interested in secret messages that show up in symbols like this.2021-08-0205 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYA Starting PlaceYou can take any secret message and use it as a launching pad to next or a lifesaver to hold onto in choppy waters, so you can catch your breath. A secret message is a starting place for possibilities.2021-07-2705 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLet In that Which You’re Shutting OutA repeat occurrence brings insight. How does secret message one differ from secret message two? How are they the same?2021-07-1914 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Horton Hear’s a Who Addendum.This episode is a part 2 to episode 27 from last week. The secret message wanted to continue to flower, so who am I to stop it? Hear how Horton Hear’s a Who mysteriously showed up in my life and handed me a secret message with his trunk.2021-07-1207 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Bee Tucked in a WildflowerFinding a secret message bee while on retreat and realizing the wonder that only I could have found it. Tiny secret messages are so tender.2021-07-0508 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLike a SurgeonWe are half way thru season 2! In this episode I share how the secret message of preparing your creative tools like a surgeon surfaced in some group work. I was equally fascinated by the analogy as well as the way we can deepen secret message meaning for one another.2021-06-2810 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYStrawberry Fields ForeverThe juicy repetition of a strawberry secret message.2021-06-2105 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Elevator AnalogyIn contemplating a secret message try sticking with the easy level rather than force it to be more than it needs to be.2021-06-1406 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSecret Message ActivationWhat it feels like when a secret message activates you and you become gloriously obsessed with it. A new way to talk about secret messages, inspired by a post on Instagram by artist Violette Clark.2021-06-0711 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe White Heron RevisitedThe fun of having an old secret message revisit you and experiencing a wrinkle in time.2021-06-0308 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSlightly AskewWhat if someone shares a secret message with me and it either doesn’t apply, isn’t the right timing or it wants to take me in a slightly different direction? How do I navigate that relational conversation?2021-05-2825 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSecret Message AntsSometimes it feels like there are no secret messages, but they are just tiny like ants. Who pauses to notice ants? 🐜2021-05-2406 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYUp A Lazy RiverWhat if you don’t have to go looking for secret messages. What if they’ll just come to you as a reward for living in the present moment as it unfolds.2021-05-1716 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYA Lot of Secret Messages GoingMany secret message satellites are out roving, gathering information and checking back in with me.2021-05-1017 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYBut the rabbit’s dead.Rabbit ears as receptivity antennas, following the white rabbit, honoring its secret message gifts, and recognizing I’ve been killing off my own curiosity.2021-04-2615 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLike ❤️How a 4 AM wake-up call to broken glass and broken lamps leads to hearts and likes and sunshine when I follow the white rabbit.2021-04-1911 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYI Am Lost HeadMy head goes missing and I am ok with that. What is the secret message here? I shall wait and find out.2021-04-1207 min
AlmaMotherEpisode 24: How to be a steward of your time. An interview with Leigh Ann Houston.In today's episode I interview my friend Leigh Ann Houston. Leigh Ann shares her tips on time management, and specifically how to be a good steward of your time. You're going to walk away with so many awesome strategies and ideas!
Today's cocktail, the Empress & Tonic is found HERE.
Some of the tools we mention in today's episode:
Artful Agenda
Asana
Trello
Click-up2021-04-0746 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYI AmThe words “I Am” get my attention 3 times, and so I start a practice of writing them down daily as a way to feel connection to everything.2021-04-0510 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Waiting RoomFeeling anxious while waiting for my son to come out of surgery, I find two secret messages that help me to calm down, trust and have hope.2021-03-2906 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYBlue MandalorianHow I painted a blue Mandalorian into existence.2021-03-2307 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe PaceTwo back-to-back instances in the school drop-off line leave me noticing that I am making progress in slowing down and choosing my own pace of life.2021-03-1511 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYTime ChangeThe joy of noticing the clock hands as they are moving on up.2021-03-0905 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYChipping IceThe physical work of chipping ice and clearing snow is a secret message for me as I have been experiencing the melting of my own internal frozenness.2021-03-0114 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYOn EdgeCasting Rune tiles that land on edge and finding a secret message in that. Later finding myself on a snowy walk on the edge of a forest and a pond and watching the secret message expand all the more. Enjoying the physicality of a secret message.2021-02-2107 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETY*Family FeudI realize that I often group secret messages under an umbrella category. I enjoy the game of what connects one thing to another to give me a secret message theme. Secret messages can be layered deep. It is very much like the game Family Feud.2021-02-1512 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYWowza. Trusting and Flowing.My morning ritual of incorporating 3 secret messages to guide my day paid off in a big way today. I was able to be in the flow of a day’s schedule shifting, trusting my intuition and being rewarded with further secret messages that helped me feel gathered and collected instead of scattered. I often find it difficult to explain how secret messages work to sustain me, but there is an internal pleasure they bring that underlies my being and keeps me going. I try to articulate that here.2021-02-0817 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYEnergyI share about my process for creating the podcast and how helpful it is to record episodes right in the moment when I have energy towards a particular secret message I’ve just found. I also share about the energy by which you can attract secret messages.2021-02-0112 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYColor PaletteOn a walk my mind is racing. Then I receive the secret message to focus on the here and now. Doing so leads me to find a collection of three colors and then to delight in finding them a second time. Special guests: dog and airplane.2021-01-2511 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYIce Storms and ConnectionHow pain in my body mirrored the breaking of trees in an ice storm, leading me to a secret message that I am not isolated, but deeply connected to all things. This was recorded October 28, 2020.2021-01-1812 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETY*A year long secret message.I have come to think of picking a word for the year as a more intimate version of a secret message. A companion for the long haul. I share about past words I’ve chosen, the word I chose for 2021 and how the word gives my life meaning. And oh do I need some meaning.2021-01-1111 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Ah-Ha of TrianglesMy daughter picks a secret message fortune about triangles and then my triangle earring goes missing. Suddenly I’m the one in search of triangles and it leads to an ah-ha moment, like the best secret messages always do.2021-01-0413 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYFirst Things FirstA project is stalled out until I break it down into smaller action steps and start with the first thing, then answers come to me in a flash. This podcast pairs nicely with a reading of the poem "Start Close In" by David Whyte.2020-12-3009 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Wheel of ChangeWhether or not to go on a walk on a Winter day for a coffee was a big ordeal in my mind, but I went anyway and found a secret message on the way home! Alas, I apologize for the wind noise in this podcast, as I recorded it on the tail end of my walk outdoors. I decided it was worth sharing despite the imperfections. I hope you agree.2020-12-2311 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYGot Milk?A strange voice appears out of nowhere bringing me and my kids a good laugh. Then I decide to turn it into a secret message, exploring with my imagination several options simply because it is enjoyable.2020-12-1513 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYTime is of the EssenceThree times I showed up late and it was the best I could do. A secret message for being human which may not always feel like doing your best.2020-12-0705 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYTryThe Secret Message Society invites you to try being present to this season. This December we are practicing being present in our own life and relationships. As a way to enjoy the end of a wild year we will be picking a daily secret message prompt. Example: I am present to... TRY. The I Am Present secret messages are available for digital download in the SecretMessageSociety.com Shop.2020-11-2713 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYTouchWitnessing touch as a powerful nonverbal communication and experiencing the unexpected healing a secret message can bring.2020-11-1904 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYEmberA casual conversation reminds me of a dream I had about the name Ember. Then I find that secret message repeating in my life and enjoy contemplating all the possible connections.2020-11-0905 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYLost and Found MaskHonoring your rhythyms, trusting your intuition.2020-11-0205 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSoft EdgesA corner rounder paper punch is a secret message for softening the edges of life.2020-10-2805 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYThe Red ThreadA piece of red thread gets wrapped around me and trailed behind me and sends me down a red thread trail of memories and meaning.2020-10-1906 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYWonder WalkHow taking a walk loosens secret messages.2020-10-1413 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYExplosive LaughterNow, let's not take this secret message thing TOO seriously.2020-10-0510 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYGeyserWhen a secret message seems too heavy to carry and connecting with community gives you a bigger perspective on what it all means.2020-09-2810 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYBig MagicWhen you're feeling unsettled about going with your intuition, it is nice to have a secret message show up in threes. Also a great secret message for the importance of taking time for your own passions.2020-09-2109 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSpilled CoffeeHow can you look at one unfortunate event more lightly as you curiously stay open to how it might connect to another moment in your future, giving you secret message insight and even delight.2020-09-1407 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYRituals - Tarot as a Filter to See Secret MessagesOn this special Full Moon Bonus podcast, Kary Hess of SparkTarot.com joins me to share her unique perspective on how developing a simple tarot ritual can give you a filter by which to see secret messages in your own life.2020-09-0232 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYWhen you can't seem to find a secret message.One day you can't find a secret message and the next day you can. Seeing these two sorts of days skewered together brings insight.2020-08-3106 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYFollowing the White RabbitHow gathering a bag of collage items can be like collecting secret messages. Also how Alice following her white rabbit is how I find secret messages.2020-08-2409 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYDrip DropsRaindrops dripping on my spine at just the right time are a secret message revealing that little bits add up to a whole awful lot.2020-08-1810 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYVisionVision first. Action next.2020-08-1007 minSECRET MESSAGE SOCIETYSecret Message Society Podcast*Let's see what we can find!2020-08-1000 min
The Garden Path PodcastEp. 1-13: The Wonder of Beginning | Mandy StewardIt was the fall of 2010 and I was fresh off the Appalachian Trail with my husband and came across Mandy Steward via a mutual friend. I was itching to reinvigorate my creativity after many months of hiking and here was this artist whose words spoke to me. I’ve been a fan of her work […]
The post Ep. 1-13: The Wonder of Beginning | Mandy Steward appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast.2016-05-2450 minPodcast Episodes Archives - The Garden Path PodcastEp. 1-13: The Wonder of Beginning | Mandy StewardIt was the fall of 2010 and I was fresh off the Appalachian Trail with my husband and came across Mandy Steward via a mutual friend. I was itching to reinvigorate my creativity after many months of hiking and here was this artist whose words spoke to me. I’ve been a fan of her work […]
The post Ep. 1-13: The Wonder of Beginning | Mandy Steward appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast.2016-05-2450 minGardening Archives - The Garden Path PodcastEp. 1-13: The Wonder of Beginning | Mandy StewardIt was the fall of 2010 and I was fresh off the Appalachian Trail with my husband and came across Mandy Steward via a mutual friend. I was itching to reinvigorate my creativity after many months of hiking and here was this artist whose words spoke to me. I’ve been a fan of her work […]
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