Greetings!

I’m back from the Hay House cruise where we had a wonderful group of Writers and Movers & Shakers on board the ship.  We’ve scheduled two new Writer’s and Movers & Shakers workshops this year in New York and San Diego.  For dates and more info, visit here. 

Please note that our “Experience Your Good Now” Miraval retreat with Louise Hay has sold out. 

I’m live on the radio this week (2/8 at 5pm ET/2pm PT) and you can listen by visiting HayHouseRadio.com.  You can also call for laser coaching at (866) 254-1579.

Have a wonderful week! 

Love,

Cheryl

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Topic of the Week

Feel Your Life

I’ve just come home from seeing the movie Rabbit Hole with Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.  It’s a beautiful film that helps to facilitate the healing power of grief.  I highly recommend seeing it, especially if you need a good cleansing cry.

While on the cruise, I had an opportunity to talk about the way in which grief connects us to our deepest self.  When we are brave enough to feel the pain of loss, we open ourselves up to so much more – softness, the kindness of others, power that comes from anger, or a deeper, more exquisite love.

We can gently encourage the process of grief by seeing a sad movie, talking with a friend who listens without commentary, or by reading the words of writers who have captured their own healing journey of loss and reclamation of self. 

On the cruise, I opened my keynote presentation with a poem from my friend, Nancy Levin, who has just published a book of poetry about the end of her marriage and the beginning of a new life.  Her poems provoked much conversation on the cruise among people who were experiencing shifts in their relationships, and I thought I’d share one of them with you this week. 

The book is called: Writing for My Life…Reclaiming the Lost Pieces of Me, and it’s a beautiful catalyst for healing.  Stop for a moment, take a slow, deep breath, and let the words flow through you…

on the threshold of something new

this is the summer

of heart ache and

goodbye

i wake and lay in bed

remembering all the things

that will never happen

all the places we will not go

all the things we will not do

the taste in my mouth

is of a marriage crashing

healing the past

inside the present

remains and relics

embedded and intact

a return and forward

an arrival

left alone in the dark

we each must discover

our own light

the hope is killing me

fear of being abandoned

for any sort of weakness

or not knowing

what do you think you’ve done

with all your feeling all this time

this gets you in trouble

interfering with decisions

already in progress

it’s the fear that makes you question

not the faith

constantly recreating

the wounds of childhood

until they heal

seemingly stranded in the liminal

this time between no longer and not yet

no longer married and

not yet divorced

on the threshold of something new

i made a promise that i cannot keep

it will shock you how much it never happened

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Whether grief feels right to you or not, use this week’s newsletter as a reminder to give yourself the time and space you need to feel your life.  It’s feeling that gives life depth, meaning, and rightful weight. 

This week’s video is another moving experience from Ashes and Snow – sure to make you feel .  You’ll find it here.