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- We Want Transformation; We Just Don’t Want to Change - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2013 from Rosie KuhnMy colleague and friend, Maureen O’Neill, and I kibitz a great deal about what it is like to be on this spiritual journey – one of transformation. The truth is: It hard friggin’ work and it hurts like HELL, sometimes. Transformation, in a way, is easy. It’s something that just happens, like ...
Views: 1632 - Immersion Before Emergence - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2013 from Rosie KuhnAs a teacher, facilitator and coach, I encourage my students to immerse themselves in a self-study program that allows them to fully realize who they are – that their security, stability and function in the world has nothing to do with what they believe to be true – only what they know to be ...
Views: 1146(1 vote) - Experiencing the Resonance of ME - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2012 from Rosie KuhnSitting on the side of the mountain in my little trailer overlooking paradise I still wonder when things will shift; when I’ll get that phone call that says my life, as I’ve imagined it to be, is beginning NOW; that the moment has arrived – I’ve finally hit the Jackpot! While sitting on the ...
Views: 1295 - Dilemmas of Being in Business #8: Success – Where does it lead? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2012 from Rosie KuhnHarvey, a client of mine for over four years, lives and works in LA in the television industry. Brilliant, creative and kind, he makes everyone feel appreciated by his character and presence. Harvey has finally arrived at his dream. Not only does he have the dream job for himself, he’s also ...
Views: 1172 - Dilemmas of Being in Business #7: 5 Steps to Presencing (Being Present) - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2012 from Rosie KuhnPresence: It seems like a no brainer; aren’t we always present wherever we go? Actually, it’s rare that we are present, in the moment, with our full attention on the individual, the group or task in front of us. Opportunities to have distractions pop up and take our attention away from what we ...
Views: 1241 - Dilemmas of Being in Business #6: Gift Me with My Enemies and My Ministers - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI woke up from a dream this morning that made me question: “Really?” It was only the last few seconds of the dream that seemed so profound. It was a children’s choir – all boys, and they were singing a Christmas song. The only lyric I heard was: “Gift me with my enemies and my ministers.” This ...
Views: 1221 - Dilemmas of Being in Business #5: Ignoring What We Know to be True - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI deny aspects of me that I know to be true – those dark shadowy aspects that if people were to find out about – well, it could mean rejection, humiliation and annihilation. It’s best that I pretend they don’t exist. On the other hand I have a knowing of certain things to be true, yet I deny ...
Views: 1176 - Dilemmas of Being in Business #4: Growing Pains - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2012 from Rosie KuhnA client of mine, Hui Zhong, called me yesterday somewhat distressed. She is in product management as an information analyzer for an international corporation headquartered in Silicon Valley, CA. A few months ago Hui Zhong, pronounced hoy-zong, began reading a book by Robin Sharma – The ...
Views: 1420 - Dilemmas of Being in Business #3: Seeing the Big Picture - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI can’t tell you the number of times over that past few weeks that I’ve heard the term seeing the big picture. I pay attention when something is said two or more times; there’s something to be mined for myself and perhaps for others. Seeing the Big Picture; what the heck does that mean? What ...
Views: 1343 - Dilemmas of Being in Business #2: What it is like when YOU are smarter than your Boss! - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Rosie KuhnYou and a colleague, Harry are up for a promotion. You know you are the better person for the job, but Harry got the position. He’s pompous, arrogant and doesn’t have the leadership skills that inspire you to generate, well, anything. You scratch your head in disbelief that he was chosen over ...
Views: 1293 - Dilemmas of Being in Business #1: Good Choice –Disappointing Outcome - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2012 from Rosie KuhnMy client Madeleine has recently been hired as the financial manager for an international corporation. She is overwhelmed currently because she is learning the ropes of her current position while understaffed and in the midst of hiring on new staff. She’s in a pickle Carl, a direct report of ...
Views: 1257(1 vote) - As the Paradigm Shifts: Z is for Zenith - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2012 from Rosie KuhnThe Zenith, is described as the highest point or state, the summit, or highest level of development: To have ended and thus arrived at a final stage. It is also considered the culmination of all that has gone before. From a spiritualists’ point of view, the zenith may be reaching ...
Views: 2060 - As the Paradigm Shifts: Y is for Yin and Yang - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2012 from Rosie KuhnIn Asian philosophy, the concept of yin and yang is used to describe how polar opposite and seemingly contrary forces, are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, are equal qualities and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only exist in relation to each ...
Views: 2228 - As the Paradigm Shifts: X is for Xenophobia - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Rosie KuhnXenophobia is defined at Wikipedia as “an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers, or of that which is foreign or strange”. My sense is that we are all xenophobic. We are all wary of new people, new things and ideas that, though proven by research to be effective means to ...
Views: 1209 - As the Paradigm Shifts: W is for Will - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI’ve been thinking about this blog for awhile, specifically the intention I had in mind – what I wanted to convey regarding our will. The third step of the Twelve Step Program came to mind: We turn our will over to the care of a higher power as we understand it. (The original version is: ...
Views: 1230 - As the Paradigm Shifts: V is for Vulnerability - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2012 from Rosie KuhnYou must have seen it coming: after all of these weeks … From the moment we are born we are vulnerable to – well, to everything. Very quickly, and as best we can we begin to tap into strategies that keep us invulnerable to starvation for nourishment and nurturing. We begin to calculate ...
Views: 1829 - As the Paradigm Shifts: U is for Ubiquitous and Universality - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI love the word ubiquitous. It’s got big energy. It has a quality of being that is bigger than, more expansive and universal in nature. It means everywhere, ever present, all pervading omnipresent, universal. So yes, this does describe that aspect of spirituality in business that I’m wanting to ...
Views: 1296 - As the Paradigm Shifts: T is for Turbulence - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2012 from Rosie KuhnTo state the obvious, there’s no question we are living in turbulent times. The winds of change are creating upheaval and instability, leaving chaos and confusion in its wake. The almighty dollar upon which we’ve built just about all of our institutions, including religion, as well as a sense of ...
Views: 1556 - As the Paradigm Shifts: S is for Sacrifice - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI grew up in Michigan in a large Catholic Family in the 50’s and 60’s. I was taught that sacrifice was the price you paid to get into heaven. In service to this I let go of my wants, needs, thoughts and feelings. What I was left with when I hit my 30’s was pretty much an empty shell of a being ...
Views: 1232 - As the Paradigm Shifts:R is for Resistance - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI'm experiencing resistance to writing this blog. I feel angry, frustrated and distracted by, well … It’s more that I’m allowing myself to get distracted; that way I can avoid being with what I don’t want to be with. You might be asking – as I would, if I were you, why I’m resisting writing ...
Views: 1367 - As the Paradigm Shifts: Q is for Question Reality - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI read on the back of a car many years ago a bumper sticker that read “Question Reality!” Up until that time my life had been a mish mash of confusing circumstances, and it was a revelatory experience to take these two words deeply into my soul. I breathed deeply and felt as though I’d been ...
Views: 1840 - As the Paradigm Shifts: P is for Power - by Submitted on May 30, 2012 from Rosie KuhnIn my first book, Self-Empowerment 101, I devote the first chapter solely to the subject of power. The reason is that through power and the energy that generates power, every event since the Big Bang is a result of that power. Regardless of how power is used – whether in alignment with evil or ...
Views: 1129 - As the Paradigm Shifts: O is for Obligation - by Submitted on May 28, 2012 from Rosie KuhnOne evening as I was laying in bed, preparing for a restful night of slumber, a voice from inside my head said: “I want to live my own life?” I was shocked with this outburst as I am one of the most independent individuals I know; I live a thousand miles away from my husband, on a secluded ...
Views: 1275 - As the Paradigm Shifts: N is for Noticing - by Submitted on May 24, 2012 from Rosie KuhnNoticing is the most powerful tool for cultivating awareness and for bringing valuable spiritual concepts to the workplace. Most importantly though, is having the intention to notice, in order to notice whether you are noticing or not. Notice, for a moment, what is occurring within your work ...
Views: 1260 - As the Paradigm Shifts: M is for Money and Mindfulness - by Submitted on May 18, 2012 from Rosie KuhnMoney Money is very much a spiritual issue. Some think that the pursuit of wealth couldn’t possibly be a path to enlightenment or spiritual serenity. We never know what our path will look like, what’s in store for us, or where our greatest learning opportunities will lay, awaiting our arrival ...
Views: 1329 - As the Paradigm Shifts: L is for Loneliness - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Rosie KuhnYou probably thought that since we are talking about spirituality in business that love would be the L word for this week. No. Everything we’ve discussed and much of what we will be discussing engages and exercises the muscles of love. No need to go there today. Though we spend hours with our ...
Views: 1212 - As the Paradigm Shifts: K is for Creating profitability with KINDNESS - by Submitted on May 15, 2012 from Rosie KuhnCan a business create profitability based on kindness? Sure, why not? The Dali Lama says if nothing else practice kindness. This must be a very powerful practice, so just what does it entail? I googled the word kindness and here are a few words that showed up as synonyms: Accommodation, ...
Views: 1109 - As the Paradigm Shifts: J is for Judgment - by Submitted on May 12, 2012 from Rosie KuhnProbably the single most damaging undertaking is the practice of judging ourselves. We judge ourselves, we project how others might judge us as well we judge others in relation to our own self-judgments. You can imagine how much energy this takes moving throughout the day. In my previous ...
Views: 1216 - As the Paradigm Shifts: I is for Inspiration, Intention and Integrity - by Submitted on May 09, 2012 from Rosie KuhnBy the time you’ve opened your little peepers in the morning you’ve most likely set your intentions for the day. This happens automatically for most of us. There are the normal patterns that we engage in to prepare for the day ahead, then follow through until tucked back in bed ready for a good ...
Views: 2409 - As the Paradigm Shifts H is for Hope and Hogwash - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Rosie KuhnMany years ago, before I had any sense of spirituality, a friend of mine, a practicing Buddhist shared with me that most of us are constantly immersed in thoughts that are driven by hopes and fears. Think about that for a moment … My thoughts coalesce around either fear-based monologs or I’m ...
Views: 1372 - As the Paradigm Shifts: G is for Gain, Greed and Generosity - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from Rosie KuhnEvery organization whether it be for profit or non-profit are in their line of business in order to gain something – it’s most likely in their vision statement. My vision statement, for example is: The fulfillment of the human spirit through the empowerment of every individual on the ...
Views: 1346 - As the Paradigm Shifts: F is for Fear - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2012 from Rosie KuhnThe current paradigm within which we are deeply rooted and that is ingrained in every cell of our body is cultivated solely around fear-based thinking. Research shows that 70% of our thoughts are precipitated from fear. Imagine that! How did we come to reside in such an environment permeated ...
Views: 1367 - As the Paradigm Shifts: E is for Essense, Engagement and Empowerment - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Rosie KuhnMy experience with life in any business environment is, that these three words empowerment, essence and engage, are the most powerful. They support and enhance personal and professional growth for both you and the business within which you are employed. The degree to which you are engaged with ...
Views: 1171 - As the Paradigm Shifts: D is for Dignity, Denial and Detachment - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2012 from Rosie KuhnWhether self-employed, employed by organizations, whether retired or unemployed, we all engage with companies and organizations that support us or we support them. In our interactions with these organizations, what we are wanting is to experience qualities of dignity, first and foremost. This ...
Views: 1244 - As the Paradigm Shifts #C: Commitment, Conflicting Commitment, Confronted, Comfort Zone, Choice-Point, Compromise, Change, Compassion, Consciousness and Creativity - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Rosie KuhnWe are rarely 100% committed to what we say we want. I’m assuming that because you are reading this that to some degree you are committed to the concept of bringing spirituality into business. On a scale of 1-100, where would you put yourself in relation to the degree to which you are ...
Views: 1376(1 vote) - As the Paradigm Shifts: B is for Business, Bottom-Line, Breakdowns, Breakthroughs. . . - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Rosie KuhnBusiness, as a context, can look and act as if it could be at the furthest possible reach from spirituality. When I began exploring a career in business coaching I was initially turned off by all of the thoughts, interpretations and judgments I’d been carrying regarding business. Eventually I ...
Views: 1052(1 vote) - As the Paradigm Shifts: A is for Acknowledgements, Avoidance, Anxiety, Awareness, Actualization and Acceptance. - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Rosie KuhnBeginning any journey whether it be spiritual, business or family oriented, begins by simultaneously building and stepping onto the path. Laying down the materials can be done in any number of ways; if you’ve researched business training programs you know what I’m talking about. A paraphrase I ...
Views: 1247 - As the Paradigm Shifts: Bringing Spirituality into the Business - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Rosie KuhnAs the Paradigm Shifts: Bringing Spirituality into the Business If I were you, perched on the edge of your seat, curious enough to click on the topic of Spirituality and Business, I’d be readying myself for what – I’m not quite sure. I know I’d have a couple questions in mind. I’d be curious ...
Views: 1263(1 vote) - The Constraints of No Boundaries - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2011 from Rosie KuhnIt’s not uncommon for children to grow up not knowing their own beautiful thoughts and feelings and their essential needs and wants. You might be asking “How can that be?” Well, it’s one of the ravages of families and the individuals inside them. They are at war with themselves with no one to ...
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