Feminine Nurturing Will Save the World!

How Will Women Save the World?

Let us count the ways ...

* This blog is part of Absolute Love Publishing's ongoing series celebratingWomen's History Month and the book that honors women everywhere,"Women Will Save the World." 

Nurturing

Lorelei Shellist

“When
we ask a question to our higher selves, listen to the answer, and take our own
advice, a shift immediately takes place within our consciousness.”

 

Lorelei Shellist is a spiritual
psychologist, author, speaker, minister, and life coach. In her book, “RunwayRunAway: A Backstage Pass to Fashion, Romance, & Rock ‘N Roll,” she writes
candidly and boldly about life as a runway model and her struggles with her
fiancé, Steve Clark of Def Leppard, as she watched him drink himself to an
early death.

 

In the ALP compilation “WomenWill Save the World,” Lorelei shares her perspective on the importance of
nurturing ourselves. Women tend to take care of others, and put themselves
last. This is a great mistake. The better we care for ourselves, the more we
can give to saving the world around us.

 

Lorelei is currently en route to
India, but she took a few minutes before her plane took off to talk to us about
what inspires her the most!

 

Lorelei: “It is just the natural loving force that lives inside of me.
Love is who I am. It is who and what we are. When I tune into my heart's work,
all I want to do or be is loving, kind, and compassionate. As a human being
that can be tricky, as sometimes the ego mind gets in the way. At the
University of Santa Monica School of Spiritual Psychology there is a master’s
program called ‘Consciousness, Health, and Healing.’ From taking that class,
the most important quote I can remember is this: ‘Being of service is the
highest form of consciousness available to mankind.’ Notice the word man-‘kind.’
It is just a way of being that I choose to live in this life.”

 

In the last year, Lorelei has been working on saving the world
in numerous realms:

 

Education: She graduated from
the Consciousness, Health and Healing master’s program at USM in August.

 

Lorelei: “This course brought awareness to things I took for granted.
See, it's not just a coincidence that this, or that, happened…there is always a
deeper learning and reason that things occur, even the simplest ones!”

 

Speaking Engagements: In Fashion and Design Colleges helping art
students find that "secret something" they possess
inside themselves that brings unique and original ideas to their
work.

 

Fashion: Hosting ceremonies and events including the La Jolla
Fashion Film Festival, a three-day festival showcasing fashion
film directors from all over the world. It is like the Cannes Film Festival but
the film content has only to do with fashion and beauty.

 

Volunteering: There were three trips to the Valley State Prison
for Women in Chowchilla, and three community outreach workshops in Santa
Barbara County, as Lorelei is a part of a team of USM volunteers for the Freedom to Choose Foundation.
The team of 70 travels to these prisons and Veterans Halls to facilitate healing
workshops using the skills they learned from USM. The workshops are well
received as many of the women have said the volunteers visit them more often
than their own families.

 

Lorelei: “I cannot tell you how much this service
work helps me in my own life and deepens the compassion in my heart for others.” 

 

A new workshop: I
AM DREAMS WITH WINGS.

This
"elective" class is for At-Risk Teens in Continuation High Schools
where they earn class credits in order to graduate. Using many of her own
modalities, and those she learned from USM, Lorelei teaches critical life
skills, such as self-confidence, teen esteem, job interview skills, meditation,
poise, posture and personal inner dialogue. She also brings the modeling skills
to the class as they learn to stand straight, tall, and strong inside themselves

 

And she tells us more
about her trip to India!

 

Lorelei: “This sprint to India came up on its own. I
have always wanted to go there and for years I have been telling my friends,
designers Lecoanet Hemant, that
I would someday visit them in Delhi. I was their ‘muse’ when I modeled in Paris
for the couture designers back in the 80's. These guys were two of my favorite
clients. Think Dolce & Gabbana of haute couture. Didier Lecoanet and Hemant
Sagar will be my hosts in India.

 

“And yes, of course
the spiritual guru who lives inside me has planned a runaway retreat to the
Aurovalley Ashram, near Rishikesh by the Gange River at the base of the
Himalayas. This part is just for me... to go inside and give thanks for the
blessings I have, to meet my ‘source’ in a very diverse time and place in my
life too.

 

“I woke up on a Monday
morning ten days ago and received a message that the time was right to go to
India. Within four days I had frequent flyer mileage flights, invites for
places to stay, a visa, and a very light bag packed.

 

I'm on the runway again!”

 

For more essays and insights on feminine Nurturing
– and all of the other characteristics helping women to save the world – get
your copy of “Women Will Save the World” by Caroline A.
Shearer. And be sure to check in to the ALP blog, as we will be bringing you more
updates, profiles, and inspirational quotes in honor of Women's History
Month!

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