Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Secret to Weight Loss... and Other Personal Power Sucking Myths (Read Time: 4 min.)

Goals... We all have them.  Most of us strive to achieve them.  So why is it that so few of us actually attain them?

This is the question I've been pondering for the last few days.  For years, I've been working on this goal called "getting into the best shape of my life", and of all the goals I've set, this one goal has not been achieved AND held into place... and I kept wondering why.

I've tried different approaches, used all the self-talk in the world I could muster, and administered to myself every coaching strategy I could think of... and still my weight fluctuates, leaving me feeling uncomfortable in my skin and tired of the roller coaster ride called "I want my best body ever!"

So, yesterday, I picked up a book I'd started reading a few months ago called "The Science of Being Well" by Wallace D. Wattles.  I figured, "There must be something in this book that I need to know" as I hadn't been drawn to it for months.

Imagine me, standing in my kitchen, reading a book written in the early 1900s, hoping to get some morsel, some "secret" to weight loss, when I came across this passage:

"If the foregoing be true- and it is indisputably so- it is a self-evident proposition that the natural time, and the healthy time, to eat is when one is hungry; and that it is never a natural or healthy action to eat when one is not hungry.  You see, then, that it is an easy  matter to scientifically settle the question when to eat.  Always eat when you are hungry; and never eat when you are not hungry.

Alrighty then... Simple, right?  So why was I waiting for some profound truth, some "big" secret that would unlock whatever it is within me that has not gotten this goal accomplished?

I was waiting for an answer outside of myself that doesn't exist when all the answers come from within.  I was holding out for a magic pill when I know, on a logical level, that no such pill exists.  I was believing that someone else's words, thoughts or ideas could trigger in me the level of desire and commitment required to achieve this goal that I haven't been able to trigger in myself.

Essentially, I was giving my power away... 
and didn't even know it.

And here's what I gained from reading that one passage:
  1. It really is that simple and it really can be that easy.  Somehow, we don't think it's hard to wake up as ourselves, to open our eyes and see life through our own individual perspective.  Why is it that we think being who we REALLY are is so difficult to achieve?  Guess what?  It's not.
  2. All the answers are within.  This bad boy lesson keeps coming back to me.  Whenever I start looking for answers outside myself, I am profoundly sent a reminder that I'm looking in the wrong place.  You've got the answers.  You simply have to trust and follow them.
  3. When you make a goal important enough to take center stage, it does.  Yup, it's like that.  When a goal becomes a deep desire to the point where you will lay aside WHATEVER has to be laid aside to achieve the goal, then your focus kicks in, your creativity kicks up, and you stay the course of that goal... UNTIL.
  4. There are no shortcuts to the Laws of the Universe.  Yup, no magic pill.  No blue pill or red pill.  No hijacking the process.  It takes what it takes and fighting the truth certainly doesn't change it.  Not only do we have to be good at goal formulation but we have to master goal execution.  Formulating the goal takes creativity and desire.  Executing the goal requires courageous patience and persistence which many of us have not learned to have without immediate gratification.  
So, at the end of the day, I found no secret, no magic pill, and no "AHA" epiphany moment except for this:

I can do what it is I choose to do IF I follow the simple, straight path:
Desire --> Decision --> Determination --> Focus --> --> Action --> Persistence -->  Trust

Yup, simple.  Yup, kinda boring.  Yup, it works.



Friday, September 21, 2012

Numerology & Coaching: How to Use Numerology to Strategize Your Future (Read Time: 5 min.)

Your birthdate was no accident...
The name you were given at birth, the name you've acquired through life... Those were no accidents...

Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a number and the numbers of your life (from your birth date and your name) tell the story of YOU: your desires, your distinctions, your destiny.

Lots of people look at Numerology and go, "How can numbers do all of that?" 

In Numerology, there are 3 numbers that tell YOUR story:
  1. Your life path number (the most powerful number in all of numerology- this is about your destiny, why you were put on this earth and what you were put here to learn)
  2. Your attitude number (this is the number that breaks down how you show up in the world; the ins and outs of why you come across the way you do and how that connects to other people), and
  3. Your soul number (this is the core of who you are, what you feel deep inside, and the brilliance that you have to offer the world). 

Not only is it important to know all three for yourself but it's critical to understand how your numbers differ from those of the most important people in your life: partner, children, family, boss, co-workers. 

Ever want to know why some people just bug the crap out of you?
Numerology answers that.
 
Want to know how to connect on a deeper level with someone in your life?
Numerology points the way to it.
 
And some people have asked:
How could this possibly tell you all that?
 
Here's my answer:
See for yourself...
 
When I conduct a numerology and coaching jam session, unbelievers come out raving fans. 
 
Why? 

Because in one numerology reading, I tell them much more about themselves than I could've possibly ever have known.  I reach into the depths of who they were born to be, combine that with coaching on strategy, purpose, and calling, and those individuals walk out knowing who they are, trusting their purpose, and ready to strategically take the action steps that we created in their coaching session.

How does it work? 

  1. Your purchase your session (click the Paypal link below- a 90 minute session is $375.00).
  2. You fill out the Numerology Coaching Questionnaire (see the document icon below) and email it to me (email indicated on the questionnaire) along with THREE days and times you're available to meet.
  3. I develop your numerology profile, email the report to you, and we conduct our coaching session.
  4. You walk away from the experience with 3 things: 1) deeper understanding of who you are and why your relationships have been or are the way they are, 2) insight into what to do next, 3) a 90 day strategic action plan to pursue your goals, 4) an MP3 recording of the call, and 5) a detailed email recap of EVERYTHING we went over.
If you've ever asked yourself "Why am I this way?" or "Why do my relationships always go like that?" or "Why are people so jealous of me?" or "Why are my finances constantly like this?", it's time you got those answers. 

I've opened up 3 numerology coaching timeslots
and when they're gone, they're gone. 

Purchase yours today!
 
90 minute Numerology and Coaching Session:
 


 
Numerology Coaching Client Intro Questionnaire Form

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