NEW STORIES

April 17, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

EVERY EARTH DAY

Forget time, granddaughter

At least your human sense of it

Instead, remember cycles

Experience moves in cycles and flows in rhythms

It dances and expresses itself in ever repeating cadences of creation and destruction

Every Earth day is a cycle

Every Earth day is special

Every moment you have is a chance to lift up and celebrate

Celebrate the moment of quietude

Celebrate the breath moving in and out of your body

Celebrate the essence of life pulsing through your veins, connecting you to every other being in creation

Every moment you are truly present and aware, you are offering a gift to the world

Every Earth day you are here to be that gift

To offer yourself up just as you are

Whole and incomplete

In process

Every Earth day is sacred

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April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

INNER ARCHETYPES – THE EVOLVING MOTHER

I am going to start this storyhack with a confession: I never wanted children.

At least, I never wanted physical children. There – I said it!

This decision and personal choice is something that is still considered taboo in most societies or at least very strange, but ever since I was a small child, I knew that this was not a path for me.

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April 4, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

INNER ARCHETYPES – THE FOOL

“Fear not
What is not real never was and never will be.
What is real always was and cannot be destroyed”
Bhagavad Gita

This is the way that one of our oldest and most powerful human archetypes is described in an ancient Hindu text. A character that is born free, lives free and dies willingly knowing that this ultimate life initiation only leads to greater freedom.

March 28, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

FROM EMERGENCY TO EMERGENCE

Article Originally Published in Green Spirit Magazine

March 2019

The Story That Unites

I was awoken in the early hours of the morning by a collective voice in my head. The ancestors were calling me from my slumber. I was visiting a friend in the mountains of Montana. It was March. Snow was still lying on the ground and capping the tops of the Rockies that curled around the house like the embrace of a lover. The voice asked me to rise and go outside. After a moment of hesitation I dressed, emerging from the house into a bright clear, mountain dawn.

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March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

STORYHACKING OUR PAST

When was the last time you were frustrated with an unconscious habit that kicked in once again and sabotaged an otherwise wonderful day?

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March 14, 2019March 17, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

PRACTICE MAKES WISDOM

Today (as I sit here writing this) is the first year anniversary of my grandmother’s death. One year ago today her soul woke me up at 3:33 am UK time – the very moment she was passing from one life to another (9:33pm Denver time). In many ways she is more with me now than ever, yet in others I still miss our times of practice that we shared together.

“Practice” ? You might think. That doesn’t sound like a stereotypical granddaughter, grandmother activity.

I know but nonetheless this was the essence of the deepening of my relationship with her in the latter part of her life.

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March 7, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

FROM LIMITATION TO LIBERATION

Right now, the many people with whom I come into contact are working through a story of limitation and constriction in some way. In fact, I’m pretty sure that if you are sitting here reading this, you are also experiencing this sense of limitation in some area of your life! I certainly do.

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February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

YOU ARE THE WRITER OF YOUR LIFE

When you read that statement, do you feel excited or apprehensive?
Do you really believe that this is true?

New science would point us towards strong evidence that our beliefs, thoughts and intentions create the experiences and ‘reality’ we end up living.

So why is it that so many of us struggle with the concept of ultimate self-responsibility when it comes to our stories?

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February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

LOVING REMINISCENCE

To recall past events and learn lessons from them is one of the oldest mythic traditions in the human lineage. Since ancient times, people have gathered to recall legends, retell tribal stories and teach young ones through remembering the adventures of those who came before them.

Therefore it comes as no surprise, after decades of working with narrative transformation and restorying, to find that it is the inner landscape of our memories that hold the most fertile ground for the creation of our future.

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February 14, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

THE GIFT OF A MOMENT

Death is a strange and multifaceted experience.

Over the last few years I have experienced this life changing transition in many forms. Whether it was the death of family members, the death of friendships or the death of parts of my identity, each time I was left changed forever. Transformed by the gift of insight, love and surrender to forces beyond my human control.

This week however, like a bolt from the blue, I was told that friends of mine had lost their young daughter to cancer.

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February 7, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

HOW TO RECOGNISE AN IDENTITY METAMORPHOSIS

Have you ever had a time when nothing seems to make sense anymore?

A period when the ‘normal’ activities of your daily life suddenly feel strange and out of place?

When the people you used to enjoy being around begin to get on your nerves?

Work you used to love stops being fulfilling?

You become bored with things that used to excite you whether that’s food, TV, sex, alcohol etc…?

You feel discombobulated (love this word) and can’t seem to keep your focus?

Recognize this?

GOOD!

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January 31, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE

There have always been stories that tell us where we came from and why we are here. They differ in shape, size, colour and character, yet at the end of each tale there always seems to be a call back into life’s biggest secret.

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January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

BECOMING AN OBSERVER

Have you ever heard the phrase ‘being in the world but not of it’? This has been rolling through my head increasingly over the last few weeks as I have moved from one seemingly tumultuous political environment to another. Whether the politics being played out are personal, organisational or national doesn’t really matter. It’s all made of the same messy human narratives that have the potential to suck us into their vortex of fear of the unknown! The process of breaking down in order to eventually breakthrough is one that few of us are ‘good at’. Indeed, I would challenge whether anyone living through times of intense chaos and transformation gets ‘good at the process’ when they are in the middle of it!

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January 18, 2019January 23, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

THE BLANK SPACE

One of the biggest tests we will encounter in our busy lives on this planet is that of ‘the blank space’.

Huh? You may ask.

The blank space is one of the hardest to find and yet it’s there all the time. Waiting.

The blank space is called by many names, none of which recognize it’s inherent value to the human soul. Boredom, depression, lethargy, confusion, fatigue, stagnancy… all alchemical states of transformation.

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January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

DISRUPTING DRAMA

A storyhack that will change your life

I don’t know about you, but I have noticed that drama seems to be on the increase these days. And I don’t mean the sort of drama that we act or watch in theatres.
No…. I mean the drama that pervades our daily lives in the form of stress, anxiety and worry.

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January 4, 2019January 23, 2019 by Genevieve Boast

REMEMBERING YOUR GENIUS

I believe that we all come into this world with an inner spark that we carry across universes and lifetimes. It is this inner light that guides us when we are lost. One of the core purposes of our human lives is to remember and embody our spark of personal genius, pursuing its trail without distraction as we grow and evolve. And yes, I believe that we all have the ability to embody genius.

Without listening to our spark, we become listless and stagnant. Depression and lethargy are by-products of shutting down its urges. When we forget to listen to its voice, we forget who we are. In a way, we start to die a little bit every day. We try and numb ourselves to the pain of our forgetting this fundamental part of our spirit.

Extract from Tough Bliss: Restorying Life

I believe that we all have within us ‘genius’ that is waiting to be remembered.

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December 26, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – DIGITAL IMAGINALS

WITH ROBIN BOAST

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking.

Season 3 – US
Thought leaders, visionaries and elders from across the world share with us their prophesies and inspiring visions for the times of transition we find ourselves privileged to be living in.

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11 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT WINTER

1. Silence is actually really loud

2. The cold, bare land is a mirror for our stories

3. Cosiness is the ultimate luxury

4. Real fires remind us of our ancient past

5. Family shows us where we are in our evolution

6. Peace really can only be found within

7. Adventure can be found in the smallest of places

8. Awe and wonder reconnect us

9. Magic is real

10. Gratitude is the ultimate gift

11. Death is really just a beginning

December 13, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

YOU ARE AN ORIGINAL

I believe that we all come into this world with an original spark that we carry across lifetimes. It is this inner light that guides us when we are lost. One of the core purposes of our lives is to activate and embody our spark of unique personal genius, pursuing its trail without distraction as we grow and evolve. And yes, I believe that we all have the ability to embody original genius.

Extract from Tough Bliss: Restorying Life

In our modern age of individuality, you would think that it would be easy for each of us to feel truly special, unique and full of purpose. Yet in my experience, large numbers of our 7 billion strong human community actually view their lives as the opposite to this. At best, many of us live with the constant pressure of assimilation into the dominant social story, whether we agree with it or not. At worst, we gradually lose our sense of self worth and personal purpose, sacrificing our dreams into the ocean of a meaningless and mediocre existence.

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December 5, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

SAYING ‘YES’ TO ADVENTURE

This weekend was rainy. It was one of those early-winter days in the UK where the skies are a deep unending grey. The air was moist with what the English call ‘mizzle’; a misting rain that soaks you to the bone in a matter of minutes. Just as I was about to enter into another English habit of moaning about the weather, my eye caught a picture stuck to our fridge. It was an image of a six-year-old me and my two younger sisters, sat at our Grandparent’s table on a sundrenched Colorado summer day. The picture had been taken a three months before we had moved to England.

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November 29, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION

WITH ROWAN CONWAY

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

Season 3 – US
We move from WE to ‘US’ – Thought leaders, visionaries and elders from across the world share with us their prophesies and inspiring visions for the times of transition we find ourselves privileged to be living in.

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November 22, 2018November 22, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

WISDOM STORIES – MOTHER OAK

I love it when the ripple effects of stories spread out, inviting authenticity, vulnerability and raw human beauty. Sparked by our last Wisdom Story, I share another guest post from a deep and wonderful soul, Lorna Howarth. Lorna and I have known each other for little over a year and in that short space of time have empowered and encouraged the other to show up and stand up in the world, sharing our stories and giving others permission to do the same. Lorna is the Co-Founder of The Write Factor and an amazing soulistic adventurer.

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November 15, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

THE BASICS OF CREATION

As the famous John Muir quote says “the mountains called” and this week, I ran home into their arms.

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November 8, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

WISDOM STORIES – THE BRANCH

Every so often I come across a story that stops me dead in my tracks.

A memory so raw and real that it brings tears to my eyes and makes me breathe deeply into the beautiful paradox of our human lives. This Wisdom Story is just such a sharing. I am honoured to offer this out to you all with the author’s permission as an expression of the joy and light that can be found in the darkness. May it remind you of the deeper purpose hidden in our fear. May you breathe in the sweet freedom that waits when we can restory our human darkness into our human light.

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November 2, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – DISRUPTING THE SOFT DRINKS INDUSTRY

WITH DANIEL SPAYNE

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

Season 3 – US
We move from WE to ‘US’ – Thought leaders, visionaries and elders from across the world share with us their prophesies and inspiring visions for the times of transition we find ourselves privileged to be living in.

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October 24, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

THE DISEASE OF COMPARISON

This week I have been very quiet which is unusual for me.

In the quiet, I have been listening.

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October 17, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

WORKING WITH DARKNESS

My dreams have been dark of late, yet the imagery I dance with in my sleep is not mine alone. How could it be? When we live in an inherently interconnected world where we are each a puzzle piece of the whole picture.

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October 10, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – A TIME OF REBALANCING

WITH JEFF FIREWALKER SCHMITT

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

Season 3 – US
We move from WE to ‘US’ – Thought leaders, visionaries and elders from across the world share with us their prophesies and inspiring visions for the times of transition we find ourselves privileged to be living in.

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October 6, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

THE DOORWAY OF DOUBT

This has been a Tough Bliss year for me. Perhaps it was always going to be, having released a book by that very title this January! I have often reflected that perhaps I should be more careful of what I wish for. Yet these tough times always pass and often lead through to new epiphanies, relationships, opportunities and grace if we have the courage to ride their waves.

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September 27, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

TODAY I WENT WALKING

Today I went wandering into my past

And found my future

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September 20, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – VOICES OF THE FUTURE ONES

WITH BARBARA SAVAGE

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

Season 3 – US
We move from WE to ‘US’ – Thought leaders, visionaries and elders from across the world share with us their prophesies and inspiring visions for the times of transition we find ourselves privileged to be living in.

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Reflections of Grace

It is more often quiet than loud

It speaks the language of the heart

It dances in light and dark

It connects every living and dying thing

It is the force behind miracles

She / he appears in many guises

It is there at our beginning and our ending

It seduces us into our greatest adventures

It allows us to let go and to let in

It unifies and separates

Grace is a gift given through the eyes, the breath, the kiss

You are its holy longing

It is what makes you … you

September 5, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

CALLING UP YOUR GENIE

When we were kids, many of us would have heard the story of the genie that lived in a magic lamp and would appear when you rubbed it to grant you three wishes. Few of us however, would have believed the truth hidden within the metaphor of this ‘fairy-tale’.

Every story has a grain of truth within it, and yet it is partial.

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August 30, 2018August 31, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – A WHOLE WORLD VIEW

WITH DR JUDE CURRIVAN AND GILES HUTCHINS

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

Season 3 – US
We move from WE to ‘US’ – Thought leaders, visionaries and elders from across the world share with us their prophesies and inspiring visions for the times of transition we find ourselves privileged to be living in.

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August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

RESTORYING LOVE

I have had the great honour and pleasure of spending the last three weeks in the company of my teacher, Aunt and friend Brooke Medicine Eagle.

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August 17, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

US OR THEM?

When I was small, unity was all I understood.

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August 9, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – MUSIC THAT UNITES AND HEALS US

WITH FABIO GARCES

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

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August 1, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

REBELLIOUS EMOTIONS

I have recently discovered that I am a master of deception. Self–deception primarily.

I finally realized this about myself after waking up for the 100^th night in a row, wracked with anxiety and stress from multiple known and unknown sources that I have become incredibly skilled at ignoring my emotions.

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July 25, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

Mind-FULL-ness HACKS

Published in The Curious Mind, Medium – July 2018

Our minds these days seem to be perpetually full. Full of our to do lists, full of our expectations and full of our judgments of everyone and everything; including ourselves.

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July 19, 2018July 20, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – BRINGING BALANCE BACK TO COMMUNITY

WITH BROOKE MEDICINE EAGLE

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

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July 12, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

POETRY HACKS

You know that feeling when you just can’t find the right words?

Yep – as a story-worker I have it all the time.

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July 5, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

WALKING ON SACRED GROUND

The sun shone down, hot and revitalising on my head and shoulders. And the summer breeze whispered through the coin shaped leaves of the Aspen tree’s, gathered like old friends around the flowing waters of the spring.

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June 27, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – LETTING GO OF EXPECTATIONS

WITH EUAN SMITH

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

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June 21, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

EMBRACED BY EARTH

This storyhack is an extract from one of the ‘hidden chapters’ in Tough Bliss: Restorying Life.

I believe that deep down, humans all have a longing to feel connected and at home. Returning to the nurturing embrace of our living, breathing planet helps us remember what ‘home’ really means.

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June 14, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

CHANGEHACKERS – CONSTRUCTIVE REBELLION

Authenticity Is The Ultimate Rebellion

(Originally published on the 13th June, 2018 by Changehackers Podcast)

ChangeHackers is the daily podcast providing insight and inspiration for people changing their world.

Hosted by Tony Cooke, it shares every day Monday to Friday every week, a conversation with an inspiring ChangeHacker – someone who is moving the needle on the front line of change and transformation for sustainability.

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June 6, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – NATURE WILL SHOW THE WAY

WITH BRENDAN CONWAY

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

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May 31, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

LOVING OUR WOUNDS AS GIFTS

I have always loved the story of Chrion. A Centaur (half man, half horse), he seemed like a perfect fusion of gifts to my young mind. Intelligence and freedom, strength and wisdom, power and perseverance. But these gifts came at a price.

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May 24, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

FROM STRESS TO SURRENDER

The past 9 months have been a particularly challenging time for me. You see, I have a habit of changing multiple areas of my life simultaneously and this time has been no different. I have just upped the scale and magnitude.

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May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

PODCAST – WE ARE NATURE

WITH TANAH WHITEMORE

The podcast is a series of dialogues with global thought leaders, authors, entrepreneurs and modern mystics exploring the art and science of storymaking. Over the next 12 months we will cover the dynamics of personal, communal and global change through our series of ME, WE and US.

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May 11, 2018 by Genevieve Boast

THE ENDING AND BEGINNING OF DEATH

It seems to me that we are surrounded by a lot of death right now.

The death of loved ones, the death of ecosystems, or the death of old and outdated world views. Even the death of our identities as we move from one stage of life to the next.

In the western world, death remains an enigma. Taboo. Something to be avoided at all costs in our culture of worshipping perpetual youth. However, it is inevitable for us all. You could say, the other side of the coin of life.

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