All posts by Cathy Lynn

Oct 01
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Do you remember your song?

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Hi all, today I want to share with you this beautiful text I was led to via Chameli of Awakening Woman, which was written by Alan Cohen. It is such a profound reminder for me, to stop and listen, and remember my song. Enjoy!

Love,Cathy Lynn

 

By Alan Cohen

When a woman in a certain African tribe knows she is pregnant, she goes out into the wilderness with a few friends and together they pray and meditate until they hear the song of the child. They recognize that every soul has its own vibration that expresses its unique flavor and purpose. Then the women attune to the song, they sing it out loud.

Then they return to the tribe and teach it to everyone else. When the child is born, the community gathers and sings the child’s song to him or her.

Later, when the child enters education, the village gathers and chants the child’s song. When the child passes through the initiation to adulthood, the people again come together and sing.

At the time of marriage, the person hears his or her song.

Finally, when the soul is about to pass from this world, the family and friends gather at the person’s bed, just as they did at their birth, and they sing the person to the next life. In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon which the villagers sing to the child.

If at any time during his or her life, the person commits a crime or aberrant social act, the individual is called to the center of the village and the people in the community form a circle around them. Then they sing their song to them. The tribe recognizes that the correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment; it is love and the remembrance of identity.

When you recognize your own song, you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another.

A friend is someone who knows your song and sings it to you when you have forgotten it. Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.

You may not have grown up in an African tribe that sings your song to you at crucial life transitions, but life is always reminding you when you are in tune with yourself and when you are not.

When you feel good, what you are doing matches your song, and when you feel awful, it doesn’t. In the end, we shall all recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.

By Alan Cohen is the author of the best-selling The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and the acclaimed Why Your Life Sucks and What You Can Do About It.

 

Jan 16
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Help Dave sponsor student-athletes…

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I am so proud of what my husband, Dave is doing…and have watched (and helped him) for these past three years build his new online training program for student-athletes!  We have assembled a great team and would love to have you a part of the movement…our goal is to sponsor 500+ kids during this Indigogo campaign (see below).  Let this serve as my personal invitation for you to get involved…either by sponsoring at any of the levels shown ($15 and up) and/or simply spreading the word.  We are committed to helping our youth and supporting them in higher levels of self-esteem and confidence…and look forward to having you join the movement!!  xxoo

 

EXTREME FOCUS: The World’s Best Virtual Pro Training Camp…with Mental Performance Coach Dave Austin

MLB "on the field" experience

QUESTION:

What’s the biggest problem facing our youth today?

I believe its self-esteem and self-worth (or the lack thereof…)

Our kids are under siege today between social media, drugs, violence, bullying, and the graduation rates are plummeting.  And it’s unfortunate that the solution is not being taught at school.

So what’s the alternative? We reach them through something they love…we reach them through sports and help them build their confidence through strengthening their positive self-image.

Sports can help and as we engage them within their sport, the lessons they learn through Extreme Focus can give them a whole new perspective and approach to solving problems and moving through any situation in a more positive manner.

And for an added bonus…their sports performance increases and they simply tend to have more fun! Knowing this, we are asking for your help in our race towards the finish line.

Finish Line

What finish line you ask?

Well let me tell you a little story…

A few years back my son’s elementary and middle school asked if I would talk to the parents about what I do… a week later I was also asked by the Frozen Ropes training facility to speak to their kids…and yep you guessed it…they also wanted me to tell the parents and kids what I do to help my professional athletes keep their heads straight.

Well both talks were eye opening for me. First I found out how much interest there was for youth-level “mental” training. The second thing that struck me was that I had no answer to their question…

“How can I get this for my kids?”

This has haunted me ever since…and has kept me racing towards the finish line for the past three years!!! What’s about to be launched in January IS THE ANSWER…the EXTREME FOCUS membership and training center is almost finished!

YOU CAN HELP…with your support, your comments and feedback…tell us what you think…are we on track?  Are we doing the right things?  Are we meeting our goal of helping kids?

HELP US BRING KIDS ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE

Check out our team. Meet them and get to know each one of us…keeping in mind that our teammates are the types that will go to the ends of the earth to help someone out!!  And that’s collectively what we intend to do with EXTREME FOCUS…we intend to help our young athletes navigate through the stormy waters of self-worth, self-esteem, competition, SO THEY CAN succeed at the highest level in life and make a positive impact on those around them.  As you can feel and might already suspect…

We are passionate about helping kids!

MEET THE TEAM…

DavidB…has been a big brother to Chris (who is autistic) for over 22 years

Meridith…mentors young girls who also dream of being an NFL Cheerleader

Marcy…has a big heart and huge desire to help at risk youth live their potential

Shane…trains young quarterbacks how to be the best and reach their athletic goals

Chase…works night and day creating evolutionary new methods of branding

Cathy…like a mother cub protects her boys and creates a space for them to excel

DaveA…mentors hundreds of athletes to “enjoy the battle” on the playing field

and more…

But sometimes passionate people (namely us) can get carried away in the doing and we forget to reach out and include you in on the process of this creation…knowing this, our team is now asking for your support as we make it through the final lap and push through the finish line!

JOIN OUR TEAM EFFORT…

Why? because we’d like your “encouragement” – doesn’t everyone?

AND we’d like YOU to “sponsor well-deserving kids” in these training programs!!

How awesome it’ll be to have you a part of our team by sharing our mission and spreading the word to everyone!  The website’s membership portal is almost done, AND very soon we will be serving the needs of our student-athletes with the best online training camp ever…one that’s “off the charts!”

Help student athletes build confidence, develop leadership skills, and learn how to “train their minds” to work for them rather than against them… with EXTREME FOCUS!!

Coach Dave and MLB Jason Kubel

Mental performance coach, Dave Austin knows firsthand what it takes to be a professional athlete. Being the son of a Navy chaplain meant he moved around a lot (every 2 or 3 years) but he always seemed to excel in sports.  He had a lot of coaches and a lot of them telling him who he was, or what he could do…pop warner, little league, jr. and high school coaches, even college and into the pros.

Everyone had an opinion and different ones at that. Looking back, Dave realized just how much his results were dictated by his outer world and the opinions of others…it wasn’t until much later in life that he realized his inner focus and strengths could actually create his outer circumstances.

Dave’s desire is to help athletes “never lose themselves” in the process of competing…

Not only is Dave a dynamic speaker, bestselling author, and motivator, but he’s also a “mental” coach to many of today’s top professional athletes. What he likes to say is that he extracts a player’s brain and gets out all the stuff that’s holding them back from being able to play “in the zone.”  He’s also an innovator and creator. Where others have said it couldn’t be done, he’s just gone out and did it anyway.

Now he’s bringing it all together, everything he knows is within his new “Extreme Focus” training products and membership site.

“For over twenty years, I have been coaching elite athletes on the mental game of sports.  My clients have played on some of the sports world’s biggest stages including the Olympics, the World Cup, the U.S. Open, the World Series, and the Super Bowl.

Join me in our mission to ‘build confidence & self-esteem’ in our youth by providing a positive influence and major impact on a multitude of student athletes.”   – Dave Austin

Armed Forces YMCA

OUR GOAL IS TO SPONSOR 500+ ATHLETES

We aim to raise $50,000 bucks that will in turn provide ONE THOUSAND memberships to student athletes; 500 to your athletes that are matched by us for another 500 or more to be given away in free scholarships to at risk athletes and to military dependents whose parents are overseas. With partnerships like the Armed Forces YMCA and Ambassadors of Compassion, we have the resources to distribute these scholarships in every state.

Our game plan is to inspire and educate our young people while building confidence and self-esteem with our training, to create leaders both “on and off” the field!!

Wanna help us meet our goal??

Coach Dave and NFL QB Jeff Garcia

PERKS

What you get is some really great “perks” and our thanks for helping.

Check it out…a few lucky MLB fans can actually go “behind the scenes” and down on the playing field during warm ups and hitting practice just before game time! And while they’re at it, they cantake pictures and get autographs with some of the players.  That’s even better than hot dogs and cracker jacks…really!

And a few other lucky players get the chance to work directly with “the secret weapon” in professional sports – that’s Coach Dave Austin of course! Just keep in mind that some of his guys have played in the Super Bowl, the World Series, the World Cup and the Olympics! Now you (or your kid) can be coach personally by “the secret weapon”…aka Coach Dave.

There’s also some other really cool perks…from autographed baseballs signed by a Major League baseball player, to our XF Series videos and memberships. Just check out all the perks on the right.  You can even get a 2 for 1 “Pro Elite” membership that gets YOU a full year of access to our entire video library and all the calls with Dave, the coaches and the pro athletes, and get this…its not just for the athlete who buys this perk, its double the fun since we match your membership with another one to be gifted to a deserving athlete who gets sponsored “free of charge” into the program…all because of you.  How cool is that?

Where else can you “train like a pro…with the pros?”

ANSWER: We don’t know of anywhere else on the planet where you can get this level of access and training…NOWHERE!! And certainly not for such an unbelievable price as you’ll find right here in this campaign!!

THE IMPACT

Did you know that the high school graduation rate is only 58% in our country’s 50 largest cities?? YIKES…our young people have it coming at them from every direction…from peer pressure, drugs, money challenges, gangs, to even just trying to get into a good college.  Geez…they could use some help!

And sports is the door opener!!

It teaches teamwork, leadership, goal setting, motivation, nutrition, health and fitness…and most importantly its fun.

We meet that fun head-on and blend it into the very same processes, strategies and winning habits that Coach Dave’s been using for years with his pros. So go ahead and help us to help develop new champions in sports and new champions in life because we guarantee that these processes work in every aspect of life.

Our goal is to provide young athletes with the same mental performance training and skills the pros use, and that will benefit them both on the field and off the field, in school and in life, so they become the next generation of leaders.

Join us TODAY in sponsoring one or more kids!

Other Ways You Can Help…
Get the word out and help us spread this on Facebook and Twitter too!

 

Nov 23
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Jerry Hicks Says Goodbye…

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This is one of the most beautiful and precious viewpoints on life after “death” …and I am honored to share this recent email where Esther Hicks expresses her thoughts about her husband Jerry’s passing on Friday, November 18th:

Dear, dear Friends,

Our sweet Jerry made his transition into Nonphysical last Friday. How sweet the Vortex is feeling to him today!

Jerry said to me when we came together over 30 years ago that given the difference in our ages that it was likely “that I will cut out on you early,” to which I replied, “I don’t mind.” His joy of life and continual new discovery of purpose kept his life feeling fresh and we shared such joyous eagerness for life.

Over the years, Abraham has consistently insisted that there is no death. Again and again they have reminded us that there is only life and more life and more life. It has taken me some time to understand this, and I honestly must say I have not yet fully come to terms with it, but I do believe that in what we are calling Jerry’s death he is discovering the next logical step of life that Abraham has always been talking about. And at times I am catching a glimpse of the bigness of what Jerry is feeling and while I am still pretty mad at him for not sticking around longer to surprise and delight me in all the ways he has been doing throughout our 30 years together I accept fully that the next logical step of joyous life for Jerry was to be found in his re-emergence into Nonphysical.

Since 1985 it has been Jerry and Esther and Abraham and I believe with everything that I am that that has not changed. I know that Jerry will continue to be the third powerful point of the triad of Energy that makes up the Abraham experience and I am certain that his new vantage point will be, as it has always been, of advantage to us all.

I know for sure that Jerry will help me, in time, release my own personal resistance to physical death, because I will not be able to maintain that resistance and also play easily with him. And my desire to continue not only my Abraham experience but also my Jerry experience I am certain he will be the catalyst to help me do what Abraham has been trying to help us all do all along.

Once again, Jerry is out there leading the way for me. But the difference this time is that I must find the way. I am not there yet, but it is my absolute promise to myself that I will find the way, because it is the most natural thing in the world to do and because Jerry has provided for me the reason to do it.

I am eager about what is ahead and while I cannot begin to explain or even imagine the details of how it is all going to play out, I am certain that it will be fun.

I am such a fortunate girl, to have been able to play with Jerry and Abraham and all of you for so many wonderful years and I am so eager to continue doing more of the same for many more years to come. I feel certain right now that not only has nothing gone wrong, but things are going especially right. It will be different, for sure, but it will also be very, very good.

I’m feeling such love for you all, and for Abraham and most of all for Jerry. And as I have said to him a thousand or more times through the years, “Well isn’t life just a kick in the pants?”

Love,
Esther

I am humbled at the strength and clarity of purpose of Esther. She is living life and enjoying the process…thank you Jerry for all the joy you shared with Esther, but also for sharing this love with the world. You are an inspiration to many!!!

Peace be with you…always!

PS – here’s a lovely Appreciation page from their site.

Cathy Lynn

May 03
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Nothing lasts forever…

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Love with all your heart...

I spent last weekend at a woman’s retreat hosted by Mary Morrissey and Rickie Byars Beckwith…and one of the things I discovered for myself was that sometimes we put someone or something up on such a high pedestal that no one or nothing can quite live up to that memory! Not that remembering what is good and also great about a past experience or person is a bad thing. This is quite uplifting and comforting…such as in times of a loved one’s passing. We remember the great things about that person and cherish them. We re-experience those precious moments shared and hold those memories close to our heart. No longer are we focused or tangled up with the painful circumstances or unpleasantries of that relationship…we basically put the remembered one up on that pedestal and there they remain.

As I said, that’s not necessarily a bad thing…but what I discovered this past weekend was kinda liberating for me personally. You see, I only in recent years been aware of the fact that I have been “protecting” my heart…protecting it and hiding it from the pain of a perceived loss of “unconditional love” from somewhere in the past. A friend of mine pulled me aside and asked me the question “why are you hiding your heart?” Not only did I not know the answer to his question, I wasn’t even aware of the fact that I was doing this!!! Ha…isn’t that a kick in the pants knowing that’s exactly what I would like to have and give to others – unconditional love – and that if my heart is in fact closed and hidden, then that is impossible to achieve!!! And why is that so hard for me to attain? accept? or give?

Now let me explain before I may be misunderstood here… I consider myself to be a kind and loving person (at least in theory!) and strive to be just that in all circumstances (double haha)…but so often I get caught up in being impatient, annoyed and irritated, and in arguments with the people I love most! so what gives? I want exactly the opposite and my intentions are something completely not in alignment with those low-level feelings, so why do I get swept away in it and carry on that way???

This exact dynamic has been high on my list to explore and resolve…for pretty much the past three years. And here is what I discovered this past weekend. Forgiveness and a level of new awareness and understanding!!! In the first place, forgiving myself for not knowing what I was doing…and forgiving myself for allowing something (or someone) to be put up on such a high pedestal that nothing or no one else can quite compare!!! You see, if I am always comparing something to something else (and that something else or someone else could be now considered superhuman with how high I have placed them up on a perch!) – even if it is all true and I perhaps have had the best and most indescribable essence of unconditional love somewhere in my past, why let that prevent me from experiencing just that in my current circumstances and current relationships? What’s up with that???

My “aha” awareness on this subject is that I can use that memory or past experience (even if it is made up and larger than life) and bring that into my current relationships, right here and right now!!! Who wouldn’t want to have more love? If I have had the best…then why not re-create that and enjoy that experience in ALL of my present relationships?!!! It’s actually my responsibility to share that with everyone I come in contact with…to lead by example and share my heart and love “unconditionally” and without any holding back!

Now that may be easier said than done…but I’m not going to enter into an agreement with that! I am going to step forward and try do my best in sharing that “special love” (a love that perhaps seems like a distant memory and maybe even like a romantic fairy-tale) with others! But to do so, I will have to allow that which binds and hides my own heart, to be set free and allowed to love freely in order to do so… (see my previous post for more on that…) I will have to acknowledge that “nothing lasts forever” – unless of course you pass it forward and incorporate that love and experience within your current relationships…

Does any of this resonate with you?

How are you holding back, and is your heart held in bondage preventing it to be shared freely?

Are there areas in your relationships where this is apparent, or ways you can see any of this within your life?

I would like to know if any of this rings true for anyone else…

Please feel share your comments with me!!!

Cathy Lynn

Apr 24
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A time to “celebrate” in the resurrection of life!

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Not that the purpose of this blog is to be preachy or religious in nature…but it begins at a time of the celebration of easter. So that is where this begins…as I ponder the meaning of “resurrection” and how that applies within my own life.

This hit me square in the eyes mid-day last friday (and good friday at that)…pretty much out of the blue I was overcome with emotion and a state of sadness that was certainly unexpected. My husband, Dave asked me why I was so sad…and I began to think about just that. After letting it sit for the rest of the day, it wasn’t until the next morning when i had some quiet time, that I began to journal…and here is what came out of that…

 

4/23/11 inspired writing:

Good Friday was yesterday and it was an unusual experience for me personally…it began with a great breakfast with two friends (one new and one old) where the sharing and synergy between the three of us was off the charts amazing…I so look forward to seeing what greatness comes out of this new found triangle of talents :-) …as is said, where two or more are gathered!

From there I went down to pick up Dave from the airport after an east coast outing to visit with some of his ballplayers. During a re-cap of some of his developments from the trip, it became apparent that something else was coming into play for me…I became irritable and just plain sad…and then it hit me what day it was and what time of day it was…tears came up and I began sharing some of my innermost feelings with Dave and how I was feeling…I asked him to write on it (which basically means an “inspired writing” process for us where we take the time to get in touch with divine and inner guidance) and…what came through was a message for me to not return to the pain but to spend time and thoroughly enjoy my family now in the present…

As is usually the case, I was not even aware of this thing I might be doing (isn’t it funny how an outside perspective can instantly cut to the chase and show you something that is not so obvious to ourselves?).

So this got me thinking…am I seeking to relive the pain and anguish of the events of Good Friday? Or am I simply honoring or remembering what occurred? How do you stay in touch with the past without being re-immersed into that experience? I am tempted to watch the DVD “Passion of the Christ” because it was such a profound experience in the past for me (so much so that after watching it for the first time in the movie theaters, I found myself unable to even talk to my husband about it afterwards and even had to wait until the next morning – it was just too painful and the raw feelings of emotions could not yet be expressed)…but then I teeter to the other side where I am being told I should stay and that is in the present here and now with the love of my family.

As I write these words emotions and tears rise to the surface and I wonder what is really going on here…the past holds truths and wisdom upon which to build a greater future, but how do you do that and visit with the past without being held prisoner with it now while trying to attempt living a full and meaningful like in the present? There seems to be a delicate balance between knowing your past and moving through it and creating a better future. I always say that my core purpose is to “remember who you are…and why you are here” and by allowing myself to do just that…to remember who I am, I find that much of that is hidden and actually lies in the past waiting to be revealed. And by going through the process of remembering…and getting random glimpses of past events from lifetimes ago and history past…pieces of the puzzle begin to connect and a bigger picture begins to take shape and form.

So, I ask again…how do I stay in touch with the past without being held prisoner to the pain? It is meaningless and unproductive to do so? Or perhaps there is some aspect of that pain that can be liberating and productive – they say the truth shall set you free, but I can’t help to think that finding that,  or in some cases “reliving” the truth can be painful and very sad at times…is this wrong? Is this counter-productive in living life to its fullest in the present?

[With so many questions floating around in my head, I turned inward to quiet my mind and did my own “inspired writing process” to seek answers. This is what came to me after doing just that:]

Yes my child you are loved…most deeply and profoundly…it is okay to now allow that love to crumble the walls you have constructed to protect your wounded heart. It is okay to allow it (your heart) to feel…feel the pain and feel the love that is available at every moment and in every instance. Let the remaining blocks and mortar to fall away and crumble in a heap at the foot of your cross. No longer should you attempt to move forward without the tremendous weight and burden of those bricks and stones step forward in the light and love and  pure essence of who you really are and that which you are meant to be…a life fully realized and experienced in truth and transparency standing naked in the center of my love to guide you forward…with no pain or sorrow to hold you back or bind you…break free from the straps you have wrapped so skillfully around that which you are trying to protect…and protect from what? A life of love that you are here to experience? A life filled with purpose you are meant to live? It is okay to revisit the past and to feel the emotions that come with that experience naturally and organically, just be mindful to stay in touch with the love of the present and with gratitude and great reverence for all life in this moment, which is naturally the present moment – a life full of grace. These are the moments to thank God you are alive J  I love you dearly with all of my heart and essence and in “every” moment of every existence across the universes and in all constructions of time and space – always and in all ways!

 

So there you have it…my inner most thoughts and feelings! Part of me is reluctant to share this and part of me knows that it is time…

You see it is not all about me…it is about us. The community we build around us and the relationships we build in trust and transparency. I invite you into this community and would really like to know what you think…I’d like to engage in an open conversation and see what comes out of it! You may think I’m nuts or am perhaps “off my rocker,” but I am going to put “my love my life” out there and invite you to do the same!

Please leave a comment and tell me what you think…

Gratefully yours,

Cathy Lynn

 

 

 

 

ps. i did end up watching “Passion of the Christ” the day after easter…but i will save those insights for another day s this post is already long enough  :-)

Apr 23
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In the beginning…was truth!

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In total transparency and naked truth I begin this journey of revealing my thoughts…not that I know where this is going, but I hope you will enjoy the process along with me! For the past several years I have played with the idea of starting a blog…a sort of personal journal of random thoughts and insights. Well as I am part Virgo and have that “planning” until you are all planned out side of me, ya you guessed it, I could be planning this thing out for another decade at least!!!

So here goes…I am diving in head first and seeing where it goes and knowing that the path will be guided and we will find the way…

Part of me is terrified, part of me is being liberated (i think!)…can I really share my innermost thoughts and feelings to the entire world? No more worrying about what the neighbors will think, no more holding back expressing my beliefs, no more keeping silent with what is really important to me and what really matters in life. I have a voice and I am going to let it be heard…for better or for worse. Well that is my intention. I hope to have the courage to stay open and allow my thoughts to be shared freely and spontaneously. In doing so, maybe someone can relate in some way and perhaps feel at a deeper level within their own lives.

Thank you for taking a peek into my life and my thoughts. I hope we can share some magic together in the days, months, and years to come (smile)  Heck we are all in this game called life together…and I believe we are here to help each other and love each other fully…so here we go “My love my life” begins today…

This is my story…and my perspective on life as I know it!

Cathy Lynn