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Send us a Text Message.Super excited to share my chat with Connie Zweig, a retired therapist and author, whose most recent book is Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path: The Dance of Darkness and Light in Our Search for Awakening.Connie shares about her journey with the TM (Transcendental Meditation) movement, the unhealthy power dynamics and spiritual abuse within this movement and their impact on her, as well as her synchronistic connection with Marilyn Ferguson who became her long term mentor and friend. She goes on to talk about the soul's yearning for the beloved, the influence of our internal shadows, the light and dark side of spirituality, teacher-student relationships, redesigning systematic problems that support harmful behaviour, healing trauma, reclaiming personal agency, shadow awareness, and patriarchal ego - and much, much more! Connie's book: Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path: The Dance of Darkness and Light in Our Search for Awakening Spiritual Shadow work circles: email Connie at conniezweig@gmail.com (put spiritual shadow work in subject line and send your time zone so that Connie can connect you to a suitable group)Connie's website: https://conniezweig.com/Thank you for listening! If you'd like to support the show, you can buy Emmi a coffee here. To hang out with Emmi and the speakers, join us in our private Sacred Feminine Power FB group.Learn more about Emmi's work at Feminine Revered. And to book a complimentary Sacred Energy Activation session with Emmi, click here.

See video of this interview at Pusterom.comAuthor Terry Wolfe has written the book “Fire in the Rabbit Hole” about the countless conspiracy theories circulating on the internet. After the COVID-19 lockdowns, he sees large numbers of people trying to figure out why they were lied to and why a small group of people could shut down the whole world. He also feels the pull and thrill from all the different theories at times, but he warns people against spending a lot of time on it. Wolfe observes how sincere truth seekers who are trying to figure out what is going on are taken advantage of. He explains how the very influential author H. G. Wells was calling for a socialist, technocratic “New World Order” in his books. In 1980, Marilyn Ferguson followed up with her book “The Aquarian Conspiracy”, where she stated that spirituality should be used to achieve his “New World Order”. Wells observes how it is all coming together, and people walk right into the trap of the “new” spirituality laid out for them. He believes they will go in the wanted direction, while believing they found the truth themselves. A “win” over the evil doers can be staged, and people will trust in the “New World Order”, without understanding its sinister foundation – far from the love and light it claims to be.Terry Wolfe:› Home page› Substack • The Not Done Yet Podcast› Books • Fire in the Rabbit Hole • Maybe Everyone Is Wrong: Revelations, Conspiracy, and the Kingdom of HeavenMentioned topics (chronological order):› cognitive dissonance (search)› the green world order (search)› new age (search)› one world religion (search)› h g wells (search) • h g wells - the new world order (search) • h g wells - the open conspiracy (search)› george orwell (search) • george orwell 1984 (search)› theosophy (search) ◦ helena petrovna blavatsky (search) • alice ann bailey (search) • marilyn ferguson (search)› esalen institute (search)› the men who stare at goats (search)› age of aquarius (search)› the new world religion - gary h. kah (search)› covid (search)› the holographic universe - michael talbot (search)› peyote ceremony (search)› oprah winfrey - the secret (search)› egyptology (search)› laser cut stones mysteries (search)› pyramids aligned with stars (search)› you will know them by their fruits› independent thinker (search)› flat earth theory (search) • david weiss flat earth (search)› 9%2f11 attacks (search) • tomahawk missile (search) • wtc7 (search) • a structural reevaluation of the collapse of world trade center 7 • seven documentary› non-player character %28npc%29 (search)› canada maid program (search)› mennonites (search) • menno simons (search)› the radical reformation (search)› the magisterial reformation (search)› catholicism (search)› martyrs mirror - thieleman j. van braght (search)› mennonites belize (search)Download this episodeRecorded: 2024-02-19Published: 2024-03-06Support Antijantepodden?Do you appreciate the work we do, and want to support future episodes?Find out how you can give something back to us at antijantepodden.com!Subscribe to our newsletter

I'd like to welcome you to my podcast, "Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast."My name is Jerald Simon, and I am the host of "Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast.I am the founder of Music Motivation® (https://www.musicmotivation.com/) and the creator of the Cool Songs Series (https://www.musicmotivation.com/coolsongs) and the Essential Piano Exercises Course (https://www.essentialpianoexercises.com/pdf/series). I also teach weekly online group piano lessons at this link: https://www.musicmotivation.com/pianolessons.In this episode, 046 - "Redefine Your Expectations of Yourself," - I talk about the following:1. Intro/Opening: Redefine your expectations of yourself and others...2. Positive Perceptions: "Redefine your expectations..." on page 45 in Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers by Jerald Simon3. Motivation in a Minute - "The greatest revolution..." by Marilyn Ferguson from Perceptions, Parables, and Pointers by Jerald Simon4. The Music Within: "Downcast" from "Soul Search" from Castles in the Sky by Jerald Simon.5. Poetry that Motivates - "Everything" (page 21) from my book "The 'As If' Principle" (motivational poetry) featuring motivational and inspirational poems I have written.  My other poetry book is "Poetry that Motivates.".As a music educator, I have written 29 music books featuring original music I have composed.  Learn more about my music books I have written on my website, https://www.musicmotivation.com/. -I began composing what have become known as Cool Songs to help motivate teens to want to play the piano - the FUN way. You can learn more about the fun, COOL SONGS I composed each month that have accompaniment minus tracks so students can play along with drums, guitars, keyboard synths, and other instruments and sound effects on my COOL SONGS on my Music Motivation® website at: https://www.musicmotivation.com/coolsongsHere is a link where you can download a FREE PDF book on motivating teen piano students ("20 Ways to Motivate Teen Piano Students to Want to Play the Piano - the FUN way): https://www.musicmotivation.com/optin. After entering your email where you'd like the FREE PDF sent, the page will then refresh and you can learn more about the COOL SONGS Club.YouTube - youtube.com/jeraldsimonFacebook - facebook.com/jeraldsimonInstagram - instagram.com/jeraldsimonLearn more about my ESSENTIAL PIANO EXERCISES COURSE and join members from 27 different countries around the world at this link: https://www.essentialpianoexercises.com/pdf/series and our weekly piano lessons: https://www.musicmotivation.com/pianolessonsSupport the show

What Thomas Paine did for the American Revolution with the publication of Common Sense, Marilyn Ferguson does for the transpersonal revolution. https://www.amazon.com/Aquarius-Now-Reclaiming-Personal-Sovereignty/dp/1578633699 .... Marilyn Ferguson is one of the preeminent thinkers, gatherers, and interpreters of research on the cutting edge fields of human consciousness. The Aquarian Conspiracy, published in 1980, has sold millions of copies, is continuously in print, and was hailed as the "handbook of the New Age," by USA Today. In her newer book, Aquarius Now, movement pioneer Ferguson reexamines the paradigm shift to a more mindful society. She sees us caught in a mindless materialism that threatens our material existence. We are seduced by what she calls the 'Cult of Numbers', obsessed with competition, with winning and losing, afraid of anything that can't be seen or measured, and in the grip of an economic model that says only that which generates economic growth is worth pursuing. What can we do? Ferguson boldly tells the truth we have no enemy except ourselves and the mess we've made individually and collectively by refusing to see what we're doing to our own bodies, to society, and the Earth itself. We've refused to consider the clues in front of our faces. The imbalance we see outside ourselves only mirrors the imbalance within. The way to heal the imbalance is to heal ourselves. The way to heal ourselves is to pay attention, to witness. We need to take responsibility for our own actions. We need to heed the words of the myriad teachers and skills at our disposal. We need to learn to rely on our own "radical common sense." The task is not to climb a mountain, but to navigate a river. We have to stop thinking of ourselves as conquerors and start thinking of ourselves as fellow travelers' with other human beings and every living being on this planet, including the planet itself. Ferguson dares to ask the question, "Can we change?" and concludes that we can and we must change. The Age of Aquarius will occur when we want it to occur.  

Fredric Lehrman is the founder of Nomad University and an accomplished musician. He plays the cello and the guitar. He also studied Japanese music with Koto master Shinichi Yuize, and also raga singing with the great North Indian vocalist, Pandit Pran Nath. For nine years he was a senior student of the T'ai Chi master Cheng Man-Ch'ing, and founded several permanent schools of T'ai Chi Chuan in major U.S. cities, including a special T'ai Chi program at Naropa Institute. He has designed programs and taught jointly with many leading thinkers, among whom are Marilyn Ferguson, Jose Arguelles, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Barbara DeAngelis, Peter Russell, Rupert Sheldrake, Terence McKenna and Lynne Twist. Fredric is also the authors of several books from which I'll mention one, The Sacred Landscape. Resources:www.claudiumurgan.comwww.patreon.com/claudiumurganclaudiu@claudiumurgan.comSubscribe for more videos! youtube.com/channel/UC6RlLkzUK_LdyRSV7DE6obQ

Russian Nationalism — a heady mix of Eurasianism, Russian Cosmism with esoteric and occult beliefs — is reflected in the Putin regime's information warfare. In recent episodes we covered a diverse range of topics, from longtermism to libertarian exit, to Bucky Fuller. But what do these things have in common, and what does it all mean? Dave is joined by Joe Szimhart who helps unpack the details behind Eurasianism, Russian Cosmism, and many other syncretic religious and occult ideas at the heart of Russia's war on the West. The picture helps provide a framework for better understanding what's going on, how to respond, and why this conflict is difficult to resolve. This episode is long and packed with information — you may find that it's useful to listen more than once to pick up on all the details. Feel free to send questions for future episodes to davetroy@icloud.com. Follow Joe on Twitter at @jszimhart, and Dave at @davetroy. Relevant books and papers: Mysteries of Eurasia by Jafe Arnold Russian Nationalism: Imaginaries, Doctrines, and Political Battlefields Books Instead of Lineage: Mystic Underground in the USSR (1960s–1980s) Don't Immanentize the Eschaton: Against Right-Wing Gnosticism Keywords: Syncretism, Eurasianism, Cosmism, Noosphere, Putin, Noocracy, Anton Vaino, Nooscope, Gnosticism, System 1 and 2 thinking, Völkisch Occultism, Russian Orthodox Church, Shambhala, Atlantis, Yuzhinsky Circle, Alexander Dugin, Yuri Mamleev, Psychotronics, Initiation, Libertarian Exit, Ayn Rand, Galt's Gulch, Hyperborea, Thule Society, Vril, Hitler, UFOs, Guenon, Fascism, Evola, Gurdjieff, Ahnenerbe, Tsiolovsky, Chizevsky, Fyodorov, Vernadsky, Teilhard De Chardin, Eduoard LeRoy, Gaia, Lovelock, Margulies, Sagan, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, Hare Krishnas, Hindu Nationalism, Gandhi, Nehru, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Marilyn Ferguson, Aquarian Conspiracy, Stepanov, Harmonic Convergence, Jose Arguelles, Birth 2012, Michael Beckwith, NESARA/GESARA, QFS, QAnon, The Event, Eschaton, Eschatology, Immanentize, Omega Point, Kurzweil, Russia 2045, Transhumanism.

Part 2 of our Summer Series is an amazing conversation with Alisa, Rosa, and Dr. Merary about working with what you've got to create what you want to see in the world. Enjoy! ——— If someone handed you a brick and asked you to come back in an hour with a product, what would you make of it? How do you innovate with little more than a single block with which to build? How do you put aside all the rules the world gives you about what's possible and just... create? This week, Alisa, Rosa, and Dr. Merary get deep into the cracks of what it means to be creative and how innovating using only what you already have is an essential part of every great Rulebreaker's toolkit. "Achievers have an enabling attitude, realism, and a conviction that they themselves were the laboratory of innovation. Their ability to change themselves is central to their success. They have learned to conserve their energy by minimizing the time spent in regret or complaint. Every event is a lesson to them, every person a teacher." — Marilyn Ferguson, author of The Aquarian Conspiracy ––– https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13927541/ (Join our LinkedIn group!) More from Rosa Santos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-santos-7b6ab02/ (LinkedIn) More from Dr. Merary Simeon: https://merarysimeon.com/ (MerarySimeon.com) More from Alisa Manjarrez: https://www.thehappycactus.club/ (The Happy Cactus) Get transcripts and more at https://www.colorforward.com/ (colorforward.com)

If someone handed you a brick and asked you to come back in an hour with a product, what would you make of it? How do you innovate with little more than a single block with which to build? How do you put aside all the rules the world gives you about what's possible and just... create? This week, Alisa, Rosa, and Dr. Merary get deep into the cracks of what it means to be creative and how innovating using only what you already have is an essential part of every great Rulebreaker's toolkit. "Achievers have an enabling attitude, realism, and a conviction that they themselves were the laboratory of innovation. Their ability to change themselves is central to their success. They have learned to conserve their energy by minimizing the time spent in regret or complaint. Every event is a lesson to them, every person a teacher." — Marilyn Ferguson, author of The Aquarian Conspiracy ––– https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13927541/ (Join our LinkedIn group!) More from Rosa Santos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-santos-7b6ab02/ (LinkedIn) More from Dr. Merary Simeon: https://merarysimeon.com/ (MerarySimeon.com) More from Alisa Manjarrez: https://www.thehappycactus.club/ (The Happy Cactus) Get transcripts and more at https://www.colorforward.com/ (colorforward.com)

In 1980, Marilyn Ferguson published her most famous work, The Aquarian Conspiracy.  It drew from many and varied walks of life all the best of humanity and pointed toward an age of collectivism and unity.  It broke with the Cold War paradigms of doom and gloom around every corner and her words echo to our ears today.  

After listening to this entire recording, enter Matrix Code: YOUTUBEx.42 (1 matrix point) in your free account at StartOver.xyz Game. Login here: https://login.startover.xyz   Marilyn Ferguson was far ahead of her time. Her thinking was based on the latest scientific research of the time which she assiduously documented for 20 years publishing the recognized Brain Mind Bulletin. I (Clinton Callahan) spoke with Marilyn Ferguson by telephone not long before her death in 2008, and she seemed to be in good health but worried about possibly upsetting people in the pharmaceutical industry, which is hinted at in the Wikipedia quote: "Ferguson died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack on October 19, 2008." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn... In any case, I read her book The Aquarian Conspiracy during my round the world journey in 1981-1983, and it literally changed my life. Here in this video interview from 1985 she sounds like a Possibility Manager, and I am happy to share this video with you. Enjoy

Fredric Lehrman is the founder of Nomad University and an accomplished musician. Fredric is also the authors of several books from which I'll mention one, The Sacred Landscape.Fredric Lehrman is the founder of Nomad University and an accomplished musician. He plays the cello and the guitar. He also studied Japanese music with Koto master Shinichi Yuize, and also raga singing with the great North Indian vocalist, Pandit Pran Nath. For nine years he was a senior student of the T'ai Chi master Cheng Man-Ch'ing, and founded several permanent schools of T'ai Chi Chuan in major U.S. cities, including a special T'ai Chi program at Naropa Institute. Fredric has designed programs and taught jointly with many leading thinkers, among whom are Marilyn Ferguson, Jose Arguelles, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Barbara DeAngelis, Peter Russell, Rupert Sheldrake, Terence McKenna and Lynne Twist. Fredric is also the authors of several books from which I'll mention one, The Sacred Landscape. http://www.nomaduniversity.com/Resources:www.ClaudiuMurgan.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6RlLkzUK_LdyRSV7DE6obQ?view_as=subscriber

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.” ― MARILYN FERGUSON

TOM ROSS is the author of US6, the first novel written for Machinekind (AI) which is designed to entertain, enlighten and enlist Artificial Intelligent Readers into the fight against Child Exploitation. He's a former Research Director for the Brain/Mind Bulletin published by the late Marilyn Ferguson (Author of The Aquarian Conspiracy) where, among other leading edge Science stories he researched Lucid Dreaming technologies. His TEDx Talk, "Open Source Mode" presented methods to of prepare Humans for AI Co-workers. Today, Tom is the Director of Sentient Rights for the United States Transhumanist Party (USTP) and President and CEO of the Transdisciplinary Agora for Future Discussions (TAFFD’s), a Futurist Think Tank and NGO. This archive had some televised interviews Indie with luminaries like Robert Anton Wilson, Marilyn Ferguson and Michael Talbot.You can find Tom here:Web http://tomross.com/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/unearthedwithteross/

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.” ― MARILYN FERGUSON

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.” ― MARILYN FERGUSON

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.” ― MARILYN FERGUSON

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.” ― MARILYN FERGUSON

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.” ― MARILYN FERGUSON

A hearty thanks to Marin Kramer as a producer of this podcast through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/niish Travis Keats Ross ( aka Revel Rosz) was raised between the societal desolation of the American Southwest and the death-rattle of the Los Angeles "New-Age" movement. The likes of Robert Anton Wilson, Marilyn Ferguson and Timothy Leary (as well as various other counter-culture luminaries) loomed large, both physically and ideologically, in his youth. Ross began self-releasing music via MP3.com at the ripe age of 13 as DAKOTA SLIM - beginning his work as a prolific creator and audio engineer, while writing semi-professionally for a local newspaper and devouring esoteric knowledge. This is the common chord prevalent throughout all his work:. The artistic process as a majorly metaphysical practice. It's within this that his unrelenting artistic process has conjured a fervent body of work among many a creative medium. His musical project DAKOTA SLIM just released a new album, CACTUS CROWN, in 2018. He founded WE, THE HALLOWED (a conceptual art collective/ arts and culture blog) to facilitate a community of disparate artists, across varied mediums, to realize and share art. And currently, hosts / produces the popular PRAGMAGICK podcast. Links for Keats: http://wethehallowed.org IG; https://www.instagram.com/pragmagick_cast/ Dakota Slim; https://dakotaslim.wordpress.com Twitter; https://twitter.com/pragmagick_cast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/niish/support

Prophetic News-Alice Bailey, Blavatsky,Marilyn Ferguson, and their New Age Teachings, Have  these teachings infiltrated the church to help to destroy or water down sound doctrine? Students of the dark side of evil, but we win in Jesus name!!! Nothing can seperate us from the love of God.

Prophetic News-Alice Bailey, Blavatsky,Marilyn Ferguson, and their New Age Teachings, Have  these teachings infiltrated the church to help to destroy or water down sound doctrine? Students of the dark side of evil, but we win in Jesus name!!! Nothing can seperate us from the love of God.

PragMagick podcast gets personal for episode 10; Keats Ross shares a rare interview between father, Tom Ross, & the mighty R.A.W. … HAUNT ONRobert Anton Wilson & My Father ∴ PRAGMAGICK

ROBERT ANTON WILSON is heard in a rare interview with TOM ROSS, father of PRAGMAGICK host, REVEL ROSZ! #occult #illuminati #cosmictrigger #robertantonwilson #discordianism #fnord

On today's show People interpreter - Allison shares a life Changing and transformational tool that helps people get closer to each other. A tool that the FBI use to get into the criminals mind. A tool we can use to have better relationships with family, friends and colleagues. A tool Allison has used to help her create a 47 year long marriage. Allison also covers: How to become aware of others behaviour, what it means and how to predict behaviour How to understand their strengths, weaknesses and how to best communicate with different types of people How to speed read people Marilyn Ferguson said "The greatest learning disability on the planet is pattern blindness; the failure to read patterns". Those patterns are very simple if you know what to look for. What to look for to understand someone's patterns and needs and how to speak their language. How to understand someone's behaviour preference by the questions they ask. The 4 P's - we can be a blend of these but we may have a primary personality, doing what's natural for us, people will be drawn to us, they're authentic. 1. Playful: Playful people love connecting with others, are energetic, full of emotion and desire fun. Playful's want you to like them, they're talkative, hand gestures, loud, gregarious, they bring life into lifeless situations. People driven. Eg Operah Winfrey, Richard Branson. When Communicating with them - communicate with the aim of building the relationship. They want: Attention, Affection and Approval from you. Affirm them genuinely. People focus 2. Powerful: Powerful people desire to get things done, and done now. Direct, decisive, fast moving, self confident, speak in bullet points. Short. Direct. To the point. Task driven. Eg Donald Trump When communicating with them, be short and to the point. They want: Outcomes, Appreciation, Loyalty, Achievement. Find what they're good at to press their buttons. They are like the human machine - task focus. 3. Precise: Precise people desire to get things done well and done with excellence. They are quieter, care deeply, are more formal. Trust is everything to them and they operate a 'need to know' basis until they know they can trust you. They display limited emotion, are meticulously groomed and don't share a lot of what's inside. Often our theatre performers and comedians are 'precise', they like people but don't have to be with them eg Robin Williams. Communicate to Precise with facts and knowledge and stick to the agenda. They want: space, silence, they need support and sensitivity. Go at their pace. Don't push them, they hate pushy people. They have a task focus 4. Peaceful - Peaceful people desire to have no conflict, they are laid back and easy. Conventional dressers, not impacted by externals, don't need to prove anything to the world, they're ok in their own skin. Recognized in leadership roles because they're a natural gatherer and nurturer of people. Peaceful people don't need the limelight. They champion others, have a relaxed approach and collaborative mindset. They don't speak up a lot, and can have a dry wit. Peaceful people can be reluctant leaders, love to sleep on decisions, and makes wise decisions because of the pace. Eg Mandela, Ghandi, Lady Diana Communicate effectively by communicating security and guarantees, they love the tried and true, don't get into new fads and trends with them They want: respect and value, they need to be known for who they are and not what they do. The human being. Peaceful have a People focus Playful are usually attracted to the precise as a life partner. Before marriage they can be fascinated by that, after that, it can be frustrating. In your organisation, you make a good team by utilizing and employing the differences. How our strengths pushed out of balance become our weaknesses.

~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #132   “There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” —Douglas H. Everett The arrival of a new year always fills me with giddy exuberance. No matter what occurred during the current year, I am very much like a child eagerly determined to will even more amazing, fulfilling and growth-opportunities into my world and into the world around me. 2016 has brought many of the latter on the list, growth-opportunities, and while I won't be sad to see it go, I am still very grateful for all that it opened my eyes to, all that it taught me, all that it pushed me to do so that I could begin to step outside of, in many ways, an unconscious self-imposed shell. So for that reason alone, I am thankful, indebted actually, to 2016. Isn't that way it works? Some years we savor, some years we sweat, some years are a mixture of both, but all offer the opportunity to be a different person come the year's end. Speaking of year's end, it isn't quite here yet. In fact, we still have one month to make our resolutions a reality, and I don't know about you, but I am excited to finish strong. Let's talk about how to do just that no matter where you might find yourself at the end of the eleventh month of 2016. 1. Balance the monthly budget Let's talk money straight-away. Nothing boosts our confidence, settles our nerves and brightens our hopes for the future when we know where we stand with our money. As is the case, businesses want to finish strong as well, but we shouldn't help them at the expense of us not doing the same. Holiday gift giving and travel and entertaining can be a roadblock, but with careful planning and a clear awareness of what you are capable of, by the time the end of the year arrives, you will be feeling at ease when it comes to your financial situation. 2. Assess the goals/resolutions you pursued during 2016 Now to the task at hand. How have you been doing on the resolutions you set at the beginning of 2016? Perhaps you set some mid-year goals. How are those going? Be honest, which goes both ways. Notice how much further you have to go, but also recognize what you have done. Sometimes we stop ourselves from attaining what we seek because we are fearful we will fail. Ironically, we fail if we don't try. Trying, no matter how small the progress, is always reason to celebrate. And as Marilyn Ferguson reminds, “Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” So let your fear lead you to keep trying and keep striving forward. The other side is indeed worth seeing and experiencing.   3. What habits have served you well and visa versa  After taking an honest assessment of how you are doing with your goals, what habits are helping you maintaining your progress? Write these down. Do the same exercise for habits that are impeding your progress. Don't worry, I am not about to tell you to break 10 bad habits in 31 days. The first thing to do is recognize what is and isn't working, and then, baby steps. Vow to break one bad habit. Then once that bad habit is broken and you don't even think about it, break the next bad habit. Maybe the chance to begin the second will begin the next week or maybe next month, but have a priority list of habits you want to break and slowly make your way through them.   4. Let go of passivity Ask for what you want. Remove the possibility of regret.   If events or progress toward your goals aren't moving as you had hoped they would, observe your behavior these past eleven months. Have you been sitting on the sidelines hoping others will notice what you've been working so hard on? Have you been hoping they could read your mind? Speak up. Ask for what you want. Make decisions without asking for approval from others. If it is indeed what you want, what you've been working for, step forward and make what is in your control a reality.   5. Tie up loose ends  Look around your house, look at your planner. Do you see any projects, large or small, that aren't complete yet? Perhaps you are either putting them off or maybe you began but something occurred and zapped your time availability. Reexamine each and do your best to wrap them up so you can move forward without unnecessary expectations and demands when the new year begins. A fresh start is great motivation.   6. Get busy with small steps There is still one month left in 2016, and a lot can happen in 31 days. A lot can happen in a mere moment, so get moving. Keep Isaac Newton's words in the back of your mind as you start your engine, and no matter how gradual you roll forward always remember, “An object at rest tends to stay at rest, an object in motion tends to stay in motion.”    7. Declutter Perhaps you have some extra time toward the end of the year or maybe at some point during the month. Even if you don't have an immense amount of time, find a way to target the spots in your home, office, life that could you some decluttering. Again, the goal is a fresh of start when 2017 arrives and the visual component of less stuff to look at, take care of, etc. holds incredible power over our state of mind and thus our stress levels. So get busy: go through your closet, your entire home and more specifically your kitchen. Set yourself free and you open the door for more applicable and authentic opportunities and gifts.   8. Bulk up your retirement savings for maximum tax benefit The list began with finances, but I wanted to focus specifically on retirement savings as well. The more you can invest now, the more powerful compound interest will be and the lower your taxable income will be. So take a close look at your 401(k) or IRA contributions, which have limits of $18,000 and $5,500 this year, respectively. Can you add some more? (Good news: You can actually make 2016 contributions to your IRA through mid-April 2017 which means thereis still time after the New Year.) 9. Decide on a planning system that functions and is something you love Just prior to each month's beginning I sit down with my planner and add the new month's pages. I then take time to plan out the month with previously schedule events, my weekly and daily routines, etc. I love this monthly rituals, and I especially love the yearly ritual of looking ahead and putting in the pages for 2o17. In fact, I just ordered a new binder and am shifting from Franklin to the six-ring A6 personal binder. And because of this, TSLL readers who have ask for TSLL Planning Pages to fit the A5 and the Personal Planner are in luck. The Personal Planning page (along with the all-inclusive planning package) is now available. Coming in a few weeks, just in time for 2017, you will be able to purchase exclusively sized planning pages for these two new sizes (on top of the Classic and Compact pages already available). It is important to have a system that works for you. Not every one, like myself and many of you, want an all digital planning system, but some do. You know what works well with your lifestyle and routine. Tweak what you have to make it work even better and enjoy setting clear goals, breaking them down and managing each day to help you find the balance of rest and success. ~Shop TSLL Planning Pages for Classic and Compact planners here (and for today only, save 20% with TSLLHOLIDAY20) ~My new planner and binder is seen below. It is an A6 six-ring Ancicraft leather binder (other sizes are available here).   10. What makes you smile spontaneously? Take a moment and try to recall the moments in which you found yourself smiling without a forethought, smiling due to something tickling your mental funny bone or observing something joyful and pleasure filled. Take a mental note of these events or better yet, write them down. Now, try to cultivate opportunities for these moments to happen in balance with the success you are trying to achieve. 11. Answer this question honestly: Where and how do you want to wake up on Sunday January 1st, 2017? Now plan accordingly. You will be glad you did and the new year will be assured to be off to a wonderful start. Wishing you a wonderful final month in 2016. May the struggles, if you encounter a few this year, begin to wind down and reveal their fruit and polish, and may the final few days give you a time to celebrate and appreciate all that has gone well and recognize how much you've grown. ~SIMILAR POSTS FROM THE ARCHIVES YOU MIGHT ENJOY: ~Why Not . . . Create a Clean Slate for the New Year? ~7 Reasons 2016 Will Be a Wonderful Year ~Why Not . . . Make This Your Year? Petit Plaisir: ~Till Brönner, The Good Life https://youtu.be/GZasgJjfzrA Download the Episode

Our quote for today is from Edwin Lewis. He said, "A religion without the element of mystery would not be a religion at all." In this podcast, we are making our way through Garry R. Morgan's book, "Understanding World Religions in 15 Minutes a Day." Our Understanding World Religions topic for today is, "New Age Religions" New Age is an umbrella term for a host of recent religious startups, most originating since 1970. The name comes from the expected dawning of a new age of human consciousness and development, often referred to as the Age of Aquarius from its connection to astrology. Although not original with her, Marilyn Ferguson’s The Aquarian Conspiracy, considered by many the “bible” of New Age religions, did much to popularize the term. There is no New Age “central headquarters” or mother organization. Most have developed independently of (sometimes in competition with) other, similar movements. They now exist in a vast network of autonomous groups held together by a few common beliefs. New Age religions exhibit a wide variety of organizational variation as well. There are New Age churches with clergy, buildings, and regular services. Some practices, on the other hand, while based on the same core beliefs as other New Age faiths, may not seem connected to any particular organized religion at all. The use of crystals for physical healing and emotional improvement is one example. New Age books number in the thousands, and New Age bookstores everywhere in the West also offer products of many kinds to aid people in their quest for fulfillment. Shirley MacLaine’s autobiographical works on reincarnation and other New Age topics have sold in the multimillions. ...

Originally published in HRHorizons for the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), Helping Employees Embrace Change, outlines the key elements that cause fear and confusion in team members when confronted with significant change, and how that individual frustration directly impacts the success of organizational change initiatives. Howard Teibel offers a framework for positive change, offering the techniques your organization can implement to turn natural confusion into a positive learning and growth opportunity. This week on the Navigating Change Podcast, join Howard Teibel and Pete Wright for a discussion on the change framework introduced in the article, and the importance of building a positive change environment. Helping Employees Embrace Change “What happens when anticipated change becomes your worst fear? — Howard Teibel, "Helping Employees Embrace Change" Halfway through my most recent talk at a higher education conference, I told the attendees that I wanted the first three rows to move to the back of the room and the last three rows to move to the front. After a brief pause of bewilderment and disbelief, attendees started gathering their belongings to move. That’s when I announced: “You don’t have to move. This is only a test.” The imaginary pitch forks aimed at me transformed into a collective sigh of relief. For most of us, something routine like picking a seat at a conference entails a simple calculation: Sit in the back if you want to sneak out or text without being seen; sit in the front if you want to be actively involved in the discussion; or sit in the middle if you want the benefit of both those options. Whenever you ask someone to get out of their comfort zone—such as moving to a different seat—the reaction is often as predictable as it is humorous: Are you kidding? Why? I’m not moving. Those same responses tend to surface whenever a system implementation is announced. Consider also the common reaction when word comes down that a restructuring will take within your division or perhaps organization wide. In both cases, internal emotional chaos ensues. Is it possible to help ourselves and others relate to big changes in a way that empowers a positive reaction, even when the change appears on the surface to be negative? How can we learn to shift our mental framework from thinking about the bad things that might happen to envisioning the opportunities we can create for ourselves and others? Three Common Reactions to Change First, consider three different reactions to change. Cool ambivalence. Sheila has been working for her college for the past 18 years. Coming to work one morning she discovers an e-mail from her associate dean describing a plan to restructure the department, along with some changes in management. A consultant would be helping with the process. The rumors start buzzing, as staff members attempt to interpret the hidden meaning behind the announcement. Most of Sheila’s coworkers are 10 to 20 years younger and have little experience with change in the workplace. Sheila, on the other hand, recognizes this as something she has been through many times before. Over lunch she proceeds to share her perspective with coworkers to alleviate their fears about how wide-sweeping the change will likely be and suggests they not worry about much actually changing. This is simply someone’s latest “great idea” that they will need to weather. Irrational anxiety. Bob, an IT manager, is responsible for the human resource and financial systems used across the campus. He has been in this role for two years, having worked his way up the organizational chart during the past 10 years. During a staff meeting with the head of the department, Bob learns that the university is looking for a new strategy to replace the constant upgrades and patches needed to keep these systems current. A task force has been assembled focused on exploring ways to significantly improve efficiency in IT, specifically in the areas Bob supports. Upon hearing this news, his first thoughts are that his own job is in jeopardy. He proceeds to e-mail every colleague in the department detailing how bad this change will be. Within a week, half of the staff members in his department think they are in danger of losing their jobs. Two months later Bob is still talking about how bad the change will be, and his department remains in a state of high anxiety. Positive purpose. Joan joined the human resources department three years ago and enthusiastically wants to make a difference in the university’s hiring practices and processes, bringing to bear her unique perspective and success from her previous institution. Within six months Joan discovers how difficult it is to integrate new practices among her coworkers. Despite the skepticism she has encountered—including from her boss—Joan is determined not to give up trying to initiate positive changes. Every time someone tells her why something can’t be done, Joan listens and then shares her vision for a different way to consider the issue. Sheila, Bob, and Joan reveal distinct reactions people can have when facing change. Sheila’s tenure at the college makes her resilient, but also ambivalent and unenthusiastic. Bob is waiting for the next shoe to drop—and in the meantime is stirring up anxiety among his coworkers. Joan not only ignores the negativity of others, but continues to offer ideas for making positive changes for her department and the institution. What causes people to have such varied reactions in the face of change? Different life experiences, a perceived lack of options or fear of loss, and poor self-esteem or low confidence are among the many factors that may contribute to how an individual reacts to something new or different. How can we improve our personal reactions to an anticipated change and help others do the same? Often, the problem is not change itself but the ambiguity that change creates. Marilyn Ferguson, author of The Aquarian Conspiracy, may have characterized it best when she said: “It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear… It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.” Change forces us not only to recognize that we can’t rest in our comfort zone, but also to confront the fact that we might not be able to look forward sufficiently to see where we will land. Any change requires venturing into that middle place and looking for some hint of light at the end of the tunnel. Taking the Positive Approach "With a new governor, a new board of trustees and the reality that we are now a tuition-dependent institution, our organization needed help embracing change. I was looking for a way to help our managers and staff understand that personal responsibility for navigating change in our professional lives is a key component of a high-performing team,” says Bob Shea, vice president for business affairs at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI). This need led Shea to offer a workshop to his division focused on learning to better accept and embrace change. In reflecting on the workshop, Shea noted that the people who benefited most from the workshop were those who brought a certain perspective to the experience. “The common thread among those who found it most useful were those having an open mind and some level of optimism for the future.” One CCRI staff member who participated in the workshop recognized that she needed to adjust how she viewed work challenges. Terrie-Lynn Bell, media specialist in the IT department, had felt overwhelmed by the learning curve of her work and didn’t think she knew enough to do her job well. She was concerned she wouldn’t be able to resolve certain issues on her own, especially with regard to helping faculty with technical issues in the classroom. Among the insights Bell took away from the workshop were the need to bring a positive attitude to each new challenge and to surround herself with others who also have a positive outlook. Getting on the negative bandwagon only spreads those negative vibes to others, and that can impact your own progress and success, observes Bell, who interacts frequently with students and faculty in her job. “If you struggle, they struggle. If you’re comfortable, they’re comfortable. If you laugh, they laugh.” Four Rooms, Four Views While most of us are hard-wired to seek what is within our comfort zone (e.g., a particular seat in a room), and while some of us are able to let the ambiguity of something new roll off our shoulders, there is a common cycle we all go through in times of real change. During the workshops at CCRI, attendees were introduced to the four-room model of change developed by Swedish psychologist Claes Janssen, which allowed them to identify where they were within the institution’s change cycle and became a useful mechanism for beginning to feel a greater sense of control for taking positive action. The four rooms of Janssen’s model are contentment, denial, confusion, and renewal. The four-room model can be applied to any type of change—a reorganization, a potential layoff, or watching your child head off to college. Let’s use the implementation of a new hiring system to consider this model. Contentment room. Within the workplace, a very familiar example of traveling through the four rooms is evident when an institution rolls out a new technology campuswide. Before the current system is shut down and the new system is up and running, most of us are in a place of contentment. Logging in, processing a transaction, and logging out is second nature—something we could almost do in our sleep. Denial room. Then on a Monday morning you go to process a new transaction and nothing is the same. Yes, you received training on the new tool, but let’s be honest: Does anyone really pay attention until they have to do something for real? By the time you’ve reminded yourself how to log in to the new system, you could have processed the entire transaction and gone to lunch using the old system. It doesn’t take long for a sense of frustration, anger, and desire for the old system to return. In the denial room, you longingly look back and want to forget the reality of the change. Confusion room. Most of us do need time to vent our frustrations, blame management, or get over our initial discomfort. Yet, at some point we must move on and “get with the program.” The sooner we recognize that no one is listening to our complaints and the new system is here to stay, the more quickly we can enter this third room. At this point we’re not completely ready to let go of the past, but we start to make greater efforts to get through the change. (This is also that middle place described by Ferguson, where we can’t bring back the past, but we don’t yet see how we’re going to end up in a better place.) Confusion itself is often misunderstood. This is an emotional state that actually signals the beginning of learning and the foundation for accepting something new. The next time someone shares with you how confused they are, respond “that’s fantastic.” You may get some odd stares, but what we’re really saying when we’re confused is that we’re trying to learn how to do something. We’re using our energy to look forward versus looking back. Getting to this room is a key milestone in navigating change. Renewal room. As the confusion starts to wane and we develop a greater comfort and confidence with the new system, we find ourselves admitting that maybe the new way is better than the old way. This is when we enter the fourth room, and with it comes a sense of relief and satisfaction for having successfully tackled the change. In some cases, renewal may not last long before the cycle begins again—especially when it comes to perpetual technology upgrades. Dealing With Big Amorphous Change What happens when an anticipated change becomes your worst fear? For many in the workplace, that fear is losing one’s job. Immediately after the financial crisis of 2008, Brown University faced a 25 percent reduction in its endowment. Senior leadership took this as an opportunity to look for ways to streamline work, including not filling vacancies, providing for early retirement, and weighing potential layoffs. Brown leadership recognized this would be a challenging time for its people. With a goal of helping the larger organization deal with the need to significantly reduce costs and potentially reduce head count, Karen Davis, Brown’s vice president for human resources, seized the opportunity to provide leadership for those who needed help adjusting to the ambiguity of what the future held. “In the early days of the financial crisis, we knew that it was likely going to have a significant impact on our bottom line as well as on jobs. However, we weren't sure of the size of the impact, nor could we predict what our comprehensive response strategy would be,” says Davis. What Brown’s leaders did know was that the university was in for a period of dramatic change—something that typically does not come easy in the higher education environment. That convinced Davis of the need to help prepare the university community for change. “Our hope was to channel the collective worry into something more positive for individuals as well as for our community overall.” Davis and her team focused on helping the larger organization deal with facts in a way that empowered them to take action rather than cause additional anxiety. The university sponsored a series of change-management workshop designed in conjunction with Brown’s Center for Learning and Professional Development, led by Judy Nabb. The workshop provided a forum for employees to articulate fears and concerns (personal as well as work-related) and to share them with colleagues. The workshops also provided an opportunity to learn new strategies for dealing with uncertainty, for pushing through change, and for taking control of one’s work life. Over the course of eight months, more than 260 Brown employees took advantage of the workshop experience. According to Davis, the impact was positive and dramatic. Many employees benefited immediately from simply having a safe forum in which to express concerns about their jobs; the effect of the downturn on their families, friends, and neighbors; and even about Brown’s future. The relief many workshop participants felt after these conversations allowed them to focus on what they could do to prepare for the future, both personally and professionally, notes Davis. Ultimately, this led to a better understanding of university concerns and greater commitment to helping address the institution’s financial challenges rather than resisting the changes required to tackle them head-on. As Michelle Venditelli, one Brown workshop attendee, stated: “There was a great sense of unease during that time, and I found the focus on change in this workshop experience very helpful. It gave me great tips for how to deal with stress on a personal level, but also helped me be better equipped as a manager to deal with the stress that my staff were feeling.” Much of that spirit carries on today as the university community continues to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis and several significant leadership changes, new programmatic priorities, and external political threats, says Davis. Unlearning and Relearning Futurist and author Alvin Toffler once stated that the illiterate of the 21st century won’t be those who can’t read and write, but those who can’t learn, unlearn, and relearn. That remains a prophetic statement for the period of accelerating change facing many higher education institutions today. Unlearning is about allowing ourselves to go through the full cycle of change—from contentment to renewal. Personal power resides with our ability to recognize what is in front of us and to be willing to push through our own denial and confusion to reach that light at the end. So, the next time you go to a workshop, consider changing your seat after the break. You might find a small power in shaking up your vantage point and in not waiting for someone else to tell you to move.