Sunday, September 21, 2008
Master Your Emotional Space
However, if that is the simple case, why are we often left so devastated in their wake?
This post all about helping you turn your internal tornado into a sunny summer’s day...
When triggered internally, we often think that something on the ‘outside’ has happened to make us feel a certain way. However, what we think we’re reacting to (“that shop assistant was SO rude to me!”)... is not usually it.
Rather, this event merely pressed on our “protection pockets” that as kids we develop to protect us from inner turmoil. Now, when anything happens that reminds our unconscious mind of the painful event, our bodies react physiologically in a knee-jerk response. So really, you’re unconsciously reacting to something your folks did when you were 3 – not because someone cut you off, ok?
When you tune into what emotions are a little bit more deeply, you will notice they are nothing more than just sensations in the body… A mild burning across your cheeks, a subtle tightness in your stomach, a tingling in your heart. Most of us have had tummy aches 10 times worse!
And still, many of us spend a lifetime of sins trying to drown these sensations out – why is that?
The answer is simply this: because the mind gets in the way and begins to attach all sorts of stories about why you’re upset: how your life is now a disaster, why it’s everybody else’s fault, and so on.
Of course tragic events do happen that devastate us at the truly core level. However, the destructive role of the mind is in it’s ability to stew and feed the neurosis and the pain long after the event is over – and sometimes even a whole lifetime.
Furthermore, how many times have you been upset about something that has been totally blown out of proportion? Where there is drama present in your life, the mind's trickery is usually at play – so please remember that during your next 'tantie'.
By the way, 'rejection' is a good example of such dramatizing – most of us are so scared of it, we concoct whole personalities as a means of avoiding it.
However, what is actually so bad about it? Some ignoramus is missing out on the pleasure of your company and as a result, your cheeks get slightly warm and the tummy flutters. And?!? Many before you have lived through such 'ordeals' and are still alive and kicking. ;-)
Rejection is “scary” due to all the mind ‘stuff’ that gets lumped on top to do with your identity – ‘it’s because I’m stupid, ugly, annoying, inferior’, you tell yourself. Those comments are utter rubbish.... and besides, you can’t read people’s minds.
The only truth that exists in the moment is that you have a slight stomach flutter and someone didn’t do as your agenda dictated. That, you can survive.
So, if emotions are a sensory thing, then take a deep breath and simply feel feel them in your body, without the story and the reasons. Come home to yourself, to all your tingles and sensations.
You may find that you simply feel alive – and from that point nothing can actually hurt you.
You can now also easily lower your ‘reactivity’ by recoding how your body and mind reads events. Please contact me on alina@truegoddess.com.au if you'd like to know more.
Now it's your turn - what are some things you do to master your emotions and moods before they get the better of you?
Please share your tips!
Much love,
Alina xx
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Boundaries are Your Power
An aversion to uttering this simple word leads to much more dire consequences down the line:
A destructive relationship that goes on too long, a mind-numbing evening that should have never happened, an ulgy temper that would have never exploded and self-respect that may remain unharmed.
And yet we remain - agreeable, meek and accomodating at the expense of our self-worth, hoping that our approval of the bullshit in our lives will somehow keep us from ending up alone.
Instead, we voice our frustrations via the passive-aggressive route: choosing to bitch and complain incessantly about the same old thing for months on end during what should be quality catch-ups with friends.It's time to become discerning girls. Cut the crap in your life (you won't miss it, I promise) and make room for new, beautiful things that are more becoming to the woman that you are.
"Act like a queen, be treated like a queen"
The most important thing about boundaries is that they are upheld then and there.
That means that as soon as you feel even a twinking of bullshit, you aknowledge it - firmly and politely. You don't sit on it for months on end, allowing it to stew into an inevitable explosion. You act like a grown woman and speak up - NO!
Step 1
Be aware of what's draining and walk away from it. Take note of it and aknowlege to yourself that it's not right. Once you feel the burn of unrest within you, it is oh-so-easy to walk away (it is amazing how good we are at suppressing these tell-tale signs from our body, fearing what they may reveal).
Step 2
As we know, our power lies in the ability to contain energy within our body (read the last post on mystery to really understand what that means).
Many things drain us - people who talk inccessantly about themselves, bad news, chronic complainers, hours staring at the computer screen, junky food...
As I said, it's best to have awareness of the effect these things have on you and remove yourself from them at first convenience, like a bad smell. This is not bitchy - its self preservation.
In all honesty, you're much better off speaking with people who uplift and inspire you; or balancing all that computer time with walks outside and some lazy shoulder rolls (and a massage, if you can get it).
Step 3
Authenticity (the topic of an upcoming post) is another great way of dispersing negative energy.
Be REAL with people about where you stand - and do them the favour of a lifetime. If someone is complaining, gently point it out to them. If someone is blabbing on, delicately interrupt their trance and restore the flow. Instead of pandering to their pattern like everyone else, you display genuine care by speaking earnestly are inviting them to shine with you.
Step 4
If there's no escaping the draining scenario (aunty Beryl at a wedding, a difficult client), nothing beats igniting your aura with a sphere of radiant light to keep your energy pure, powerful and clean whilst deflecting any negativity back to the sender as unconditional love.
You can have your own variation on these energy shields...
Step 5
Now, share your insights, tips and opinions with others to help us become Boundary Queens! What works for you? What doesn't? What else is on your mind?
With much warmth,
Alina x
So, what drains you? how do you protect your energy?
Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Allure of Mystery
Yet, in our over-communicated culture, few people can actually pin-point what it is and how to cultivate it in themselves.
This post is my attempt to decipher the myths and give some practical advice based on my work, experience and eager observation.
What Mystery is NOT:
- Being deceitful
- Being a mute
- Being evasive
- Being a closed book
Those qualities do not entice or enchant the other person and do not allow for an energy flow.
In fact, they are based on the misguided (but common) assumption that there is to be NO communication in order for one to be successfully mysterious!
Of course, that isn't so.
As I said, most modern women make the mistake of over communicating, being an open book. So, when the desire to be mysterious comes up, they are likely to shut down completely as a knee-jerk reaction.
TRUST ME, I am only writing about this as I myself am a recovering over-communicator.
It is only through the skills I have learned along the way that have allowed the people around me to finally take out their ear plugs. ;)
The quality of leaving people wanting more is, in fact the ultimate allure.
Mystery is derived from HOW you communicate as much as what you omit. Ommission is a careful and discerning art because the goal here is to still maintain integrity. You can be totally sincere, yet have people dying to know more about you.
How To Be More Mysterious:
The first and obvious step is to talk less. Dont ramble on. When we talk, we spill our energy and the magnetic connection between you and the other person diminishes. Talking more than absolutely neccessary comes from an underlying fear that you wont be understood, validated or heard.
Give yourself and your listener more credit. If you from this point choose to communicate in the right way, with more thoughtfulness and discernment, blessing your listener with only the essence-tials, you will be heard, understood and embraced at the very deep, heart level.
This is becuase when we talk less, we still communicate what we need to through our bodies - a loaded glance, a slow smile, a non-challant wave. This contains our energy in a way that makes our messages more potent and magnetic.
French women have perfected this technique - and now you can too.
So, to Summarise:
Instead of releasing the communication energy built up in your body through talking, contain it within by instead expressing your thoughts as feelings through the body - a piercing gaze, a cheeky smile, a suggestive eye brow.
Body talk is WAY sexier - I assure you!
Furthermore, this has the added benefit of helping the other wonder what you're thinking - which too is incredibly powerful.
Seduction is all about igniting the imagination - which is exactly what you'll be doing when you leave some things unsaid.
Good luck and be sure to post your tips and let us know how you go!
With warmth,
Alina x
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Vulnerability - Allowing For The Truth to Exist
It has almost been a month since my last post and much curious content has been stewing in my mind...
Shall I share an intriguing and enlightening beauty paradigm that I recently came across?
Or do I muse about the secret of where our sensual potency truly lies?
Indeed, these are important and useful topics that will be covered in their own time.
However for now, I would like to talk to you about the essense of vulnerability - that delicate and beautiful quality that is present in every butterfly, woman and flower, and yet a quality that most of us are still so scared of revealing.
What is Vulnerability?
I see it as the tender feeling you feel when you surrender control.
Indeed, we all have unconscious structures that we rely on in order to feel safe... Especially when it comes to unspoken agreements with other people. We go into fearful mode when we feel these structures are threatened and to avoid feeling the flux of uncertainty, we go into control overdrive.
COnsider how you control others to get your own agenda:
Do you nag? Do you guilt trip? Do you sulk? Do you become bossy?
You may have good intentions and it may certainly help you to feel better in the short term, but what if I told you your actions are actually doing more harm than good?
When you go into your controlling, dominating, self-serving mode, you contract the moment and you diminish the quality of exchange between you and the other person.
And who wants that?
Feeling Safe in Your Surrender
Next time you are trying to "get" people to behave in a certain way, ask yourself:
Are MY good intentions to the greater benefit of ALL involved? Whose agenda is this this really benefitting?
Since control is a form of fear, it is very likely that your control is a self-protection mechanism.
Relax, we all have it - next time just be more conscious of it.
Furthermore, notice how drained and exhausted you feel when you take on the responsibility for "rescuing" your friends. You work over-time to offer them advice they'll never take, or get angry when someone doesn't behave it the way you think they "should" ("Should" is such an ugly world by the way, please scrap it from your vocabulary and replace with "want" or "prefer").
And we do it because we worry how our friends behaviour will ultimately affect us. Yes, swallow that - when you are in controlling mode, you are doing so because you fear of what it would mean to YOU if the situation were to escalate. If you were to really care from your heart and choose love, I assure it would warrant a totally different conversation. One is concerned with your wellbeing primarily, the other with your friend's - see the difference?
Sometimes being a true help means biting your tounge and saying you'll love them no matter what - the fallout may mean feeling the discomfort within as your opinion is left unsaid - and that is precisely what vulnerability is.
Vulnerability is the tenderness you feel when your heart opens as you release your fear-based agendas, when you allow the moment to be and trust that, even though you dont know what will happen next, when you act from a place of genuine caring and love you trust that everything will work out for the best.
Now, Allow for Truth and Observe
This week, imagine just pausing and just letting it be... Allow your friend to experience a crisis that you don't feel compelled to fix?
Imagine saying nothing when your boyfriend does something wrong or forgets somethng?Imagine going with the flow, allowing people to be late and changing the plans you have together?
What comes up?
As you continue to breathe into that feeling, you may discover the tender heart of a True Goddess.
Til next time,
Alina x
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Introducing the True Goddess Journey...
The Purpose of this Blog
I am here to bring you the best insights from what I see, hear and learn each day - bullet-proof advice you wont hear anywhere else on being a true gift of woman on this earth.
And OF COURSE - Men are very welcome on this blog! We appreciate you, respect you and admire you and would love to hear your input.
So to all of you reading this - I'd love to hear what's going on for you and what you want to hear about most!
About Me
I'm Alina Berdichevsky, the gal who runs a business called "True Goddess" - a unique service to help bring women back to their deep feminine power...
Every day, I deal with many wonderful, modern and successful women and their dilemas with love, men and relationships; sexuality; confidence; communication; and success to help them solve their woes... (But of course my learning doesnt stop there - as any modern woman, I go home and have my own experiences in the common themes of my own private life.)
But First... Who is a True Goddess?
Essentially, she is your unique embodiment of a potent, feminine and inspiring woman...
She is in love with life, at peace with herself and connects authentically with others. Most of all, a Pure Goddess has courage and gusto to crack through stagnant conditoning and go for what she loves- she has the courage to LIVE her truth.
What Feminine Energy is NOT:
Before we go any further, it's important to denote some feminine energy stereotypes:
She is NOT a dumbed down, submissive and agreeable, chipy bimbette, tied to the stove baking cookies and wearing pink. Feminine energy is not a saccarine Betty Crocker clone, she is not the "perfect plastic woman" Stepford Wife and she is not an anti-men, hardenned "feminist" -
SHE IS A GODDESS - and all the beautiful, sensual, warm and inspiring qualities that embodies - men and women are drawn to her, because being around her makes everyone feel happy and enriched.
If that makes you mad or uncomfortable, just look around at the state of the world - do you think the planet could do with a bit more love, softness and compassion? Were these not the qualities you most adored in your mother and the people around you growing up?
Indeed the True Goddess is a nurturer - but she's no submissive slave!
Yes, she is open and receptive - but she's no doormat!
Yes, she is gentle and soft and kind - but she is wallflower!
And YES, she is strong and tenacious - without being aggressive or a ballbreaker!
Why All This is Especially Important Today
If you observe nature, you will notice perfect balance and harmony co-existing in everything to ensure its survival. Summer balances winter, water balances fire, night balances day, yin and yang, masculine and feminine.
However, if you look around at the concentration of world leaders, the philosophers who have influenced us, the way the schooling, educational and medical systems are organised and general positions of authority, its overwhelmingly all men men men...
Now, I am not saying that men haven't been doing a great job, and men who are conscious, self aware and mature bring forth many great qualities - initiating, bold, strategic, self-sacrificing in the name of loving service...
However, when men-overload is uncurbed by a feminine counter-balance , it begins to get out of control as we are witnessing in the world today - left unchecked it can get arrogant, defensive, stubborn and aggressive, initiating wars and the like to defend and prove its raging ego.
But the reality is - men are not entirely to blame! They are just responding unconsciously to a low presence of authentic female energy. And in my recent experience, most women (including myself, up to a year ago) unfortunately have little access to the concept of what it actually is.
Feminine essence has been supressed for so long, that there are not enough women on the planet today who are still connected and aware of it to live it fully and teach others. I myself am am only on the journey of discovery, merely inviting you to step into the void with me. There are definitely SOME women out there living in truth, but not ENOUGH to create any massive global change or turn-around. If I am wrong, then why aren't there more women in leadership positions?
The Potency of Feminine Leadership
The reality is, true feminine energy is very potent and powerful - it could easily go head to head and win with male power. We are the ones who can give birth and have multiple orgasms, remember? There is a reason for that.
Women in their feminine bring out the BEST in men. Just as you are craving a man who is strong, decisive, self assured and an effortless leader, its only fair to note that men are also crying out for women who are gentle, sensual, stable and receptive.
So, please get off the high-horse with me and cease the thinking that men actually OWE us something - cos I'm realising more and more that they don't.
What we owe to OURSELVES, first and foremost is a return to OUR essence, our feminine truth.
The True Goddess in Everyday Life
So the first step is to becoming a Pure Goddess yourself is to start thinking about your own source of strength - is it masculine or feminine? Does feeling powerful seem forced and challenging or deep and effortless?
Now, please ponder the following and feel free to post your answers:
1) How do you get your way in the office? How do you get your way with men?
Be really honest with yourself and notice your strategy unfold:
eg when do you push /demand/sulk/manipulate/control/calculate/flirt/get angry/ or scheme?
2) Next, think about when you feel like a Goddess? Who are you around? What are you doing?
What qualities do you embody in that space - open/loving/patient/playful/sensual/joyful/or in flow?
3) What do you tend to do more of - A or B? Are you different at work to how you are with men? Why so - what motivates you to act in these ways?
4) What can you do different to remain in your Goddess energy for longer?
5) And finally, what does being Goddess mean to you? Who do you think is a True Goddess walking the earth, and why?
So don't hold back - I'd love to hear your thoughts, ideas, experiences and challenges! And of course - feel free to challenge me. I am here to learn and grow just as much as you are.
Til next time, Alina x