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In this Newsletter...
Centre Events: Toronto
1. Our Soul's Journey: meditation + conversation with Sue Vandittelli (Sat April 29, 10 am)
2. Growing in Self-Love conversation with Susan Vaughan (Sat May 6, 10 am)
Growing our Work/Life: Online
1. Feeling Stalled, Stymied or Blocked? Go deeper... - by Eric Hellman
2. How to Pursue Your Dreams While Making a Living by Tamara Lechner - fr. Chopra Center
3. How to Bring Your Passions and Purpose to Life by Nicolette Stinson - from Chopra Center
4. How to Find Your Conscious Professional Community - fr. consciouscompanymedia.com
5. You have gifts to share with the world, and my job is to help you... - from MarieForleo.com
Resources & Events in our Networks: Online, Vancouver & Toronto
For Earth Week:
1. The Work that Reconnects - Earth Day Retreat, April 21&22, Vancouver - fr. Cdn.Memorial
2. Awakening the Dreamer, April 29, Toronto - from Zoocheck & Snow Lion Meditation Shop
3. Water is Life -- Protect the Sacred - from Charter for Compassion
Plus:
4. Interfaith dialogue educational resources – from Paul McKenna, Scarboro Missions
5. Energy & Presence in Counselling: The work of Virginia Satir - from Mary Leslie
Events & Resources in Other Networks: Online & Various Locations
1. Spirit & Work Profile: Conscious Company Media (see below)
2. What is "conscious business"? Neale Donald Walsch & the Conscious Business Initiative
3. New Book: Awakening Compassion at Work by Monica Worline and Jane Dutton
4. Transforming Mondays & Helping People Find Purpose at Work - from worklife.org
5. Creative Commons Global Summit - April 28-30, Toronto
6. Positive Business Conference, May 11-12, Ann Arbor, MI
7. Conscious Company Global Leaders Forum – June 7-9, San Francisco
Inspiration & Reflection: Online
1. Today's Quote: “In reality I paint for myself..." - Angie Strauss, successful artist (see below)
2. Forgiveness meditation by Jack Kornfield (10 min video)
3. My Bucket List is Full by Rev. Christopher Page - Spiritually Speaking, Vancouver Courier
4. How to avoid the hidden pitfalls of aging by Ram Dass (7 min video)
5. Everything You Experience is Within Yourself by Sadhguru - from Goalcast (2 min video)
Click on the underlined link or read more below...
P.S. If you have difficulty with any links, email us at info@spiritualityatwork.org
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Saturday, April 29th - 10 a.m.
Your Soul’s Journey:
Meditation & Soulful Conversations
Join us for a morning of reflection, meditation and conversation. Led by Sue Vandittelli. [Read more]
PLEASE RSVP here (Refreshments; $10 suggested)
Location: St. Andrew's United Church, 117 Bloor St. E., Toronto
Directions (TTC/Parking). For more info, call 416-490-0911
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Saturday, May 6th - 10 a.m.
Growing in Self-Love
with Susan Vaughan
Our next monthly conversation on living and deepening self-love + its impacts on our work, relationships and life. More Information
Must RSVP to attend: sue@selflovediet.ca
Location: St. Andrew's United Church, Toronto
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Growing Our Work/Life: Online
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1. Feeling Stalled, Stymied or Blocked? Go deeper... by Eric Hellman
I drafted a flyer about my new work and asked a friend for feedback. Unfortunately, her response wasn’t what I expected. “It’s rather generic and general. Anyone could offer this. What makes your work different from everyone else?” Her comments pushed me to go deeper...
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2. How to Pursue Your Dreams While Making a Living by Tamara Lechner
– from The Chopra Center
Gone, for many, are the days when working to pay the bills was enough. A new consciousness has emerged, and with it a need to live a meaningful life that compels us to follow our dreams...
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3. How to Bring Your Passions and Purpose to Life by Nicolette Stinson
- from The Chopra Center
Wouldn’t it be nice if you had an inner GPS programmed with the destination: “MY PURPOSE”? Then you'd know when you are on or off course. The good news is that you DO...
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4. How to Find Your Conscious Professional Community by Gabrielle Peliccia
- from ConsciousCompanyMedia.com
Conscious community is different from traditional professional relationships, and finding your tribe can be tricky. Here's what to look for...
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5. You have gifts to share with the world, and my job is to help you get them out there - from MarieForleo.com
Marie runs a socially-conscious company which now serves millions of people. Grown from the ground up, she has worked with some of her own personal heroes, including Oprah, Richard Branson and Tony Robbins. See her website for hundreds of how-to videos and articles, and listen to her audio: "How to get anything you want (well just about anything)"
"When something’s not working in your life, and you are aware and conscious enough to face that truth... and to proactively look for a way to resolve it... you are already on the path to victory!"
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Resources & Events in our Networks:
Vancouver, Toronto & Online
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Earth Week: April 22-30
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1. The Work that Reconnects - Earth Day Retreat, April 21 & 22, Vancouver
- from Canadian Memorial United Church & Centre for Peace
During this time of tumult & uncertainty, it is challenging to know how to respond. Ecophilosopher and activist Joanna Macy developed this 'work' to help us channel our energy into empowered responses.
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2. Awakening the Dreamer, April 29, Toronto - from Zoocheck & Snow Lion Meditation Shop
This program inspires people to look squarely at the state of the world, then explore what role we can play in bringing an environmentally-sustainable, spiritually-fulfilling, and socially-just presence to the planet.
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3. Water is Life -- Protect the Sacred: An EarthWeek coopetition
- from Charter for Compassion
A nine day global challenge to inspire acts of love, service, and compassion toward our Mother Earth and all life... “Life is not possible without water. Therefore, it is the right of all life to have water that is safe, clean, and nourishing.”
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4. Interfaith dialogue educational resources – from Paul McKenna, Scarboro Missions
Free online resources: Principles and guidelines for interfaith dialogue, Interfaith curriculum and educational resources, and Golden Rule educational resources.
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5. Energy & Presence in Counselling: The work of Virginia Satir - from Mary Leslie
Virginia Satir was a pioneer in the fields of social work, counselling and family therapy. This article (Widening Our Lens, Deepening our Practice) explores how Ms. Satir incorporated meditations, centering, energy and presence in her work, as a foundational way of engaging with people in the process of change. Read Abstract -or- Full Article
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Events & Resources in Other Networks:
Online & Various Locations
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This Month's Profile:
Conscious Company Media
CCM is a print and digital magazine that serves as the voice of the conscious business movement. Through CEO interviews, how-to articles, and thought-leadership pieces from top practitioners in the field, they educate, empower, and inspire purpose-driven professionals to use business as a force for good.
The company began as a conversation over a meal between two friends, Maren Keeley and Meghan French Dunbar. They were trying to answer the simple question, “Why doesn’t a print magazine about sustainable business exist in the U.S.?” Both women had studied sustainable business in graduate school and felt there was a need. And in April 2014, Keeley and French Dunbar decided to take the leap and Conscious Company Media was born.
Since then, they have expanded to in-person events, webinars & virtual events, research, and a jobs board (coming soon)... Their website is highly recommended!
1) See their articles & videos
2) Their upcoming conference
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2. What is "conscious business"? Neale Donald Walsch & the Conscious Business Initiative - from Humanity's Team (recorded teleconference)
An engaging conversation that explores the foundations for conscious business:
- Who we really are and how we express that in our world
- How we transform what we often see as a burden into a blessing
- How to connect the work we do in the world, with the deepest calling of our heart.
- A shift in consciousness from separation to the recognition of our oneness.
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3. New Book: Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations by Monica Worline + Jane Dutton - from Center for Compassion
This new book opens our eyes to the power and importance of compassion in organizations, and reveals "caring" as a competitive advantage that fuels innovation, service quality, adaptability, retention, and more...
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4. Transforming Mondays & Helping People Find Purpose at Work - worklife.org
Each Monday it's a whole new world—hustling off to work and putting out fires. Or maybe dreading work and what might be another boring day. So “Where's the God who was with me on Sunday?” Hear WorkLife.org founder Doug Spada on iWork4Him radio:
Part 1: The Monday Revolution
Part 2: Work Does NOT Have to be a Four-Letter Word
Part 3: Celebrate Mondays: Work is our worship
Part 4: Spiritual Short Circuits
Part 5: Keeping Your Work Connected to God
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5. Creative Commons Global Summit - April 28-30, Toronto
Do you use free resources or programs on the Web? Do you want to grow and contribute to this "creative commons"? This conference is about "growing the movement for a more vibrant, usable, and collaborative Commons centered on the people that make it possible."
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6. Positive Business Conference, May 11-12, Ann Arbor, MI
Discover the transformation that has already taken place at organizations large and small, as courageous intrapreneurs & leaders share their stories of how they increased purpose, passion, performance — and profits. The theme is “Positive Leadership: Practices & Inspiration,” as our driving purpose is to spread knowledge and foster a community of leaders to make the world of work a better place...
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7. Conscious Company Global Leaders Forum: Business Impact for Good
– June 7-9, San Francisco (registration discount until April 15th)
At the intersection of sustainable business, conscious leadership, and social impact is YOU, the conscious business leader. The leader who cares about the planet, our fellow human beings, and the mindful awareness and compassion needed to lead in today’s world. As business leaders, we are being called to ACT and ADVOCATE in ways we never imagined...
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Inspiration & Reflection: Online
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1. Today's Quote: “I now realize that even though I paint for others to enjoy, in reality I paint for myself... Being true to oneself is the only way to have true satisfaction in whatever you do, and will bring you and others so much joy..."
- by Angie Strauss, internationally-known Canadian artist. See her beautiful work here.
2. Forgiveness meditation by Jack Kornfield
A powerful, 10-minute meditation to practice forgiveness of others, and oneself - by a world-renowned teacher. "Just as I have caused pain, hurt, suffering to others, so too I have hurt myself, betrayed myself, abandoned my own deepest values and love..."
3. My Bucket List is Full by Rev. Christopher Page - Spiritually Speaking, Vancouver Courier
"The list of things I would like to get done before I die cannot be paid for with a charge card. You won’t find them in a store; they are not advertised on TV... My bucket list is filled with: Love more deeply. Open more fully. Soften..."
4. How to avoid the hidden pitfalls of aging by Ram Dass - 7 min video
Ram Dass gave this talk when he was 65. Insights include: The moment he first thought of himself as a “senior citizen” ... and the “suit of meaning" we put on, about aging, that shapes our attitudes and beliefs. Excerpted from his full talk here.
5. Everything You Experience is Within Yourself by Sadhguru - from Goalcast
Have you ever experienced anything outside of yourself? Who should determine what happens within you... somebody else, or you? (2 min video)
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