Val on December 11th, 2008

This morning, while journaling, a new process came to me that I knew I had to post here. It’s called The Turn-Around.
It’s a 15-20 second process that consists of 7 simple questions. The intention of The Turn-Around is to re-direct thinking while having an experience you don’t want to have or that isn’t necessarily good [...]

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Val on December 6th, 2008

Dear God,
I only want what you want and what you want for me.
I consciously give to you ownership of
my life,
my money,
my houses,
my resources,
my mind,
my plans,
my thoughts,
my feelings,
my emotions,
my assets,
my family,
my husband,
my children,
my vehicles,
my purposes,
my intentions,
my work,
my businesses,
my career,
my body,
and all possessions.
Everything I am, everything I do and everything I have is now yours.
Have your [...]

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Discovering your purpose and living it with passion is your reason for being. It’s the path to your deepest fulfillment and ultimate satisfaction.

With that said, it’s vitally important to: discover why you’re here, offer your unique gifts and talents, formulate a mission and vision for your life, and set an intention to live on purpose.

Here [...]

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Val on November 13th, 2008

Part 2
Yesterday I spoke of the first 5 Faces of Fear in the post titled The 9 Faces of Fear: Part 1, and how I was able to overcome my fear of public speaking to do what I do now, which is being an inspirational speaker.
Today, we’ll talk about the next 4 Faces of Fear [...]

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Val on November 12th, 2008

Part 1

If you’re anything like me and every other human on the planet, you’ve had your fair share of encounters with fear.
I used to be deathly afraid of speaking, even to individuals, much less to an audience full of people. It’s a huge fear I had to overcome to do what I do as an [...]

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First off, I haven’t written in a few days here, please forgive me. I’m back at it again.
Awareness, acknowledgment and acceptance are the triplets that make life infinitely easier. This post will be a little shorter than my usual 1,500+ words, and it’s my intention to make it power packed with stuff you can use [...]

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Val on October 1st, 2008

I’ve studied Kabbalah for years now and oftentimes when I refer to this ancient wisdom school, I hear this question. It appears that more folks would like to know just what Kabbalah is, why it’s effective in dealing with every kind of life disorder I’ve ever seen and where this wisdom tradition comes from.
With that [...]

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Val on September 4th, 2008

Today, something else came to me that I saw in the park yesterday. If you read my post from yesterday, you already know the gratitude lessons that surprised me… Here’s another… (The same with yesterday, mental meanderings are in green italics.)
I saw a woman with a baby in a carrier on her back. She was [...]

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Val on September 1st, 2008

This past weekend, I conducted a women’s retreat, which turned out to be an amazing success. God is good. At times during the weekend, because it was full of activity, I felt rushed. When I did, I took a moment to center myself and slow things down. I thought of writing this post because of [...]

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Val on August 23rd, 2008

What is coaching?

I get asked this question pretty often, and I sometimes get stumped on exactly how to answer it, not because I don’t know what coaching is, but because coaching is so many things that I don’t know where to begin.

So, I’m writing this article for my own benefit just as [...]

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