Dear Friends of The Center for Greater Loving...
So many exciting things are happening here... I can't wait to tell you! And, just like with any part of life, sometimes with expansion comes contraction - otherwise called challenges or "opportunities for growth"! I've had lots of opportunities for growth lately and as such I wanted to apologize for the delay in sending the newsletter this week and... Last week ...due to human error (that human would be me) some of you did not receive the newsletter so please check it out... Newsletter: Taking Responsibility.
For your pleasure this week...
- Discover the fourth key to Conscious Relating in this week's article "Authentic Communication"
- We've just announced our 1st workshop in Canada!
- Secrets of Greater Loving playshop coming this fall! Special registration price for the first two weeks!
- and...a new weekly practice... "Give and Receive"... and watch for our giving and receiving kissing practice in two weeks!
Thanks for being a part of this great community!
Enjoy! Blessings, Joanna
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Article: Authentic Communication  Concluding our series on the four essential
characteristics of Conscious Relating, let's spend some time looking at
what may be the real foundation: Authentic Communication. Communicating authentically brings it all together when we want to
relate consciously in life. In my opinion, none of the other
characteristics really matter if we don't communicate in an honest and
authentic way. So often we feel like we have to hide who we are, what we want, or
the way we feel. We feel like we have to be a certain way in order to
be loved, liked, or accepted. We feel like we have to perform in order
to live up to expectations of ourselves and others. We are often afraid
of what might happen if we are honest or we are afraid of what they
might think of us if we show our "true colors." Those fears and beliefs
keep us from being authentic and yet we are most powerful when we are
authentic. How many times in your life have you seen someone stand before you
shedding a tear and somehow you "fell in love" with them and even felt
you had more permission to be yourself and maybe even shed a tear of
your own? Or have you been listening to someone speak from their
passion Read More Love and blessings,
Joanna Shakti
www.greaterloving.com
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