WEL-Systems: Discovering what it is by eliminating what it’s not!

Wow… here I sit, wondering:  what will it take?  What will be the ‘right’ combination of words, ideas, notions, experiences, outcomes, tools, frameworks… moments!… that will finally have it be clear; that will finally make it easy and effortless to understand what WEL-Systems® is!  

2010 marks the 20th anniversary of this amazingly powerful,  profoundly transformational expression of human potential!  Although in development through the ’80′s, September 1990 marked my departure from what was ‘out there’, propelling me to move ‘in here’ and begin what has been an amazing journey of 20 years of my own (ongoing) evolution and the profoundly moving experience of engaging with others, in theirs.

Yesterday, I spent some time browsing what I had written in the past… wondering what January of 2007, 2008 and 2009 had ‘sounded’ like from the words of my own voice on the screen of this blog.  I have long known ‘things’ that (I believe) are intended to become the ‘norm’ for us as human beings.  I am mindful that as we face into the challenges of the coming decade, we are destined to emerge as a new species… as a species that designs itself from the inside-out, and not one that struggles to define itself from the outside-in.  I am hopeful that I will live long enough to see my garden filled with the magnificence of such blossoms, filling the air with the potent aroma of life lived fully, lived large and lived authentically!

As I ponder how else… what else… might be said about ‘What is WEL-Systems’, it occurs to me that perhaps a good place to start is to remove all that IT IS NOT!  It is possible that in doing so, what will remain will stand out and be more easily recognizable… able to be claimed without fear of being tainted with or tarnished by all that we’ve come to distrust in our often disappointing previous journeys of personal growth and evolution.

What WEL-Systems IS NOT:

* IT IS NOT a religion or a cult.  It is devoid of dogma and mandatory procedures to which we must sacrifice the unique expression of who we are in order to gratify the hunger of the larger collective.  There is neither requirement nor interest in homogenizing to the lowest common denominator, knowing the sustainable power of any living, organic collective resides in the unique and authentic expression of every individual in it.  For this, we must let go and trust that open, clear, honest and direct communication in a context of respect, integrity and generosity of spirit (RIG) is essential to individual wellbeing and, by extension, will flow through the larger whole as an expression of its natural state of being.

* IT IS NOT a thing.  You cannot put it in your briefcase or stand it on your bookcase shelf.  It does not live in a manual or a schedule or any particular place or event.  It lives in and is sustained by the moment-to-moment and authentic conversations that we are willing to have with each other; in the willingness and ability to be ourselves and tell what is our unique truth; and in the great desire to be fully alive and visibly/audibly expressive , each in our own life.

* IT IS NOT a script or agenda or a technique to be memorized and repeated; or a performance to be practiced and delivered.  It is the expression of an organic, living being – seeking to be in the moment and wiling to decloak to another – devoid of any external performance requirements.  It is the living embodiment of the ultimate expression of the ultimate internal reference:  that each of us IS the godforce, expressing through tissue in a physical universe.

* IT IS NOT dependent on any guru or master or guide.  It is intended to offer a body of knowledge that becomes a safe, predictable pathway; and to help you discover, within yourself, your own unquestionable compass for your life,  that you might find your own way home, knowing that if you’re ever lost you have what it takes to navigate by the stars of your inner truth and you’ll be just fine.  All you have to do is listen.

* IT IS NOT seeking to radiate and draw those to its centre by encouraging them to lose their own; but is intended to offer discovery of the powerful centre from which we all emenate and trust it to flow through us and from us and light up our lives and our world!

WEL-Sytems is an approach to transforming our lives that expands, deepens and accelerates our evolution as individuals and, subsequently, of the collective that becomes the reflection of who we are choosing to be.  Over these last 20 years of field testing and real-life, real-time results, it has been the invitation for thousands to discover the magic and miracles that are sourced from within; and invited them to engage!

The WEL-Systems approach has 3 essential components :

1.  The WEL-Systems body of knowledge (as laid out in my first two books (Fully Alive and Phoenix Rising) and the still-relevant CD program of Pathways to Personal Power) offers tried-and-true, simple and powerful models that become the stepping stones along a pathway to being in charge of our own lives!  With these, you have what it takes to do it for yourself and to share the possibility with the people you care about.   Without these, you are destined to be swept away in the content of your stories and the seduction of understanding, trapped at lower levels of thinking about yourself, your world and your ability to move through that world.  With these models, you discover how to raise your eyes and look up to your potential and redefine how it becomes the living flesh and not just a yearning to know the ‘more’ that calls from somewhere deep inside your being.

2.  Quantum TLC™ – the life-altering experience that accelerates evolution by allowing the body to do what it is designed to do – and all we have to do is get out of the way.

3.  CODE Model Coaching™ (as a living expression of The CODE Model™) that becomes the invitation for leadership of a very different and far more powerful kind!  Those who know and live the first two parts (know the way and live the experience) also know that personal evolution is the key to engaging with anyone else in the journey of theirs; and that there is no greater adventure of accelerated personal evolution than to engage with others in the chaos of discovery!

20 years!  Twenty amazing, glorious, deeply sacred and profoundly transformational years!  I have no idea what the WEL-Systems approach will offer me (offer us all!) in the coming years, but I do know this:  we are in the midst of one of the moments of greatest upheaval in the history of our species.  Now, more than ever, we would do well to let go of all that has brought us to where we are and allow ourselves to entertain.. to consider… another way of moving through and creating our lives.

The WEL-Systems approach is how I choose to live my life; and it is how I choose to engage with others as they lay claim to their unstoppable desire to live theirs.  I may not ever know, specifically, where it will take me and I know for sure – without a moment of hesitation – that it will be exactly where I need to be.

Breathing is good….

When does virtue become a vice?

I am so mindful of reactions to and language around those moments when women are perceived to be less than ‘patient’ and ‘understanding’ and ‘caring’. What exactly does that mean?

In a recent chat with a friend and colleague, the thought that kept coming into my awareness was about ‘patience is a virtue’… leading me to wonder: when does a virtue become a vice?

Personally? I think some of these saintly, woman-ly values have become the very ties that have bound women for decades – and caused us to put duct tape over our own mouths.

Much of the conversation that recently took place with a small gathering of women, talking… circled these ideas in ways that were open, clear, honest and direct – in a context of RIG – and very directly challenged the underpinnings of what is ‘good’ and ‘kind’ and ‘just’ and ‘desirable’. I was reminded of when I was growing up and the degree to which those moments of my own unwillingness to roll over and play dead; my insistence that my own voice also be heard; my determination to stay present to what was meaningful for me was termed ‘stubborn’ and ‘pushy’… and the degree to which so much of this was associated with my being ‘difficult’ or ‘uncooperative’; being ‘butch’ or ‘unfeminine’; being ‘selfish’ and ‘not a team player’.

What better way to silence me than to ensure I ultimately choose to silence myself rather than live as a social outcast or one so unattractive/undesirable and offensive to others.

I believe I can be open, clear, honest and direct; I can be present and fully engaged in a meaningful way for myself, in ways that are expressed in a context of RIG. AND, having said that, my voice will be definite! It will be strong and clear and most audible! It will have edges when the requirement is to carve out a life worth living.  And it will reflect the godforce that I AM in every breath.

I invite and expect nothing less from you.

Perhaps we are far too long overdue for an overhaul of the terms that have come to be associated with ‘virtuous’ and ‘desirable’ in the evolution of women.  We may well awaken to a recognition that what we once worked so hard to achieve are, in fact, the evidence of the very ties that bind.

Breathing is good….

A Gift to Yourself: Intimate and meaningful conversations

Happy New Year to all!

I, for one, am bursting at the seams with the sense of possibility and potential that 2010 offers us all. I know that each of us will carve out our own path as we move forward into the coming days, weeks and months, remembering that it all begins with a single breath.

The world is changing – and fast!  There are times when I feel that I have been frozen in time… that time and space have somehow collapsed that I might catch up to myself!… and that the time is ‘now’ , for so much of what has always been a ‘truth’ for me to become accessible as a much larger truth in my world.

Over my 20+ years of carving out and walking this WEL-Systems® path, I have sometimes been discouraged that others could not easily see what I see – not because what I see is ‘right’ or ‘the answer’ but because when seen by others, it has profoundly and joyfully transformed their lives!  I want lives – mine and yours – to be profoundly and joyfully lived.

Over this time, I’ve written articles and books; have blogged regularly and prolifically, and one day read this comment from a friend/client:

“As always, your message is to the point: clear, concise and caring. I note that the elements are still the same after all these years.”

Reading her words really drove home, for me, the realization that as much as the WEL-Systems material may always have been way ahead of its time, its time is NOW.  It appears that now – in the midst of recognizing that what we have always known and how we have always  sought is not working for so many of us! – there is a greater hunger to see and hear a different invitation to our own expansion… to our own evolution, accelerated!

Do I tire of repeating myself?  Absolutely.  Am I willing to continue to repeat myself if doing so will be meaningful?  Absolutely!

I’ve recently recorded more than 30 sound files on topics that are Inspirational, Motivational and Provocative.  These are short (ranging from 5 to 15 minutes) and are intended to make it easier to consider these thoughts, within yourself.  In our fast-paced world, many are drawn to the notion of listening while they do other things (e.g. fill in the blanks: get ready for work, clean out a drawer, organize papers on their desks, etc.).  In making these thoughts accessible in a simple way, it may well be that their simplicity will awaken something potent within the listener.

The first one – The Year of Practical Magic –  is now available for you to experience.

And there will be more!  For the next 10 weeks, they will be released at a rate of 3 per week (one in each of the three categories) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday until all 30 have been made public.  To be sure to have access to them all; and to locate the Archive as they are released, be sure to set up your RSS feed by visiting:   www.WEL-Systems.com/engage.  All you will have to do is click on ‘Listen‘ to find them all!

I’m mindful that over the last 20 years, the nature of the work that I do has left me noticing that the higher order thinking that it offers makes the messages as relevant and potent today as they were 20 years ago!  I believe that the time has come for its expression to be more readily heard and received by many. As we consider the undeniable changes occurring in the world, it makes sense that we would be both willing and able to seek, differently.

I ask that you consider sharing these sound files with the people in your life that you care about.  Stretch yourself a little!  Take a chance that indeed, they may be just as hungry for a new direction as you are!  Start your Great Adventure of 2010 by giving yourself the great gift of more intimate, meaningful and authentic conversations with the people in your life.  Let these short and compelling audio invitations do the ground-work that will lead to new opportunities to know and be known, to give and to receive, and to be the guideposts to new ways of thinking and being.  Does it get any better than this?

Be well… and enjoy!