015: Marylou Falstreau on Loving Yourself

February 23, 2016 By Arminda

Marylou Falstreau Interview on Loving Yourself

The All Arminda Show

Marylou and I met on Twitter and I’m so incredibly delighted I reached out to her and even more delighted that she agreed to speak with me! May your experience of her work be similar to my “heart response” when I saw her art.

During this episode, Marylou and I talk about the significant work she’s doing impacting women’s lives through the visual medium of her art and why she started the Women and the Hourglass series of paintings that resonate so powerfully with women.

Each message, each woman, is pointing her finger at me and saying, ‘Wake up, Marylou! Make a different choice! Make a different decision!’

Addiction has been part of Marylou’s family story and her personal journey and learning about addiction led us into a deeper discussion around what it means to love ourselves and what practices we can implement to remove the foreign concept of love into a practical application and a regular practice for ourselves.

Marylou is most interested in living a life of truth telling, allowing others to tell their stories, their heartaches, to talk about getting better, learning more, waking up and being in conversation about that from an authentic point of view.

Marylou’s Excellent Advice

Be real.
Be honest.
Tell the truth.
Love ourselves so we can love others.

Be sure and look at Marylou’s gorgeous artwork on her website.

Flexibility

February 17, 2016 By Arminda

When we are rigidly attached to an outcome we set ourselves up for failure. Events are just neutral; they have meaning only when we assign meaning to the event. We can choose responses, rather than being attached to an expectation of others’ behavior or an event.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles is the classic movie reference I make in this episode!

013: Monica Day Interview

December 14, 2015 By Arminda

Monica Day Interview

The All Arminda Virtual Show

I first met Monica in downtown London on a (purportedly rare) sunny summer afternoon. She was so willing to speak with me, to answer my (what felt like a bazillion) questions, to have a meaningful conversation with me and about me, without her own agenda clouding the space between us.

We’ve stayed connected ever since and I’m honored to have her on the show. I am certain you, too, will connect with her frank and honest approach to every. single. topic. she discusses.

Today’s conversation is an invitation to you to consider the interconnectedness of creativity, expression and sensuality because Monica is the champion for their integration in every aspect of our lives.

Referenced in this Episode:

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman

Sweat Your Prayers by Gabrielle Roth

Maps to Ecstasy by Gabrielle Roth

The Second Circle: How to Use Positive Energy for Success in Every Situation by Patsy Rodenburg

Whenever one person resolves one issue, all of humanity moves forward.

— Ron Hulnick, PhD

Monica’s Bio:

Monica Day is a writer, artist, creator, producer, performer, coach, entrepreneur and instigator, with a deep commitment to an ever-unfolding personal journey. She brings a unique combination of training in creativity, sensuality, diversity, and business to her work.

She is the founder of The Sensual Life, the producer and creator of The Power of One program, is an Integrative Coach to individuals, executives, and groups, and runs Ducky Life Tea with her two daughters. She has developed a unique approach to coaching that focuses on integrating the scattered self into the most powerful, purest, and fully-expressed self. She coaches a diverse range of individuals from business leaders to social change activists and everything in between.

Her innovative individual and group programs cover topics from sensuality to creativity to business to larger social issues of race and oppression (often in the same session). By forging powerful links between the private self to the public self, clients eventually realize an unprecedented feeling of wholeness that is life-changing. Her coaching is based on the premise that the more connected we are to every part of ourselves, the more connected we can be with one another, and the bigger impact we can have during our time here on the planet.

Loving you,
arminda