So I’m undertaking the biggest project I’ve ever done here at the blog… to write a series of 26 posts on living destiny, specifically, what to embrace to create a life of pure magnificence and greatness. The idea came to me as I was out on my walk this evening, enjoying nature and breathing in [ Read More ]
The other day I got what felt like an astounding answer to a question I’d been praying on for the longest. The answer was simple, yet profound. It was simply: ∞ BE HERE NOW. ∞ I know, there doesn’t seem to be anything groundshaking about that. But for me, it was the AHA moment I [ Read More ]
I thought this video might be helpful… And if you’re looking for more on how to say no effectively (and mean it), check out the post titled How To Say No–22 Ways (Read it here…) Let us know how you say no… leave your comments below. We’re curious… Blessings!!! VAL
We’ve all got them, those excuses we use when things don’t turn out quite the way we had hoped, planned or anticipated. I call them canned excuses. They’re the so-called reasons we use for giving up when the road to the realization of our goals is harder than we had anticipated. Some even start new [ Read More ]
Part 1 of this three-part series covered the first 3 of 11 Ego Tricks to be aware of. (Click here to read Part 1 in the series.) ∞ Here are the next 4 ego tricks: 4. Resistance to what is. The ego resists. It fights. It kicks and screams and rails against reality. ∞ Symptoms: [ Read More ]
Ever since I first heard the concept, I’ve been fascinated with Kaizen. What It Means Kaizen is a Japanese principle for creating change. Kai in Japanese means “change” or “to correct” and Zen means “good”. So Kaizen is a way of creating continuous good change, in personal life and in organizations. How Kaizen Has Been Applied It’s been used [ Read More ]
In December 2007, I made a radical change. For several months prior, I had been feeling a disconnect between what I was doing in one of my major business endeavors and my life’s intentions. There was a growing divide between my mission and purpose (my destiny) and what I was spending a lot of my [ Read More ]
Malcolm Forbes said: “Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.” And Maya Angelou stated, “Pursue the things you love doing and do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. All other tangible rewards will come as a result.” And I say, “Don’t [ Read More ]
I’ve been thinking of this idea of High Success for awhile, especially as I’m undertaking an expansion in my business, so it’s really been on my mind these days. It came to me to write a nine-part series about it, so that we could explore High Success in bite-sized chunks, and have opportunity to apply [ Read More ]
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? [ Read More ]
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 [ Read More ]
THE CHALLENGE Life can get really busy, and one of the challenges I’ve heard over and over again from clients and others is that they just don’t have the time (or energy) to wake up early in the morning and begin the day with prayer and meditation, or with some kind of self-sustaining spiritual practice. [ Read More ]
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 [ Read More ]
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 [ Read More ]
It seems almost everyone wants to be successful, but so few actually are, somewhere between 5-20%. The other 80-95% will never reach the levels of success they say they want. I’m intrigued by humans and what we do, so I’ve been exploring this question for years from different angles. What creates success? I’ve talked to [ Read More ]
Back to coaching. I haven’t talked about it in a week or so, and I promised to post more information about coaching, the differences between Spiritual Life Coaching (which is what I do) and traditional life coaching, and how to find a great coach that suits your unique goals, dreams, aspirations and personal circumstance. To [ Read More ]
I don’t mean the sit-in-a-box-and-tell-a-priest-all-your-sins kind of confession (if that’s what came to your mind) nor am I referring to the dump-on-someone-by-telling-them-all-the-things-you-did-wrong kind of confession either. I’m talking about clearing your mind, body and spirit of what bogs you down. It’s all about release, letting go, and moving on. And the beauty of it is: [ Read More ]
I’ve been talking about coaching lately, so I thought this might be a good week to highlight some of my coaches. I’ve got several, each for different areas of my life. In this post, I’ll focus on my blogging coach, Yaro Starak, and why I believe he’s outstanding at what he does. If you read [ Read More ]
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 much [ Read More ]
I promised last week that I would post my intentions, so here they are: My Guiding Intentions: there are 9 guiding intentions for my life: 1. It is my heartfelt intention to be love. 2. It is my heartfelt intention to experience and demonstrate my Oneness with Mother/Father God in all aspects of life. 3. [ Read More ]
