Inspiration | Isabel Parlett

Are You Getting to the Good Stuff?

Isabel Parlett — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 21:01:43 +0000

Sometimes when we write and speak, we take a while to get to the good stuff, the real heart, the meat of what we have to offer.

And part of that comes from underestimating or undervaluing what we know. I love digging in and finding out what part of person shines most brightly. In this clip, just a little over a minute long, I’ll share a bit about that with you.

Are you hiding what makes your work pop and fizz?

Isabel Parlett — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:32:56 +0000

One of the things that’s been coming into focus for me lately is what a difference it can make when we stop being careful and strategic about how we present ourselves to the world, stop trying so hard to do it RIGHT, and we start letting go with a clearer, more pure expression of what we know and what we believe in.

I’ve been working on practicing this myself, and I recently recorded some video talking about why I think this more wild and vivid expression is so important. I’ll be sharing more of these video clips over the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

In this week’s video, just four sweet minutes, I share a little about the forces that held me back in my expression, and my sense of what happens when we start to let that go. Enjoy and leave me a comment to let me know what you think!

This is Not a World that Honors the Mute

Isabel Parlett — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:28:37 +0000

This is not a world that honors the mute

Or pays them dearly for their gifts

Speak Up

So I can hear you

Speak Up

So I can see you

Speak Up

So I can have the comfort

Of Knowing

Mine is not the only voice

My vision, not the only one

So I can be reminded

That all the wisdom of the ages is available to me

Without needing to be contained within my own limits.

Reveal Your Wild, Free Spirit

Isabel Parlett — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:11:36 +0000

Reveal Your Wild, Free Spirit

Reveal Your Wild, Free Spirit

And I will find the courage to show you mine.

To leave behind the sad, small footprint of my hesitant desires.

And move into the open fields where my soul can pound the earth with its clattering hoofbeats

As I run

Breathless and exultant

towards myself

And the thin line that barely separates

My imagination from heaven.

Resolutions for People with a Message to Share

Isabel Parlett — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:03:05 +0000

As some of you may know, I am not a big fan of traditional New Year’s resolutions. Traditional resolutions tend to fail quickly, and usually aren’t expressions of the deep reflection and soul-searching needed to instigate change. And, I love this time of year and the stimulus it provides to recommit to what matters most.

Here, then, are five resolutions that call you to step up into the magnificence of using your words and your work as a powerful force for good in the world.

I, ____ (your name here), do hereby resolve to:

1. Nurture my faith that the world has an urgent need to hear what I am called to say, and to act in alignment with that belief even when loud voices say I should follow the crowd.

2. Seize every opportunity to share my deepest message – my most passionate, deeply cherished insights and beliefs – each time I write and talk about my work.

3. Risk being vulnerable by revealing myself when I write and speak about my work– knowing that the thing I am most afraid to say is probably the very thing my audience would find most compelling.

4. Accept and enjoy the work of creating the market for my services, rather than assuming that people will automatically know what I am offering and why it’s important.

5. Step out willingly to share my message and story, realizing that the goal is not to communicate perfectly but to create the opportunities to share my message with increasingly larger audiences who are yearning to hear what I have to share.

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Isabel Parlett is a business communication expert who helps innovative professionals create the market for their services by tapping into the emotional power of their words.