Election Polls, Storms, Devastation and Hope!

Did you vote this week? Hope you did. Whether you voted for Clinton or Obama, we all continue to wait and hope. We all hold a vision that the winner will stay in their integrity and do their best to move our country forward to a better tomorrow.

Did you hear about this little boy on the left thrown 300 feet? TheAssociated Press recaps the story and says that Kyson's story emerged as a tale of hope amid spectacular misery. Residents in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas tried to piece their lives back together after the nation's deadliest twister rampage in two decades killed 59 people. How do we find hope in even the darkest of times?

Life is a continuous story of unraveling ups and downs. In order to stay centered in love and hope; follow these daily steps.

1. Weather you are experiencing a temporary blessing looking off the top of the mountain or you are in one of life's deepest down cycles--take a break and watch a beautiful sunset. Be in the moment with the peace and beauty you feel. With each set of the sun let everything from the day and what is behind dissolve with the setting sun.

2. Before bed take inventory of your day and notice how your feel. Do you have things lingering in your mind wanting your attention?In order to get a relaxing and rejuvenating sleep these things need to be completed and filed away--mentally put them in a file labeled Angel's File. This gives your mind permission to release it for the night and sets the stage for a deep refreshing sleep. In Love's Secret you will find tools throughout for releasing overwhelming emotions and bringing yourself back to center to live your life in love.

Do you have secrets for releasing dark times of despair or miracles that came from hard times ? Share them with me.

Wordless Wednesday

A Beautiful Sunrise. Leave us a message regarding your best sunrise!

SuperBowl, Touchdown, Goal Post and Love's Secret

What are your SuperBowl Plans? Connie Ragan Smith over at Ebook Writing and Secrets has some great ideas. And Love's Secret can help you to make a touchdown with your relationship commitment issues. Create a Goal Post by creating a vision of what you want to create in your relationship. A template for creating your vision is included in Love's Secret. Your vision becomes your goal post and by keeping your communication channels open you are empowered to create a touchdown.

Are you headed for a touchdown or losing yards daily? 50% of all marriages fail. A sure sign of a losing game in football is to have someone intercept your pass and lose yardage and get pushed back from the goal post.

What is pushing you back from your goal post? Communication problems, money problems, old habits; whatever your challenge Love's Secret offers assistance. Couples spend a lot of money on entertainment yet neglect to spend money on the most important part of their life--their relationship partnership.

Check out our couples retreats in Sedona, Arizona and Warner Springs, CA. If you need a break from the cold and snow join us March 9-14 in Warner Springs, CA and soak in healing mineral waters, hike, yoga and rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit.

With Valentine's Day just around the corner you may be looking for a Valentine's gift. Our retreats are a wonderful way to say I love you. What is the best Valentine's gift that you have ever recieved, or given? Did it gain you yardage and create a touchdown in your relationship?

Get Clear-Get Organized and Declutter--GTD

For alot of people the Soprano's is a regular on their schedule. One of the comments that Tony Soprano made recently was "Eat what is on your plate first." A great action plan for getting our lives on track and creating ripples of inner peace.

A great new book that keeps showing up in Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble gives empowering advice on self management. Balancing life and work is challenging grab some great tools over at David Allen's site on GTD. David offers easy to apply advice and tools to help us all stop being distracted by uncompleted thoughts and tasks that plague our mind. You can also view a wonderful lecture that David gave for Google over on Youtube.

Have you ever thought about how you manage your energy? When you are constantly distracted by your long list of uncompleted tasks--you waste your energy. Even more needless energy is wasted on worrying about what we are not current with. Worrying is a self sabotaging habit and squanders your energy and creates toxins that depletes your immune response. A cluttered mind results in a cluttered life and creates an endless loop of chaos.

In our hurry, worry world we all need a helping hand. Gift your self an energy break. Take a pad and write down three things you want to accomplish today. Once you accomplish these three things then reward yourself. Sit and sip a warm cup of green tea, or sit in the sun and soak up 15 minutes of sunshine. Fifteen minutes of sun gives your body an energy boost. What is your favorite gift to give yourself as a reward. Mine is a walk in nature.

Cool Book of the Day

Love's Secret is featured as cool book of the day. Check it out and the person who leaves the nicest kudo on the site will win a copy! Follow this link.

You might wonder what is a kudo. Just a nice pat on the back. I have much more respect for authors now since Love's Secret was released by Sedona Publisher's in Nov 2007. It has been a big learning curve and a lot of hard work. Love's Secret was also awarded Finalist by USA Book News in their Self Help Relationship category.

Go on over and leave your kudos and win a copy of the cool book of the day. Love's Secret will help you deal with your relationship commitment issues and help your live your life in love with the love of your life.

Here is an excerpt:

Craving Love—Fearing Love

Bob had just met the woman of his dreams. Based on his past, he was scared to death he would mess up again. When Bob first entered my office, he was desperate for answers. He wanted to succeed this time more than anything else in the world. In the past when he made a commitment, his fears would surface, and he himself sabotaging the relationship.

This time he wanted things to be different, not by chance, but because he had a plan and tools to deal with his fear of intimacy. He was terrified of love which kept him commitment phobic, but he had never realized his patterns. During our sessions he discovered his fear, and the EFT offered him hope that he could heal. In the past he had spent his time consumed with searching for the one, the perfect mate.

Face the Fear
In this chapter you will find the secret for dealing with fear of intimacy and commitment and the underlying fears that can keep you caught in the swinging doors of toxic relationships.

LOVE’S SECRET number one is to make a commitment to your own healing. You can then be a support within the relationship for healing your issues as a couple. This chapter explores what commitment means and why you or your mate might be commitment phobic. You will find solutions to overcome your phobias and tools to build new habits to live your life in love. Your commitment to your own inner-healing will build a base for a happy, long-term, loving relationship.

*Exercises for journaling and inner-reflection are included throughout the book.
*These exercises are intended to connect you with your inner wisdom and find answers to create the life and relationship that you have longed for.
*Quiet inner-reflection through journaling allows ideas and hidden inner-desires to bubble up from within.
*Once you have your inner answers on paper, you can examine them and focus your energy to create your heart’s desire.

If you have any questions leave your comment below. Also I am giving away a copy Feb29 to the person who has left the most comments on this blog. Join in the discussion. What is your biggest reltionship commitment issue?

A Happy Ending

A Happy ending to a sad New Year's beginning.
Last month, while riding in a New York City taxi, a young woman named Erika Gunderson found a $500 Canon digital camera that the cab's previous occupant had left behind.

She, her boyfriend, and his mom decided to create a happing ending. After much searching found the rightful owner.

Murphy, an insurance underwriter, had been devastated to lose the pictures from a trip he had planned for years. It was Jan. 10 _ his 34th birthday _ when he heard he would be getting the photos back. "I was over the moon," he says now. "Best present ever."

"I owe you one," he wrote to Ascher. "It's good to know there are some honest people left in the world."

Such a heart warming up lifting story. Great to acknowledge that we do have wonderful honest people who go the extra mile and give their best. Kudos to this family for their determination.

Do you have experiences where you have received or given a gift like this to someone you don't know or have never met? Just met a new blogger over at Spa Clientele check out her post on Zen and Simplicity--great post.

Wordless Wednesday--Enjoy Your Snowman!