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If everyone did what they wanted to do

Hypothetically, people worry about everyone being selfishly oriented. "If everyone did exactly what they want to do, what kind of world would this be?" they say. And I say, a really, really good one. Because if everyone did what they wanted to do, everyone would feel free. And if you feel free, you feel empowered. And every negative emotion that exists—hear this—every negative emotion that exists, is because there is some sense of loss of freedom somewhere in there.

Moving on

You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on. It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories and dump the rest.

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won't happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life." Then cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

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Affirmation for a new beginning

"Every day is a new beginning --
Problems and mistakes of yesterday are now just memories of a lesson learned.
I absorb the energy and possibilities of each new day, acknowledge the simple beauty that can be taken for granted,
and look forward to a new beginning of NOW."

~ Affirmations help to affirm positives and counteract negatives
~ Affirmations program the conscious and unconscious mind to focus on what you want
~ Affirmations can help turn negative self-talk into positive self-talk
~ Affirmations can change negative habits into positive ones. .....

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The more often you use it, the purer your aura will become.

Stand in front of the mirror and repeat it to yourself daily. You might feel silly in the beginning, but who cares?! Do it in your own quiet time when nobody is around.

Five Ways to Create Abundance in 2016

Use one or all of the following techniques and unleash more magic in your life!

1. Out with the Old, In with the New

Start this year off by clearing out anything that you don't love, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually, creating space for all that you desire to enter your life.

Trust your intuition to guide you about the items, people, habits, feelings, etc. that you wish to let go of.

I spent December 31st physically clearing out my house. In preparation for a giant yard sale I plan to have, I took everything out of alignment with who I am and what I want for 2007 down to the garage. I found that in doing so I rid myself of a lot of stuff that I had purchased during my corporate days when shopping numbed the ache of not living "on purpose."

In addition, I went for a long walk on the beach with a trusted and dear friend. I brought along a Sharpie marker and we both found a large beach rock and wrote on it everything that we were completely done with. After a short impromptu ceremony, we threw our rocks into the ocean, officially releasing the old and opening space for welcoming the new.

How you work with this step is your choice and there are many options including: writing all that you wish to release on paper and burning it (be careful please), giving the old to God and your angels, or simply saying out loud "This is what I am done with: __________. I release the old and welcome the new." The possibilities are endless!

2. What do You Want this Year?

Now that you have cleared out the old, what New do you wish to manifest?

Spend some time getting very clear about the upcoming year and all that you desire.

Write your desires in juicy detail and Dream Big!

The sheer act of writing intentions down on paper is very powerful! I discovered this first hand in my twenties...

Several years ago, before I delved into “Self Actualization” as a career, I made some New Years resolutions, then stuffed them away into a drawer and forgot about them. Later in the year, I rediscovered them, and to my shock and surprise, many of them had come true, in very interesting ways, simply by putting them on paper.

I was living pay check to pay check back then and didn’t consciously know how to manifest. My resolutions list included getting a new car and moving into a new apartment, both of which seemed impossible at the time. As it turns out, through the course of the year, I had a car accident which was severe enough to total my car, but not severe enough to harm me. The insurance money was enough to put a down payment on both a new car and a new apartment! Voila!

Now I know to ask for my lessons and manifestations to come with ease, grace and safety. I do this very simply by adding

“All this and more!” to my manifestation lists.

My own process around Intentioning this year has led to the upcoming release of my first E-book! Necessity truly is the mother of invention!

Stay tuned for more information...

3. Being and Doing

Have you heard the expression, "You are a human being, not a human doing"? Have you ever felt like a human doing? I know I have!

I have come to realize that manifesting is more than action and the more I am in a Being state (enjoying my life, living in the present, taking care of myself), the faster I can manifest anything that I want.

The other day I headed down to the beach for a walk and some much needed R & R. I realized that I didn't take enough time off over the holidays and my body and soul were in desperate need of some rejuvenation.

At the beach it was high tide, so I walked as far as I could then headed back to sit upon a large rock, perfect for meditation. I am such a "do-er" that even my meditations involve some form of doing, like asking questions and receiving guidance, planning my day, etc. I sat upon the rock and was guided to "just be" for a while.

As uncomfortable and foreign as this felt, I tried my best. I watched the surfers riding the waves and smiled at those passing by. Very soon, magic started to happen!

A squirrel crawled right up to me and checked me out. Then I noticed whale spouts off in the distance (it is whale watching season here, however I have never seen them in Southern California from the shore). Then I noticed a pod of dolphins swim by right at the time when another squirrel approached me on my right. It was amazing! And if I hadn't just sat there, completely immersed in Being, I would have missed the show!

I was reminded by a friend yesterday that Being is a state of receiving. In terms of manifesting, one must be able to receive what they have asked for, so this step seems pretty important!

Check into your own life and see if Being and Doing are in alignment for you and make adjustments accordingly.

4. Specify a Theme for 2016

My theme for 2016 is "Effortless Abundance." Setting this as my theme not only sets the tone for my year, it also guides me in my choices.

Ease is a huge part of this theme, so when going about my year, if something feels out of alignment with my theme, I can check in and see if I really want to move forward with that decision. Enough said!

What is your theme for the year?

5. Look for what You WANT, Not what You Don't

Once you have identified what you want, go in search of it! Expect it to show up!

This is a core process used in coaching. We call it "staying in the 98%" which means assuming that 98% of life is working and focusing on that, knowing that whatever is focused upon grows.

If Financial Abundance is high on your list of desires this year, start to notice

and express gratitude when abundance of all forms appears.

I love to burn candles in my home. The other day I noticed that I was running low and wished for more. A few days later I spent time with two friends, who gifted me with - yes, you guessed it - candles, and really yummy smelling ones at that! I thanked them and the Universe and excitedly realized how fast I am manifesting! What an awesome feeling!

Remember, if you ask for money and then goods come in that you then don't need to buy, you have accomplished the essence of money. Look around for a moment and acknowledge all that you have manifested recently and acknowledge yourself for it!

I hope these five areas help you to create your best year yet!

Happy 2016! 

May you have a lovely New Year - 2016

May every sunrise in the New Year bring you hope and may every Sunset bring you peace. May this be another year filled with sweet memories and joyous times, may you always be comfortable speaking your truth and may the dense forest of love surround you all year round.

May you have a lovely New Year.

Celebrating the festive season for no reason

For Christians, Dec. 25 is more than just another religious holiday: It commemorates the birth of their saviour, Jesus. But Christmas isn’t just for Christians. Some evidence suggests that Christmas itself was merely a re-appropriation of the pagan festival of Saturnalia. Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property or injuring people during the week-long celebration. The festival began when Roman authorities chose “an enemy of the Roman people” to represent the “Lord of Misrule.” Each Roman community selected a victim whom they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures throughout the week. At the festival’s conclusion, December 25th, Roman authorities believed they were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally murdering this innocent man or woman.

The New Testament gives no date or year for Jesus’ birth. The earliest gospel – St. Mark’s, written about 65 CE – begins with the baptism of an adult Jesus. This suggests that the earliest Christians lacked interest in or knowledge of Jesus’ birth date. In the 4th century CE, Christianity imported the Saturnalia festival hoping to take the pagan masses in with it. Christian leaders succeeded in converting to Christianity large numbers of pagans by promising them that they could continue to celebrate the Saturnalia as Christians. The problem was that there was nothing intrinsically Christian about Saturnalia. To remedy this, these Christian leaders named Saturnalia’s concluding day, December 25th, to be Jesus’ birthday.

Many who are excitedly preparing for their Christmas celebrations would prefer not knowing about the holiday’s real significance. If they do know the history, they often object that their celebration has nothing to do with the holiday’s monstrous history and meaning and say, “We are just having fun.”

So, for no reason other than that there is an excitement in the air over these Christmas holidays, I just love celebrating the festive season as thoughts turn to giving gifts to family, friends and loved ones. Who just doesn't love giving or receiving a gift? And all the weeks of preparations beforehand - buying gifts (while listening to beautiful Christmas songs in the mall), planning recipes, making or buying new Christmas decorations and ornaments, decorating the tree and finally, the placing of the gifts under the tree to be opened on Christmas morning - followed by a scrumptious Christmas lunch and family get-together. Absolute bliss!

The message of modern Christmas is one of peace, love, joy, prosperity and happiness, which can only be a good thing. What I don't understand is why this message seems so limited to just a couple of weeks of the year. Each Christmas and Easter, churches have to struggle to accommodate the extra crowds who show up for holiday services. While pews may be partially filled or even deserted on a Sunday over the summer, the holidays see a huge increase in attendance as the CEOs (Christmas and Easter Onlys) stop by.  Wouldn't the world be a much better place if we followed the message of love and goodwill all year round?

To me Christmas day is spending time with my family—sleeping late, opening presents, preparing and devouring the Christmas meal, sipping a beer, watching the inevitable holiday Law & Order marathon. Could I do these things at other points of the year? Sure—Law & Order is one of my year-round pleasures. But only at Christmas do so many of my friends and family also have time off, and only at Christmas can I see loved ones who have scattered across the country. Whether or not you believe in God, Christmas is a time of year when you head home or host guests, a rare occasion for the kind of togetherness that can drive you crazy, fill you with love, or both.

Do not stop questioning

“Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.” 

- Ayn Rand 

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Is our planet broken?

I came upon this quote on the internet - "People who pursue intrinsic values — self-acceptance, making the world a better place, helping polar bears — are much happier than people who chase popularity, money, and image."

What a general remark to make! I say, different strokes for different folks. There is nothing wrong with wanting to feel popular, it's a part of our human-ness, and there's nothing wrong with wanting money, it enables us to enjoy the good things in life and also to do a lot of good.

Not everybody is into making the world a better place or helping polar bears, although it is a noble thought. But cluttering our minds and lives with thoughts of 'saving the planet' serves no purpose and actually exacerbates the situation.

If you understand the principle of "what you think about, you bring about" you will realise that, thinking of our planet as being "broken", just enhances mass-consciousness of this fact and causes more 'action' of saving (the planet) which sets an on-going circle into motion of enhancing mass-consciousness and 'saving'.

Activism might seem like the answer, but the truth is, activism is fighting a losing battle. When GreenPeace heads out to stop the slaughter of whales, for example, they once again send out vibrations into mass-consciousness that something needs saving.

Every activist vibrates, deep down from within their heart and soul, pain, anger, a feeling of helplessness and a desire to 'save'. This vibration, which is a feeling of what they DON'T want, goes out into the Universe and MORE of what they don't want comes into being.

The only way we can 'save the planet' is by everybody doing their little bit by leaving as light a carbon footprint as possible. By vibrating what we DO want. By living simply and by eliminating all but the essential, which turns chaos into peace. By each person taking responsibility for their style of life. It's not about money and living simply is not about believing that there is a shortage. The Universe is infinite in its supply of resources. Here we are, on the same planet that we've been on for more years than we have the ability to count. And just in the last 400 years, look at the difference in our economy. And it's the same exact planet. Nobody has been trucking in or piping in any resources from somewhere else. There are not more resources present today. Nor any less.

There is no shortage. And any attention to shortage of something wanted will always produce negative emotion within us because our guidance system is letting us know that we have strayed from our broader basic understanding of abundance and Well-Being. Whether we are focused upon the shortage of money—or resources—that feeling of decline is contrary to our broader understanding of the Eternal nature of our Being.

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Sometimes when you're in a dark place...

It really is true what they say, that every dark cloud has a silver lining. Sometimes when you're in a dark place, all you have to do is change your outlook, like seeing the glass half full in stead of half empty. The choice you make at this time will determine how you spend the rest of your life.

I know it has been said before, but every ending is also a new beginning. Every experience we have in life gives us the opportunity to take stock, find out what is important to us and to choose what to focus on. Every relationship we have, good or bad, teaches us more about ourselves, teaches us what is acceptable and what is not, teaches us where our boundaries are and how to set them. It also teaches us that you can't change people, shouldn't change people, and that we can only change ourselves.

So if you think you have been buried and that there's no chance of survival, know that you've actually been planted and that, by forging ahead, you will soon emerge into the sunshine and breathe in the wonderful air and grow strong again.

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