Dawn Nocera

Category: Coaching & Mentoring

  • Wisdom Is The Way

    Wisdom Is The Way

    Wisdom is the way. 

    I love the wisdom that can be found in everyday life.  I was having coffee at a local coffee shop, half working, and half eavesdropping when I heard a beautiful wisdom filled conversation between 2 women in their late 70’s or early 80’s.  

    I learned that one of the women was on her way to Sedona, AZ for a spiritual retreat, the other was planning a girlfriend gathering to support another friend whose husband was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.   I made a mental note to myself and offered a whisper of desire to the universe,  “That or something better in my 80’s.”

    As I listened in I heard one woman asked the other about their yoga teacher, “What do you think about his enlightenment?”

    The other sighed and responded with thoughtful wisdom, “He does his inner work, however he still believes that his way is the only way.   So, I’m uncertain if he’ll fully get it anytime soon.”  

    I remember thinking that the way I did things was the only way to do them.  I also know how much I don’t like being told by someone else that there is only one way to do something, whether it is losing weight, marketing your business, or become enlightened.

    There is something magical about growing older, you come to realize that there is more than one way to do most anything.

    When we believe there needs to be a set of conditions that students and clients need to follow in order for them to arrive where we are guiding taking them to be, we set ourselves up to take responsibility for their success or failure whether they get there or not.   The responsibility is not ours, it is theirs.   As luminary coaches, mentors, and guides our work is to dig deep into our own life experience, take responsibility for our own journey, and appreciate the moments when we shifted out of our own conditional way of being and where we learned to embrace and activate our soul’s deepest wisdom.   We create the space of possibility for others to be activated when we stop holding back our deepest wisdom and truth.

    Dawn Nocera helps coaches, mentors, and guides discover and appreciate what they activate in the world so ultimately you can get paid to share your deepest wisdom and grow a beautiful soul friendly business as a maverick leader- activating millions with your very presence.  

  • Shaming The Shamer

    Shaming The Shamer

    Short and sweet; shaming people for any reason is a form of emotional abuse. Shaming people to buy programs and products, or to sign up for coaching is not the luminary way of enrolling clients, or of enriching our tribes to step into their own power.  Never.    

    Here is a post I shared in my Activate Your DNA Superpowers group earlier this year about a shaming situation I witnessed on Facebook.

    ShamePost

    It is hard to break the cycle of marketing shame without shaming the shamer, so my apologies in advance.   Shame is actually taught as a technique to get people to invest in themselves.  Of course no one is teaching the Shame Them To Death Marketing System, however in the end, that is exactly what is happening.

    There is a better way.  It is time to step out of the shadow and fully into true wealth and abundance.

    If you’ve had memorable enrollment experience with a coach, mentor, speaker, or other luminary that was either really great or really awful, I’d love to hear about it in the comments below.  (No calling people out by name please.)   I’d love to hear how others feel about this.

    It is time to step fully into abundance and truth.

  • Feeling Impatient Getting Your Work Out To The World?

    Feeling Impatient Getting Your Work Out To The World?

    Getting Your Work Out

    I’ve been home from China for almost 2 weeks after traveling with my husband and our two youngest children.  I’m finally feeling like my luminary self again, back on my luminary path activating wealth and wisdom wherever I go. I’m enjoying a nice cool glass of water and I wanted to share some wisdom about getting your work out that might help you this week as you travel your luminary path.

    Trust the Timing

    One of my clients was recently telling me about the many possibilities and opportunities that are on the horizon for her.  As she shared the really amazing things that keep coming her way,  I could feel her impatience and frustration that all of these things were still ‘on the horizon’ in the space of possibility and not yet manifest and made real.  Within the conversation she also mentioned that she thinks she may have a money block that is keeping her from taking more action.

    Have you ever felt like that?   Have you ever felt impatient with the timing of things and thought that you must have a block that is stopping you from taking action as you share your deepest wisdom with the world?

    Trust You are on Your Path

    As luminary leaders, teachers, and guides we sometimes feel like we are off our path if things aren’t moving as quickly as we’d like.   Sometimes we have a vision or a glimpse of what is to come, who we are meant to work with next, the growing impact of our message, the expanding ripple effect of our luminary work and we think the next step is to get into massive action in order to manifest it all as soon as possible.

    Trust. Then Trust Some More!

    I’ve been here many times.  It is always uncomfortable for me.   It feels like there is something I’m supposed to be doing, but I just can’t put my finger on it.  I think if someone would just tell me exactly what to do (the full plan, not the teeny tiny next step) I’d be able to get back on my path and hit the ground running!

    This actually happened to me a few days after returning from China. Staying where I was or moving forward at the pace I was going, was no longer comfortable or even acceptable.   I could feel a calling to something more expanded, more significant, maybe even more authentic, and I wanted to answer that call sooner than later.  A major theme in my life seems to be spiritual impatience.

    Ask for Support

    For myself I’ve learned to ask for support from my dearest friends and mentors, those that I trust with my soul’s purpose when I begin to feel spiritually impatient.  I’m still learning.  It took me over 24 hours to reach out this time, in the past it may have taken weeks or months.  I remember holding my breath for an entire year one time.   I’m exaggerating, but you get the picture.

    There are no accidents that my clients shared all of her ‘good fortune’ with me.  I let her know what I was experiencing as she talked.  I shared how I felt, and I asked her if any of it resonated with what she was feeling.   She confirmed that although all this was coming her way, she was feeling impatient and uncomfortable going at a snails pace.

    Get Comfortable with Divine Discomfort

    Barbara De Angelis, calls this “Divine Discomfort.”  Yup, that is what it feels like to me.  It is also no accident that I was just listening to Barbara’s book, Soul Shifts on the way home from taking my oldest daughter to college the day before.

    Remember who you really are.

    Here is the wisdom I’ve learned over the years that I want to share.  When we feel that divine discomfort, disappointment, and even divine dissatisfaction, we haven’t gone off our luminary path.   We are still on it, but our Higher Self is trying to remind us of something important about who we are before we take more action.

    Our Higher Self is always trying to remind us who we really are.

    And another thing, the blocks we think we have are not really blocks. They are soul revealing reminders.    The divine discomfort and dissatisfaction is an invitation to go a little deeper, look not for the block but for the portal into remembering WHO YOU REALLY ARE.

    It can be extremely difficult to try to interpret what our Higher Self is trying to remind us, however when we allow ourselves to share as authentically as possible with a trusted friend, mentor, or guide, it is much easier to find the opening that reveals what is inviting us to go deeper.

    There Are No Guarantees

    There is no guaranteed answer as to what your Soul is trying to reveal or remind you.  The wisdom I want to share is that outer action is not always soulution when you feel agitated at a soul level.  The soulution is to remember who you are, to regain your soul center, and align with your higher self before the opportunities manifest.  This helps you sustain the higher vibrational frequencies that the opportunities bring with them.

    I have learned to appreciate the feeling of divine discomfort, and to appreciate myself for who I am and what I activate even when I’m not doing anything.

    I want this for you too.

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    Me in People's Garden Shanghai
  • Trust What You Activate

    Trust What You Activate

    I am still learning to trust my own activation and learning to embrace it as the path to my personal wellness in all areas of life.  It hasn’t been easy.  I’ve had to learn to trust that my Higher Self knows better than my logical self what I’m here on earth to Activate.

    I appreciate myself trusting in the Divine when things really don’t turn out as planned.

    I appreciate that when things don’t turn out as they are planned, everything is completely and divinely orchestrated for me to trust in the Divine even more.

    I’ve been asking to “Live my trust even more.”  

    On Tuesday it really seemed that things weren’t going ‘my way.’   My computer wouldn’t connect to video or audio when I was preparing for my free workshop and I ended up borrowing my son’s computer which didn’t have my files. I just kept breathing and trusting and admittedly it wasn’t easy to remember to just breathe and trust. However I did breathe, and I did trust.  Through each flip and every flop, I was reminded of something that happened earlier that morning. 

    I was on the phone and pulling out of the parking lot of the grocery store, when I felt a big “thu-thump!”  I ran over something!  When I got out of the car I could see it was a big fat wallet.  

    I immediately remembered seeing a man and his wife (i’m assuming) who pulled in next to me when I got into my car and seeing something black on the ground that I ignored thinking it was a soft cloth can cooler.  Anyway, I picked up the wallet without looking in it more than noticing that the credit cards on one side of it were now bent.  “Yikes!  I broke some of his cards!”  I ran back into the store and hunted the man down.    I found him and asked him it the wallet was his and it was.  I apologized for running it over.  

    The man was slightly stunned that he dropped his wallet in the parking lot and his wife was so grateful and happy.  She thanked me from her heart.  I felt it.  I was still on the phone with my friend Holly while all this was happening and she heard it all.   Sort of laughing, she pointing out that I found his wallet and that I activate True Wealth.    I wasn’t immediately able to put it together on my own.   It was Holly on the phone, “OMG, Dawn! This is your activation. You helped return his actual wealth and you helped him activate his True Wealth!”  Wow. That felt really simple, and a part of me was stuck on the fact that I ran it over!   I literally ran over his wallet.   

    His wallet.  And from the size of this wallet it contained everything that touched his financial life.  Looking back, I have to say he activated a bit of self-compassion in me.  I could feel his inner pain.  It was more like a memory of financial pain, like his life may have been ‘hard.’   I’d like to believe I activated True Wealth in a way that helps him enjoy more ease in his life.  That feels really good to imagine.  And at the same time the memory of him & his wallet helped me feel more compassionate with myself as I experienced one magical mishap after another the rest of the day.

    A couple of things occurred to me, I rarely stay on the phone while I’m running into the grocery store, however I did and the person on the phone with me has been a friend and a client at times through the entire process of me transforming from ‘Successful Success Coach’ to living from the realm of Maverick Leadership.   It was no accident that she was there, that I ran over this man’s wallet, that it happened on the day it happened or that returning his wallet would be my touch point throughout the day to remind me, “Yes, I can trust that I really do activate True Wealth (and Honest Truth)”

    Trust What You Activate

    I don’t need to see that the man’s life has changed nor do I need to see that he is gaining wealth in some major way in order for me to feel like I added value.

    I didn’t need my day to go perfectly as planned to know that it was all divinely guided and to know that I truly did add value.

    I was reminded that there is a divine plan and being willing to be a part of the Divine plan is my path, it is my path of least resistance.

    I already planned, because I was guided, to do the same workshop the following week.  It will be interesting to see how my activation shows up, how spirit shows up, and who is led to be there with me to enjoy this wild wonderful journey we are on!

    Join me live once a month to learn more about activating the path of least resistance and for a chance to experience the heavenly hot seat and receive live coaching.

    Or if you feel called to work with me in any way, you can schedule a free clarity session here.

  • 3 Steps to Being a Luminary Mom

    3 Steps to Being a Luminary Mom

    Mothers are the most appreciated group of people in the world.  How do I know?  From 2000-2002, I surveyed over 4000 teenage girls and 50% of them voted for their mom as the most influential woman in all of history.   I wasn’t surprised.

    Fast forward to today, and here I am the mother of 3 kids of my own.    As of today my babies are 11, 13, and 19.  My oldest is in her first year of college.    I share a lot about how I parent with my private clients.  Luminary coaches and mentors want our businesses to thrive so we can manifest our fullest potential and that is so much easier when we are parenting our children to their highest potential as well.

    Being a mom is one of the most natural places we practice our luminary work in the world.  Our kids call us into our highest form of leadership.  Over the years, I’ve learned to keep things simple in parenting.   Here are the steps or guidelines I work with in raising my luminary children.

    Step 1:  Let True Desires Lead The Way

    True desires are different than wants, needs, or longings.  True desires are the desires within us that call us forward into the life we are designed to live.  Learning to discern the difference between a true desire and a want is a skill that I developed over time.  When kids are babies every desire is a true desire.  There were no conditions attached to what they wanted, they just wanted what they wanted and were masterfully persistent in getting what they wanted.  As my kids grew older, discerning the difference between what they really wanted to be, do and have required a little more of my intuitive skills.  Around 7 they began to want what their friends wanted, or what they thought they should want.  By the time they are in their teens, this discernment takes conversation and a bit more active listening and aligning before I feel confident that what they want is really a true desire.  And if it is a true desire, I’ll do what ever I can to support their desires.  Yes, even if their desires go against what I’d want for them.  Like when they choose a different religious path than mine.  It takes a lot of unconditional love to support their desires that challenge your values.  I’ve found that my biggest moments of personal growth have come from upgrading my beliefs and expand my mind through supporting my children in this way.

    Helping clients gain clarity of what their true desires are is an essential skill to all luminary work that you do.   If you can’t believe in and nurture the true desires of your clients, you can’t possibly be of service to them.   I have found that practicing this skill at home with my family over the past 20 year has been essential in helping me hold the space for my clients to access clarity and get what they want.

    Step 2:  Be Present

    All of my kids have a very different way of communicating with me.  Some call out my name before they start talking, others just run in and start talking before I even realize they are there. When my kids started to talk and move on their own, it became necessary for me to really stop what I was doing and be very present to what they were asking me, or sharing with me.

    It’s not always possible to stop everything and be present.   When I was in high school my mom had one rule for when she came home from work; don’t ask her anything until she had her 5-10 minute nap.  As annoying as it was for my brother and I to wait those 10 minutes, we learned to respect and honor her time to regroup from work so she could be present to what we were asking.  It also helped that she said, “No” to every question, request, or comment we made to her before she had her 10 minute nap.

    I’m not sure my mom was conscious that she was honoring her own energy by giving herself time to ‘return home to herself’ before she entered yet another environment where she was depended on by others, but this allowed her to be more present with us and our desires.

    This skill of returning to my own energy while simultaneously being present to my children is somewhat of a habit for me now.  I work from home most days and I’ve learned to take a nap or meditate for 20 minutes before my kids come home from school.  It helps me return home to myself after working with clients all day and helps me remain present for the rest of the day.

    3:  Appreciate Yourself

    I was going to say that providing an environment where everyone feels safe asking for support, sharing their dreams, and being themselves, was the third step in being a luminary mom.  And it is, however if you don’t appreciate yourself as a woman, as a mother, as someone with unique dreams and desires who appreciates and values yourself, there will not be space for your children to do that for themselves.  As mothers, how we feel about ourselves is the true environment our kids live in.  The vibration or frequency of the home is set by how the mother feels about herself.   No matter what you do to help your children raise their vibration, nothing is more important for them than to see you as someone who values and appreciates themselves.

    This goes beyond physical appearance, which is where society places value and appreciation.  This is our deepest inner work.   When we deeply appreciate ourselves we become the space of pure possibility for everyone around us.

  • 5 Appreciation Friday

    5 Appreciation Friday

    What I’m Appreciating

    Here is a dose of “5-Appreciation Friday,” a brief-ish list of what I’m appreciating this week.

    #5AppreciationFriday

    1.  What I’m appreciating about myself –
    I am appreciating that I am diving into the work of self-appreciation around shame.  It’s one of my life lessons according to my good friend and hand analyst Pamelah Landers (who I deeply appreciate as a mentor and friend).    I appreciate that I can feel the shame around feeling stupid or unintelligent.  I appreciate myself for taking a risk and writing about it in a blog post this week.  Mostly I appreciate myself for seeing the wisdom in feeling the shame as opposed to numbing it out and acting as if it doesn’t exist.

    2.  Quote I’m appreciating, once again – 

    “What you resist, persists.” C. G.  Jung

    3.  Activation I’m appreciating –
    I’m appreciating the activation of Galactic Goddess Energy and the mindful awareness of what that energy feels like for me.  I’m appreciating that I am honoring the time it takes to translate the energy of the soul into words for my clients.  I am grateful that I receive a new activation with each new session.  I’m appreciating myself for doing my own inner work by deeply appreciating each activation as it becomes known to me.   I’m appreciating myself for practicing the Sacred-Art of Self-Appreciation with the Galactic Goddess Energy that was activated this week.  It is such a powerful energy to experience and it carries some deep wisdom about being both connected to everything and unattached all at the same time.   Oh, I love the work I do and the activations of the people who feel called to work with me.   View this week’s Activation I’m appreciating.

     

    4.  Family I’m appreciating –
    I’m appreciating myself that “I took my grandma shopping on Monday. She is 95. She gave me this picture. Yes, that is me in the middle. My grandma was 2 years older than I am now in this picture.  I love my grandparents. I wish my grandpa could have seen all of his great grandchildren. He would have loved them all!”  I’m also appreciating my social family that connected on Facebook.

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    5.   SASA Practice I’m appreciating –
    Who wouldn’t appreciate how cute I am as a baby in the picture!  I appreciate knowing that I came into this world to activate both True Wealth and Honesty & Truth.  I’m appreciating myself as a baby, without anything that I need to do or say.   I’m appreciating myself for being born and for activating wealth and truth before I could even talk or walk.

    If you want to connect to your activation code and your soul’s purpose,  consider scheduling an Activation Code Reading Session here.  

  • What You Are REALLY Up Against

    What You Are REALLY Up Against

    I’m currently participating in two group programs hosted by other luminary leaders.  One is an online group program to help me gain more clarity about my intuitive style.  The other is a live group program I chose to participate in to help me live a more creative life in terms of taking care of my health.  

    Both classes are triggering hidden fears, doubts, and shame.

    As far as my health goes, I’d like to say, ‘I’ve ‘got this,’ but the truth is, I still need help.   I’ve been coaching and helping others get what they really want for almost 10 years now.  One of the things my clients love about me the most is that I constantly remind them, “It’s so much easier than you think.”  And “If It is not easy, you’re either not aligned or it’s not the right time.”  (Insert massive deep breath here.  Ahh…)   When it comes to my health I would rather put my head in the sand so I just don’t have to deal with it.    And admitting that I need help, or that I want to keep my head in the sand is the hardest thing to do.  I feel ashamed and underneath the shame is the judgment that I’m… dumb, stupid, unintelligent.   In the class I’m taking they call that voice of judgement the “Itty Bitty Shitty Committee”

    I should be ashamed of myself for not knowing better, for not taking care of this sooner, for not worrying about my health.

    In my luminary coaching work the Voice of Judgment (VOJ) is a part of a bigger obstacle that I call our Invisible Fences. One of my original mentors calls it “The Terror Barrier!”   Terror implies that our fears stop us from getting what we want, and that is true.  But I’ve found that I’m way more willing to overcome fears than I am to look for what is hidden, like shame.  I get triggered and angry any time I bump up against my invisible fences.   (VOJ – “I should be ashamed of not making the shame/fear connection to my invisible fences sooner!”)

    When I get angry, I feel (wait for it… ) stupid!  OMG!  I feel like a little kid trying to learn something and not willing to be vulnerable and risk looking dumb in order to really take in what is being presented.    This is how leadership gets whacked out of alignment.

    The other class is the intuition class, which I joined so I could learn more about myself and my ability to read people’s Activation Codes, their soul energy.  I wanted to be more consciously aware of the process I use to help people understand their soul agreements in this way.   Taking this class was a great experience for me.   Part of the class required us to pair up with someone else and read them and be read.  I was one of the first people to sit in the receiving seat of a reading.  And when my partner asked what I wanted to know about, I heard myself say, “My health.”   I had no previous desire to ask about my health.  It would not have been the first thing I asked about had I given it much though, but that is what came out of my mouth, “My health.”  I’ve come to know these moments as channeled moments when divinity speaks through me to deliver a message.

    This class is also triggering fears, doubts, and shame.

    I wrote an entire chapter about intuition, I should be ashamed of myself for not teaching this class, not taking it!   I’m walking through a lot of invisible fences of shame.  It seems like there are miles of shame that created my invisible fences.  The good thing is now that I know that shame what the fence is made out of, I can actually walk right through the shame with more conscious awareness and when I do the shame shifts a little each time and it’s grip becomes looser.   Under that shame is the feeling of being dumb, unintelligent, or downright stupid.

    A part of my luminary work is asking myself, “Whose is this?” when I’m up against my invisible fences.

    “Whose is this?”

    The shame of feeling stupid or unintelligent belongs to my dad.   He was so smart and taught me everything I needed to know to feel intelligent and yet he felt he just wasn’t smart enough to…. (fill in the blank.)

    It is not mine,  and yet, I’m doing the work to help this shame that is in me emerge as something much more divine.  I wonder what it wants to emerge as?   … Wisdom!

    I appreciate that I can learn to have body wisdom.   I can learn to listen more deeply to what my body wants and needs.  I can learn to get my head out of the sand and face the light of day in relationship to my health.  I can learn how to feel the wisdom in sharing what I’m going through instead of feeling the fear that someone will see me as… unintelligent, or judge me for not having it together already.

    For me, I’m really up against the shame of not knowing how I’m going to regain my health, and the fear of being judged.  This is what I’m up against, my invisible fence.  I can still feel the fear of being judged or feeling stupid.   I appreciate myself for moving through, the shame.   I appreciate myself for being willing to look at what is really going on.  I appreciate myself for caring about myself enough to want to clear my energy field of conditional beliefs so I can be free to activate much more good in the world with authenticity and compassion.

    What are your Invisible Fences?

    Once you know what they are you can appreciate yourself for being aware of what you are up against.   When you are aware of what you are up against, it is no longer has an invisible grip on your and you are free to move beyond it, if you are willing.

    Feel called to know more about what you activate in the world and how your activation can trigger invisible fences in other people?   Read more about Activation Code Sessions here.  

  • 5 Steps to Making Decisions in Business

    5 Steps to Making Decisions in Business

    When you are made a decision to build a business you began a process of attraction.  Most people think that just because they made a decision to build a business, they will attract clients who want to throw money at them.

    Wishful thinking!

    What actually happens when you make a decision, is you begin to attract opportunities.   Your decision to grow a business, make money, find more love, really when you make any decision about anything in your life, you begin to attract an abundance of opportunities that lead you to the next step towards manifesting what you want.

    And that is GOOD!

    But how do you make a luminary decision and discern the difference between an opportunity for growth and an opportunity to stay on the hamster wheel of frustration and overwhelm?

    Years ago I had a conversation with a client who felt called to become a public speaker.  At the time of our conversation he was already highly skilled and passionate about speaking and his income from speaking wasn’t quiet enough to quit his day job.  His desire to answer the call to become a public speaker put him in a high vibrational state where he was attracting a lot of opportunities and he was having a hard time making a decision about which opportunity to say yes to, if any.    I think at the time he had 3 firm opportunities in front of him all of which would have been great in some way, but they were all pointing in slightly different directions.  I don’t remember the details exactly, but two were different job opportunities to work for two different non-profit organizations, both would allow him to travel and speak.   The other was a higher paying job that would allow him to use his leadership skills more, but didn’t include any public speaking. He told me how frustrated and overwhelmed he was trying to decide which opportunity to say yes too.  He was feeling a lot of pressure to decide.  He told me, “I don’t want to make the wrong decision and I’m afraid that if I don’t make a decision now the opportunities will pass.”

    After I explained that he can’t make the wrong decision because all opportunities come from Source and all opportunities are for his personal expansion, so they all lead to something pretty amazing, we were able to look at the opportunities individually.  I also explained that the direction the opportunity will flow is set based on our vibrational state at the time we make the decision.  Decisions made from a place of fear will attract more to fear.  Decisions made from the point of view of scarcity will attract more scarcity.  Decisions made from a place of expansion and possibility and trust, will lead to more expansion, possibility and trust.  That is how the law of attraction works.  Our ability to choose is our most powerful superpower.

    I shared this five step decision making process that can really help you line up your energy with Source so you can make an empowered choice and feel confident in your choice:

    Step One:  Identify the Opportunity.

    Go through the opportunities in front of you one at a time.  With this client, I had him list each opportunity and look at each one individually to see where his energy was most aligned.  I encouraged him to list everything he knew about each opportunity.

    Step Two:  Ask yourself “ Do I WANT to do this?”

    When I asked my client, “Do you want to do this?” He said yes to each of the opportunities except the one where he would make more money and not have opportunities to speak.  I didn’t cross it off the list yet as I wasn’t 100% sure he was saying no to it from a vibration of abundance.

    Step Three: Ask Yourself, “Do I feel guided, or called to say yes to this opportunity?”

    This is the most powerful question, especially for luminary leaders who are experienced in knowing how they really feel.  An opportunity that will get you closer to your calling and your life purpose, will have sort of a pull of attraction that goes beyond mental reasoning.  Your body will feel like it is magnetically attracted to the opportunity, as if it were actually calling you forward through an invisible force.  For this client, he felt called to one of the non-profit positions that required him to speak to large groups of people.

    Step Four: Ask Yourself, “Does this opportunity add more life to everyone involved?”

    This question should be an easy one to answer, however there are a lot of coaches, mentors, and leaders who are operating out of integrity with themselves.  Divine opportunities that are truly designed to move you closer to or expand your life’s work will add more life to everyone involved.  The person who is bringing you the opportunity will be increased, your family will be increased, you will be increased, and any 3rd parties will be increased by a divine opportunity.  If the opportunity is one where you feel you are getting something for nothing then check in with your guidance or ask the person bringing the opportunity to you what do they expect to gain from the opportunity.  Listen to your heart.  Alignment will be easy if the opportunity is something where everyone is increased by your decision.  In the case of my client, one of the non-profit positions felt like the opportunity was given to him from out of a scarcity mindset where he would not be valued as much as he would be at the other non-profit position.

    Step Five: Ask Yourself, “Does this opportunity violate the rights of others? Does it take away their right to choose?  Will anyone be harmed?”

    This is another question that should really go without question.   None of the opportunities took away anyone’s right to choose, nor did they harm anyone, or violate their rights, however the question did create an opening for him to talk to his wife more openly about what the opportunity he felt called to take might mean for them as a family.  Thankfully he was skilled in authentically sharing what he really wanted with his wife and she was will him so they were able to both participate in the decision making process even though in the end it really was my client’s choice.

    In the end, my client chose one of the non-profit positions and he traveled and spoke to about 50 audiences in one year.  He started being invited to speak to other audiences and now he makes his living as a full time public speaker.

  • Are you the captain of your ship?

    Are you the captain of your ship?

    The other day I received an email forwarded to me from a reader of 7 Keys to Freedom, The Ultimate Guide to Developing the Mind who lives in Bulgaria.   As a part of the pre-publication marketing surveys for the Bulgarian book release in September, the reader was asked to respond to the chapter I wrote on Intuition and here is the response:

    “Intuition is the navigation system to the ship of our life – it can lead us easily to the shortest way to reach our goal\destination.

    Reason is the captain in charge (of the ship) – he has to rule the ship rudder to the right direction, give orders to the deck-men, and raise the sails.

    The wind is the positive inertia, it is a tailwind if we are on the right vibration.  The counter waves, the fog, and the clouds are our paradigms.”

    These observations paint a beautiful image to help us understand the role of intuition in our lives.  Intuition is charting the course to any destination we tell it we want to go.  Most people are using their intuition by default.  They are not consciously directing their intuition at all or they are charting a course to a destination that other people say they should go.   Both uses of intuition lead us to unnecessary struggles, and set backs.  Believe me I know!  I strive to use my intuition to direct me to my highest purpose in life.

    The use of the ship metaphor touched me personally and gave me a deeper understanding of my life purpose as “the captain of the ship” and how I help my clients (the passengers) get to their destination where they are living the life they are designed to live.

    I love how the laws of the universe work to keep evolving in consciousness and appreciation of who we are designed to be.

    Share what you appreciate about yourself below. Three times a year I do a Sacred Art of Self-Appreciation Challenge during Mercury Retrograde. It is a great way for you to practice self-appreciation while being witnessed by others in a group.

      

  • How To Travel The Path Of Least Resistance

    How To Travel The Path Of Least Resistance

    Are you ready to drop the resistance to BEING the light you are designed to be in the world?  Are you ready to drop the resistance to RECEIVING divine and physical support from every direction?  Are you ready to drop the resistance to BEING YOU?

    There is the Luminary Path which is the path of least resistance and then there is the “Other Path” which is full of struggle, fear, and scarcity which comes masked as marketing tactics, proven systems, and check lists.  I’ve traveled the “Other Path” I’ve created proven systems and check lists, and you will even find a few still lingering on my site.  The truth is, non of those proven systems, marketing tactics, or check lists work if they are not coming to you with a sense of relief, as an answer to your prayers, as the next easy step on your journey.

    The Luminary Path is the path of least resistance.

    The next step is the step you feel called or guided to take.  When you feel called and guided it is so much easier.  This is the easiest step on your journey.  I’ve come to understand that the path of least resistance consists of the following principles:

    1. Activation:
      Awareness of how to activate your own DNA – Divine Natural Alignment  and the DNA of your clients, community, and the world.  Activating the light that you & your work, message are in the world.
    2. Authenticity:
      Your inner authority to powerfully & vulnerably be yourself in any given moment and to embrace embrace and OWN both sides of the coin of your existence.
    3. Alignment:
      Aligning with your Higher Self and LISTENING to your own deep wisdom and the highest calling of your tribe and integrating higher frequency vibrations into physical reality.
    4. Appreciation:
      Appreciating yourself, your work, and the impact you make in the world.  Self-appreciation and self-love are required in order for you to manifest anything you want in life.  Learning to appreciate yourself and your own evolution is the Master Path of the Sacred Art of Self-Appreciation.  Most importantly appreciating your growing awareness of who you really are.
    5. Abundance:
      Consciously choosing to receive abundance of prosperity along the way.   Releasing resistance and creating space for receiving, making, creating, and earning more money. Creating the space to receive love, support, and appreciation from others.  The path of least resistance is a joyful experience of receiving universal support in all of it’s manifestations.

    Do you feel called to work with me in any way?   You can schedule a free clarity session here.