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Midlife Fairy Godmother's Newsletter
Current Issue February 2004: Midlife Fairy Godmothers Newsletter~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Creating Midlife Magic Fairy Dust For Second Half Bliss February 2004~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The Midlife Fairy Godmothers Newsletter is full of leading edge tips * tools * and treasures, for women 35 - 60 who are becoming their own fairy godmothers and reclaiming dreams, energy, passion, and purpose in midlife. CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE:Topic Of The Month: Step 1 of the "5 Steps To Midlife Magic For Second Half Bliss": Turning First Half Wisdom Into Second Half Bliss Enchanted Wisdom - Six Coaching Questions For Excavating The Wisdom From Your First Half Midlife Web Site Of The Month: www.boomerwomenspeak.com Two Hour Tele-Workshop: "Turning First Half Wisdom Into Second Half Bliss". Saturday, March 20 (see below for details). Midlife Fairy Godmothers Community Call: Tuesday, March 9, 7:00 - 8:00 Eastern time. (see below). My 51st Birthday! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~* Topic Of The Month Turning First Half Wisdom Into Second Half Bliss~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierke Gaard "The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates The old rules of midlife no longer fit us. Our midlife is not our mother's midlife by any stretch of the imagination. Once again, our generation is on the leading edge of change in our society. It's not an easy place to be, but it is certainly an exciting place. I encourage you to refuse to listen to the media's twist on age and claim your power by creating and playing by your own rules instead. Midlife women are using this time to reflect, rethink, release, renew, rewire, and refresh their lives. This is an amazingly powerful time in history and in your own personal midlife herstory as well. What I want to focus on in this issue is step #1 of the "6 Steps To Midlife Magic For Second Half Bliss" - a wonderful formula for what I call inner alchemy. Which is exactly what it is. We are turning lead into gold. Do you find yourself asking, "Have I done the right thing with my life?" This question can become a source of nagging worry and can even breed self doubt which can poison the second half of your life. The answer is; of course you have! Your life reflects your originality in how you have responded to everything you have encountered. If you don't appreciate what you've done with your life so far, it deserves closer examination. Even if you decide to make radical changes, there's a logic in your past choices that gives you important clues to what is important to you and to who you are deep down in your soul. You are exactly where you are supposed to be and coming to that realization can bring you an enormous amount of peace and freedom. Everything was educating you in your first half. The point in midlife is to excavate this wisdom and make it conscious because most of it has been unconscious. The next step is to understand that now you can create something first-rate from this knowledge in your second half!! I believe that sharing our stories with each other and excavating the wisdom found within them is one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves, each other, and the world in midlife. I felt like a failure at many things in my life, had tons of guilt, and was very unforgiving of myself until I began to extract the pearls which wouldn't be there without the irritant of the sand. That irritant can be a bad relationship, bad work environment, or bad choices. I shared a part of my story in January's newsletter. I've lead what appears to be a very strange kind of life to many people and I felt a bit vulnerable sharing it especially here in the Midwest. But there is an affirmative phrase that I created for myself which goes: "I have the courageous vulnerability of a heart warrior." Love that!!! One of my challenges is a very active mind coupled with very strong emotions. This has caused me great anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive worry, and guilt. Having some very challenging people in my life only fueled the fire. Yikes! This then led to an autoimmune disease and seizures. What I learned was that because of this powerful combination, I am able to focus on and manifest things that I want in my life. I had to learn how to take these "irritants" that felt like a curse I got from two parents that are extremely artistic, sensitive, smart, quick, and intuitive and learn how to focus them in a positive way. I also learned how I could harness the power of my mind and emotions to heal myself without any medications. Because of my experiences I am the perfect guide to help women navigate their midlife passage. What wisdom can you extract from the first half of your life? Think of it as an exciting expedition and then share bits and pieces of it with other women. We need each to blossom in our second half. We really do... and sharing stories is the most powerful way of doing this! Check out the web site of the month (below) and how Dotsie Bregel is assisting women in doing just that. ******************************** Enchanted Wisdom
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