Riffing off Chris Brogan's post at http://www.chrisbrogan.com/my-3-words-for-2011/ I have come up with my three words for 2012:

Focused

Engaged

Comment (0) Read More...

Yes, it’s true – in midlife you DO look different than you did in your teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s! It can be a rude awakening to realize that you are no longer so young and cute. It can also be liberating!

On her show Oprah asked many beautiful women, including actresses and supermodels, how they felt about aging. Their answers reflect our secret fears:

Cybill Shepherd, Actress, told Oprah, “I had a great fear, as I grew older, that I would not be valued anymore.” I know many of us in midlife have entertained this fear.

Comment (0) Read More...

Recently at dinner, my friend Mary told me her understanding of how money works. Her simple explanation, which she calls “funny money”, rocked my world.

Here is Mary’s Law of Money:

“Money is what you think it is.”

Comment (0) Read More...

Thursday, April 15 2010, 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Our Topic: "How to Access the Beliefs That Are Holding You Back"

Join the Create More Now Community TeleEvent to learn how to uncover Business Beliefs that interfere with your success, prosperity, and fulfillment.

Comment (0) Read More...

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, I went with a good friend of Irish heritage to hear the magnificent Eileen Ivers play the fiddle with her band in their show, "Beyond Bog Road", at UNC's Memorial Hall.

Behind the band a video played with beautiful images of Ireland, archival footage about the Potato Famine that had over a million Irish emigrate in the mid-1800s, home movies of families in Ireland and America, and images of American cities - so different from the rolling green hills of Ireland. Within living memory, people who left for America from Ireland were given an "American Wake" to celebrate the journey and mourn the loss of their presence in the Irish family and community.

Like many other people, the Irish left their homeland to come to the Land of Promise in America and Canada. But it was not the Land of Milk and Honey. There was lots of hard work, discrimination, violence, and hardship. The experience of those people live on in their family - in stories, family rules, and beliefs.

The friend with whom I heard the concert last night began remembering family stories her grandmother had told about coming to America. She told of religious violence between Catholics and Protestants, job discrimination, and lack of opportunity for immigrant workers. My friend's family has done well in America, but the stories of hardship still live in her memory, passed down from her beloved grandmother. She thinks , and I agree, that what her family experienced affects how she lives her life and runs her business now. 

Comment (0) Read More...

I've just facilitated a teleseminar series called "Unsticking Your Business" with a group of wonderful Conscious Entrepreneurs. During the 3 weeks of the class, each participant gained her own insights about Beliefs that are limiting her success and have resolved conflicts those Beliefs were causing in her business. Everyone is moving ahead with updated Beliefs about her business success.

One participant, whom I'll call Sally, talked about the process of becoming aware of her limiting Beliefs. Every time she talked, in my imagination I would see her walking into a dark room and bumping into big pieces of furniture - Victorian horsehair couches, elaborate coffee tables, and oversized ottomans. Hard on the shins when you can't see where you are going!

Our Beliefs can be like that - putting obstacles in our way. We can trip over a limiting Belief numerous times because we can't see it, but it's definitely there. 

Comment (0) Read More...

Some of us are just born to worry. I was. I come from a distinguished line of worriers.

If I could harness the mental energy I've expended on WORRY, I could run my car for days. And what has it gotten me? Mostly stress and hyper-preparedness for situations that don't happen.

I know I'm not alone. Research shows that many bright and creative people have a penchant for worry. It's part of the package.

Comment (0) Read More...

Day 1 - we are exploring our beliefs about Miracles and what's possible. Very evocative. We played with turning water salty and then sweet. Turning it into wine or margaritas is next!

Day 2 was very cool. We looked at WHY we believed we couldn't make water taste sweet or salty. Some very interesting answers including getting hurt or worse for using intuitive gifts. Some nice healings going on too. Feeling more steady and ready to turn that water into something else!

Day 3 - moving pens and pencils! Mine said that was my job! Then exploring beliefs about physical "reality" and our abilities. Very interesting experiences in what I am expecting and perceiving.

Comment (0) Read More...