My gift of language became a tool. A tool I used to stand up for myself, to assist someone who needed help, and to express and defend my contributions to social situations.

When we are more emotionally and heart led a person it is so necessary to live a more grounded life to balance it out and channel it.  I see in executive I coach the opposite is true- they need to shake their patterns to express their vulnerability.

This post is the first in a series featuring quotes and concepts from the book King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine, by Robert L. Moore.

Being able to embody depth while staying light on our feet takes time and practice. It requires daily discipline and ethics to allow the work into our systems. Whether learning lines or learning a new breath practice – we must continue to challenge ourselves and face challenges with an open heart.

We don’t ever have to go through collective grief alone, either. Because if we don’t have the space to process the overwhelming emotions we each feel every day, they will fester.

…it’s precisely by investing time in truly listening to our body –– and to the expressions of others, sometimes even implicit –– that deepens us.

Opening, developing, releasing, and connecting breath and sound may seem so simple, yet it’s precisely one of the most challenging actions one can take.

The voice can release pain, express truth, manifest dreams, and heal relationships. It also opens the body with vibration, and therefore provides a fundamental step for manifestation, evolution, and realization.

Owning your own voice is the most practically spiritual practice there is.

Sometimes we need praise and encouragement. Sometimes we need firm and loving challenge.

Last year, I took a huge leap and lead 12 men through a 7-month program. I first felt called to offer what had been given to me and once I launched, then felt the weight and responsibility to show up fully and create a rich and meaningful experience. It was both an act of service and a way to honor what I had received.  

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” - Carl Jung