If I could invite just five historic figures to my dinner table, I would include the Roman Emperor/Philosopher, Marcus Aurelius. How fascinating it would be to hear him converse and argue his points with the other 4. Over 2000 years ago he kept a journal in which he laid out a 5 step #Mindfulness practice. Here's what #MarcusAurelius had to say about purposefully programming what you resonate with, about setting the tone for the day: "When you arise in the morning, think of w

The day I was to perform scenes from a play, I woke up with my soprano voice in baritone range. So for that performance my character just happened to have a really low, almost raspy voice. Nobody noticed there was anything wrong. I taught a class with the remains of a cold. We boosted the sound system and I asked for patience while I struggled with my voice. The audience was kind and the class went well. As an opera singer, when I'm having an "off" day the quality of the very

When you change your relationship with your story, you change what you notice and focus on and new experiences "appear." You find your internal voice telling you to notice differently, and when you do your experience changes." Monica Schober #WhatNewChoicesWillYouMake when you change your #RelationshipWithYourStory? #OptimizeYourInternalVoice Advocating for #Kindness in all aspects of how we resonate with ourselves and others. Optimize your Resonance and shine your Light in a

What new choices will you make if you actively engage in your transformation - seek it out- before being launched into action by intolerable discomfort, disillusionment, or despair? M. Scott Peck said: "The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or tru

#WhatNewChoicesWillYouMake if you change your #RelationshipWithYourStory ? How will the new relationship with your story drive your #InternalVoice and what it directs you to focus upon? Optimize your Resonance and shine your Light in a world that needs your gifts. Advocating for #kindness in all aspects of how we resonate with ourselves and others, Monica Fully embody your voice and release yourself into your unique resonance. Find the foundation of your resonance. Learn ways

So much of the power of your Internal Voice comes from the stories you tell yourself about your experience. Those stories are colored and shaped by your viewpoint. My mother calls that viewpoint - attitude. It takes the courage of personal responsibility to entertain the idea that your Internal Voice, and therefore your story, is shaped by your attitude. How are you coloring your life with your Internal Voice? #WhatNewChoicesWillYouMake if you change your #RelationshipWithYou

Take Courage! You brought your amazing dragon to the wizarding establishment's search for a fabulous wizard.  Leave off being angry with the wizarding establishment! Find the places where your dragon may take flight! Monica Schober The International Brahms Competition takes place annually in the picturesque southern town of Pörtschach am Wörthersee, in the province of Kärnten, Austria. There is a monetary prize and unlike most competitions, there is no age limit. This was the

"You're not speaking with your True voice." "That's not You speaking." How does that make you feel? One of many well-meaning teachers who wanted to encourage me to write that book, sing that song, or give that presentation spoke these words with great authority on a webinar. This was not the first time I had heard words bringing the truth of my voice into question. My gut clenched with an intense and cumulative internal rebellion. I knew it was time for a deep reassessment of

If you find tuna fish revolting... and you notice tuna fish salad on the buffet table... and you become outraged that someone has placed tuna on the buffet when they should "know I don't like it"... you will have missed the infinite spread of lovely things you do like on the buffet... and will have made a meal of 'not liking tuna'... #WhatNewChoicesWillYouMake, what will you resonate with and cast light upon if you notice all the wonderful things at the buffet of life? Advoca

Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD), kept a journal that survived the millennia, now called "The Meditations". Discovering the profound in the midst of his every day concerns delights me. He reaches out to me across the millennia along one of the common threads of our humanity: "If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now." Marcus Aurelius Another way