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• Pro-Athletes Often Drop The Ball in the Game of Life
  Pro-athletes have mastered the skill of getting 'in the zone', firing on all cylinders and winning the game. Why is it so many trip up, drop the ball and feel like they've lost in the game of life? According to Sports Illustrated (SI) 78% of NFL players go bankrupt. If a player's mindset doesn't also shift profoundly to mirror its new wealth environment he hasn't really left his old neighborhood experience.
  Published 06Feb2012, viewed 9 times

• Do I Have to Be The Good Wife?
  Whether in the media or creatively integrated into television dramas we've watched time and again the dutiful wife standing beside her husband who's been caught in some sex scandal, criminal act or any other type of behavior requiring a public mea culpa. It begs the question, "Do I Always Have to Be the Good Wife?' - no matter what?
  Published 15Jan2012, viewed 114 times

• 10 Steps to Creating Your Inner Wealth Legacy
  Do you want to be remembered for your estate or the difference you've made in the lives you touched? For most people wealth alone isn't fulfilling. Its using wealth to create and express what is meaningful to you that feeds the soul. Its using your wealth to serve your highest goal that makes a meaningful difference - one that serves as your eternal legacy. Here are 10 Tips to do just that.
  Published 15Jan2012, viewed 106 times

• Pro-Athletes Often Drop The Ball in the Game of Life
  According to Sports Illustrated (SI) 78% of NFL players go bankrupt. Pro-athletes have mastered the skill of getting 'in the zone', firing on all cylinders and winning the game. Why is it, then, so many trip up, drop the ball and feel like they've lost in the game of life? Here are insights to why and how to change this trend.
  Published 11Dec2011, viewed 100 times

• Formula For An Extraordinary Life = 2 Words + 3 Things
  There's a simple formula to return to what matters most and what will give you the feeling of fulfillment and a meaningful sense of purpose - the heartbeats of joy and peace. At that fateful last day of cognition you will not ask yourself if you won with the most toys or the biggest bank account. You'll ask yourself three questions. Learn what they are and how to answer them in a way that will make your life meaningful.
  Published 10Dec2011, viewed 93 times

• Achieve a Self-Worth to Rival Your Affluent Net Worth
  Money is a vehicle, not a measurement of value. Today's culture is plush with unprecedented comforts and luxuries. Yet, it seems the more material things we have the more we want. In our 'money makes the world go around' persuasion some revolve exquisitely on an autonomous axis, others spin out of control. I find it a paradox to explore. Top 10 things people want in life.
  Published 26Nov2011, viewed 133 times

• 2 Words + 3 Things = Formula For An Extraordinary Life
  there's a simple formula to return to what matters most and what will give you the feeling of fulfillment and a meaningful sense of purpose - the heartbeats of joy and peace. At that fateful last day of cognition you will not ask yourself if you won with the most toys or the biggest bank account. You'll ask yourself these three questions. Consider this as the life you live is the legacy you leave.
  Published 26Nov2011, viewed 84 times

• Who Are You Without Your Money?
  Something interesting happens when I invite new clients to, "Tell me about you." They tell me what they do. They enumerate what they have. When I probe deeper and ask, "Who are you really when you're alone with yourself?" The response is usually a blank stare. I respond to the deadened silence by sending them home with the following probing exercise.
  Published 09Nov2011, viewed 115 times

• Raising Affluent Children: 4 Parenting Tips
  he hardest job you'll ever have is being a parent. And of course you want to be the best parent you can be. How do you keep a child from being spoiled? How do you teach values, compassion, work ethic, and self-esteem? How do you foster empathy, honesty, self-reliance, self-control, kindness, cooperation and joy? How does a parent promote intellectual curiosity, motivation and passion? Here are 4 tips to teach you how.
  Published 08Nov2011, viewed 52 times

• Give Your Children Your Presence Not Just Presents
  We want to give our children things that will entertain, inform and inspire. We want them to have the very best. We indulge them often as an expression of how much we love and care for them. What children value more than presents is your presence. It says to your kids that they are important enough to you to set aside time just to be with them. Be willing to make changes in your life to make time for them and their priorities.
  Published 24Oct2011, viewed 175 times

• What Wealth Won't Protect From and What Will
  Wealth can give you a feeling of outer security. It won't, however, guarantee inner security. Know any insecure wealthy people? They're suffering from "affluenza". The truth is, real security is an inside job. This article will show you have to have real security and feel it from the inside out.
  Published 10Sep2011, viewed 86 times

• 4 Signs of Being Trapped In Wealth & The Keys to Get Out
  Many wealthy people, however they come into wealth, enjoy happy satisfying lives. Others do not. It's not unusual for authenticity and autonomy to be traded in for portfolio security. It's an empty, lonely, place from which to live. It's a life lived trapped in a gilded cage.Here are four signs that you're trapped in wealth and feeling empty inside and the keys to set you free.
  Published 10Sep2011, viewed 129 times

• Four Signs That Indicate You Are Trapped In Wealth
  Many wealthy people, however they come into wealth, enjoy happy satisfying lives. Others do not. It's not unusual for authenticity and autonomy to be traded in for portfolio security. It's an empty, lonely, place from which to live. Its a life lived trapped in a gilded cage. This article reveals 4 signs that will indicate if wealth holds power over you. More importantly, you'll be given the keys to break free.
  Published 15Aug2011, viewed 144 times

• Things Wealth Doesn't Protect You From
  We think money buys freedom, security and protection. While it can by solutions to everyday problems it doesn't protect us from the stuff that keeps us up at night...the worries and insecurities that creep into our good night. Wealth can give you a feeling of outer security. It won't, however, guarantee inner security. Know any insecure wealthy people? Real security is an inside job.
  Published 13Aug2011, viewed 144 times

• EQ Matters: What Is Your Emotional Intelligence?
  Your life experience is a creation of your mindset. What you perceive, feel and voice is an expression of your emotional intelligence, your EQ. Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify, access and purposefully direct your emotions and the emotions of others and groups. Whether or not your have a healthy or toxic EQ is based upon whether or not you are the deliberate creator or the powerless victim of your thoughts and beliefs.
  Published 20Jul2011, viewed 180 times

• Stuck? Wherever You Go, There You Are
  Who you are being creates your current experience and plants the seeds that will become your future. It doesn't matter what you have or what you are doing, its how how you are being that determines your experiences. Two people can be at the same place at the same time and have two very different experiences? Why? Because wherever you go, there you are. Tips to help you change your perspective.
  Published 20Jul2011, viewed 183 times

• What Behavior Are You Modeling for Your Children?
  The hardest job you'll ever do is be a parent. Naturally, you want to be the best parent you can be. Children learn through modeling. They mimic how a parents acts much more than by what a parent says. What example are you showing your children? Here are 3 tips to model healthy behavior for your child.
  Published 10Jul2011, viewed 133 times

• Want a Better Relationship? Change Your Story
  Relationships are fueled by conversations. If you don't like the story of your relationship, change your story to change your relationship. Here's how.
  Published 10Jul2011, viewed 181 times

• Under Pressure? About To Blow Your Top?
  Many live a stressed-out fast-paced life. Its true, even though we now have all kinds of products and services to make our lives easier it seems like its anything but easy. We feel as frazzled as a rattlesnake flipping' around on PCP. Here's how to calm the turbulence and anxiety.
  Published 02Jul2011, viewed 274 times

• Relationships: Not a Filling Station
  We all want to love and be loved. If we all want this then why is it so hard for so many people to find lasting meaningful love in an intimate relationship? Because, no one else can 'make you happy'. Fulfillment is an inside job. This article gives you tips and tools to fill up from within.
  Published 18Jun2011, viewed 274 times

• The Ultimate Luxury Experience
  There is much concern over the state of the economy. In private and business discussions as well as the media, we hear the theme of stress and distress due to the current issues. In discounting our most precious resources some see emptiness where there's replenishment. Yet when I look around me I see abundance. I see people mustering up their Moxie, getting creative, firing on all cylinders as they thrive instead of merely survive no matter what
  Published 30May2011, viewed 160 times

• What's It All About, Alfie?
  When we're not in touch with who we really are, what will give us meaning and purpose in the life we live we end up an empty shadow of ourselves. Unless we align with what we value and express our truth we will be forever searching in all the wrong places for love, belonging and connection - just like Alfie.
  Published 22May2011, viewed 295 times

• Be Advised - The Starbucks Police Is Listening
  Note to woman blabbing in the corner of Starbucks: The expiration date on blaming you parents for your misfortune is long past. I'm thinking about becoming the bitching police at Starbucks passing out tickets with the same comment to hand out as I wade through the cacophony of whining, complaining, bitching, moaning, groaning, judging, blaming, shaming and gossiping about made up stuff I hear in the public places I happen upon.
  Published 11May2011, viewed 196 times

• Rise Above the "First Wives Club"
  You married until death do you part. And then, seemingly out of nowhere, you're knocked on your ass by a divorce. Many first wives are angry, vindictive and scared as they first look a future landscape they didn't plan on and being single again. Here's how to rise above.
  Published 28Apr2011, viewed 286 times

• Hollywood Formula for Empowerment - It Works
  If Hollywood knows anything it knows its all about a story well told. And the key to any good story is authenticity. Your purpose is to fully express a story well told. Your story. And that story is yours alone. In that story you are the writer, director, producer and star. Here's how to be a story well told using the Hollywood formula for success.
  Published 28Apr2011, viewed 296 times

• How to Tame a Control Freak: No Whip Required
  If we've lived out from under the bed at all we've experienced the out of control control freak from time to time. Control freaks find comfort in control, that's why control freaks are over-the-top freaky about controlling you and everything else in their environment. Here are some tips to thrive in a control freak environment, even if the control freak is you.
  Published 10Apr2011, viewed 362 times

• Resentment: 5 Steps to Transform This Nasty Bugger
  Resentment's bitterness and anger threatens to turn you into a flaming rage-oholic if you can't get a grip on it long enough to release its poison. You've already learned bitching, complaining and blaming doesn't work. Revenge will get you nowhere fast. Learn how to transform resentment into contentment.
  Published 21Mar2011, viewed 206 times

• How to Be Secure in Your Insecurity
  Your insecurity is real. The reasons for your insecurity probably aren't. They're based on your personal view of your situation and you've got some schmutz on your lens clouding up your vision. Here's how to be secure in your insecurity.
  Published 17Mar2011, viewed 334 times

• 3 Tips to Disconnect From Divorce Drama and Pain
  You're angry. Royally pissed off some, or most, of the time. You were not supposed to be divorced. Especially not at this age - after everything you've been through. You're knocked on your ass, want to get up and move on but can't. Here are 3 tips to help you deal with divorce drama and pain.
  Published 08Mar2011, viewed 266 times

• Empowerment: Rock and Roll Syle
  There are sources of inspiration all around you, even in the lyrics of your favorite MP3s. Be open to your messages of wisdom, especially the ones that touch your heart and are remembered. Trust and act upon them.
  Published 08Mar2011, viewed 158 times

• Top 10 Tips to Live Your Best Life
  There are sources of inspiration all around you, even in the lyrics of your favorite MP3s. Be open to your messages of wisdom, especially the ones that touch your heart and are remembered. Trust and act upon them.
  Published 14Feb2011, viewed 196 times

• 2011: 3 Steps To Be Accountable To Your Excellence
  This year, instead of making resolutions that are broken within weeks, muster up your moxie to hold yourself accountable to your excellence. This week's article teaches you the three steps necessary to do just that.
  Published 30Jan2011, viewed 199 times

• Holidays - BE the Child Within Your Heart
  The more you shape-shift the child within your heart to love, embrace and pursue what isn't your heart's desire the more you will feel lost, disconnected and without joy. Love your self. Give yourself a gift this holiday season. Let your inner heart-centered child come out and shine.
  Published 01Jan2011, viewed 169 times

• Holiday Funk? 7 Steps To Rise Above
  For many of us, the holidays come with its own dark heavy cloud of 'what the heck is wrong with me? I SHOULD be happy.' Truth is, we're anything but. As the holidays get nearer and nearer we slip further and further into a holiday funk. Here are 7 Steps to Rise Above.
  Published 18Dec2010, viewed 218 times

• Held Back By Fear? Reveal Its Gift
  Fear has been undervalued. We're told to eliminate or overcome our fear. The thing is, there are two kinds of fear - fear that comes from our fraidy-cat Inner Critic and fear that come straight from our heart. Get the gift that comes from heart-centered fear.
  Published 23Dec2010, viewed 194 times

• Quick Tip to Handle Difficult Conversations
  Fear has been undervalued. We're told to eliminate or overcome our fear. The thing is, there are two kinds of fear - fear that comes from our fraidy-cat Inner Critic and fear that come straight from our heart. Learn how to get the gift that comes from heart-centered fear.
  Published 07Dec2010, viewed 151 times

• Lost? No Direction Home? A 5-Step Turnaround
  It's a familiar scenario: People rising to the frenzy of success then flaming out royally. If we know what's waiting at the end of that pernicious road how come travelers can't see it? They're lost, with no direction home. This article will give you quick tips to find your place in the sun.
  Published 30Nov2010, viewed 205 times

• In Transition? The Dr. House Answer to: Now What?
  We're so focused on the goal, we haven't a clue or can't see what's beyond the proverbial end zone. We suddenly realize life isn't over once the goal is reached. If we put too many restrictions on what to experience we cut ourselves off from wondrous possibilities we never imagined. Two words from an episode of House, M.D. shine light on how to magically let life unfold to reach the ultimate experience your heart is longing for.
  Published 08Nov2010, viewed 163 times

• Shopaholic Queen, Meet Collector King
  Men are also shopaholics - collectors. Like women, they seek personal fulfillment and satisfaction through external means. Cars, electronics, DVDs, memorabilia will never fill the emptiness or lack of self-esteem within. Self-worth and a meaningful, fulfilling life is an inside job.
  Published 08Nov2010, viewed 341 times

• How to Win A Heart: Show Up Naked
  If there's something missing in your relationships chances are you are not expressing how you really think and feel. You aren't acting from your heart; you're acting from your head in a vain attempt to impress. hen you show up naked, vulnerable, authentic and open, you allow others to genuinely see who you are. All true happiness, fulfillment and success come from living authentically.
  Published 23Oct2010, viewed 181 times

• Knocked On Your Ass By A Divorce? How to Get Up and Soar
  There is a defining moment when your marriage is over and the drama of the divorce proceedings have come to an end. Often it is a moment of complete emptiness if not absolute devastation. When you're knocked on your ass by a divorce or find yourself down the dark rabbit hole of uncertainty you might as well learn how to grow and soar into a gift wrapped life of joy and satisfaction.
  Published 18Oct2010, viewed 170 times

• Bad Karma Lady - What is Your Money Energy?
  Money is not the root of all evil. The energy we place and attribute to money creates our experience - good or bad. Money is merely an exchange. Are we exchanging from a wealthy or impoverished mindset?
  Published 08Oct2010, viewed 218 times

• Fixated on Fixing Isn't a Fix
  Do you keep trying to fix your problems, fix yourself? Are you looking for other people who can fix you? You're not broken, you don't need fixing. Lean how to stop creating problems in the first place and rise above the ones you already have.
  Published 30Sep2010, viewed 173 times

• When The Going Gets Tough -- Becoming a Shopaholic Is Insane
  When the going gets tough - when you just want to screw it all and grab any kind of pleasure you can get - whipping out the plastic to indulge on a shopping binge isn't the answer. Like a bulimic on a food binge, you'll feel worse inside, want to barf, and hate what you just bought. You'll hate yourself too.
  Published 07Sep2010, viewed 191 times

• Out of Your Mind? Congratulations on Your Transition!
  What does it really mean to be out of your mind? No, it doesn't mean you a nuts, bonkers, or crazy as a peach orchard boar. As you transition from being mind driven to true self driven you will spend more of your time playing with and enjoying life rather than stressing out over life and your circumstance.
  Published 16Sep2010, viewed 153 times

• Knocked On Your Tushie? How to Get A Present While You're On the Floor
  Knocked on your tushie? Life throw you an unexpected curve? Gasping for breath? Might as well get a present or two while you're floundering on the floor. Here's how.
  Published 12Sep2010, viewed 129 times

• The Voice of Intuition or the Inner Critic? How to Tell The Difference
  I've had an interesting week. Clearly the Universe is offering me reminder after reminder to acknowledge, honor and trust my Intuition over all other voices - well-meaning advice of others including my own Inner Critic. Here's how to discern between intuition and fear or self-doubt.
  Published 12Sep2010, viewed 137 times

• The Crack Addict Secret to Success
  The other day a friend asked me how I help people. I told her, very simply, that I teach people how to crack their world open to reveal thrilling new possibilities and opportunities that they couldn't see before. She laughed and said I encourage people to become Crack Addicts.
  Published 02Sep2010, viewed 153 times

• How to Get High - The Legal and Healthy Way
  We come into this world full of wonder, amazement and an audaciously authentic ability to laugh out loud at whatever tickles our funny bone. It seems we spend the rest of our lives trying to get back to that place of euphoria. Like a crack addict we consume one drug of choice after another in a misguided attempt to sustain an inner high.
  Published 26Aug2010, viewed 144 times

• Always Tired? What it Takes to Shift Inner Gears
  Too pooped to put one more foot in front of the other? Is your favorite part of the day the moment you get to dive into bed and shut the world off for a few hours? Does the mere thought of the days ahead suck the life energy right out of you? Here's how to shift your energy into overdrive.
  Published 14Aug2010, viewed 137 times

• Unfulfilled? 3 Steps to Discover and Get What You Really Want
  On the outside youve put on a great show. On the inside, not so much. Youve twisted yourself so much that your insides look like a pretzel. The natural flow of what feeds your soul is choked to barely a trickle. The only way to nourish yourself is to realign yourself with who you are and what you want no matter what anyone else thinks! Here are 3 steps to teach you how.
  Published 06Aug2010, viewed 211 times

• The Secret to a Spectacular Life - As if!
  One of the phrases that helped define the 1990s is "As if!" In case you don't know anything about my work, that's what I call Moxie! To live your life at your highest potential you have to exuberantly give voice to who you really are and what you are here to create. When in doubt, act as if. Here's a tip on how to do just that.
  Published 31Jul2010, viewed 176 times

• Are You a Nurse Jackie in Jimmy Choos?
  Are you getting a assistance from Mother's Little Helpers? Drug abuse is not a new phenomenon. Nor is it limited to those wallowing in their own swill on ne'er do well row. In increasing numbers, drug addiction - particularly prescription drug dependance - is found lurking behind the velvet curtains in the homes of the smart, successful and affluent.
  Published 22Jul2010, viewed 167 times

• Are You a Money Avoider? 4 Steps to Make a Lot of Change
  Are you working your tushie off - always going, going, going and never getting anywhere? Are you doing everything you can to grow your business or move up the corporate ladder yet are stuck on pause? If so, you may be a money avoider. Here are 4 Steps to Make the Change to a Money Receiver.
  Published 18Jul2010, viewed 251 times

• Top 5 Signs You're Addicted to Stress
  There are two ways you react to stress: emotionally and physically. Emotional reactions to stress are as varied as there are perspectives on any of the events of your life. The bodily reaction to stress triggers, however, is more hardwired. Here are the top 5 signs you are addicted to stress.
  Published 15Jul2010, viewed 337 times

• Perfectionism Can Kill
  The frenetic obsession to have the perfect body is literally killing some people. I'm not talking about a small nip here or a tuck there. It is the person who has more unnecessary cosmetic surgeries than he or she can count on one hand that this article addresses. There isn't a surgical procedure in the world that can heal the inner turmoil that creates the obsessive quest for cosmetic - plastic surgery.
  Published 14Jul2010, viewed 230 times

• Are You Stuffing Your Closets as a Compulsive Shopper?
  'Fess up. If you're reading this blog you may be a shopping addict. There's a world of difference between someone who shops for necessities (even luxuries) or social enjoyment and the person who shops to deaden emotional pain. Which one are you? This post will tell you how to stop.
  Published 26Jun2010, viewed 207 times

• The Un-Recipe for Success and a Tip From Michael Jackson
  Are you simmering in a stew of put upon me? Your kettle of clarity stuffed with ingredients you don't even like. You can't digest it all. Under nourished, your energy has left the kitchen. Or, perhaps there are too many cooks in that kitchen of yours. Each has his or her own recipe for your soup. Here's how to discover the recipe for your authentic greatness.
  Published 24Jun2010, viewed 191 times

• How to Wake Up the Dead Inside
  Some people live their lives robotically without meaning, purpose or vitality. As if dead inside, repeated patterns of the struggle of life happen over and over again. That's how life is - only it isn't. You were not born to struggle. You were born to create, inspire and mystify a lot of folks. In order to do that, you have to wake up! This article is your wake-up call.
  Published 20Jun2010, viewed 251 times

• Actor Joe Pantoliano Transforms His Depression to Empower Others
  Some people live their lives robotically without meaning, purpose or vitality. As if dead inside, repeated patterns of the struggle of life happen over and over again. That's how life is - only it isn't. You were not born to struggle. You were born to create, inspire and mystify a lot of folks. In order to do that, you have to wake up! This article is your wake-up call.
  Published 18Jun2010, viewed 232 times

• What is Your Inborn Operating System and Killer App?
  Did you know that you have a killer app that will get you to where you want to go in life? Or have you installed a new Operating System called Inner Critic 1.0? Find out how to tap into your innate tools.
  Published 14Jun2010, viewed 293 times

• How to Tap Into Your Intuitive Moxie Power
  You have within you the gift of intuition. Intuition is a stream of wisdom that is available to you at any time. Your intuition is dedicated to your highest path and purpose. For some people, it takes guts to rely upon your intuition. When you do, you've got Moxie!
  Published 11Jun2010, viewed 215 times

• How to Lose Weight - Let Go of FEAR
  Many people I work with are struggling with weight gain. No matter how many diets or exercise regimens they begin, quit, and begin again they cant seem to shed unwanted pounds. Have they puffed up in fear or hostility?
  Published 07Jun2010, viewed 188 times

• Grow Up. Move Out. Move On.
  I often ask successful people what was the best piece of advice they ever got from a parent. "Grow Up. Move Out" encouraged one woman to take full responsibility for her life. I invite you to get your moxie mojo going as Wendy did. Have the confident courage to achieve authentic greatness with unrelenting drive and passion.
  Published 05Jun2010, viewed 182 times

• 3 Lessons to Achieve Authentic Greatness from Steve Jobs
  Steve Jobs is a thought leader who fully expresses his Moxie - the confident courage to achieve authentic greatness with unrelenting drive and passion. Here are empowering life-changing 3 lessons to be learned from his 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech.
  Published 13May2010, viewed 303 times

• 2 Steps to Empowering Imagination to Create Your Extraordinary Life
  What do you see as your future? Some people misguidedly think that their future is a projection of their past. They live out their history instead of creating their future. What you can imagine for yourself is limited to your view of who you are and what possibilities are available to you. Here's how to turn up the volume on your imagination.
  Published 03May2010, viewed 236 times

• Moxie UP! The Secret to Extraordinary Success
  People who achieve extraordinary success have one thing in common: Moxie. In order to achieve authentic greatness you've got to muster up your Moxie. Learn how. Begin today.
  Published 16Apr2010, viewed 218 times

• A Conversation with Dad: The Shock that Rocked My World
  You do not know what you do not know. Showing up to life with love in your heart instead of expectation will rock your world in the most profound way. Learn how.
  Published 02Apr2010, viewed 240 times

• How To Identify and Transform Victim Mentality
  What you see and what you experience is really what you want or expect to see at your deepest core. What you see is not reality. It is merely an interpretation shaped by your belief system and internal thought patterns too often created by your Inner Critic, the voice of self-doubt and fear that you hear chatting endlessly in your mind.
  Published 06Feb2010, viewed 630 times

• 3-Step Empowering Formula For Success
  There are what seems to be an infinite number of books that provide a formula for success. They will tell you to work hard, pay your dues, earn advanced degrees in your education. The Moxie formula for success, however, is a bit contrary to many of those strategies and quite simple.
  Published 04Feb2010, viewed 187 times

• How To Empower Yourself for the New Year
  This is the time of year when people get off the proverbial treadmill of their workday world and allow themselves some time to reflect on the past year - what they accomplished, what they didn't, what was good, and what wasn't so great. Here is one profound question you can ask yourself to empower you to be the hero of your opportunity in the coming year.
  Published 29Jan2010, viewed 201 times

• Time For A Chuckle: 21 Ways To Annoy Everyone
  A daily dose of laughter and joy enriches all aspects of life. It is a great stress reducer and encourages a number of physical benefits including the production of endorphins and disease fighting immune cells.
  Published 23Jan2010, viewed 272 times

• 4 Steps to Manage Toxic People
  Do you have people in your life who sprinkle misery wherever they go? When you spend time with them, do these people suck the life energy right out of you? Here are 4 Steps to manage and transform your relationship with that person.
  Published 16Jan2010, viewed 726 times

• How To Rise Above Challenging Circumstances
  Events in and of themselves do not cause stress and worry. Its how you react and respond to the circumstances in your life that create your life experience, good or bad. If you feel like youre in a downward spiral of misfortune here's how to stop spinning out of control and rise above.
  Published 14Jan2010, viewed 212 times

• Overwhelmed? 5 Steps to Become Your Own Taskmaster
  In today's fast paced hustle and bustle world you may become overwhelmed by everything that needs to get accomplished in a day. You really don't need to become your own taskmaster for you already have one within you. This article will give you 5 steps to tap into your own inner wisdom and taskmaster.
  Published 09Jan2010, viewed 184 times

• Creative? Create Your Life Instead of Living As Its Creation
  Until you realize you are the sole creator of your life experience you will live as the victim of your circumstance instead of the hero of your opportunity. Learn how to deliberately create your life instead of being merely its creation.
  Published 07Jan2010, viewed 272 times

• What Thoughts Wake You Up At Night?
  Thoughts that wake you up in the middle of the night engulfed in worry or fear is a common indicator of stress. The pressures and uncertainties in your daily life visit you through dreams and symbolic thoughts.
  Published 02Jan2010, viewed 245 times

• The Art of Flow and How to Tap Into It
  I've often affirmed, "Let go and flow." Flow generates inspiration and births the A-HA moments of your clarity and vision. All struggle is out-of-flow experience. Tapping into your authentic flow is not a difficult or arduous undertaking. It's a lot easier than you may think.
  Published 31Dec2009, viewed 234 times

• How Penelope Cruz Leverages Her Fear to Create Mastery
  Penelope Cruz makes no secret that she's terrified when she embarks on a new project, a new role. If fear holds you back you can Find Excuses And Reasons (F.E.A.R.) not to take on challenges, quit or hold back or you can channel it into mastery in your creative endeavor.
  Published 24Dec2009, viewed 203 times

• Who Are You? Misguided Blockhead or Masterful Wizard?
  Some say that a person is a product of his or her choices. Who you are can be rooted in a circular cause and consequence pattern of experience. If you don't like who you are or what you're getting you may be a misguided blockhead. This article will teach you how to become a masterful Wizard.
  Published 19Dec2009, viewed 205 times

• Resentment and Expectations: Big Fat Life Hold Ups
  I work with a lot of people who are often in conflict with people they work, or aspire to work with, or in their personal relationships. It's an exhausting way to live. Helping people recognize and reframe these control-based expectations is essential to real movement toward agreement, better experiences and overall emotional intelligence growth.
  Published 17Dec2009, viewed 198 times

• Oops I Did It Again:The Zombie Tune of Repeated Unwanted Experiences
  Is life slipping by through a set pattern of behavior that just isn't working out for you, just keeping you stuck on a treadmill of repeated experiences that you'd rather not have - again? If so, you may have forgotten to take off your Halloween Zombie mask several years, or decades, ago.
  Published 12Dec2009, viewed 224 times

• Stuck? You May Have Eyes Wide Shut Syndrome
  The illness that preys upon creative professionals who often face rejection and brush-off is "eyes wide shut" syndrome. What seems painful, limiting or defeating can become a source of strength and inspiration if viewed from a different perspective.
  Published 10Dec2009, viewed 248 times

• Fakin' It? Not Really Makin' It?
  Many of the people who come to me believe, at their deepest core, that it's only a matter of time before the people who can make or break careers will discover that the artist or executive hired is not really talented, smart, good, pretty, young, passionate, thin, whatever enough. Even someone who has climbed up several rungs on their ladder of success can still feel like he or she is still just fakin' it, not really makin' it.
  Published 05Dec2009, viewed 256 times

• Life Stinks? How To Detach From Your Garbage Truck
  Life stinks. If that statement bubbled up in your thoughts recently then you may be attached to life decaying garbage truck thinking. Simply put, if you stuff your mind with garbage you will create stinky outcomes.
  Published 03Dec2009, viewed 275 times

• The Best Halloween Costume Ever!
  I love Halloween. It is perhaps the most empowering holiday of the year. Here's a tip to make every day as fun and delicious as Halloween!
  Published 01Nov2009, viewed 220 times

• Stuck in What The Heck? How to Unstick and Flow
  Just when you think you're finally in a position to finally get a break - one that will catapult you into the career and lifestyle you've longed for - the industry seems to have lost its love affair with you. WTF? This article will teach you how to rekindle the flame.
  Published 28Nov2009, viewed 245 times

• Actress Emily Blunt - A Power of Intention Wizard
  The common denominator between those who do not make it or those who have achieved some success but can't reach the next rung on the ladder of achievement and those who rise above the competition to reach superstar success is a self-focused commitment to a burning desire.
  Published 26Nov2009, viewed 186 times

• Tap Into Creative Flow Through Humor
  Childhood is often referred to as a carefree and playful time enjoyed without a thought of responsibility. However, a more accurate look at the average youth experience reveals that children experience quite a bit of emotional and sometimes physical pain. Through humor, you can get your blood flowing, your heart beating and step back into the rhythm and flow that is the essence of the playful creative spirit.
  Published 21Nov2009, viewed 318 times

• How Risk Unleashes Creative Expression: Successful Actors Give Life Lessons
  What is risk and why is it something to be feared, to be avoided? To risk is to be exposed to the possibility of a loss or harm. Actors learned how to tap into their own inner power and wisdom to take risks, go beyond the comfort zone of safety. Actors can teach you how to be free through the willingness to take risks.
  Published 19Nov2009, viewed 227 times

• Where Emotional Fear Comes From And How to Move Beyond It
  Real fear is normal. Emotional and irrational fear is THE source that holds you back, how you get in your own way, from fully and successfully investing yourself in your creative endeavors. This article will give you tips on how to identify and move beyond perceived, yet unreal, fear.
  Published 14Nov2009, viewed 299 times

• Twitter Fights - A New Medium for Celebrity Self-Sabotage
  No longer do we need the paparazzi to hide in the bushes hoping to get a shot of celebrity self-sabotage. Superstars and those seeking superstardom have now cut out the middle man and publicize their own misguided emotional reactions to the events of their daily life. And they're getting quite good at self-destruction within 140 characters or less! What is your Twitter public image?
  Published 12Nov2009, viewed 244 times

• Your Body Talks To You. Do You Listen and Flow or Ignore and Struggle?
  Your body talks to you all day long. What you feel in your body is an indicator of whether or not you are moving towards or away from achieving what you desire. Are you listening? This article will tell you how to interpret what your body tells you.
  Published 07Nov2009, viewed 346 times

• Rip Off The Bandaid and Take The Note: Sage Advice From A Hollywood Success
  There is nothing more authentic, more engaging, than the fullest expression of your truth. Inner knowingness comes from the heart not the mind. Krista Vernoff, head writer for "Grey's Anatomy" reveals her secrets to success that are based in the solid confidence and trust in who she is at her deepest core.
  Published 05Nov2009, viewed 217 times

• Drew Barrymore's Secret to Success: Parent Your Self
  It is commonly known that Drew Barrymore led an early life of drug and alcohol addiction, rehab and a series of short failed marriages. Today Drew is an accomplished actress, film producer and, with her new film, "Whip It", Director. What did Drew do to create such a stunning and powerful comeback?
  Published 29Oct2009, viewed 364 times

• Michael Jackson: An Unfortunate Example of "What You Resist, Persists"
  Michael Jackson was embarrassed to go out in public. He had mutilated his face so much through unnecessary plastic surgery that he thought he looked like "a lizard". All of his face enhancement procedures were in a desperate desire to look like someone who could be lovable. The more he resisted his misguided feelings of inadequacy the more inadequate he felt about himself.
  Published 29Oct2009, viewed 301 times

• 2 Ways to Discover Your Raison D'Etre - Reason For Being
  If you are not already living a fulfilling life, filled with energy and grounded in your work then you may be living off-purpose. Here are two ways to discover your purpose in life, your authenticity, so you can live 'in the zone' of playful and masterful creativity.
  Published 25Oct2009, viewed 424 times

• Struggling-Anxious-Procrastinating? Stop Telling Your Inner Being to Shut Up!
  How often do you ride the roller coaster of two progressive steps forward and two steps back in your efforts to expand beyond your current unfulfilling comfort zone? What do 'over the rainbow' masterfully successful people have that you don't have? Your Inner Being is calling and you're drowning her out. That's why you struggle to stay afloat!
  Published 23Oct2009, viewed 485 times

• Are Outrageous Outbursts Now an Effective PR Tool? Oh My!
  The media is filled with bizarre tales of rude and downright bizarre behavior that was once exhibited by self-loathing attention seeking narcissists and now may be used as a clever inexpensive tool for massive publicity. How we react to such social dysfunction is our responsibility and mirrors what we value. So, it is your choice. To what behaviors will you model and devote your energy?
  Published 18Oct2009, viewed 267 times

• Cowardly Lion? Tap Into the Wizard Within To Transform Fear
  If you are a Cowardly Lion who has given your personal power over to your fear and self-doubt take a lesson from "The Wizard of Oz". You already have, within you, everything you need to be do and have what you want in life. All you have to do is tap into the Wizard Within.
  Published 15Oct2009, viewed 418 times

• How Actress Courteney Cox Empowers the Wizard Within
  Find out how Courteney Cox changed her life by empowering the wizard within and letting go of the victim. Courteney is a shining example of a celebrity who grows and expands her career and life instead of ending up as a media frenzied headline of self-sabotage.
  Published 11Oct2009, viewed 255 times

• Don't Believe Everything You Think - How To Change Misguided Thoughts
  ight now, in this moment, you have everything you think you deserve. You are living the life you believe you are worthy of. Your life experience mirrors your internal self-esteem. If you have an unhealthy low self-esteem you will never enjoy the life you dream of.
  Published 09Oct2009, viewed 281 times

• Develop Your Inner Actor to Get Out of Your Own Way
  In order to achieve the performance of a character well told, the actor has to commit to the unknown, get out of their own way, and be in the present moment. Why is it, then, that so many actors forget the skills and tools they've worked hard to develop over a life-time when it comes to how they show up in their own life story?
  Published 04Oct2009, viewed 343 times

• Fear And Loathing = Celebrity Self-Sabotage
  What is it about celebrity that often results in a pattern of self-sabotage and public humiliation? What drives the crash and burn of those who seemingly have everything going for them? Why, then, are so many famous people unhappy, addicted to drugs or on a downward spiral spinning out of control as they destroy everything they desire and worked so hard to achieve?
  Published 23Sep2009, viewed 243 times

• How to Transform Performance Anxiety
  It's a funny thing. Life provides an abundance of timely lessons often delivered in unexpected ways that can easily go unnoticed if you're not paying attention. Once you're tapped into the messages presented to you to guide you in the direction of your dreams life becomes a whimsical series of out-of-the-blue events that propel you to move beyond what holds you back.
  Published 21Sep2009, viewed 328 times

• How to Unclog Artist Block
  It's a devastating thing for an artist to feel they've lost their inspiration, to encounter a creative block. But suffering from artist's block doesn't mean you've lost your artistic ability. Artist block can be overcome.
  Published 18Sep2009, viewed 333 times

• The Key to Creative Flow: Learn the Four C's To Enhance Your Creativity
  Just as learning your ABC's are fundamental to a basic education, learning the Four C's of Creativity are essential to life as a powerful and deliberate creator of your art and your life experience.
  Published 17Sep2009, viewed 265 times

• How To Tell If Your Choices Are Good or Bad
  Did you know that you have a personal GPS system within you? It will tell you whether or not the turn, the choice, you are about to make will lead you to your destination or not. It will tell you whether you are on the right path to achieve all that you dream of or on the road to a life unfulfilled, a dream never achieved.
  Published 11Sep2009, viewed 243 times

• How to Tap Into Your Greatest Talent
  What you excel at, what is your greatest gift, may not be obvious to you. You may believe that what you do and create so effortlessly is easily achieved by anyone and everyone. You may be oblivious to your special talent, your unique gift that is your birthright and purpose in life.
  Published 10Sep2009, viewed 191 times

• Stuck in a Creative Rut? You May Be Following Fools Rules
  Life is a game. Whether you enjoy life or not depends upon the rules - your own personal rules of life. Whether you realize it or not you guide your life, make your choices, based upon a set of rules you selected for yourself in early childhood. These rules were based on misinterpretation or complete unchallenged acceptance of whatever was seen or heard.
  Published 07Sep2009, viewed 241 times

• Your Self-Worth - Is It Measured by Your Stuff?
  People often associate self-worth to worldly attachments and achievements. During your life, you are always trying to get something, be it education, job, money, or other material pleasures. You feel these things represent your value. Your value is not the value of your stuff!
  Published 04Sep2009, viewed 362 times

• Creatively Stressed: Anxiety is NOT the Enemy!
  ou're obsessed. You're obsessed with your work, your craft. You think about your art, your character, painting, sculpture, upcoming tour, or screenplay seemingly every waking minute of every day. Heck, you even dream about it! And it scares the living daylights out of you. Anxiety is not the enemy!
  Published 26Aug2009, viewed 242 times

• How to Get A Grip on Your Inner Critic
  Ever want to tell someone to get a grip? Tell them that they have run amok in their minds and are not facing reality? Stop them from completely 'losing it' and self-destructing? How often have you told yourself to get a grip only to later serve up more and more justification for your misguided thinking and emotions? Your very own self-sabotage?
  Published 21Aug2009, viewed 192 times

• Is Creative Block Just Part of Your Process?
  Blocked! Words are not spilling onto the page; color choices elude you; you can't embody the character you've been chosen to portray. Simply put, you're stuck! Did it ever occur to you that you were trying too hard to get over your creative, block?
  Published 13Aug2009, viewed 169 times

• Your Exhaustion is Really Inner Critic FEAR
  Many people come to me complaining that they're tired, exhausted, unable to find balance in their life. Some have incredibly busy schedules and others live a life of casual leisure. Yet, both are exhausted. I also know people who have either busy or leisurely schedules who are not tired, they are full of energy and rarely, if ever, tire. What's the difference?
  Published 10Aug2009, viewed 248 times

• How to Drop Your Creative Resistance
  The simple truth is creativity functions best when you let go of resistance to the creative flow. Resistance comes in many forms. Anxiety over a creative block is a form of resistance. Resistance is saying NO! to YOU. It is saying NO to what your heart is calling you to be, do and experience.
  Published 07Aug2009, viewed 200 times

• Creatively Blocked? Let Go Of It Has To Be Good
  Are you frozen with a creative block, stuck in procrastination, scared that you've reached the end of your talent and will never have a creative thought ever again? If so, you are creatively blocked. You've reached a dead end and you're spent, depleted of all creative energy.
  Published 06Aug2009, viewed 212 times

• Are you Showing Up Aligned With Your Dream? That's How You Turn it Into Reality
  Showing up in your life is, indeed, an ingredient to success in any endeavor. How you show up, what your state of being is, defines what it is you succeed in creating, experiencing. Do you show up insecure, doubtful, full of fear or do you show up present, standing centered in the truth of who you are, fully engaged in your dreams, your desires?
  Published 24Jul2009, viewed 217 times

• How to Let Go of Being Right to Get What You Want
  Your Inner Critic, that nagging internal voice of self-doubt and fear loves to be right! Being right, to that egoistic nagger, is associated with being worthy. In order to feel worthy you have to be right! At the expense of everything else you want in life. Would you rather be right or happy?
  Published 23Jul2009, viewed 665 times

• The Key Driver of Creative Success
  What drives you to succeed as a creative person? Is it the dream of fame, wealth and recognition? Having such a strong and clear goal is a definite motivator. However, if you want to be successful without the feeling that you are battling your way through life your motivation to get out of that comfy bed in the morning has to come from somewhere else. There must be an even bigger motivating driver.
  Published 20Jul2009, viewed 311 times

• The Hidden Enemy of Talent
  A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. When you act out of fear, you create what you fear. All of my clients have been praised and admired for their talent. You'd think that they have plenty of self-confidence and assurance in their abilities. Unfortunately the exact opposite is true.
  Published 18Jul2009, viewed 246 times

• Why Successful Actors Self-Sabotage
  I opened up Sunday's Parade Magazine and read an article about "The Mixed-Up Life of Shia LaBeouf" written by Dotson Rader. Shia is a 23-year old wildly successful actor who's latest film is "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". I saw the irony in the title of the article and the title of the movie. Shia is struggling with honoring his own authenticity and has no answers about who he is and what he is here to contribute.
  Published 16Jul2009, viewed 294 times

• The Key to Financial Freedom for Artists, Actors, Writers & Musicians
  Well-meaning, yet woefully misguided, advice from parents, teachers and other loved ones such as "You'll never make a living as an artist" has become the foundational belief and mantra of the artist's Inner Critic. What's worse is that this also woefully misguided Inner Critic loves to be right and will make sure that you do, or not do, what it takes to keep this foundational belief in place.
  Published 12Jul2009, viewed 238 times

• The Key To Expressing Full Creative Potential
  You were born with a magnificent gift. You came into this physical world bundled with all the wisdom and tools to create; create your life, create your artistic expression. If you are having any difficulty in expressing your full potential in any area of your life you have said NO to this gift that is already within you while at the same time desperately and often painfully search to find it elsewhere.
  Published 11Jul2009, viewed 208 times

• Empowerment Tips from George Michael - Pop Star
  You are given messages every day to keep you centered in the truth of who you are. Often, these messages go unheard, unheeded. Sometimes they are embedded in the lyrics of the songs you play on your iPod or even in the musak you hear in the elevator on your way to work. Artists often write lyrics for themselves, knowingly or not. Since we are all cosmically connected, these artists musically express the voice of our own inner being.
  Published 08Jul2009, viewed 285 times

• Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Fear: A 4 Step Process
  Underneath any unwanted self-sabotaging pattern of behavior is fear. These undesirable experiences can include career self-sabotage, any form of addiction, workaholic or shopaholic lifestyles, a series of bad relationships in your personal and professional life and constant financial struggles.
  Published 22Jun2009, viewed 335 times

• Discover Your Muse: Intuition
  Everyone was born with the magical power of intuition. Intuition is a clear flow of information that is available to you that is aligned with you highest path and purpose. Intuition is one of the most amazing resources at your disposal.
  Published 21Jun2009, viewed 268 times

• What it Takes to Actualize Your Creative Talents
  The most exciting place to discover and actualize your talent is in yourself. What does it mean to realize your talents, and how do you do it? When you actualize your talents you understand them clearly and bring them forth out into the world.
  Published 21Jun2009, viewed 293 times

• How to Discover True Nature vs. Conditioned Nurture
  The most empowering question anyone can ask of a child, or even an adult, is "Who do you want to be when you grow up?" A child will respond with wide-eyed wonderment and enthusiasm while the adult will often respond with a woeful look of that was then, this is now retort. "He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away." | Raymond Hull
  Published 14Jun2009, viewed 254 times

• Top 3 Creative Sinkholes
  In my conversations with artists, actors, writers, singers and musicians I've noticed a pattern of three 'sinkholes' that suck the creative energy right out of a person. There are various nuances and sub-categories within the top three but for the sake of brevity I've sorted the big energy drainers into three funnels.
  Published 13Jun2009, viewed 243 times

• Are Power-sites Sucking Your Life Energy?
  You have the power to shape your future the way you want it to unfold. You are a magnificent and magically powerful being. You are blessed with the gift to create all that you desire to experience in this life. When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. This doubt clings to you as a parasite sucking the life energy and creative force right out of you.
  Published 10Jun2009, viewed 245 times

• You Are Enrolled in a Cosmic Grade School
  Welcome to your life, the attendance in a universal elementary school of sorts, where you are here to learn, develop and enjoy your being. You are here to learn your ABC's of Abundance, Being-ness and Consciousness. In the rich generative soil of physical reality you are meant to grow and blossom. How's it going for you?
  Published 08Jun2009, viewed 272 times

• How to Slay the Fear Monger Through Creativity
  Fear cripples creativity. Nothing new there. We've all experienced fear as we reach for inspiration, motivation and satisfaction. Fear dwells at the bottom of the pit of desperation. Fear is the lowest of lows. If your work depends upon your ability to create and tap into inspiration and you find the creative process elusive you may be dragging the reluctant along in the form of fear.
  Published 05Jun2009, viewed 248 times

• Blocked Creatively? Here's A Get Out of Jail Free Card
  The most damaging restrictions on a creative person's freedom are self-imposed. What may have started out as a new idea, a new methodology, becomes routine, a habit, after awhile. Habits are the comfort zone. Staying in the comfort zone is not what a creator is here to do.
  Published 25May2009, viewed 301 times

• How to Resolve Instead of Just Solve Problems
  In these hectic, often stressful days, many people measure themselves on their ability, or inability, to solve problems or "put out fires" in their daily life. A successful day is a day when problems are solved. However, the same kinds of problems keep coming up. Perhaps not every day, but often enough to notice a pattern if one only stops for a minute to examine the series of problems that they keep solving over and over and over again.
  Published 22May2009, viewed 302 times

• Stuck? You May Be Alice in Wonderland
  I encourage everyone to reread the stories that awed and entertained us as children. I guarantee you will find new meaning as an adult in the works of Lewis Carroll, Dr. Seuss, Frank Baum and his Wizard of Oz series, and more. These authors delivered powerful life affirming messages to us as children. Often we missed, or simply didn't understand the profound wisdom, in the words of our bedtime stories.
  Published 21May2009, viewed 296 times

• Stuck In A Powerless Comfort Zone? How to Reclaim Personal Power
  Life is a series of ups and downs, twists and turns. You can approach the roller coaster of life with arms high in the air; willingly and ready for whatever comes next. Or you can grip the handlebars and fear for your life. The choice is yours. A "next" is guaranteed if you are still breathing. As such, change is inevitable and certain.
  Published 19May2009, viewed 271 times

• Fear Success? Top 5 Indicators
  It's strange to think that fear of succeeding could be such a big issue and do much damage. I've found it to be a common underlying source of paralysis and a unyielding block for many of the creative people I mentor each day. What's even stranger is that the people who suffer most profoundly from a fear of success are usually not even aware they have it.
  Published 16May2009, viewed 253 times

• Intention Has Power: 5 Steps to Powerful Intention
  Many people fill their days with thoughts of who they want to be, what they want to do and what they want to have. desire not backed up by intention and action are just nice dreams. There are 5 steps in creating a powerful intention.
  Published 13May2009, viewed 344 times

• Perfectionist? Meet the High Achiever
  There is a distinction to be made between a high achiever and a perfectionist. The former strives for excellence while the later accepts nothing less that the impossible perfection in themselves and their work.
  Published 12May2009, viewed 311 times

• Success Comes With a New Pair of Glasses
  Four people on four different street corners witness the same traffic accident. The police arrive and ask each of the four people to describe what happened. And get four different versions of how the event happened. Who's right?
  Published 07May2009, viewed 281 times

• Who Am I Kidding? How to Stop Self-Sabotage
  "Who am I Kidding? Who am I to do this? What am I thinking? I'm not (fill in the blank) enough." These are questions creative people in the visual and performing arts ask themselves every day. They are the questions that stop an artist from starting a project. A creative person doesn't like to be stopped so she Finds Excuses And Reasons (F.E.A.R.) to justify the stoppage and make herself feel better, even if only for a moment.
  Published 04May2009, viewed 308 times

• Integrity: Essential to Effortless Creative Flow
  When you are "in integrity" you are in alignment with who you are at your deepest core In any area of your life where you struggle your thoughts and actions are out of integrity, you are not behaving in alignment with who you are. When you are in integrity with who you are, life flows effortlessly. When you are not in alignment with your truth you may be frustrated or upset. You may even beat yourself up over the choices you have made.
  Published 02May2009, viewed 258 times

• Blocked Creatively? You Might Just Be Swimming Upstream
  Where you are in your creative expression mirrors where you are in your life flow. If you are blocked creatively it is an indication that there is a disruption in your energy flow. Something isn't working. And the harder you try to push on forward the more blocked you become. You become exhausted, literally drained, depleted, unmotivated. Following any distraction feels better than fighting the block.
  Published 30Apr2009, viewed 303 times

• Show Up Naked - Honor Your Authenticity
  When you show up naked, vulnerable, authentic and open, you allow others to genuinely see who you are. When you fully realize that what you do is the fullest expression of who you are, you are enlightened. You honor the integrity of you. What you do honors your authenticity. You live consistently with the highest realization of what you know to be true. Is your life experience is a reflection of your deepest authenticity?
  Published 27Apr2009, viewed 272 times

• Stress Relief: Take Up Cog-Knitting
  Granny may be on to something that our comparatively inexperienced presence may not be aware of. Would we be well served by picking up a pair of knitting needles and a skein or two of yarn? Perhaps, through knitting, we are really weaving together deeper levels of consciousness and self-awareness disguised as a misshapen turtleneck sweater.
  Published 24Apr2009, viewed 302 times

• The Inner Critic Kidnaps The Artist Soul
  For many artists, actors and other creative people, challenges are very personal. And one of the biggest challenges is the Critic in the room, the Inner Critic. This gnarly Inner Critic is the voice of your self-doubt and fear. It is the emotional ties that bind you, hold you back, keep you stuck, limit you in what you think is possible for you as an artist. If allowed, this Inner Critic will suck the life force right out of you.
  Published 20Apr2009, viewed 281 times

• Are You Creatively Blocked or Are You Resisting - How to Know the Difference
  Artists of every kind; painters, photographers, sculptors, rock stars and actors will tell me that they are blocked. When we examine their specific challenge we discover that often they are not blocked, the are really resisting moving forward. There is a vast difference between the two. If you're struggling with your creative expression and vocation here's a way to determine whether your are blocked or unconsciously resisting as an artist.
  Published 18Apr2009, viewed 290 times

• Stuck in a Rut? Stop Dragging the Reluctant
  Are you stuck in a rut? Procrastinating? Finding excuses and reasons why you can't have what you want? If you answered yes to any of those questions then you are spending your days dragging The Reluctant along. Sometimes the reluctant weighs so heavy upon you that you can't move forward at all, so you're stuck, right where you are, unable to achieve much of anything.
  Published 15Feb2009, viewed 329 times

• The Intuitive Mind: The Wisdom of Albert Einstein
  The intuitive mind is the true self, the wizard within. It is the voice of your intuition and inspiration. The rational mind is that of the Inner Critic - the voice of your self-doubt and fear. The Wizard Within makes choices and takes action based on gut instinct and creative inspiration. The Inner Critic makes choices and takes action based on fear of failure, fear of success, fear of rejection, fear of humiliation, and fear of change.
  Published 15Feb2009, viewed 824 times

• Your Relationships are a Mirrored Reflection of You
  You have a lot of personal and professional relationships in life. Some relationships are loving, satisfying, uplifting, supportive and enrich your life experience. Other relationships are tense, adversarial, problematic, strained, and exhausting. You don't like, or avoid, spending time with the people who drain your life energy. The funny thing is that all of your relationships, good and bad, are a reflection of you!
  Published 15Feb2009, viewed 2029 times

• Weight Gain, Fear and the Pussycats
  Animals puff-up when they are vulnerable a threat or are hostile. So do people. If you use excess body weight as armor against the hostilities, or judgments of others you will not be able to lose weight no matter how hard you try. If you are hostile to your self and have low self-esteem you will not be able to reach your weight loss goals no matter how hard you try. Love yourself and you will shed unwanted pounds effortlessly.
  Published 15Feb2009, viewed 312 times

• Self-Doubt and Inner Critic Folly
  Inner Critic folly is those unquestioned and erroneous limiting beliefs you have about yourself that place limitations on your abilities. They may be conscious or unconscious. In other words, you often hold these assumptions you've made about yourself (and what is possible for you) far below the level of your everyday awareness. You are often unconscious to the fact that these beliefs are what guide your decisions and motivations.
  Published 16Mar2009, viewed 392 times

• The Inner Self Guide to New Rules
  I ask these questions because the answers will shine the light on the set of RULES taken on by you when you were very young. In those early, impressionable, years you observed your environment and made up a Rulebook to help you get by.
  Published 24Feb2009, viewed 329 times

• The Contrarian Formula for Success
  According to Sherry Buffington, co-developer of the CORE Multidimensional Personality Profile and the author of the book, "The Law of Abundance", there are 5 Essential Factors in the Formula for Success:
  Published 24Jan2009, viewed 391 times

• Woo-Hoo! You Got Fired!
  TV's "The Donald" seems to have patented the line "You're fired!" but unfortunately, many people get fired from jobs and aren't launched into national celebrity, and you might be next.
  Published 19Feb2009, viewed 649 times

• Life: Are You Eating Lemons or Enjoying Lemonade?
  Expressing your Inner Wizard, your true essence, is about seeing lemonade instead of lemons rather than making lemonade out of lemons. If you believe that your self, your environment and the world is made up of lemons then most of what you see will be - lemons!
  Published 17Feb2009, viewed 1199 times

• How Did I Get An Inner Critic?
  As a child you developed an Inner Critic to help you cope, keep you safe, in your early environment. This Inner Critic is the voice of your self-doubt and fear. This voice is part of you. You cannot eliminate it. You can take away it's power to lead your life direction. Learn about the other voice within you, your Inner Wizard. Your Inner Wizard will always keep you safe and effortlessly guide you forward as you turn your dreams into reality!
  Published 14Feb2009, viewed 331 times

• You Have a Knowingness: Empowered Inner Wisdom
  You have an empowered inner wisdom within you that will always lead you in the direction of your goals, dreams and desires. It is the voice of your intuition, your gut instinct, your inspiration, your Inner Wizard. You have another voice within you, your Inner Critic. Whichever voice is empowered creates your life experience. If it is your Inner Wizard, life is good. If it is your Inner Critic, life is a struggle. Who's got your power?
  Published 12Feb2009, viewed 368 times

• Success: New Rules
  People live their lives within the rules they set up for themselves as children. These 'rules' form the internal belief systems that shape life experiences moving forward. For example, the rule "mistakes are bad" results in fear of trying anything new. To move forward in life, to get more of what you want, to create more success, you have to begin with a new set of rules. Begin with tossing out the old and developing a new set of rules!
  Published 07Feb2009, viewed 286 times

• Stress: What Kind of 'Busy' Are You?
  Is your time spent doing things that move you closer to achieving your goals? Or are you spending much of your time doing things that keep you right where you already or or even back a few steps? Learn how to recognize the difference. Your internal guidance system, your True Essence, will tell you and guide you forward. Learn how to spend more of your time getting more of what you want and less of your time getting more of what you don't want.
  Published 05Feb2009, viewed 389 times

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