Imagine Your Reality

Hello,

It’s September, and the leaves have slowly been changing color the last couple weeks in Portland. I’ve been going through some changes myself, and I’m sure all of you are going through changes as well. One of my changes is a realization that I need to be really authentic about where I’m coming from in order to be a great coach for my clients. Since I started this business in April, it’s gone through some changes as I’ve been trying to figure out what my niche is and how I should represent myself. This last week, the universe seemed to engineer a couple of different occurrences that showed me that I needed to by more authentic about what I’m doing, by drawing on the experiences I have. So what does that mean?

The fact is I’m a published author and magician. I don’t feel those need to be divorced from my life coaching business in order for it to be a success, but in the past few months I’ve hesitated to draw on some of those resources because of a concern that if I did so it would alienate potential clients. However, as the last few months have progressed and especially given what has occurred over this last week, I realize that denying part of who I am and what I can serves no one at all and ends up (as the saying goes), “cutting off my nose to spite my face” I want to be able to give my clients my all, instead of providing some convenient image that fits in with mainstream culture, but doesn’t let any of you really see who you are working with. So while this newsletter, blog, or whatever you wish to call it will still continue focusing on life coaching especially in regards to creativity and marketing, I am going to mix in a bit more of my personal practices as it pertains to writing and my life to help you and myself achieve success and be more authentic.

sincerely,

Taylor Ellwood

503-869-0163

http://www.imagineyourreality.com

My Own Radio Show

I recently decided to start up my own radio show, through the medium of Blogtalk Radio and it’s Called Imagine Your Reality radio (after my life coaching business). Below are details for the show

Imagine Your Reality Radio Show

When: Wednesday September 3, 2008 at 3pm-4pm Pacific Time

Topic: What is the connection between Imagination and Reality?

Summary: In this show we’ll explore the connection between imagination and reality as well as show you how consciousness awareness and intention can be used to direct your imagination and shape it into reality. The focus of this first show and subsequent shows will show how you can apply spiritual and psychological techniques to improve your life and business. Listeners are encouraged to call in to the show. It will be broadcasting on blogtalkradio which can be found at http://www.blogtalkradio.com. Here is my blogtalk radio profile page

Call in Number (646) 652-2830

I’ll be being interviewed on Thursday on the Ascending Way show via blogtalkradio. Details below

Taylor Ellwood; Nationally Renown Author, Magician and Life Coach

joins Host Al Anderson on ´the Ascending Way

September 4, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Highly respected writer, painter, collage artist, life coach and magickian will discuss

his extensive writings, on-going projects and upcoming activities

Ridgewood, N.Y. — September 1, 2008 — Nationally renown and respected Author, Visual Artist, Magician, and Life Coach Taylor Ellwood, will appear on BlogTalkRadio’s show ´Ascending Way http://blogtalkradio.com/Ascending-Way with host Al Anderson on Thursday September 4, 2008, at 2:00pm Eastern.  The Exclusive Interview will examine Taylor’s outstanding contribution to the Metaphysical/Occult community and the world-wide pursuit of Ascension.

Callers are welcome to join the conversation during the show by calling (347) 426-3835.  The live, Internet talk-radio show will stream from the Ascending Way program?s host page: http://blogtalkradio.com/Ascending-Way .

Taylor Ellwood, describes himself as a writer, painter, collage artist, and magician. Most people who interact with him describe him as prolific, insightful, wise, generous, and powerful.  He and his wife Lupa, are an integral part of the Portland Spiritual & Magickal community.

As an author he has written the following books; ´Pop Culture Magick, ´Space/Time Magic, ´Inner Alchemy, and ´Multi-Media Magic.  He has also co-written; ´Creating Magical Entities (with David Michael Cunningham and Amanda Wagener) and ´Kink Magic (with Lupa). He has served as Editor of; ´Magick on the Edge: An Anthology of Experimental Magic, ´Manifesting Prosperity: A Wealth Magic Anthology, and various other books by solo authors.

Taylor has written numerous articles for magazines, websites, blogs and ezines, which have appeared in, Rending The Veil, Witchvox, Key 23, Key 64, Disinfo, Spiral Nature, newWitch, Konton Magazine, If…Journal, and many others.

As prolific as Taylor is, he still finds time to pursue the vocation of Counselor and Life Coach; certified in Whole Person Design Life Coaching. He provides services as a creativity and marketing coach, accessible through his website: http://www.imagineyourreality.com

An archive will be available at the same link immediately following the show or listeners can subscribe to the archives via the RSS feed located on the host page.  Read more about the host on the ´the Wizard Phaeron tab at http:AscensionHouse.org.

About ´Ascending Way¡

´Ascending Way is an interactive, live Internet talk-radio show which focuses on Practitioners and Organizations of all descriptions who are committed to the Healing of the World and Humanity’s Great Adventure of Ascension.  Host Al Anderson explores the Mission, Vision, History, Vocation, and future Plans of each guest and/or the organization which they represent.    The Stream and Archives are available at http://blogtalkradio.com/Ascending-Way.

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Book Review: Nature and the Human Soul by Bill Plotkins

My wife Lupa really liked this book and I was curious myself to see what it was about. Nature and the Human soul examines nature and how it informs and otherwise nourishes the human soul. The author breaks up the human life into eight stages and relates a concept of nature to each stage of human development. The author’s argument is that we need to cultivate an ecocentric relationship with nature and each other as opposed to a selfish egocentric relationship.

After reading this book, I will say that I have a renewed appreciation of nature and why it’s important to have activities in one’s life that involves doing something to foster a relationship with nature. I’m not talking about a walk in the park or even a hike in a forest either…I’m talking more along the lines of actively being a steward of nature. In this book, the author argues that we need to bring nature back into our cultural practices so that we can build spiritual and community practices that focus on the well-being of all, as opposed to the material well-being of humans. The author uses different stages of human development to show what can be done during each stage of development to build such practices.

One thing which works against the efficacy of this book is the lack of exercises. While the author makes an excellent argument for integrating into a person’s spiritual and community practices, he doesn’t offer much in the way of practical exercises to show how this can be done. The theory is in place, but the practice also needs to be instituted to really make the concepts in this book workable.

Four out of Five stars.