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shake it up (because your intuition never waffles)

March 3, 2011

in Dyana,Say What You Mean

Bindu Wiles and I shook it UP today and got all gritty talking about personal style, managing our intuition and shared our best practices for saying no gracefully. Check out her brilliant piece called Is Social Media High School All Over? for more groove-tastic thinking.
    Big Bindu thoughts: Strut your stuff, in your own way; Be conscious about what you keep private and what you share with the world; Get comfortable with criticism; it will set you free; There are two kinds of pains in Buddhism: getting what you want and getting what you don't want; Artists must build muscles beyond hope and fear, praise and blame; The role of the artist is to shake it up; When you are self conscious about your work, it never works; and Intuition NEVER waffles.
Check out a mash up video of our convo and more of Bindu's fabulousness in this post. It's your turn! How do you turn the world on with your style? What are your best practices for managing your personal and public personae? Tell it in the comments, please. Oh, and if you come up with a special name (watch to the end to find out what I'm talking about) for my bling, email me at info@dyanavalentine.com, and I'll send you a prize.
  • http://hannahsharvest.com Hannah Marcotti

    What a comfort to watch and listen to those words and allow those thoughts to absorb.nnI was just talking to my group of women about intuition with eating and that once we are strong enough to tap into it and listen, and allow ourselves to discover what truly nourishes each of us and provides our life force the magic starts to happen.nnI observe myself moving away from my intuition and when that happens life is a real mess. I collapse. I love how you talked about it, the bouillion cube, the lick.nnAnd your little bling, it’s just part of your light and your magic Dyana-bling!

  • http://hannahsharvest.com Hannah Marcotti

    What a comfort to watch and listen to those words and allow those thoughts to absorb.nnI was just talking to my group of women about intuition with eating and that once we are strong enough to tap into it and listen, and allow ourselves to discover what truly nourishes each of us and provides our life force the magic starts to happen.nnI observe myself moving away from my intuition and when that happens life is a real mess. I collapse. I love how you talked about it, the bouillion cube, the lick.nnAnd your little bling, it’s just part of your light and your magic Dyana-bling!

  • http://twitter.com/DanielleLaPorte Danielle LaPorte

    deep light.nxoxo

  • Cocoa Popps

    I definitely feel as if you are somehow following me-or taking sneak peeks at my journal. : ) I JUST told myself that my gut doesn’t lie and then received your post!

  • Anonymous

    with you and your women of awareness, Hannah. I have been journaling my food/drink/exercise for over a year and it’s truly remarkable how that experience heightens intuition. It’s sometimes so helpful to get OUTside ourselves (take notes, etc), in service to be at ease INside. I’m so glad you have a magical gathering happening. nnFind something tasty and lick it today! Dyanabling. I like it.

  • Anonymous

    sizzletron.nsmooch.

  • Anonymous

    for sure, Ms. CocoaPopps–your gut is on your side. Ha–you’d be a good candidate to stalk–after all, you are a mover and shaker. Oh, and I would never read your journal uninvited. Promise.

  • Anonymous

    god the two of you are so delish and really making me rethink the constant yoga pants and t-shirt

  • http://twitter.com/TriciaKarp Tricia Karp

    Intuition – absolutely. The only way. I’ve learnt that when I’m running over myself I ALWAYS end up trashed and exhausted.nnThe social media thing… I still find it kind of strange. Lots of frou frou, if that makes sense.nAnd I see its value. So I’m finding my way there. nnFor me it’s about maintaining my truth and doing my best not to buy into ego stuff. It still happens, but I’m getting better at catching it sooner.nnAnd shaking it up – absolutely! I often remind myself that when I’m feeling a bit scared, a bit excited, and a bit worried about what other people will think – then I’m right on the money.nnThanks you two!

  • http://toliveinspired.wordpress.com/ Heather

    This was awesome! I love the energy, spirt and style of both of you creative souls!

  • http://Swanofdreamers.blogspot.com Shell

    Great interview ladies. The idea of being able to take criticism, so you can be more as an artist. I love that concept. A gem I’m going to take forward in my artistic life.n

  • http://twitter.com/shanaphoto shu0101na

    keep shaking it up! love it – thank you ladies. learning how to accept & not personalize criticism – especially when it’s unsolicited. having said that, i suppose once on-line it’s all fair game which is tricky indeed.

  • Deborah Wolfe

    Thank you SO much for this video. As an artist and a non-gender compliant queer, this was balm to my spirit. Thank you both so much.

  • http://twitter.com/zenpeacekeeper Marianne Elliott

    Deeeeeeelicious.nAnd the ruffle? Obviously it’s your “vishuddha va-va-voom”nx

  • Anonymous

    ha! our uniforms have a way of setting the tone, don’t they? I hadn’t worn my dyva cuffs and collar for a while and remembered a couple of other pieces of creative bling that had been languishing (I wore some of my step mom’s gloves yesterday to a meeting). Subtle changes, even seeming superficial ones, can change energetics in big ways. Thanks so much for stopping in.

  • Anonymous

    Yep, avoiding the truth/intuition is the quickest way to burnout and total frustration (believe me, I’ve made into an art form–a bad art form!). I am finding that my intuition has an “urge” tone to it–when I have followed an urge, bam! success and connections that make perfect sense. When I “plan” intuition–the universe just laughs and puts out a foot to trip me up, teaching me to cut that out. Stay a little freaked out, it might be good for you!

  • Anonymous

    Right on, Heather–thanks for coming by. Your 15 minutes of inspired action call out is fantastic. Keep it rowdy and right today.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you for joining in on the Gem Time, Shell! I love your chocolate cake meditation quote, too. I deeply appreciate you coming by and sharing your work and kind words here. Please do report back what happens for you the next time you are playing with criticism. On the edge of my seat.

  • Anonymous

    Our pleasure, Shu0101na. I don’t know whether publishing or putting something out into the world means that it’s open to unsolicited criticism. I think it might be interesting to think about whether you want it, and ask for it in the form you want it (giving some guidelines) or even saying, “I’m putting this out here for x, y, z reasons and would love to have you hold your criticism and comments right now, therefore I have closed the comments.” Dig? Play with it and report back.

  • Ericka ( SocialchangeDiva)

    From one Diva to another Diva, rock on.

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