Lianne Raymond, M. Ed. is a certified life coach, educator, and yogini. She also has been called a free spirit, a ruthless questioner, and a giver of delicious hugs. In her coaching, her teaching, and her life, she is guided by the question What if you let your heart move you instead of living a life of forcefulness? She lives in the wild beauty of Vancouver Island with her husband of 26(!) years and delights in being Auntie to her nieces and nephew.
Connect With Me
Lianne on Facebook Lianne on Facebook subscribe to Wild Abandon email Lianne

Want to get notified by email when I write something new?
Subscribe to My Newsletter
Search
Popular
Archives

Lianne Raymond

Hi. I'm Lianne. I appreciate you stopping by.

 

I'm on a mission - there's a good chance you landed here because you are, too. Whether you are longing to love yourself more, yearning for more fulfilling relationships or hoping to feel more enchanted with your life - you have found a home for those desires.

Danielle LaPorte doesn't call me Her Majesty of Questioning Just About Everything for nothing.  It is becoming obvious that the old paradigm just ain't cutting it anymore. Like fish that are unaware of the water they are swimming in, our culture is still swimming in outdated ideas that are dragging us down. These ideas are permeating your life in ways you aren't even aware of. But you're feeling it, aren't you? Like an itchy sweater you are wearing to a formal dinner you didn't even want to attend. I question it all so you can change into something comfy. And the big, juicy question I love to ask  is...

What is it to let your heart move you instead of living a life of forcefulness?

If you're not even sure what I mean by that - well, that just gets me even more excited. Cause I can't wait to show you.

More Philosophizing Ahead →

 

« 5 seconds to a better marriage | Main | forgiveness is not a charade »
Friday
Feb172012

when love washes over you

DateFriday, February 17, 2012

I love this story from Roseanne Cash about a particular moment when her father is asking her to sing with him during his last performance at Carnegie Hall. She refuses his repeated requests. And then he turns and walks away.."The look of his back struck me....and it filled me with so much love..."

You must listen to her describe it. Her voice truly captures the emotion of having love wash over you. Whether it's suddenly glimpsing your partner across the room or peeking in on your niece and nephew as they sleep or seeing your father's back in that certain way (for me, it was always my dad's hands that did it) - that sweet tenderness of the moment of pure love, of wordlessly inhabiting the fullness of love - those moments are what's real in this world.

And listen to the love in his voice when he brings Roseanne on stage to sing with him.

(Thanks to Heather Plett for sharing this.)

 

CommentPost a Comment |

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

Notify me of follow-up comments via email.