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2009-11-25T21:45:00.000-08:00

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Breaking the Seal: Inspired Action

2009-11-22T16:44:00.000-08:00

I figured if I didn't just go ahead and write a blog post, I might never do it again. Well, I suppose that is unlikely. However, I have been trying to use the Law of Attraction principle of aligning, getting inspired, and then taking action. I had not been feeling inspired to take action. I need to reconcile that with the desire to keep this blog updated on a regular basis.

Also, there has been a lot going on astrologically that has led me to feel very inward. So, I have gone with that. Following the energies. How about you? One of the more basic things seems to have just been the sun in Scorpio. Last night, the sun moved into Sagittarius, and I feel more inspired. I guess I felt inspired sometimes in the past month and a half. But I would get ideas, and then not have the time or inclination to push them this far out into the world.

I have also been considering some shifts in this site. (Some of them being, Manifest Laboratory: Now with more swearing and drinking!) I have been trying to figure out ways to make that happen. (Well, I can figure out the swearing and drinking. I am more thinking about my own domain and a redesign.) I have been ruminating on all of this. And stewing in Plutonic (Scorpio) juices. Perhaps I am pushing out again. Not to mention all the crazy, wonderful, but time-consuming stuff that has been going on with my husband Kevin's writing career. Lots of energy there. (Plan to write more on that later.) At any rate, I am here. That is a start. We'll see where it takes us.

You can also follow me on Facebook or Twitter. (My Facebook automatically feeds to my Twitter.) I tend to throw a lot of things up on Facebook b/c I'm a Facebook geek and I'm there most of the time anyway. That is a good place to check in if I ignore the blog for too long.

It's all a work in progress. Or, as Neale Donald Walsch might say, "We're making it all up." Good thing this is a laboratory! A friend today said that I am the intersection of motivation and relaxation. I rather liked that. Seems like inspired action.

Thanks for reading.

Dream Achievement

2009-10-10T16:37:00.000-07:00

Ahhhhhhh.

Sometimes it makes sense to just sit back and enjoy the wonderful things you've created. That's how I'm feeling in this moment. Big things have been happening in our lives. I have not been talking about them that much. I've been feeling a little more silent. (Keep meaning to write a post on silence, but it doesn't seem to come out! Ha!)

I just celebrated my seventh wedding anniversary. For some reason, seven seems like a big number. It seems much bigger than six. It seems like a relatively long time to be married. (I know, not long compared to some, but yes long compared to others. It's all relative.) Other than this one, the longest I've been in a relationship with one person was a year. So, seven years of marriage, plus two years of living in sin is pretty impressive.

We are living in the house of our dreams. (It is a work in progress, but still.) We have two wonderful children. We have a cute little dog. We have come pretty far in nine years. I feel, "Aaaaaahhhhhh."

One of our biggest accomplishments is that my husband, Kevin, is now a published writer. It's taken years of hard work. I suppose it didn't have to, if we'd just gotten our thoughts together sooner. But it's been a hill to climb, and we are climbing it together. Oddly, I feel pretty accomplished for his accomplishment. Is this what marriage is about? It feels good.

I guess this is all a reminder to stop and take time to look around you. I imagine you have created a life with wonderful dreams which came true as well. You may not have everything you think you've ever wanted, but the most you notice all the wonders you do have, the more wondrousness you will attract.

The biggest ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh of today is that Kevin's book came out on Amazon today (or yesterday? We're not sure!) This is it. This feels like the big time. This is where we see...it's all happening. It's really just the beginning for him. I feel sometimes like he's been interviewing for this job for seven years and now he just got it. Now he's got it and we're starting from the ground up. But I have faith. We're working from the inside out. We're working on feeling good. We are rendezvousing with an amazing group of people. It's been a fabulous ride and I truly believe it is just going to get fabulouser and fabulouser. (Yes, I'm making up a lot of words this post. I guess that's what happens when I don't write for a while...I forget how!)

So, if you've made it this far in this post, thank you! If you'd like to read Kevin's post on Dream Achievement today, click here. (I lifted the title from him.) If you'd like to check out his book on Amazon (I still can't believe it!), click the photo of the cover below. (Or here.)

And remember to appreciate your ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh moments. (We've also been saying EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! a lot. That's fun too.)

The Optimist Creed by Christian Larson

2009-09-25T19:46:00.000-07:00

This was inspiring to me today, so I thought I'd share it. I've read this before, but came upon it today in Joe Vitale's free ebook Attract Money Now.

The Optimist Creed was first published by Christian Larson in 1912. It was adopted (in a shortened version) by Optimist International in 1922.

The Optimist Creed

Promise Yourself…

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet.

To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, but in great deeds.

To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

Celebration of Results: ROTTEN LITTLE ANIMALS

2009-09-18T13:28:00.000-07:00

This post is only slight off topic, but like the good English major I was, I can make anything work.

Kevin Shamel's fabulous new book, ROTTEN LITTLE ANIMALS, is coming out in the end of October.

Click here to learn more about it and call dibs on your signed copy today!

Ok, so that was a bit of a commercial, but here's how it ties in to manifesting. That's my husband's book! And we've been working together for years on his writing career. It's all happening. Of course, he's been working at it a long time (and is incredibly talented if I do say so myself). But the real results began to come when we had some breakthroughs this spring around our thought processes. We really began to practice seeing, thinking, and feeling successful and happy. Now, it still required the work to be done, but it was then much more joyful, productive work. And now there's a book! So exciting.

If you like bizarre fiction at all, check it out!

The Book of Positive Aspects - An Abraham Process Video

2009-09-14T21:32:00.000-07:00

Abraham Hicks Rampage of Appreciation

2009-09-14T21:16:00.001-07:00

Silence

2009-09-14T21:08:00.000-07:00

Feeling a little bit like silence. Except for short bouts on Facebook. Goin' with it.

Mercury Retrograde Re-Run

2009-09-07T10:47:00.001-07:00

In honor of Mercury Retrograde (and the insane amount of things I have to do around my house currently), I'm rerunning a post I made about Mercury Retrograde last year. Enjoy!

From September 24, 2008:

Mercury turned retrograde today.

I feel compelled to share this with people. If you're not familiar, check it out here.

Anything starting with re- is generally a good thing to do during Mercury Retro. Read, relax, revise, remember, restore... You get the idea. (I've already re-vised this entry like 3 times!)

Generally, weird things happen that you think could be really bad and take a lot of time and sometimes some money, but usually aren't too serious in the end. Mercury is the trickster.

For example, today already, I dropped my coffee twice in the car on the way to work. It was a bother, but didn't hurt anything and I still had plenty of coffee left (thank goodness for lids)! A co-worker called in with a mysterious illness. She wasn't sure if she could make it in or not. She was trying to get in to the doctor, but didn't know if she could. She got to the doctor and they said they've seen this weird thing (We've seen it on her, too, she's not faking), but they have no idea what it is. She wasn't able to come into work. We had to cover her clients. There was some hustle, but it all worked out. One lady ended up coming in 25 minutes early for her appointment, which was perfect because that was the only time I had available to help her. It all works out.

My favorite watch-words for Mercury retrograde:
Patience
Humor

I decided that humor sounded like more fun.

My affirmation today is:
"Lots of funny things happen during Mercury Retrograde"

I've seen it happen already today. It's been pretty funny. I choose funny! Right as I decided that my affirmation for the day is "Lots of funny things happen during Mercury Retrograde," one co-worker who DID make it in, did the funniest little dance in greeting me. Law of attraction, Baby.

Intense-city

2009-09-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

I guess the title of this is a throwback to sometime in my youth (the 80s?) when we added "city" to things a lot. At any rate, has anyone else been noticing a lot of intensity lately? I know some of the astrological configurations that could be contributing to this feeling, but I won't bother going into that here. There are so many factors that can create intensity in our personal lives and society at large. I just tend to notice it because I see themes in the lives of the people I consult with on a daily basis. It's interesting to watch everyone coming in with the same issues in droves. Often mirroring my own issues, of course. (Law of Attraction, that one!)

So, what to do? It's simple, really. But not necessarily easy. The best thing I have found is: breathe, drink water, take walks, just be. If you can, try to find the positive in whatever situation you are in. If you're not feeling that, just be. It will help. The more you can be the calm center, the more you will attract calm.

I've found through trial and error that losing my calm doesn't generally help. Especially lately. I'm not sure if it's where I'm at or just the evolution of our planet, but I find lately especially, if I do what I call "throwing a tantrum", it all generally gets worse before it gets better. (For me, throwing a tantrum is going off on an angry rant, either to the object of my ire or someone else. Sometimes it involves crazy sobbing.)

There are a lot of schools of thought out there that will tell you how helpful it is to "get it all out". I guess that could be true. Thinking in terms of Abraham's emotional scale, if you are in depression (anger turned inward) and you move up to anger (anger turned outward), you are making progress! You will feel better. So, I guess for some folks, a good, old-fashioned tantrum IS progress. However, I'm usually hanging out a little more in the boredom - appreciation range (1-7 on the scale). So, going down to anger (17) or rage (19), doesn't make things better. I love the wisdom of the Abraham material. (See, there I go into appreciation! Yay!)

In addition to breathing, drinking water, and walking, I'd say to check where you are on the emotional scale and do whatever you can to find relief. Move up the scale in steps. Wherever you're at, it's ok. Wherever you're at is temporary. You always have a choice as to how you will react to things. Just stopping and letting everything swirl around you can help you realize that it's really all fine. You might even begin to enjoy the show. And then you will attract much better circumstances.

God is a Detective?

2009-08-31T11:46:00.000-07:00

This really cracked me up this morning. It's from Creativity: Unleashing the Forces Within (Osho, Insights for a New Way of Living.) I'm trying not to mention that I was in the bathroom when I saw this...

"The idea of God is that of a Peeping Tom who does not even allow you privacy in your bathroom, who goes on looking through the keyhole, watching what you are doing. This is ugly! All the religions of the world say God continuously watches you -- this is ugly, what kind of God is this? Has he got no other business but to watch everybody, follow everybody? Seems to be the ultimate detective!

Humanity needs a new soil -- the soil of freedom....Of course, you have not to interfere with anybody -- but as far as your life is concerned you have to live it on your own terms."

I'll take some abundance thinking with my fish and chips, please

2009-08-30T09:34:00.001-07:00

On Friday, I performed a rather mundane, usual task for me: picking up food for my family at a little burger dive. My mother, who lives with us, usually just gets a cheeseburger. This time, however, she decided she wanted the fish and chips. As I was waiting in my car in line, I looked at the big menu. $7.50? $7.50! $7.50! The cheeseburger is just $3.00. What is she thinking? (Well, she doesn't know.) We have 5 people to feed. And on and on and on. I really don't want to reactivate my first thoughts (I can feel it happening!), so I will stop there. I just wanted to give you an idea of what those thoughts were and how they felt.

Then I noticed how I felt as I was sitting there fuming about my mother's huge extravagance. Not good. Tight. Constricted. And, as I searched for new thoughts, a little relieved. What were the new thoughts? First, "She doesn't know this costs double." Second, "This is silly. We can certainly afford this." Third, "Why shouldn't she have what she wants?" And better and better.

I've been working on the abundance thing for a while. I sometimes get tripped up because I'm also the family bean counter. So, to a certain extent, I have to watch the dollars. (It got kinda bad when no one was watching 'em fly around.) But I don't have to watch 'em feelin' like that. And really, I imagine there is a future for us with feelings so abundant and in tune that the money can fly around and it will all work out beautifully. (See, just got myself to an even better feeling thought!) I think the watching of the dollars helped me feel abundant for a while. By this I mean, planning a budget and tracking every little thing in financial software. Because I had a plan, I KNEW it would work out. It made me feel better. And then I got to feeling constricted about the plan. So, I had to back off on it a little. It's a work in progress.

The point is, whatever your issue, it's an ongoing process. Being conscious of your feelings in the small moments can really helpful in identifying where you're at, and making a change for the better.

Fish and chips for everyone! (Hey, is this getting biblical?)

Following the clues from your inner being: grinding

2009-08-28T10:25:00.000-07:00

So, as you may have noticed, I've been mostly setting up the services I want to offer here at Manifest Laboratory. I wanted to take a moment and create a post that was not about that in the midst of all this set-up, though!

Basically, I like to post things as they are happening to me, as they occur to me. I like to live in the now and share that. What is happening now is that the universe seems to be coaxing me into all of this. It's really quite lovely. And a little bit scary. I'm being coaxed away from my day job, which is part love and part grind. I'm being coaxed into creating my own way, which will hopefully be all love, no grind. (Well, that sounded wrong! Ha. Don't tell my husband.) I guess I do hope there is some grinding. But see, this is exactly why I want to have my own thing. If I want to discuss grinding, let's do it! Whoa. Ha, these verbal plays are just rolling right out of me. But, I digress.

The real point of this post (I think) is to watch for clues from the universe and act on them. I have been enjoying that immensely. When I discussed that with my husband this morning, he agreed that he is doing that as well. When we do that, life tends to flow for us. It is mysterious and lovely and fun. Things happen in the most interesting and beautiful ways. I just realized I titled this "clues from your inner being" and now all I've talked about is "clues from the universe". I guess to me they mean the same thing. Everything you see "out there" is really a reflection of what is on the inside.

Having said that, what clues have you followed? Where have they led you? How much grinding have you done? (That last one is rhetorical. ;) )

Open-ended Vibrational Tune Up

2009-08-28T09:41:00.000-07:00

As I've been working with the 15-minute Vibrational Tune Up, it's come to my attention that sometimes more time is necessary! To that end, I'm also offering the Open-ended Vibrational Tune Up. The concept is the same as the 15-minute Vibrational Tune Up, but without the time limit.

Basically, our goal in the session is to raise your vibration and help you find a better-feeling thought on whatever subject you choose. (Or perhaps even more than one.) We can also explore ways to keep the new thought active in your consciousness. My guess is that these sessions will find their natural end time. We will know when we are done. I doubt many will go beyond the 45-60 minute range. However, I'm willing to play it by ear and give the process the time it needs. Either party can choose to end the session.

Partially because I'm leaving the time open-ended, I've decided to offer this service on a donation basis. (Suggested donation is $1/minute.) Give what you can or what you feel the service was worth after the session. This policy subject to change.

Wanna give it a go? Schedule your session

I look forward to working with you!

Still immersed in The Vortex

2009-08-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

I'm greatly enjoying the newest offering from Abraham-Hicks: The Vortex: Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships. It's one of those books I can't help but read with a pen in my hand. And continually quote on Facebook. I think it's also taking me longer because I keep reading it before bed. When I get tired, I can't help but think, "What would really make me feel good right now?" And the answer is often "Sleep". It's nice have reinforcement in making good choices in the now, so I go with it.

The focus of this book is on relationships, which literally touches on almost everything in our lives. Like many of the Abraham-Hicks books, a regular Abe reader will have heard much of what they are saying before. However, it's generally put together in different ways, with some new tidbits and much humor thrown in. I've been reading it in small pieces, savoring the experience. I also find the repetition to be very helpful in integrating the information into my life. Great stuff.

THE VORTEX: the newest book from Abraham-Hicks

2009-08-18T21:23:00.000-07:00

I am only 9 pages into this book, but I am already loving it and quoting it all over the place, so I figured I might as well share it here. If you are at all drawn to it, I suggest you get The Vortex: Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships.
Enjoy!

Take a break

2009-08-18T20:14:00.000-07:00

I had an intense weekend. A lot of things came to me that I posted on here. A lot of things happened (or didn't happen!) in my day-to-day life. It was intense. At the end of it all, I had to just ask myself, "What do I do now?"

Myself answered, "Take a break."

Awesome. Good advice, Self. So, I pretty much did that. I gave myself some time and space to do what I wanted. I try to do that as much as possible these days, mostly because it's what I'm trying to create. More time. More freedom. More leisure. More fun.

As I've been experimenting with that, I realized just how many of the things on my to-do list are truly negotiable. I think sometimes we get stressed out under all the "shoulds" in our lives. As my friend said today, "Don't should all over yourself."

Of course, there are some things we really have to do in our lives. But, as one of my high school teachers was fond of saying, "All you really have to do is occupy space and die."

With that in mind, when we want a break, I think it pays to stand back and create it for ourselves. How many of the things we "should" be doing are self-imposed? In what ways can we free ourselves? The answers you come up with might surprise you.

New Coaching Brainchild: 15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up

2009-08-16T01:23:00.000-07:00

15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up*

A 15-minute IM experience designed to raise your vibration on whatever subject you choose. (done in Skype.)
We will start from where you currently are.
We will reach for thoughts and words that create relief.
We will reach for better-feeling thoughts and words.
We will do the best we can to help you move up the emotional scale.

Reasons to schedule a session:

Feeling down about something
Needing extra support for something you'd like to draw into your life
Feeling stuck
Feeling confused
Wanting to create a positive outlook on a situation

The goal of this experience:

Give you a new perspective on whatever issue you choose.
Give you a better-feeling thought on which to focus regarding your situation.
By raising your vibration, you change your point of attraction and create new (and better!) results.

Simple.
Profound.
Effective.

Your cost for the 15-Minute experience: $15.

(Before paying for your 15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up, please review to the Coaching Disclaimer. Your payment for your session will be taken as agreement to this disclaimer. Thank you!)

After purchasing your 15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up, you will be taken to a page which will give you instructions on how to set up your appointment. I look forward to working with you!

*Inspired by the work of Abraham-Hicks

Coaching Info: Index

2009-08-14T19:00:00.001-07:00

Coaching Philosophy
Coaching Disclaimer
15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up
About Me
Schedule Your Session Now

Coaching Info: Coaching Philosophy

2009-08-14T14:22:00.001-07:00

My goal is to make coaching more accessible to people. I think the world would be a better place if we all had access to good, affordable support when we need it.

To this end, the online model of coaching I'm working with is meant to be easy, fun, inexpensive, and more or less anonymous. I work on a session by session basis, with the information you give me in the now. I don't keep detailed records. You can have one session or multiple sessions, depending on what your needs are.

My goal is simple: I hope you feel better at the end of the session than when it began.

See Also:
Coaching Disclaimer
15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up
About Me
Schedule Your Session Now

Coaching Info: Schedule your Session

2009-08-14T14:09:00.000-07:00

If you would like to schedule an appointment for a 15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up, please email me at terri@shamelesscreations.com. Currently, Sundays, Mondays, and Fridays are the days I have availability. This is subject to change.

I may also be available for sessions "on the fly". By that, I mean that if you see me online according to Skype on this site, feel free to message me if you'd like to have a session right then. If I can accommodate you, I will. You can find me by searching "manifest laboratory".

If for any reason you cannot make your scheduled appointment, please contact me as soon as possible. I will generally give at least a 5-minute grace period for latecomers. More than that, and you may forfeit your appointment time.

I look forward to working with you!

See Also:
Coaching Philosophy
Coaching Disclaimer
15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up
About Me

Coaching Info: About Me

2009-08-14T09:37:00.000-07:00

I've been a coach in some way for most of my life.

When I was in college, I worked as a writing coach to fellow students.
For over five years, I worked as a presentation coach to volunteer docents.
For the past two years, I've been a personal coach in a corporate setting, seeing anywhere from 50-80 clients per week.

I have been a spiritual seeker (and finder) for most of my life. I believe we are ultimately responsible for everything in our own lives. I have been studying spirituality, manifesting, and astrology for over a decade. I practice using my intuition on a daily basis. I also practice staying grounded in reality and jumping into living my dreams from there. I believe we create our lives using the law of attraction. I work to use it more consciously and help my clients do so as well. Currently, the biggest influence on my law of attraction work comes from the work of Abraham, but I am open to multiple teachers and paths. I follow what feels right and makes sense to me.

Mostly, I believe that the life I live prepares me to work with others. I do my best to live a life of joy, peace, honesty, love, creativity, and fun. I work to create balance between my roles of self, coach, wife, mother, and friend. I have had challenges in life, as we all have, and have always come back to joy and love. I work to remain open and come from acceptance of all that is.

I believe in coaching as valuable support and guidance. I hope to make coaching more accessible to all through an affordable, easy, enjoyable online format.

If you are interested in learning more about me, read my blog. I believe the best coaching situations happen when there is a natural affinity between coach and client. I believe you will know whether or not you feel this affinity with me from perusing this site. If so, I look forward to working with you to create something wonderful!

Warmly,
Terri

See Also:
Coaching Philosophy
Coaching Disclaimer
15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up
Schedule Your Session Now

Coaching Disclaimer

2009-08-14T07:47:00.000-07:00

When we begin a coaching session, I ask you to agree to the following.

Neither Manifest Laboratory nor any of its staff can be held responsible in any way for any decision a person makes as a result of the coaching received.

Neither Manifest Laboratory nor any of its staff can be held liable in any way for any of the results of any coaching received or any decisions made or any actions taken by any client as a result of these decisions.

Coaching is not a form of therapy, and coaches are not required to be licensed therapists.

See Also:
Coaching Philosophy
Coaching Disclaimer
15-Minute Vibrational Tune Up
About Me
Schedule Your Session Now

Coaching Info is being written right NOW.

2009-08-14T07:34:00.000-07:00

Because of the current nature of this site, the info that I publish regarding my coaching practice will be coming through as blog posts. The first one is going to be a disclaimer. Don't be scared. I'm sure I don't need one of these for you. It's those other people out there. ;)

Regardless, for my own protection and peace of mind, I've decided to ask everyone who chooses to have a coaching session to agree to a disclaimer before we begin. It's a little legalese sounding, but the real gist of it for me is more than just my protection, but for the client to really take responsibility for his or her own choices and actions. Taking responsibility for your own life is key to understanding and using your own power, so we might as well start with that.

Feel Good: Remember the Physical

2009-08-13T09:35:00.000-07:00

Check out my new best friend: Pogo. Yes, I just named my rebounder. I am fully anthropomorphizing it. Yep. I guess it's all the Bizarro fiction I've been reading lately.

As many of you know, right now I'm very influenced by the teachings of Abraham. One of the basic tenets is to feel good. Because you attract what you are vibrating. When you feel good, you attract good things. When working with the law of attraction, I think the tendency is to focus on the mental or the spiritual. And Abraham does focus on the emotional a lot as well. It is our emotional guidance system that tells us if we are on the right or wrong track as far as what we'd like to attract. But I rarely notice anyone in law of attraction circles talking about the physical. So, I just want to remind us all to remember the physical.

I thought of that this morning because I was really excited to get on Pogo. (You know, I'm not sure about that name. It was the nickname of a kid I knew in grade school. It was a shortening of his last name. I like the name because I got it from this song sent to me by Michael Sherlock. But "getting on Pogo" still sounds weird to me, since I think of him as a 4th grade boy. I might have to rethink that.)

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Rebounding. I noticed that it just makes me feel good. I had the urge to do it when I got home from work yesterday. It was during that "I'm tired and vaguely annoyed because I just got home from a somewhat stressful day and I'm not fully integrated into my home life yet" time. A few minutes of bouncing sounded really good. I'd like to say I did it right then, but I didn't. I did do it later. And it did make me feel good. It seemed to change my physical chemical composition. It shook me up and made me feel tingly. A fellow rebounder told me that even just a few minutes of bouncing has beneficial effects. I can see that.

Here are some of the benefits of rebounding. The site is a little ghetto, but I did a quick skim and it looks like good info. Here's another one.

My main point is, if you want to improve your point of attraction, remember that enjoyable physical activity is a great option. By improving your point of attraction, I basically mean improving your mood. You cannot attract something better until you feel better. I know, it seems backwards, but that's the way it works. Everything in your experience is under your control. That's the blessing of the universe. (And sometimes the curse!) When we understand and consciously use the law of attraction to bring good things to us by feeling good, it is the blessing.

So, get out there and bounce, dance, run, walk, kick box, or scuba dive your way to a better life. I'm sure you can think of others. Feel good!

Video: Bashar -- Winning the Lottery

2009-08-11T20:27:00.001-07:00

I notice that people seem to be interested in how to manifest winning the lottery. (Of course.) I think it's somewhat fun. I would love to win the lottery. But I also love it as a law of attraction exercise. In my opinion, when used correctly, the law of attraction greatly increases your odds from the ones they list on the back of the ticket.

A friend of mine on Facebook posted this video a while ago. I've been thinking about it lately, so I thought I'd share it. I've not seen any of Bashar's other work, but I do like what he has to say about this.

More about the need for tenacity: universal gift?

2009-08-11T20:17:00.000-07:00

Today, as I was daydreaming in the midst of my day job, I had what I found to be an interesting thought. Now that I'm re-examining this thought, it's not that groundbreaking, but I think it still bears repeating.

What if the need for tenacity is a huge gift of the Universe? What if that is the way the Universe knows we mean business?

Conversely, what if you instantly got every little thing you thought you wanted? I can think of a few examples right off the top of my head that I thought I wanted, but upon short order decided, "no thanks". It's probably pretty helpful that every little thing we think we want does not immediately fall into our laps.

However, manifestation time does seem to get faster the more conscious and focused we become about it. Perhaps consciousness and focus are necessary prerequisites to speedy manifesting. Sure would make sense in a benevolent universe.

I love it when things make sense.

Just so you know.... Coaching

2009-08-10T23:21:00.000-07:00

I have had "write up coaching information" near the top of my to do list for the past week. I'm not sure what is holding me back. (Well, perhaps you just read about my day.) I guess it's all still percolating. I have not forgotten. I look forward to getting it all put together and starting this new episode.

Resistance, Lovely Resistance

2009-08-10T10:15:00.000-07:00

I titled this post at 10:16 am. It is now 10:26 pm. My 4 year-old son is finishing up his ice cream in the other room. I just ate mine. It's funny that I planned on talking about resistance today and then had this day.

Most of us encounter resistance at some point or another. I was planning to talk about mine this morning. And then I created some more. That crazy law of attraction. I probably shouldn't even talk about it now, but I cannot resist finishing this post 12 hours later with the knowledge of how my day went.

The resistance I planned to talk about was regarding wanting to quit my job. Indeed, planning to quit my job. It's been a crazy ride, just thinking about it. I seemed to be getting a lot of support for the crazy "leap and the net will appear" scenario I was planning. Until I told my mom.

Insert horror music here.

Yes, I am 37 years old. But, yes, my mom does live with us. So, I feel somewhat obliged to take her feelings into account. Notice I did say "into account". I still haven't told her that when I said, "Ok" after her fear-soaked rant to me about "making ends meet" and "the state of the economy," that I meant, "Ok, I heard you," and not, "Ok, I'm going to do what you want."

My intuition had told me that Friday was to be the day that I should give my 2 weeks notice. After the fear-soaked rant, I've just stopped thinking about it. I'm not sure what I'm going to do. But I felt I needed to let it sit. I needed to do things that made me feel good. I needed to let the fear slide off me.

And I started to think about resistance. And I started noticing that I kept reading about the importance of the focus of the mind. And being tenacious. I was listening to an interview with writer Kevin L. Donihe, who discussed the importance of being tenacious as a writer. (Great word, so I have stolen it. He is an excellent wordsmith.) I've been reading Russell Brand's autobiography, (another excellent wordsmith), and he talks about the importance of tenaciousness in a number of places. And my own husband, Kevin Shamel (yet another amazing wordsmith), has had to be tenacious for years to get where he's gotten (about to have his first book published).

What do we do when we encounter resistance? Just keep at it. If you have to, alter your course, but don't give up. I might need to alter my course of action. But I will keep at it. I will create more freedom and more money and more love and more fun.

Just for fun (see how fast that was?), I will tell you that I ended up spending about six hours getting my husband's website started today. After that, I multi-tasked making brownies and scrambled eggs. I was so proud. (I haven't been very domestic lately.) Just as I was putting the eggs on my son's plate, I noticed that they smelled a little funny. I asked my mom if she thought so. Yes. I checked the expiration date on the package: over a week ago. The eggs AND the brownies (made with the same eggs) had to go right into the compost. Ack.

I persevered. We got fast food. My order was so wrong I could not even eat it. But we did go to the store and get brownies. Ahhh. And ice cream. I had the ice cream already. Maybe I'll go have a brownie. Oh wait, I'm getting sidetracked. But that was the kind of day it was. However, in the end, all has ended well. Because through it all, especially the six hour website fun, I persevered.

In fact, in a somewhat sweet turn of events, my son received a toy with his meal that he tried to manifest about 2 weeks ago: a stuffed bear. We had no intention of getting him another stuffed animal, and we have no fondness for stuffed bears. But there it was. When he said he wanted it a couple weeks ago, he even said that either we would get it for him or the universe would bring it. Funny, he didn't remember that he had wanted that, but we did. Good manifesting!

This day has been interesting. I'm not sure exactly where I'm going. I'm not sure exactly how I'll get there. I just know I will move forward, thinking of tenaciousness. I will let the resistance I encounter make me stronger and wiser and more appreciative.

But don't get me wrong, I'm willing to take things that come easy, too! (Maybe that will set me up for a more pleasant day tomorrow.)

Now, smooth sailing...

Thanks for your perseverance in reading this far.

Is anyone else's 4 year-old up at 11:00pm still?

What about "opposites attract"?

2009-08-07T15:57:00.000-07:00

This morning I awoke thinking about the concept of opposites attracting.

As far as conscious creation goes, I've been mostly working with and talking about the law of attraction. Simply stated, the law of attraction is "like attracts like". But what about "opposites attract"? We've all heard that (and seen to a certain degree) our whole lives. How do we reconcile the two?

To begin with, the two ideas are not necessarily logically mutually exclusive. You can have opposites attract and likes attract, right? My thinking is yes. However, my studies in astrology have taught me a deeper truth that makes sense of this apparent paradox. Opposites are actually two sides of the same coin. Opposites by their very nature have something in common. Opposites are like a continuum of the same idea.

You may ask for an example. Well, lets say astrologically speaking we are talking about the opposite signs of Pisces and Virgo. (The moon is in Pisces today and I've been talking about Pisces a lot.) If we talk about the trait of details as related to these two opposite signs, we would say that Virgo is all about details and Pisces sometimes can only see the forest and not the trees. (And even then sometimes the forest is kinda hazy.) So, it's opposite. But the whole thing is still focusing to some extent on details. There's the like inherent in the opposites.

Like attracts like AND opposites attract. Nice.

I just manifested myself a phone

2009-08-05T13:49:00.000-07:00

This is so freaky. But so cool. I've been wanting a new phone. But I use the one I have now about once a month. I know, I am a freak. I couldn't really justify the expense. So I get on Facebook and see that one of my friends is selling pretty much the exact phone I was considering. But I'm still having a hard time justifying it. I mean, I am quitting my job, right? I start thinking of making him an offer somewhat less than his "buy now" price. As I'm thinking this, he writes to me with the exact price I'm considering.

I'm thinking, "Well, maybe this is a sign." But, getting back to the whole "I don't really use my phone and I maybe shouldn't spend money on something I don't use right now," I am thinking I probably shouldn't buy it. When I still can't justify it, he tells me he will give me the phone for a little bit of PR work. I felt a little weird about it at first, but then I realized that's just the way of the universe. So, right on. I'm getting a new phone!

Thanks universe!
Thanks friend!

A little bit of background on this situation. It's been a few months since I even thought of that phone. I had given up on it. Sometimes that's how it works.

Be a Spiritual MacGyver

2009-08-05T07:21:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows me knows I'm thinking of quitting my day job. Anyone who's read here probably knows that. Well, it's getting closer. The ole intuitive vibes have been pushing me to do something SOON. So, I'm thinking of things I could do to be of use other than working a day job. This blog is part of it. The online coaching that I'm planning is part of it. I'm considering doing some astrological consulting. I know my intuition is key. I know I need to work with that. I still haven't fully decided whether or not I'm going to be an eco consultant. Wow. What a bunch of crap. My rational mind says, "Specialize! Focus!" Maybe that is what I'm meant to do. But this morning I felt like I needed to be a spiritual MacGyver. Just use what I have. (Sydney Bristow from Alias comes to mind as well. Love her.) So, I'm pondering that.

Good thing this is a laboratory. I'm just tryin' shit out and seeing how it goes. Sorta. (Also planning to practice focus.) Wow. There's that paradox thing again. Interesting.

Sometimes I don't want to talk about this stuff

2009-08-04T22:05:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I think I understand why some spiritual traditions talk about God as G-d. It baffled me at first. But it just seems too big to talk about sometimes. It seems like I can feel it and understand it ("it" being something goddish in nature), but when I try to make words they come out, "garble garble flap waggle plab."

How could anyone possibly understand The Infinite in words? I know what I sense. I know what I experience. Is it overkill or underkill to try to discuss? What is the point? Who is it for?

Sometimes I think a cave-dwelling existence might suit me more. But I guess not. So, I plug along.

Sometimes I feel like all of this manifestational stuff has been talked to death. And sometimes I feel like NO ONE knows it or gets it. So how can it have been talked to death? Sometimes it feels like new age tripe and I will come off as a new age tripe purveyor. And that is when I retreat to my cave, hording my Self to myself. But I know it is not tripe. I know it.

And every once in a third eclipse, I talk about those feelings. Maybe I should not be so true about this. Maybe I should not be vulnerable. Maybe I should not hit "publish post". I know the reality of the Law is that I should be focusing on what I do want. Not on this weird feeling. But here it is. So, it's going out. For now. Maybe someone else feels this way and needs to feel not quite so alone.

Isn't this post the antithesis of everything I'm doing? Oh well, must continue on. Paradox happily survives our plane.

Good night all. Full moon (eclipse) fever seems to have struck. See you in dreamyland.

Space Chick is by Ed Mironiuk

2009-08-03T21:37:00.000-07:00

Doy. I meant to give Space Chick artist Ed Mironiuk some major props for his faboo art, but I got all stuck in my head about what I was saying.

To see more of Ed's Fetish Tattoo Pinup Art, click here. (Clearly, he's amazing.) From that lead-in, you are forewarned some of his stuff is more for grown ups, if ya know what I mean.

(I posted this separately instead of just editing the original post, because I think if anyone is reading this on Facebook or from a different feed they only get the first version.)

It's not about following the rules. It's about following your heart.

2009-08-03T21:19:00.001-07:00

Hold on to your hats, manifestational world, I've got a biggie comin' atcha...

I believe my vision board is coming down.

I want it to work. I don't want to give up on it. But quite frankly, I'm a little sick of it. It's been up in front of my desk for over 2 years now. I don't think I've really gotten any of the things on it yet. Hmmm. Not sure if I'm doing anything wrong. They are "supposed to" work, right? They are "supposed to" work even as a subconscious thing, I thought.

Well, I found a new piece of artwork that I would like to use to replace the defunct vision board.

For some reason, I feel she is going to inspire me more than my vision board. I love her. She's beautiful. She's unique. She's sexy. She's holding a freakin' gun! That's so funny. I'm not into guns! But it is an old-timey Buck Rogers gun. How can you not love it? And I feel like it reminds me to embrace the things that I don't think are me in order to be more. Or in order to just be the ALL.

It reminds me of that phrase, "If you see the Buddha, kill him." I've seen some interpretations of that phrase that don't please me for some reason. To me, it means that we cannot take anything for granted. Everything the Buddha is about is to not kill. But if we take it too seriously, if we get stuck in dogma or hero worship, we are lost.

So, I've got my Buck Rogers gun all trained and ready for if the Buddha comes a-knockin'. And I'm gonna use it to take down the ole vision board.

And I might just need some pink hair before all this is over.

So, how will this help me more than my vision board? I guess because I am just seeing past my vision board now. It's just a jumble of stuff. Space Chick has more meaning, more oomph, more soul. She makes me HAPPY. And that's the best thing.

Abraham on disciplined thought

2009-08-02T10:10:00.000-07:00

So cool. As I was writing my last post, I was wanting to explain how it works that you control your point of attraction and that is what makes all the difference in your life. It seemed too complex for me to try to explain. I just happened to head over to see the Abraham quote of the day, and the quote did it for me. Ha! So here it is...

When you begin to understand Law of Attraction, and you understand that which is like unto itself is drawn, then it is easier and easier to understand that you are offering a signal, and the entire Universe responds. And when you finally get that, and you begin to exercise some deliberate control about the signal that you offer, then it really begins to be fun, because then you recognize that nothing happens outside of your creative control. There are no things that happen by chance or by circumstance. There is nothing that is happening because of something you vibrated a long time ago or in a past life. It is not about what you were born into. It is only about what you are, right now, in this red hot fresh moment emitting.
--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Seattle, WA on Saturday, June 20th, 1998

Everything Starts with (Disciplined) Thought

2009-08-02T09:25:00.000-07:00

Everything starts with a thought. I woke up with that thought in my mind. I began to ruminate on it. I believe this is true. Thought is the first thing. It is akin to vibration. In my mind, they are close, yet not the same. And your vibration is your point of attraction. What does this mean on a practical level? To me, it means it is important to be disciplined in our thoughts. I have seen this make a big difference in everything that happens around me. It's the most awesome magic.

Yet "discipline" sometimes feels almost like a dirty word to me. I can't seem to decide. I sometimes want to be disciplined and I sometimes very much don't want to be disciplined. I know when I am, everything runs smoother. Perhaps the answer is in changing my thought about discipline. Or perhaps it is in following my intuition about what I need right then: discipline or not. But mostly, what I am thinking about in these situations when I rebel against discipline is discipline of ACTION. (Is the word discipline starting to look and sound weird to anyone else? You know how that is when you say or write a word too many times? All of a sudden, I was like, "What a WEIRD word!")

Anyway, back to what I was saying. I think I may have just figured it out. I can see how discipline of ACTION comes and goes in how it feels. Sometimes I want to and sometimes I don't. However, discipline of THOUGHT and VIBRATION always feels good to me. Why is that? Because it always yields results. It is consistent with the law of attraction. It does not matter what you are DOING so much as what you are BEING while you do the things you do. When disciplined action comes from an inspired place, it feels good. When it comes from a forced place, not so good. When we discipline our thoughts, everything around us falls into place. Life flows. We are inspired to take action and that action yields us the results we want. And sometimes it doesn't even matter because inspired action in and of itself feels good. (All this thought of my mine here and directly below is most likely inspired by Abraham.)

Because, really, it is all about feeling good. When we feel good, we attract good. It is sacred selfishness. And it spills love out to the whole world.

So let the dishes sit if you must, but focus on wonderful, happy thoughts of clean dishes. Before you know it, those dishes will get done. Either by you in a happy way or someone else. Or you'll just decide to be happy and not care about the dishes. I have seen this happen in myself a number of times. When I look at something in my home in distaste, it persists. I have no desire to deal with it. When I look at it and think, "Ok, what is it that I DO want?" When I think, "I want that surface clean and tidy," then it changes my feeling and I am now compelled to clean and tidy it. And feel good about it. Or someone else comes along and does it (which is fun, too.)

This post again inspired by Christine Kane by way of Amy. Thanks ladies. As Christine says in that article, I had no idea what I was going to write when I started this post. But, this is just what I do.

Have a synchronicitous day

2009-07-31T21:35:00.000-07:00

Allrighty. So every little thing is telling me to leap and the net will appear. And I just received the book Fearless Living: Yoga and Faith.
Then I hear a song in the background that I'm liking. I can tell it is Pink Floyd, but I'm not familiar with it. I click over to my Pandora (from whence the song comes), only to find it is called Fearless.

Really cool lyrics, too. They are displayed in the info. Looks like the song was made in 1971. I was made in 1971 as well! (Came out in 1972, though.) Ha.

And then, as I was writing all this, the subject of skiing came up. And I had to tell my friend I've always feared skiing. Too funny.

Fun world. Enjoy the video. (I do not intend to start skiing, although I may do other things I've feared in the past.)

Manifestory: Window Magic

2009-07-31T15:50:00.000-07:00

I wasn't planning on writing today. But Christine Kane has inspired a tad bit of discipline, so what the heck. (Thanks, Amy.)

Here's just a little manifestory.

Today, I went walking with a dear friend of mine. When I met her at our agreed-upon walking place, she was having troubles getting her car window to shut. I just watched her. Didn't say much. She wasn't sure she was going to be able to shut it. She was a tad concerned because she had some items for camping in the back that she didn't want prey to thievery. I just watched, thinking, "That window's just gonna shut for her." She was putting it down a little and up a little. Each time it would go up a little more. She seemed ready to give up on it. I just kept thinking, "That window's just gonna go right up." And sure as shit, it did.

Enjoy practicing some magic in your day. If you feel like it, tell us about it!

If you build it, they will come

2009-07-29T14:04:00.000-07:00

Allrighty, so that's a cheesy line from the film Field of Dreams. I'm not even sure if I ever saw that film. But, I like idea. It keeps coming to me.

Lately, I've been getting back in touch with my intuition. That feels good. I'm all about feeling good. Following my intuition creates more fun, ease, and mystery in life. You can't necessarily see how things are going to turn out, but you know they will.

So, I've been really wanting to quit my day job. I've just been waiting until my husband gets a book or two published or whatever he needs to do to start supporting us. He is on his way with that, so I've kinda just been waiting. However, today I just started thinking, "What if..." I thought I didn't want a different job because what I really thought I wanted was no job. Well, I think that may be true. However, what's wrong with a BETTER job in the interim? The trouble was, I was having a hard time envisioning what might be better.

So, I got stuck.

And that was so silly.

Today, I began to envision what would be better. Here is what I envisioned:

* I work 10-15 hours/week.
* I work from home or wherever.
* I can look, act, or dress however I like.
* I make at least $60/hour. To start.
* I work when I feel like it.
* I play when I feel like it.
* Work feels like play.

Now that sounds like a job worth having. Maybe I'll even keep it when I achieve Trophy Wife status. Maybe.

If I truly believe in Law of Attraction (which I do--I've seen it work hundreds of times), why can't I create this? Of course I can! (Another thought was "Why didn't I just create the Trophy Wife job I am also after?" But oh well. The intuition is leading me here. Maybe I am more than a trophy wife. Ha.)

I've been feeling like I would move on from my regular job. I didn't see how. Once I was willing to move forward with the feeling of quitting my job for something better, better ideas of jobs began to come to me. My intuition was telling me to just quit. It actually gave me a specific date the other day, which really rather freaked me out. (It's soon!) But now it is giving me a more specific plan and the understanding that no matter how I do it, all is well. I can transition quickly or I can transition more gradually. All is well. I will get there either way.

Ahhhhhh.

So, what is it?
I'm not totally sure yet!
Ha.
I'm planning the following:

* Law of Attraction coaching using Skype
* Astrological coaching separately or as an adjunct
* Possibly proofreading/editing services for things I'd like to read
* Possibly writing projects

Fee: $1/minute(to start)

I have to get on with figuring out all the details of how it will work, but first I wanted to declare it.

Universe, you are on notice: I'm creating new dharma that I love! I do what I want when I want. My husband and I are free to pursue our creative, abundant, fun destinies. We get paid well. I live a healthy, balanced, creative, fun life. It's getting better and better.

Back from Beyond

2009-07-29T14:02:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

I just had some quasi-forced time off when my laptop screen up and died. Then it was held captive at the computer shop for about a month. Throughout this time I've been ruminating and ruminating.

More to come...

Life of Leisure

2009-05-31T07:27:00.000-07:00

Life of leisure
Life of leisure
Life of leisure
Life of leisure
life of leisure
life of leisure
life of leisure
life of choice
life of freedom
life of beauty
life of love
life of happiness
life of joy
life of fun
life of purpose
life of peace
life of relaxation
life of love
life of joy

Wish List to the Universe

2009-05-29T08:33:00.001-07:00

I know I am choosing financial freedom.
Let's have some fun with that.
What is that going to get me.
What do I REALLY want?

To do what I want when I want
To get what I want when I want
Pay off all debt
Pay off house
Hot tub
Sauna
Beautiful yard
Grandmotherly housekeeper/nanny who cooks healthy food, and also cooks Mexican from scratch
A trip to Santa Cruz with Christine wherein we go to the Saturn Cafe in our jammies
A visit to Damanhur
Solar panels
Wind turbine
Buy gifts for friends whenever I want
A trip through the wine country
More time alone with my husband
Go out to breakfast, lunch, or dinner whenever I want
Fun trips with the kids
Bathroom remodel
House cleaned by someone other than me. Very regularly.
See the redwoods
Get my house organized (with help)
Beautiful yard
Egads, fencing! (for the yard, not self-defense)
Sleep in whenever I feel like it
Go to movies whenever I feel like it
Go the a nice warm beach where they serve me froofy drinks (or hardcore drinks) whenever I feel like it
sexy, flat stomach
Can I have both of those things? Yes.
Regular workouts
time to daydream
get extraneous body hair removed for good
get hair and nails and brows done whenever I feel like it. walk there.
fabulous new underwear on a regular basis
Living room redone. with help
Back porch
Makeup makeover. Minerals
Take kids to water park with friends (my friends, not theirs. ha.)
Martini parties with friends
Feasts on the lawn
Jetting to Milwaukee whenever I feel like it (hey, I'm from there!)
Reading whenever I feel like it
Salsa dance lessons
Classes/lessons for the kids. whatever they want
Effortless sound system for the house. hooks into our computers somehow

Guess that's it for now.
I'm sure I'll be adding, but I'm taking my kid to school now.
After that, me time! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I am healthy

2009-05-28T08:31:00.000-07:00

I am healthy
I am cared-for
I focus on the good
I think of the good
I easily maintain a vision of what I do want
I easily talk only of what I do want
I easily think only of what I do want
I easily attract only what I do want
I have plenty of time to relax and rejuvenate
Everyone around me wants the best for me
I am abundant
Abundance flows easily
All is well
I am worthy
I am happy
I am relaxed
I am at peace
My day flows
I follow the path of least resistance
I easily float downstream towards everything I desire
More ease
More beauty
More joy
More love
All is well

In Peace. In the Flow.

2009-05-26T07:26:00.001-07:00

Today is a great day.
Today is smooth.
I create my day.
All good things come to me.
I am in the flow.
I make great decisions.
All goes my way.
All is well.
I am strong.
I am healthy.
I am abundant.
I attract all good things.
I focus on that which I want.
All.the.time.
Nothing is more important than that I feel good.
I feel good.
I am happy.
I am free.
Today at work will be smooth and peaceful.
I will easily stand in my own space.
I create my schedule.
I am in control of my thoughts and therefore my mind.
I can say no.
Happily.
I am free.
I do what I want when I want.
I am free.
I am free.
I am free.
All is well.
The dawn is breaking.
My creations are coming to me.
I have created well.
I enjoy my creations.
I take time to stop and breathe.
I enjoy my day.
I laugh.
I love.
I experience miracles.
I am free.
Did I mention I am free?
Yes.

Calm, Relaxed, Focused, Fun

2009-05-25T11:33:00.000-07:00

Today is in the flow.
I do what I want today.
I am free today.
I have everything I need.
I am loved.
I am powerful.
I attract all good things.
I am wise.
I know what to do and when.
My path is clear to me when it is the exact right time to act.
All is peace.
Life is a joyous creation moment by moment.

The day of flying

2009-05-19T07:35:00.000-07:00

A friend recently shared a concept with me. She calls it "the flying state". The idea is that you stay in your happy, loving, blissful state regardless of your outer circumstances.

Flying state.
I can see how this would manifest great results.
However, beyond that, if you really get there, it kinda doesn't matter, don't it?

Flying state.
So, my outer results are really manifesting in cool ways.
But I need to be a little more patient, so this will be my focus today.
Flying state.

Joyful
Blissful
Happy
Fun
at Peace
Free
Comfortable

Flying.
This day.

Daily Focus 5/18/09

2009-05-18T10:17:00.001-07:00

This day.
This day is mellow.
This day is fun.
This day is filled with laughter.
This day flows.
This day is filled with love.
This day brings friendship.
This day brings happiness.
This day is accomplished.
This day is abundant.
This day does what it wants.
This day is free.

Daily Focus 5/14/09

2009-05-14T09:11:00.000-07:00

Today will be calm and mellow and flowing.
I go with the flow.
I have fun.
It is easy.
I bend time to suit me.
I get plenty of relaxation.
I envision myself free.
I am free.
Everything is falling into place.
It's just a matter of time.
And I am a master at bending time.
No problem.
I breathe through my day.
I am amazingly abundant.
All is well.
My life is a miracle.
I create it wonderful in every moment.

Interesting Results

2009-05-08T01:07:00.000-07:00

Ummmm. My husband got an incredibly interesting writing opportunity the day after I wrote my 2 weeks notice - 5/6. I shit you not. Wow!

Daily Focus 5/5/09

2009-05-05T07:25:00.000-07:00

Dear Employer,

I'm sorry but something AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL has happened and I no longer need this job. I appreciate everything you have done for me, and am happy to give you two weeks notice of my departure. Henceforth, I am doing as I please.

Sincerely,
Moi

Daily Focus 3/25/09

2009-03-25T07:23:00.000-07:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
This is the feeling I choose to cultivate today.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I am relaxed and in the flow.
I am free.
I have what I want when I want.
I do what I want when I want.
I think only of that which I choose to experience.
I allow others to help me.
I have lots of help.
My family is happy.
My family is helpful.
My husband is successful.
I am deciding what I want and focusing upon it.
I see myself free.
I see myself doing as I choose in ever moment.
I am the most powerful of all magnets.
All is well.
I am free.
I am financially free
I am time free
I am free.

Daily Focus 3/19/09

2009-03-19T09:38:00.000-07:00

Today is a great day.
Today I see life as I want it to be.
Today I vibrate in resonance with my goals.
Today I create my now reality and my future.
And it is great.
Our prosperity is growing by leaps and bounds
My husband is an ultra-successful writer.
I have lots of help
We enjoy quality time together as a couple and as a family
We spend time in Hawaii
We do what we want when we want
We get what we want when we want
I am financially free
I am utterly free
I am in the best shape ever

Daily Focus 3/17/09

2009-03-17T07:14:00.000-07:00

Today is the best day ever.
All of my power is now.
I do what I want when I want.
I have what I want when I want.
Our prosperity is blossoming.
Our abundance flows.
We are greatness.
Love surrounds us and flows through us.
My family is happy.
My family is healthy.
Kevin's back is healing.
I allow others to take care of me.
All is well.

Daily Focus 3/16/09

2009-03-16T09:24:00.000-07:00

Today is a great day!

I am happy.
My family is happy.
My husband is successful.
We are on our way to financial freedom.
All is well.
I am clean.
The house is clean.
Life is good.
Our abundance is overflowing.
We have everything we need and so much more.
There is love all around us.

Daily Focus 3/11/09

2009-03-11T06:32:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to all my Pisces friends out there! Today for Cara and Lynner!

No wonder today is going to be the best day ever, with such lovely people born on this day.

I choose my own vibration.
As I choose better and better thoughts and feelings, my life gets better and better and better.
I am rather good at this.
My life is quite nice so far.
It's only getting nicer.
This moment is all I have.
I am going to make the most of it.
I choose thoughts of freedom, love, joy, and abundance.
I focus my energy on freedom, love, joy, and abundance.

I see Kevin getting books published. It is joyous and freeing.
We have been working on this for years.
It is coming to fruition.
All our dreams are coming true.
He is a published author.
I do what i want.
Ha.
Whatever I want.
Whenever I want.
Freedom.
Abundance.
Joy.
Love.

Daily Focus 3/7/09

2009-03-07T06:28:00.000-08:00

Today I appreciate.
I chill.
I allow others to take care of me.
I allow all good things to flow to me and through me.
I am abundant.
I am free.
I am joyous.
I am healthy.
I enjoy life.
I have fun.
I live in the moment.
I am satisfied with what is and eager for what is to come. (Abraham)
All is well.
I am one with Source.

Daily Focus 3/5/09

2009-03-05T10:20:00.000-08:00

Today I am free
Utterly free
I have plenty of time to myself
I feel joy
I feel relaxed
I see beauty all around me
I have lots of help
People want to help me with all kinds of things
The universe lines up help for me in the most delightful ways
I cocreate my day and my life with ease and joy
I am abundant
I allow people to take care of me
All is well

Daily Focus 2/17/09

2009-02-17T06:25:00.001-08:00

Today is wonderful.
Everything will flow smoothly and gracefully and joyfully at work.
I will have all the help I need.
I have all the support I need.
I remember to focus on the good.
I focus on "What if..."
My family is happy and healthy.
All goodness comes to us.
We are all successful at our chosen endeavors.
My husband's writing career is taking off.
Lots of money is coming to him from it.
Life is fun.
Abundance comes to us easily and joyously.
I stay in an attitude of abundance at all times.
All is well.
I am free.

Daily Focus 2/14/09: 200th Post!

2009-02-14T06:25:00.000-08:00

Wowza.
200th post.
Today is a great day.
I am free.
My abundance is soaring.
My husband's career is on the move.
My health is phenomenal.
I easily release all that does not serve me.
I serve the universe.
I take what comes.
I give my all.
My family is healthy, happy, and harmonious.
All is well.

Daily Focus 2/13/09

2009-02-13T09:10:00.000-08:00

Today is a fabulous day!
Today I am in the moment.
I enjoy all I accomplish and experience.
My family is in harmony.
My house is looking and feeling and smelling better than ever (new candles!)
My abundance is all around me.
I am truly blessed.
All is well.
We are growing our abundance by leaps and bounds.
Today I allow all my abundance.
I allow whatever great things the universe wants to bring me.
I am ready for it.
I have been preparing.
It will be good.
My husband is wonderfully successful and abundant in his career.
I am free.

Daily Focus 2/12/09

2009-02-12T08:24:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.
I attract all good things.
I allow others to take care of me.
I groove into the vastness.
I allow the divine to bring me every good thing I have asked for.
My home is harmonious.
I am productive.
I feel happy.
I enjoy the moment.
I feel good.
My health and happiness are ever increasing.
My abundance is ever increasing.
My whole family is healthy and happy.
All is well.

Daily Focus 2/10/09

2009-02-10T07:15:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.
I live in the moment.
I feel good.
I enjoy the people around me.
I notice what is good in my life.
I create more good.
I know that I am free.
I am working towards more freedom. (Is that an oxymoron?)
My husband is creating wealth for us. Great wealth.
I welcome my abundance from all sectors.
My family is happy and harmonious.
All is well.

Daily Focus 2/8/09

2009-02-08T09:20:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.
I get everything accomplished today that needs to be accomplished.
My abundance is increasing.
My financial knowledge is increasing.
All good things come to me.
My husband is successful in his writing and art careers.
I focus on what pleases me.
I draw more of what pleases me to me.
All is well.

Daily Focus 2/7/09

2009-02-07T06:34:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.
Today I am grateful.
I live in the moment.
I attract all good things.
I appreciate.
I love.
All is well.
I notice that which pleases me.
I focus on that which pleases me.
I create more of that which pleases me.
All is well.
I am free.

Daily Focus 2/5/09

2009-02-05T09:19:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.
I enjoy every moment.
I radiate love.
I see through the eyes of love.
I attract love.
I attract abundance.
I bring out the best in those around me.
I notice that which pleases me.
I focus on that which pleases me.
I am magic.

Daily Focus 2/3/09

2009-02-03T07:25:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.

I focus on the love in my heart.
I enjoy every moment.
I look for the good.
I feel good.
Nothing is more important than that I feel good.
I see my friends flourishing.
My family is flourishing.
All is well.
Love reigns supreme.

Daily Focus 2/2/09

2009-02-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.
I use this day to create my own reality.
I manipulate time today.
Today is my day off.
I will use it to make my life better in a myriad of ways.
One way will be to strrrrettttccchhh time on my day off.
I will shrink time and make it go faster when I am working.
I am a magician. (The good kind. The best kind.)
Today I pay attention to that which pleases me.
I appreciate.
I focus on the good.
I create more good.
My life is great.
My abundance is flourishing.
I am learning so much.
I am at peace.
My body is getting leaner and stronger.
I am becoming more free.
I am becoming more beautiful.
I am having faith in my husband.
I am creating the situations of my choosing.
I am using the law of attraction to make my life pleasant, calm, joyful, and abundant.
I allow the universe to take care of me.
I allow others to take care of me.
I experience awe and wonder as I watch the universe move around me to my will.
It really is amazing.
It really is a great gift.
We are truly blessed.

Daily Focus 1/28/09

2009-01-28T07:16:00.000-08:00

I make the most of this day.
I follow the path of least resistance.
I am in the flow.
I listen to my intuition.
I allow others to care for me and take care of me.
All good things come to me.
My husband is a very successful author.
My family life is harmonious.
My home is getting cleaner and more organized all the time!
I appreciate!

Daily Focus 1/27/09

2009-01-27T06:30:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day!

Today I go with the flow.
All is well.
Take the path of least resistance.

My husband is quite the published author.
His career is growing by leaps and bounds.
We are on our way to financial independence.
I am learning about abundance every day.
I am experiencing abundance every day.
I am grateful for all my abundance!
Abundance surrounds me!

I see that which I want to see.
I enjoy my life.
Nothing is more important than that I feel good. (Abraham)
I feel good.
I appreciate.

Daily Focus 1/26/09

2009-01-26T13:46:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.

I feel good today.
I get whatever I need to get accomplished today.

I intend to see
I want to see
I expect to see
No matter who I am working with
No matter where I am
No matter what I am doing
I intend to see that which I want to see.
(Abraham)

I go with the flow.
I have fun.
I feel good.

Daily Focus 1/17/09

2009-01-17T06:27:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

I am in the flow.
All is well.
I am grooving in the vastness.
I take the path of least resistance.
Nothing is more important than that I feel good.

Daily Focus 1/14/09

2009-01-14T07:30:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I am floating through this day.
I am in the flow.
I follow the path of least resistance.
I say to everything and everyone I encounter (generally in my mind! :) )
I love you
Thank you
I appreciate you
Bless you

All is well.

Daily Focus, 1/13/09

2009-01-13T07:15:00.000-08:00

Our friend, planet Mercury, has gone retrograde again to have a little fun with us.

Here is my Mercury Retrograde focus:

Be patient
Find humor
Go with the flow
Follow the path of least resistance

I found humor and the path of least resistance to be very helpful last Mercury retrograde. Here we go again! (Again.)

Mostly Daily Focus. Ha! 1/10/09

2009-01-10T05:41:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.

Today I radiate effortlessness.
Today flows.
I have plenty of help.
Everyone is where they need to be at the right time.
All goes smoothly.
I feel accomplished.
I feel happy.
I feel in the flow.
I allow divinity to work through me.
I keep my focus on love and appreciation.

It's a beautiful day.

Daily Focus 1/8/09

2009-01-08T09:37:00.001-08:00

Today I am connected.
I am in the flow.
I welcome the divine into my life.
I transform.
I say "I love you" to the world all day.
I say "I'm sorry"
I say "Please forgive me"
I say "Thank you"
And I throw in another "I love you" for good measure.

Sometimes it is just
I love you
Thank you
Bless you

I try on the eyes of God and they feel good.
So I keep trying
Until I think of Yoda.
Then I just do.

Daily Focus 1/7/09

2009-01-07T06:32:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.

I am in the flow.
I am connected to Source.

I love you.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.

This is my response to life.
Especially
I love you.
Thank you.
Bless you.

Daily Focus 1/6/9

2009-01-06T07:16:00.000-08:00

I'm stickin' with this for now:

I love you
I'm sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you
I love you

Peace out.

Daily Focus 1/3/09

2009-01-03T06:23:00.000-08:00

I have been inspired to take time off from intentions (perhaps indefinitely) in favor of rekindling a more direct, immediate, and useful connection to the divine. I have always had challenges with manifesting in knowing what is best for me. I often have direct preferences, but not always. Especially in these cases, it is best to surrender the decision to a higher power. Source energy will come up with something, generally far greater than I would or could imagine.

As such, I am sticking with:

I love you
I'm sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you
I love you

This is the ho'oponopono path. I have been learning of this path from this book, written by Joe Vitale and Dr. Hew Len:

In this path, one takes 100% responsibility for one's life. Everything that comes into my life, I created or attracted in some way. Therefore, I take responsibility. If I do not like something, I ask forgiveness of myself that the divine may transmute it into something more divine. Usually, love. The words above are spoken to self because everything in the outer world is a reflection of the self. They are spoken incessantly, internally, and externally. They bring peace. They bring flow.

As Dr. Hew Len says,
Peace of I

So, you may be reading those words from me a lot. That could be a good thing.

Daily Focus 1/2/09

2009-01-02T10:13:00.000-08:00

I love you
I'm sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you

Read more here:

Daily Focus 12/30/08

2008-12-30T07:03:00.000-08:00

I attract clients who are abundant.
There are more than enough of these clients.
I attract lots of clients who choose to be successful.
I attract lots of clients who are willing to make changes.
I attract lots of clients who respect me and my time.
I attract lots of clients who are fun to work with.
I have plenty of help.

I can say I feel better about this today. :)

Mostly, however, the thing I wish to attract is:
I do what I want when I want.
I get what I want when I want.
I am abundantly free.
My family is easily taken care of, financially and otherwise.
I have plenty of money.
I have plenty of time.
I have plenty of fun.
I have plenty of freedom.
All is well.
Nothing is more important than that I feel good.
All is well.
I am creating the best future possible.

Daily Focus 12/28/2008

2008-12-28T10:31:00.001-08:00

Today is a great day.

Today is mellow.
I am happy.
I am healthy.
I am peaceful.
I enjoy today.

I feel like using my 6 phrases.

Feel Good
Live Now
Be Present
Be Fabulous
Enjoy Abundance
Savor Life

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Daily Focus 12/27/08

2008-12-27T07:04:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I attract clients who are abundant.
There are more than enough of these clients.
I attract lots of clients who choose to be successful.
I attract lots of clients who are willing to make changes.
I attract lots of clients who respect me and my time.
I attract lots of clients who are fun to work with.
I have plenty of help.

(Basically, we have been attracting a big ole break and home and work with the weather. Having reread the above affirmations, I can tell ya, I'm feeling a little bit resistant. The idea of "lots of clients" is a little daunting right now. Hmmmm. I'll just sit with that for now.)

I'm regaining my energy.
I'm regaining my focus.
I am in the right place at the right time.
There is more than enough.
I am happy.
My family is harmonious.
My home is awesome.
We are becoming more and more sustainable every day.
We are becoming more and more abundant every day!
My husband takes great care of me.
I have lots of help.
I have lots of fun.
I am freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I am freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
It's easy to get what I want when I want it.
I do what I want when I want.

Life is good.
I am at peace.
All is well.

Daily Focus, 12/24/08

2008-12-24T08:16:00.000-08:00

Today, I am in the flow with universal intelligence.
I am joy.
I am abundance.
All is well.
Peace is mine.
I share it.

Daily Focus 12/23/08

2008-12-23T09:32:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.
Today I will have fun.
Nothing is more important than that I feel good.
All is well.
My wealth is phenomenal.
All good things come to me.
I go with the flow.
I trust my well being.
I emanate peace.
I am happy.
I attract peace and goodwill and abundance.

Daily Focus 12/22/08

2008-12-22T22:12:00.001-08:00

I am grateful!

Daily Focus 12/21/08

2008-12-21T09:38:00.000-08:00

Happy Winter Solstice!

It's the shortest day.
Today, we celebrate the return of the light.

Today is fun
harmonious
healing
whole
full of wellness
full of good cheer
abundant
joyous
loving
happy
free

Welcome, light!

Currently Reading: The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire

2008-12-19T09:41:00.000-08:00

The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire by Deepak Chopra

I originally got this 2004 book by Chopra from the library, but ended up ordering my own copy because I want to work with it in more depth. This work looks at the science behind coincidences and synchronicity and gives guidelines for how to use them to create what you want in life. Sometimes I had to fight through the quantum physics descriptions, but if I made it, then they are pretty accessible. My science quotient is pretty low.

Chopra also goes into a method for using archetypes in daily meditation. This section was notable for me in that I have come across archetypes in many other books and never felt moved or inspired. I never quite "got it" before. I understood the ideas, but for some reason, they fell flat for me. Perhaps it was just the right time for me, or perhaps Mr. Chopra puts it in a new way, but I found myself being very motivated to figure out my archetypes and use them to inspire me to live larger on a daily basis.

Daily Focus 12/19/08

2008-12-19T09:40:00.000-08:00

This is my focus for today:

Daily Focus 12/17/08

2008-12-17T10:22:00.000-08:00

Health.
Well being.
Goodness.
Feeling Great.
Relaxation.
Mental stimulation.
Fun.
Coziness.
Happiness.
Love.

Be Present: Rumer Willis

2008-12-16T07:16:00.000-08:00

About a week ago, I made reference to 6 phrases I've been using in my life:

Feel Good.
Be Fabulous.
Live Now.
Enjoy Abundance.
Be Present.
Savor Life.

I don't think I made reference to this, but I have been considering getting these tattooed on my wrists. I had the thought and I let it go. Not sure if I will or if I won't. We are working on some items in the store with these phrases, just because I like them. Affirmations. Short. Catchy. Meaningful. Inspiring. Words I try to live by.

So, today, as I was just surfing the net, I found pictures of Rumer Willis. She's ahead of me on the tattoo thing! I don't think I can link to the exact photo that shows it, but it's on slide 8. She has Be Present tattooed down her side. How cool.

High five, Rumer! (I like the font, too!)

EDIT: Here's a better link at People.com

Daily Focus 12/16/08

2008-12-16T07:14:00.000-08:00

Today, I go with the flow.
Nothing is more important than that I feel good. (Abraham)

Daily Focus 12/15/08

2008-12-15T11:56:00.000-08:00

More health for today.

And I'm excited to relax. Relaxation. Ahhhhhhh.

It's a great day.

Daily Focus 12/14/08

2008-12-14T08:20:00.000-08:00

Today, I focus on health.

There is health all around me.
I am feeling pretty good.
I will feel better and better.
We all will feel better and better.

Today begins our 12 days of Christmas celebration.
We all feel better and better.
Our bodies are strong.
We are healthy.
We allow our well-being.
We focus on feeling good.

Daily Focus 12/13/08

2008-12-13T06:16:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.

I attract clients who are abundant.
There are more than enough of these clients.
I attract lots of clients who choose to be successful.
I attract lots of clients who are willing to make changes.
I attract lots of clients who respect me and my time.
I attract lots of clients who are fun to work with.
I have plenty of help.

I am in the flow.
I can relax.
I allow others to take care of me when they want.
I allow my well-being to flow.
All good things come to me.
Today is fun.
I savor life.
I live now.
I enjoy the moment.
I am happy.

Daily Focus 12/12/08

2008-12-12T09:39:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.

My family is healthy and whole.
We have fun together.
We enjoy this crazy weather.

I get plenty of opportunities to relax today.
Everything that needs to be done is done.
I do what I want when I want.
I get what I want when I want.
My abundance grows every darn day.
All is well.
I am in the flow.
I follow my priorities and my instincts.
Or perhaps better to say my instincts and my priorities.

New Tool from Joe Vitale and Ihaleakala Hew Len

2008-12-11T09:14:00.000-08:00

So, I am totally paraphrasing from something a friend told me last night. However, it's been interesting.

She told me about this book:

I was going to explain what I'm doing, but instead, I think I'll leave it at that. If you feel drawn, explore that book. The truth of the matter is that I have not read it yet and I am practicing a little thing based on what a friend told me about what she read. I feel it would be irresponsible to even try to give a blurb on something I could very well oversimplify or get very wrong. So, check it out. I hope to. And perhaps I will be back with more information after I do. Or, if you want to comment on your experience with this book, please do so!

Daily Focus 12/11/08

2008-12-11T09:08:00.000-08:00

Today is a so-so day.

Ha.

I usually start with "Today is a great day." Just wasn't feeling it. Maybe I ought to do my meditation BEFORE I write this. That would make sense. Hang on a sec.

Ok, I feel better now.

Today is a great day.
All my power is now.
This morning, I thought I was selecting a certain video, but instead, I put this one on:

That was good.

Breathing.
That is good.
I can relax.
All is well.
All is well.
All is well.

Daily Focus 12/10/08

2008-12-10T07:21:00.000-08:00

Today is a great day.

All is well.
All is well.
All is well.

I am relaxed and energized.
I focus on what I do want.
I am powerful.

I attract clients who are abundant.
There are more than enough of these clients.
I attract lots of clients who choose to be successful.
I attract lots of clients who are willing to make changes.
I attract lots of clients who respect me and my time.
I attract lots of clients who are fun to work with.

My husband attracts lots of positive attention and abundance from his creative endeavors.

My kids are loving and also independent. They can help take care of themselves. They get along great. They are fun to be around.

I allow others to take care of me.
I enjoy having others take care of me.
I can relax.
I have multitudes of goodness in my life.

My relationships are strong and fulfilling.
My finances are steady and growing.
My health is increasing exponentially all the time.
I am inspired by the world around me.
I have fun every day.
I am in the flow.
I am in the flow.
I am in the flow.

I harmonize with my surroundings.
I am in the right place at the right time.
I enjoy life.
I savor life.
I live in the present moment.
All my power is now.

I attract clients who are abundant.
There are more than enough of these clients.
I attract lots of clients who choose to be successful.
I attract lots of clients who are willing to make changes.
I attract lots of clients who respect me and my time.
I attract lots of clients who are fun to work with.

Nothing is more important than that I feel good. (Abraham)

Daily Focus 12/9/08

2008-12-09T07:19:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday, Kevin!

Today is a great day. (It's the day my husband was born, 29 years ago. ;) )

All is well.
I focus on my well-being.
I allow my well-being.

I enjoy focusing on my priorities.
I am achieving my goals and dreams based on my priorities.
I am enjoying my life based on my priorities.
Discipline is my friend.

Meditation
Focus
Physical Activity
Healthy Eating
Feeling Good

Relationships
Dharma
Learning

Focus.
Segment Intending.

Nothing is more important than that I feel good. (Abraham.)
All is well.

My husband is happy. He feels good today.

I attract clients who are abundant.
There are more than enough of these clients.
I attract lots of clients who choose to be successful.
I attract lots of clients who are willing to make changes.
I attract lots of clients who respect me and my time.
I attract lots of clients who are fun to work with.

All is well.
All is unfolding as it should, in divine timing.
I can relax and enjoy each moment.
All is well.