Your Thoughts Are Calling!

Chaos and confrontation have become celebrated forms of entertainment. Spreading gossip under the guise of celebrity reporting is an accepted part of our daily existence, and the more ratchet the reality show, the higher the ratings.

Social media’s benign seduction lulls people into devoting exorbitant amounts of time to posting, sharing, liking and tweeting; providing a false sense of connection and pseudo-validation to folk genuinely craving something more.

There’s a twisted type of irony at play when parents post pictures of themselves at dinner with their children and then spend half the dinner responding to strangers who praise them for spending time with their children. Families’ already tenuous connections have fallen prey to social media’s lure.

Also, the rampant preoccupation with seeking others’ approval and staying atop trending topics means that the inward focus necessary for bringing our own dreams and goals to reality is knocked off course.  

Viewing faithfully and posting incessantly feels harmless, but these are not victimless spectator sports. The biggest victim is the person who cannot hear the call of her own thoughts because they are drowned out by the thoughts of others. 

And while watching occasionally could be considered a "guilty pleasure," the danger arrives when the pleasure becomes guilty of subtly distracting women from becoming who they are here to become and doing what they are here to do. 

Here’s the thing, the noisier our external world becomes, the more imperative it is to embrace inward silence. Personal growth, spiritual development and moving forward along our uniquely defined paths are all aspects of an inside-out process. 

Meditation, the practice of sitting alone quietly, going within and connecting with that part of us that reveals to us who we are, what we’re here to do and how to make it happen, is an extremely powerful, increasingly important part of a well-lived life. 

Interested in learning to meditate? Join Michelle Hollinger, host of The Sisterhood Exchange radio show, which airs Wednesdays at 8:30pm, for The Butterfly Excursion - a 6-week journey that will teach you to meditate in a way that suits your personality, show you how to dissolve the fear that is blocking your progress, guide you on how to create a vision board to expedite the achievement of your goals; and so much more.