How I Ditched My Suicidal Thoughts, Shame, Distrust and Fear

For 35 years, I spent untold time every day quietly contemplating ways to do myself in. Even if the thoughts were only in the back of my mind. Thankfully, I never had even a fraction of the courage/stupidity to do … Continue reading

What Story Do You Repeat About Yourself Day In and Day Out?

If I asked you to tell me a story, what would you say? Most people I ask say, “I’m not a storyteller!” But you know what? You are. You’re the narrator of your very own, inner drama. The Show Special … Continue reading

Are You Intending to Create More Passive Income in 2013 than You Ever Have Before?

How would you like to stop struggling with money, as of 2013? WANT PASSIVE INCOME? EASILY COMING IN MONTH AFTER MONTH? YEAR AFTER YEAR? I want the year 2013 to be a pivotal year for you! How can it be? … Continue reading

What’s the Real Bottom Line? Is It Money?

Recently I was invited to take a position as a top expert on a very well-known website for people interested in self-growth. I felt pleased and honored, and am considering the position. It would mean more possible income and exposure. … Continue reading

Say Goodbye to the Chaos & Craziness of 2012, Bring in the New Rich, Fun, Happy 2013!

How about we start this next year with a FREEbie teleclass: Clear Out the Old, Make Room for the New! How about if you could say bye-bye to all your chaotic, crazy 2012 energy!?! You know, the energy that makes … Continue reading

It’s Not About the Guns!

I’m hearing people say, “stop allowing people to have access to guns.” But I wonder…. President Obama ended his speech today with this: “Heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds.” Is there any deeper call to action to … Continue reading

Half the Sky

I watched a documentary last night called Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Ever hear of it? It’s also the name of a book written by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, a NY Times reporter and … Continue reading

One More Week! Woohoo!

Malinda Zarate of EmboldenedHeart.com has been kind enough to leave my interview with her up for another week because of the hurricane. Woohoo! Thanks! If you have struggled with overwhelming feelings of anger, sadness, fear, etc. you’ll want to hear … Continue reading

“How DARE You Call Me A Dead Weight?”

I sent out an email to my list yesterday, asking people for feedback and input on issues they wanted to solve. At the end, I wrote this: “…if you’re not willing to put yourself out and do something for yourself, … Continue reading

Interviewed Today by Malinda Zarate at EmboldenedHeart.com!

I was so pleased to have been interviewed today by Malinda Zarate of EmboldenedHeart.com. She invites guests every month who she feels contributes to the invisible, energetic growth of our planet – what an honor to have been invited! We … Continue reading

Want to Publish Your Ebook? Heard About Kobo Book Publishing?

Kobo, a new place to publish your ebooks, like Amazon Kindle. You can get 45 to 70% royalties on your books, and you get paid once a month. Kobo seems to be a very good deal. http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/publishing-with-kobo-writing-life/ … Continue reading

Have You Cleared and Reset Your Money Set Points?

You’ve probably heard a lot of coaches talk about your money set points. Your money set points are those amounts that: •  you never seem to earn more than •  you always get down to a certain level before money … Continue reading

Art Success Update!

As you may know, I’ve been revving up my painting and carving for a few months now, as I simultaneously wind down to working with all but the bare-bones minimum coaching – occasional teleclasses, a couple of groups, and some … Continue reading

Shifting Gears into New Levels of Success and Fun

What a week! Once you make a commitment to change your life, watch out! Because change it will! Whew! When I decided to focus on doing and marketing my art more, things suddenly changed from feeling like a little trickling … Continue reading

ATTACKED!

I made a comment on a post on facebook the other day to which someone took HUGE exception. She replied calling me names, making accusations, etc. What I know about accusation is this: it tells me more about what a … Continue reading

Why Would an ‘EXPERT’ Take More Classes?

Yesterday, after I attended an excellent teleclass with the amazing Rebecca Marina. Not soon after it was over, I got an email from someone who knew of me and had heard my voice on the call. She said she was … Continue reading

Thanks for Helping Me Choose Images for This Year’s Holiday, Joy and Love Cards

A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to please help me decide which images were your top five to use over the holidays. I literally have hundreds of images to choose from, so it’s sometimes hard for me to … Continue reading

Coming Back to My Deepest Heart’s Passion: Painting and Carving Stone Sculpture!

Recently, I decided to return to the passions of my life: painting and stone sculpture. I had stopped carving and painting at the end of my time in New Zealand as Artist-in-Residence, in 2002. Over the last ten years, I … Continue reading

How to Write A Great Newsletter that People Love to Read and so They Eagerly Buy From You

Some of you have asked me why I don’t write every week. Because, you know, the marketing geniuses say, “you should keep yourself in front of your market, write every week….” Well, I’m very calmly and happily done with “I … Continue reading

Help Me Choose Images for Holiday and New Year’s Cards!

This year, I’m having five images of my artwork printed for holiday cards. (The image you see at the left is one image I pre-ordered to see how it looks – it’s awesome!) It sounds early to think of that, … Continue reading

Say NO to ‘too busy’

Have you ever wanted to write someone, but it just wasn’t Time yet? That’s what this entire last month since I wrote my last newsletter has been like for me. I’ve wanted to write, but each time I sat down … Continue reading

No Joke. Reach Millions and Make a Bigger Difference for the People You Serve

How do you reach over a million people on LinkedIn without stressing out, working like a slave or busting a gut in the effort or seeming hypey or spammy? The other day, I went into my LinkedIn account to look … Continue reading

Dr. Joann Dahlkoetter, Olympic Peak Performance Coach Shows How to Create an Olympic Edge

I was very honored last week to interview Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter, Olympic Edge peak performance Coach. Dr. Joann provides performance psychology, corporate training, and Performing Edge Coach Certification programs for CEOs, coaches, sports parents and athletes to help them reach … Continue reading

The Wave™ 2012 is Happening – Woohoo! Right NOW!

We’ve all heard tons and tons of talk about about how 2012 is supposedly a defining year for consciousness. I have to admit that, at first, when I heard all the talk and the big hooha about 12/21/12, I was … Continue reading

Kasey Traeger, Lady Tech Tamer: Use Video to Amp Up Your SEO

Guest article by my friend, Kasey Traeger, otherwise know as the Lady tech Tamer (thanks, Kasey!) In spite of the fact that the basic principles of search engine optimization haven’t changed in a few years, many business owners still seem … Continue reading

Kathleen Gage: How to Grow Your Biz Even if You’re Not Even Around!

I know you’ll love this! Kathleen Gage, an amazing online marketing and business expert, is my featured guest this week. Question: If someone you loved became ill and you had to take care of them, and stop paying 100% attention … Continue reading

Rachael Jayne Groover: Are You Standing Out, Fearless & Feminine?

If standing out has been a big problem for you… I know you’ve seen how more and more information is being loaded into everyone’s inbox every day. So it’s challenging to get your unique message heard…especially if you don’t understand … Continue reading