Are you in the midst of a major life transition and feeling the fear?

Have you given up on the stuck areas of your life?

What if you could release blocks so more opportunities and possibilities can show up for you?

Are you ready to receive amazing insights, new perspectives, clarity and fun to have more of everything you desire?

TREAT YOURSELF!

JOIN US ON

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2010

9AM – 5PM MST

Creekside Center, 337 N. Rush St., Prescott, AZ

Facilitated by Judith Joyce

$200 in Appreciation for You & Your Life

Advance registration required

Pre-pay by check or PayPal on my website: www.journeybeyondbelief.com

Questisons? Want to register? Interested? Can’t participate now?

Call Judith Joyce at 928-308-4657 or email at jmjoyce@journeybeyondbelief.com

]]> http://www.journeybeyondbelief.com/2010/07/living-vibrantly-class-prescott-az-in-august/feed/ 0 http://www.journeybeyondbelief.com/2010/07/access-bars-class-vt/ http://www.journeybeyondbelief.com/2010/07/access-bars-class-vt/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:57:15 +0000 Judith Joyce http://www.journeybeyondbelief.com/?p=649 Access Consciousness – The Source for Ultimate Change

What if learning a simple technique called The Bars could

* Relieve tension in your mind & body?

* Reduce stress?

* Quiet the distracting chatter in your head?

* Boost your immune system?

* Improve your children’s grades & study habits?

* Release the blocks held in your body caused by anger, frustration, & exhaustion?

* Allow more energy to be available to you?

* Optimize your performance, talents, & abilities?

* Facilitate easier, more joyful pregnancy & birth?

* Open you to receiving more possibilities in life?

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You’ll receive a manual and be able to run the Bars technique on yourself and others as a Bars Practitioner after this class!

Many massage therapists and body workers find the Bars to be a powerful addition to their practices.

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

9 am – 5 pm EDT

Waitsfield, Vermont

Investment in YOU: $200, $100 if repeating

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Facilitated by Judith Joyce

Certified Access Bars Facilitator

Want to know more? Join us on 1 of these free Tele-calls

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AT 9:00AM, EDT

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 8:00PM, EDT

Advance registration for the calls and the class is required

Call 928-308-4657 or E-mail jmjoyce@journeybeyondbelief.com

to register for the calls

TO REGISTER FOR THE CLASS & GET DIRECTIONS, CONTACT:

Carol Wheelock

802-496-2306

cwheelock@fengshuivermont.com

* Relieve tension in your mind & body?

* Reduce stress?

* Quiet the distracting chatter in your head?

* Boost your immune system?

* Improve your children’s grades & study habits?

* Release the blocks held in your body caused by anger, frustration, & exhaustion?

* Allow more energy to be available to you?

* Optimize your performance, talents, & abilities?

* Facilitate easier, more joyful pregnancy & birth?

* Open you to receiving more possibilities in life?

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You’ll receive a manual and be able to run the

Bars technique on yourself and others as a

Bars Practitioner after this class!

Many massage therapists and body workers find the Bars

to be a powerful addition to their practices.

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Saturday, July 24, 2010

10 am – 6 pm

Village of Oak Creek, Sedona area, AZ

Investment in YOU: $200, $100 if repeating, kids under 16 FREE

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Facilitated by Judith Joyce

Certified Access Bars Facilitator

For reservations & directions, contact:

Judith Joyce

928-308-4657

jmjoyce@journeybeyondbelief.com

]]> http://www.journeybeyondbelief.com/2010/07/sedona-bars-class/feed/ 0 http://www.journeybeyondbelief.com/2010/07/accessing-your-potency/ http://www.journeybeyondbelief.com/2010/07/accessing-your-potency/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:46:51 +0000 Judith Joyce http://www.journeybeyondbelief.com/?p=600

Marianne Williamson’s “Our Greatest Fear” – so beautifully and powerfully says it all:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,

Our presence automatically liberates others.”

This quote has long been a favorite of mine – such an incredible reminder of our purpose here and how potent we are.  The infusion of energy during the days surrounding the recent Summer Solstice, said to have not been on this planet since the Fall of Atlantis, is supposed to be the beginning of a massive wave of energy that will carry us into 2013.  To say that everything that was nailed down is coming loose with increased speed and intensity is a huge understatement.

While I’ve been on some pretty wild rides and taken numerous leaps of faith into the void, the speed and intensity of the changes in my life and on the planet in the past 2 years give the word “transition” a whole meaning – like maybe “catapult now”?!  It’s time for each of us to “step up to the plate” claiming our gifts and talents while being ready for the chute to open for us to generate the life of our dreams.  What does this bring up for you?

For me, it always brought up fears, insecurities – not being good enough, someone else has already thought it/done it, what will people think, I don’t have the money or the backing, it’s too much work, what if I fail? etc, etc, etc.  As I weigh each of these excuses, they each feel much heavier than lighter meaning they are lies, not the truth for me.

My First Huge Leap

Nine months after moving from Dallas to New York City in 1976 with my husband and 7-year old daughter, being the first married woman and only the second woman to be transferred by AIG, I left my marriage.  My conscious journey to find out who I really am began soon after and continues to this day.  It’s truly been a “journey beyond belief” traversing at least 4-5 belief systems and lifetimes so far.

When I was struggling with deciding to leave my marriage, Wayne Dyer’s book, “Your Erroneous Zones” provided incredibly valuable insights and guidance.  When reading that there are no right or wrong decisions, only choices we make with the information we have at the time, I immediately saw the wisdom in that and how judging anything as right or wrong, success or failure, good or bad increased fear while stopping forward movement completely.  Realizing that as I made a choice and started down a path, I would gain more experience and information that could cause me to make choices including course corrections where more information would be gained as I continued my journey.  That felt much lighter thus providing the courage I needed to continue with my decision to leave.

Other Leaps Into the Void

• Honoring my truth by requesting, and receiving, a career path change from Second Vice President of Human Resources to being an internal Career Development Consultant for the company

• Claiming my need for freedom and independence by leaving a 25-year lucrative corporate career in Human Resources to start my own business

• Following my heart to move to Vermont after living in New York for 22 years

• After being on a medical leave, claiming my truth about the type of work that was best for me, knowing it could, and did, result in my leaving Seventh Generation

• Knowing my time in Vermont was complete, then listening for and following my guidance as to where to move  – all signs pointed to Prescott, Arizona

• Trusting my knowing that an important relationship needed to end so that both of us could live the lives we truly wanted to live

The results of each of those leaps have always far exceeded anything I could have imagined.  My life continues to expand with joy, ease, abundance and playfulness as my willingness to listen to my intuition, trust what I hear and take the suggested action leads to amazing synchronicity and rewards of all kinds.  Asking my body, mind and spirit what each wants/needs has enhanced my relationships with them and expanded my awareness exponentially.  During my recent moves to a new home and a new office, I asked each object if it wanted to go to the new space or not and where it wanted to be placed once it got there.  That process made packing and unpacking so much easier, faster and stress free during each move.  How does it get any better than that?

A Guide to Accessing Your Potency

To support you in connecting with your potency, use these questions to see what comes up for you.  Write the first things that come to mind and release the desire to “manage and judge the news”.

What does accessing your potency mean to you?

What is keeping you from claiming your potency?

How could claiming more of your potency change your life and life on the planet?

Who/What can support you in claiming more of your potency?

Your answers can be quite illuminating thus lighting the path to greater awareness and clarity.  Especially for most women, accessing our potency challenges the caretaker programming we’ve had for eons to ensure everyone else’s needs are met, leaving us and our needs, talents and abilities at the gate.  If not now, when will you connect with how gorgeous, talented, brilliant and fabulous you are?!  Changing the world as you shine your light so others can shine theirs!!! What else is possible?

Are your relationships (including the one with yourself) fulfilling and nurturing?

Does fear engulf you and keep you stuck?

Do you continue to repeat destructive behaviors with the same people and then beat yourself up for doing it?

Can you feel the life/business that is calling you and yet can’t seem to get there?

Claim your potency through connecting with your true self!
Learn new skills and gain new perspectives by accessing your inner navigation system or GPS — Guidance Positioning System to

* Increase access to and confidence in your intuition
* Learn effective and quick processes to reduce stress
* Increase self awareness and confidence
* Accurately read and trust the signals from your feelings and body
* Become more aware of and utilize your gifts and talents
* Improve personal/business relationships
* Gain new perspectives/skills for problem solving and handling conflict
* Increase creativity, fun and intimacy in your life and business!

The “moving to a new home” energy had been building in my body for weeks as my mind repeatedly said “No, moving is expensive, I don’t have the money and it would be a distraction to building my business.  Besides I love it here and yes, it’s been stressful to meet the financial obligations.’  I’d been vacillating for months between having a housemate to share the expenses and maintaining the guest room for the guests I love to have thus clouding the signal that blocks the Universe from providing what I desire.

Intuitive Intervention

On April 20,the fourth anniversary of living in the home I’d loved since moving to Arizona, my intuitive voice said to go on Craig’s list to look for a housemate.  I dutifully obeyed finding a promising possibility to which I replied immediately.  Next I was told to check out the listings “just to see what’s going on in the marketplace”.  Two listings stood out – one in Prescott Valley, where I currently lived, and one in Prescott, where I’ve always wanted to live.  I saw both the next day and the rest, as they say, is history.  Living in a Carriage House had been a long time dream and this one made every cell in my body light up like the Fourth of July Macy’s fireworks display in New York.  Returning the next day to measure, as my attachment to my king size bed would be a deal breaker if it didn’t fit, I was told that someone who’d seen the place previously wanted until the next afternoon to decide whether to take the place or not.  Believing that “If it belongs to me, it will be here; if not, it won’t,” I proceeded with the measurements.  The next evening the call came – the place was mine if I wanted it!  With an exuberant heart and some big butterflies in my stomach, I immediately said yes, making the arrangements to sign the lease two days later.  Within 72 hours, it was done.  Talk about feeling like a whirling dervish!  Three weeks after signing the lease I was moving in.  As everything about this move unfolded with such grace and ease, it was truly evident this belonged to me.  This dream had taken the Universe more than 10 years to create.

As soon as I embraced moving, the support poured in.  When I told my current landlord that much of my furniture was for sale, he revealed they had just bought a house in Sun City West and were looking for used furniture!  Well, they bought almost all of it!!  A dear friend gave me an area rug that was perfect in color and design for my new bedroom.  The best friend of another friend has a variety of trucks and crew that could move me much less expensively than the self-rental or moving company options.  And, they were fabulous to work with no breakage or damage done.  Several great friends agreed to help pack and move boxes to my new place to lighten the load and time for the movers with two of them buying other items that were for sale.

A Previous Intuitive Message Unfolds

Another intuitive message received a couple of months ago, also began playing out in miraculous ways as my move was progressing.  I was told to share information about the energetic bodywork processes I’d been learning and using with my Naturopath and gift her with a session as she could be a great source for referrals while possibly leading to my having office space in her building in the future.  Written information was given to her soon thereafter and yes, she was receptive to experiencing a session that occurred a few days prior to my moving into my new home.  As we talked after the session, she disclosed that one of the practitioner rooms was being vacated asking if I was interested.  After a few seconds of speechlessness, I told her of my intuitive message, never dreaming the space would be available immediately!  After looking at the space and learning it would be available exactly when I could leave my current office space coupled with the attractive agreement and financial structure, this was truly an offer I couldn’t refuse.  As I drove home, delirious with all the good fortune coming my way, I called a friend to share what had just happened.  As I told her the story, she quickly suggested she share the space with me adding to the sweetness of this possibility as my morning part time job precludes my using the space full time on weekdays.  So the financial aspects of this deal just became REALLY attractive.  After seeing the space together the next day, we agreed to take it!  So this deal was done in less than 24 hours!!

Now for the pay offs!

Having listened to and honored my body’s request for rest and regrouping in April, my income had decreased significantly so when I saw the Carriage House on April 20, I wasn’t clear how all of the financial aspects of this move would work.  The many facets that quickly unfolded were less monthly rent in my new place, refund of my security deposit from my old place, consigning clothes, donating those not taken plus other household items to the charities supported by this consignment shop resulting in nice tax deductions; selling CDs to a store next door to the consignment shop and donating the rest to the charity they support; selling the furniture to my landlord and friends as mentioned earlier, receiving refunds/credits from utilities and getting 6 new clients in May while little or no focus was given to my business!  Another real bonus is being so much closer to everything that during the first full week I drove less than 100 miles whereas my previous weekly mileage totals were between 250 – 300 miles!  So the savings of time and gas are already significant.

Abundance and prosperity come in many forms.  Willingness to take the leaps of faith has always brought amazing miracles and pay offs into my life.  Having my new home and office space appearing so quickly and effortlessly has deepened my knowing of what more is possible when resistance is released allowing the space for receiving even more than I could imagine to expand into living the life of my dreams and more!

What more is possible in your life?  How does it get any better than this?  What else is possible?

Abusing My Body

During my years in the corporate world my body’s only way to stop me (it had given up trying to slow me down) was to stop moving one morning as I tried to get out of bed to go to work. At that time, allowing myself to take a “mental health day” as many employees did, felt like cheating or lying.  The real truth was I didn’t’ believe I deserved to take that time out to preserve my sanity and my health because I had so much work to do.  Childhood programming that I had to do all my chores before I could go out to play is deeply embedded in my internal hard drive.  How would I ever catch up?  I didn’t want more punishment for falling so far behind, while heaping more judgment onto myself.  Burning out four times, the last resulting in a 3 month medical leave, finally impressed upon me how important it was to listen more to my body and quickly heed it’s messages.

About 10 years ago, as I was looking at my body in the mirror beginning to judge all of what was wrong with how it looked, a revelation bubbled up that took me away from what I saw in the mirror.  All of my life I had abused my body with junk food, pushing me past my limits, exercising very infrequently and ignoring it’s warning signs and yet, it never let me down nor gave up trying to show me a different way.  Realizing what an incredible partner my body was and is to me and how it had been supporting me even when I was abusing it relentlessly, filled me with immense gratitude changing the way I have related to my body ever since.   And you know what?  As I moved from judging to loving my body, it responded by losing weight with no conscious effort on my part!

Life Changing Awareness

Yet it wasn’t until Access Consciousness* tools and processes arrived in my life 10 months ago that I began to understand the depth of the relationship I could have with my body.  And, how critical that relationship is to generating everything I desire to have a phenomenal life.

During the first class, I learned that our brains feed on sugar, salt, water and energy.  What a concept!  Interesting that we’re constantly being told to eliminate sugar and salt from our diets and bodies, especially those of us with diabetes.  At the first break, we were told to eat lots of sugar and salt to replenish the effects of the energetic clearings we had been doing for more than an hour.  Since I believed I had Type 2 Diabetes (it ran in my family) being on medication for 6 years, I asked the facilitator how eating lots of sugar worked with that.  Asking if that was current life or past life, to which I responded both, she asked if I wanted to clear it.  Her response to my “yes” was to do the “clearing statement”* and tell me to ask my body what it wanted to eat.  My body’s answers were “yes” to both the sugar and salt.

Fast-forward one month to the second round of Access classes when I shared about having some heart/blood pressure issues and diabetes, the facilitator looked me straight in the eye saying,  “I assume you know there is no evidence of any of that in your body!”  To which I replied,  “I’ve always believed this didn’t belong to me and that I could reverse both situations.”   For years I’d been muscle testing each day for what supplements my body needed, yet it never occurred to me to do that with medications.  The next day I began asking, through muscle testing, if my body required each of the medications and/or dosages at that time.  And, if so, did it need to ingest (have the pills in my pocket to receive the energy of them) or digest (swallow) them.  As I continued checking my blood pressure and sugar, they increased slowly over a couple of days.  When I told the facilitator about that, she asked me why I was still checking as that indicated my distrust of the process.  I then realized these were just numbers on a piece of paper determined by the medical profession as guidelines for everyone as if we’ve all been “cookie cuttered”.  Within two weeks, my body took me off the medications.  Every cell in my body was lit up like the Fourth of July fireworks celebrating the freedom and truth of these actions.  Three months later two quantum biofeedback sessions confirmed there was no evidence of heart problems, high blood pressure or diabetes in my body or energy fields.

Seven years ago having lost three of the people I loved most in the world within two months, the depth of grief was almost incapacitating.  I asked my naturopath to do an adrenal test to see what, if any, damage was being done.  The results showed my rhythms being exactly the opposite from the norm.  Concerned about what that meant, I called my spiritual mentor of 17 years to get some clarity.  She laughed saying, “Honey, we’ve known for a long time that you weren’t normal so why would you think any of your tests would be “normal”.  You’ve got to get it that your body was set up before you came in to support what belonged to you in this lifetime.”  Those words have rung in my ears many times since when I fall back into comparing myself with “normal”.

More Ways to Relate to and Engage With Your Body

Ask what it wants to eat and honor that even if it goes against all the “conventional wisdom” you’ve thought about what’s ‘good’ for your body.  I’ve eaten more sugar and salt in the past 8 months than I ate in the previous 20 years and my weight is at a level I haven’t seen in over 40 years!  And, the grey in my hair is getting darker!

Ask you body what it wants to wear when you’re choosing each morning, when you’re buying clothes and when you’re going anywhere

Anytime you’re feeling sick, tired or in pain, ask “Body, how can I change this?  Can you show me what energy I can be to change it?

Our bodies are on our side as our best friends and facilitators. Ask yours what it knows and what it can show you.

While this all may sound quite bizarre, what have you got to lose?  What have you got to gain?  What else is possible?

*Access Consciousness website: www. accessconsciousness.com

*Clearing Statement – Access supports you in clearing what’s stopping you from accessing your truth and potency by increasing your awareness, clearing your blocks and living in the question, not finding answers and/or solutions.  The clearing statement is Access short speak for different energies we are asking to clear; asking the energy to go to the point of creation of what we’re clearing.

Once upon a time a new baby named Me came into this world quickly feeling she had made a wrong turn.  This wasn’t at all what she thought she’d signed up for prior to coming back to earth.  Sensing she was so different from her parents yet absorbing all of who they were, while believing on some level they were all the same.  Because her mother’s birthing experience was difficult, Me’s father gave her the middle of the night bottle.  Some 30 years later as her father told the story of how she wanted to play rather than “get down to business” so he could go back to bed, she finally knew why she’d always felt like a burden who never did anything right.  How incompetent are you, if you don’t take your bottle correctly?  These tiny, yet pivotal instances created her beliefs about who she was and how important it was to please others, especially those closest to you.

Until Me was 2 years old, her sense of success or failure/right or wrong depended solely upon her parents’ reaction to her every move eliminating any sense of her self.  Shortly before her second birthday, “NO” became a staple of her vocabulary.  Her first attempts to separate herself from her parents were met with strong resistance.  Even though the internal force was strong for her to resist, the results of resisting were often physically and emotionally painful.  Retreating into the fetal position to be invisible seemed like a good way to dodge the pain.  Committing to be as good and perfect as possible so as not to incur the wrath of her father while really believing she was truly a bad person (why else would her father punish and criticize her so frequently?) became cornerstones for her way of being in the world.  Her sister, born when Me was three, responded to being told “No!” with immediate defiance quickly strengthening her determination to do it anyway.  The wrath her sister provoked resulting in terrible punishments increased Me’s resolve to shrink even further out of the way.

Me’s earliest childhood memories were of losing any attention from her parents while gaining new restrictions upon her new born sister’s arrival home from the hospital and being told she was going to college with a full scholarship because they wouldn’t be able to pay those expenses – ingrained in her that she was on her own.  And, she won a full scholarship to college so her parents never had to pay a dime.  Oh, the power of scarcity and people pleasing programming.

As Me started school, her desire to please her teachers as much as her parents remained quite strong.  Her first report card in first grade was all A’s starting a trend that would continue until she took chemistry in high school.  Being told she would be grounded for six weeks for a C was strong motivation to continue her perfect record.  Very early on, Me’s father rewarded her straight A’s with money for each such report card cementing her belief that she only received and deserved money for being perfect.  That ensured the deep difficulty she had with receiving money for any work she ever did because, of course, she wasn’t perfect.

The Victim’s Beliefs and Behaviors

Beliefs that fuel the victim’s view were strong in Me’s life starting with those new born nights with her father and her bottle – being powerless, vulnerable, criticized, judged, punished, fearful and controlled. Victims crave attention, understanding, and nurturing, not only in the physical sense but also in the spiritual sense, having lost the connection to themselves, loved ones and spirit.   Feelings of worthlessness, dependence, fear, anxiety, stress, burn out, isolation, anger, jealousy and betrayal abound.  Victims frequently use “should, have to, must, supposed to, need to” reflecting the belief that they have no choices. They expect to make mistakes, mistrust themselves and others, and feel threatened by the bounty of life while believing there’s never enough of anything.  Victims focus outwardly, looking to some one (a lover, parent, cult leader, guru, etc.), some thing or some place to bring them peace and happiness.    Being unable to receive, they give from a place of emptiness spawned by a strong “need to be needed”.   From these beliefs come controlling, blaming, retaliatory, manipulative, judgmental, reactive, and co-dependent behaviors. One of adult Me’s huge “aha’s’ was how her need to be needed led to attracting needy people into her life.  A perfect vibrational match!  Another huge “aha” for adult Me was when her therapist asked her why she felt she had go across the country to be at her mother’s side during brain surgery and she replied “because she is my mother and she’s having brain surgery” and she didn’t know she had a choice.  At the time, Me was severely depleted, possibly heading toward a hospital stay herself if she didn’t start taking care of her – a completely new concept.  Making arrangements with her mother’s doctor and friends to inform her if anything went wrong with her mother’s surgery, Me, age 43, for the first time chose herself first by staying home.

Parents’ greatest gift

Me’s parents each gave up the work they loved due to – her father’s angry reaction to rejection of his proposal to improve efficiency in his workplace; her mother’s response to her new husband’s order to quit based on his jealousy of the men in her workplace.  The loss of their dreams resulted in both of them being angry, unhappy and unhealthy for the rest of their lives.   Seeing the lack of joy in her parent’s lives touched a knowing deep in Me’s heart that life wasn’t meant to be joyless and painful.  In fact, it was just the opposite.  In her late teens, Me made her decision to live life joyfully and easily.  She later saw this realization of what belonged to her to create in her life as the greatest gift her parents could have given her.

Journey to Vitality

Me left her 13-year marriage at age 33, 9 months after being transferred to New York City from Texas by the company for whom she worked.  Waking up one morning with clarity that her marriage was not where she wanted to be as her future unfolded, she left 3 months later choosing to give her husband residential custody of their daughter because Me felt she was a terrible mother believing her husband was much better equipped to be the full time parent.  Me thought of getting her cat back from friends as she started her new life when the “NO” from every cell of her being was deafening and unanimous:  “You have spent your whole life focused on everyone else, it’s now time to focus solely on you and find out who you are!!”

The six years that followed before Me’s daughter came to live with her were pivotal.  Seeing a therapist who instantly helped her see that the constant pain in her neck symbolized looking up from the street at the Empire State Building spire for 33 years thus mirroring how she had always looked up to everyone else believing they were much better than she at everything.  Me’s goal was to experience feeling her feelings that were blocked as solid as a frozen car engine.  She could only describe herself as being “upset” when she didn’t like the way something was going.  Her therapist revealed that Me’s face looked like she’d won the lottery when she talked of being upset.  That was her “Merry Sunshine” face – a true product of the “looking good family”. Because Me’s father was a rage-aholic she was terrified of feeling, much less expressing, her anger.   She understood how someone could be a mass murderer fearing she, too, was a heartbeat away from randomly opening fire on innocent people.  Thus, it was critical for her to keep those feelings at bay.  The support of a women’s therapy group gave Me reassurance that once she recognized that connection to rage, there were healthier ways to disperse that energy.

Me’s decision to stay home while her mother had brain surgery turned out to be a turning point in her life.  Choosing Me’s health and well-being over her feelings of obligation toward her mother was the first time in her life she had ever chosen herself first.  That brought her journey to vitality up several notches, which is often the case when we step out of our comfort zone.

Within 6 months another turning point occurred that catapulted Me into other realms.  She received her first poor performance appraisal since she’d started working in the world some 24 years before.  She was devastated as success at school and work was always easy for her framing her sense of self worth, and now the moorings had collapsed under her quickly reviving the victim role once more.  As with most situations that first appear devastating, amazing gifts arise from the ashes.

A few weeks after her devastating appraisal, Me attended an Al-Anon meeting at her nephew’s suggestion. The speaker, having just received notice that their house was being foreclosed due to her husband’s alcoholism, spoke on faith.  As several other women repeated their same experience, Me felt some itching around her waist.  Walking to the car, her fury quickly rose as she wondered why those women were allowing these men to ruin their lives.  When Me got home hives – a physical manifestation of anger – covered her body from shoulders to knees.  Her awareness of how being a victim can negatively impact and ultimately ruin lives was expanding.

Going the next evening to an Adult Children of Alcoholics aka ACOA meeting, Me experienced a sense of comfort and connection within a group of total strangers unlike anything she’d ever known.  It was as if every person in the room grew up in her family.  Those meetings provided the outline of the puzzle where she could place all the pieces she’d gotten in therapy.  So many things in her life were finally making sense!

Another huge revelation came to Me when the speaker at another ACOA meeting referred to that program as spiritual not religious.  Me, never knowing there was a difference, instantly knew that spirituality was what had been missing from the first 44 years of her life.  Over the next twenty years Me explored many spiritual traditions and metaphysical perspectives.  She took from each what resonated with her creating a framework for living a life of vitality.

So what does a life of Vitality look and feel like?  A deep connection to the Oneness of all life, supporting the trust one has in herself/himself and the abundance of the Universe. Honoring oneself and others with love, nurturing, kindness and caring.  Asking and listening to one’s body, mind and spirit to determine the needs for rest and activity. Experiencing the freedom of always having choices and following one’s heart in making those choices, while taking full responsibility for the results without attachment to what other people will think. Knowing one deserves and can receive all the Universe has to offer allowing them to detach from people, places, things, outcomes and expectations. Standing in trust, exuding joy, peace, ease and gratitude, knowing that one’s potency comes from the centered place inside.

Me’s journey to Vitality will continue to unfold and change.  Each step offers greater possibilities, more consciousness and grand adventures beyond her imagining as she continues to live from choice by choosing Me first.

“When I need perspective or guidance on a certain issue at work or with another person, Judith has an uncanny talent for revealing to connections between “the issue” and “my issues.”  She helps me to get out of my own way and sometimes to let myself off the hook when I’m being too hard on myself.  And she does so in a way that is gentle, compassionate, and always with the highest good of all in mind.  To say that I am a better person for knowing Judith does not come anywhere close to describing the level of impact she’s had on my life and the amount of gratitude I have for her.”  J.S., Entrepreneur & Business Owner, VT

“In the last year, Judith Joyce has helped me at several different transitions points in both business and personal arenas–her insights and guidance in each case has shifted my thinking those few degrees that made my next steps more authentic and clear. I greatly value her gentle, creative approach to enlarging ones point of view, recognizing a greater sense of support and choice. I have both taken classes and done private consultations, and can say that in each case she has helped me to move forward in ways that I could not catalyze by myself.” C.C., Feldenkrais & Bowen Practitioner, AZ

“Several years ago I was blessed with an introduction to Judith Joyce. We had several life coaching sessions together.  This was the beginning of a friendship as well as a relationship of spiritual counseling.

She introduced me to many aspects of her personal growth.  One of these included classes, which opened up the world of labyrinths to me.  Her expertise in this field of study was demonstrated with integrity, enthusiasm and knowledge.  Her teaching skills were an invitation for me, as well as many others, to sign up for additional classes under her instruction.  Judith has shared Reiki sessions with me at various times also.

I highly recommend her services to anyone who is interested in creating more vibrancy in their personal lives, relationships, as well as business endeavors.  You will be both blessed and challenged in a variety of ways.”  C.B., AZ

“Amazing, insightful, gentle and clear – that’s how I’d describe my experience with Judith Joyce.  She compassionately helps you unlock the blockages and move forward with confidence and empowered understanding.  I have known Judith for over 12 years and her work has evolved to reflect the breadth of her continuing self-study and the experiences she has learned by working with others.  Each time we connect, I feel more open, more clear and empowered to move ahead in my own work.  She’s WONDER-FULL!”  W.C., NY

“For the last ten years, Judith has been my Mentor, Coach, Guidance Counselor, Spiritual Director and valued friend.  She is able to listen, empathize and then provide the insight and wisdom needed for life’s on-going challenges and opportunities for growth.  Her workshops were fun and skillfully conducted.  Individuals, groups, communities and businesses can benefit from all that Judith offers.  She is a gift to us all!”  M.M., LCSW, NY

“Judith’s guidance has helped me awaken to my own powerful feminine spirit. She has cast a positive light on my life’s truths and helped me understand my own purposeful journey.

I was in a deep sleep when I met Judith - being awake was too painful physically and emotionally.  My body has pain on a daily basis due to an injury I sustained years ago and the stress of living with my physical limitations can be both debilitating and depressing.  Judith’s patience and tenderness, meeting me where I was both physically and emotionally, slowly but steadily helped me awaken to my own inner strength.

My thinking has become clearer as my fears of pain slipped away week by week. With Judith’s help, I‘ve been able to handle my fears by learning to work with them rather than fight them, which has allowed me to gain respect for my physical condition and learn from it.  Judith led me to a place where I’ve begun to view myself as a spiritually motivated and loving person. I have been freed from the prison of ‘guilt’, having learned to truly take care of my own needs.  By living a more independent lifestyle, I’ve regained my own self-respect and in turn respect from others.

I remain committed to my coaching and discovery work with Judith. I am inspired as she works right beside me on our profound “Journey Beyond Belief” together, helping me rediscover -me- as the masterpiece!” M.A., Entrepreneur & International Trainer, AZ

“When I met Judith many years ago I was carrying a lot of baggage from past negative family experiences.  I was struggling with how I would move forward with my life, who I was and what, if any, blessings I had in my life or would be worthy of.  I had always found her to be a very sincere, understanding, caring, compassionate and real person.  I felt she was someone I could honestly talk to and who was genuinely listening and concerned (in fact there were many instances where she was the only one who really knew how I felt about an experience/situation).  So when I found out that she had group discussions, I signed up.  This was one of the best things I ever did for myself – through the group discussions she coached, the personal reflections she encouraged and her belief that keeping a journal could help bring some clarity, I saw improvements and the baggage got a little lighter.  I joined another group, which she coached and the bags got even lighter.  I walked the labyrinth several times and even brought friends along who all loved it.  Judith is not a therapist, she is truly a guide and mentor.  What she did was put my feet on a spiritual path, helped me see who I could be, that I am worthy of blessings and can do anything I choose to do with my life.  What seemed like 20 large heavy suitcases some time ago is now down to a shopping bag.  I am extremely grateful and blessed to have had her guidance and caring in my life – I can truly say I am a better person for knowing her.”  C.K., Business Professional, NY

BUSINESS COACHING

“Judith has an amazing way of seeing through to the heart of things and helping me to see it too in a way that is comforting and supportive.  Recently she helped me realize I had some significant blocks that kept me from receiving the money I was trying so hard to raise for my start-up company.  These blocks were rooted in events in my childhood that kept me from feeling that I was deserving of money and responsible enough to manage it.  Through coaching and some techniques she’d learned, she helped me remove the blocks and literally within hours I received a $25,000 check from a new investor!” J.S., Small Business Owner, VT

“Judith has guided me through my life teaching me how to appreciate, love and work with all that is me.  She has guided me through the mystery of who I was, how it has helped shape the who I am and to love, accept and grow into the who that is evolving every minute of the day.  A big lesson I’ve learned is that my passion in whatever I do is my key to success – how great to realize there is joy in every moment of life!  She’s also taught me to simplify – starting with the clutter in my space that leads to my having more room to think and most of all relax!  I’ve also learned that it’s OK to receive, something I was always uncomfortable with as I was taught “it was better to give than to receive” which I somehow translated into “I needed to always give and not receive”.  It’s difficult to put in to a few sentences all that you’ve done for me.  Thank you!”  S.T., business owner, AZ

“Judith, thank you for your affirmation of my work and for giving me courage to believe in my work.  You are a very special woman with so many gifts to offer.”  L.H., new business owner, VT

CLASSES

“The Bars class came at a very transitional time in my life.  The week following the class I could feel the changes taking place.  I cried and released a lot of old patterns. Of course, that has allowed me to make room for the new that is coming into my life WITH EASE, JOY AND GLORY!  I cannot adequately express my gratitude for the sacred healing space you provided to help me through this difficult time.   The bars are still working.  Plus I have booked two clients and given them treatments.”  M.L., Healing Practitioner, AZ

“It was a blessed moment in time that I got myself to your class! I’m convinced that there is a very liberating pay-off in running the BARS.  Subsequent days have included a growing sense of possibility and peace for me and a desire to repeat the experience often. Truth be told, the true bridge for me from my considerable skepticism over to the shore of gratitude for the new possibilities I’ve found running BARS was your personal joy and beautiful vision of an ascendant way of life. Nothing speaks louder of the glory attainable through this modality than your own manner of being.” L.G., Fine Art Photographer & Author, AZ

“Judith Joyce is a wonderful facilitator; she is clear, concise and her pure intent creates a safe space of healing.  Her ability to zone in on the problem and say exactly the right thing to insure a clearing is amazing.  I have taken abundance classes before. This is the first class that actually cleared blocks.  As layers of old patterns peeled away I was I able to unveil inner feelings.  Since this process by passes the intellect I was able to just let go and have the experience.  Judith also provided wonderful methods for us to work at home with. Because of this class I have been able to release fear of change and move forward in my life. Finally, I am comfortable accepting my weaIth! I would highly recommend this class for anyone who wants to truly become more abundant.”  M.L., Healing Practitioner, AZ

“Participating in the Accessing the Flow of Money Tele-Class was a real eye opener for me.  It gave me the opportunity to gain real insight into how I view money, see where some of those ideas come from and have a greater awareness of how I am limiting my own receiving. Judith was so consistent in quickly providing follow-up materials that it gives participants a real sense of support beyond the call-in sessions.  Having unique and different “homeplay” options and tools to use on our own was great too. The selection of tools and processes allowed me to look at my concepts around money on many different levels and open up to new insights. Thank you, it was a wonderful experience.” G.D., Business Professional, TX

“The Accessing Flow of Money Teleclass by Judith Joyce is powerful stuff! My wife and I both benefited greatly from Judith’s insight and simple but effective techniques to clear the beliefs that have been cluttering our path to success. I highly recommend the Accessing Flow of Money Teleclass to anyone who wants to make more money by learning how to get out of their own way!” L.A., Writer, Real Estate Professional, AZ

“Everywhere I am turning, Judith’s guidance shows up!  She has the amazing ability to craft a way to get to the core issues of the day, week, month, moment!  Participating in her tele-classes on Money and “Getting Unstuck”, I have been able to see other ways of dealing with stress, headaches and relationships and have learned to play with the abundance that has come to me in all forms.  Judith is one of most insightful facilitators I have ever encountered.  Were we all like her (in our own manner), the world would be a saner and more fun place to exist.” B.K.,  Reiki Master, AZ

“My most recent sharing with Judith was a teleconference revolving around “Getting Un-stuck”. This was another time of revelations for me as Judith listened with compassion to my needs and concerns.  Then she offered insights into some closure and affirmations to encourage me to continue dealing with issues in my life.  I found this to be particularly beneficial and encouraging in my continued growth along my spiritual path.

What a delight to spend time with Judith.  We shared time together in class situations exploring the world of labyrinths.  Her experiences, knowledge and enthusiasm were contagious.  Our personal sharing revealed Judith’s ability to create an atmosphere for honesty as well as encouragement for emotional and spiritual growth.  I look forward to future sessions with her……”  C.B.,  AZ

“Judith facilitated a 6 week labyrinth class which I attended.  It was an inspiring, spiritual, and educational experience, and I can honestly say that I’ve never experienced a better facilitator than Judith.”  B.W., AZ

“I’ve taken two classes with Judith, Dowsing and Labyrinths.  Judith is very knowledgeable, patient and has a great sense of humor.  I enjoyed both classes very much, and look forward to attending more classes that she might offer.”  B.M., AZ

“As a true skeptic after taking two classes – Dowsing and Labyrinths – with Judith, I was impressed with her knowledge, sensitivity, patience, and sense of humor.  I feel privileged to know her.”  A.M., AZ

“Judith Joyce as a facilitator for my first class about the labyrinth was fun, educational and mind and body changing.  Her method of encouraging participation in each of the phases of her classes makes growth and development a natural occurrence.” T.H., AZ

“Judith Joyce’s labyrinth class was an exceptional experience.  While she was a very effective instructor, (organized, knowledgeable), it was her personal charm and enthusiasm that created a learning environment where the soul of each student could be expressed safely and authentically.  I highly recommend her services.”  C.W., AZ

“As a facilitator, Judith is a “natural” at making people in the group all feel comfortable, important, integrated and heard.  She is very sensitive to individual emotional experiences that happen within the group situation and provides an “intoned” environment of love and warmth.”  M.T., AZ

“Judith’s learning activities are especially good.  My favorite was on creativity; it took us through a number of steps showing us all just how truly creative we are.  Judith is always organized and ready to get the most out of our group time with many resources and handouts.”  A.M.L., AZ

“I was very impressed with Judith’s presence, enthusiasm and skill as a facilitator.  She has a wealth of information and the facility for making her knowledge available to the group.  I have long been interested in labyrinths and her class made my fantasy a real experience for me.”  B.A.B., AZ

SPACE CLEARING/BLESSING

“I asked Judith to clear and bless my home and my new office. It is amazing how fresh and vibrant both spaces feel. It’s as if the slate has been wiped clean. I am in perfect harmony with each space and so is everyone else who visits. Thank you Judith!” A.P., Massage Therapist, AZ

“I was told about Judith through my massage therapist. I was telling her I felt that I needed better energy in my place of business as it had become a real drag to be there.  I had done clearing work in the business myself before and actually over the years have done many clearings/blessings for others.  I certainly hoped that Judith could offer something above and beyond what I knew, and she sure did!

I was impressed with how prepared Judith was the day she arrived to do the clearing, and at how thorough she was with making sure every inch of the business was covered.  The thing I liked the most was how once a space was cleared, we then went in and filled it with intention. I was an active participant in the process, which I felt made it all the more powerful.

I noticed a discernable shift in the energy of the space immediately and also had clients comment on it without knowing that any work had been done.  Within 2 days my phone was ringing off the hook with not only new clients but old clients I hadn’t seen in years.  This has continued months after the clearing took place.  My business is better than it ever has been!  I never felt like I “owned” the space before but now I feel completely in charge – but not in an egocentric way.  I also have experienced an improvement in my staff – people that needed to move on did, and I replaced them with such a great group who all get along famously.

I have told so many clients and friends about the amazing difference that Judith made in my business and my life.  I would advise anyone who needs a change in the energy in their home or place of business to call her.  I cannot say enough good things about the work she did for me.” D.B., Business Owner, AZ

“Things have been going well since the clearing and blessing.  I was offered a new job, which I accepted and some new things seem to be opening for my husband too.  I asked him if he noticed a difference after and he said he felt more restful, which was one of the main feelings of the house and I hadn’t used that word with him.  The house also feels more like our house now and like a refuge instead of living in someone else’s house.  Thank you again for the blessing!” A.K.G, New parents & homeowners, PA

WEDDINGS

“It was a pleasure working with you on our wedding.  Thank you for helping us make it all happen.  You did a wonderful job!  The uniqueness of our ceremony will be remembered forever.” D & E, VT

“What a blessing it was to have you come into our lives & to have you as witness for our next stage in commitment.  You are such an inspiration of groundedness, fullness of expression and embodiment of bright spirit.  To hug you was to know your greatness.”  A & S, RI

“Thanks for making our wedding day so magical and dreamy.  It was heavenly. The words you spoke, we won’t forget.  So many people told us how moved they were by the ceremony and by you.  You are such a special woman.  Thank you for coming into our lives.” A & D, VT

“WOW! We can’t tell you how much we enjoyed working with you.  You truly created the groundwork for our special day and our lives together.  Your words were so meaningful.  We knew they were unique and just for us.  You created the perfect ceremony for us and we cannot thank you enough!”  S & D, AZ

“You did a marvelous job with our ceremony.  We have received so many compliments in regards to you and the ceremony.  Thanks so much for making our wedding special.” M & J, AZ

“Thank you for making our wedding day so special.  The ceremony was wonderful, personal and everything we had envisioned it to be.  We received many compliments on it from our guests!  Thanks again for everything.  We thoroughly enjoyed working with you.”  E & J, NH

“Your loving attention to every detail is making our wedding ceremony a very special, one of a kind event.  Your contribution will always be remembered and cherished by both of us.” JW & G, VT

“Thank you for all your help and support along the way.  It was a great pleasure working with you.”  J & M, VT

With financial and business structures collapsing here and around the world, unsettled feelings and angst abound.  These signals are calling for major societal and personal course corrections on every level including claiming our destiny.

What if you didn’t have to cope and could actually thrive if you could not only loosen your grip as you hang by your fingernails filled with confusion and trepidation but also release your grip?  Relating to and navigating the white waters of change in new ways can decrease stress while increasing clarity on the way to boundless joy, peace and ease.

I used to say I loved change until I realized I only loved the change I initiated being much less thrilled with unexpected changes. My first thoughts when confronted with unexpected change focus on what I will lose believing that what is ahead will be worse than what I have now.  Fears around the current health care reform debate are a perfect example of this.

When the pain of loss arises, I quickly attempt to avoid it at all costs even though those costs are huge. Efforts to block the grieving process that manifest as resistance, also known as fear with its many faces, i.e., control, stubbornness, procrastination, negativity, busyness/constant motion, excuses, and attachment to what’s familiar, only serve to deepen the discomfort.  Sending the pain underground will, at some point, cause an unexpected eruption leaving me and those around me confused and astounded.

So, how can these fears morph into excitement?  Some things that have worked for me are:

1. Remembering that fear, an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real, is always future based and not true.  Returning to the current moment, things are always fine.
2. Lovingly embracing those feelings as I allow them to surface and gratefully honoring what is being left.
3. Realizing the outcomes of the many transitions I’ve experienced have always taken me to places filled with more gifts and bliss than I ever imagined.
4. Knowing there are no right or wrong decisions, only choices I make with available information.  As I follow my chosen path, more data is gathered guiding my further choices including course corrections, if needed.  Nothing is forever and I am always at choice.
5. Increasing my faith, peace and connection with me through journaling, walking the labyrinth, and spending time in nature.
6. Understanding that all changes are invitations to living more fully from my authentic self and purpose.

Another exciting aspect of this process is acknowledging the gifts I’ve received from the people, places and things of my past that will always be with me to lift your spirits and support my next steps.

Limbo and the Field of All Possibilities

Our culture has great difficulty with being in limbo. Remember the infamous 2000 presidential election?  While the country waited in limbo for five weeks for the election outcome, the widespread discomfort was palpable.  Confusion and blame were rampant as politicians and the media tried to fill the void.

The most effective way to relate to the limbo experience is to get still, go within and listen.  The temptation to move into high or higher gear to make something happen provides the perfect distraction to bury those uncomfortable feelings. A painting in my home says “Don’t push the river, it will flow at its own pace.”  To me, this is the message of this process.  Slow down, listen and feel the rhythm – my rhythm, the rhythm of the changes that are occurring – trusting that all will unfold in perfected timing.

Connecting with my deepest desires guides me to enjoy this time of spaciousness.  Deepak Chopra calls the void “the field of all possibilities” – the richest, most creative place there is.  My desires are my soul’s longings – they belong to me.  The soul communicates with me through my feelings –the light feelings reflect my soul’s truth, while the heavy feelings reflect the lies I tell myself.  Allowing myself to partake of the luxury, no, the necessity, of the creative gifts available during this time is self-nurturing of the highest order.

New Beginnings

New beginnings bring excitement, inspiration, and discombobulating stress.  The wonder of newness, uncharted waters, is both exhilarating and scary.  New places, people, skills, and experiences serve to stretch and challenge us to become more of who we really are.  Continuing to move toward the essence of our dreams, without attachment to the timing or form they might take, provides for new beginnings to unfold beyond our wildest imaginings.

While the change process appears linear here, it is truly much more fluid.  Feelings of grief can be dancing with flashes of creativity as glimpses of possible new beginnings arise.  Participating fully with the changes we face by allowing whatever comes up to flow through us with as little resistance as possible guarantees an incredible ride.  We have chosen to live in these exciting, unsettling times as the external anchors that used to keep us afloat are disappearing, calling us to look within to find our source of strength and peace.  All that was nailed down is coming loose so we can stand in our truth, fly with spirit and steer with our hearts.