factors influencing change

June 2020

Cultivating Self-Leadership as a New Graduate

By |2021-01-28T16:06:42-05:00June 24th, 2020|Conscious Leadership, Corporate, Education, Community and Leadership, Guest Blogggers & Interviews, Living Your Passion|

The graduating class of 2020 has essentially been thrust into the daunting world of adulthood. With the comfort and security of student life gone, new graduates must learn to navigate an uncertain job market without any sense of closure for the end of the life they once knew. Despite the many uncertainties ahead, it is important for new graduates to maintain a positive outlook and not to lose sight of what they have to offer the world. Graduates can use this time of large-scale social change to tap into their potential, discover new interests, and explore their passions. 

February 2015

Loss and Renewal

By |2021-02-01T17:12:50-05:00February 2nd, 2015|Crisis, Loss and Renewal, Personal Growth|

“My heart is drenched in wine, you will be on my mind forever” Norah Jones Loss. It is all-consuming. We see it all around us. The media is filled with its images and the Haiti earthquake is a painful reminder to us all that loss can strike at any moment. When loss hits close to home, it cuts deep, leaving us with a sense that it will be with us forever. But the point is that we are not meant to escape from its heartbreaking grip. We are meant to work through our pain and loss, because it is through loss that the most incredible opportunities for growth and renewal occur. […]

October 2013

Go Beyond the Path

By |2021-02-01T17:15:00-05:00October 2nd, 2013|Connecting To Nature, Inspired Messages, Mind, Body & Spirit, Personal Growth, Shifting Perspectives|

We walk along the path that our forefathers have laid for us, rarely questioning where it goes and whether or not it is the right path for us. But, other animals venture deeper into the woods to explore and discover things that they can't reach from the path.

April 2011

Awakening Festival Commemorates 20th Anniversary of Historic Pesticide Ban

By |2017-07-13T17:43:56-04:00April 20th, 2011|Events and Programs|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Designing Transformation is proud to announce it will be hosting the first international Awakening Festival, in Hudson, Quebec, on June 18, 2011. This first-of-its-kind event, with speakers from across the United States and Canada, will focus on holistic human and planetary health, with a special emphasis on ways to make positive impacts in local communities. […]

March 2011

March 11, 2011 – The Beginning of the Apocalypse or the Greatest Revolution of Consciousness?

By |2017-07-13T17:43:57-04:00March 11th, 2011|Shifting Perspectives|

An 8.9-magnitude quake hit today, the strongest ever recorded in Japan. Is this an isolated event or the tip of the iceberg, a prelude of sorts for upcoming events on our planet? According to many astrologists, psychics, ancient prophecies and even scientists, this is the first of many major catastrophic events about to impact earth.

February 2011

Strengthening the Human Heart through Healing Hands

By |2017-07-13T17:43:57-04:00February 7th, 2011|Education, Community and Leadership|

They walk among us. Through their loving work, they help to heal the world. Jean Houston calls them “Social Artists”, referring to those who bring focus, passion, skill, tireless dedication and fresh vision to the social arena. Christian Gagne is a social artist, but he is better known in his own circles as a medical doctor. I am privileged to call him a friend. I personally witnessed the compassion and kindness that he infuses into his practice when he sat next to me, providing comfort as my husband (and his friend) passed away. I watched his healing hands gently touch my husband and tend to his comfort in his remaining hours of life. Those same hands have healed thousands and have welcomed countless newborns into the world. It seemed appropriate to me that he would volunteer to work with an organization called, Team Canada Healing Hands (tchh.org). […]

Watching Groundhog Day, Again

By |2017-07-13T17:43:57-04:00February 1st, 2011|Crisis, Loss and Renewal, Love Will Keep Us Alive|

Watching the movie Groundhog Day again, I was surprised to realize it was filled with metaphors about life, love and conscious evolution. The motivation and reward for the main character's conscious awakening was love. Often romantic love, parental or other love bonds can help propel the soul to evolve. I experienced this in my own life with my husband, Bob, who died over a year ago.

January 2011

Emergency or Emergence – You decide

By |2017-07-13T17:43:58-04:00January 14th, 2011|Mind, Body & Spirit, Shifting Perspectives|

We are living in a time of great change and awakening in the western world. We have had incredible advances in technology, medicine and in our fundamental thinking. We have become more tolerant, enlightened and financially secure. Yet we are far more stressed and uncertain of our future than past generations. We fear financial ruin and loss even though we are surrounded by abundance. We seek out negative news to support the view of the reality that we have created for ourselves.

December 2010

Helping Small Business Go Green

By |2017-07-13T17:43:58-04:00December 8th, 2010|Career and Business, Connecting To Nature|

Most small and medium-sized business owners indicate an interest in improving their environmental practices but many do not have the knowledge or resources to begin the process. While there might be a will to become a better steward of the environment, there is a common misperception that it takes substantial green to become green. In fact, businesses can significantly save money by reducing their energy consumption.

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