Author: Glenda Lane

This month I am focusing on bringing fun into each day with my 30 Days of Fun Challenge and posting the shenanigans on Facebook. It was a suggestion by my coach, Kiva Leatherman. Why?, you may ask. Well, first of all, when you are enjoying yourself, you are raising your vibration. So the higher vibration you are putting out into the world, the more that what returns to you is a match. High vibration out attracts high vibration in.

The main reason though, is because this girl has been unconsciously committed to working hard throughout her life. It is a belief I have carried from childhood that I have to work hard to be worthy of receiving good stuff. Hence, I became a serial achiever, an achievement junkie. And, I know I am not alone.

Now I am at a place in my life where I am aware of that commitment to working hard. It is no longer unconscious and I am not willing to hold on to that commitment anymore. This doesn’t mean I just goof around and sit on my ass all day. I am still going to work. What is different now is how I work and how I feel when I work. My new commitment is to working with more fun and flow instead of it being hard and full of resistance.

So my perspective and commitment have changed AND my deeply ingrained patterns of working hard are still present. These puppies are going to take a little more consciousness to shift. It is such a default pattern of mine to get into the grind and force my way through things. So how do I shift this? Bring in the fun factor!!!!

My two words for this year are fun and flow. I want to experience more fun and flow in my life. I have been working hard a very long time so it is time for something different. My perspective is now on board. I no longer believe that life has to be hard and full of struggle. I believe that we are here to thrive, that abundance is our inherent nature, not the lack energy that I have been stuck in. And it will require some focus to bring that fun and ease into my life, hence the 30 day challenge.

This is not about waiting for fun to show up in your life. That’s how we tend to live life as humans. We react to our circumstances. You may be looking at your life and thinking “things are pretty sucky right now so there is no way I can have fun”. I totally get it AND this is about shifting from reaction to creation. Believe me, it feels SOOOO much better when I am in creation instead of reaction and what show up in my life is exponentially better!

I am starting every day with the question “How can I infuse more fun into my day today?” Not only is it about doing activities that I enjoy and that light me up but it is also about infusing fun into the mundane things too. How can I have more fun making meals? How can I have more fun cleaning my office? How can I have more fun in the morning getting my kids ready for school instead of the battles and frayed nerves? (All you parents out there KNOW what I am taking about!) Is it putting on great music and busting out the moves? Is it making a game of cleaning up? Is it doing some laughter yoga?

During work time, what can I create in my business that I am stoked about and serves others? And if it starts to feel like hard work, I get up and move. I do something that gets me feeling great again. I sit with the question “how can I make this easier?” and  then get back into the flow of work with fresh eyes and higher energy.

And, it’s not just about feeling and acting differently. It isn’t about changing things on the outside only. That isn’t very sustainable. What creates lasting change is shifting your inner world. It’s looking at what is in alignment with fun and what is not, inside of you. It is clearing and shifting deep seated beliefs and thoughts living in your subconscious mind that are in the way of you having fun. Your outer world is a direct reflection of your inner world so if you want to experience more fun in your life, shift internally AND take inspired actions externally.

This applies to anything. Just replace the word “fun” with what you want to experience – peace, joy, love, support, acceptance. What in your internal world is in the way of you experiencing what you want to feel? It can be as easy as deciding that you are done with hard work and want more fun instead, like me. It starts with the decision to commit to something different for yourself. Start making the changes you want in your life and as roadblocks (resistances) show up, inquire internally what needs to shift in order to get back into flow. There are very simple energy tools that make such a tremendous difference in how you feel. I am a testament to that. And anyone can learn them.

Are you desiring more ease, peace, love, joy, confidence, etc. in your life? I invite you to take your own 30 day challenge and consciously start infusing these qualities into your day. And if you would love to experience the energy tools that can shift your inner world quickly and easily, stay tuned because I have such a fun and yummy creation being offered soon.

Let me know what you would like to experience more of in your life and let’s do this shift together! Start your 30 Days of _____ Challenge today!

Until next time,

Much love,

Glenda

 

 

You’ve heard me talk a lot about meditation and energy work. They are a big part of my life now and I can’t imagine not using them on a daily basis. Today, I want to talk a little about my journey to meditating/energy work to demonstrate how important it can be and that anyone can do it.

I have been a physical therapist for the past 24 years. So I guess you can say that the human body has been a focus of mine for almost a quarter century. I began my career as a very tunnel visioned, black and white, show me the scientific proof kind of therapist. Energy work wasn’t even on my radar. It was too woo woo for me.

Then came my foray into the world of acupuncture. I was at a point where I had taken a ton of post graduate courses and exams specializing in orthopaedics and sports physio. Learning about acupuncture and Eastern Medicine was a breath of fresh air. It was so different and I loved learning about it. This was my first exposure to energy work of any description and I gobbled it up.

My patients would comment on the sensations they would feel in their bodies during an acupuncture treatment. I was a little skeptical about what they were saying as I didn’t feel what they described when I had needles in my body.

In fact, when people would ask me what I feel in my body during any kind of treatment, I would say, “what are you talking about? What do you mean, what do I feel in my body?” I was so up in my head and disconnected from my body, that I had no awareness of how my body felt.

I had spent years experiencing pain in my back from a disc injury and neck pain as well. My method of coping with pain was to ignore it, push it aside and medicate when I couldn’t ignore it any more, so I could push through it. I didn’t want to feel the pain and I didn’t want it to hold me back in any way so I cut myself off from acknowledging it by staying up in my head and disconnecting from my body. Hence the total unawareness of different sensations in my body. And when we cut ourselves off from feeling the “bad” sensations such as pain, we also cut ourselves off from feeling the “good” sensations such as pleasure. We then exist in this state of neutrality – not too bad and not too good.

So I knew that acupuncture worked from seeing the results in my patients and that they reported feeling energy in their bodies. I was warming up to this “energy” stuff since it seemed to make a difference. But I still couldn’t feel much.

Then one day, my world changed in a blink of an eye, when I received a phone call from my parents. Mom had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had metastasized to her liver. It was terminal as it had already spread in her body. I booked the next flight home and so began almost three months of caring for and watching my mom transition from this world. I am so blessed to have had that time with her.

During the time following my mom’s passing, I began looking at my priorities and looking at how I was living my life. I felt like something was missing and I was drawn to different energy courses. Took my level 1 Reiki and spent 2 years working with an intuitive, learning how to do “psychic” readings. My intention at that time was not to become an intuitive. It was simply to learn more about myself, grow personally and evolve spiritually. It was a whole new world for me and I loved it! Having not had a religious upbringing of any kind, I really didn’t have a particular faith. I still don’t have a religious faith per say but now believe in a Higher Power and I am not attached to any label put on it.

Took so many workshops and courses on personal development and evolution of my soul. I now see them as all connecting threads leading to where I am now. The tunnelled visioned, science minded girl who was cut off from her body morphed into a girl that is connected with her body and open to the possibilities that are available to her. In fact, I now believe from observing myself and my patients over the years that our bodies are giving us messages all the time. Pain is just one way our Soul is trying to communicate with us, as are other sensations. We just need to be aware of the signals and listen to what they are telling us. By the way, science totally supports energy and energy work and that it is real. But that is for another day…

What has changed my world the most is taking energy school 4 years ago where I learned how to “see” energy in people and see their blocks and then use energy tools to shift and move through the blocks. I use the tools every day in my life and it has taken me from being a victim and reacting to life to a powerful creator that takes responsibility for my life. It is SUCH a different feeling, let me tell ya! And it is SO MUCH better! I had no idea that my journey would land me here as an intuitive energy coach! Not something I could have wrapped my head around even 10 years ago. Gotta love how fascinating this life journey is!

So I completely get it if you are skeptical about energy work and think it is “woo woo”. I was you! I have been there. And it is possible to move from dismissal to skepticism to curiosity to acceptance to embracement. All it requires is just being open to learning something new. That’s all:)

I wish everyone knew these tools! In fact, stay tuned because I am jumping off my seat excited about a course I am developing to get this work out into the world. Absolutely everyone can learn and use these energy tools. You don’t need to be “gifted” in order to interact with energy. We all have the ability. You just need to be shown the way. And you will learn so much about yourself. Self-awareness is so empowering and it is the key to creating the life you want.

The course will be ready really soon so stay tuned and I will keep you posted!

Until next time,

Much love,

Glenda

Happy 2016! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready for the newness and possibility that 2016 brings.

But before we look forward to our desires for the upcoming year, I invite you to pause for a bit. If you are anything like me, I get excited about starting new projects, having new adventures and want to move ahead at full throttle toward my desires. It’s not a bad thing. It’s great to want to put your energy into moving forward. It is how we create our lives. AND before we do that, we want to make sure that our full energy is present to invest in creating our desires. The results will be way better if you can put all of your energy into moving forwards.

Here’s the kicker. We may think we have all our energy being used to move forward but often it isn’t. The tendency at the beginning of the new year is to forget about the past year and focus on what’s next, especially if 2015 wasn’t as peachy as we would have liked. It is super important to finish old cycles energetically before beginning new cycles or else you will still have energy attached to the old past which can drag you down, like a ball and chain. We also miss out on a lot of good stuff, the learning gems, the bits of wisdom we gained as we moved through the tough times. I feel like we don’t celebrate our wins and achievements fully so this is also an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate what was great about 2015.

So how do we finish old cycles? At the end of the year, I like to look back on my year, month by month, and recap what was going on for me at the time. What was happening in my relationships? How was I feeling about my health and well being? How was work going? Did I do any travel? What fun experiences did I have? What breakthroughs did I have? Was I feeling any heartache? Did shit hit the fan?

To be clear, you don’t have to relive the experiences and feel all the emotions you felt at the time. That could be torturous if it was a tough year. You can look at the events and experiences from a place of neutrality, observing them as if you were a 3rd party to them. And when you look at them, take what was good and leave the rest. Take what you learned about yourself and leave the story. Let the story go. It doesn’t serve you any more. The learnings and wisdom you gained do. They help you grow and become a better version of yourself. And take the celebrations and wins with you. You deserved them so give them the credit they are due.

One of the ways we leave relationship cycles open is by holding grudges, blaming and not forgiving. We give part of our energy to those people we haven’t forgiven and by doing so, we feel powerless to change the relationship. By blaming someone or holding a grudge, it means that nothing can change unless that person changes, which we have no control over. All we have control over is ourselves, so by letting the blame go, we take our power back where we can do something with it. It doesn’t mean you have to agree with the person or condone their behaviour. It just means that you get to have all your energy back in you and you let go of the attachment to them. It is a form of freedom for all parties involved.

The relationship I see most of us judging, blaming and not forgiving is the relationship with ourselves. Honestly, letting that shit go is so amazingly freeing! Letting ourselves off the hook for past beliefs and behaviours is one of the greatest forms of self-love I know. So as we move into 2016, set yourself free and forgive yourself for everything. You are human after all and let’s face it, humans fuck up.

Once you have released your attachments to the past year, then you can look ahead to 2016. I am not big on setting New Year’s resolutions as I mentioned in last year’s January blog (click here to read). I prefer to get clear about how I want my days to go and how I want to feel. I picked three words as my theme for last year. This year, two words came to me – fun and flow. I would love for 2016 to be full of fun and flow for me. These are the words I will use to help me make decisions. Does doing this project add fun and flow to my life? Does going to this event add fun and flow to my life? Does saying “yes” to this commitment add fun and flow to my life? Get my drift? So it’s not just picking some words and forgetting them. It is infusing them into your daily life that will make the difference.

So my friends, I invite you to close your cycles from 2015 by taking some time to reflect on your year. Bring all of your energy into this new year. And how do you want to feel and what do you want to experience in 2016? Pick your words and start living them! If you feel moved to share them, email me at laneglenda@gmail.com. I would love to hear them? I have this feeling that 2016 is going to be an amazing year!!!!!

Much love,

Glenda

This week’s vlog is “medicine” received during an energy session I had with one of my Soul Sistas. She was “spiritually bypassing” as there was a disconnect between her logical mind and what she was experiencing in her body. It is such an easy trap to fall into as we up level our consciousness. Find out what to do instead…

 

This week’s blog is addressing what is up for me at the moment. I am in the final week of a 9 month journey called Magik School where I have dived deep into my myself being held and guided by a group of amazing Sisters to clear what is not me and is not mine to hold onto. The emotions I am feeling are all over the map and I am allowing myself to feel each one of them. This is not easy for me as I realize how I have shielded myself from fully feeling for many years.

So this week’s video is about endings and beginnings and the in between.

Much love,

Glenda

 

 

This week I’ve been feeling anxious, wired and out of sorts. I have a ton of tension in my neck and back and had a wicked headache to start the week off. I checked in with myself to see what is going on in me that could be causing this.
The answer is change. I am doing a whole foods cleanse starting this week so my body is wondering what the heck is going on. I’m also taking the next steps in my expanding my coaching business. It’s the unknown, the unfamiliar and my system is responding in a way to “keep me safe”.
So I have two choices. I could suffer through feeling awful and keep pushing through to get things done OR I can move forward it a way that feels good to me. Hmmm…. let me see. I think I choose option number 2.

Watch here to see how I do it.

So very excited (and nervous) to be sharing my first video blog (vlog) with you today! In the video I talk about some things you can do to get you out of your “stuckness”.

You can watch the video here .

On the video, I mention my weekend away in Canmore. What I didn’t say is that 5 of us won a helicopter ride at a silent auction at the Terry Fox Foundation fundraiser Saturday night. We did it Sunday morning. What a blast! Talk about raising your vibration!

Until next time,

Much Love,

Glenda

Hello Beautiful Souls,

As you may or may not have noticed, I have been absent from my blog for the past 8 months. This has been a conscious absence as I felt the pull to go inward for a while instead of all my energy going out.

I was feeling pretty blah, ho hum and very uninspired. I guess I was in a bit of a funk. Instead of staying in that space, I decided to listen to my inner voice that was calling me within. And no, it was not a pretty transition. It was a constant battle between going willingly and kicking and screaming until I said “ENOUGH” and made the full commitment to myself.

It has been a journey of deep listening, being with all of myself (the “good” and the “bad”), shifting, letting go, fighting for control, crying my eyes out, loving deeply and everything in between. Has it been worth it? Um… Hell Yes!!!!!!

My intention for my journey inward was being more fully in me, connected to my Soul’s Essence and to gain clarity about what I want and why I am here on this planet. I can honestly say that has happened for me AND there is more uncovering and discovery available. There always is.

I now feel lit up, at peace, vulnerable, strong, grounded and expanded. I have so much to share with you over the coming weeks so stay tuned. I may even venture into video land! I am squirming a little as I write that but also know it is part of my path forward.

I have heard from so many people that you have to be regular and consistent with your blog posts, posting every week or two on the same day at the same time so people can expect when to receive them. But it feels too restrictive to me at the moment so I am going to post when I feel moved to, when I have something to say from my heart and soul rather than when my calendar says I am supposed to. I have been a rule follower most of my life so it feels freeing to me to listen to my own voice and feel into when the right time is.

So I am going to give that a whirl and invite you to join me on the voyage of discovering, uncovering, unravelling and letting go of what is not truth and stepping into what is. Does it take courage? Yep, most worthwhile experiences do. Just be open and available for grace and ease and Truth showing up in you. It is already there. Now it’s up to you to claim it. I promise, you won’t regret it.

Until next time, much love,

Glenda

Happy New Year to you! I can’t believe we are in January already. The holiday season flew by. So now we are at the beginning of a new cycle with the start of 2015. This is the time of year when people set new resolutions for themselves of what they would like to create for the year. I used to partake in this practice of goal setting but have shifted my rituals for the new year.

Do you know that less than 10% of people actually achieve their resolutions? It really is quite a low statistic. My take on why resolutions don’t work for most people is because they are set at the level of the mind and are attempted by using will power. The mind and will power are very useful tools but can only take us so far on their own. What underlies our actions and steers the ship so to speak, are energetic patterns that we have taken on throughout our lifetime. Most of us are unaware of them. These energetic patterns are our thoughts and beliefs and fears and emotions etc. Another way to look at this is that our conscious mind, the mind we are aware of, is only responsible for 4% of our results in life. Our subconscious minds are responsible for 96% of our reality. Our thoughts, beliefs, unconscious commitments, fears, emotions live in our subconscious mind and run the show. So if I set a goal of losing 10 lbs but I have subconscious beliefs that it will be too hard or I’m not worth it or I tend to be an emotional eater, chances are I won’t accomplish my goal.

As a collective society, we also tend to live lives of reaction instead of creation. We react to our external environment and get ricocheted around by events and circumstances instead of creating our lives consciously by shifting energy patterns within us. How many of you use your energy to just get through the day or the week? Does that sound familiar? It is survival energy we are running on and many of us are tired and wired. What about using your energy to create a life that feels amazing to you and supports your wellbeing? Does that sound good to you? It is what I want and what I will be working on creating for myself this year.

So how will I do that? I have chosen three words to focus my energy on and will serve as my mantra (my reminders when I am freaking out!). These words are more about the energy I want to be in instead of goals I want to achieve. They are surrender, open and receive. I truly believe these are keys to my ultimate happiness instead of setting resolutions and goals. With anything I want to accomplish or experience, I know that surrendering, opening and receiving are the way to creating it. Any time I am feeling discomfort either emotionally or physically, my intention is to acknowledge the thoughts/emotions that are causing the discomfort and then let them go instead of clinging to them. I do this by opening and relaxing into them instead of closing, resisting and stressing about them. Just being present with them often allows them to move on. Then in this energy of openness, I can allow myself to receive what I need most in that moment. I have been playing with this over the past 3 weeks and have noticed a big change in myself and in my environment. Remaining calm and open in the face of discomfort has allowed me to move forward in a way that helps me the most instead of reacting. I am able to choose and create how I want to feel instead and take the steps towards my desires. I feel much more responsible for my life instead of being a victim of circumstances. It is very empowering and energy giving instead of depleting.

What are your 3 words for 2015? Or maybe it is one word. Whatever resonates with you most, go with it. My invitation to you, should you choose to accept it, is to take some quiet time and see what words come to you as you put your attention on the coming year. You will know they are the right ones because you will feel an “Ah Yes” when they appear. Then, when you are feeling off kilter or things aren’t going the way you want, ask how you can bring the energy of your words into your space. If you aren’t sure how to go about this and would like some guidance in shifting energetic patterns and creating your life instead of reacting, reach out to me and I would be happy to help you through the bumps that are getting in the way. Have fun coming up with your words!

Until next time, much love,

Glenda

Yesterday was my 45th birthday. I spent my birthday weekend in Canmore with my husband. It was only the second time we had a get away together without our children since they were born. The first time was two years ago. Waaaayyyyy too long ago! This weekend was an opportunity to relax, recharge, have fun and connect with my husband. It was also a chance for me to have some quiet reflection time where I went inward in meditation to connect with myself. I am going to share with you what I realized and how I felt during this time. Here we go!

The main realization that I had was how I want to feel and live right now. I realized how much I look into the future instead of being really present right now. I have always felt like I would be and do something really big in this world. I am not clear on what that looks like but I do know it has to do with helping others in a big way. As I have mentioned before, the energy of striving and achieving that I have lived with for the first part of my life has been the result of not feeling good enough and trying to remedy that feeling by achieving. But I also think that the striving energy has something to do with this feeling of being/contributing on a big scale as well. No matter how full or busy my life is, I tend to be searching for what more can I do. How else can I serve people? You may be reading this and saying “Why is that a bad thing? And why is she complaining about it?” It isn’t a bad thing as I really feel we are all here to love and serve one another by sharing our unique gifts. It becomes a bad thing when it comes at a cost to myself; the cost of my wellbeing.

I currently work two days per week as a part-time physical therapist and I take a maximum of 4 clients per week as a transformational energy coach. I also have two small children who are not in full time school yet. Some of you may think I have a lot on my plate and some of you who work full time and have children may think it must be a piece of cake. It doesn’t really matter what view point you or I may have. What matters is what my body, my nervous system and my well being think about it. Currently, it doesn’t take a lot to trigger a stress response in my body. I will feel it and be surprised because there doesn’t appear to be a valid reason for it. Once again, that doesn’t matter. What matters is that I listen to what my body is telling me. My body is telling me to slow down. During meditation, my essence is pleading for me to spend more time going inward instead of giving out so much. Now my mind is on board and I realize with every fibre of my being that I need to look after myself more and shift the energy I am living with. Instead of a striving, pushing energy, it is time for me to live with more ease and grace. It is time for me to spend more of my time in going inward and receiving or contemplating instead of planning for the future. It is time for me to slow down and really enjoy what is here now in my life instead of looking for what is to come.

My body has been giving me this message for a long time now. My hormones are off kilter. I have a spleen qi deficiency and have done for decades now. This results in numerous symptoms but primarily shows up in digestion, hormones and muscles of the body. I have issues with all of those systems. The spleen is also affected by worry and anxiety and its qi is detrimentally affected by processed sugars, raw fruits and vegetables and in my case, also dairy and gluten. So it is time that I decrease my stress levels, eat a diet that heals my spleen qi deficiency, get 8 hours of sleep per night, exercise in a way that feels good in my body and go inward to replenish instead of giving out so much. This may sound selfish but it really is time I put my wellbeing first on the list instead of half way down. This is actually not easy for me to do. When you are used to living with a certain energy running the show, like any habit, it is not that easy to shift. Since I have made the decision to commit to my health, I still have the thoughts that I should be doing more and helping more but I am listening to my inner voice instead that is coaxing me towards doing less and just being more. I know that me putting my focus on healing and connecting with my essence on a daily basis will actually help people more than me doing more. I will be more real, more authentic, have more energy and thus be more for the people in my life as a result of me aligning with my truth. Time to practice what I preach at a really deep level. The time will come for me to be giving out again but I need to go inward first before I can truly give in the way that I want to.

So I am giving myself permission to slow down and pull back instead of forging ahead. In today’s society, it isn’t easy for people to do this. Having a to do list a mile long is like wearing a badge of honour. “Look at how busy I am. Look at how I can multi-task. That means I must mean something.” Our self worth is attached to our achievements and what we do instead of who we are being and how we are feeling. Even I catch myself thinking that I am just making excuses for myself, that I am procrastinating and that I am hiding out and playing small. They can be valid excuses but for me, at this time, they don’t ring true. They don’t resonate deeply in me. What resonates is that they are actually bull shit excuses for me not to look after myself!

My invitation to you, should you choose to accept it, is to check in with yourself and how you are feeling. Are you feeling stressed? Are you sleeping well? Are you saying yes to things you really don’t want to do? Are you listening to your body and your inner voice? Are you taking any time in your day to slow down? I will tell you this. Since making the commitment to slow down and look after myself, I have felt a weight lifted off my shoulders and a sense of freedom has replaced it. The reason I wrote this blog post today is because I know I am not alone in feeling this yearning for a slower pace, more ease and an even deeper connection with your essence. If you are feeling the same way, hopefully my share with you today will help you give yourself the permission to put your wellbeing first.

Much love and ease,

Glenda