What Grounds You?
As we approach the peak of the holiday season, I am reminded of the importance of creating the space to feel peaceful. One way to have peace is to do something that is grounding every day. To ground yourself is to: Read more
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Renewing You
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: 2 minutesWipe The Slate Clean
January 1 brings up mixed feelings. We want that clean slate, yet as we switch out of the holiday rhythm and head back to work, we also face the lingering issues and unfinished tasks of the prior year. Is the New Year really a fresh start? Despite the legitimate work that continues regardless of the date on the calendar, the answer to that question is yes. Even if certain challenging realities remain, January is an opportunity to bring a fresh perspective to them. Read more
Peace and Quiet
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: 2 minutesPeace and Quiet
When I was younger, my siblings and I would ask my father what he wanted for Christmas. His answer was always the same, “Peace and quiet is all I need.” I’d look at him curiously and say, “But, Dad, you ask for the same thing every year.” Now I tell my father that I understand perfectly what he was after. Read more
Oil Your Lamp
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: 2 minutes“To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.”
– Mother Teresa
To Keep a Lamp Burning
Imagine living in a time when oil lamps were prevalent? To keep the rooms lit, you would have to frequently check the oil level in each lamp throughout the house. The oil lamp is a timely metaphor for this evening, the first night of Hanukkah, which commemorates the rededication of the temple and the miracle of just one day’s oil supply lasting to light the menorah lamp for eight days. It is also the first week of Advent, during which the first of four candles within a wreath is lit in hope, anticipation, and longing for divine presence to be felt in the world. Read more
What’s In Your Basket This Year?
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: 2 minutesAn Exercise In Gratitude
At a recent chapter meeting of the International Coach Federation (ICF), a professional association to which I belong, we conducted a networking exercise to get to know each other better. In rotating groups of two, each of us took turns sharing the following with a partner: 1) something we are very grateful for this year and 2) a dream we have. The partner was instructed to “just listen” without commenting, to fully receive what the other was saying. Read more
An Important Pause
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: 2 minutesMake a Date with Yourself
Each December, I write about the importance of reflecting on the year that is drawing to conclusion. As we begin to settle in to winter, it is the perfect time for an important pause. This practice is very grounding and provides gifts that can be received only in solitude. Read more
What Direction Are You Facing?
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Year
Counting down the last few seconds on New Year’s Eve is filled with emotion — all at once a swirl of bittersweet endings and hopeful beginnings. The passage of time is celebrated because time is limited and precious. Read more
Reflecting on Your Year
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: 2 minutesA Ritual to Cultivate
For many years now, I’ve cultivated my own year-end ritual of taking some time to pause and reflect on the year that is concluding. I do this from both a personal as well as a career and business perspective. Read more
What’s Your Theme?
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: < 1 minuteBoldness
I declared that one word my theme for 2004. Interesting impact! In fact, whenever I’ve created a theme, whether it coincides with the beginning of a new year or with a certain project on which I’m working, it always has an impact. This one “BOLDNESS” declared itself so, the word itself on display at my desk inside a picture frame. It weaved its way into my days and into my mind. Very often, as I made decisions during the year, it invited me to go for it, rather than play it safe. Read more
The Year I…
/0 Comments/Posted in: Moving with Power and Grace /by Virginia Kravitz/Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccomplishments… Are You Celebrating?
Since the last issue entitled, Accomplishments: Celebrate Yours, some of you have shared the year’s highlights with me and others have told me that your list is in the making. I encourage you to carry through with this exercise, by writing it down and also reading it aloud to someone else. This helps you to really feel the celebrating part. Read more