The Subtle Beginning of Transition: How LifeQuakes Are Born
In the opening chapter of The LifeQuake Miracle: Awakening to Your True Purpose in Times of Personal and Global Upheaval, I wanted to share with you,the reader how sociological and environmental crises occurring on a grand scale are directly linked to your personal psychological, health, and career crises, and are in fact, catalysts prompting each of us to evolve in our own lives and as a global family. In describing our collective chaos in evolutionary terms, the reader is reassured that they are being pushed toward greater crisis resilience and adaptation to accelerated change.
The concept of a “LifeQuake” is introduced as the emergence of the self into its next level of evolution, accompanied by inevitable birthing pains. In its first- stage subtleties, a LifeQuake often goes unrecognized. Telltale signs include boredom, restlessness, and irritability. What is misunderstood, if not totally overlooked, is that these are symptoms of an outgrown life, not evidence that you are cracking up! You are merely operating ‘defunctionally’, not dysfunctionally. Not surprisingly, this is when resistance to change is strongest. We’re not uncomfortable … enough yet. Without understanding this phenomenon, it may be hard to identify that these symptoms signal the dawn of a more authentic life and higher level of consciousness if you have a roadmap that addresses all aspects of you – body, mind, and spirit.
Through a questionnaire that has been given to thousands of people over the years, this chapter helps readers identify which stage of their LifeQuake is operative. Then it reviews the impact of Stage One on lifestyle, workplace, relationships, and health, while providing tangible strategies for mastering change, and developing resilience in the midst of crisis driven transitions in each of these areas.
How to start building a new ‘faultless’ foundation when the old one starts to crumble is described and accompanied with an explanation of the building elements for that stage.
In Chapter One, the building elements are Keen Observation and Listening. Each chapter contains a toolbox section with practical exercises to assist in transitioning into the next stage. For example, the toolbox exercise in Chapter 1 is called LIGHT, CAMERA, ACTION (a guided meditation to start your day).
As with all heroic journeys, there are distinct tasks that help with developing change mastery. At the end of this chapter and those that follow, these tasks are shown as bulleted checkpoints summarizing each leg of the LifeQuake journey. These are meant to be guide posts not judgmental criteria for how well you are doing.
On her new website, LifeQuake.com, Dr Toni is offering free guided visualization tools for this stage as part of signing up for her newsletter. There will also be other tools not shared in the main site, in the membership section of the site that are not in the book.
The concept of a “LifeQuake” is introduced as the emergence of the self into its next level of evolution, accompanied by inevitable birthing pains. In its first- stage subtleties, a LifeQuake often goes unrecognized. Telltale signs include boredom, restlessness, and irritability. What is misunderstood, if not totally overlooked, is that these are symptoms of an outgrown life, not evidence that you are cracking up! You are merely operating ‘defunctionally’, not dysfunctionally. Not surprisingly, this is when resistance to change is strongest. We’re not uncomfortable … enough yet. Without understanding this phenomenon, it may be hard to identify that these symptoms signal the dawn of a more authentic life and higher level of consciousness if you have a roadmap that addresses all aspects of you – body, mind, and spirit.
Through a questionnaire that has been given to thousands of people over the years, this chapter helps readers identify which stage of their LifeQuake is operative. Then it reviews the impact of Stage One on lifestyle, workplace, relationships, and health, while providing tangible strategies for mastering change, and developing resilience in the midst of crisis driven transitions in each of these areas.
How to start building a new ‘faultless’ foundation when the old one starts to crumble is described and accompanied with an explanation of the building elements for that stage.
In Chapter One, the building elements are Keen Observation and Listening. Each chapter contains a toolbox section with practical exercises to assist in transitioning into the next stage. For example, the toolbox exercise in Chapter 1 is called LIGHT, CAMERA, ACTION (a guided meditation to start your day).
As with all heroic journeys, there are distinct tasks that help with developing change mastery. At the end of this chapter and those that follow, these tasks are shown as bulleted checkpoints summarizing each leg of the LifeQuake journey. These are meant to be guide posts not judgmental criteria for how well you are doing.
On her new website, LifeQuake.com, Dr Toni is offering guided visualization tools for this stage as part of signing up for her newsletter. There will also be other tools not shared in the main site, in the membership section of the site that are not in the book.
