Episode Eight
Theme(s): Achieving a More Balanced Work Life!
Related Links:
Other Episodes of this Podcast ~ Stop & Smell the Roses and Wake Up & Smell the Coffee:
https://roseblossomtlc.com/category/podcast/
Or on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/roseblossomtlc
Seg 1:
Episode 2: Stop & Smell the Roses / More what on Whole Brain Podcast means: https://roseblossomtlc.com/2023/07/17/podcast-episode-two/
The Spirit Cards Oracle Deck / Frog Spirit: Art and Text by John Moseley: https://www.thespiritcards.com/product-page/spirit-cards-oracle-deck OR on for Tarot/Oracle Card Readings check out the website: https://roseblossomtlc.com/product/tarot oracle-card-readings/
Rosie’s Ruminations: The Nature of Calling https://roseblossomtlc.com/2019/01/20/the nature-of-the-calling/
Laurie McClain’s Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Z_Zy5eqOmhM&list=OLAK5uy_klmWBQ4DD8pEnckGKaZ4hUKUXmZtIiBWE&index=1
Seg 2:
Inna Segal / The Secret Language of your Body / Propensity to becoming a Workaholic https://www.innasegal.com/
www.goodreads.com/book/show/77097332-masculine-wisdom Victor La Cuerva (Victor doesn’t have his own website).
Masculine Wisdom / Pathfinder Card (Journey_
Laurie McClain’s Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ULaNwR8ZXbI&list=OLAK5uy_klmWBQ4DD8pEnckGKaZ4hUKUXmZtIiBWE&index=4
Stop and Smell the Roses
10/23/23
Hello, thank you for joining me, Elizabeth Rose, your hostess of this Whole Brain Podcast designed to assist you in your daily creations.
Ok here we go, folks. Episode number eight, Stop and Smell the Roses, Segment One. Three Reminders: Whole-brain podcast: more about that in Episode two. Encourage, empower, stimulate through music Ending each segment.
MUGS for Sale: please look for link on my newsletter and website: RoseBlossomTLC.com under podcast, shop; new mugs for sale. Have the symbol of the coffee, the hearts, roses on it. Awesome. Come in 6 different colors. You get to choose. Colors on handle and inside mug. Very handsome and cute. We just love them! Co-producer, Molly, helped and inspired me. Plugging her.
Reading: Spirit Cards Oracle Deck by John Moseley. Frog Spirit. Cleansing, Transition, Change. Message is: Constant, Teaches one to let go, trust and to just not try to get through these times, but to actually embrace and grow, appreciate the experience. Raise your frequency. Change in perspective. Cleanse yourself physically and emotionally, purge toxins from your bodies through diet, herbal baths and plant remedies, but also honor the natural process of emotional catharsis. Shed tears. Release.
Transition! Embrace this stage. Know in your journey you will continue to land in the right place at the right time…when that time comes. Changes are unsettling and challenging. Stay focused. Take the leap. The next one will be revealed. Again, cleanse your body, mind and spirit of any toxic or negative energies, activities or people. Frog medicine adopts the spirit of adventure. Change is about adventure. Take one leap at a time. Rosie’s Rumination on my website RoseBlossomTLC.come: The Nature of Calling.
John O’Donohue Bless The Space Between Us ~ A Passage What work is really intended to be: a calling.
“The nature of the calling can change over time, taking a person down pathways never anticipated. The calling opens new territories within the heart; this in turn deepens the calling itself. The faces of the calling change; what at the beginning seemed simple and clear can become ambivalent and complex as it unfolds. To develop a heart that is generous and equal to this complexity is the continual challenge of growth. This is the creative tension that dwells at the heart of vocation. One is urged and coaxed beyond the pale regions into rich territories of risk and promise. It is devastating to feel trapped in a form of life where you feel utterly misplaced and all your effort is labored, everything you do is done against the grain. You take no joy or pleasure in what you do, and your heart is haunted by alternative lives you will never have. When you feel like this it can make for a resentful and bitter life – a life where you are neither seen nor understood for much of the time – and your gifts remain locked away, never to emerge. It is clearly time to change what you are doing, perhaps sacrifice the familiar in order to find your true calling. Such change can utterly transform your life. It is such a relief and joy to find the calling that expresses and incarnates your spirit. When you find that you are doing what you love, what you were brought here to do, it makes for a rich and contented life. You have come into rhythm with your longing. Your work and action emerge naturally; you don’t have to force yourself. Your energy is immediate. Your passion is clear and creative. A new calling can open the door into the house of vision and belonging. You feel at home in your life; heart and hearth are one.”
Feminine voices. Song by Laurie McClain. Have not forgotten about Laurie. She is a True Spirit, a Singer songwriter. Announced to her family at age six Pop music of late 60’s carried a heavy does of fold music. Laurie gravitated to that sound. Born August 1 in Los Angeles, California. Family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska where Laurie played for over a decade at local clubs before she began touring on the national folk circuit and playing house concerts, festivals and coffee houses. Laurie moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1997. Here’s the song from her album, Ascend. The song you’re going to hear Rosey Glasses – Love song. Change in perspective and attitude. Indian Summer – New Mexico. Hot during the day, yellow leaves on trees. Wonderful. Phenomenon. Taking a leap of faith. Whirlwind romance.
Lyrics to Rosey Glasses
I bought some rose colored glasses
at the Mission Thrift Shop
I was almost driving by
when something told me to stop
49 cents and the world
looks so much better
I’m always looking
for cheap treasure
Then I drove to your house
to see if your light was on
I even parked
and walked up to your door
I could hear you inside
singing my favorite song
but it didn’t sound
the way it did before
our whirlwind romance
never had a chance
lasted from autumn
to the very first snow
I hardly got a memory
to hurt about
just the pain
of fallen high hopes
I heard it in a song
that love is all you need
and I know in my soul
that’s the truth
and the best things
in life are free
and once I wished
I could have shared
those things with you
tomorrow when the sun shines
I’m gonna put my rosy glasses
the weatherman said
it’s gonna be 65
that’s Indian summer in November in Nebraska
I’m gonna breathe in deep
and go back in time
End Part I
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
10/23/23
Ok folks, here we go, Episode Eight, Segment two, Wake up and Smell the Coffee ~ Theme: Achieving a More Balanced Work Life. Gonna take it up a notch and challenge you.
Reminder about the Mugs for Sale. Links at my Website: RoseBlossomTLC.com and Latest Newsletter.
Get you thinking Think Twice. Inna Segal The Secret Language of Your Body. Propensity to be a Workaholic? Never still, always busy? Difficulty saying no? World end? Please everyone? Feeling torn in different directions? Carry the archetype of the slave? Often feel like the victim? Questions to ask yourself.
So, here’s a quote from Masculine Wisdom by Victor La Cerva, MD and the Pathfinder Card chosen for you. Inquire deeply about your work. Not about deciding on an occupation, but how to use your energy in a balanced way. Hunters and gatherers only worked 3 hours per day to meet basic needs. Many do not do the same work for a lifetime, but explore more than one career. Perhaps you have found the right path, but work too much. Is success at work worth failure at home? Does your work add to your suffering? Are you seeking, searching, questing for work that will make you content? Does work honor your strength and beauty or does it feel like relentless pressure and erosion of spirit? On a lifelong journey towards wholeness. You cannot, not evolve. Childhood innocence. Uphill pilgrimage. Curious ignorance and instincts. Do you acknowledge and heed to deep restlessness? Routine can be a killer of spirit. Create change or get on the open road? Research phase, collecting data, good decisions and enough head information. Now ask your heart what to do. Joys of adventure ~ freedom, excitement, discovery to cut through the confusion of your mind. Invitation to journey soon. Concept of pilgrimage is ancient’ a time of being an open mirror of emptiness. Difficulties may develop inner strength and the courage to create solutions. Physical pilgrimages provide opportunities for inner explorations. Journeys are not about denial or escaping. Getting out in the world, reconnects you with nature and the path of inner truth. A dwelling of your most cherished dreams and hopes. Journal? Ask yourself. What nurtures you and helps you grow? Schedule an adventure for yourself. Go someplace new. Even overnight. Take a trip.
We’re going to close with a Fun song by Laurie McClain from her Ascend album. Have more Fun, more joy. Invite some crazy ride. Some Forgotten Dare Enjoy.
Thanks for joining me, Elizabeth Rose. It is my hope that this whole brain podcast has assisted you in your new daily creations, and I hope it has wiped away any heavy sands which have fallen across your eyes and seduced you into a long, long sleep. Time to wake up now!
Lyrics
Laurie McClain Some Forgotten Dare
it seems you’ve lived a lifetime
in just a few short years
so much intensity
in your laughter and your tears
have you ever thought
about slowing down
taking a real good look around
letting things happen naturally
you are so much like me
it’s like we’re on some crazy
ride at a fair
flying around in circles
never going anywhere
feeling kind of sick
and a little bit scared
all for some forgotten dare
everything you want
is always a minute away
traveling the speed of sound
keeping consequence at bay
but there’s a sadness
inside of you
you’re trying hard to hide
you never stick around
long enough to let it show
it’s clear to me cause I know
well I’m getting too old
now I want to come down
what do you say we jump
the next time we’re near the ground
if we could make it off this midway
lose these barkers and these clowns
I think there’s something
better to be found