Networking as Spiritual Leap-frogging

Wow.

What a great couple of weeks.

I'm continuing to feel like I'm in a great flow. Meeting some awesome people who have asked me to work with them in some capacity--either with counseling, entrepreneurial ventures, or writing articles.

This has been largely due to networking.

Ahhh, networking.

This word can definitely trigger some responses. Often, when people hear the word "networking" there is a slight disdain or a negative reaction. Sometimes you hear people say "Oh, I'm no good at networking." I have to admit, in the past I fell into this camp.

It seemed to me that there was just something slightly dirty in it--like people were just trying to get something out of an interaction for themselves. You can't live in today's world with out networking, though, so like most people I just adapted to it in a way that felt comfortable to me.

However, what is happening for me now is so totally different. My networking is more aligned with who I am, and it just feels like I'm meeting new people in a natural way. I really credit this blog, and my intention to be guided by intuitive action, as the reason for this paradigm shift.

To take it one step further, I realized that networking can also be a spiritual phenomenon. Really, why not? It's not separate from anything else.

This occurred to me the other night after I left an event. I was talking with my friend, who I invited to join me, and she asked me how I was invited and how I knew the people involved. I had to really retrace my steps to remember who led me there. It turns out that there were four degrees of separation between my first contact and the person who invited me. I was leap-frogging from one person to the next in a very organic fashion.

When we are in sync with who we are and where we need to be, we meet the people we need to meet. Networking is about growing, expanding, listening, and taking action.

Viva la network!

Listening to myself

What life has been like lately: Major inner work and being moved by a handful of very conscious and giving people.

But first a quick update: A couple of posts ago I spoke about my relationship with food and in particular my liassez faire attitude about it on the weekends. Since then, I'm happy to say that I've been much more conscious and consequently, more healthy in my diet over the weekend. All is good. It just took an awareness and then a commitment. I have still indulged here and there but have done nothing that has felt bad. Again, I believe it is healthy to have a range of foods and also to treat oneself from time to time.

Overall, I've been more attuned to my intuition over the last couple of weeks. The intention of this blog was to live in accordance with my intuition and to take appropriate, intuition-based action steps. Consequently, I've been amazed at how much better I've become at living from this place, and also how I've been led to some amazing mentors and guides. I didn't necessary expect this, but it certainly makes sense given my attention to it and practice.

I've been taking small action steps just about every day towards my goals and dreams. Tomorrow I will be having a second meeting with a Hospice agency which I hope will yield a positive outcome. I've also put a number of feelers out to other organizations to provide meditation consultations/ workshops.

The long and short of it: I'm doing what I said I would be doing with this blog, and it feels good. It feels like this is what life is meant to be like. Sure, there are frequent growing pains and an ongoing set of unconscious maladaptive patterns that lurk underneath all my efforts. When I feel these come up, I just reframe the situation and self-talk my way back to my intention. New habits can replace the old. This is just part of being human.

Till next time, be well.