Right now I am getting ready to hop into my truck with my son and go on a roadtrip to Ft. Wayne Indiana. We are going because one of my loved ones is having a major surgery and she has a 3 month old baby, so she needs my help to take care of her home and child. This is really important to me, to be there for my friend, but it seems that everyone else in my world is upset with me for choosing to go help. My husband is upset because I won't be here with him, but he doesn't want to go and be the 'only male in a gaggle of geese.' My mother thinks my friend should just hire a nurse.
To me, this is what friends do. This is what makes us human and compassionate for one another, the ability to pull together with the people we love to get through tough times and make our lives work. It's a minor inconvenience for me and my husband, but it's what we do. I would really hope that someone else would do the same for me if I were in a situation like that.
I really struggle with understanding why my position on this is unsual. It really feels to me like the world would be a better place if people would go out of their way to help one another in times of need. Maybe it's naive of me, but I don't think it would be that hard. We don't have to go back to living in small villages to be able to help one another, we can put it into play right now by just changing the perception of it. I don't feel like I'm sacrificing! It's part of loving someone.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Press Release
For Immediate Release
June 15, 2013
For more information contact:
Trisha Townsend, hypnotherapist & Life Path Coach
8475 Hatt Road
Linden, MI 48451
810-893-2180
New Release – The Blah
to Bliss Activity and Coloring Book
Linden,
MI- On June 15, 2013, Waking Dreamers is proud
to announce the release of the Blah to Bliss Activity and Coloring Book by
Trisha A. Townsend. Waking Dreamers
offers services such as Inner Landscape Coaching, Reiki certification and
services, hypnotherapy and retreats in conjunction with YOLO YANO.
“Trisha's passion and empathy come to you through her
words. Heal yourself with this wise woman's play”said client Anna Pilon. The book offers sections of
inspirational guidance, activities and worksheets to put that guidance to work,
and some knotwork and mandala coloring pages.
It also offers downloads of hypnotherapy sessions for each section of
the workbook.
The book
can be purchased in ebook form through the Waking Dreamers website. It will also be offered through Amazon and
other retailers the beginning of 2014, and at various venues and events
throughout the year.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Inspired
Inspiration is everywhere. I see it when I look out the window and see the wind blowing through the leaves of a tree, or hear the birds singing. It's there when the cardinal lands and takes a bath in the puddle from the thunderstorm that just rolled through, the music of the storm lulling me with it's rumble. It's in the laughter of my son, and the feel of my little dogs fur against my feet as he lays under my desk and I write.
I write, and that is it's own inspiration. Just the act of putting words on the screen, the feel of my fingers dancing across the keyboard and knowing that they are creating scenes with that simple action. It's really amazing to me that such a small act can do such huge things. It can bring us pleasure, it can teach us about the past, or the future. It can even make us sad about things that happened around us, or hundreds of years ago. I love that feeling of knowing that so many people before me did exactly the same thing, and their words can be found even now.
When you have inspiration, it doesn't need to be applied to the writing - it's just there. You couldn't keep it from your words if you tried. Our writing is a part of us, and our inspirations make us who we are, so to ask if your inspiration guides your writing style is really not the question. The question, really, is...do you write? Because if you do, then you are inspired, and you can only be inspired by..well, by the things that you surround yourself with and that inspire you.
I feel that it boils down to just this - you write because you are a writer. Inspiration or not, writers find it within them to sit down and put words to paper. Inspiration or not noticing the inspiration can slow the process down, but if you are a writer, then eventually you will have to get out all those thoughts that crowd your head and fight for existence.
I write, and that is it's own inspiration. Just the act of putting words on the screen, the feel of my fingers dancing across the keyboard and knowing that they are creating scenes with that simple action. It's really amazing to me that such a small act can do such huge things. It can bring us pleasure, it can teach us about the past, or the future. It can even make us sad about things that happened around us, or hundreds of years ago. I love that feeling of knowing that so many people before me did exactly the same thing, and their words can be found even now.
When you have inspiration, it doesn't need to be applied to the writing - it's just there. You couldn't keep it from your words if you tried. Our writing is a part of us, and our inspirations make us who we are, so to ask if your inspiration guides your writing style is really not the question. The question, really, is...do you write? Because if you do, then you are inspired, and you can only be inspired by..well, by the things that you surround yourself with and that inspire you.
I feel that it boils down to just this - you write because you are a writer. Inspiration or not, writers find it within them to sit down and put words to paper. Inspiration or not noticing the inspiration can slow the process down, but if you are a writer, then eventually you will have to get out all those thoughts that crowd your head and fight for existence.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Coffee Cup
The lovely white ceramic coffee cup, half filled with creamer laden coffee, sat contentedly on the brown veneer of its owners desk. Now and again, it experienced the giddy sensation of being lifted, warm lips caressing its edge before it settled against the surface once more. If it could sigh, it would, warm and proudly displayed as it were.
But wait...what was this? A..neighbor? The clear plastic surface was deceiving somehow, distorting the vision of the clear water with lemon held within. Immediately the odd, rippling appearance led the handmade ceramic cup to be distrustful. Sure, on the surface it seemed that everything was out in the open, nothing in the way to conceal any tricks. But if you looked closer, it would make your eyes swim..if you had them. Who knew what was really there behind the illusion.
If coffee cups could sniff, the white ceramic mug would, feeling superior to this large plastic abomination. Useful, common, but where was the design. No, it couldn't compete with the beauty of the mug itself. Despite the fact that it could hold more, could it hold such a variety of liquids? How about hot liquid? No, the mug was both beauty and utility. The ugly duckling next door couldn't compete on any level.
Lifted from the desk once more, the mug turned its attention to its owner. What, it would say if it were able, were you thinking? Why would you choose to use something so offensive when you could surround yourself with objects of beauty such as myself? There is no need, it would advise, to settle for something that doesn't fill you with joy just because you think you need it. No, look further. Find beauty and service both within and for yourself!
But wait...what was this? A..neighbor? The clear plastic surface was deceiving somehow, distorting the vision of the clear water with lemon held within. Immediately the odd, rippling appearance led the handmade ceramic cup to be distrustful. Sure, on the surface it seemed that everything was out in the open, nothing in the way to conceal any tricks. But if you looked closer, it would make your eyes swim..if you had them. Who knew what was really there behind the illusion.
If coffee cups could sniff, the white ceramic mug would, feeling superior to this large plastic abomination. Useful, common, but where was the design. No, it couldn't compete with the beauty of the mug itself. Despite the fact that it could hold more, could it hold such a variety of liquids? How about hot liquid? No, the mug was both beauty and utility. The ugly duckling next door couldn't compete on any level.
Lifted from the desk once more, the mug turned its attention to its owner. What, it would say if it were able, were you thinking? Why would you choose to use something so offensive when you could surround yourself with objects of beauty such as myself? There is no need, it would advise, to settle for something that doesn't fill you with joy just because you think you need it. No, look further. Find beauty and service both within and for yourself!
Biography of Trish Townsend
Trisha Townsend has one foot in this realm, and one foot in the other. She has practiced shamanic journeywork and healing for over 10 years, is a Reiki Master, a hypnotherapist and a spirit speaker.
Using these various techniques, her goal is to allow her clients to explore their inner landscape, learning about themselves and putting into practice their power as creators of their own lives.
Using these various techniques, her goal is to allow her clients to explore their inner landscape, learning about themselves and putting into practice their power as creators of their own lives.
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