May 31, 2011
Have you ever embarked on a wonderful new adventure that you were super excited about, and just when you really started to get into it with both feet in – fear stepped up and started listing all of the reasons why it’s probably not a good idea for you to do this after all and tries to get you to see how much safer it would be for you to just step back into your comfort zone?
When this happens, what if we took some time to listen to what fear has to say?
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May 30, 2011
I’m thrilled that yesterday’s
post about creating a vision board received so many views and comments here and also on our Facebook
page! It is so wonderful to know that so many of us are taking action to manifest our dreams!
I spent hours yesterday working on my board. It is hanging right next to me here in my office, and it has such a great energy to it. I love standing in front of it and really feeling my life through these images and words.
One of our wonderful Facebook fans made a great point yesterday.
She has been creating vision boards for years. It’s actually a continual work-in-progress that changes as her vision changes. She wrote that she wished she had taken pictures of it through the years because since it is always changing, she doesn’t have any record of what was on it previously.
I thought this was such a great idea and something we can all do: periodically take pictures of our vision boards.
You may remember
John Assaraf from
The Secret. He really is a mastermind at manifesting what he puts onto his vision board. Many year ago, he put his dream home on his vision board, truly felt what it would be like to live there, and now it’s his home! He has an entire wall in his office dedicated to his many vision boards. He has them broken down into categories that work for him – such as career, family, abundance, etc.
One thing that I especially love that he does is he has created a bulletin board for everything that he has manifested. So when something that was on one of his vision boards happens in his life, he moves it over to the manifested board. I can imagine that it would be a real boost to look over and see how much you have accomplished just by imagining it were your reality. So I’m definitely going to do this, and I can’t wait to begin to move things over from one board to the next.
He has a
Complete Vision Board Kit, which can help you get started in creating your own vision board.
I would love to hear any additional ideas you have about manifesting your ideal life. Please share them here with all of us.
Let’s all continue creating the life we know we were meant to live by visualizing it, feeling it, and taking action!
May 29, 2011
Do you have a vision board?
A place where you put up pictures and words that best represent your dreams and goals that you would like to attract into your life?
The idea behind the vision board is to get you THERE. To put yourself into your ideal life and actually FEEL what it’s like to be there. Your mind truly doesn’t know the difference between actuality and feeling. And the way the law of attraction works is to manifest everything you want in your life by feeling as though you already have it. This is where the vision board can be so helpful.
I know many stories of people putting something on their board and then making it reality soon after. By creating a vision board and then FEELING what it was like to live that life, people have attracted love, money, homes, health, and inner peace to their lives.
If you have never created one before – give it a try!
It’s a great way for you to go within and envision what your ideal life looks like.
There are so many categories that you could focus on – it just depends on what you would like to manifest into your life:
Love
Career
Abundance
Friendship
Spirituality
Health
Your Home Life
Relaxation/Vacations
There are so many ways you can do this, too.
I am a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I took my vision board apart when we moved two years ago, and I am just now making a new one. It’s one of those things that has been on my to-do list ever since, and then life took over and my own self-care got pushed to the bottom of my priority list.
Because I have cleared my plate for an entire month to take care of myself, write, and take time to go within – everything that was pushed down is rising up again. And one of these things is my vision board.
What I did is take a large bulletin board, which I then covered in beautiful paper for the background. I am a visual person, so I wanted my vision board itself to be beautiful.
I then started thinking about my life:
What does my ideal life look like?
How do I live?
How do I spend my days?
Who do I
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May 28, 2011
I love being able to share great finds with you, and this week’s Saturday Selection is one of my favorites!
I’ve always loved astrology and reading my horoscope, and I came across
Astrology Zone a couple of months ago. Susan Miller is the writer/mastermind behind it, and she truly has a gift. I have now read several of my monthly horoscopes, and they are amazingly accurate and so detailed.
If you like reading your
horoscope, I would definitely recommend this site.
It’s simply the best that I have found.
She also has a great book for 2011 where she gives you a preview of the year ahead.
There is one chapter dedicated to each sign.
Have fun!
P.S. – Each blog post is now listed by
category, so you can see them all at once and read whichever speaks to you! 🙂
May 27, 2011
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And while we all are constantly inspired by others and admire the amazing work that our mentors are doing, how often do we stop and let them know how much they mean to us?
How often do we thank them for making our world so much brighter with their actions, words, art, and love?
How often do we tell them how much their inspiration has impacted our own lives in such a positive way?
There is nothing better than receiving an email from someone who bought one of our journals and whose life has changed because of it. To learn that they are now putting themselves first and taking time to go within fills us with such happiness. It feels so great when we read your comments on this blog about how certain posts are helping you see life in a more positive way.
Imagine how much positivity and love you could put into the world…
just by saying thank you.
just by sharing the love with those you admire and look up to.
just by appreciating and acknowledging someone who has inspired you to be your best self.
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May 25, 2011
It is wonderful to surround yourself with loving friends and family who cheer you on and support you in everything you do.
I feel blessed that I have a great support system. I have a wonderful husband who loves me and boosts me up no matter what I do. I have a loving mom who has always been there for me and allowed me to always be myself. And I also have supportive friends who love me and honor me. Their love means the world to me. And it’s easy to sometimes rely on their support rather than look within and be my own cheerleader.
And I started thinking about what would happen if we were each our own biggest cheerleaders? Rather than looking for love and support outside of ourselves, what if we turned inward and began to cheer ourselves on instead?
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May 24, 2011
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about our
happiness levels being the average of how happy our top few friends were. This is so interesting to me, and it really brought home the fact that we are all so sensitive to the energy around us. (You can read more about this
here.)
Because we are like sponges and tend to take on other people’s moods and emotions, I think it’s a good idea to be careful about who we let into our inner circle.
By surrounding ourselves with friends and loved ones who give us energy instead of take it away, we fill ourselves up by being around them instead of feeling depleted.
By surrounding ourselves with friends and loved ones who are positive and grateful, we raise our own vibration to meet theirs – and being more positive and more grateful is such a wonderful way to experience life!
By surrounding ourselves with friends and loved ones who are filled with happiness and pure love, we become happier and love flows more easily.
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I know that it’s not always easy to weed out your friends and family who don’t feed your soul. I know that ties run deep, and it can be hard to loosen the grip that they have on you.
But I also know that your happiness is worth it. You deserve to be happy and positive and radiant and grateful.
And if you are surrounding yourself with anyone who isn’t on this same path, it is only making it that much harder for you to be on yours.
Spend some time today thinking about who is in your inner circle.
Do they feed you or drain you?
And then begin the process of only allowing into your circle those who support you and feed your soul.
You are special, and your inner circle is a sacred space.
Be conscious about who you allow in.
And then celebrate being with those who celebrate you, who are happy, who support you, and who radiate love.
May 23, 2011
Today’s post is a continuation of yesterday’s post about
Mirror Work, where you say, “I love you” to yourself each time you pass by a mirror.
In addition to feeling a bit goofy and awkward, this exercise can also bring up feelings of insecurity. Your inner critic may appear and start pointing out all of your physical “flaws.” If this happens, here is a great writing prompt from our
Journaling Further Within book to help combat this voice and move on in a positive way:
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By choosing to focus on what we like about our appearance instead of picking out our so-called flaws, we give energy to positivity instead of letting our inner critic control our lives.
You could even take this exercise a step further if you would like.
The next time you are standing in front of a mirror, make sure you have a pen and notebook with you. Look at yourself from top to bottom and write down every single thing that you like about your body. Leave out anything
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May 22, 2011
I love that last month’s post about
Mirror Work is one of our most read posts.
I think this is so great because I feel that self care and self love are essential for lasting happiness, and mirror work is one way to begin to love yourself.
I hope you have been participating in my 30-day mirror work invitation:
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I have found that if you can commit to something for 30 days it truly becomes a habit, and you are much more likely to continue it throughout your life.
(That’s how I started this blog, actually. I committed to myself that I would do it every day for 30 days and see where it took me – and now I am almost at 100 days! It’s become such a crucial part of my routine that I would miss it if I didn’t write each day.)
And it’s the same with mirror work (or anything else you commit to).
Louise Hay (a woman that I truly admire and look up to) believes that mirror work is the essential most powerful ingredient toward self love and self esteem.
I was listening to
Hay House Radio last night and the wonderful Lisa Nichols was speaking about mirror work as well! (You may remember her as one of the prominent speakers in
The Secret.) A caller asked her what is the quickest way toward feeling worthy and deserving of love, money, happiness, etc.
This is what she recommended:
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I commit to you that…
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Imagine how loved, acknowledged, and validated you will feel after doing this each day!And remember that it’s completely okay if you don’t have seven things for each category. The point is to get into the habit of acknowledging yourself and praising yourself. If you have one thing that you are proud of, make sure you say it!
Mirror work is such a great way to start loving yourself and realizing just how wonderful you truly are! Give it a try today and see how it feels! Remember that it may feel awkward and silly at first, but keep at it! Soon it will feel completely normal and wonderful. And soon you’ll start to notice positive changes happening in your life – all because you have begun to put yourself back on your priority list.
And if you miss a few days, it’s okay! (I know that I definitely have.)
Just start up again and recommit to making self care a habit.
Your soul will be forever grateful!
