Agent Of Change: Thought Into Form

Dr. Alexia Mellor joins the show today to have a conversation on triggers, or as Thought Into Form calls it, The Fire. The fire describes the moment we find ourselves emotionally triggered, caused by fear, resistance, self-doubt or anger. Learning new skills of staying conscious in that critial moment, along with an expanded emotional understanding of taking a step back to see the bigger picture when challenged, is the key. To learn more about Dr. Alexia Mellor's Intuitive Wayfinding, visit http://www.IntuitiveWayfinding.club To contact the show or to learn more about Agent of Change: Thought Into Form, visit http://www.ThoughtIntoForm.org

We're working on an energy level now. Form is only the messenger. The definition and scope of accountability has expanded, especially in the context of personal accountability and self leadership. This episode is not for the meek! Prose ending is contributed by Kestrel Andrus, Executive Director for Fifth Wall Collective. For more information about the Agent of Change: Thought Into Form Leadership Project, visit http://www.thoughtintoform.org For more information on Fifth Wall Collective, visit http://www.fifthwallradio.com

We all have a need to be heard. Do you feel that you are really, deeply listened to? Can you deeply listen to others? Deep Listening results in an immense and intimate understanding of others, and moves us forward.

Self-Leadership is essential before someone can be a leader in the external world. The new paradigm definition of Leadership is directly translatable to Self-Leadship. Leadership is defined by, but not limited to these principles: Leaders lead by example. Leaders are aware of the culture. Leaders take risks. Leaders are a catalyst for change. Leaders understand the critical personal connection to Source. Leaders experience crisis and chaos as opportunity AND AN EVOLUTIONARY DRIVER. Leaders understand that failure is feedback and growth. Leaders want to try to break new ideas to see if they are real. Leaders create value for everyone in their team. Leaders thrive by having no map. Leaders have patience. Leaders use their wisdom and talent to share their truth with the world. Leaders continue to do their shadow work. Leaders respond instead of react. Leaders THINK UP, versus staying in FIXING MODE Leaders are authentic, vulnerable, courageous and curious. Leaders understand the value of the BREAKDOWN/BREAKTHROU

I’m growing so quickly that I’m not the same person I was last week. In some cases I’m a different person that I was yesterday. Something that can happen when we are committed to personal growth, is that a yearning can show up, something inside that wants to have conversations with people “ON THE NEXT LEVEL”. Conversations that excite, and we all leave inspired. No judgement here at all about the people currently in our lives, we just want MORE out of conversation than the weather, the news, or complaining... For more info, visit www.thoughtintoform.org

Something that leaders do as a matter of course can scare the crap out of most people...and that is the practice of asking WHY? with every action, decision or idea. The question of WHY identifies and breaks subconscious patterns in order to identify where our truth is in the spectrum of learned patterns. Many times, after discovering our truth, we find that it didn't even exist on the spectrum that is offered up by family, religion, media, our culture and our education system... For more info, visit www.thoughtintoform.org

We ARE CREATORS. We can create reality subconsciously or do it consciously and accountably. Either way produces a reality. Only the latter is connected. Everything is interconnected, including all physical matter and energy. The connection and oneness transcends time and space... For more info, visit www.thoughtintoform.org

We all know that our emotions are a big part of our lives. Every thought brings up one or more feelings. In any kind of relationship, we react or respond to feelings. Today, I would like to share my thoughts regarding using our emotional system as an alert system in order to create a more mindful lifestyle... For more info, visit www.thoughtintoform.org

This podcast differs slightly from my others, in that I’ve not arrived at any conclusion. I’m sharing an experience that seems to describe a human conundrum. And by being a conundrum or internal wrestling match, I am satisfied to just let it be that...

What does living an abstract life mean to you? To me, it is a lifestyle, something that is embraced every day and in the every day, which allows me to live in a place where time, space, metaphor, personal symbols and icons, and messages from a higher place dictate and expand my ideas and decisions. There are some aspects to embracing and maintaining this state of being, of living. Today, I’m going to share a few of the ones that mean a great deal to me...

An Empath has the innate ability to feel what others are thinking and feeling at any given time. This sensitivity can feel overwhelming at times and thus an Empath may choose to spend more time alone in contemplation in order to return to, or acknowledge one’s personal energy field. An Empath knows in their heart that the personal inner journey is essential to growth and development. They also know that, when done properly, they are an accelerated catalyst for change within, as well as for those around them. Not by fixing or saving. By having the ability to help us and others discover core truths and heal limiting beliefs. When an Empath has come into their own, that is, when we are operating with our value and understand that we fully realize our wholeness, our abilities and potential, we experience our energy fields in relationship to the energetic fields of others, we shift from reacting, to one of responding to either resonance or dissonance of the interacting fields...

​ A personal story of healing and transformation from my experience of being the caregiver in relationships with narcissists.

For years, I held onto the idea that once I got my life working, there would inherently be no more drama. Being the responsible creator of my life meant that I could somehow avoid programming the trauma that would send me into what I felt was legitimized victimhood. Culture and conditioning fed into that as well. What I have been learning over the last few years is that in most cases, when something goes “wrong”, there is a valuable lesson to be learned about myself. In almost all cases, I have no control over what is happening, but I do have control over my thoughts and feelings about it. HOW I CHOOSE TO FEEL ABOUT IT makes all the difference. Do I react from old patterns, or can I distance myself from the situation in order to observe my role in a situation or event without being consumed by it?

The question of "Are we in a virtual reality?" has been explored in recent years. Many feel it is a computer simulation or someone else's lab experiment. Steve begins to tell his unique story of conversations with a larger consciousness and discusses virtual reality as the result of individual and collective consciousness.

In this final episode of his 3 part series, Steve shares ideas and stories about Love as the only reality. With gratitude to Dora McQuaid, Jan Mellor and Kestrel Andrus for their audio segment contributions. For more info, to contact Steve, or to donate to this project, visit www.gootgeld.com

In this episode, Steve shares ideas and stories about how The Breakthrough is the natural evolution of, and always follows, The Breakdown. For more info, to contact Steve, or to donate to this project, visit www.gootgeld.com

In part one of this three-part series, Steve shares his stories and experience with "The Breakdown," an essential and vital part of building a new individual and collective matrix. Part two, "The Breakthrough," will be published next week.

Today's show is a presentation by Orion Cervio on how Hemp is vital for creating a sustainable community. Orion Cervio is a native Taoseno who freelances as a journeyman social philosopher. He knows that Socratic dialogue leads to summary execution, but he tries to slip in wherever possible. Cervio has been an educator for 18 years. He served as a volunteer teacher trainer with the US Peace Corps in Namibia, & was a classroom teacher with Voluntary Service Overseas in Zambia. His 10 year career as Humanities & Head Teacher of the Chrysalis Alternative School ended in high irony when local Democratic Party bosses on the school board closed the school because they didn't like Cervio's labor union activity. Cervio holds a bachelor od science degree  in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico & an masters of social science in International Development Studies from the University of London. You'll find him around Taos researching the industrial applications of the hemp plant as a replacement f

Welcome to podcast number 10 of Agent of Change: Thought Into Form. Today's solo show is on the radically different meanings of reaction vs. response. The two words, by today's definition, have been blurred together. In my opinion, they are two different paradigms. Words have power and that is why I feel that words must be chosen carefully and appropriately for today's world. In order to minimize the definition blur, let's go back 350 years to look at the meaning... For more info, or to contact Steve, visit his website at www.gootgeld.com

This show is an abstract conversation with a friend of Steve's for many years, Laura Shields. Recorded on location in Santa Fe, NM. Laura Shields has lived in northern New Mexico since 1990, mostly very happy, with just enough calamity seared in for flavor. Certifiably ADD, she’s had many different careers, from the Air Force, to jewelry designer, to mortgage broker, to professional photographer, to website entrepreneur. She currently works as active morale support for THE Magazine, Santa Fe’s magazine for art and culture. She is buoyant, a good-time Charlotte, is much more inventive if she's slept well, she's a cheerful marketing companion, and lives an abundant life. Laura was adopted at three months old in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and good beer is usually found in her refrigerator. Laura and Steve have been sharing great conversations since 1997.