Posted May 4th, 2016 by Emilah Dawn DeToro & filed under Second Acts/Careers, Creative Writing from Southwestern College, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.
Life purpose and vocation; I sometimes wonder how they are related. Sometimes I hear life purpose described simply and clearly, like this quote from notetoselfphilosophy.com: Note to Self: “What is my purpose in life?” I asked the void.“What if I told you that you fulfilled it when you took an extra hour to talk to that kid about his…
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Posted April 13th, 2016 by Emilah Dawn DeToro & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Second Acts/Careers, Student & Alumni Stories, People of Southwestern College, SWC Blog.
Featured Artwork: Mandala Buddha, acrylic on paper, 36"x24", 2012, Tejal Murray
Over the last few blogs, I’ve been exploring Stephen Cope’s The Great Work of Your Life in a general way with examples from my own life. Today, I’m going to dive more deeply into the teachings by profiling one of Southwestern College’s…
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Posted March 30th, 2016 by Emilah Dawn DeToro & filed under Second Acts/Careers, Top News, Featured.
In my last blog, I talked about the intersection of dharma (our sacred duty in this lifetime) and flourishing at midlife.The issue that typically arises from someone exploring dharma at midlife is fear. Fear that they’ll have to throw away most everything they’ve created and worked for in order to follow their dharma. Sometimes, that…
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Posted March 16th, 2016 by Emilah Dawn DeToro & filed under Second Acts/Careers, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.
I'd been exploring the intersection of Stephen Cope's book The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling, and Martin E. P. Seligman's book Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being in relation to Second Act/Career students when this photo quote by Brené Brown came across my Facebook feed.I think she hit the nail on…
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Posted March 2nd, 2016 by Emilah Dawn DeToro & filed under Second Acts/Careers, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.
Life evolves.I’m in my 3rd Act here in Admissions and Academic Advising at Southwestern College. My 1st act was also in higher education – as a Residence Hall Director, Director of Student Support Services, and then as a Doctoral student. I advised, taught, managed, and supervised people, programs, and budgets. It was a very left-brained…
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Posted January 27th, 2016 by Emilah Dawn DeToro & filed under Second Acts/Careers, SWC Blog.
Missed Part 1 or Part 2?Part 3 - The Way Through: Relying on Intuition and FaithIn The Great Work of Your Life, Stephen Cope describes the way he has come to see intuition at work as we navigate decisions at midlife. He describes an 8-step process that is co-creative; it includes both our intellect and…
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Posted January 27th, 2016 by Emilah Dawn DeToro & filed under Second Acts/Careers, SWC Blog.
Missed Part 1?Part 2 - The Terrain: Navigating the TransitionMidlife is a time of transition; a time when we are asked to put our mind in service to our heart. It's a time to serve ourselves and the world by embracing what is ours to do, and stepping onto our dharma path. This type of…
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Posted January 27th, 2016 by Emilah Dawn DeToro & filed under Second Acts/Careers, SWC Blog, Featured.
Part 1 - Living Your DharmaAs spirituality goes mainstream, there is much talk about “living your dharma”. But what does that really mean?René Guénon, in Introduction to the Study of Hindu Doctrines, defines dharma as “the essential nature of a being, comprising the sum of its particular qualities or characteristics, and determining, by virtue of…
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