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Global Sufficiency Summit:
The Global Sufficiency Summit was a smashing success. 165 people gathered to deepen and expand the paradigm of sufficiency for our planet. Thank you all for your participation.
Living From Sufficiency:
Living from Sufficiency please join us for the second half of the series January 6, 13, 20, 27 to register contact Jennifer Cohen.
Join us on this historic evening on MLK day and the eve of the inauguration of Barak Obama to discuss what it means to be enough, what is scarcity, and how we can chose a life of sufficiency.
COMPLIMENTARY
tele class January 19th
7pm -8:30pm ET
To register contact jen@meaningfulleadership.com.
This call will be recorded and available for download 72 hours post live session.
From Our Network:
From our colleague Sean Casey LeClaire: a wonderful opportunity for all men committed to their own personal leadership: www.arjunaconference.com We cannot recommend this highly enough.
TheMagicParties.com: an effort to bring women together from all over the globe to develop their connections, deepen their spirit, and connect to the joy and fun of life all at the same time. "Sisterhood. Spirit. And a little chocolate." Please have a look at this rich and growing community of women!
Big News:
Many of you have noticed that the newsletters are changing and are being co-authored. Yes its true my company is merging with Gina LaRoche's INSPIRITAS corporation. This joint venture is being birthed out of deep and abiding belief that we must embrace a whole new paradigm for living on earth if sustainability is to succeed. Our joint venture is being born to serve that aim. In the new year we will unveil our new company name, new site, new offerings, our store and more. We are so excited and looking forward to joining with you!
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Buy the Book
Being Human at Work: Bringing Somatic Intelligence Into Your Professional Life
From Surviving the Thriving a chapter authored by Jennifer Cohen.
Edited by Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Ph.D.
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Dear Jen,
Welcome to the Meaningful Leadership newsletter series.
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Completion and Creation
As we draw to the end of 2008, our global economy continues to contract, and terrorism and oppression continue to expand. In some circles, uncertainty, fear and panic are the valued currency.
The year has brought change to us all at individual and collective levels. For anyone leading powerfully in life or in business, taking time to reflect, integrate, and learn from the past year is a critical practice.
Distinct from finishing or ending, completing well allows us to clear the decks, learn necessary lessons and reflect in a way that sets us up to create powerfully going forward. During this busy season we encourage you to take some time with these questions in the service of completing the year with dignity and purpose.
Set the stage for creating 2009 with grace, power, clarity, and ambition.
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What do you need to say to be complete with this year?
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Who do you need make amends with or thank?
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What is there to say about your money, investments and debts?
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What disappointments, distractions, desires and dreams from this past year require attention or acknowledgement?
Completion ends when you have nothing more to say about the person or subject with whom you are completing, when the answer to the question, "Am I complete?" is "Yes." This exercise can be done in dialogue, in a journal or as a meditation.
Then, we invite you to powerfully create your future. 2009 promises to be a year of great change: there is hope that with new leadership in the United States will come balance, order and peace. Creating 2009 for yourself, your department or your organization will help you face the uncertainty of the future while remaining present to this moment.
You can use several methods for crafting 2009. Two of our favorites include:
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Setting clear and specific intentions
- Writing accomplishments. For more detail and instructions on this process click here.
In Gina's family they have a tradition they call the three questions. Over the holidays they ask each member of the family the following:
- What are the highlights of the past year?
- What are the lessons learned in 2008?
- What are your hopes and dreams for the coming year?
In this moment, take the opportunity to see where you started 2008, acknowledge where you are, and intend a future of your design.
Beannacht
("Blessing")
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo, red, green,
and azure blue
come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.
~ John O'Donohue ~
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We
wish you Peace, Happiness & Love this holiday season.
Yours
in sufficiency,
Gina
LaRoche and Jen Cohen
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