- 00:00 Introduction
- 06:24 If you were to change two things about you, what would they be?
- 13:18 Self-Leadership may take you two-thirds of the way.
- 20:12 Driving on the lane of my life with nobody in front of me
- 23:50 Can you trust what the inside of you tells you about where you’re headed?
- 32:24 Be savvy about what influences try to persuade you
- 33:47 Where does stability and certainty come from?
Why is self‑leadership so essential during epochal transitions? In a daily reality of mounting challenges, rapid change, and competing influences vying for our time and attention, we can easily become confused, polarized, and exhausted. True self‑leadership begins with energetic hygiene: by tending to our own wellness, balance, and vitality, we equip ourselves to show up at our best — both for ourselves and for those around us.
At a preparatory gathering for our Portals Virtual Spring “Current Openings” event, Aviv Shahar, David Price Francis, and an international circle of Portals friends came together to explore what awakens within them at the mention of self‑leadership. With as many paths to self‑leadership as there are people, we look forward to co‑creating a field of collective intelligence with you during this workshop, “Self‑Leadership and Energetic Hygiene in Times of Epochal Change,” on April 26, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm EDT.
In this preview conversation, we’re discovering that, in times of great uncertainty — when the world feels unstable — true stability and clarity arise from within: from the values we choose to uphold and the contributions we commit to champion. Rather than assigning blame, we open ourselves to exploring how we can best be of service.
Here are some pebbles of inspiration in the pond of self-leadership that we generated to warm ourselves up to this exploration:
- Self‑leadership is knowing which part of ourselves needs to take the lead—when, why, and how.
- Self‑leadership is the ability to be still, listen inwardly, be guided — and sometimes simply to wait.
- Deciding firmly not to blame others when unfortune strikes helps me stay clean, keep things in proportion, and be free to perceive what can happen, and how I can help.
- Self-leadership is like driving in the lane of my life – no other car in front of me.
- Self‑leadership is generating options. By deepening the multiplicity of your choices, you create more pathways for navigating obstacles.
- Self‑leadership is the wise use of our freedom of choice. Stability and certainty arise from within—by knowing what you choose to uphold in yourself, what you champion, and also what you refuse to take on.
This conversation is part of the continuing Portals discovery into what is emerging on the frontiers of human experience in this time of profound change. Information about upcoming special events can be found on the Events page. Also visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Living is a creative act, we recreate ourselves every day. As a human we have been gifted with freedom of choice, and self-leadership seems to me the wise usage of our freedom of choice. We can define where we want to go and who we want to be. When things are uncertain and the world looks unstable, where does stability and certainty come from? From within. By knowing what you want to uphold in yourself, what you want to be the champion of, and also what you won’t do, and what you won’t add to as part of what is going on.”
David Price Francis
David Price Francis helps individuals, couples, and groups understand and improve the quality of energy in their personal lives and relationships using techniques and strategies that he has successfully developed in private practice working with clients for over forty years. He is the author of Go With The Glow: From Psychological Pain to Spiritual Happiness; Partners in Passion: How To Positively Transform the Energies in all Your Relationships; The Tales of Dr. Woo: A Journey into Truth; and a 10-part online course, “The Human Aura: A Practical Introduction To Your Personal Energy Field.”
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Aviv Shahar
Aviv serves as the Portals' sherpa. He curates transformational journeys and is a storyteller of the epochal evolution culminating at this time. Aviv is the Founder of Aviv Consulting, helping leaders unleash strategic innovation, and is the author of Create New Futures: How Leaders Produce Breakthroughs and Transform the World Through Conversation.
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