In our society somehow, we’ve made it okay to spend $40,000+ on a car and $20,000 on granite kitchen countertops – yet when it comes to truly valuing ourselves, suddenly it’s too expensive. Connect to Your Essential Nature, (an all-inclusive, five day transformational women’s retreat in the rainforest of Costa Rica) is an investment. It’s an investment in your overall health and well-being, your mental clarity and positive reframing, your emotional body cleansing, clearing and detoxing, your physical rest and restoration on every level and a huge deposit of loving into your spiritual ..read more

In our society somehow, we’ve made it okay to spend $40,000+ on a car and $20,000 on granite kitchen countertops – yet when it comes to truly valuing ourselves, suddenly it’s too expensive. Connect to Your Essential Nature, (an all-inclusive, five day transformational women’s retreat in the rainforest of Costa Rica) is an investment. It’s an investment in your overall health and well-being, your mental clarity and positive reframing, your emotional body cleansing, clearing and detoxing, your physical rest and restoration on every level and a huge deposit of loving into your spiritual ..read more

Elevate Your Narrative, and Birth Reverence for Your Sweet Self The NBC television series This Is Us is very close to my heart as I am one of three siblings who lost our father in my teenage years. I’ve cried at every episode as the brilliant writers and actors of this multigenerational family drama expose real, raw, honest issues that touch us all. I have been referencing one episode recently with my clients as an invitation to a renewed relationship with themselves. My clients are high achievers. They are mostly women, incredibly accomplished, driven, focused, independent and really, really ..read more

  Image used with permission from Big Push by Paul Bond Fine Art This first picture on the left was taken in 2016. Notice the rigidity. The poised, straight posture, trying to “get it right”. Feel the hardness, the masculine energy of the do-er. Donna the do-er they called me. My outside is just a reflection of what’s inside. My outside was “at attention”, trying to be “right” to look polished, to seem like I KNEW the answer. This was the part of me who know how to push, to force. I was about going, doing, driving. I was resistant and jagged, rigid and inflexible. I was reactive and logic ..read more

Simon Sinek taught us it’s not what you do, it’s why you do it. Consciousness Rising is why I do what I do. It also happens to be the name of our company. The intention with the work we do at Consciousness Rising, Inc is to empower your true nature to raise the consciousness on the planet. We do that by supporting people in their evolution in experiencing a life filled with joy, happiness, fulfillment, freedom, purpose, and expansiveness. These are the qualities of your Authentic Self, which are naturally present at a higher level of consciousness. Through the process of transformation coachin ..read more

The Great ReSignation. The Great ReEvaluation. The Great ReImagination. All, Right on Time. Never a Bad Time to Start Re-Imagining Arianna Huffington has called this time “The Great Re-Evaluation”. However, I think it may be better to call it the Great Re-Imagination. It is being inspired by the Great Resignation and it’s perfectly timed with the great awakening that is taking place on the planet right now. I voluntarily stepped down from my quarter-of-a-million-dollar-a-year gig in 2016. It was scary as hell, but I did it. But not only did I do it, I then reimagined my entire work experience ..read more

7 Keys To Personal Power “In the scope of eternity, we are here on this planet for a nanosecond. Our lives are made up of a collection of moments. Those moments, when strung together, become time. Our lives are how we fill in those moments. And the experiences we have are the choices we make, and those choices propel our existence forward.” -From the topic You Must Decide to Move Forward in Original Wisdom by Donna Bond The Power that Hides Within The definition of consciousness is the state of being awake and aware of one’s self and one’s surroundings. Another way to look at consciousness is ..read more

Right now, chances are you’re feeling at least a little disenchanted, bored, confused, frustrated or even scared. Maybe you’re stuck in a job that looks fabulous on the outside but just doesn’t feed your Soul and as you’ve had time to slow down through this crisis, you are realizing this. Perhaps you’ve created the life that you thought you wanted… but somehow you’re just not happy. Or maybe you just know there’s MORE for you to BE and do but you can’t figure out how to get to it. I totally get it. Now that everyone is finding themselves out of their comfort zone, it would be helpful to know h ..read more

In a world where most of us grew up measuring ourselves against someone or something else and living in an environment where one continually feels “I am not enough”, I have experienced the blessed privilege of learning that there is actually a miracle that takes place in Acceptance. I’ve just completed a six-month mastermind with Dr. Robert Holden, Ph.D. Robert teaches that “No amount of self-improvement can make up for a lack of self-acceptance.” Through this beautiful mastermind journey called Love Centered Coaching, I embarked on the voyage believing I would come away from this experience b ..read more

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