Gaia Community: Hey_Jude's Blog

Dreams do come true

http://blooming.gaia.com — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:53:47 GMT

I've had to push myself over the last couple years after my ex left and my parents had just passed on. I was already enrolled in a masters program to become a reading specialist, as I am a teacher. I went to therapy for 6-9 months, then signed on to go to a weekend retreat at Yogaville--a very holistic place. Turns out it was a combination of yoga and life coaching.

I started to investigate coaching while continuing my studies and teaching full time--the structure of all that kept me from falling in to my own pity for too long at a time.

I decided to hire a life coach who specialized in divorce recovery (I was still separated) and that gave me the strength to file for the divorce on my own in order to take back my own life. I also hired a second coach for a while to see the difference in styles and she was female (my first was male).

When I was less than a year away from finishing my masters degree, I felt the time was right to start coach training and to start practicing what I've been learning. Now that I've got my head together (ha/ha--let's say in a better place then in the beginning!) I'm now living my dream of coaching others to find that wisdom, power, and grace are within them already.

I've made a commitment to coach 100 people in the next two years to increase my experience as a professional coach by joining the Experienced Coach Program. This means I need to coach one new person every week for a minimum of thirty minutes.

Would you be willing to let me give you 30 minutes of free coaching?

My one request is that I will need you to fill out an easy 5-minute feedback form to prove I coached you.

After you receive your complimentary 30 minute session and I get your feedback form, you may be interested in additional coaching. If so, I currently hold evening phone sessions by appointment. A few daytime sessions on Friday and weekends may be available.
(Long distance charges may apply depending on your phone package as you usually call into my coaching phone number unless otherwise arranged. I do not have an international phone plan at this time, but I do have skype.

Let's stir the spirit within--all the wisdom, power, and grace are within you to change your life. (c) Jude Eastman 2008

Contact me at jude@stirringthespiritwithin.com

http://www.stirringthespiritwithin.com/

So Here's to all of us and our dreams--with hard work and positive gratitude for what we have now and belief in the future--they will come true.

Your encouragement has been an incredible support and has gotten me through on many a day.

Living in the Light--Jude

www.experiencedcoach.com/Judith_Eastman.html

http://www.stirringthespiritwithin.com/

Tags: dreams, life coaching, grace, wisdom, spirit

The Effect of Not Doing

http://blooming.gaia.com — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:42:31 GMT

When We Don't Take Action

Life is sculpted on a moment-to-moment basis. Every one of the thoughts we think, the words we speak, and the actions we take contributes to the complex quality and character of the universe's unfolding. It simply is not possible to be alive without making an impact on the world that surrounds us. Every action taken affects the whole as greatly as every action not taken. And when it comes to making the world a better place, what we choose not to do can be just as important as what we choose to do.

For example, when we neglect to recycle, speak up, vote, or help somebody in immediate need, we are denying ourselves the opportunity to be an agent for positive change. Instead, we are enabling a particular course to continue unchallenged, picking up speed even at it goes along. By holding the belief that our actions don't make much of a difference, we may find that we often tend to forego opportunities for involvement. Alternatively, if we see ourselves as important participants in an ever-evolving world, we may feel more inspired to contribute our unique perspective and gifts to a situation.

It is wise to be somewhat selective about how and where we are using our energy in order to keep ourselves from becoming scattered. Not every cause or action is appropriate for every person. When a situation catches our attention, however, and speaks to our heart, it is important that we honor our impulse to help and take the action that feels right for us. It may be offering a kind word to a friend, giving resources to people in need, or just taking responsibility for our own behavior. By doing what we can, when we can, we add positive energy to our world. And sometimes, it may be our one contribution that makes all the difference.

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What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

http://blooming.gaia.com — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:35:19 GMT

Knowledge is--I know, therefore I am. Wisdom is--I am therefore know.

Jude
www.stirringthespiritwith.com

Tags: QaR, life, wisdom, knowledge, wise

Life Coach

http://blooming.gaia.com — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:56:14 GMT

I have begun the journey I started dreaming about and planning for 2 years ago. After much researching and having 2 life coaches of my own, I have joined the coaching world. I've become obsessed with tele-conferences, workshops, websites and the like. I count my cell phone minutes, agonize over whether I need a land line, & which company should I use. I read forums, take classes, & practice with coaching buddies. I have coached a few friends and 1 family member. I am about to take the plunge with the Experienced Coach Program to sharpen my skills by giving free 30 minute sessions in return for a 5 minute survey that needs to be filled out so I can get credit for the session and to give me feedback.

More to come on this soon. Meanwhile checkout my website--and feel free to offer suggestions--what do you like? What would you like to see different?

www.stirringthespiritwithin.com Stir it up - with life coach Jude Eastman (c)

Tags: life coach, coaching, Stirring the Spirit Within

Tagged --7 Random Facts

http://blooming.gaia.com — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:32:48 GMT

Seven Random Facts Rules:

1. Link to the person's blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself.
4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and
      include links to their blogs.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged.

**************************************************************

What a great way to share a bit about myself and meet
others or get to know my friends better.

1. I like the colors green and purple
2. I read Healing with the Fairies Cards and enjoy sharing
     them with others
3. I'm a New Thought person (raised Christian Scientist/now Unity)
4. Going to see Byron Katie in Kansas City in April
5. My faithful furry companion China made her transition
   a few weeks ago-I laid with her as she moved on.
   She visited me the first 2 nights and when I spoke to her
   and told her I was ok --she could  on, I haven't heard her collar jingle.
6. My 3 kids are vegan and I love eating and cooking Veg
(I still eat meat, but minimal) I wrote an article called
My Journey into a Blended Family--Omnivores to Herbivores
7. born and raised in Fla--I live in Va now, but palm trees,
alligators, lizards, Spanish moss, and swamps,
lest I forget the BEACH, turn me on.

Everglades-Swamp

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inspiration

http://blooming.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:45:51 GMT

"Your life is a sacred journey. And it is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous risks, embracing challenges at every step along the way...
And from here, you can only go forward, shaping your life story into a magnificent tale of triumph, of healing, of courage, beauty, wisdom, power, dignity and love."
Caroline Joy Adams

Tags: journey, change, growth, gift, Source

Vegan pecan pie

http://blooming.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:17:26 GMT

My pecan pie experiment was a flop--but how else to learn? I don't think the agar was the issue, but that I cooked it with the pumkin pie at a length and temperature that was too long and too hot for the sugar. What I ended up with was solid pecan hard candy!

We put it in plastic bags, smashed it with the cast iron skillet, and ate the crumbles with a spoon. Unfortunately the hardness/stickiness broke off some enamal on one of my crowns (it was already partly chipped)! Too funny since I kept telling everyone else not to break their teeth on it!

Lovely dinner. My daughter brought the baked pear salad out of Vegetarian Times. Wow! What a lovely surprise. Her cooking skills have blosoomed, along with her maturity. She was all about helping me in the kitchen. Her sig other made a lovely tender bread for the meal, and my son the extrodinary mashed potatoes.

I am blessed to have such a lovely, loving family. I am thankful that all my needs are met by the one true Source.

Tags: vegetarian, vegan, Thanksgiving

I'm back...

http://blooming.gaia.com — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:15:54 GMT

OK--so I've been absent from zaads awhile...I'm in a masters program and teaching full time, but checking in now. Much to do, pies to bake, cleaning for company arriving tomorrow. (daughter and sig other & one son)

Going to try a vegan pecan pie using agar for thickening! I make a vegan pumpkin pie and the tofurky's defrosting. Altho I am not vegan, all 3 kids are and I don't have a big stake in murdering another turkey (I can get leftovers from a friend if I really need a meat fix-but it's not the norm).

Looking to make some new friends--people with similar values. Looking forward to reconecting with old Zaads friends too. I am thankful for the love of family and collegues, for being able to support myself ,and knowing my needs are met by more than personal human effort.

Sending light and love to all in the community this Thanksgiving season--
Blessings--Jude

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Inner Companionship

http://blooming.gaia.com — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:04:30 GMT

I walk the same path every day
Along a well-worn, friendly way,
And precious memories regain
The stage to sing their sweet refrain.

This quiet time brings healing power
As I let love command the hour;
Then soon I am renewed, made whole-
A resurrection lifts my soul!

Though I have much yet to let go,
Lingering memories must grow.
They need this rendezvous to talk
And share deep longings while I walk.

Dear God, help me that I may live
Less to forget, more to forgive.
May all my thoughts today now find
Companionship in heart and mind!

By Norman V. Olsson

Tags: poem, companionship

The Greatest Gift

http://blooming.gaia.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:46:50 GMT

"the greatest gift of wisdom you can give to others is the wise realization that within them is the Source of all they need to understand, to grow, to find right and happy direction."~~Martha Smock

Tags: gift, wisdom, Source

commitment-grounding-continual rebirth

http://blooming.gaia.com — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:12:48 GMT

FairyBelieve

Tomorrow I get presented as a new member of the Unity Fellowship Church in Newport News. I feel as if I have come home. I am going to announce at service I'd like to start a Relationship Recovery group if there is a need-desire for it also. Maybe a *singles* group, maybe a what is my life's purpose and how can I live true to it group. My soul gets fed connecting with others around these topics. Giving of myself--receiving nourishment from others in discussions about these topics.

"May all beings everywhere-with whom we are inseperably interconnected-be fulfilled-awakened & free. May there be peace in this world and throughout the entire universe-and may we all together complete the spiritual journey." Lama Surya Das" from Awakening the Buddha Within

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LOVE

http://blooming.gaia.com — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:30:31 GMT

It all comes full circle

God's Love is always Omnipotent

All I have to do is open my heart and accept it

In turn, all I have to do is open my heart and reflect it

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Women in our lives

http://blooming.gaia.com — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:48:36 GMT

Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.

BUT......... Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many
miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing
her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by
yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you
on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting
with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even
break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out.
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters,
sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and
extended family, all bless our life! The world wouldn't be the same
without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called
womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay
ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we
need each other still.

There are many angels in this world.
One is reading this mail right here, right now

Author unknown

Tags: sisterhood

What tarot card are you?

http://blooming.gaia.com — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:43:41 GMT

You are The Lovers
Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.

The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.

Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

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New Year's thoughts

http://blooming.gaia.com — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:48:10 GMT

May all our lives be filled with simple smiling moments--Jude

From the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

                        May I be a protector to those without protection
                        A leader for those who journey
                        And a boat, a bridge, a passage
                        For those desiring the further shore.

                        May the pain of every living creature
                        Be completely cleared away
                        May I be the doctor, the medicine
                        And may I be the nurse
                        For all the sick beings in the world
                        Until everyone is healed.

                        Just like space
                        And the great elements such as earth,
                        May I always support the life
                        Of all boundless creatures.

                        And until they pass away from pain
                        May I also be a source of life
                        For all the realms of varied beings
                        That reach unto the ends of space.

- Sogyal Rinpoche

"Happy New Year"

"How do you find peace and happiness in your life? By living a dedicated
life.

"If you make your life a dedicated one, you will have unending peace. To
quote the Bhagavad Gita, ‘Tyagat shantir anantaram.' Only with Tyaga-only by
leading a dedicated life, do you have unending peace. In this New Year, may
you experience peace and joy in your life. Live as good yogis and set
examples for others. Let all others be inspired by your life. Don't use your
words. Things are easily said, but hardly done. Instead, let humanity see in
you the beauty of a living a dedicated life. May God bless you with that
peaceful, joyful life."

"God bless you. Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi."

"And how you ask are we to walk the spiritual path? We answer: Say little; love much; give all; judge no-one; aspire to all that is pure and good-and keep on keeping on." --White Eagle

Tags: live, life, new years

The Swan

http://blooming.gaia.com — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:52:51 GMT

The Swan
by Judith Eastman

Like a black cloud
it settles in for a while-
the inability to concentrate,
little decisions take on grand proportions,
pessimism about the marriage.
Just when I had pronounced it dead,
a voice called from the grave,
Maybe there is some hope for us yet.

I feel a bit like
a wounded swan
looking for her lost mate.
The trouble is
He flew off without her-
against the natural order of things.
They were supposed to be mates
for life.

Hesitantly, cautiously,
I approach this one last effort.
My wounds are almost healed
and the scars are fresh.
I am not in a hurry to rip them open.
I respond - make a list-
What are the deal breakers?
Do you want ME more than
you don't want another
failure in your cap?

Roll it around,
think on it awhile.
Use the strength and intelligence
God gives to see this through.
The swan WILL find her way home again,
even if it is alone.

Notes From The Author:
Judith Eastman, a school teacher, from Eastern Virginia is going through a separation and possible divorce after 31 years of marriage

Tags: divorce, separation, resilience

rich black earth

http://blooming.gaia.com — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:46:27 GMT

l love the term crone. I've been fast tracked to growth. My world fell out form under my feet and I am replacing it a spadeful at a time with rich black composted earth full of the richness that was already within me and in others who are holding my hand in this journey.--Let's howl at the moon-Jude

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Poke me with a fork-I'm done

http://blooming.gaia.com — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:11:18 GMT

Graduate classes -papers -projects
my work seems never done.
Demanding bosses-dental flosses
It seems all I do is run-run- run

Vanishing spouse, repairing the house
my work seems never done
take the dog to the vet, I love my pet
I'm searching and searching-where is the fun?

God created me whole from sense to soul
never gives me more than I can do
show me the way to enjoy each day
I'm reflecting God's love back to you.

white light

Tags: purity of heart

Groundless--Growth

http://blooming.gaia.com — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:38:06 GMT

Being groundless is such fertile soil for growth and forward motion.

For me "being groundless" means in the last year losing both parents to their passing on and having my husband leave our marriage of 30 years. All the ground I thought I knew had slipped out from under my feet. Till I began rediscovering me.

Tags: Growth

transient dweller--eternal spirit

http://blooming.gaia.com — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:05:09 GMT

For all Those Who Have Lost a Loved One

by Rev. Paulson from a Unity Church

They know me not who think that I am only flesh and bones-

A transient dweller on this fragile earth that gave me form.

For I am Spirit, Eternal, indestructible not confident in matter.

And when my sojourn here is through,

My roles fullfilled, my assignments done,

I lay aside this expression called my body and move on

To other mansions, roles, assignments, in our Father's home

of eternal life.

So dry your tears

Weep not overmuch for me..., Or for yourself.

Set me free in the Love that holds us all and makes us live eternally.

Our paths will cross again,

Our minds and hearts will touch,

Our souls will shout with joy and laughter as we rejoice

in the lives we lived, the worlds we've seen, the path we trod

to find ourselves, at last, in God.

My spoken words about Mom after reading the poem at her funeral

Despite the sadness that we often associate with this occasion, we can remember the qualities that Mom expressed humanly: joy, love, vitality, intelligence--they were manifestations of her true identity as a spiritual idea. These qualities can never die. They're eternal because they from from God. A spiritual idea cannot die, so we need to keep going forward in our growth just as she is on some other level.

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