This is a beautiful video of how things can be when we work together rather than compete or view others as “The Other” – hope you enjoy it on this happy Easter morning!

Often I am asked what EXACTLY is it that I do? I mean I have a lot of “labels – life coach, energy healer, spiritual teacher, astrologer, workshop leader, Reiki Master, interfaith minister…etc. That’s great – but, what do I DO?!?!?

Well, what I “DO”, bottom-line, is this: I help people to find their life purpose and live it. When you are living the purpose that you were uniquely created to fulfill, you are happy, life flows easier and you are making the world a better place – it’s a WIN-WIN for everyone!

How I do it is through a unique combination of spiritual coaching and energy healing methods. I help you get connected with your spiritual source so that you can find the answers you need within you. Then, you have this tool forever and always and can always resort to it whenever you have decisions to make in life. Some of the tools for this connection can be prayer, meditation, dreamwork, journaling, etc.I don’t want to help you get your life purpose and then leave you hanging – not knowing where to go from there. When you are done working with me, you are clear on your purpose, you have taken steps towards living it within the context of your ideal dream life and you have the tools necessary to move forward on your own!

The energy healing provides a beautiful way of releasing old patterns and beliefs, so that you are better able to surge forward into the life of your dreams as opposed to getting and staying stuck as so many of us do!

And, if you are still stuck or unclear after all of that, I also can pull out the “big guns” and determine astrologically what your purpose is and any challenges and/or positive personality traits you may have in helping you achieve it. This can be a great source of information and support in moving you forward towards your dreams.

As I mentioned yesterday, the “theme” I chose for this year – 2011 – is “I am Enough”. I chose it because I feel that I (and I know I’m not alone) have a tendency to believe that we somehow need to be “more” than we are in order to be successful or move forward or follow a dream or create something. I put off starting my business for years because I didn’t have it perfectly formed in my head – Sheeesh! I STILL don’t have it perfectly formed!

And I can’t count how many classes, courses, certifications, seminars, etc. I took and received before I saw my first coaching client when, in reality, I would have been just as prepared after my first certification course – the way I could have gotten better faster would have been to get experience from clients as opposed to another class. However, I had felt that somehow, I wasn’t enough as I was and just ONE more class was going to make me Perfect.

It doesn’t work that way – if there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s to take “imperfect action” – you will get much further, much faster  and improve more quickly by doing so. Overcome the idea that everything had to be perfect or complete before it can be deemed “OK”. Be gentle with yourself. The house is clean enough, you have run around the track enough for today, the kids are dressed well enough, the supper tastes good enough, I own enough stuff, … you get the idea – it can be applied to just about anything.

As I was searching the web for quotes or pictures to add to this post, I came across the I Am Enough Collaborative – a group of women bloggers who came together and wrote about this very topic. I especially like the idea of the Bare Minimum Game from Jen Lee.

Notice throughout the day, how often the principle of “enough-ness” can be applied. And then draw up a nice bubble bath and rest your weary bones – you’ve done enough for today.

Wow! It’s the first day of the new year and already it’s flying by! I meant to post this yesterday – sort of as a summary/year- in-review kind of thing and the day just slipped away and now so has today!

Yesterday I spent almost the entire day doing my annual ritual of Releasing the old year and preparing and planning for the new. As many of you already know, each year I pick a “theme” for the year. Last year my theme started out as “Choose Joy”. In other words, I really wanted to focus on only doing things that truly brought me joy. What a found out really quickly, was that in order to follow joy and actually choose it, takes a lot of TRUST! A lot of trust in God, the Divine, the Universe, whatever you want to call it.

You have to truly believe that if you choose what serves you best (and, hopefully, inherently that brings you Joy), you will be supported and the Universe will come running to meet you and help you along. It is true that that happens, but learning that lesson can be a bit scary at times. So, it seems my theme really ended up being about TRUST – and one of the basic lessons that I teach my clients, students, followers and friends (and in 2010, myself):

Follow Your Heart

Trust in The Divine

It’s really as simple as that – notice I said SIMPLE – not EASY!!! Not easy at first, that is – but like anything else, it becomes much easier with practice. And now, I start my day with asking

“Where do I need to be or what do I need to now today?”

and TRUSTING that I will be supported (even if outside circumstances don’t suggest that). So, I encourage you to connect to that all-knowing Source, listen to that still, small voice, and then… follow it… and if that seems really scary…

then… TRUST!!!

You won’t be led astray – I promise.

This year I chose the theme of Being Enough…more on it tomorrow!

August 21, 2010 1 – 5 PM Central

Location: Spectrum Center, Houston, TX

Cost: $45

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