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June 24, 2014
Quick Update! Digital Detox Is A Slice of HEAVEN
The 10-day Digital Detox is underway and going incredibly well - and easier than expected! It's funny how you can re-train yourself to not rely on technology as much... and return to what you really, truly love again. What a wonderful experience so far!
I'm poppin' on to the blog here in case you are just joining us, and wanted to let you know you can begin this wonderful program at any time that works for you, even if it's only for a weekend. The guidebook features 10 ways to focus your energy offline, and it's designed to open you up to your creative spirit, inner child, nature, spiritual connections, and much more!
This program is in alignment with the current Mercury Retrograde phase, and there is a flow to how easily it is unfolding beautifully as we re-lax, re-prioritize, re-connect with ourselves.
Download the free guidebook by signing up on the email list here!
Okay, off I go to unplug again! See you July 1, lovely soul.
June 18, 2014
Consciously Removing Barriers To Change
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Our 10-day Digital Detox starts this weekend and everyone on the email list will be receiving a fabulous guidebook soon! Are you signed up?
And let's be reals - it's not necessary to completely eliminate digital resources; rather, we are focusing on reducing our time with them little by little and re-turning to another inner world: the natural world, your inner world, creative world, the closest playground!
In order to change an unconscious habit, we need to implement a substitute conscious habit in its place - so that's our strategy!
Here are some questions and points to consider so you can prepare for a wonderful digital detox by clearly identifying your intentions:
Are you feeling a few barriers about doing this digital detox? Then good news for you - here are some solutions!
Life Is Busy
Technology makes our lives easier. Faster. More direct and simpler. The convenience factor is huge, which is why we all use our phones and devices so much!
But the intention of this digital detox is about re-balancing what you genuinely need to do with technology (answer emails) and what is ultimately a waste of time (any app that involves brightly-colored animals).
Fix: You are reducing your online time, not completely eliminating it. You are consciously saying to yourself, “I will spend 30 minutes answering emails and interacting online, then I will step away from my devices to re-connect with other sources of joy, happiness, delight.” Woot!
Relationship Connections
Online friendships and connections are awesome! How can you possibly give them up for 10 days!
Fix: Let people know what you’re doing – “I’ll be offline more than normal over the next 10 days in order to re-balance my life and re-prioritize my time” – but be clear that you’re still AROUND. “If anything important, big, or special happens, please let me know! I’m still around and happy to connect as needed!”
And invite your online friends to do the digital detox with you! It could be exactly what they need in their busy-crazy lives, too. Plus ,it will give you even more things to talk about and share next time you are together – online or in person.
Kiddos
School’s out and the kids are at home! I need to entertain them, or check in on them, or keep them occupied, and technology helps with all of that.
Fix: Include them in this project. In fact, chances are your kids are your teachers over the course of the next 10 days because they do not have modern technology habits (hopefully?). Invite your child/children into this process by asking them to join you, to lead the offline activities, or to brainstorm with you how to spend more time together. Maybe develop a day-long activity with them, or create your own version of summer camp.
Resistance To Change
Routines and habits solidify our lives. They provide comfort and a known direction. You may like the idea of a digital detox, but actually taking the steps to do something differently is another thing.
Fix: The 10-day Digital Detox is a progressive system of change. Doing a little each day will help make a new routine stick, and you reduce the shock of completely eliminating it all together. The idea is to do a little bit MORE of one thing so you don’t realize how much you are not on a device. It will probably be easier– and more fun! – than you think.
Afraid Of Missing Out On Something
When you are offline, it is a given you will ‘miss’ some things. You won’t see every post, update, tweet, trending headline.
But let’s look at that deeper… what are you missing that really matters?
Think back to a week ago. Was there a Facebook post that was so important it changed your life? Do you remember what a friend shared that enhanced everything? Or does it seem like you wasted one or two hours a day with nothing to show for it?
Fix: You’re consciously re-prioritizing. And re-turning to you. Over the course of 10 days, you will actually discover MORE things that matter to you, plus feel more powerful about how you spend your time.
Just like with relationship connections, you can let people know that you’re still around if anything BIG happens. But you may be too busy LOVING YOUR LIFE to care – and it’s everyone online who is missing out on that experience!
There’s No Theme Song
Maybe you only do things because there is a theme song associated with it. In case that is one of your barriers, I have you covered!
Fix: You remember the glory of living the simple life in the 90s, right? Then you’ll want to jam on this.
The guidebook will be on its way to you soon!
Preparing For Our 10-Day Digital Detox
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I went for a gloriously long solo hike last weekend. No conversations, no music, no obligations or expectations of any kind; just my backpack, giant water bottle, and inner world.
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While I was plowing uphill (it was steep!), my heart throbbing, my breathing deep, and my mind feeling creatively inspired, I decided it was time for an official Digital Detox in my world. Less computer time. Less phone contact. Less social media interactions. More natural highs, peaceful wonders, and simple pleasures. More opportunities for the mind to just be.
Do you remember how you spent your time before always glancing at your phone, or instinctively skimming your Facebook Newsfeed just because its there, or feeling tied to your laptop/iPad/tablet? Honestly, I don't recall that life very well. But I want to. And I can choose to focus my energy back in that direction with conscious intentions.
I'm going to embark on a 10-day Digital Detox starting on the Summer Solstice, June 21, and ending on July 1 (which beautifully corresponds with Mercury retrograde.)
Do you want to join me? This Digital Detox will be realistic - no putting our phones in the freezer! - with the practical purpose of replacing technology time with old-school joys like enjoying trees and leaves, playing outside with abandon, choosing to follow your creative spirit, and paperback books. A Re-Treat, Re-Meet, Re-Turn to You.
If you feel ready for a Digital Detox and you'd like to do this too, I'll send more details shortly via email about how we can do this together. The approach will be practical and applicable to our busy every-day reality, yet we'll focus on being absorbed in the five senses version of life instead of the screen version. And there's no need to make big sweeping changes or invest in an exotic retreat; this is the free and easy version that can be implemented right where you are.
And look what I saw taking off from the top of the mountain! A paragliding club with 20+ members was jumping from the peak, riding the warm weather up in spirals, similar to what eagles and hawks do as they soar in the sky. Simply watching them swoop and coast was amazing. Pretty sure not one of them was checking their phone as they lived in the moment and enjoyed the full vista.
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June 15, 2014
Achieve Inner Health Through Forgiveness
Forgiveness is more than saying/thinking/believing in the words "I forgive you..."
It is the very act of giving away the energy that you no longer wish to connect with in another person, experience, thoughts, or in yourself.
Forgiveness is for giving away all that you choose to be complete with. It is a decision to release what is outgrown, over, and complete - with Love.
This includes parts of yourself.
Oftentimes we can mistake the actions, words and emotions of another as needing forgiveness.
But a greater truth lies in consciously connecting with the part of yourself that energetically connected to that action, word and emotion in the first place.
We are growing, expanding individuals continually given the opportunity to let go and move ahead on our Soul's path. The highest way to do that?
With gratitude for the experience and how we grew,
With joy for the relationship and the gifts it brought us,
With compassion for the feelings and all the "shadow stuff" that may have been dredged up,
With acceptance for ourselves as someone whom is always trying their best.
When you can give away the energy you no longer wish to carry in yourself, you also release those energetic connections with others.
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself with love, acceptance and compassion.
And it leds to greater inner health as a stepping stone to higher Self-Love.
What can you forgive in yourself today with Love?
June 14, 2014
Gold Dust in the Air
There is gold dust in the air for me.
Through definite, deliberate prosperous thinking, I now begin assimilating that gold dust.
And even now I am beginning to experience gold dust results.
Everything and everybody prospers now, and we prosper everything and everybody now.
- From Catherine Ponder's book The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity
June 10, 2014
Embracing Mercury Retrograde + Astrology Updates
A shining perspective to share with you: Embrace Mercury Retrograde!
Mercury goes retro on June 7 at 4 degrees Cancer and backs up to 24 degrees Gemini until July 1. Moving from a water sign to an air sign is an opportunity to intelligently apply emotional wisdom by tuning into the messages of your heart: Are you hearing and honoring your own needs? Where are you ready to respect yourself more with clearer boundaries? Embrace these new possibilities and work with yourself as your own ally and friend.
As the fastest planet in the solar system, Mercury stops speeding along and turns in reverse to offer you a beautiful time to slow down, review, and re-evaluate what you've consciously learned in the previous few months. Mercury retro gifts us with an opportunity to consciously OWN more healing, joy, happiness, and changes.
And we need a breather, right! Everything supports our conscious growth when we choose to work with the rhythms and cycles of our planet. What if we only moved ahead and didn't stop to self-reflect? What if we didn't have a moment to pause, integrate, and take in the pleasures of the journey? Retrograde planets allow us to go within and assimilate. Four planets are in reverse mode throughout June (Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto), so your inner world may feel quite BIG this month. More tools and guidance are available in the monthly download, if you're interested.
The first half of 2014 has pushed us to grow in many ways, and now we have an opportunity to consciously look at what we want to integrate in our hearts and minds by taking it all to a deeper level.
July 2014 is a very different energy, so this is the time to clear out, clean out, and let go of any residue from the past 6 months. You weren't really planning to haul that luggage around, right? :)
Have resources been tight? Are MORE emotions, fears, and shadow elements coming to the surface for you to look at that you thought you were DONE with? These are areas to go into with deeper self-love; these messages are signaling where you are ready to own a new perspective. Saturn in Scorpio has been challenging us to look at how we spend our resources, and this planet will officially move into Sagittarius in late December (yeah, December is a few months off, but I wanted to provide perspective about finishing up the "resources" lessons). Jupiter is finishing up its cycle in Cancer and moves into Leo the middle of July.
These upcoming sign changes are important! Both planets are moving from water signs into fire signs to rev up your action, desire, motivation, and creativity. All of the emotional processing, releasing, and inner work you've done will have cleared the way for new inspired opportunities. Fire gives life and warmth to the world, and it is a resource innately connected with Spirit. As you release and integrate, you gracefully trust the cycles of timing that allow new inspirations to arrive.
And speaking of fire! I'll talk about all of these astrology updates, plus the the June 12th Full Moon in Sagittarius, on this week's radio show if you want to dive in deeper.
With gratitude for the moment,
June 5, 2014
Today's Class: Social Media Marketing Extravaganza
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We're going to look at how you can make the most of each social media channel - a marketing tips extravaganza!
What works on Twitter will probably not work on Instagram, but what works on Facebook can also work on Twitter. And then there's Pinterest strategies and Google+ tactics to employ!
I'll help you wrap your head around what to do on each platform - and what does NOT work!
Sign up here to get access to the free download (And psst... it's only free for a limited time!)
June 4, 2014
{Intro Series} What Is Awakening? Definitions Explained!
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Do you have questions about spiritual terms, but don't know who to ask? I'm here to help you out!
Everyone is at different stages in their spiritual growth, and there is no such thing as a stupid question (remember that from grade school!).
In this show, I'll explain spiritual concepts, definitions, and words that may be brand new to you: Consciousness, Awakening, Energy, Authenticity, God, Soul Contracts, Karma, and more.
Or maybe these terms aren't new, but you'd like to understand more. Tune and listen to this brief show - I've got you covered, my friend!
June 2, 2014
Begin Within
We have many inner gifts awaiting our Presence.
Our external circumstances and situations can take us away from that awareness when we are wrapped up in any level of drama, self-doubt, fears, and chaos.
Yet within every interaction we have the strength of our own energy.
We can forget what we hold inside because the outside can be a distraction.
But our focus is always our choice.
What are you unconsciously focusing on that is defining your experience right now?
Relationships with others are often a prime area of these triggers.
Relationships hold many Divine gifts for us when we open our awareness to how we are co-creating the experience for our own learning.
Choosing to focus on how we can learn, grow and prosper from this current situation without relying on the relationship to be a certain way will bring you to a new level of self-understanding.
The greatest relationship we have is with ourselves.
Focus on where you are within.
This is where the next beginning lies.
May 29, 2014
Free Film For One Week: The Look of Your Book
From May 29 to June 5, you can get free guidance to make your book cover captivating, professional, and amazing!
After years of editing books, writing jacket copy for Bantam Doubleday Dell, and helping people choose the most effective book covers, Rosemary Sneeringer is ready to give authors the tools they need to create the right book cover, the most pleasing formatting and the punchiest jacket copy by inviting them to a content-rich audio-visual presentation called “The Look of Your Book.”
In this groundbreaking film, you’ll discover:
· What works in a cover and what does NOT
· Simple little tweaks that make a good cover great
· Formatting that’s easy on the eye and makes people devour your book
· How special embellishments let the reader know you care
· How to give readers the idea that you are a pro, just from your cover!
· Jacket copy/ Amazon descriptions that compel readers to buy your book
· PLUS coveted resources
By signing up to see the film, you will also receive a copy of her special report, 5 Insider Truths About Publishing, where she dishes on the little-known secrets to becoming a best-selling author. Sign-up here with referral code 006MCC, if requested.
Enjoy!
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