Life isn’t always easy, is it? We get tripped up, tired out, over-committed, afraid.
That’s when we need to pull our communities and our stories around us like a warm blanket and let them draw out of us the strength and power that we all have, deep inside.
A great new e-course
Which is why I’m delighted to be a contributor to a new six-week e-course that Rachelle Mee-Chapman is launching at Magpie Girl on 13th September. It’s called Power Stories: tips and tales for standing in your own power. Here’s the first part of Rachelle’s description of her course:
“Standing in your own power” is a phrase I use to describe a certain way of be-ing that involves listening to your intuition and following your gut. Too often, these things are programmed out of us by social norms and well-meaning institutions.
This course is designed to help you tap into your intuitive source of guidance; and to shut down noisy interlopers. As a result you will move through life from a place of powerful internal authority.
Learning to STAND results in:
- a strong sense of direction about personal relationships
- confident, “right fit” work decisions
- the strength to live into your own spiritual or religious beliefs
- a life that feels stable and energized – not timid and depleted.
Sounds just right, doesn’t it?
Now in the interests of full disclosure, I must tell you that if you book a space on Power Stories using the link in my sidebar to the right, I get a financial reward. But I would not recommend anything to you unless I believed in it, and I’ll be joining in the first Power Stories course myself.
You can read more about the course and the contributors at Magpie Girl: just click here.
Interview with Magpie Girl
Rachelle
Here’s an interview with Rachelle about her course. And keep reading to get to an exciting offer at the end of this post.
- What inspired you to develop and offer your readers this course? My post *8Things I know about Standing in Your Own Power really resonated with Magpie Girl readers, and people emailed me asking for more information and advice. I’m always excited by topics that emerge organically from the community. So I created more material around the topic, since it was such a felt need. Many women struggle with standing in the truth of who they are. Institutions, male influence, cultural images of “ideal” women – all these can push us around. Yet my young daughters, ages 10 and 12, intuitively stand in their own power. This tells me we aren’t meant to shrink and hide ourselves. I believe we can recover the ability to be powerful.
- How did you decide what other voices to bring into the class and what do you think the diversity of voices brings to the course? Because learning to stand in my own power is a growing-edge for me, I wanted to recruit partners in the process. I thought of women who just hum with power, confidence, and kindness; and invited them to participate in the course. The lessons I received back from them were incredible! Having so many voices in our teaching pool helps us learn from a wide range of life experience – gay/straight/bi, married/divorced/single; child-free/mothers, 30/40/50 – there are so many perspectives amongst the contributors; it’s bound to meet the needs of far more people than my voice alone could impact.
- Do you have a favorite aspect of the Power Stories? I’m really pleased that it has collection of learning tools – essays, podcasts, videos, and worksheets. That variety makes it very textured and accessible. And I love how communal it is – both that the idea for the course emerged out of the Magpie Girl community, and that it is led by a collection of amazing teachers. Plus I get a kick out of some of the downloadable treats my design partner is cooking up!
- How does Power Stories tie into the other work you do on Magpie Girl, and Flock ? At Magpie Girl I provide care for creative souls. At Flock we are building an online soultribe for spiritual misfits. Power Stories offers a skill-set that both communities need. Magpies need to stand in their own power to develop their artistic voice and to make room for creative pursuits. Flock members need a deep-rooted stance to support them as they re-define faith and spiritual practice in their own powerful terms.
- How will the course fit into busy lives? You can read each lesson in Power Stories (or do each worksheet) as they arrive in your email box every couple of days. Or you can save them up and give yourself a bunch soulcare goodness on a self-styled weekend retreat. It’s up to you. Plus, I’m sort of a lackadaisical minimalist. I like a nice turn of phrase, but I don’t want to read filler. So each piece of material is honed to be beautifully to the point.
An offer you can’t refuse
Rachelle’s course will normally cost $100 (£65) for the six weeks, which seems like a pretty good deal to me, given all that’s included. And I’m really excited to say that I have two spaces on the course to give away for free. Nada. Nothing. If you want to be one of two lucky readers to get this six-week shot of strength and wisdom for absolutely nothing, leave a comment on this post or email me and I’ll pick names out of the hat next Sunday, 5th August.
Elsewhere:
While we’re talking about strength, you might want to take a look at a post called What Do You Want to Look Like. Not what I normally talk about here, but I love clothes. Although I think slavish fashion victims are pathetic, it’s easy to underestimate what our appearance says about us. Don’t compromise. Look the way you want to look.
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