About Suzanne Murray
Suzanne Murray is a gifted creative life coach and writing teacher committed to helping others find the freedom to create. She provides an experience of the joy and beauty that comes from embracing the creative process for both creative expression and creative problem solving in every area of our lives. Creating a safe and sacred space [...]
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The Writing Process
The act of showing up to writing as a daily practice has enrich my life in countless ways. I understand more about how I think and how I see of the world; I more readily see the value and meaning of my life as I gain deeper insight to the stories and ideas that are important to me; and I strengthen my ability to tap the inspiration, intuition and imagination of the creative spirit not only in my writing but the rest of my life.
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Igniting Your Creativity
Recently I participated in a coaching group focused on living abundantly which included writing a passion statement to express what brings us most alive since when we live and work from our passions we naturally experience the flow of abundance in all its many forms of expression. The touchstone for my statement became, “I am igniting, inspiring, empowering and providing unconditional acceptance and support for creative brilliance”.
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Exploring Your Irish Ancestry
My father was born in San Francisco two years after my grandparents arrived from Ireland and he grew up in an all Irish neighborhood. Yet I never thought of him as being Irish. He was part of the generation that wanted to be American and assimilate, so it wasn’t until I went to Ireland for the first time and saw my father everywhere that I realized how Irish he really had been and how many Irish traits he passed on to me;
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The Call of Ireland
Some years ago in answer to a deep inner calling I began studying all things Irish; the history, mythology, culture and language. I went on my own pilgrimage to the West of Ireland where my grandfather came from. On approach to the Shannon Airport the plane passed low over the end of the runway where I saw a lone sheep in a small stone paddock grazing on bright green grass. The word home echoed in my mind as tears trickled down my cheeks catching me by surprise. I told an Irish woman I know of this experience and she responded, “well now that would be the ancestors welcoming you home.” In the Irish language (Gaelic) there is no word for emigrant, the closest they come is the word for exile. Now whenever I am in Ireland and people learn that I am of Irish ancestry they say, welcome home.” Whether you are of Irish ancestry or not, the Irish people are incredibly warm and welcoming and ready to talk with you. In the ancient Celtic tradition generosity was a heroic act and the Irish embody that tendency still.
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