Many of you value Carolyn Myss’s groundbreaking work in personal and spiritual development as much as we do, weaving together as she does, studies from Christian mysticism, archetypal psychology, energy medicine and intuition. We will continue to highlight her free media talks, CMED and Wisdom University workshops, as we have here, here, here, and here, as well as listing conferences and other upcoming events in our monthly newsletter.

Specifically, AHP is recognized by the following boards and departments to offer qualifying courses for Continuing Education Credits: California Board of Behavioral Sciences for California, LCSWs and MFTs; National Board for Certified Counselors, for Nationally Certified Counselors; and the California Board of Registered Nursing, for California.

Listen to this conversation between Wittenberg-Cox and Maitland, there’s so much of interest here. Their work is aimed at business leaders. They discuss the triple challenge of managing the ‘three discontinuities” in the 21st century: the technological revolution of the internet, the massive arrival of women into the workforce, and the issues of climate change and sustainability. They talk about training leadership to speak ‘gender-bilingually’ – and making the case that changing the way people work – especially increasing flexibility in the workplace – is an opportunity to attract a huge range of the workforce, not only women, but people approaching retirement, young people who want more choice, and men who want their roles as fathers to be better recognized.

This is the future for women.

As a veteran global fund-raiser for the Hunger Project, consultant to the Nobel Women’s Initiative to leverage the influence of women Nobel Peace Laureates to advance peace, justice, and equality, and as a trustee of the Fetzer Institute, whose mission is to foster awareness of love and forgiveness and the power of letting go, Lynne Twist has long observed how our relationship to money governs, dominates, and stresses each of our lives.  Her Soul of Money Institute is dedicated to helping people  find peace and sufficiency in their relationship with money.  The video excerpt (below) provides an empowering perspective on how to see what’s unraveling all around us:  “We’re living in a time when the economic system, the money system itself, the markets are unraveling …. It’s  is a very frightening time … {but it’s important to} recognize that what is unraveling is that which has no viability. What is unraveling is that which is not sustainable. … If we can see that what’s happening is a truing, is a recalibration, it helps us see how to deal with it on a personal basis.  It’s a difficult time…{and}  it can also be a beautiful time.  Because  … we can move towards thrift rather than accumulation; we can move toward appreciating what we love rather than being afraid of what we’ve lost. We can focus our attention and intention not on what we’re losing, but on what we already have that’s so valuable and nourishing to us. And we can stop clamoring for more of what we don’t really need and take care of what we have.”

For more on Lynne Twist’s perspective on the origins and purpose of money and the source of our upset about it, as well as her Unleashing the Soul of Money: Finding Sufficiency, Freedom and Purpose and Through Your Relationship with Money audio workshop, click here.

Mostly plants, is about making distinctions between foods, eating meat, and the kinds of foods to eat. “Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.” For instance, eat the French fries you love – as long as you cook it yourself, a natural deterrent that helps create balance. And his favorite rule: “The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead.”

Not too much is about the manners of eating, the cultural rules that prevent overeating, things like “Stop before you’re full,” and “Buy smaller plates and glasses.”

… when the Convention’s leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be “subservient” to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military service. This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths … This discrimination, unjustifiably attributed to a Higher Authority, has provided a reason or excuse for the deprivation of women’s equal rights across the world for centuries.

At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of men excuses slavery, violence, forced prostitution, genital mutilation and national laws that omit rape as a crime. But it also costs many millions of girls and women control over their own bodies and lives, and continues to deny them fair access to education, health, employment and influence within their own communities. ….

It is simply self-defeating for any community to discriminate against half its population. We need to challenge these self-serving and outdated attitudes and practices – as we are seeing in Iran where women are at the forefront of the battle for democracy and freedom… ”

Indeed there are many initiatives and resources for communities and individuals for aging in place, including:

Aging in Place “The “E-cyclopedia” of housing options and information for
retirement, finance, insurance and care.” An practical resource to start you thinking about what you need to know and may need to age in place.

National Aging in Place Council. A support network of collaborative professional service providers that includes home health care companies, geriatric care managers, food and product delivery services, architects, interior designers, remodeling contractors, home maintenance professionals, landscaping contractors, transportation providers, financial planners, insurance companies, elder specialists and more.

Age in Place. Assitive technology assistance on the kinds of home and lifestyle modifications you’ll need to think about – from remodeling to technology and gadgets to how to finance it. Refers to things that can assist people with a variety of things, including communication, mobility, learning, recreation, overcoming or dealing with physical or mental challenges, and help dealing with daily life activities to enhance quality of life.

Aging in Place Initiative Aging in Place is an initiative of Partners for Livable Communities (Partners) and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging to improve the livability of communities by promoting quality of life, economic development, and social equity by using community and economic development resources, and building public/private coalitions.

Partners for Livable Communities. Download their Technical Assistance Guide for Aging in Place to see a state- by-state breakdown of some of the local community initiatives they’ve helped support.

Certified Aging in Place Specialists. This program teaches the technical, business management, and customer service skills in the residential remodeling industry for home modifications for the aging-in-place. Search the directory to find professionals who hold CAPS certifications.

The grace of Counsel, for example, is a profound grace that elevates your consciousness in situations when you need to communicate the truth to another person, the type of truth that you know will change both of your lives. Or this grace is what you call upon when you need to receive inner counsel regarding what it is you should do next with your life. These graces are provided to us as the essential ingredients of our humanness. They are the deepest and most profound power of what it means to be a spiritual being. They are meant to be utilized for personal growth and to be shared generously with others.

How do you access your graces? How do you know when you are in a field of grace? How do you recognize the presence and direct intervention of a particular grace? Caroline answers these questions and more.