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Transforming Midlife Challenges Into Catalysts For Rebirth And Renewal

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A Personal Message From Dinah

Article Of The Month: "The Energy Dynamics Of Midlife Renewal"

Book Of The Month: "Anatomy Of The Spirit" by Caroline Myss - Caroline is a pioneer in the field of energy medicine and human consciousness. This book is of great value to all women in midlife in that it shows us how to access, unblock, and self-generate energy. She guides you through all seven chakra centers and correlates them with daily practices for learning the physical language of the spirit - the spiritual language of the body. Tapping into life force energy is the goal of this book.

"Ask The Midlife Fairy Godmother": Free monthly call to all Midlife Adventurer Club Members (See below for info on this call)

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Personal Message From Dinah - Midlife Fairy Godmother
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Daina Puodziunas - "DINAH - Midlife Fairy Godmother"

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Article Of The Month
~ The Energy Dynamics Of Midlife Renewal ~
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No one prepared us for this time in our lives....how could they? The generations before us didn't experience this void, this unrest, this nagging feeling like there's got to be more. One of the reasons is that they didn't live as long, but another is that this whole world is a different place than when our mothers hit midlife. It's not only turning into a global village, but the consciousness (because of all the personal work people have done on themselves) has risen considerably.

Because of that, we will continue seeing the exaggeration of all polar opposites. The gap between happy people and unhappy people is going to widen. The same goes with wealth and poverty, sickness and health, and on and on. There is a new world emerging. Everything and everyone is experiencing a quickening.

Whether this is good news or bad news for you depends on one thing....making a decision to do whatever it takes for you to begin freeing up bound energy and focusing that energy on things that really matter to you.

It means getting real honest with yourself, letting go of what others think, letting go of excuses, letting go of blame, shame, and guilt, and going through the discomfort of giving yourself the love and attention that you have so easily showered others with. All of this takes the spirit of a brave, adventurous pioneer. You know in your heart of hearts if you feel called to take this leap, to brave new worlds, to stretch beyond what you thought you were capable of or what others will approve of.

So, the first step is to make a decision with conviction and power. If your answer is yes, the second step is looking at everything in your life as energy....everything. At it's most primal level, everything IS energy both inside and outside of us. Even money is energy. In fact, my concept of God/ess, great mystery, spirit is ENERGY. As human beings we are made of life force energy and are constantly being infused with it. What we do with that energy is completely up to us.  It is ours to care for, honor and cherish. If we don't, we are the ones who suffer.

Letting go of anything and everything that is pinching off our energy stream, allowing it to leak out of us and deplete us should be our primary focus in midlife. Our entire lives should be re-examined in terms of what enhances our energy (life force), and what depletes it if we want to thrive in our second half. We need to re-awaken what makes us come alive, what juices us, what activates our life force energy. This is the focus of the "Discovering Your Authentic Soul In Midlife" tele-class. Click here for information to be sent to you: mailto:dinah@midlifefairygodmothers.com?subject=DiscoveringYourAuthenticSoul

In "Anatomy Of The Spirit", author Carolyn Myss talks about the energetics of healing. In her opinion, we can have the best tools, techniques, and healers available, but if we don't know how to take charge of our own energy, we will not heal. If we don't know how to let go of the dramas (our own and those of others), if we can't forgive (ourselves and others), we are digging ourselves an early grave.

After I left a ten year relationship last fall because my eyes were opened to how it was energetically zapping me on many levels, I found myself in massive financial debt. I felt betrayed, cheated, and ripped off. I could feel how my victim consciousness was zapping my energy. But just the thought of letting go of these feelings made me feel even more like a victim!! It made me feel like I was giving in. I didn't know what to do. I was waking up in the middle of the night feeling angry, anxious, and having thoughts of revenge. I was also angry at myself for allowing it to happen in the first place.

I decided to pray about it. As if by magic, I could feel his pain and sense of betrayal by me. I could see through his eyes and feel through his heart. He appeared to me as a little boy in tremendous pain. I felt so much compassion that my heart burst wide open. I started to feel very light and clear and felt the energy continue to cruise through my body in waves.

Letting go of trying to get others to change, to see our point of view, to right a wrong is one of the hardest things to do, but it is one of the most freeing things we will ever experience. Now that I am energetically free, the money is able to reach me. When we are pinching off our life force energy, we are putting a barrier between us and more energy in the form of money, relationships, health, longevity, and so on. It simply cannot reach us because we have stopped the flow of life force energy.

I learned all about this first hand when I fell apart physically, emotionally, and mentally in the beginning of midlife. (You can read my story on the web site under "How Midlife Fairy Godmother Enterprises (tm) Was Born). Our greatest skill to develop in midlife is to become energy wise. When we learn this we are literally saving our own lives.

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Eight energetic barriers to tapping into the abundance, happiness, health, vitality, and longevity that is your birthright in midlife
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1. Low self-esteem - Negative criticism, perceived failures, and trying to measure up to other people's standards so that you don't believe you deserve better.
2. Not seeing alternatives - Without options you have no place to go. Without decision-making skills to choose options and follow through with a plan, you spin your wheels or slide back to square one.
3. Not knowing what your really want - You don't have a clear sense of who you are and what is important and meaningful to you. This leaves you in limbo, confused, and without a sense of purpose or vision.
4. Defending the status Quo- You fritter away the energy you have. You use much of it to defend your current position. Instead of moving forward, you find perfectly good and justifiable reasons not to change.
5. Fear- The prospect of change frightens you. Change brings with it the possibility of failure, rejection, disappointment, and pain as well as the chance that getting what you think you want will not solve your problems. Fear causes you to sacrifice probable gain so you can avoid possible pain.
6. Lack of cooperation- You try to go it alone because you do not know where to look for help or you are reluctant to ask for support of people who love you. 
7. Perfectionism- You want a guarantee. You want a perfect solution and a perfect unobstructed road to your goal. For you it's perfection or nothing. You can never move forward and often stay frozen and stuck where you are.
8. Lack of will- You cannot act on your desires or summon the energy needed to get you going and keep you moving all the way to your destination.

I've had all of these at different points in my life, but especially when I am in the middle of a big change!! How about you? We don't have to hide these any more. In fact, sharing our humanness, asking for help, and receiving support is one of the gifts in these energy barriers.

**These come from author Dr. Sidney Simon who I dearly love and assisted me in my healing through his wonderful books.

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"Ask The Midlife Fairy Godmother" Monthly Midlife Adventurer Call
Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 7:00 - 8:00 PM Eastern time
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If you have signed up to be a part of the Midlife Adventurers Club, you are invited to join this free informal call where you can ask your midlife questions and I will give them my best shot!!

The conference line number is: 1 413 370 0333 extension 485. For $2.19 you can get the whole hour if you dial 1010987 before the conference line number.

Enchantingly,

Daina Puodziunas - Just call me Dinah, Midlife Fairy Godmother
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