Who Is Your Real Self?

September 1, 2020Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

DIANNE IS THE HOST OF TRANSFORMATIONS

Can’t help noticing there are many who are following a particular rhetoric and way of living but when questioned about why they are doing that they are unable to answer. Sometimes life can feel difficult and hard. We all experience that. When you feel that way you have some choices:

1) You can learn what you need to learn from what’s going on and then put all your focus on resolving it.

2) You can find others who support you in the believe that life sucks and find something to blame your circumstances on and not look at the choices you are making.

When you choose the later you have to give up the most precious thing you have – your inner sense of what is best for you. It’s that fail-safe part of every human being. When you over-ride it and follow someone else’s dictates you lose your most precious asset. And, by the way, most adults ignore it so you are not alone. Even if you are successful, you are very often cut off from your True Self.

Why are you are living the life you are living when you know it’s not right for you but you keep on doing it? It takes courage and determination to change. But the reward is finally being who you really are. Being free, feeling liberated and a sense of being your True Self.

Because it’s the work I’ve dedicated my life to (and no, I am not perfect in any way and I am, like you, always growing and evolving), I created The Audit.

If you are ready to finally be free to be your True Self, if you are committed to living a life that’s the Real You, in 13 weeks, I am committed to getting you to a place where you know who you are, your unique gifts and the path you are meant to follow because it comes from your Real Self.

You can finally experience freedom, liberation and the joy of being who you were created to be, the Real You. But only if you are ready.

Welcome to The Audit, if you are ready.

Dianne J. Shaver, M.A.

www.entrepreneurmindworld.com

Be Thankful by Dianne Shaver

February 18, 2020March 4, 2020Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Having a cold or anything that takes us out of our routine is something to be thankful for. When you feel so punk that you can’t focus on anything but can only be exactly where you are in the moment. This could be a new form of meditation with the added benefit that you can’t jump right back into a busy day. You are just there. Not fit to be anywhere else. You can’t find the energy to worry.

Even when you are on the mend and are back in your usual routine there is still a different energy. There is a kind of awareness that stays with you. A different perspective. An appreciation of feeling good again. Also, it’s the one time there’s no guilt about taking time off in the middle of the week. Instead it’s a time to shift deadlines, meetings and even podcasts. Things we would never think of doing when we are in the land of the healthy.

But, maybe, as we re-enter our usual life, it’s a chance to assess if we are doing what we want to be doing. If our daily activities express what we really think and feel. Because we have just spent time with ourselves that has been unscripted and without obligations. That changes awareness. We could jump right back into the old pattern of life or we could use this reconnecting to our usual lifestyle as a time to evaluate.

I think it’s good to do a monthly assessment of where we are and where we want to go. That’s usually a New Year’s Day activity, but what if it was something we did constantly? Would we stop ourselves from getting caught up in something we no longer believed in? Would we be more authentic and happier?

Awareness is a very precious thing. It’s usually not a high value for many. But what could be more valuable than asking ourselves what we want. We usually set up a task and go for it. That task usually leads to another and then logically to another, etc. So, we end up quite a way down the line from the original task and the reason for its existence.

Answering the question if something is what we want to be doing doesn’t mean we have to scrap everything and just stop dead in the water. However, it does mean that we might see a way to do things differently and more in alignment with who we are right now. Since we are constantly growing and evolving shouldn’t that mean how we lead our life, conduct our business, live in our relationships should also evolve? Wouldn’t that make life more interesting? I would think we would also feel more alive and more ourselves. Everything changes which is just part of life. When we refuse to change we miss out. Evolving is a really great thing. It means we are more than we were and that we will continue to be more. Not want more, but be more. They are vastly different. My sense is that often people confuse the two. By acquiring more they feel they are evolving, but that is definitely not true. Having more can be a trap because it is never ending. It is never enough.

Going back to feeling better after an illness. Everything feels new. We are grateful for feeling better. We are happy to be outside again and re-joining the world. We have a profound appreciation of simple things. Maybe we can find a way to keep those feelings. If we actively allow ourselves to evolve then we are always in that new place. Life looks different with new insight. We see things afresh. We have deeper appreciations. And, the good news, we no longer have to have been ill to be in that state of renewal.

Happy evolution

Dianne J. Shaver, M.A.

www.transformationspodcast.com

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T19-17 Ocean Crusaders: Cleaning Waterways and Educating Children

April 22, 2019April 16, 2020Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Transformations with Dianne Shaver and her guest Ian Thomson, on air from April 23rd

OCEAN CRUSADERS Australia’s Waterway Cleaning Team Ian Thomson, Founder

What inspired founder, Ian Thomson to turn his attention away from sailing races and starting a non-profit cleaning waterway and the ocean in Australia. Ian is a sailing racer and has sailed around Australia single-handed.

His mission includes educating children and the need for cleaning up plastic pollution. He empowers children by organizing them into clean-up crews, giving them the direct experience of putting knowledge into practice to make a difference. His foundation is growing and he now has branched out to Fiji.

I am passionate about educating people about the issues our oceans face so founded Ocean Crusaders as a tool to do this. It morphed into an online education program for young children and we now have an additional focus of beach and waterway cleaning in SE Queensland.

Every day we have a choice of what we buy and choosing items in plastic is taking its toll on our oceans. What you do today will affect tomorrow so make a choice to say no to as much plastic as you can, reuse it if you have to use it and recycle it when done.

JOIN DIANNE AND IAN AS THE SPEAK TO CLEANING OUR OCEANS AND EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN

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Ocean Crusaders is a charity organisation that specialises in waterway cleaning on a large scale. The entire campaign is run with a passion for the ocean having seen the issue our wildlife is facing first hand. Looking into the eyes of a dead turtle and wondering what killed it, to later find out it was plastics, drives this campaign to ensure that our oceans, waterways and beaches are clean and safe for all animals.

We operate a Social Enterprise that sees us working for government organisations and large corporations to clean waterways on a regular basis with our core crew. This sees us go places many wouldn’t and remove items many think are impossible to get. This Social Enterprise helps fund our community programs that involve our Paddle Against Plastic campaign and major beach and island cleanups.

Clean Oceans make us all winners!!!!

Only that he is a sailing racer and has sailed around Australia single-handed.

There are many ways to become involved from coming to one of our community events, to sponsoring us. We’d love to hear from you and see you soon.

http://oceancrusaders.org

facebook.com/OceanCrusaders

linkedin.com/company/ocean-crusaders

T19-15 Architect and Sustainable Cultural Designs

April 8, 2019April 23, 2019Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast 2 Comments

Transformations with Dianne Shaver and her guest, on-air from Aril 9th

How Art Combined With Function Can Solve Problems for Refugees and The Homeless

In this Interview with Abeer Seikaly where we discuss the intersection of architecture, art and function for solving world problems of refugees and the homeless. Her background with a mother who came from a nomadic tribe and her father who came from Syria inspired her to use her degree in architecture to create beautiful woven houses that can be easily collapsed and transported. The design keeps out wind, rain, sand, heat and cold. The interview takes place in Jordan. To test the viability of her design, Abeer spent the night in one of them on Mt. Everest.

JOIN DIANNE AND ABEER HERE FOR A TALK ON “Weaving a Home”

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Abeer Seikaly is a young Jordanian architect who has been featured on several global and local media platforms because of her innovation “Weaving a Home” that was shortlisted for the 2012 Lexus Design Award.

She is an architect, artist, designer and cultural producer. And received her Bachelor of Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2002. Over the span of 10 years, she has built a foundation of interdisciplinary skills that span architecture, design, art, fashion, textile design, and curation. She joined Villa Moda, a lifestyle and luxury retail concept in Kuwait and the Gulf as a senior architect and project manager in 2005 and directed the first contemporary art fair in Jordan in 2010. In addition to her independent practice, Abeer is also the production manager for Adel Abidin, the internationally recognized Iraqi/Finnish video artist. In 2012, Abeer’s design, “The Chandelier,” was selected as the winner of The Rug Company’s Wallhanging Design Competition and she was selected as a winner for the Lexus Design Award for her work, “Weaving a Home”.

According to Abeer Seikaly, architecture is not about the building itself but more about getting into it and experiencing its metaphysical nature with time. “Ordinary architects nowadays are inclined to use computer software to design buildings while sitting in closed offices. This is only dragging them away from people and nature. A real architect needs to be out there to feel, interact and test their designs”, says Seikaly. “Creating is about the process and not about the outcome.”

Participating in the Lexus Design Award was part of engaging fabric with people and nature. Disaster shelters have been made from a wide range of materials, but Abeer turned to the solar-absorbing fabric as her material of choice in creating woven shelters that are powered by the sun and inspired by nomadic culture.