Val on March 9th, 2009

If you’ve read Part One in this series, you now know 3 critical mind shifts that are necessary to create High Success. (Click here if you haven’t read it.)
And if you’ve read Part Two, you know how important it is to commit to celebrating the smaller successes along the way to the fulfillment of your [...]

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Val on January 29th, 2009

Today while I was riding in my car, the idea came to me about creating Masterpieces, and where we do it.
Each of us is gifted in a unique way, and most of us have several gifts that we’re aware of. Your gifts are the key to answering the question:
Where are your Masterpieces created?
One of my [...]

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Val on December 11th, 2008

This morning, while journaling, a new process came to me that I knew I had to post here. It was originally called the Turn-Around, but the more I thought about it, I realized that this process is really a step-up, so I’ve re-dubbed it to The STEP-UP.
It’s a 15-20 second process that consists of 7 [...]

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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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