December 8th, 2009
Did you ever think of designing an amazing blueprint for your life? Actually becoming highly intentional instead of reactive, there is a way to do this. This past month I had the opportunity to facilitate a webinar with thirty women from three continents looking specifically at this issue.
We no longer need to react to life, if we choose to co-create it. I believe that our intentions guide the way that our life is formed and lived. When we begin to look at our lives from the perspective of what is working and what is no longer working we get our first indication as to what needs to be changed. Another indicator that is useful in creating a blueprint for your life is what from the past served you at one time, but no longer serves you today? Take a moment and evaluate the different beliefs, values, and needs that you have that stem from the past and at one time served you well. Update these beliefs and needs to reflect what you believe and need now. Too often we live in the past and limit ourselves based on days gone by.
Lastly, begin to notice how you feel doing a given task, spending time with specific people, or in any other area of your life. How we feel is an indicator as to whether or not we are living our life in alignment with what we enjoy, truly value, and believe. Living consciously is the only way to go these days, but it takes some practice slowing down and contemplation. Make time for these things and you will live a life that you choose and desire. Join us to create your own Women’s Success Blueprint at our two upcoming webinars on January 20 and 27. Contact us at info@theessentialfeminine.com
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September 8th, 2009
Have you long had the sense that you are here to live a big life? Perhaps you have already achieved great success in particular areas of your life but are certain there is something more—and that something “more” has little to do with quantity and everything to do with quality. There is a life awaiting you that is profoundly beautiful and richly satisfying, and suddenly you are willing to cross any terrain in order to meet it.
 Going to the Outer Edge
 In seeking to find the unblurred truth of your purpose and destiny, you may feel at times as though you’re caught in a maze of cultural conditioning and familial influences, along with some of your own once-useful, now outdated attitudes and beliefs. You’re not alone. Most of us have, for varying periods of time, taken to hibernating in an attempt to protect ourselves from both real and imagined dangers. When the pressures of living in a fast-moving world have felt overwhelming, a long, deep “nap” has seemed to be a reasonable coping technique. Then comes a point—one you’ve undoubtedly reached—where the cost of missing the sheer grandeur of life’s depth and breadth is too high a price to pay. Waking up becomes the imperative.
 In a status quo culture, remembering what you’re here for and consciously choosing the life you were meant to live is risky business. It makes skydiving and walking on hot coals seem rather tame, although there is a distinct similarity. Like most extreme sports, diving fully into life is a conscious act that requires an artful synthesis of calculated risks, preparation and skillful planning. When you whole-heartedly embark on the “Hero’s Journey” (that solitary quest to discover your true life) and when you make an agreement with yourself to wake up and allow all that has stopped you in the past to drop away, you discover an amazing paradox: You actually do have the assistance and support of your true friends, the world and the entire universe.
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