Empowering the Leader Within You!

By Lisa Cooney

At the age of seven, I stared out my childhood bedroom's window and watched day after day, night after night people getting off the train and walking home or running for the train in the morning off to NYC. I looked at their faces for some evidence of joy, I saw none. When the moon came up, as I stared out the window, time and time again I prayed that I never lead a soul-less life and I prayed for the guidance and wisdom to know how to direct people to live with soul. It was then that the vision of my mission to emerge and empower leaders as they safely awaken to their fullest and freest potential while resting in the support of conscious and loving community began. As I became Dr. Lisa Cooney, I extrapolated that vision. To emerge the leader in you is to make a commitment to yourself to say no even when it's hard, to say yes when it's scary and to trust your gut and only do what is the highest and best aligned to uplift the human condition and live in alignment with what has heart and meaning to you.

My life's work became and is still unfolding the leader in myself and all whom I work with. I not only see the leader in me and coax it out of its shell, but I see the leader in everyone I come in contact with and I strive to peel away the layers of fear (F =false, E=evidence, A=appearing, R=real) that keep them and me from shining in our highest and truest potential. As each layer falls away, their extraordinary stories take shape and unfold.

Each workshop or seminar I teach and each workshop and seminar I attend adheres to the belief that humanity is inherently good and people desire to live as sharing beings with a very powerful and important task on our hands. To unfold, uplift and emerge the soul signature that is intrinsic to each and every individual on this planet.

Imagine our world if soul ruled the earth without the constricted, inflexible ego creating wars, poverty, separation and divisiveness. Imagine marching for peace as Mother Theresa did and not marching against war energetically. Imagine living as Ghandi stated, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." Or as Ammachi states, "Fill your heart with love and then express it in everything you do." Imagine a universe of soul living from the empowered self of emerging the leader in you. Can you imagine?

Cherié Page shares, "The community of support guided by healing mentors are tremendous pillars that uphold my soul; they surround me, influence me, and guide me every day of my life. They inspire my soul to live in the grandest version of myself with consciousness and courage to manifest and create the life of my dreams. As I have walked this path that is only my own, I have come to realize that life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation. I am not discovering but creating myself anew and every second is a chance to create, change, and grow."

Courtney Ryan Kaplan shares, "I found that emerging the leader in me takes persistence and a willingness to participate; to explore myself, my past, my relationships and my experience. Transformation was about going to my edge to see the truth about myself — with the loving safe support a mentor provides. I made such wonderful friends, I healed situations in my life, and things started to change big time. Specifically, I got into a much better financial situation with a great job that paid more than twice what I was previously making. Then, I paid off large credit card debt, school loans, and other debt. Then, my relationship ended and I was free to move on and find a new partner who was aligned with my life. I DID find that partner who is my soul mate and has shown me just how incredible being in relationship can actually be. We are getting married in about a month."

Anjuli Sherin shared that, "for the young woman who immigrated to America from Pakistan at age eighteen, the haven of community was a welcoming place to return to and call home. Being in this cauldron is the safe container in which I was able to experience what a healthy family feels like and grow up all over again into my joy, my light, and truth, and my purpose. Emerging your soul is a way of life."

After working to emerge the leader in herself, Kayla Gold now feels a powerful sense of personal growth. "I'm able to be more present in my relationships with friends, colleagues, students and family," she says, "And I finally understand what it means to love myself. I have recently reached a vocal level as a singer that has avoided my reach for years. I am singing from my soul and I feel great."

Live your success, empower your life and unleash your soul. The time is now.