Shows
Lucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#99 A Labyrinth from Hate to HomeIf you start exactly where you are, you will get where you need to go. I started in an ‘ugly’ place of hate and trusted the process of being in the immediacy of the moment…that’s how I found myself moving toward the center of a labyrinth, creating a new structure of spacious learning, and seeking the softer dimensions of possibility and potentiality. 2025-06-1914 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#98 Dismantle the Rape and Do No HarmThese are the words I wrote last week and I've been mulling them over since then...until I did a free-form journal session and found a few answers. But it wasn't actually until I was recording this episode that the fullness of these words came to me. That fullness is this: Build a healthy foundation and structure such that you can dismantle the unhealthy rape without imploding upon yourself, nor exploding upon others - do no harm. The greatest kindness we can offer each other is to dismantle the unhealthy within ourselves without harm. There may be hurt...but...2025-06-1821 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#97 Do One Hard Thing, The Rest Will Follow: NeuroplasticityI'm learning to do hard things, again. I was much better at it when I was younger, before all my 'failures'. Well, I want to remember that it's ok to do hard things, and to 'fail' - whatever that means. So, I'm setting small goals, like picking up my classical guitar for 15 minutes a day. Just picking it up! And learning the first step in doing something hard is...taking the first step!2025-06-1614 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#96 Binge = Fear + UncertaintyI am on day 10 of not eating any sweets and treats, I want to understand why I feel like binging on them at times. What I share is what I’ve learned after 10 days! I’m curious to see what the next 20 will bring. 😊2025-06-1308 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#95 Truth, as the Body: Lies, as EnergyMy 2 AM ramblings about the truth of the energy of the body, how to listen to the body so that they become the story that is your truth, the growing out from the seed of your being. And how lies sever the cohesive communication network within.2025-06-1352 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#94 I’m Ahead Of You!!!I’m ahead of you!!! How many times have I thought this? Or decided that I was somehow ahead of other people in some area? Only to realize that you are ahead of me in other areas. So… who’s ahead of who? Who is better? Who is more? Who is richer? Who is AHEAD??? 2025-06-0904 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#93 The Immediacy of the MomentI share an update on the rape trial and the deeper lesson it is teaching me of feeling the immediacy of each moment...and sometimes even BEING the immediacy of each moment. All My Love to All :)2025-06-0918 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#92 The Mind as a Physical/Body HealerThe mind can assist with Physical/Body Healing thru its ability to determine which energies are at play in the physical body. In this episode I share a recent find of 'petrified hate' in my body and how I used this discovery to help my body heal.2025-05-3014 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#91 The True Power of Authority - Inside & OutThe true power of authority lies in balancing all the desires of those you serve. Another way to say that is: my desire is the weight of one feather, along with the feather of every other person's desire. My desire is not greater simply because I am in a place of authority. This is true both within ourselves, and without. In this episode I delve into this and more!2025-05-2826 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#90 Believe in Me ~ Meditative OfferingFrom my 'echo chamber' I offer a free-flow of words that brought me to a space of stillness, where "believe in me" appeared as a fully presenced presence. I Believe in Me. I Believe Me. 2025-05-1513 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#89 Transformation at Personal & Cosmic LevelsTransformation is so powerful, and yet, we can only change/alter/transform our tiny energetic self, while the rest of this reality surges forth with histories and stories and narratives which lie beyond our control. It's beautiful, humbling, and deeply mysterious how much and how little we are.2025-05-1129 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#88 Kindness, from Quantum to Physical"Kindness is the potential for all things to be as they are." I said these words yesterday and they were like stars falling from the heavens into an understanding I have been seeking my entire life. What is Kindness? Well, this is as close as I've come to understanding... and it's a relief because I no longer need you to judge me, nor tell me if I'm kind, and I no longer need me to judge me and tell me. i trust this message from the quantum realm of all potential!2025-05-0823 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#87 "Appreciate Everything" Kristine's Clogs & AdviceIn this episode I share my story of a treasured friend who gifted me the best advice ever, plus the most wonderful clogs imaginable. Kristine, you are ever in my heart, always in my soul, and never far from my mind. Love you, eternally.2025-04-2433 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#86 Fasting as a Quickening of EnergyFasting is a quickening of energy, even as the body slows. I share my emotional, mental, physical and spiritual experience of fasting, plus the many elements of quickening which occurred during my 3-day fast. I also touch upon the power of the breath during fasting, to get through those moments of great energetic shift. I invite you to add the many elements of fasting - mental, emotional, spiritual, physical - to your next fast, and to experience fasting as an energetic quickening. All Love To You!2025-03-1627 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#85 Sometimes You Gotta Be A SlingshotI overheard these words as I walked by, and my mind began to discuss one of the possibilities of their meaning. And that has been on my mind now for a couple of weeks. Namely, sometimes life pulls you backward, so you can relive, remember, renew yourself by traveling back in time and space to see, feel, know experiences with 'updated' eyes. I'm currently being pulled backward, slowly remembering what I haven't wanted to address, and I assume life will release me and I'll slingshot back to where I am, back to right here. But with updated eyes, heart...2025-03-1107 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#84 Conversations w/ My Lower Back: Trust & ForgivenessIn this episode I share a multi-day conversation I had with my lower back, as it exhibited great pain. I was desperate NOT to repeat a debilitating series of months-long pain, so I did all I could to remedy the emotional, mental, spiritual pain, in order to ease the physical pain. The core of these conversations with my lower back revolved around Trust & Forgiveness, which if you recall, was one of my 'called toward' goals from a few weeks ago, and is currently on my vision board for 2025. So - here's to using the difficulty to beneficial means. 2025-03-081h 01Lucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#83 What's In It For Me?I share how journaling at a moment when I felt like crying led me to a voice within that wanted to know "what's in it for me?" -- I listened to this voice, honored it's question and respected it's right to be heard. This led me to the beautiful request if made of me: Be with me, entangled in the opposition and connection. Love to you all, always.2025-03-0118 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#82 My Goals REFINED by Heart & SpiritA brief foray into goal-setting - in a balanced, open-hearted manner, instead of my old way of judgement and entrapment! I share 7 goals that I set with my mind, and how I transmuted them, using the wisdom of my body, into goals that I feel 'called toward'.2025-02-2615 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#81 Trust the Person, Not the ActionA brief foray into the sphere of Trust - as I choose to release judgement and trust the person over their actions and decisions. WHY? Because this person has shown me their integrity over many years and I care more about them than I care to judge their actions and be 'right'. 2025-02-2515 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#80 My Nocturnal NegotiationsA night of sleepless struggles as I suffer through great loss and feel great shame for 'how I am' -- and attempt to be with the moment 'as it is, as well as negotiate with the differing parts of myself as they weigh in on my worth versus my failures. These nocturnal negotiations are not for the faint of heart. Perhaps they are for the heart which feels faint, and seeks a hand to hold, an ear of understanding, or a hug which spans all time and space.2025-02-1335 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#79 Open-Hearted Participation & the PULL of LoveI share my 2025 vision of attempting a life of Open-hearted Participation and it's relation to Surrender. I share how little I understand the complexity of human emotions yet strive for deeper insight in order to grow beyond my habitual patterns. I also dip my foot into the waters of IFS - Internal Family Systems - and share a few characters who live inside me and determine my experience of myself and others, and relating. Just a lot of me trying to figure out me, you, life, love, and the pursuit of just being ok. Here and Now. Oh, and...2025-02-1231 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#78 Three Q's with Annika KristiansenJoin our lovely conversation and listen to the heartfelt wisdom and insights of Annika Kristiansen. Annika shares her practice of grace and understanding, of her work in connecting people and communities, and of her beautiful practice of trusting intuition. She also speaks about her magic words: I Accept! And the question she finds fascinating: What is your soul’s purpose? Annika also shares her thoughts on vision boards, manifesting, and the powerful generation of positivity within oneself. Thanks Annika, I loved this podcast, love you, and love ALL you bring to this world. 2025-01-2933 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#77 Judge My Shoes? Or Wear My Shoes.Today, I chat about the challenges and rewards of judging versus wearing, as it pertains to literal and figurative shoes. Do you really know me? Or what's best for me? And me in return, do I really know you? Could I possibly experience the truth of your You-ness, for one breath? 2025-01-2011 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#76 Leaving the "Trauma-Womb" and asking "Why?"As I leave the trauma-womb I've been encased in for over a decade, I pause to ask "why?" Why did I need to go through all that, why did I need to take so much time, why did I lose the best years of my life, Why? Why any of it? I use the story, Toe Bone and the Tooth from the book Stealing Benefacio's Roses by Martin Prechtel as a perspective to returning from the depths with so little left to show for the arduous task. And the disappointment...which remains....2025-01-0631 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#75 Women Who Run with Wolves, Endurance!, Active SurrenderRevisiting the book "Women Who Run with the Wolves", the Handless Maiden tale as a testament to Endurance!, and touching on the truth of real Surrender versus Fake Surrender, oh, and the Trial continues....2024-12-2839 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#74 Non-Profit: Rape Recovery Center with Laura AndersenAn amazing and in-depth conversation concerning a local non-profit organization which is doing invaluable work. The Rape Recovery Center is celebrating 50 years of service and Laura Andersen, an Outreach Advocate for the organization, speaks with me about the many facets of rape recovery, including the three main populations this organization serves - Survivor, Supporter, and Society-at-large. In this conversation we speak about everything from the word "rape" and it's effect on people, to the decision to go to the hospital after rape, to confidentiality and victim-survivor rights, plus finding advocates and a network to support the healing j...2024-12-021h 34Lucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#73 Three Q's with Paul BenedictThe lovely Paul Benedict shares his depth, wisdom, honest reflections, raw insights, humor, heart and ever-answering of Life's questions in this wonderful episode. Thank you Paul, your answers and insight challenged me in many areas, specifically about Belonging, and how that relates to safety and respect. And also the transformative powers of our inner Darkness, and the titration, or moving forward and back, as we play with our new edges of growing into what is most afraid to grow. Thank you, Paul, please keep sharing you, and may Grace always be your guide. 2024-11-161h 05Lucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#72 Three Q's with Curtis ForbushJoin us for a fun and enlightening interview with Curtis Forbush as he shares insights about life. We discuss money, patience, forgiveness, and pets as spiritual friends and guides. You'll notice we are seated at Dancing Cranes - and behind us are all Curtis' lovely friends who make his Soundbaths so remarkable. Be sure to visit his Facebook page for a listing of all events - try one out, I assure you he has a gift you'll appreciate! Here is the link for Curtis Forbush events: https://www.facebook.com/soundbathsforthesoul/2024-11-1124 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#71 Meditation: The Wonder of LifeThere is a wonder beyond explanation. And it awaits us. Our attention and our presence. This wonder is not a place, nor a time, nor a thing. It isn’t a feeling, or a thought. And most certainly not a dessert…As wonderful as they are. This wonder is beyond imagining. It is the unique Geometry of every Sound. Which reveals the signature of the cosmos. It is smaller than a dust mote. And grander than a ray of starlight. It is complex. Like the swirls upon the tips of our fingers. And simple. Like the flame Flickering from side...2024-11-0205 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#70 Premature Positivity leads to My Temper Tantrum!After years of positivity and healthy thoughts and behaviors, I find myself in a massive temper tantrum filled with all the SHOULD NOT's! Soooo.... my positivity was and is a bit premature, and forced, and hiding the truth. But, like a good ole volcano, the TRUTH outed itself - and surprised ME!2024-10-2426 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#69 My Quest for Boundless Joy, True North"You won't die until you learn to live with Joy in your heart."I continue to live by these words, words which were spoken to my heart many years ago. My journey to live with boundless, lasting Joy has been long, challenging, and enlightening. True Joy is boundless, beyond any bound or measure...and everlasting. I have far to go, but go I will. Always. 2024-10-1110 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#68 Energy Is Without GenderA watery musing which flows from Carl Jung's synchronicity to the iChing, to Will Farrell and Harper Steele's long-time friendship and recent Netflix documentary, to the non-gendered energy of this realm, to the gendered manifestation of the energy of this realm. Or maybe not? Anyway it goes, this is the best I understand Life today. :)** Music: A Clean Soul by Kevin MacLeod2024-10-0421 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#67 True North is NOT a DestinationDuring my morning meditation, it became very clear to me that my True North is not a destination, not a place, a person, a job, an event, an experience, a completion, nor beginning. It is a way-of-being. Always being. Always adapting, always responding, always...being. Just like this beautiful barometer from my ancestors. 2024-09-1608 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius#66 Self-Responsible, Hard Reflections, Trust DiscomfortMy journey continues as I deepen in self-responsibility, hear the hard reflections of my self-righteousness from my amazing children, and experience self-trust as discomfort. 2024-09-1630 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius3 Questions with David Freed3 Life Questions with the lovely David Freed, who shared his wisdom of compassion, purposefulness, and the unending need to clean-the-house! As we all know!2024-09-0946 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusJoy is Not a FeelingJoy is NOT a feeling, nor a sensation, nor an experience. It's the constant undercurrent of all Life...just waiting to for...YOU!2024-09-0608 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusThe Eight Temptations: Chapter OneThe first chapter of my book! Wahooo! It's short, but it took a long time to write, to fit a lot of cryptic riddling information into a few words. That's how this narrator wants to speak, wants to teach you, the reader, and me, the "writer"! I'm just a conduit!2024-08-2401 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusTime. Space. Us as Conduits between.My current experience of Time and Space as both parents, a womb, and separate fabrics of reality that we connect through our thoughts, speech, actions. 2024-08-2436 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusGrief thru the Eyes of Beauty ~ without Pain, without Sadness.I share a private moment of Grief, where I am filled with the Beauty of IT ALL, without Pain, without Sadness. ....sending love to you all.... Always, in All Ways. 2024-08-1507 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusHonor My Experience. Validate My Journey.I'm realizing that I've skipped important steps in the process of becoming... one of them is truly honoring my experience, honoring it as one with has equal validity to any other(s) experience. Even when my experience is far from the masses mainstream acceptable cultural societal familial 'program'.2024-08-1524 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusShelly's Candle MusingsHow do you balance eternal scales? TThis is the question I heard in me after witnessing live court proceedings at my most recent hearing. I muse about this experience, and this unanswerable question, in this early morning episode revolving around Choice and Free Will. Do they exist?2024-08-0323 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusShelly Rambles: Reprogramming Me!I'm sitting on the floor, musing, rambling, processing, sharing, - all beautiful and chaotic and unknown and priceless - talking about my mom, in relation to me, and all manner of other things which arise! Love to you all - always.2024-08-0245 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius3 Questions with Brett EvansEnjoy the uniqueness of Brett Evans as he shares his perspectives on hope, preferences, patience, and my favorite, "I don't know!" Thanks for a delightful and insightful conversation, Brett. Say hello to Shelly-dog, and your dear wife Stacey.2024-07-3031 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius3 Questions with Stan McGeeEnjoy the charming, southern rooted wisdom of Stan McGee, who is a long-time friend and soulmate on this journey. Stan offers great thoughts on boundaries, presence, and learning that extends into any decade of life! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Stan! Always a pleasure!2024-07-2759 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusUpdate on the "Trial", then Returning to Oz for GuidanceUpdate on the trial process, then returning to Oz for insight and direction! Link For Original Podcast of "The Wizard of Oz as a Sacred Road Map" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI-TlATo2Ow&pp=ygUvbHVjaWRlc3NlIHRoZSB3aXphcmQgb2Ygb3ogYXMgYSBzYWNyZWQgcm9hZCBtYXA%3D2024-07-2046 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusThe 8 Temptations ~ My Book ExplainedThis is a short intro to a book I wrote in 2020-21 about the Seven Deadly Sins, which were once called the Eight Temptations. In this book, I explore the challenges of each of these Deities by allowing Humans to attempt to 'overcome' their desires/attractions. My explanation here is DRY, the book is far more involved and exciting! Look for a reading of the first chapter by my son.2024-07-1606 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusShelly, True To Self, Again & Again!Even when Life doesn't go my way, or I'm not sure if it will, or I'm afraid it most certainly won't, or that 'you' won't like me, love me, value me, or whatever, I am finding the choice to be true to myself very powerful, and full of lessons, over and over and over. Such lessons learned by my choice! Good Luck on your True To Self journey!2024-07-1420 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius3 Questions with Carrie Ann Richards3 Questions on Life with the lovely Carrie Ann Richards, who shares her unique experience with Death, and her wisdom in knowing one's own value. Thanks, Carrie. (apologies for the video/audio sync, the wifi was glitchy!)2024-07-1331 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusNothing In Excess ~ Oracles of DelphiI explore the second tenet carved into the walls of the Oracles of Delphi temple - Nothing In Excess. Join me as I consider balance, the order of learning, tennis as a wisdom teacher, and more!2024-07-0926 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius3 Questions with Paul DeRosaPaul DeRosa shares his wisdom, humor and insight with 3 questions that turn into far more! Thanks Paul, for your delightful nature :)2024-07-0735 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusPablo Sunshine - Short Story, Read by my Son!A short story I wrote, read by my wonderful son!2024-07-0605 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius3 Questions with Shelly Sawyer JensonHere I am answering the 3 questions I will soon be asking others on the podcast! If you'd like to be one of those others, reach out! 2024-07-0513 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusThe Gardener Of Petrichor ~ Book ReadingHear me read the story which came to and thru me 4 years ago! I love this story. It's the path I've been asked to walk, breathe, live, die, renew... It's been tough. Both to write and to live. And perhaps, it's given me more changes to live than I realize.2024-07-0414 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusThe Gardener Of Petrichor ~ Book ExplainedThis book has been brewing in me since 2020. Many people may call it a children's book because much of the story is told through the illustrations. I call it an eternal story. Life. Death. Regeneration - Renewal - Rebirth. In this episode, I give you the story behind the story, and in the next episode, I'll read it and share my very rough illustrations.2024-07-0222 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusRaw Reckoning. In Service. With Soul.2024-07-0140 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusThe Wise and Intriguing Things I Learned from CalligraphyEvery morning I spent time writing in the old-school style called Calligraphy. What came out of me was unexpected! And I found myself writing for longer and longer periods, just to see what I would write! Here's a bit of that wise, sometimes crazy, and always intriguing stuff. 2024-06-2335 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusThe Who, What, and Why of Ancestors on my JourneyI didn't sign-up for ancestral healing, nor generational trauma, nor ancestral wisdom - instead, it came looking for me! Or maybe I should say, THEY came looking for me. (whatever THEY are!) This episode is me sharing a bit of my reluctant journey with the THEY who aren't what I thought, and never do what I want! :)2024-06-2145 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusThe Embroidery of Us as Matter & EnergyHere we have a silver needle, spools of colorful threads, and a sturdy thimble to guide them thru cloth. All of these are needed to create intricate designs. And I wonder, are they so different from Us? Us: an eternal needle of awareness, spools of colorful thoughts, words, actions, and a thimble strong enough to guide them thru the intricate design of our lives. What can we learn from the ages-old art of embroidery?Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-06-1120 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius10 Days of Silence. And Self. Vipassana Meditation.This is my latest experience of a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat - all done in silence. And although I've done many previous ones, this one taught me something very different...all of them do! That's why I continue :):::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-05-2824 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusLucidesse Is...Why Lucidesse? Where did the word come from? What does it mean? And. Who is Lucidesse?!:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-05-0206 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusA Dream: Parachute, Nightsky, Cosmic Winds, Inner CompassThis episode is me, telling of a dream I had, a dream in which I awoke to the realization that I need to remain true to my True North, my inner compass, even as I'm pulled along by the Cosmic Winds. Which is a delicate balance of knowing and not knowing, and even unknowing.:::Music by Onoychenkomusic on Pixabay.com "sense of time"Music by Kevin MacLeod2024-04-3015 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusAffirmations: I AMI am the new frontier of soul. I am steadfast in love. I am the creator of my life. I am living, breathing, dreaming love. I am a stroke by the hand of genius. I am whole, when alone or in company. I am the eternal witness. I am content with the miracle of each day. I am more than I yet realize. I am blossoming into my dreams. I am the birthplace of joy. I am beyond comparison. I am clarity and purpose. I am the compass, the spade, the loom; the sailor, the gardener, the weaver. I am...2024-04-2933 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusAffirmations: LOVEThe horizons of my heart are infinite. I am woven by the threads of life, onto the loom of love. I shower others with love that I may know them, for who they are. Love never asks me to be less than I am. Love never asks me to be more than I am. Love requires two wings, one to give, and the other to receive. Love is free, so I let it go. Love is not synonymous with trust. Every story of love contains both laughter and tears. My love lives within of me, and I share my...2024-04-1629 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusAffirmations: Sorrow, Grief, LossSorrow is praise for what was, what is, and what will be. My sorrow is as great as my love. I appreciate all the ways I grieve. My pain is a signpost toward deeper truths. I do not rush the hurt and pain, I mature in my own time. I begin again, I begin again, I begin again. I parley with the sea of grief and return what is not mine. I heal myself, with the loving support of others. 2024-04-1329 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusAffirmations: My Partner & I, Healthy RelatingMy partner and I are fun, playful and passionate. We activate the best in each other in order to live a meaningful life, Together. We love to share our inner worlds with each other, and in so doing, we cultivate the precious skill of ‘attunement through active listening’. We love intimacy in our communication and our love making. We are consistent with our kindness, in thoughts, words and deeds. We are steadfast and responsible. We are financially successful and ethical. My partner and I are flexible, evolving, and we see the world thru beautiful eyes. We care for each othe...2024-04-1027 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusRegret After Fear Takes ControlIn making a big decision, I didn't see when and how Fear took control,,, until it was too late. I share what happened, and how I hope to reveal my hidden fears before they activate, and thereby control my behaviors and decisions in ways I don't truly desire.:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-04-1011 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusAffirmations: I Know My EssenceI Know My Essence. I know the truth of my essence, I know The depth and breadth of my essence. Even though my essence lies far beyond comprehension, I know. I know my essence. I know it is not my thoughts, not my speech, and certainly not my doings. My essence is far more simple than those. In fact, it is beyond any measurement which can be perceived. I am the being-ness of all that is. My essence is being. Being Time and space. Being Here and now. Being Forever and never. Being Is simple. Being is everything. And...2024-04-0717 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusPorcelain Lives: The Atonement (memoir)Porcelain Lives is a memoir I began writing over 6 years ago. It was initially about caring for my father as he passed from Alzheimer's, learning to heal, forgive, love, and be loved, but it's grown into so much more. This is a chapter (not in order) from my unfinished book.:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-04-0515 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusPorcelain Lives: The Naming (memoir)Porcelain Lives is the title of a memoir I began over 6 years ago. It was initially about caring for my father as he passed from Alzheimer's, learning to heal, forgive, love, and be loved, but it's grown into so much more. This is the first chapter of my unfinished book.:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-04-0312 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusI Don't Know: Musings about these Powerful WordsI DON'T KNOW. I never knew how powerful these words could be when used during times of change, to show me what I don't know, what I can't see, what I am unaware of. So, this episode is me practicing NOT KNOWING so that I can discover authentic roots to real life issues. :::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-04-0127 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusWhen You Got An Egg to Hatch, An Ember to Flame!How do you care for the energetic egg you're hatching? Or tend to the energetic ember which will flame your dreams to life? I'm not sure...but I share what I've been doing in my life. Energetically. To hatch new eggs and light new flames! Happy Vernal Equinox, happy egg hatching and flame lighting! Ostara Goddess blessings to you!:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-03-2022 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusMy Live Wires of Fear, Pain, NegativityCreate expansion and beauty in all my relationships, that's what I want to do, BUT... What do I do when I realize I've been walking around with live wires of fear, pain and negativity??? I have no idea! I've begun to see (all too clearly!) how I have these live wires, and how they effect my relationships, with self, other, and Other. It is my hope that "speaking breaks the spell", as I like to say, and I'll find my answer now that I've seen this and spoken! :::Music by:2024-03-1815 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusA Book I Read: Practicing, A Musician's Return to MusicIt's time for me to return to life. And love. And Joy. It's time for me to return to the fullness and wholeness of living. This book is helping me remember that every day is I get to practice life, practice the life I wish to live, and that even as I practice, it is full dress rehearsal, it is a performance, for there's no editing. Just gotta live.Practicing: A Musician's Return to Musicby Glenn Kurtz:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-03-1718 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusA Poem I Wrote: HopeI hope you believe. Believe you can do this, whatever THIS is for you. I hope you believe with all your heart that You can do this.I hope you hear. Hear the echo of your own footsteps as they follow your soul, as they lead you to become greater than you imagine, which is nothing less than all that you are.I hope you feel. Feel All the feels. The feels which Rumi calls visitors, visitors who come for a time, and then leave.I hope you learn. Learn that each time...2024-03-1402 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusPick it UP where I left it!When I set something down and take a break, walk away, learn other things, it's just like it was when I left it! Imagine you're knitting something and you set it down, well, it ain't gonna change! BUT...when I return, I HAVE CHANGED! And that, my dears, changes EVERYTHING. So, don't be disappointed when you do all the work and old things look the same... a little patience, faith, and love, and you'll see the truth!:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-03-1207 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusSoul Contracts & Connections: Same or Different?Soul Contracts. Soul Connections. Are they the same? Or do they each have/serve a separate purpose? This is what I muse and mumble about in this early morning podcast. It matters to me because I wish to focus on my Soul Contracts, while enjoying my Soul Connections. How do I balance the two with the finite time I have here as 'Shelly'?:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-03-1219 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusA Story I Wrote: Shade of RedI was given four things to create this story: a pocket watch, a toothpick, MMA fighting, and Onaga, Kansas. What came out of this random is one of my FAVORITE stories ever. I hope you enjoy!:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-03-0917 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusMeditation: Affirmations for Wholeness"I embrace my journey with trust and joy and love. I say yes to soul. I say yes to me. I am capable of my soul’s calling. My heart is at peace with transitions and change. My heart is at ease with transitions and change. My body and mind are content for all I need is inside me. "I slip into my skin every morning, with delight and ease. I commune with the world. I can be anything I desire to be simply by knowing its truth, and then becoming it. Everything I need is here, ins...2024-03-0919 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusA Story I Wrote: Two SentinelsThis is a story which captures our lives as somewhere between a cosmic sky and a hardening rock. It's a 300 word story I wrote in 2021 while living in Beaufort, South Carolina. :::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-03-0805 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusMeditation: Healthy Eating, Healthy BodyThis is a meditation for healthy eating, healthy body, healthy mind, healthy soul! :::Music by Kevin MacLeodGarden Music2024-03-0839 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusFrom Shame to Healing :)I have been so trapped in shame that it's taken me almost one year to share this with you - soooo grateful I'm healing the trauma of shame, and sharing me... authentically! I hope you are doing the same! Love to you!:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-03-0806 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusAuthenticity. Focus. Meditation.When I'm energetically authentic, I'm aligned with the universe. From there, I focus on my dreams and aspirations, and determine how to take the next AUTHENTIC step. And...meditation helps me do all this! This episode shares a bit of my process. Good Luck! All love. :::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-03-0516 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusMy Rape. Her Rape. Our Story.This is a story of rape. My rape. The rape of my ancestor. And how both of us went through the trial of not only surviving rape, but also the Trial of Litigation in the United States of America. We did it over 200 years apart.:::Music by:JuliusH from Pixabay2024-02-2942 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius"My Ancestors are NOT hurting me, they are hurting."What I want to share is a small seed of wisdom I heard from within. Not a whisper. Not a shout. But a clear, steady knowing...each word arriving in rhythm with the whole. Here’s the message. My ancestors are not hurting me, My ancestors are hurting.This is the seed, the wisdom, the message I was given.And since it’s arrival about 12 years ago, this tiny seed has grown into moments of miraculous healing, and a steady reciprocity of support between me and my ancestors.:::Musi...2024-02-2710 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius"Don't *f* With My Pain"In a bizarre way, I fought for my pain. I allowed it to be whatever it needed to be, for however long it needed. I wish I could tell you this left me as a perfected being free of suffering and pain, but it didn’t. I still have what I call ‘normal’ sufferings and pains of life. But what I don’t have is THAT pain, that indescribable, unfathomable Pain. THAT pain has gone. That suffering has eased.::::::::Here’s the message in its entirety:“Don’t *f* with my pain.I...2024-02-2725 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusMeditation: Song For Soul ~ Come CloserA meditative song for the homecoming & honoring of Soul.Come closerBe gentleI will not move awayCome closerBe openI have no locks nor doorsCome closerBe joyfulI am so fond of youCome closerBe valiantI know of your surrenderCome closerBe humbleI learn beside your growingCome closerBe trueI hear your softest...2023-04-1520 minLucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of GeniusThe Wizard Of Oz as a Sacred Roadmap for Learning & GrowthThere are good stories, stories intimate with life. They show us how to journey into our depths - retrieve our wholeness - and return. They are magical compasses. No matter where we are, in space, or in time, they know the way. They help us realize our most sacred journey - that of coming home. Home to ourselves - home to our wholeness, purpose, and meaning.There are so many of them - stretching around the world. It doesn’t matter which one you choose, as long as it has meaning for you. The story...2022-11-061h 02