Set In Motion

I really do enjoy writing, but there is no question that it is an acquired taste! The time and space to express myself in the written form takes a "backseat" to talking, acting, directing, mentoring, parenting and all of the other amazing and rich creative acts I have been engaged to the last several weeks! I worked on a wonderful theatre project at Foothill Music Theatre that opened on the 19th of February! The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is up and running and I had a great time working as the Associate Director on this project...my 19th year with the company! I also am on the Board of Directors and a mentor for an amazing organization called Girls Lead Now and the annual event was on February 20th (it was a BIG weekend). The event was amazing and I am awed by the grace, poise and talents of this exceptional group of women-young and younger! I am enjoying a few weeks of repose, as much as I ever repose, before auditioning for The Crucible at Foothill College and immersing myself in High School Musicals throughout the Bay Area as an adjudicator for a new program called Top Honors sponsored by San Jose Stage Company and their educational outreach. I will attend four high school musicals in the next six weeks and submit evaluations of the productions. There are 16 plus adjudicators and there will be an awards night in June for all the participating high schools! There are more exciting events, but I will save that for another time...suffice it to say, there is no end to the number of experiences and activities moving through my life!

I choose Set In Motion for the topic of this blog for several reasons. Two years ago, when I realized we were in a deep financial crisis and I was searching, (it more felt like floundering at the time), to find work, I started as a personal assistance and the name Set In Motion came to me as the perfect image for what was happening. The personal assisting quickly morphed into a intuitive coaching practice and I completed a two year masters certification in intuitive medicine and was certified as a life coach with Martha Beck's amazing organization! As 2010 has unfolded, I am still being "set in motion" each and every day. When I first started the "personal assistance" business...the tag line for Set In Motion was "Isn't It About Time?" Looking back, this was really an encoded message to myself...isn't it about time to live fully, joyfully, and with trust in the unknown. Today, I have a transformational life coaching practice blending intuitive exercises, energy techniques and coaching tools. The slogan morphed from "Isn't It About Time?" to Set In Motion...where peace, passion and possibility play! And indeed, I find that peace, passion and possibilities abound in life!

I am seeing my coaching practice grow with new clients starting every week and I am awed by the beauty of each and every one of them...I am inspired in this new work and it has led to renewed creativity and joy in other aspects of my life. In this current "hiatus," (for at least this week!) I have been having fun cooking with my son Maxwell. We are using a Rachel Ray cookbook and have been making some new and delicious recipes. Last week it was marinated flank steak, BLT smashed potatoes (that is bacon, leeks and tomatoes) they were YUMMY and a lemon broccolini! Tonight it was AWESOME sauteed chicken breasts in leeks and white wine and the most delicious herb rice with fresh thyme, parsley, white wine and lemon zest! Needless to say, there is not a morsel left! Actually, preparing the meal tonight inspired me to blog...I felt like Julie and Julia and I inspired to write and share all of the riches...

There are challenges too at present, but the rich possibilities of life and the "fresh ingredients" from which I can draw upon for "life's recipes" keep me from falling to far ahead...just this moment, just these fingers moving across the keys, just these words expressing themselves!

So I invite the creative process to express itself tonight, tomorrow, all the tomorrow's in whatever form it takes. What wants to be "set in motion?"

Namaste...oh, and I'll be back!