moving through change? be kaleidoscopic

May 10, 2010 by rachel

Here’s an excerpt from a book of mine that’s currently going through test marketing with a certain publisher who shall remain nameless. Can’t tell you the title (mainly since it’s not finalized), but it’s filled with “words of well-being to ease your way through change.” Be Kaleidoscopic If you’ve ever peered through a kaleidoscope, you know the beauty and delight produced through constantly changing patterns. The tiniest shifts this way or that bring forth an unending parade of color and […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, spirituality, transformation, word of the day • Tags: change, life, wisdom

words and art for mothers: yesterday, today, tomorrow

May 9, 2010 by rachel

Here are three pages from my book, 365 Words of Well-Being for Mothers (Contemporary/McGraw-Hill, 2003), which, alas, is currently out-of-print and generally available only in used or remainder copies. My own mother has taken up fragile residence in between worlds: here but not here, there but not there. She can’t express whether she remembers who any of us are, though I like to believe that in her deepest heart, she will never forget. I always liked the thought that there […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, prose poetry, women, word of the day • Tags: life, Mother's Day, mothers, personal growth, relationships, vintage illustrations

word of the day: sky

June 21, 2009 by rachel

Make time to stare at the sky. Take in its vastness. Try to imagine how it feels to live without limitation. Did you ever notice how the sky blankets us, embraces us from above, yet never smothers us? Spend time with the sky in all kinds of weather, at all times of day and night. Watch it move from dark to light, from blue to purple to red, orange, and gold. Find a horse in a billowing cloud; see a […]

Categories: inspiration, spirituality, transformation, word of the day • Tags: Astronomy Photo of the Day, Cloud Appreciation Society, higher consciousness, word of the day

words of the day: be, begin, believe

April 13, 2009 by rachel

To encourage and support your becoming, here are three words excerpted from my book, Words of Wisdom for Women (Barnes&Noble/Fall River Press). Though the book’s title is gender-specific, the content is universal. If you enjoy these, hop on over to my sister blog, Just Say Yes Now!, for a trifecta including Refuse, Remember, Restore. Be Remember that life is in the being, not the doing. Be every bit of everything that you are. Be tough, be soft, be dramatic, be subdued. Be a […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, spirituality, transformation, word of the day • Tags: awakening, be, begin, believe, body mind & spirit, change, empowerment, inspiration, life, personal growth, soul, transformation, word of the day

the 7 words of well-being for men (redux)

February 16, 2009 by rachel

The ground is shifting under the feet of us all, but perhaps even more so, for men determined to release themselves from old ways of being. Someday, the gender distinction will likely prove itself irrelevant. Until then, this feels like a good time to revisit this post, which originally appeared in April, 2008. *    *    *    *    *    *    *    * Even though my books and writing may be labeled “for men” or “for women,” these distinctions often reflect publishing-world […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, health/healing, inspiration, men, personal growth, prose poetry, spirituality, transformation, word of the day • Tags: awakening, body mind & spirit, consciousness, empowerment, eros, healing, hero's journey, higher consciousness, inspiration, life, masculine, men, men's groups, prose poetry, sanctuary, spirituality, transformation, truth, voice, wisdom, word of the day, words, work

five words of wisdom for entrepreneurs of heart & spirit

January 27, 2009 by rachel

I created this piece and presented it at a local Leads Group meeting last year. Now, more than ever, independent businessowners need to bring head, heart, and spirit to the table in equal measure. In business as well as personal arenas, it’s time to Be Whole Now! ASK Ask yourself the tough questions. Ask why you are in business. Why you are in this business, in this place, in this time. Ask yourself if you truly love what you’re doing. […]

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life in three words: journey, frustration, opportunity

December 14, 2008 by rachel

Just to put it all in perspective, three Words of Well-Being(tm) from one of my currently-out-of-print books. Nothing you don’t already know, but given the darkening days of December and the tumultuous goings-on in the political and economic corners of our world, it seems a good time for a reminder. My search for evocative art to accompany my posts has led me to the rich work of Sybil Shane and Miyu Tamamura — here expressed in sumi ink and hand-painted […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, health/healing, inspiration, personal growth, spirituality, transformation, word of the day • Tags: awakening, body mind & spirit, consciousness, frustration, higher consciousness, inspiration, Japanese art, journey, life, love, Miyu Tamamura, opportunity, personal growth, spirituality, Sybil Shane, transformation, word of the day

your word of the day: satisfy

December 9, 2008 by rachel

Here’s your word for today, shown from two different angles. First, with thanks to DR for sharing this quote regarding a warrior’s destiny, by Italian psychiatrist and Kabbalist Dr. Roberto Assagioli (1888-1974): “Yet, try as he may, he cannot return to his old state; he has seen the vision, and its beauty and power to attract remain with him in spite of his efforts to suppress it.  He cannot accept everyday life as before, or be satisfied by it.” Second, […]

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your three words for today: question. push. empower.

November 6, 2008 by rachel

Today feels newer, bigger, and more significant than just one word! Here’s a trio, all taken from my book, 365 Words of Well-Being for Women (McGraw-Hill softcover version, $12.95) / Words of Wisdom for Women (Barnes & Noble hardcover version $7.98). It’s for the feminine in us all, the masculine in us all, and every stripe and hue and gradation in between. Don’t let a few tiny pronouns get in your way of reclaiming your personal power and moving into […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, health/healing, inspiration, men, personal growth, transformation, women, word of the day • Tags: 365 Words of Well-Being for Women, body mind & spirit, empower, empowerment, inspiration, life, men, motivation, personal development, personal growth, push, question, Rachel Snyder, self-discovery, transformation, wisdom, women, word of the day, Words of Wisdom for Women

your word of the day: less

August 19, 2008 by rachel

For over two months, I have been home-free, car-free, and phone-free by choice. Admittedly, it’s not a path that’s for everyone — though it offers rewards that show up only when we are willing to strip away preconceived notions of security, comfort, and wealth. As I am gifted with the opportunity to spend time in other people’s homes, sleeping in their guest rooms or on their porches or (yes!) even on the trampolines in their backyards, I am struck by […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, health/healing, inspiration, personal growth, word of the day • Tags: abundance, clutter-clearing, inspiration, less, minimalism, minimalist artist Alan Salabert, stuff, transformation, word of the day

word of the day: consolidate

August 14, 2008 by rachel

Time to gather up loose ends and either whack them off with a meat cleaver, chew them down to the roots, or braid them into a strong and glorious whole. Time to get absolutely clear about which beliefs, qualities, relationships, and perspectives you want to bring together and solidify. How can you streamline the 12 different directions you seem to be running in? How can you accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative? Right now, strengthen your commitment to live […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, transformation, word of the day • Tags: authenticity, body mind & spirit, inspiration, life, personal power, transformation, word of the day

words of the day: rekindle, wax, howl

June 19, 2008 by rachel

The moon is full (yesterday, officially, so technically, it has already begun to wane) and the Summer Solstice is just around the bend. In honor, here are a holy trinity of words celebrating the light. Shine on! Rekindle When you believe something has gone out for good, rekindle it. Rekindle the hope you thought you had lost. Rekindle the love you were certain had died. Rekindle the magic. Fan the blackened embers of your own creativity and welcome back your […]

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word of the day: expand

May 30, 2008 by rachel

Push out your edges and be as big as you want to be Expand your horizons beyond what you imagined you could ever allow Travel farther than anyone in your family and take in experiences richer than you thought you could handle Expand your views Read the stories of mothers who raised their children during The Great Depression Listen to mothers beg for food for their children and life for their sons Expand your compassion even as your gratitude grows […]

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word of the day: reverence

May 29, 2008 by rachel

Find something sacred in each and every day. Carve out a tiny piece of time when you think of nothing else but the sanctity of existence. Or don’t even think at all. Simply sit. Listen. Pray. Reverence won’t fight its way into your life. It won’t come bursting through in a spare moment between calling the plumber and complaining about the state of the world. Any time you hear a hush or observe a bee hopping from flower to flower […]

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word of the day: defy

May 22, 2008 by rachel

Ignore them and do whatever you damn well please! Defy convention and wear what you want, love whomever you want, wherever you want. Turn a deaf ear to the media and the culture and the busybody down the block. Just say No. Go up against the odds, defy the naysayers and the dream destroyers and prove them wrong. Tell conventional wisdom to take a flying leap into an unconventional location where the sun never shines. Break rules that repress your […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, word of the day • Tags: defy, empowerment, inspiration, life, motivation, personal growth, word of the day

words of the day: plateau & pause

May 20, 2008 by rachel

This is for all of you who feel as though everything is on its way – but it’s not quite here yet. You’ve let go of the old and you’re ready to step into “the new,” but it hasn’t arrived. You want it, you want it, you want it! It’s so close you can taste it and feel it and practically reach out and touch it. But not quite! You’ve emptied and cleared and released, but for now, you’re in […]

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the time has come: release, retrieve, receive

May 13, 2008 by rachel

It all seemed rather eerie today. An early email announced a friend’s relinquishment of a writing group he has been facilitating, with the subject THE TIME HAS COME. Then, the replies from various group members, sporting the subject RE: THE TIME HAS COME… Then, a voice message from the woman who owns the place I’ve been living in (and wanting very much to leave, to the point that I have been packed and ready to go for months). Her opening […]

Categories: inspiration, personal growth, transformation, word of the day • Tags: abundance, body mind and spirit, inspiration, let go, Lewis Carroll, life, personal growth, receive, release, retrieve, The Walrus and the Carpenter

word of the day: leap

May 2, 2008 by rachel

Close your eyes and step out over the edge. Leave behind the baggage that will weigh you down. Stretch farther than you believed you could. Gather your courage; you’ll need it. Let go of every one of those twenty-seven reasons why you can’t do it. Drop the concepts of failure, of success. Just do it. Know that you’ll fly or you won’t. The ground isn’t that far away – and if you create a safety net before you go, someone […]

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word for today & every day: surrender

April 30, 2008 by rachel

This word pushes buttons all over the place! Give in, give over to something larger than yourself. Sink to the floor and cry and wail if you must, and acknowledge you’re lost, confused, afraid. To some, it means to give up, to accept defeat, to hand your sword over to the enemy. It means “I have lost.” It’s something you scream out loud so your brother or sister or best friend will stop tickling you. Others couch it in religious […]

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word of the day: discern

April 28, 2008 by rachel

There seems to be a lot of “not knowing” going around, which is only a problem if people believe it is. You may feel flooded with options, spun around in circles or flung from pole to pole and back again. It’s not just you: We are at a critical juncture in the forward march we call human evolution. Quite simply, the species is moving beyond the Age of Reason. If you seek to be whole now, become accustomed to inviting […]

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word of the day: struggle

April 18, 2008 by rachel

Does it feel like you’ve been struggling forever? If you haven’t been struggling to make ends meet, you’ve been struggling to balance your family, yourself, and your job. You’ve been struggling to discover your true nature and the work you were put here to do. You’ve been struggling to live joy in a world filled with fear. Right now, feel that the struggle is over. Close your eyes and find an internal peace where struggle no longer exists. Feel your […]

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unleash, unravel, untie: transformation’s triple crown

April 11, 2008 by rachel

Truly, all I wanted to do was select a word for the day. A single word. But these three refused to be separated. Conjoined triplets, as it were, they kept needling me: “Take one of us, you take us all!” So here are your words for the day, the day, the day, straight out of Words of Wisdom for Women, which (I kid you not!) is part of a Buy Two, Get One Free sale going on now, click here, […]

Categories: inspiration, transformation, word of the day • Tags: Albert Einstein, inspiration, life, personal growth, Picasso, threes, transformation, unleash, unravel, untie, wisdom, words, words of wisdom

your word of the day: breakthrough

April 4, 2008 by rachel

If you’re sufficiently tuned in, you may have noticed that a lot of people, organizations, governments, companies, and ways of living and being and doing are falling by the wayside. Truly, a new “everything” is ready to come forth, in ways that you may or may not understand intellectually. Not to worry. It’s not important whether your view leads you to declare, “The whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket” or the slightly more expansive view of, “Grand-scale human […]

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your word of the day: endure

April 2, 2008 by rachel

Go through the darkness and come out the other side. When you think I can’t stand another minute of this, know that you can. When you think I won’t make it through another day, know that you will. When you can’t take another moment of the pain and the fear and the feelings of hopelessness, take another moment anyway. Endure the heartache and come out heartstrong. Endure the tremors and the grief and the isolation and come out sturdy and […]

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your word of the day: gratitude

March 27, 2008 by rachel

This word is for all of us, with a special wink and a nod to the generous soul who reminded me in a very tangible way, that it’s not only what we do in the world that has value. It’s also simply and purely who we are and what example we offer up. Gratitude is several steps beyond remembering to say “Thank you.” More than just a way of being polite, it’s a way of moving through your life. The […]

Categories: inspiration, spirituality, word of the day • Tags: gratitude, inspiration, life, Rachel Snyder, word of the day

your word of the day: rise

March 23, 2008 by rachel

Rise up to your highest potential and help others rise to theirs. When small-minded thinking and toxic opinions threaten to bring you down, rise above them. Rise up singing. Rise up in joy. Rise every morning grateful for the promise of a new day. Rise above what you thought were your ultimate limitations. Create a new, higher level of limitations, then rise above them, too. When idiots spew their hateful venom your way, rise above it. Take a higher road. […]

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your word of the day: move

March 21, 2008 by rachel

Your address, your body, your bookshelf. Shake out anything in your life that’s rusty, stiff, or stuck and get it into motion. Take a walk, take a hike, take a step away from stagnating jobs, relationships, and life patterns. Change perspective. Move closer to people who meet you with authenticity and who nourish your wildest dreams. Move away from everybody else. You don’t have to move mountains; shifting a single pebble can work wonders. Make your move — any move […]

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your word of the day: awaken

March 18, 2008 by rachel

Wake up! Refuse to sleepwalk through your life any longer. Wake up! Open your eyes and dare to see the world in a new and different way. Wake up! Awaken your passion for life and awaken it in those around you. Awaken yourself spiritually. Find something larger than yourself to believe in. Find a way to lift yourself above the mundane. Wake up! Smell the coffee! Take a long, hard look at all you’ve been missing, and decide not to […]

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your word of the day: intuit

March 9, 2008 by rachel

Rely on your sixth sense and bypass your brain altogether. If it feels like a good idea, it probably is. If your internal danger signs start flashing and blinking, it probably isn’t. Trust your intuition. Honor your gut instinct — that inkling that rises up from your belly and tugs and tugs at you until you finally pay attention. If your intuition tells you not to get on the plane, don’t. If that inner voice tells you to walk away […]

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your word of the day: empty

March 7, 2008 by rachel

Pour it out. Dump it out. Throw it out. Empty every bag, box, and bureau. Empty every closet, every corner, every cupboard, every cell. Pull it out. Drag it out. Clean it out. Clear it out. Spread it out, sort it out. Look at what you’ve collected, what you’ve stored, what you carry around with you every day of your life. Empty out the old, the unwanted, the unusable. Empty out the pain, the heartache, the memories. Empty everything that […]

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