Creative Leadership Retreat with Horses - June 8, 2013

“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” – Erich Fromm

Radiant wishes from the deep peace of winter, where our heart has been cracked open by the fire, we’re holding all the right cards, and there is no separation between art and life. In the honeyed richness of this human experience ripe with stories of wranglers and warrior-like moments, laughter and merriment ensue on a regular basis. And so goes the hum of business unusual at Auspicious HQ.

My favorite topic du jour is the creative life and what it takes to have an amazing one in which you are living in integrity with your truth, daring greatly to play with the unknown and willing to unblock the flow of joy within you. All the while, being a positive force of good in the world and empowering others in your wake. This requires a connection to life, heartfelt and authentic decisions and courage make it happen.

It reminds me of being a cowgirl - in which empathy, communication, vulnerability and bravery were all skills handier than the leatherman in my back pocket when it came to relating to another species that relied on me for clarity and direction. Turns out, all those lessons my equine teachers nudged into me have circled back into my work-life as an authentic leader. I’m over the moon to have roped the loves of my life – creativity and horses – together this June as I’ve teamed up with Jean-Jaques Joris of Twin Oaks Farm to create a Creative Leadership Retreat with Horses on June 8. Please join us. Details here.

What my four-legged guides showed me was that the greatest journey is the journey inward, for it is there that the best discovery is to be had, and where the golden treasure longs to be found. It’s where, in the words of Mary Oliver, “the stars burned through sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own.” And, that is the seat of your creative power.