Archive for June, 2010
A New Way to Approach Transforming your Life
Posted by: | CommentsHave you ever had a big dream that you were really excited about, but you ended up abandoning it because you could not figure out HOW to make it happen?
Back in the day, this happen to me all the time. I would end up totally frustrated and stressed out and then decide that I really did not want it anyway (which was a bunch of crap).
Then I learned a new way of approaching things that totally shifted everything for me.
I learned how to come into alignment with the energy of my dream before I take action. You do this by feeling good first, then taking action from that good feeling place.
Now you may be asking: “How could that possibly work?”
It is simple really.
Being in alignment literally means: to line up with.
When you are in alignment with something the way is open and your path becomes clear, and as a result, the details around “how” to bring it into being become clear.
I imagine that this big dream of yours feels really good to you. In order to be in alignment with your dream, you need to feel good too.
As you come into alignment with your dream you begin to get all kinds of inspired action ideas. Suddenly you know exactly what to do. Perhaps you are inspired to email someone, or take a walk where you run into just the right person, or you suddenly see an ad for just what you need.
Think about it for a minute. On days that you are feeling good and in the flow, don’t things seem to easily unfold for you?
Those days that you are feeling bad and cranky, nothing seems to be going your way.
When you are feeling good, you are in alignment.
When you are feeling bad, you aren’t.
Get in alignment and your path becomes clear!
The next question is: “How do I get into alignment with my big dream?”
I will cover that next time.
Flying by the Seat of my Pants
Posted by: | CommentsDo you know the expression: ”Flying by the seat of your pants?”, well that is what we were doing this week on Defy the Box Radio.
I decided that I wanted to see what it was like to do the show free form and see what kinds of ideas came up in conversation between me and my co-host Beth.
In the back of my mind I imagine the show being more like Howard Stern and his side-kick Robin, bantering back and forth all the time. Listening to them was exciting because you never knew what was going to come out of their mouths. I want Defy the Box Radio to be like that; spontaneous and fun, and I like the wild card aspect of not knowing what we are going to come up with during the conversation.
I have to say that I feel the show was a wild success!
Beth and I had an amazing, organically unfolding conversation. The call was effortless and I had a blast doing it and the people who were listening live said the show rocked!
Whoo-hoo!
I think we’re to something here.
Give it a listen and let me know what you think in the comments below.
My message in 100 words or less….yhea right
Posted by: | CommentsOne of my summer time activities is to take part in the World-Changing Writing Workshop that is being put on by the cool peeps over at the Freak Revolution.
I like to write. I feel like I have at least one book in me, and it has been confirmed by several psychic friends too…so it MUST be true! 
Any way….
I love the Freak Revolution blog and I dig all the people they pulled in to teach, so I figured what the hell, I’ll do it.
I am one week into the workshop and I dive into my home work feeling all confidant that I can easily do it.
Then *BLAM*……
I am already feeling stuck.
The assignment is simple enough. It is to write out my world changing message in 100 words.
I know what my mission is. It is to help non-conforming souls break free from their pre-packaged lives and create their kick-ass dream life.
It’s simple enough.
You see, I truly believe that we are all meant to bring our own unique gifts to the world.
Your kick-ass dream life is the perfect manifestation of you doing just that.
When you are living your kick-ass dream life you are in perfect alignment with who you really are and all your unique gifts and special talents will come forth. Your life will feel good and the whole world will benefit from it.
People often ask me: “Why work with non-conforming souls”
My answer is simple: “I am one.”
I know from my own experience that is takes courage to go against the mainstream mentality and blaze your own trail to discover your unique definition of a meaningful, satisfying, abundant life.
But , how do I break that all down into a 100 word message?
This is going to take a bit of work.
What does success mean to you?
Posted by: | CommentsA few weeks ago, I read this awesome blog post by a well known raw food-est named Allissa Cohen talking about her decision to close her successful restaurants in order to live her dream life. She is a fine example of someone who has followed their passion and become extremely successful, with all kinds of amazing opportunities opening up to them as a result. She was well on her way to building an Empire for herself.
The thing that I found so interesting was this: She found herself so caught up in being “successful” and expanding on all the opportunities that she had, that she was not actually living her dream life at all.
The reality for her was that she did not really want an Empire.
She wanted her life to be more in the flow, with space for morning walks on the beach, yoga, and time to relax and enjoy her life. The reality was that she was really busy, and worked long hours under somewhat stressful conditions and her body was not digging it.
To the dismay of many people, she made the choice to release some of her commitments and “opportunities” in order to come back into alignment with her dream.
This really got me thinking. I have a experienced a number of different times in my life where I went for something that I thought I wanted, only to discover that the reality of it was not for me.
Like when I was 20 and could not wait to be the top dog restaurant manager, only to discover that meant I worked 70+ hours a week and was too exhausted to enjoy my life on my time off.
On one hand, I was considered to be very successful for someone so young.
I was making more money than my mother ever made, and I had the status of being the boss, BUT my life sucked in the quality of life department, and I ended up in the hospital one night because of all the stress.
The real kicker was that I made myself “wrong’ for not being able to handle it.
I was using someone else’s definition of success and as a result, I was trying to cram myself into this success “box”.
It took me another 15 years to come up with my own definition of success and what felt good in my life.
I am curious if you have taken the time to identify what success looks like to you?
How about a loving relationship?
What does the perfect workday look like to you?
Take a minute to share what you have discovered in the comments below.
