Have you got your Life GPS switched on

This month’s WOW is Elise Krentzel who is a living testament of how you are the driver in your life and when you encounter change such as divorce, midlife crisis or change of career, your inner resources will help with the transition. Once you install the correct beliefs and coordinates you’ll have all the tools you need yo set your Life GPS

Tell me a little about you, your lifestyle and what you are passionate about?I’m passionate about raising my son, enjoying nature, writing, people and all the arts – performing, visual and plastic.

So tell me about your business, who/what is LifeGPS all about? I founded & created LifeGPS, an integrated coaching system of freedom for body, heart & mind because of all the suffering and powerlessness I found in people, even so-called powerful people.

I wanted to give them a product to help them free their small mindedness as they went through mid-life crisis, divorce, career change, stress or indecision making.

What inspired you to make the decision to create your own business? This is my 3rd business. What inspired me for LifeGpS was my the disharmony in my life. My husband and I split and after a hiatus of 7 years, raising my son and having sold my former publishing company, I needed to get on my feet again.

Has there always been a burning desire inside you to create this, or did your business evolve from your original idea?

My businesses have always evolved from original ideas. I specialize in taking abstract concepts and making them practical. Delivering ideas to form.

What did/do you find to be the most challenging part of your business? Having no funds to begin with. What have you learned about yourself during the process of setting up your business?

Patience is a virtue. Belief in myself and product offerings will get me through the toughest of times. Not allowing anyone or anything to get me off course. Taking time to get clear on who my clients are is crucial to attracting those clients. The knowledge I had about technolgy was 10 years old.

What advice would you give someone considering starting their own business?

First go with your passion, whatever that is. Do not allow the competition, a  perceived lack of resources or skills hinder you. Develop your concept to the finest detail.

What products and services do you provide? I offer transformational coaching packages in person or Skype, an at home course book, downloadable meditation CDs and retreats in the USA and abroad.

What is the greatest success story for your business? The healing, rejuvination and enthusiastic lives of my clients. Please see the Gratitudes page of my website http://174.120.60.226/~elise/gratitudes/

Website: www.elisekrentzel.com

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Unsilencing Myself By Tracie Nichols

It’s nearly 10 a.m. on Monday morning and usually by now this article would have long since been published. I stopped myself from writing it at least three times since Friday.

There’s some BIG irony in play here…

For weeks, months even, I’ve been spouting on about speaking out for what matters, raising our voices, taking a stand … yada, yada… and here I am silencing myself. Too funny.

So what’s the (gasp!) awful thing I didn’t want to say?

I wanted to tell you that I was inspired by the power of two women’s voices to encourage you, once again, to raise your own voice.

Why was this not a good thing?

Because I was worried I might be – you know – annoying. I might irritate someone because I’m speaking out more than once for something. That I’m being passionate - and maybe a little louder and more insistent than I might usually be.

That’s it. That’s what stopped me. I didn’t want my passionate belief that women’s voices are essential to annoy you. (Please, feel free to roll your eyes. I am.)

Here’s the perfect example of how the warped sacred masculine (patriarchy, power-over, dominator paradigm) lives in me. How it’s in my beliefs and behaviors so deeply that, despite everything I know and all the work I’ve done, it can still seep out and taint my confidence.

(deep breaths….many….)

So, how did I realize what was happening?

Curiosity. Mindful awareness. Knowing myself. Remembering the texture and taste of the limiting beliefs I’d been force-fed.

I was willing to wonder why. Not just assume that it wasn’t meant to be, or Spirit didn’t want me to, or it was a stupid idea anyway. I got curious about WHY.

I listened to myself, gently, and realized what was happening. Then I rolled my eyes, smacked myself in the head and judged myself a bunch. And then I stopped. Because that’s never helpful and it’s just feeding into the whole dominator thing again.

Because I thought you might relate, I thought I’d share the whole experience with you. For most of us the seeds of silencing are planted deep and it takes a few (OK – sometimes many) reminders to be aware of them.

So, here’s another reminder…

Be curious. Be present, mindful, aware. Know yourself. Be willing to ask “Why?” Be willing to listen to yourself with as little judgement as possible.

Tracie Nichols, M.A. is a change-maker and advocate for women and the earth. She’s the creator of Soul-Truthing; intuitive mentoring helping earth-loving change-making women unearth their unique leadership. “I believe it’s all right there in your heart. It just takes a little help blowing away the smoke and moving the mirrors for you to find it. Truly, you’re amazing, and we need you.”

Tracie has been developing her intuitive gift for nearly twenty years. She weaves her intuition with her masters degree in Human and Organizational Transformation to help women make, and stick with, significant life changes. You can find practical ideas, insights and inspiration on her website (almost) daily. Her well-loved newsletter appears in inboxes on the new and full moon. “Stop by tracienichols.com, grab a cup of tea, settle in and enjoy!  I LOVE when a lively conversation springs up under a post.”

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There is Perfection in This Moment By Sheri Kaye Hoff

I use to worry- a lot.

I would be in bed at night and not sleeping because I would start worrying about the next day, the next week, the next year. I would think thoughts like- if this (fill in the blank) changed, everything would be fine. What I found is that when one situation would be resolved, I still worried. Finally, I realized that I had developed a worrying problem and that even if things were going relatively well, I probably would still worry.

I determined that I did not want to live my life in this way… what worked for me was to find the perfection in the moment. At night, when I would begin worrying, I would stop and say… this moment is perfect. My bed is comfortable, my sheets smell good, my room is relaxing… and I would name everything that was perfect about the moment. Each time that I would slip into worry… I would bring myself back to the moment.

I learned that even in trying times, I could find perfect moments here and there. If I had a big meeting that involved stress- in the car, I would keep my thoughts from worry by bringing myself to the moment. “In this moment, the clouds are beautiful, the car is moving along, I can choose the music I want, I feel my hands on the wheel”, etc

I felt immediate peace and relaxation. The more I practiced being in the moment and feeling the perfection of the moment… the more I felt bliss and joy in every day life.

Perfection in the moment could be a cool hand on a fevered forehead, a cold glass of water soothing a parched throat, deep sobbing that releases emotions- perfection in the moment doesn’t mean that we don’t have ups and downs… it means being present for your life.

Exercise: Take three deep breaths, inhaling and exhaling slowly each time. Describe this present moment… find the perfection in it… Notice how you feel as you bring yourself present.

Love and Blessings,

Sheri

Sheri Kaye Hoff, MA, CGCL. Your Inspired Action Success Coach. Sheri is a Life, Executive, and Small Biz Coach. She is a bestselling, transformational Amazon and Barnes & Noble Author. Sheri knows what it takes to go from tragedy to triumph as she discovered her brother after his suicide death as a teenager and, then, struggled for years with sadness and depression. Eventually, she found her way back to both success and joy. Sheri brings wisdom from her over 20 year career in coaching, mentoring, consulting, and training and development to you. She is a leadership expert, keynote speaker, and workshop leader. The essence of her coaching approach is transformational, intuitive, spiritual, inspirational, energy boosting, and action oriented. She teaches, collaborates, partners, mentors, and inspires others to ignite inspiration, creativity, happiness, and success every day.

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“I walked into my dream!”

This Week’s #WOW is Regina Reiter is a forgiveness expert and She helps woman choose a path to access their dream. A specialty is helping women over 50 accomplish their dream of hiking the Appalachian Trail. The timing of this interview is perfect as my big brother has just embarked on his own pilgrimage walking the camino de santiago from the south of France and traveling the breadth of Northern Spain. In life our memories and emotions often weave together and become tightly bound waiting for an opportunity to be released. What Regina offers is a pure gift of goodness to help release those tightly bound emotions of hurt and pain from our past.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; meanwhile you are the one getting burned.Buddha

Tell me a little about you, your lifestyle and what you are passionate about? First of all, thanks for your interest in me and Forgiveness Walks.  It’s my pleasure to share this with you!

I’m 58 years young, and just beginning my new lifestyle. I call it “hiking lifestyle”. My former lifestyle was based on my role as mom at home for three wonderful adult sons, all born at home and homeschooled. That lifestyle ended five years ago, when I discovered that when I’m hiking on trails, there’s nothing else I’d rather be doing. Now, I’m making a transition to being out on trails where I can stay out for months at a time, immersing my senses in Nature and walking in service to others.  Since turning 50, I’ve walked over 5,000 miles on long distance hiking trails like the Appalachian Trail. I’m also passionate about sharing the amazing, practical tools of Radical Forgiveness to create a joyful world filled with people who love fearlessly.

So tell me about your business, who is Forgiveness Walks all about?  Forgiveness Walks is all about women over 50 who have selflessly and tirelessly supported others for decades and who yearn to fulfill their own adventurous dream, whether it’s close to home or on distant paths.  They feel exhausted and emptied, even resentful of the very people they have always served with love. They yearn to walk, to walk in Nature for rejuvenation to their core. They long to retune their heartstrings and express their buried joy, to reawaken their generous hearts with fearless self-love. When they do, they Continue reading

Getting Your Sexy On In and Out Of The Bedroom

This week’s #WOW is the Gorgeous Allison Braun, The Bedroom Joyologist. I have been wanting to feature Allison since I first started this series of Interviews way back at the beginning of the year and she was one of the first women I asked as I love what she does. So we finally got our schedules synched and am so happy to be able to share her wisdom with you all. She empowers women to get their sexy on in and out of the bedroom.

Allison Braun AKA The bedroom Joyologist Tell me a little about you , your lifestyle and what you are passionate about?
Well, I am 27 years old and spend the majority of my time learning, hanging out with my
husband (just got married last year), masterminding and brainstorming with other
like-minded women while eating and drinking delicious things, reading, spending time outdoors (especially around water), and talking with pretty much anyone about sexuality, relationships, and business.

I like to keep a lot of free time, but I find as an entrepreneur that I enjoy working too much!

I am very passionate about creating a safe space for women to connect, share, and be them sexuality and all!

So tell me about your business, what is Allison Braun – The Bedroom Joyologist all about?
I help women (often with a conservative or religious background) let go of sexual suppression and guilt so they can start living fully expressed – sexuality and all both in and out of the bedroom. Once they start being Continue reading

Fall In Love With Your Life

This week’s #WOW is the stunning Christine Long from Scattering Stars. I first came across Christine from a Youtube Video I watched, her energy, beauty and message really resonated with me. We are both members of a Leonie Dawson goddess circle so I’ve gotten to know her better. She’s so generous with her wisdom and speaks from experience. Living her life’s purpose, sharing her gifts and her beautiful artistic creations. In this interview she speaks openly about her journey and shares her inspiration.

Tell me a little about you, your lifestyle and what you are passionate about?

I’m an artist/writer and “new perspective” coach, engaged to my ideal mate, living in a rose- and ivy-strewn 1953 house in Covedale, Ohio. I have 3 daughters (2 still at home), 3 cute grandkids and a very zen cat named Mackers.

I’m passionate about inspiring women to build self-qualities and co-create their very own ideal life, their way!

You actually have everything you’ll need, already inside you ~ I just offer tools and guidance that can help open all that up within, and let it light up your life!

You really can do it, and I know you can do it, and helping you realize that is what I’m passionate about.

So tell me about your business, what is Scattering Stars all about? 

My business, Scattering Stars, is a fusion of my clarity and each client’s unique vision for how they want their own life to look like.

Maybe she just wants to see herself and her life in a new, more fun, more limitless, exciting way.

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Dreams Are Messages From Your Soul

Do you remember your dreams? Sometimes they are so good we just don’t want to wake up. How about your secret dreams and ambitions. You have to wake up to turn them into reality. When I work with my clients, one of the first things we do is tap into those long forgotten dreams. Do some excavation into their passions, what lights them up. Bringing that passion into your life , listening to that inner voice that is your soul whispering your purpose which leads to more happiness and fulfillment.
Some Tips On Waking Up and Turning Those Dreams Into Reality……

If you haven’t discovered your purpose yet or are unsure how to make it align with your life, try this simple exercise – grab a piece of paper

On your paper create two columns, in the first column list your skills- things you are good at and enjoy (  maybe you are good at organizing events , put it down – if its something you don’t enjoy leave it off the list.)

In the second column list issues or causes that you truly care about,  that you are passionate about.

List as many as you can in both column, once your finished pick your top 3 from both lists and your gifts will be revealed. Your Gifts lead to your purpose, as you breathe into them, you get clarity and your dreams gain strength and the steps you need to take appear.

Surround yourself with those who lift you up , trust your inner voice and spend time with like minded people.

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3 Tips for Maximising Your Inner Resources

  1. Do you more of what you enjoy. Spend more time doing things you LOVE doing. Is there some pass time you always loved doing but find you no longer give yourself the time to do or you’ve fallen out of the habit. Get back in the habit and do it this week. So What will you do – Share in the comments Accountability
  2. Be aware of what you are taking in, both visually and what you are listening to . Don’t watch the news –  Be selective with what you read or watch on TV, only watch and listen to things that raise your vibration to where you want to be. If you watch depressing soaps and TV Show’s like Jeremy Vile , absorbing all that depressing stuff makes you depressed. Choose programs and books that enrich your life , you learn something from. Watch inspirational shows of amazing people.
  3. Who are you drawn to help? What causes/issues are close to your heart? What can you do to make a difference ? Volunteer , raise some money for them . Be creative . Having lots interests and broadening your experiences leads to a richer more fulffilling life and helps grow your business and make new connections and its Fun.

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Make Your Dreams Work For You

This week’s gorgeous  #WOW is Spiritual Guidance Expert Karina Ladet who helps others open up their communication with their spirit guides,  I first connected with Karina via a Goddess circle we are both part of, I watched one of her Youtube videos and was really draw to her authentic nature. Her warmth and kindness came across so clearly and her gifts which she channels, help so many overcome blocks and challenges in their lives to truly step into their highest power.

Tell me a little about you , your lifestyle and what you are passionate about?
My name is Karina Ladet and I am an Intuitive reader, a mother of two young children, a wife to my amazing French husband and much more. I truly feel like a world citizen and have traveled all my life. I was born in Cuba, my mother is Romanian and my father Swedish and I have lived in Canada, Japan, England and now in France.

I am passionate about meeting people and communications. I have a Masters degree in Communications and in my “old” life I was a Marketing manager at an international company. I love connecting with people and I love helping others to grow and be happier.

When I met my husband 11 years ago I longed for a different life. We left Sweden together and first moved to Paris and then to the South of France. We now live in a small village surrounded by beautiful mountains and olive trees. My life today is my Dream Life! I really enjoy my simple everyday life and at the same time I am so lucky to have my Dream Job, doing intuitive readings and running workshops and e-courses teaching others how to communicate with their spirit guides. I work with people from all over the world and I love spreading Love and Faith wherever I go.

I am also passionate about taking good care of Nature, eating healthy and organic food and being a conscious and compassionate human being. I believe that what all have a role to play in creating the world we want for ourselves and our children.

So tell me about your business, what is it all about?
My business is my Dream Work! I started writing a blog in Swedish about two years ago and last year I also started an English blog. I love writing in Swedish and connecting with other Swedes but my English blog has opened up the world to me. I offer Intuitive reading where I open up to my spirit guides and transmit their messages to amazing souls all over the world. I do readings by e-mail, Skype and on the phone and I also run an e-course called Communicate with your Spirit Guide, starting on August 19th. I love doing readings but I also feel very passionate about teaching others how to communicate directly with their guides. It’s so empowering and beautiful to connect with them and it has really transformed my life in incredible ways.

A couple of months ago I started Continue reading

Empowered By India to Unlock Your Inner Freedom

When you are challenged to re-think how your life will work out oftentimes the choice becomes so overwhelming you start doubting yourself and your abilities to create the life you want and deserve. What Shanthi’s story illustrates is how its possible despite huge challenges like leaving your support network behind, making difficult decisions which in the short term are quite painful.  Listening to your heart and trusting your intuition as Shanthi did will allow you to step into who you were born to be and shine the light on your purposeful path.

Tell me a little about you , your lifestyle and what you are passionate about? My name Shanthi means “peace”. I was named so by my late father who was my ideal, my role model and my Guru. I was born & raised in India, which is the spiritual leader of the world.

In my early teens I was introduced to spirituality, Yoga philosophy and training in Indian classical dance.

Though I completed my degree in Engineering securing first rank in my university, my father envisioned that I would be a better teacher than an engineer. He was so right…

I taught in an Engineering college for some time, then worked in software, then came to USA for another software job. But now, I am in my own business.

I come from a lineage of Enlightened saints and Gurus. I have mastered the ancient, time-tested holistic  tools from a young age and have applied these teachings in my own life when I came to USA 16 years back as a single mom with my 1 ½ year old daughter.

 

I lead a simple and holistic lifestyle and I only teach what I practice.

I love hiking, camping, dancing, chanting, speaking in Sanskrit, cooking, travelling and teaching.

I am passionate about sharing the ancient Indian wisdom, handed down to me in pristine pure form with people of all ages.

I am also passionate about Continue reading