wholeness | A Twelvemonth of Self Love

Tears To You

Eva Lisle — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 23:54:41 +0000

It seems we all have bits of kryptonite embedded within ourselves that undo us, or one close to us in order that love may flow freely. Usually it is something we don’t like or appreciate about ourselves. My kryptonite is tears. Tears are how I release powerful feeling whether it is delight, anger, panic or appreciation of beauty. I eventually came to see my tears as Holy Spirit speaking to me…

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How Can Joy & Grief Live Side By Side?

Eva Lisle — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 16:52:22 +0000

As I began to take in the miracle of integration happening during the intensity of last year I sought daily guidance for living what felt completely and utterly impossible; daily wedding joys and deadlines coexisting with moment by moment prayer requests and updates from the bedside of my cousin’s son in (what we would learn were to be) his final days. This was intense joy intertwined with deep…

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100 Reasons Why I Can Be (Am) Healthy

Eva Lisle — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:40:16 +0000

After a few busy days last week I crawled into my coaching appointment barely able to breathe. I noted that two busy days in a row put me right back where I was in the middle of December waking up in the middle of the night crying. So. What gives? My coach looks at me with her gorgeous, blue, intuitive eyes and says “What about 90 day Program to Refresh-Restore-Renew-Reconnect?

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“The January Nap: A Case for Self Love”

Eva Lisle — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:43:23 +0000

Through the months of visitors, year end business and the preparation for my daughter’s wedding when I thought I would expire trying to do seventeen-things-at-once I would promise myself this “I will nap the entire month of January”. I regularly began my days at 4am just to get some quiet time before the day erupted in activity and the dance of decision, what held me together was the lure of…

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12. Day 5: The Earmark Of Divinity

Eva Lisle — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:46:22 +0000

I strongly feel my part in the whole–or is it I feel the depth of the wholeness in my own heart? I have twin feelings of apprehension and glory, worry and contemplation, busy and stillness. How to allow, welcome and cherish my twin nature; divine as human, human as divine? Are they different or just different views of the same thing? Is this what I am learning to experience in feeling?

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11. Day 16: Extending Love To Worry

Eva Lisle — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:04:33 +0000

The other day I just woke up ready to cry. My saddened, sodden pile of thoughts left me feeling damp, cold, heavy and unforgiving. It took me a while to realize this feeling/thought cluster was worry. Our prolonged trip and time of rest had nearly all but wiped worry from my radar; enough so as I didn’t recognize the feeling at first. Now recognized, I saw the thoughts wanted to drag years of…

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11. Day 15: A Mighty Peace

Eva Lisle — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:17:26 +0000

I read today these known words in a book I randomly picked up off my bookshelf: “If thou canst but believe; all things are possible to him who believes.” It is the crux of opening up to success of any kind. And it bloody annoys me. It stirs up in me anger, hurt and shame because I again wonder, “Why and how could I have forgotten who and what I am?” This is what is being forgiven in my…

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9. Day 8: Let Your Joy Be Whole

Eva Lisle — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:08:49 +0000

I must confess that I feel a bit naughty or selfish even choosing joy, or living joy. I mean, there is still so much pain and suffering in the world at large and even in my local vision (the homeless man outside the SPA Grocery selling a magazine). Why do I get to be full of joy if there is still pain? This has actually been a question that has plagued me in many ways for years. Why do I get…

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9. Day 7: Joy Is A Loving Use Of Money

Eva Lisle — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:40:22 +0000

I have been concerned with money on this trip. Did we overextend? Will there be enough? Everything is so much more expensive than I anticipated (everyone said this would happen). And add to this a 20% VAT (Value Added Tax) on everything; hotel, fuel, food, all purchases, even BNI memberships and plumbing costs. It is easy to either panic and buy more than I need or go to ground and withdraw…

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