How To Get Rid of Self-Doubt

October - 10 - 2011
Posted by Val
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I’m doing the Spirit Life Coaching MAP from Compass for 90 days with Rev. Dr. Iyanla Vanzant based on her book One Day My Soul Just Opened Up. Today was Day One and it was dee-lish. One of the most debilitating energies in consciousness is doubt. If there be a devil, it’s name is doubt.  [ Read More ]

The NO EXCUSES MANIFESTO

April - 11 - 2011
Posted by Val
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Don’t be a victim of ‘death by excuses’… “I don’t know how…”   “I don’t have time…”     “I don’t have the money…”   If you (and your dreams) are dying a slow death under a mountain of excuses, here’s a free gift from me to you… the:   NO EXCUSES MANIFESTO   I  [ Read More ]

Transformation comes to your doorstep…

December - 17 - 2010
Posted by Val

Will you open the doorway of your mind and let it in? Now you can enjoy the life transforming coaching and healing processes by tele-seminar with the Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development Life Academy. Here’s the link: ∞ Transformation Comes to You ∞ All your excuses for not transforming your life now are being  [ Read More ]

BOOST Celebration… YOU’RE INVITED!!!

November - 22 - 2010
Posted by Val

It’s been two years already! On December 1, 2008, Boost In Your Bathrobe — a community of like minded souls who commune each weekday morning for prayer, praise and inspiration — was birthed into physical manifestation. Over the past two years lots of good stuff has happened, and we’re celebrating! ∞ Thursday, December 2nd to  [ Read More ]

What to do about liars

September - 30 - 2010
Posted by Val

Do you have someone in your life who lies? Or someone who seems to ‘stretch the truth’ (as if the truth can be stretched)? Do you have issues with the person? Want a solution? Here it is: look in the mirror. That’s right. Look in the mirror. When your inner lie detector starts to flash  [ Read More ]

The A’s of Living Destiny

July - 2 - 2010
Posted by Val

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 ]

Ritual for a New Spiritual Identity

June - 23 - 2010
Posted by Val

Every so often it’s necessary to shed the old and step into the new. When you feel it’s time for a change, use this ritual to take yourself to a higher plane of consciousness, shed the parts of your old self that no longer serve you, and step into a new spiritual identity. ∞ Stepping  [ Read More ]

Living a principled-centered life is easier said than done. Timeless principles help us build character and become better people, which equals a better life. Stephen Covey asserts: …values determine behavior… principles determine outcomes. Living in harmony with spiritual principles causes you to experience more favorable outcomes. The human ego presents challenges to living a principle-centered  [ Read More ]

4th Dimension Consciousness

March - 3 - 2010
Posted by Val

Are you dodging bullets (or darts or arrows) in life? Are you having challenge after challenge, and not sure of what to do? Do you go from one valley to another? Do you wonder what the solution is? You may be trying to lead a 3rd dimensional life with a 3rd dimensional consciousness. That’s a  [ Read More ]

I just returned yesterday from the family fun cruise with Circles of Light Ministries, where I made a startling discovery: AS BIG AS I THOUGHT I WAS LIVING, MY LIFE IS WAY TOO SMALL. I’m feeling like the frog who lived at the bottom of the well, rather comfy, thinking it was nice to look  [ Read More ]

Messages From Leaves

November - 16 - 2009
Posted by Val

I love that swishing, sweeping sound that happens when I walk through a pile of fallen leaves. It’s fall on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. as I write this, and today I went swishing through the leaves in the park… the ones that had fallen from their high places and now were making a  [ Read More ]

Heart Opening Surgery

November - 10 - 2009
Posted by Val

I recently underwent Heart Opening Surgery. Before I tell you about that experience, a little background is in order. From the age of 4 until I was about 30, I was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. A main tenet I remember hearing was: ‘the heart is treacherous, who can know it?’ A statement based on Jeremiah  [ Read More ]

Prayer Angels

July - 22 - 2009
Posted by Val

If you don’t have any, get yourself a group of Prayer Angels. They’re humans who are committed to the understanding that their life is a prayer. And they’ll pray for you, and with you, at a moment’s notice. Each weekday morning, at 6:00 AM ET in the northeastern part of the United States, I initiate  [ Read More ]

11 Ego Tricks — Part 3

July - 20 - 2009
Posted by Val

Here’s Part 3 of 11 Ego Tricks. (Click here to read Part 1.) (Click here to read Part 2.) The final four tricks of the ego’s trade (that are listed in this series… the ego is by no means limited to what’s here): 8. Victimization. The ego is a victim of monumental proportions. It is  [ Read More ]

11 Ego Tricks — Part 1

June - 30 - 2009
Posted by Val

The ego is tricky. What’s ego? That aspect within the human psyche that edges God out. It’s the aspect of self that’s married to the physical world of effects and receives all its information from the 5 senses. We can either choose to be in the God space, which is all-love, all-joy, all-abundance and all-good  [ Read More ]

There are things I say to myself often to tame the inner ramblings that try to keep me off purpose. At any given time, there could be an array of internal voices, some helpful, some not so much, some downright destructive or inhibiting. An effective internal voice management system is essential for living at peak.  [ Read More ]

Kaizen Revealed

May - 12 - 2009
Posted by Val

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 ]

I am a huge fan of Bikram Yoga, probably because it’s been one of the most mind-bending, body-bending, breath changing things I’ve done with myself. The studio where I currently practice is the Takoma Park Bikram Yoga studio, owned by Stephen Pleasant (isn’t that a great name?) It’s done in a yoga studio that’s been  [ Read More ]

The STEP-UP

December - 11 - 2008
Posted by Val

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 ]

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  [ 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 ]

A.C.T.S. Prayers

September - 10 - 2008
Posted by Val

If you read the post titled Confession is Good for the Soul, you already know about A.C.T.S. prayers and why I use them frequently to clear and cleanse my mind, heart and spirit. Here are a few examples of my A.C.T.S. prayers. Enjoy! (When you undertake the A.C.T.S. prayer process, go all the way, holding  [ Read More ]

I love to get my exercise by walking outside (I hate treadmills, and gyms too) and I especially love walking near water. So I was in near heaven this morning on my walk around Allen Pond. It is a tranquil and blissful patch of land in my neighborhood with a pond in the center. I  [ Read More ]

This morning I had a revelation: guilt is totally unnecessary. This, in spite of the fact that everyone I know has some measure of guilt about something. It’s completely unnecessary. There’s never a reason or cause to feel guilt, and by the time you finish reading this post you may think a little differently about  [ Read More ]

Magic Wand vs. Process

June - 5 - 2008
Posted by Val

This morning I was conducting a coaching session when an issue surfaced that had been hampering the client’s success in business; which then led her to inquire about the fastest means to ‘fix’ the problem. During an exploration of her urgent need and compulsion to ‘fix’ herself and her life, we both had to chuckle  [ Read More ]