Wake Up to Your Aliveness!

This year on August 1, I sat with a group of women who I adore as we celebrated the upcoming release of Infinite Purpose: Care Instructions for Your True Calling, a book that has provided me with profound spiritual guidance. It also happens to feature a snippet of my story and the stories of 15 other women, many of whom I have the privilege to know and call friends. At the event, we were asked to write an intention connected to our purpose (which was quickly turned into an AMAZING song by singer-songwriter,Lynn O'Brien.) Here's what I wrote: 

I got the best thing in the mail today! My #lifeyear8 intention, sent back to me in the best packaging- a @livlane card from Ms. Liv lane herself! I'm still so grateful to have spent my #lifeday with some of the amazing women who participated in #infinitepurpose. Follow #lifeyear8 to see how I stay awake to my aliveness this 8th year of renewed life (8/1/15-8/1/16).

A photo posted by Lindsay Walz, Resilience Coach (@lindzwalz) on Aug 21, 2015 at 8:06pm PDT

In today's video, I wanted to share with you a little more about what aliveness means to me:

For the rest of the weekend, I'll be attending the Academy for Leaders, a retreat program from the Center for Courage and Renewal which was founded by Parker Palmer. He has spent his life exploring wholeness and how to live an undivided life. I have been profoundly moved and guided by his wisdom and encourage you to explore his writings and contributions both on the Center's website, as well as his columns for On Being. I am profoundly grateful for this opportunity to continue exploring my own wholeness.

I'd love to hear what aliveness means to you! Let me know in the comments below.