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Edie Weinstein welcomes Money Coach Karen Collacutt as they explore what it takes to Make Friends With Your Money

What would be different if you were Friends with Your Money? The dysfunctional relationship we often have with this medium of exchange impacts every area of our lives since Money does too. Who wouldn’t want to make more, save more, give more and enjoy more?

Karen Collacutt is a Money Coach for entrepreneurs helping them build bridges between their personal and business money. Karen helps her clients permanently change the patterns, habits and strategies that have been creating money problems. She helps them build a new relationship with money and the tools and resources for success. Karen has been a featured personal finance expert in Money Sense Magazine, Chatelaine, Globe and Mail, CBC Radio, Toronto Star, creditcard.ca, Rogers TV and numerous online radio shows and blogs. With her straightforward strategies and tell-it-like-it-is approach, Karen delivers a fresh perspective on your money life. twitter.com/KarenCollacutt

Edie Weinstein, LSW is a colorfully creative journalist, inspiring transformational speaker, licensed social worker, interfaith minister, BLISS Coach and the author of The Bliss Mistress Guide To Transforming The Ordinary Into the Extraordinary. She calls herself an Opti-Mystic who sees the world through the eyes of possibility. www.opti-mystical.com

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April 6, 2015 0 comment

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Masterminding Your Success with KC Miller & Liz Dawn

written by Celebrate Your Life with Liz Dawn

Liz Dawn welcomes her very own ‘spiritual’ business mentor, Award Winning founder of the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, KC Miller for a conversation on understanding what it takes to create sustainable success and accelerate your business.

Each year KC Miller and her team help hundreds of people create successful entrepreneurial holistic businesses that do BIG things in the world. Rather than using a Shark Tank approach, a SpiritTankTM Mastermind is used to ‘hold’ those in the creative process in such as way they are empowered to go in the world in a loving and profitable way.

KC Miller is the Chief Spiritual Officer, founder and director of the award-winning private college, Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA), one of the largest providers of holistic wellness education in the country offering on-campus and on-line programs. KC is author and creator of Toe Reading: Are You Walking Your Destined Path (published in English and Japanese) and a new book entitled SpiritTankTM: Masterminding Your Success – 108 ‘Business Sutras’ designed to Accelerate your Business-Life!

Liz Dawn is the co-founder/co-creator of Mishka Productions and Celebrate Your Life events that brings to the world powerful life changing events that inspire, heal and transform your life! Visit their site at: www.CelebrateYourLife.Org

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April 5, 2015 0 comment

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5 Ways to a Limitless Mind

written by Yogi Cameron

We live in the age of numbers. People are trying to work out every worldly issue by placing a number to it. Numbers dominate pretty much every conversation and thought of every person in society. We think about mortgage calculations, how many people are coming to a birthday party, how many votes a candidate will need to win an election, how many shares we should invest in, how much water we should drink, and how much we should weigh to be desirable or healthy. It doesn’t end. Think of your life and how many times an hour you think of a number by trying to estimate, guesstimate, or predict the outcome of something. It always involves a number and — like our weight, age, or income — that number continually changes. The ironic thing about this is that numbers are endless, so how can we assign them to things that are of a limitless nature?

People are assigning a number to everything because of the competitive nature of the mind. The mind is constantly competing with others and with itself. It puts the body in danger because of the ego‘s competitive nature, even though it knows that without the body it has no home to live in. It is so focused on competition that it is willing to put its own existence into danger by constantly getting involved in activities that will jeopardize the body’s health. The ego gets the body to give up some of its years on earth through overeating, drinking, taking drugs, playing competitive sports, overworking, and stressing. Any sort of extreme behavior not only endangers the life of the body but also uses up the vital energy of the system to the point that it shaves years off of our lifespan.

But, if you like numbers, here are five things to do about this dilemma so you can use numbers without them becoming your mind’s obsession.

Stop looking for the ONE thing or piece of advice that is going to be the answer to everything. Our culture has become obsessed with asking another person for one thing that we can do to make life better, to make us richer, or to make us healthier. There is no magic pill, so do yourself a favor and stop believing in an easy way out. Do the work it takes to achieve what you set out to do.

Stop looking for more information. We live in the age of information, and people have become information junkies. We collect and regurgitate random, unnecessary information on a continuous basis, and it all becomes nonsense talk with no action behind it. It’s all just words with no meaning. It will pass as quickly as it was said and be forgotten just as quickly. Instead, look to gain knowledge. Knowledge is different than information. Knowledge is wisdom that you apply, use, and finally experience as part of your life. In this process there is little talk and more action.

Stop saying “I don’t have time.” Everyone has 24 hours in a day, and it is how we manage those hours that make us feel like we have more or less of them. You will experience more time when you get out of the habit of checking your watch all day and no longer allow your life to be filled with people, events, and activities that don’t add healthy spiritual values to it. When you are more discerning with your time and only use it for meaningful moments in life, you will free up the extra time you have been yearning for.

Stop making lists — on paper, or in your mind. All of these lists stop you from living in the moment, for when you think of things you need to do you keep yourself in the future. Lists are another way for the ego to feel that it has accomplished something. If you can’t remember it, then you don’t need it right now. Everything we need in the moment we have and all those lists only add more things for the mind to keep track of and stress about. And, because relating to tasks in this way is born out of the ego’s insatiable desire to own and possess, the lists are endless.

Stop counting numbers — especially money. If you are constantly talking about, reading about, or thinking about money, you will have a limited perspective. Numbers are limitless, so trying to find a number that is a perfect amount forces the mind to think in much smaller terms than what is ultimately possible. And not only are numbers endless, but they are ever changing. So limiting your mind to how many calories you should be eating or how much you should weigh will only give you a number to chase. You will then experience more stress when that number eludes you.

If you follow these five steps and make them a part of your daily thoughts, all other aspects of your life will start to fall into place. Your mind will be freed up to see the endless possibilities that are available to you. Now this is called living.

November 23, 2013 0 comment

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Fear of Success is a Weighty Issue

written by Colette Baron-Reid

Dear Colette,

I am on the verge of self-publishing my spiritual memoir, and I saw my extra weight as me carrying my unfulfilled life purpose on my body, but also carrying spiritual light in my body. You speak about carrying the weight of the world on our bodies so I thought you might have some insights as to what is making me put on these extra pounds, without eating more or exercising less. – Heavy Burden

Dear Heavy Burden,

Many times our fear of success will also create a need to pad ourselves with protection. Exposing ourselves to the public with our ideas can be a daunting thing. I’ve seen it with some of my clients where they’re about to launch a project and they start putting on a lot of weight, and when we delve into our coach/client conversation we find out that at the basis of that they’re trying to be seen by the public but they’re afraid to be really seen so their body becomes larger. They feel that they’ve never been heard and this is the first time their words will be heard and so instead of just being the bright light that shines out into the world their bodies grow instead. So they say ‘see, you can’t miss me, look how big I am.’

Also the idea of somebody carrying spiritual light could also be the idea that we can’t always contain our new growth and it’s almost like we grown faster, we grow spiritually faster than our bodies can keep up. This is strictly theory but from what I’ve seen in other people, it is not uncommon that these confusing periods of weight gain happen prior to becoming noticed by the public.

So your weight gain can be either one or the other, or both: (1) to make yourself noticeable but in a way that you don’t want to be noticed, and (2) the weight gain is a result of the stress of protecting yourself from the possibility of failure or success. You’re afraid that people will actually hear you and listen to you—which would be new—and there’s also the idea that you could possibly be somehow rejected (that there will be no success).

I am wishing you not only success, but also the enjoyment of success absent of fear.

November 21, 2013 1 comment

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The Price of Greed

written by Karen Berg

Someone once asked me this question: If it is true that in this universe, there is a system of cause and effect, what is the payment for envy and greed?

This is great question because, for sure, each and every one of us goes through times where we get stuck these negative states. Quite simply, the payment for these feelings is the feelings themselves.

Let’s say, for example, that we are envious. The “punishment,” so to speak, is the envy itself because by our envy, we are never satisfied in this life. When we have envy, then no matter what we have—even if it is so much—there is always someone else that has something more that we want, and thus we are not able to appreciate that which is around us.

Now what about when we are in a state of greed? In this state, we become prisoners to our pursuit of wealth and we can no longer appreciate our life as it exists. Our greed becomes our prison. And our prison is our punishment. When we have greed, we do not live happily because we can’t live happily. We are constantly worried about “who’s going to talk about me” or “who’s going to say this about me” or “who’s going to be close to me.”

Once we understand, however, that there is a structure that underlies the universe and that everything that happens in our life is there to teach us or to bring us to a place to complete our correction, then we will not fall into these states of envy and greed because we will understand that God put us in this framework, in this body, and in this environment to be the best we can be to finish our correction.

You know, they say happiness is like a butterfly. If we chase it, it flies away. But if we turn and busy ourselves with sharing and other positive actions, then happiness comes and sits lightly on our shoulder. Our current circumstances are not a punishment, but simply a tool to help us rise above and elevate to another level of spiritual consciousness. Once we really understand this, then we cannot fall prey to greed or envy. We are where we are because that is where we must be to go to something better.

July 3, 2013 0 comment

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Money and Spirituality – A Common Dilemna

written by Nick Ortner

All too often incredibility smart, caring people with amazing ideas and talents for transforming the planet hold themselves back from earning money because of a belief, conscious or unconscious, that it isn’t spiritual to earn money or that if they earned a lot of money that they somehow would be corrupted or bad in some way.

They often times also believe that you can’t be wealthy and be a good person, that you somehow have to do something bad to become wealthy. And unfortunately in this day and age it’s all too easy to turn on the news and hear about corrupt businessmen and politicians who have done something unethical to earn money. Sadly, there is not enough news on all of the amazing wealthy people that are changing the world in powerfully positive ways.

When I wrote in 2010 on this topic, I was speaking on the issue that so many Tapping practitioners were facing and still face around not feeling that they should be charging for what they do, even though they are helping so many. This limiting belief that earning money is not spiritual has not only held back healers like Tapping practitioners and coaches but so many others in a wide range of industries.

Let me start off with a simple statement of fact that is important to note…

There are examples of both people doing unethical things to earn money in the world as well as people doing amazing, completely ethical things that are serving the world to earn money. Money itself is not the determining factor in whether a person is good or bad.

If you disagree with that statement in any way, I think it’s worth taking a look at where your beliefs on money have come from and how they’re effecting you.

Take a moment to think about your beliefs around money and spirituality:

Do you think you’d still be a good person if you had a lot of money?

Do you worry that you would somehow be corrupted?

What do you think others would think of you if you had a lot of money?

Do you think it’s right or fair to earn a lot of money for helping people?

Or should you not be paid if you’re working on helping people or other spiritual endeavors?

These are all important questions.

Let’s look at two scenarios that address this issue. These are the two examples I used when I originally wrote on this topic:

Case Study #1: Excited Potential Tapping Practitioner.

Mary works for a financial services company, as an administrative assistant. She makes $45,000 per year, has good health benefits, and feels generally secure in her job. She doesn’t enjoy it one bit, but every other Friday she has her paycheck direct deposited into her bank account, and along with her husband’s salary, it makes ends meet.

She never has to ask for this money, every year or two she gets a small raise and she continues onwards. The subject of “money”, rarely comes up for her with regards to receiving it from her employer. She doesn’t question the work they do, the profits they are earning but is content to get her paycheck.

Mary discovers Meridian Tapping, and is thrilled with the results she gets for herself and her family members. She does more training, gets her hands on all the free resources she can, and begins to become quite proficient at tapping. She dreams of helping other people, but she just keeps doing “free” sessions.

People offer to pay her, they are delighted with the results, but she just “doesn’t feel right taking the money”. She believes the work was so much fun, so rewarding, that money shouldn’t be involved. More and more people start coming to her, and she says quietly to herself, “How I would love to do this full time!”

But when she sits down with her husband to discuss the subject of her leaving her job, the math just doesn’t add up. Her husband says, “If you charged $75 per hour and had three clients per day, for 50 weeks out of the year, we would be around your current salary, including benefits, and other perks”

“$75 per hour???” Mary says, “There is no way I could charge that, that’s not right at all. I would feel completely uncomfortable”

Her husband replies, “Do you think what you’re providing is worth $75 per hour?”

Mary, “Well, people do get amazing results faster than anything else they do. I worked with someone the other day who had spent 5 years in therapy, and over $10,000, and we collapsed her issue in one session! But…. It still wouldn’t “feel” right, I just can’t charge for this…”

So there, sadly, the story ends. Mary’s limiting belief about receiving, about charging money for her healing work leaves her at her unfulfilling job.

The consequences of this belief are profound.

And not just for Mary, but for the hundreds of people she could have helped… If only she had been able to accept the fact that money, that the energy of money, is a reality of this earthly experience, and that learning to ask for it and accept it when providing healing services can change the world.

Are you a “Mary”? How many “Marys” could be out in the world right now, changing lives on a daily basis?

Case Study #2: A Dream, a Vision, and “Money”…

The first case study was hypothetical, though I’ve seen real life examples over and over again. This story is as real as it gets, because it’s my story! Just over four years ago now, I had the dream, the inspiration, to make a documentary film about Tapping. I had seen the results in my life and the lives of my friends and family over and over again, and felt that the world needed to know more about this!

Mind you, I had NO experience in film-making, NO equipment, NO staff, just the dream… But I set off to make the film anyway. I was committed to the vision and the dream but I was ALSO practical about the financial side of it. You see, to make the movie, I had to invest $150,000 of money I didn’t have! I put it all on credit cards and credit lines, maxed to the hilt. I went to friends and family to borrow money. I recruited friends and family to work on the film. Jessica Ortner, my sister and one of the producers, and Nick Polizzi, my close friend, director and editor worked for nothing for over two years.

They too were committed to the vision, the dream, the experience, but they also knew at some point that the film would have to be financially feasible, that they would be rewarded for their efforts, so they could pay back the credit card debt they had accrued and be able to continue in this work.

I WISH that when I came up with this idea, I could have called the mortgage company, the credit card companies, the local grocery store, the insurance company, the car company, the phone company, the electric company, the heating company…

And said to them, nicely, “Dear Sirs, I’ve just come up with a fantastic idea that I truly believe is going to change the lives of millions of people around the world. I want to share the knowledge about an incredible technique and do it in a documentary format, so people could see real results that they could use to change their lives. It will truly be for the betterment of humanity and I’ll even give you copies of the film when it’s done!”

Then they could have said to me, “Great idea Nick! We’ll stop charging you for everything you need to live, so you can put this plan into action!”

Unfortunately….

The game doesn’t really work that way!

So if I was to make it work, to pay back the $150,000+ (the final budget of the film), to be able to sustain myself and my family, I simply had to make it financially feasible. Which meant I had to do everything I could to not only create a superior product (and fortunately the reviews on our website and Amazon.com show that the end product is powerful and changing lives), but I also had to do everything I could to SELL it.

Oh! Another dirty word! SELL!

Ugh… Icky…..Dangerous….

No, it’s not. It’s reality.

If I wanted to make this whole dream work, I simply had to be able to sell the film, and sell other things. Otherwise, I’d have to be like Mary, and go back to a “job”.

Because of all of the work I’ve done helping others I’ve been able to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations I really believe in, like Project Light which is using EFT with genocide survivors in Rwanda, the Veterans Stress Project using EFT with war veterans, the Unstoppable Foundation, building schools in Africa and the You Can Thrive Foundation helping women in NYC who are dealing with cancer.

I wouldn’t have been able to do any of these things if I had thought that it wasn’t right for me to make money or that it wasn’t spiritual. The truth is that I think I’m a more spiritually ground and honest person now then I’ve ever been. And I think that I’ve done more to help people around the world in the last couple years then I did in the 10 years before that and all while making more money then I’ve ever made before.

Whether you have a business or a job, every day you have little decisions where you can choose to do the right thing to earn money, or you can choose to do the wrong thing. For example in my business, in a mostly “online” world, I have the choice to sell products and courses in a way where I’m educating people on what I’m offering and then giving them the choice as to whether it’s right for them or not, or I can choose to use techniques that are manipulating to convince them to buy.

I’m literally faced with that choice every day. And if you’re in business or within your job, you have similar choices every day. You can choose to do things in a way where your goal is to help people and serve them while making money, or you can do things in a way where you’re focus is on making money first.

But ultimately, how much money you charge or earn is not the issue. If you’re doing things in a way that is serving the world and helping others then you deserve to have as much money as you want!

So you see, it all “works” when everyone gets in alignment with the energy of money. When we stop bickering about someone “selling” healing, or how it should all be free.

I’ve been saying recently that the BEST thing that can happen in any industry is for people to figure out how to make BILLIONS of dollars doing things that serve humanity.

If you have ideas and a passion for something that helps others and helps yourself, then don’t let anything stop you. Don’t hold back your unique gifts from the world. You deserve to have everything you’ve ever wanted.

What limiting beliefs might you have about money or selling?

July 2, 2013 0 comment

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Feng Shui for Offices

written by Jon Sandfier

This room or section of a room needs careful consideration. To begin with, it is important that you define what you are primarily using this space for. Is this an area designated for your children to get on with their homework? Is it simply a desk where you keep up to date with your correspondence and bills? Is this where you bring your work home and spend several hours in the evening or even at the weekends completing projects? Is this an area where you study for a course or diploma at present? All of these uses need to have some stabilisation, focus, stillness and peace. On the other hand, as with the growing trend in our society, you may be working from home. A large proportion of your time needs to be engaged in communication with the outside world. If you become isolated and lack the charge of the interaction with your colleagues and clients, it could easily lead to you being side lined and forgotten. In this particular instance, you need to be looking at ways to vitalise this area and increase the potential for you to be in communication with the outside world.

What ever your desired use is for this space, there are basic Feng Shui considerations that you can apply. Ideally this area is quiet, with no distractions and is out of the main thoroughfare of the home. The position and structure of both your desk and chair are vital. A common mistake in modern society is to place the desk up against a wall with layer of layer of useful shelves towering above, heavily laden with books and notes and magazines! This is a Feng Shui nightmare! From this perspective you are likely to feel trapped, over burdened and uninspired. Just to complete the nightmare, have your back facing the door! The first step is to make sure that you have a desk that is strong, stable and clutter free – that is both on the surface and within the drawers. The imagery of study and contemplation is represented by the Trigram from the I Ching – the Mountain.

Your Desk

Your desk ideally represents this image. Secondly, make sure that the chair you use is stable and gives your back good support. It is fine if the chair swivels and that you can adjust its height and angle but it must have a good “mountain” behind. Get these two pieces of furniture firmly stable and you will bring stability to your studies.

The next job is to look at the position of your desk and chair, relative to the room. In an ideal world, we would position ourselves in the sector of study and contemplation which is in the North East. Even if you do not position yourself in this sector in your study, make sure that the South Eastern corner is kept clutter free, bright and inspiring.

Try to position yourself so that you can see the door from where you sit and avoid a situation where you could be in the “draught” of Chi that could occur if there is a window opposite the door. Similarly check that you are not positioning yourself in a through draught of Chi that may be occurring if you sit midway or along the path or in the direct line of 2 facing windows. This will affect your concentration as your ideas will leave via the window!

Daylight

Daylight from the windows can be very uplifting and inspiring but try to avoid positioning your desk so that you are looking directly out of the window. You may find yourself being constantly distracted. Sitting close enough to benefit from the sunlight and at a glance being able to see the view sideways is far better than a) looking directly out of the window and b) being stuck in some dimly lit corner. Images of stability, such as mountainous landscapes, can help you focus while the images of moving water such as lakes, streams and oceans, can help bring you inspiration.

If, when working from home, it is vital that you are in communication with the outside world – your clients and colleagues, then you can consider these ideas to help you keep in communication. Initially, you must deal with the obvious. Keep your desk a clutter free zone and deal with any outstanding back log of bills, memos, enquiries and commitments. Until these are really effectively dealt with, you are blocking the potential for new possibility to arrive. Pay particular attention next to the North Western sector of your study. This represents our mentors, our helpful friends and our potential for international trade and travel. Obviously keep this area clutter free and consider positioning your communications system within this sector – telephone, fax machine. Keep the area well lit, bring in some sparkle and if you wish to open up contact and communication with all 4 corners of the world, consider placing an illuminated globe in this sector.

If this room is also going to be used for your lounge or dining area, then remember that both of these activities are Yin and relaxing compared to the Yang activity of the communication and focus that your work requires. Make the effort to discipline your time when you designate this a Yang area – during office hours and then look at how you can simply transform the space by the use of screens or colours to create a more relaxing atmosphere for meal times, socialising or watching television.

June 1, 2013 0 comment

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5 Lessons in Contentment from Billionaires Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger

written by Leo Babauta

I sat in a crowd of 45,000 about 10 days ago, watching super-billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger riff off each other and deliver quick wit and worldly wisdom about finances and life in general, at the famous Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha.

As I listened to these titans of the investing world, it struck me how content they are.

Not just content because they have all the riches in the world and all their needs met (they do), but because they understand fundamentals of contentment with life, which I believe is a superpower.

It was amazing to listen to these two masters talk about investing, but learn lessons in contentment throughout the investing advice.

Lessons in Contentment from Warren & Charlie

The key lessons:

“Find what turns you on.” Warren said this in response to a question about what advice he’d give to his younger self 50 years ago. He wasn’t talking about sex, but about what you do for a living. And while we’ve all heard “Do what you love”, it’s telling that this is the one thing he’d tell his younger self — it’s that important to happiness. If you do what turns you on, you will be much further along the road to contentment.
Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Charlie, who is impressively intelligent, said one of the big advantages that Berkshire Hathaway has had is that Warren & Charlie don’t need to worry about what everyone else is doing (in the investment world). Too many people get caught up in watching everyone else, and letting that influence them, that they lose their inner compass. Instead, figure out the guiding principles that matter the most to you, and let go of the need to check on what everyone else is doing, and the need to compare what you’re doing with everyone else.
Know your strengths. These two guys are very aware of their limitations — they almost never invest in tech companies, for example, because they don’t understand it well — and instead of feeling the need to go into their weak areas, they stay with their strong areas. They know what they’re strong at, and focus on that. Letting go of the need to do everything, and being happy with focusing on less, is an important contentment lesson.
Fewer and higher quality. Warren & Charlie have a “fewer is better” investment philosophy, where they aren’t nearly as active as your usual Wall Street investor … but they focus on a handful of really strong investments. Warren suggests that investors imagine they have a punchcard with 20 punch holes … once you make 20 investments in your lifestime, your punchcard is used up. If you did this, you’d really make them count. This is the guiding principle, btw, in my book The Power of Less. You don’t need more — instead, be more discerning, and happy with less.
Know what you like and forget the rest. Warren Buffet, one of the world’s wealthiest men, has a nice but modest house and a surprisingly modest Cadillac (that he drives himself), and eats at his favorite (but pretty ordinary) restaurants … he can afford much more extravagance, but forgoes it because he knows the simple things he likes in life. He could have much, much more, but knows that he doesn’t need it. How many of us do that? Just enjoy the things we like, and not worry about what else we could be enjoying, or what everyone else is enjoying.

There will be some who say, “Sure, it’s easy to be content when you’re rich and successful,” but I think this is missing the point. They are successfulbecause of these lessons.

I learned that inspiration for contentment can be found in surprising places, including in Omaha, where everyone I met had a kind word for me, and a smile on their faces. I left with a smile myself.

June 6, 2013 0 comment

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8 Reasons To Be More Present In Your Life

written by Pragito Dove

Have you ever lost your car keys? Or arrived at the grocery store and realized you’ve left your wallet at home? I have and I’ll bet many of you have too. You know how much stress and anxiety these situations create; and all because we were not present when we put our keys down(somewhere!) or were preparing to go to the store.

Cultivating a practice of deliberate presence can help us be more relaxed, productive and confident in our daily activities. This practice is not about erasing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance – lost inside our thoughts(which is when we lose our keys!). That’s the big difference. To train in becoming aware of thoughts can help us notice when our mind is actively thinking, either using the label “thinking, thinking”,or identifying the kind of thought- “worrying, worrying”, “planning,planning”. Then, we can change our focus to what is happening right here and now.

Here are 8 Reasons To Be More Present In Your Life

1. SAVE TIME
Looking for lost items takes up a lot of time, not to mention the stress that goes with it. By taking a few extra seconds to be more deliberate when you put things away, you can save yourself time and stress. And you gain more enjoyment in your day!

2. SAVE MONEY
The last time I lost my house key, I had to pay a locksmith to come out and let me in to my own home. Being lost in thoughts can get expensive. It only takes a few extra seconds to stop, breathe, come into the present moment and check we have everything we need, or check an email before we send it out, or whatever it is that our present moment requires. The investment of a few extra seconds of time can save us a lot of money…and stress!

3. BE MORE RELAXED, CONFIDENT, AND CALM
When you are not scurrying around in a state of high anxiety because you can’t find something, you feel good because you know you are well-prepared for your trip. In that relaxed state, your self-confidence is strong, you are at your productive, creative best, and you know that you can handle any unexpected circumstance that might arise with focus and clarity.

4. BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS
When you listen with deliberate presence, the other person feels heard and has a tendency to trust you more. Trust is the cornerstone of all relationship-building, whether it’s with friends and family, at work, or even random people you meet at the grocery store or when travelling. Being present is a likeability factor, and gains you respect, friendships, and good things happening.

5. EXPERIENCE LESS JUDGMENT AND MORE LOVE
Being deliberately present gives you choice. At the moment in which you pause and realize that these thoughts are not really serving me, you have the option to come back to presence. This process of choosing becomes more powerful as you realize how thoughts can create suffering and separation. They can create an “us” and a “them”. They create judgment. Deliberate presence allows us to see people(and ourselves!)without judgment, which opens us to being more kind, compassionate, and loving.

6. GAIN GREATER SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-LOVE
As our practice deepens, we become more aware of our thoughts. This gives us the opportunity to assess them and notice that much of the time our thoughts are not really serving us. Many thoughts are driven by fear and lock us into insecurity. We realize we don’t have to believe our thoughts! They are not reality. Presence gives us the opportunity to be kinder to ourselves.

7. ACTIVATE THE POSITIVE LAW OF ATTRACTION
The Law of Attraction states that we get what we vibrate. The more present we are, the more we can be aware of our thoughts and feelings, and keep them positive. Becoming more in mastery of what we are transmitting energetically, changes what we are attracting and life becomes easier and more positive, and joyful.

8. GAIN IN INTEGRITY
Integrity means being connected to yourself – body, mind, heart and soul. You are in an optimal state to respond to daily occurrences.
Integrity also means making three agreements with yourself:

* Saying yes, when you mean yes.
* Saying no when you mean no.
* Always doing what you say you are going to do.

A practice of deliberate presence helps you to tune in with yourself. Then you respond to situations from a place of inner integration and feel good about yourself. It’s easier to make decisions and keep your word.

The key here is that we approach this practice with gentleness and kindness. Each time we recognize thinking and come back into the present moment we are planting a seed of awareness. We are creating a new habit – a new way of being in the world. The incessant buzz of thoughts in our minds starts to take a back seat. We live in what is true – the aliveness, vulnerability, and honesty of the present moment – rather than in the story line of our thoughts. We experience the courage to be our true selves.

July 3, 2013 1 comment

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Are you on your “to-do” list?

written by Michelle Phillips

As busy Moms we might start off feeling energized in the morning but before we know it you are plopped down on the couch, exhausted and have no idea where the day went! You probably have a to-do list but are you anywhere on it? Of course we could all use a personal assistant, a nanny, a chauffeur, but what if the key to a more productive and rewarding day was actually taking care of you?

There is a widely held misconception about putting yourself on the to-do list that it is a bit, you know, self-absorbed. But if you really think about it, why is it important? Maybe it would help if you think about it this way; you know when they do that announcement on the plane to put your own mask on first before helping others…how can you be any good for anyone else if you aren’t taken care of? Among the many repercussions of not taking time for you are; feeling down, depleted, depressed and less motivated. As a result many Americans are taking pills, overeating, and drinking alcohol, to suppress the pain of their depleted spirits.

The cure for all of this could simply be pleasure and not suppression. By working more things into your daily life that bring your authentic self true pleasure you can recharge your spirit to accomplish more personally and professionally.

One of the things I do with the people I coach individually or in my workshops is to have them write down the top 10 things they love to do. Don’t feel bad if you can’t think of 10, or even 1, many people I work with have lost touch with what they love to do. Instead of letting this be yet another source of stress, start by thinking about what you would be doing if you could or things you used to love to do.
It could be little things like:

1.      Spend time with my children laughing and playing
2.      Date night with my husband
3.      Bubble baths
4.      Fine dining
5.      Dinner parties with my closest friends
6.      Lunch with girlfriends ~oh so good for the soul!
7.      Watching my kids play sports or perform in a play (I cry with pride every time)
8.      Taking 30 minutes to read a book
9.      Fishing
10. Walking on the beach

If you take a look at your to-do list and you couldn’t possibly fit another thing on it, then maybe it’s time to take something off! I know, you’re thinking, “Easier said than done!” If give yourself just a few minutes a day, at least a few days a week, you could be saying, “Everything is done, easier!”

May 12, 2013 0 comment

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6 Tips for Commuting to Work by Bike

written by Leo Babauta

This morning, I rode my bike in to work (a distance of about 10 miles), and it felt great. It was the second time I’ve done that now — I also did it last week — and I hope to make it a more frequent thing.

My goal is to get some exercise (I’m training for a triathlon) while also helping the environment and saving money on gas. With the gas prices rising so much in the last few years, it’s frustrating to not be able to do anything about it — but now I am.

Although it’s a bit scary riding a bike in the middle of traffic, I have to say it was a great experience. Not only did I feel really good to get the exercise, but I had a great view of nature as I headed to work, and it was a lot more peaceful and relaxing than the regular commute by car. I hope to eventually build up my stamina so that I can ride my bike to and from work at least three or four times a week, or even five days a week, but for now I’m starting out slowly, as I’m new to cycling.

Tips for Commuting by Bike

Plan ahead. One of the reasons people don’t commute by bike, even if they have a bike, is that they don’t want to be sweaty. I’m lucky, as my work just installed a new shower, but before that I planned to use the shower of an office next door, or use the shower at a nearby gym (even becoming a member at a gym is cheaper than gas). You’ll also need soap and deodorant and a towel and other toiletries. Then there’s the issue of how to get your clothes to work, which is my next tip.

Drop your clothes to work ahead of time. You could pack them in a backpack, to wear on your back, but it gets your back sweaty. You could also put it in a pannier and carry it on a rack, which is a good option, but you might not want your clothes wrinkly for some reason. The solution I’ve been using (and it’s not an original idea) is to bring my clothes to work the day before. This also saves some extra pounds that I have to carry on my bike, which is an issue for a beginner like me. You could even bring in clothes for the rest of the week. Eventually, if I ride to work five days a week, I might have to drop a week’s worth of clothes sometime in the weekend.

Any ol’ bike will do. You don’t need a fancy racing bike or touring bike or anything to commute. If you’ve got an old mountain bike, which I do, that’s good enough. You don’t need to spend a lot of money on a bike and gear to get started. Later, you can always spend more, a little at a time, but whatever you’ve got is good enough for now.

Have a spare tube and tools, and know how to change a tire. You never know if you’ll get a flat, and you don’t want to be stuck walking your bike for several miles. A patch kit is good, but it’s even easier if you just have a spare tube, a pump, and the right tools so that you can quickly change the punctured tube for a new one, and patch the old one later at home.

Be safe. This is a no brainer, but it is good to read up on tips on cycling safety (see links below) before heading out into dangerous traffic.

It’s a blast! Cycling is a lot of fun, as I’ve discovered in recent weeks, and riding to work is much, much better than driving. Try it. You’ll love it.

May 21, 2013 0 comment

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Judgment: The Invisible Prison

written by Chris

Most people think that they are not nearly as judgmental as they truly are. Yet, my finding is that we all hold onto some form of judgment, at an unconscious level and that we find ways to rationalize having this judgment on a daily basis.

Yet, I can guarantee you that:

If you judge rich people to be bad, then you will never be able to obtain that much money in your own life.

If you judge politicians to be corrupt, then you will never allow yourself to have enough power to wield the kind of influence that can create big changes in the world.

If you judge certain types of music, film, or media to be bad, then you will never fully allow yourself to be able to make a living using your own creative talents.

Think about it for a minute, are you sure that you are not holding onto some form of judgment about some people, or ways in which some people make their living? I’ve never personally met anyone who didn’t have some form of judgment or another, either running consciously or unconsciously.

However, that’s the crux of it. Most of our judgments run within our psyches at an unconscious level within our subconscious mind. And even when we suddenly become aware of our judgment we quickly rationalize it through our unconscious beliefs that manifest as our personal life experience.

For example, you may have become aware of the fact that you are holding onto judgment about politicians and government. However, you quickly come up with a reason to hold onto it such as: politicians have too much power. Or, politicians are all out for themselves. Or, politics are corrupt.

This is an example of how you can become conscious of your judgment but then immediately have an unconscious reaction that keeps in you in a place of judgment. Perhaps even now some of you are saying, ‘Yes but, many politicians ARE corrupt!’ Perhaps that is true, but you being in judgment of politicians or politics will only serve to hinder your only ability to express your own power and influence. That is unless you are running for office because you would like to make a change in the political structure of our current government and thus be the change that you are hoping for. However, most people who are holding onto this type of judgment are not politicians, or planning on becoming politicians, or currently promoting a politician. Thus, the only thing they really end up doing is keeping themselves from wielding any kind of influential power.

There is a difference

There is a difference between holding onto judgment about something and not supporting something by not participating in it. In other words, by judging something you are simply holding yourself in a negative limiting thought pattern which will create a limited reality for you, in turn. Whereas, if you simply decide that you do not enjoy something, you can take your attention away from it without any emotional charge. In this way you are not creating a negative emotional charge for yourself and simultaneously continuing to allow your energy to flow freely to those things that you do desire to experience in life.

I dare you to do this

Here is an exercise that I enjoy doing occasionally and that I always find is illuminating within my own consciousness. To eliminate some of the invisible bars within your invisible prison, begin by taking out a piece of paper and writing down a list of all the things in this world that you wish were different. I mean, are you ready to challenge yourself here? Most people chicken out on this because they desire to protect their limiting beliefs. How about you?

1) Take out a piece of paper and a pen (not a pencil).

2) Now, write down every single thing that you either know that you have a judgment about or that you think is a ‘bad thing’ (Be sure to only write on the left hand side and leave space to write something next to each one on the right).

3) Now, I want you to go back on your list (should be at LEAST a full page or more) and write something next to it: the words ‘is good’ or ‘is great’ (your choice here).

4) At the end of this exercise you will have the words ‘is good’ or ‘is great’ by every single item on your list. Ex: George Bush is good. Gangster rap is good. Lamborghini Diablo’s are great!
Do not be surprised to find that, within the next couple of days, you either have an integral dream (fragmented aspects of the psyche are assimilated through imagery within your super conscious state while dreaming) or a good feeling about life in general. You will be further amazed to find that after doing this exercise you will find that you are more effective at creating the change, both in your life and the lives of others, that you have been hoping for all along.

Christopher A. Pinckley

Author of Reality Creation 101

www.christopherpinckley.com

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September 15, 2011 0 comment

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Attracting Money using Appreciation: A Real-Life Example

written by Hemal Radia

Want to hear an example of how someone used appreciation to attract $350 within a few days?

I was approached by someone wanting to be a new client a week ago, whom I have been working with since then. She doesn’t speak English very well, and so she preferred our interactions to be via email and audio replies which I sometimes send out to clients. She is also on the group coaching calls and has been listening to the audios from there.

She is in a job where she is not happy, in a relationship and living at a place where she would like to be able to have some contemplation away from. The financial means to do so would be very helpful. Hence, when she got in touch she wanted to get into her flow and attract work opportunities, financial resources, and more.

Getting a Sense of What’s Valuable to Work on Now

When I start working with someone I get a sense right away on where they are energetically and the steps for them to take at that moment. In her case, I got her to start making lists of what she appreciated in her life. I felt at the time that this would be the most useful thing for her. I get a sense of what is most valuable for the client at the time, and also what they would enjoy the most as I want people to enjoy themselves, have fun, and be in their flow.

She was feeling the benefits of my suggestions in how she felt about herself right away and would tell me so. I amped it up further and suggested she did the appreciation more frequently in the day, such as every few hours when she could, or even more frequently than that. I also shared this approach in more detail on the group coaching calls private group.

Shift the Energy, and Things Around You Shift Too

Things started happening in her life. She felt more energy, she felt more of a purpose in her life. And no longer did she allow the work that she hadn’t been enjoying to get her down, because she had something much bigger and better to focus on.

Within days, at the start of this week, she attracted a situation where she won $350 as well as other happenings.

And so far we haven’t yet started focusing on her work/financial resources as I had wanted to build a bit of a ‘base’ (via the appreciation exercises, for example) before we got there.

I wanted to share this example in how making subtle shifts in your energy can change things around you.

Everyone is different and have different beliefs, ‘blocks’, or perceptions about attracting what they want and so will respond differently (That’s part of my job! To identify where someone is and the steps to where they want to be!). But just noticing the things that you do have in your life is a great place to start in focusing on what is PRESENT in your life. One, it magnifies your attention to what you DO have, and secondly, if you are focusing on what is present, that is time and attention you won’t be spending on lack – a two-fold effect on the vibration you are putting out.

3 Quick Tips on Appreciation and Attraction:

1 – If you are focusing on the PRESENCE of what you DO have, you are magnifying it and spending less time on what you perceive you are lacking. It’s ALL about perspective, not about what you have or don’t have. And based on your perspective you attract more of what you want or more of what you don’t want.

2- Believe you create your own economy. Put your attention inward to your core and your Self and on the vibration you want to be putting out, than taking your vibration from what you hear on the outside.

3 – Do what you need to on a practical level (eg pay bills, deal with debts if you have to, etc), but keep your vibration and energy in a place of possibilities. We are not necessarily condoning changing actions you feel you have to do, we are talking about doing the energetic work so despite what actions you do, you are in a sense of peace and possibility. Don’t allow yourself to drop ‘down’ too much in how you feel if possible (but don’t give yourself a hard time if you do happen to not feel so good – it’s about being kind to yourself and enabling yourself back into your flow). Keep the ship stable. As you keep stability, and hopefully raise yourself just in what feels good to you, if done properly, the possibilities and the inspiration and the manifestations will come.

May 29, 2013 0 comment

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Yearning to become WEALTHY OVERNIGHT ?

written by Lydia Loo

Is there a special Feng Shui formula to make someone Wealthy overnight?

As absurd as it may seem, some people think this is how it is. Or this is what they have been sold on when engaging a Feng Shui practitioner or when they read books on Feng Shui.

After many, many years of research, of studying and interviewing numerous Feng Shui Masters, having taught students all over the world and traveled thousands of miles – I have yet to come across this ‘miraculous’, get-rich-quick Feng Shui formula. It simply does not exist.

So, where then did this idea originate from?

Just as some people assume Feng Shui is about the decor in their homes or offices, so too do people assume that their bank accounts will grow itself overnight if they start to decorate their house ‘auspiciously’.

Here’s a thought to ponder – have you seen a Feng Shui Master’s name on the top 10 of the Fortune 500 list?

The fact of the matter is, there are some limitations to what you can do with Feng Shui. You are still governed by Heaven Luck (your personal, God given Destiny), which denotes the life you will have. Feng Shui is an art designed to help you make the most of your external environment to help you in your endeavours. Just like science and technology, it will make things easier to attain and get you closer to your goals in life but it cannot dramatically alter the course of your entire Destiny.

If you are wondering just what Heaven Luck is, let me explain it a bit. In the study of Chinese Metaphysics, a person’s life is governed by three key factors – Heaven Luck, Earth Luck and Man Luck. Imagine that you are on a voyage, Heaven Luck is the boat that you are given; you might have been lucky to have a cruise ship or may have ended up with a ‘sampan’ – either way, this is the boat you are given at birth. Man Luck is your efforts in guiding this ship – as the ship’s captain. This encompasses all your efforts, determination and perseverance to succeed – you choose where to go, how to do it and when you want to do it. Then there is Earth Luck – which is the part that Feng Shui plays. Earth Luck is similar to the tides and the winds that carry your ship – they can make a smooth sailing voyage or they can go against you.

The problem is, people have been misled to believe that a ‘secret’ Feng Shui solution exists to all the problems in their life! They just need the right ‘item’ – like the medicine to a life ailment they can’t fix on their own, maybe its financial or relationship problems, but they are often told there is a Feng Shui cure for everything that ails them.

Another question to ponder for you reading this – is there cure for every disease?

To a great extent, how effective Feng Shui is for you also depends on WHERE you are living, after all, what you are trying to do with Feng Shui is harness the Qi in your environment. If the Qi in your environment is the type that is supportive of your endeavours, then ‘activating’ the Qi inside your home becomes much easier.

But what if you do not have such Qi in the environment? Well, to be honest, there are then some limitations to how effective your Feng Shui results will be. This is because the Qi that is available from your immediate environment is simply limited. So, you will need to focus more on your Man Luck, change the way you approach issues and tackle problems, realign your goals in a more realistic manner. Feng Shui is a TOOL used to help you achieve your goals, but it is not an end-all to your life’s worries.

There is no real way to apply Feng Shui to become an overnight millionaire. But if you have a huge and sound business idea coupled with the courage to see it through, Feng Shui can give you the unseen advantage to make it easier for you to achieve your dreams and become a success. Keep in mind though – you first NEED A GOAL to start off with! If you are hoping that money will simply fall out of the sky because you have applied Feng Shui to your home, you are in for a sore disappointment.

I know, I know. Some of you are definitely going to bring up the ‘Water Dragon’ technique of Feng Shui that some people claim can bring you millions. According to popular understanding, this ‘method’ requires that you create a special drainage system in your garden to replicate a ‘Dragon’ aimed at enhancing your ‘Wealth Luck’.

This is a popular misconception. If you study the ancient book “Water Dragon Classics 水龍經” or “Di Li Wu Jue (Earthly Principles Five Verses 地理五訣)’ you’d find that the book clearly indicates that Water (Yang Qi) must be matched by the appropriate Mountain or Land formation (Yin Qi). If you apply just the ‘formula’ of Water Dragon blindly (like trying to make a drain to simulate a dragon in your garden), it is simply a recipe for disaster.

Everything in Feng Shui is about balance. Creating a drain and calling a Dragon does not actually generate good ‘Qi’ in your actual environment. I have come across so many people who fall into great problems as a result of their greed; trying to implement a Water Dragon with no clear idea on what it really is or does. Water Dragon methods are not based on Water exits alone, the appropriate LAND must first be present in the environment for this to work. But then again, finding such a land is not usually an easy task.

Conclusion; the next time someone tells you about get-rich-quick Feng Shui method – you can have a good laugh and know that you know better.

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July 19, 2011 0 comment

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Wealth Manifestation – Does it Work?

written by VividLife Editorial

We sometimes are looking for something specific. When we don’t see it we think that we’ve either made a mistake or we’ve been cheated. With the Law of Attraction, our desires are often fulfilled in non-specific ways. Yet, if you keep faith, you will attract all you desire. Napoleon Hill called it perseverance.

The Law of Attraction Always Works, provided….

Ah, there is a deal maker or breaker. You have to believe that this will work. This is known as allowing and this is generally believed to be the hardest part.

You don’t just have to believe it with your conscious mind, but also with your unconscious mind. And, your Ego doesn’t want you to get involved or certainly, to stay involved. When you believe in miracles, your Ego is no longer necessary. It is self preservation for your Ego to make you feel doubt. When you become a spiritual master, your Ego is no longer necessary. When you learn to live in the present moment, your Ego can’t even find you.

You Ego is part of the third dimension where past and future play a larger part in a life than the present, or NOW as Eckhart Tolle would call it. However, the NOW is where all miracles happen. The NOW is where you feel joy or empathy, love or peace.

It is in the NOW when you feel competence, security, mastery and connection to your higher mind. When you are in this state of being, you are in the 4th dimension. In the 4th dimension co-creation or manifesting can easily be achieved. In the 3rd dimension things are heavy and dense. There is little manifestation occurring because there is fear and hatred, anger and jealousy. With these emotions you cannot exist in the 4th dimension.

So, the Law of Attraction always works provided you can stay in the NOW.

Meditation Helps You to See Whether or Not You Are in the NOW

Meditation is a great help for learning to stay in the NOW, and thus the 4th dimension where manifestation is more immediate.

Many, if not all, meditation systems teach you to attend to your breathing. This connects you to your body and to each new moment as it unfolds. While attending to your breathing, you are not retelling a story from the past that re-ignites anger or some other negative feeling. While attending to your breathing, you are not worrying about some non-existent future. Breathe in and breathe out. Breathe in and breathe out.

Byron Katie explains in The Work that every negative emotion is based on some story that you tell yourself. And each of these stories separates you from reality. Each of these stories shows how we are attempting to control other people. The parent who complains that his children don’t do their homework, wants his children to do their homework. If he weren’t complaining and telling this story from the past, he might be inspired to find another way of enticing them into doing their homework.

Meditation gives you this time to ask for help from your higher mind and the quiet allows you to hear the answer. Meditation also takes you to the Alpha brainwave pattern, or deeper, and in this state you are better able to visualize your desire in a way that will be instantly accepted by your subconscious.

Once your subconscious has the image of you having achieved your desire, it will set to work to manifest it. This is when your energy (frequency vibratory rate) begins to form the matching particles of matter.

For more on manifesting wealth, please visit: http://www.mindbridge-loa.com/Manifest-Money.html

Nancy J. Stremmel is the co-owner and developer of: http://www.Mindbridge-LOA.com the compendium of information on the Law of Attraction. She is a writer, licensed Social Worker, educator, artist and therapist. She believes that everyone can make the Law of Attraction work for them.

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January 26, 2011 1 comment

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So what is abundance anyway?

written by VividLife Editorial

Creating abundance in your life that will enable you to live healthy, wealthy and wise. Many men and woman have taken these easy steps to create their God given abundance. From what we see across the planet and when you look up at the skies at night you can see that God created everything in abundance for everyone to enjoy.

The important thing is that we need to have a vision and a mission so we can have a reason for living and creating the abundance that we want to enjoy. Everyone has a different vision and outlook to how they would love to have abundance to flow in their life.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines abundance like so:

• noun 1 a very large quantity. 2 the state of having a very large quantity; plentifulness: vines grew in abundance. 3 the amount of something present in a particular area, volume, or sample.

— ORIGIN Latin abundantia, from abundare ‘overflow’

Very soulful eh? By Chris Jackson

In our western culture of growth and consumption the term abundance is most readily equated with money. We want loads of money so that we can do loads of stuff and buy loads of things. We might also want loads of money so that we appear more attractive and desirable to others that we might wish to view us that way.

I’d like to take it back a step to time. How many times have you thought, heard or said “I’d do that if I had the time” or “I haven’t got time to do that”. Who has all the time? Is there really not enough time?

We organize our time into hours and days but our felt sense of time is much more varied than that. Time drags when we are doing something we dislike and time quickens when we are doing something we love. It is all over too soon.

So experientially it seems we have too much time for things we dislike and not enough for what we like and enjoy. Wouldn’t the reverse be more enjoyable? Of course! So now you say, “If I had loads of money then I’d be free to spend my time enjoying myself.”

Well maybe, but what if you could enjoy yourself right now? How about if you felt the fullness of the time that you have now? In my experience the best way to draw more of what you want is to enjoy what you have already got. Active conscious receiving automatically evokes a feeling of fullness and abundance and it is that felt feeling or vibration that draws more unto itself. You can spiral down into depression or up into joy. You much joy can you take? Surprisingly little most likely.

I’ll use money as an example. Let’s say you have £50 pounds in cash but you have bills to the tune of £150.00. You have not got enough money to pay your bills. Bum! You feel down heartened and maybe even a little angry at God, life or the world.

Feeling that way, whilst perfectly understandable, is not going to help pay your bills. Your abundant bills.

How about an opposite approach? See your bills as cheques made payable to you. The people you owe money to are trusting you to pay their bills. They believe you are able to pay them and they have risked supplying you in advance of payment because of that. So not only do you have £50 in cash but you also have £150 in “trust” cheques.

Now think of all the things you could do with your £50. Buy music, food, gifts, books, cinema, tuition, toys etc. etc. or pay off some of your debt.

You do have abundant options at this time even if you cannot pay off all your debt and jet off on a world tour. That really is the point, learning to feel your opportunities within a place of apparent lack. If you are able to maintain a state of feeling full and well then you will also be able to:

Perceive and receive new sources of income etc.
Maintain the ongoing discipline to manage your finances better.
Enjoy living moment by moment.

So what is abundance anyway?

I place it somewhere close to this:- The state of allowing the feelings of the fullness of our being and our plenitude of opportunities fill us.

That is a very powerful and creative state.

VividLife.me Contributor and VividLife UK Editor

Jonathan Green is a professional Clairvoyant, Medium and Psychic for over 30 years. He works alongside many of the UK’s top Psychics and Mediums. Currently he has done work for Sally Morgan – Psychic to the Stars, Russell Grant, and the well know TV program Psychic Television.

He is a full-time Life Coach, teacher and trainer, writer, and develops many gifted people in his E development classes and runs and promotes many Psychic Fairs, in the UK, Northern Ireland, and Ireland.

Jonathan’s work takes him around the world on a daily basis as he advises people in business, relationships, love, and family life and connects loved ones to their family and friends via the gift of mediumship.

http://thecosmic.webs.com/

March 20, 2010 0 comment

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Wealth by the Numbers

written by Sondra Schmid

Numerology can be applied to daily life to increase the flow of abundance. For example: try placing a small piece of paper with a number “8” in your wallet along with a large number “8” on or near the place where you keep your monthly bills. Utilizing the number 8 in this way places the Universe on notice that you are ready for an income boost. It is also advised to get your own numerology chart done, or at the very least get acquainted with your life path number and the challenge numbers to your life path. Then, take a look at the numbers in your life, such as your home address number, that is all the digits added together. It could be that you are living in a home that is a challenge to you and if you work out of your home, this could be directly impacting your abundance in the negative. It is also important to note that each letter of the alphabet represents a number (in the Pythagorean system, among others) and therefore any business name has its own numerology. If you work for a place or own your own business that equals a challenge to you this could also be a constant disappointment in the money department.

If you are unsure of your calculations, it’s quite inexpensive to download a numerology calculator onto your computer or cellular phone. Not only is researching numbers in this manner a fantastic way to explain away the issues in life, but it will also assist in the preparation of successful plans in the future. It is my hope that you explore the numbers in your life and put them to good use, to your advantage!

VividLife.me Contributor

Sondra Lockhart Schmid has worked as an active tarot card reader since 1999. In the last two years she has incorporated numerology as part of her readings. Her variety of metaphysical knowledge includes hypnotherapy, astrology, angels, numerology and she practices the Law of Attraction. She and her husband currently own and operate www.foryourchi.com as well as the Global Consciousness website www.higherlight.org.

Contact info: Phone: (478) 227-2580 Email: foryourchi@gmail.com

March 3, 2010 1 comment

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The Journey toward Financial Leadership – Lead Yourself Out of Debt for Good!

written by What Does YOUR VividLife Look Like?

It was just a few short weeks ago that we enjoyed the spirit of the holiday season, but now as many of us open our credit card statements the abundance of the holidays may seem more like a case of temporary seasonal insanity!!!

It’s so easy to overspend during the holidays. After all, we’ve all seen the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and he’s nobody’s hero. If you’re one of the many who feel like you’re caught in the vicious cycle of overspending and then regretting, perhaps you’re ready for a more enlightened approach to personal finance that will prevent this cycle from repeating itself next year. Perhaps you’re ready to embark on the journey toward personal financial leadership.

Stop Here!!! Don’t let your eyes glaze over!!! There is a part of you that wants to ignore this concept and any solution that will bring you freedom…that’s the part of you that is sabotaging your best efforts and keeping you stuck in the problem. Please ask this part of you to quietly take a back seat, at least for a few minutes while you read the rest of this article and embrace a solution. It’s my hope that in the next few paragraphs you will find the motivation to lead yourself out of debt for good.

To begin, let’s take a closer look at the concept of financial leadership. I define Financial Leadership as “the ability to use money Intentionally with meaning, purpose and direction to create the fulfilling lives we desire”. First and foremost, financial leadership requires that each of us create a compelling personal vision. This is a vision for a future that feels positive and attainable. Your vision points the way. It inspires you to overcome the challenges and reveal more of your true potential. I can’t emphasize enough how truly essential having vision is to making successful choices with money. Without a vision of where you want to go, how will you make important decisions about where to employ your resources?

Still, you may be wondering how having a personal vision can lead you out of debt for good. The answer lies both in your being aware of what motivates the choices you make around money and in understanding the nature of money itself. Money = Energy. It enables us to get work done. Think about money as a natural resource: think about it in the same way you think about fuel. When coaching people to use money intentionally, I like to use the car analogy: If you are a car, money is the fuel and your vision is the destination. We all have a finite amount of fuel in our tank. If we know where we are going, does it make sense for us to waste the fuel in our tank on side trips that are meaningless and take us off our path? Or, is it wise to use the fuel in our tank to support us on our journey toward our desired destination? It is the same way with money. If you don’t use it in a way that supports you in getting where you want to go, you just may never get there. Taking this analogy a little further, if you know your journey is going to be a long one, you will want to have a reserve of energy to draw on. This reserve is like your financial foundation. The bigger your vision the stronger your foundation needs to be.

Consumer debt can weaken our personal and financial foundation: it compromises our ability to reach for the stars. Often the ‘stuff’ we buy with it weighs us down on our journey instead of supporting us in getting there. It distracts us and robs us of the energy to attain our highest goals. We suffer from this energy drain more than we realize: it limits our desires and robs us of our confidence, in doing so it creates a vicious cycle, where we spend to feel better, but we end up feeling worse; we spend to appear stronger, but we end up feeling more vulnerable.

“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” ~ Brian Tracy

The key to breaking this cycle is to focus not on the debt and the fear, but on your vision and the energy you need to achieve it. Once your vision is clear enough, you will have an innate desire to structure your finances in such a way, as to support your journey in achieving your goals. You will care enough about your resources to create a plan for their use and stick with it. The financial choices we make are highly personal and demand a personal and holistic approach based on who we “be” and who we want to “be-come”. Financial Planning is about making you stronger, so that you can embrace your future with strength and confidence. This is the essence of Financial Leadership and it will forever change the way you use money.

You know you’re capable of more…clarify your vision and get a plan to get out of debt for good!

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Aileen Miga is a Certified Financial Planner^TM , Author and Coach who helps individuals, families and organizations make a connection between their vision, values, personal fulfillment, and money. Together with Dr. Janice Hughes, Aileen is co-author of Inspired Wealth: Financial Leadership for the 21^st Century www.inspiredwealth.com .

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