Here is a short video I made to encourage your participation in LOVE!
 Dear One,
It is time I began my love ministry. It is so painfully obvious to me that Love, indeed IS the only answer to our big, nasty mess in the world. Most of us do not have the training we need in Love. We have parents, ministers, teachers and leaders that do not understand Love. But we know it when we are in the presence of it. We consult our egos before, during, and after our interactions with others, our daily decisions, and our major plans. But we are missing the point in so many ways. I plan to write here in these pages my awareness of how and where love works and where it's absence hurts us even when we aren't aware of it directly. I see in every day behaviors my own lack of love and hope that in exploring it more in depth I can begin to make better, more loving choices, choosing Heaven on Earth, with my beloved brothers and sisters (and that means my entire family, friends, neighbors, and world at large). If you don't think the world matters to you, take a look in your closet or pantry. There are things you have in your home that have come from so far away... shipped all the way here on a tanker. Someone designed, grew, assembled, picked, packaged, sold, transported, stocked, unpacked, accounted for, or managed those who did in unimagined numbers. We truly are all connected in ways we don't stop to consider. If you live off the land in the woods off the grid then you are still affected by every bit of pollution, waste, and material use in the breath you take. (Plastic fibers are in the air every where and global climate change is happening each and every day somewhere in the world). I had been feeling hopeless, despairing of any way to stop this global egoic madness but now realize it is my call to ask for each and every one of us to start living from Love instead of Egoic Fear. Love for ourselves, for each other, for our precious home Earth, because it ALL comes back to us eventually. Our choice to choose Love over Selfish Ego fears (a fountain of self-fulfilling prophesy) is the answer to ALL of the world's issues. Are they complex and messy and inter- related in ways we cannot untangle? Of course! They have had aeons to develop. But we don't have aeons to turn them around. The time for Love is now and I plan to start a daily mindfulness about how and where love can prevail as a better choice. Starting today, now, I decided to NOT do any of the other important (and not so important) tasks that are constanly pulling at me and I chose to start my Love Ministry. Here and Now. With this first choice. Thank You for participating at any level you can. With a prayer, a blessing, a kindness shown ANY person or animal or the Earth. I plan to start asking myself with each choice I am making, "Is this TRULY good for me in the long term? as well as good for the entire world long term?" We cannot make more loving choices and decisions and actions without questioning them first. It's the start of a New Way Of Life for ALL of us, Please join me here and let's make it happen together, Blessings to Us All, Nina
Dear One, What is it about Holidays that makes anything unfortunate in someone's life seem so much worse? People give more to charities at Holidays because for some reason, being homeless, hungry or sick seems that much worse at this time of year. At some level, it does seem worse because if you are in a geographic location that is Dark, it can seriously affect your biology. But apart from that, is there really a Worse time to get sick, lose your job or home, or to have your spouse leave you? I used to blame my spouse for leaving me right before Christmas but with time and distance and wisdom, I realize heartbreak is heartbreak and it wasn't any worse than any other time of year, other than I told myself that. (And I got to be a big victim – Yuck!) WE give events the meaning they have for us! That is why they are special to us and not to others. Some people love solstices, or Halloween, or Homecoming, or Birthdays and others are completely indifferent about them. My Father seems to detest Christmas (PTS from WWII spent in a foxhole with other kids whose prayers for life were not seemingly answered), his sister loved it (she loved to shop and give gifts all year), my Mother dreaded it I think (her favorite day of the year is the day AFTER and her favorite Christmas was the one she stayed home alone with the flu in quiet contemplation with the Lord) My sister and I love Birthdays, my brothers ignore or are indifferent to them. and my Beloved seems to like ALL Holidays and Birthdays and any opportunity to party and be with his family. Each of us has a different meaning we give them based on what we tell ourselves about them. I like Birthdays because it is an opportunity to celebrate someone just for their existence AND that can be done any (or every) day of the year. When I met Mike he introduced me to the concept "Make Every Day Earth Day" and I liked that sentiment (and live it) so much I adopted it for relationships... "Make Every Day Valentin's Day" and I think it translates well to the meanings we give our Holidays. When we make every day Holy, and we treat each other as if they matter and we share our love and acceptance freely, we can let go of the idea that any particular day on a calendar has be to worse than any other day for life to happen on. And when we make every day Holy, with love in our hearts, nothing can be as bad as it is it when we don't. If you think making every day a Holiday will take the specialness out of any given day, you haven't tried it. I just spent this morning in bed reading fiction and it was spectacular. It isn't what you DO, but the attitude and meaning you bring to it. Just try it, starting now. Think of THIS DAY, TODAY as a special day worthy of your love and presence. Then Enjoy the sh*t out of it, meaning look for every opportunity to Bless yourself and the World. Happy Being Alive Today! Nina If you need help getting through the Holidays
and recovering your Love Life, contact me for a complimentary "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" coaching session by emailing to ninapottercoach(at)gmail.com or you can schedule it here: http://meetme.so/ninapotter  Dear One, Where do we start? I propose with our breath, our very life force. By practicing Heart-Focused Breathing:
 Dear One,
As I contemplate how I am showing up in life today, in my work, with my mate, my friends, family and community, I am struggling against the DO monster. I long to BE, but all of my past programming is screaming at me to DO. "Take this action and that action and DO SOMETHING, and get it all DONE. " There are unfinished projects (many of them never past the initial "buy a program or a book" phase) and even more un started ones. It can be so easy to get trapped in the cycle, and to forget that what is MORE important than the DOing, is who and how I am BEing WHILE I am Doing. It does me little good (and potentially harm) to do anything without my heart involved. That means I have to be present WHILE I am Doing. It's one thing to be Present while I eat, or exercise, or meditate, or pray, or even write or study. But to be Present and In my HEART when engaging with a client or my Sweetie or a friend, family, or neighbor is to really BE living in a connected way to life. This is the Foundation for Relating, no matter who you are engaging with in any moment. HOW I show up in any activity will color and shape my experience. All it really takes is an awareness, in the moment, to drop down into my heart and be aware of my energy. What is the field I am generating? Rupert Sheldrake wrote about "Morphogenic Fields" and how they affect the material plane that we all swim in. You have experienced this phenomenon whether you were aware of it or not. You walked into a room and you FELT something. It might have been joyful excitement or it might have been gloom or anything in between but you FELT it when you entered the space. You can create your OWN field just by being present and accessing your heart. Your heart electromagnetic waves have been measured several meters out from your body, unlike the inch or two of your brainwaves. Knowing this, try bringing an open and loving heart to your next activity. ESPECIALLY if it involves a loved one. If you are having issues with someone you care about, it will be even more critical to meet them with this open and loving heart and an intention to LEARN. Set up this field no matter WHAT you are doing and see what it feels like to be BEing as you do what you do. Experiment and enjoy the fruits of LIVING FULLY no matter what you have before you. More on this next time when I share the practice of Blessing Everything. Just warming up, Nina P.S. If you want to learn more, faster, or just want to get notified when I post more thoughts or recommendations, you can register HERE  Dear One,
Whether you have read the ebook on Inner Bonding or not, I HIGHLY recommend this 7 week course on How To FINALLY Learn to Love Yourself by Dr. Margaret Paul. You can access a free sample introduction to see if it is something you would benefit from here: https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/6s/ninapotter Do you know that self-abandonment is one of the major causes of anxiety, depression, loneliness, addictions, and relationship problems? You’ll be amazed at how much better you feel when you discover how to value who you truly are, how to heal old false beliefs, and how to connect with your personal source of higher wisdom, love, and compassion. This 7-week virtual workshop will give you a roadmap for understanding how to love yourself in ANY relationship — with a partner, family, friends, children, parents, co-workers, and professionals. The tools of Inner Bonding will give you the ability to heal fears of rejection and engulfment that may stand in the way of intimacy — as well as giving you the tools you need to move out of codependency and into emotional freedom. As you learn how to see, value, and love your true self, you will discover what has heart and meaning for you, what gives you passion and your life purpose. In the first session, “Beginning Your Inner Journey.” you’ll discover: * 4 different aspects of yourself that need to be understood and eventually integrated * The intent to learn about loving yourself and the intent to avoid pain through some form of controlling behavior * Various forms of controlling behavior that stem from self-rejection and self-abandonment * How to integrate your essence, ego-wounded self, loving adult and higher Self on another level * The 6 Steps of Inner Bonding * A practice to make you aware of the consequences of each intention Seriously, I love this work SO MUCH that I recently completed a 9 MONTH course with her through this same SHIFT NETWORK. It's amazingly effective when you practice it! Hope you can check it out as even this free intro call is full of useful content: https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/6s/ninapotter In Joy!, Nina  "A common affliction in our society is what is called the Sinatra Syndrome - a do-be-do-be-do imbalance - caused by too much doing and not enough being. So if you find yourself spending all your time being a doer, relax, take a break and do a beer instead." -- Swami Beyondananda HaHaHA!, one of my favorites from Steve Bhaerman's alter ego, the one and only Swami Beyondananda. Join the "Upwising" Subscribe to get his "Daily Laughsitive" in your own inbox everyday at www.wakeuplaughing.com In Joy! Nina  Dear One,
I feel your pain when a situation is not what you imagined for your life or the life of another. That could be your marriage or career, your spouse, your child, parent, neighbor, or someone you don't even know who lives far away and is hungry or in a war zone or reeling from a mass shooting. When we feel strong feelings about something, whether that be sadness, anger, or despair, it is a signal that we are experiencing something we are not aligned with. It is an opportunity to be aware of what we want INSTEAD! These early warning signs can be useful to help us identify what we want to move toward. When we can accept that what IS is what we have to move from or away from, we can still find contentment IN our situation as a “Growth Edge” for our personal development and evolution. That does not mean we have to settle for any kind of contentment WITH it. We want to have the drive and motivation (or Better Yet, INSPIRATION) to make changes in our (or the world's) situation but not at the Expense of our Well Being, which is all about being content with what IS. When we strive to find solutions to issues we are not content WITH from a place of Well Being (or contentment IN), we have better outcomes. We are able to work better with those we are in conflict with, resulting in more of what we want. We access higher intuition and creativity and are able to make better choices and decisions. If you are trying to make changes in your life or the life of others, stop for a moment and notice if you are trading your inner Well Being for nothing and thus hindering your success. There will be less friction and resistance to your efforts when you approach this situation from your contentment in your growth and learning while you do the work of changing that which is displeasing you. In Love and Awe for YOU in your efforts, Nina P.S. If you yearn for both more contentment in your life AND for changes in what you are experiencing, contact me for a complimentary Loving My Life Now coaching session to see what can be possible for you! Call me at 651-214-6803 or email to nina(at)ninapottercoach.com or schedule your 30 minute consultation at http://meetme.so/ninapotter  Hello My Dear One,
I often talk about how you need to Love Yourself in order to be able to share the love you HAVE, rather than try to 'get' love from outside yourself. The Inner Bonding Method with Dr. Margaret Paul is one of the fastest ways to learn how to get the healing, liberation and ability to live in joy that we all crave inside. I’m excited to introduce you to world-renowned psychologist Margaret Paul’s tools and practices for receiving deep, unconditional love… from within. I’d like to invite you to join her on Wednesday, October 4, for 6 Steps to Finally, Truly Loving Yourself: How to Access the Love You Never Received & Live in Profound Joy. You can find out more and register here for this FREE virtual event: Click HERE During this special session of the Inner Bonding method, you’ll find out about techniques for working with your emotional pain, anxiety and fear — so that you can form healthy attachments with the parts of you that have felt unworthy… and truly LOVE yourself. In this free virtual event, you will: * Receive insights into the core cause of depression, anxiety and most addictive behaviors, from substance abuse to technology. * Discover the 4 most common signs of self-abandonment -- and how to fill the emptiness from the INSIDE. * Realize the #1 cause of relationship problems… and how to address it. * Begin to access your “causeless joy” and your intrinsic worth independent of outer circumstances and accomplishments. The process of Inner Bonding teaches you how to “parent” yourself at the deepest levels so that you can finally experience true love for yourself… consistently. Join us for this illuminating and practical hour-long virtual event by registering here: Click HERE I will be there too because I learn something every time I hear Dr. Margaret Paul speak (and I just finished a 9 month immersion in her method!) Let's Share our Well Being, Nina P.S. Everyone who registers for "6 Steps to Finally, Truly Loving Yourself: How to Access the Love You Never Received & Live in Profound Joy" will also receive the AUDIO RECORDING afterward. (I re-listen to these many times) As always, if you want one to one private coaching, contact me at 651-214-6803 or schedule your session here: http://meetme.so/ninapotter |
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