Kristi Ling Spencer's Blog, page 7
September 1, 2016
Fall Reading Picks – Cozy, Happy, Magic, Soulful, Art!
I tend to spend a lot of time reading in the fall. Maybe it has something to do with COZY. 
August 1, 2016
A Great Tip for Creating Your Dream Life
Hey there Amazing Friends!
I hope your summer is going fantastic! I’ve been spending a lot of time resting and recharging lately (check out this pic of me catching a sunset at my lake house – nature is so good for the soul!). I’m feeling great and ready to make the rest of the summer amazing!
I’ve got a new video for you today – and it’s one of my favorite things to talk about! Here, I share my favorite tip for creating and living your dream life – and a powerful way you can make the rest of this summer a catalyst for incredible positive change!
Catch the video (and a special invitation!) below. I hope it’s helpful to you.
Much Love & summer sunsets,
XO Kristi
After the video, you can click here to be part of Kristi’s new summer program
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The #1 Tip for Creating Your Dream Life
Hey there Amazing Friends!
I hope your summer is going fantastic! I’ve been spending a lot of time resting and recharging lately (check out this pic of me catching a sunset at my lake house – nature is so good for the soul!). I’m feeling great and ready to make the rest of the summer amazing!
I’ve got a new video for you today – and it’s one of my favorite things to talk about! Here, I share my #1 tip for creating and living your dream life – and a powerful way you can make the rest of this summer a catalyst for incredible positive change!
Catch the video (and a special invitation!) below. I hope it’s helpful to you.
Much Love & summer sunsets,
XO Kristi
After the video, you can click here to be part of Kristi’s new summer program
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July 21, 2016
Is Your Soul Tired? 3 Ways to Overcome Burnout
Time to slow down. Really slow down. Anyone else feeling this way? I’ve been doing a lot lately. And, by lately, I mean for about the past five years. 
July 13, 2016
Talking Happiness with Pedram Shojai on The Urban Monk Podcast
I recently had the chance to riff on Operation Happiness and happiness in general with the awesome Pedram Shojai on The Urban Monk podcast. We covered some seriously huge stuff in just 33 minutes, and I shared some of my most powerful lightbulb moments when it comes to happiness. Exactly where to start when creating more happiness in your life? How do you sustain it? What exactly is it, anyway? Listen in for some great intel & fill your happiness bank account. XO Join us & listen in here.
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May 11, 2016
Spring Clean Your Spirit – Join me for a free teleclass workshop!
You’re invited to join me as my guest for my annual Spring Clean Your Spirit workshop!
I love this soulful, inspiring event and am so excited to share it once again. In the past this event has been live (and always sold out), but this year I’m doing it as a 90-minute teleclass workshop you can take part in by phone or by calling in online through Skype right from home! This will be a fun, soul-inspired mini spiritual retreat you can take part in without having to travel.
This year’s Spring Clean Your Spirit will take place on Wednesday, May 25th at 11 a.m. PST, and the on-demand replay will be sent by email to all attendees (so no worries if you can’t be on live). Attendees will receive an email prior to the event with inspired ideas for getting the most out of the workshop experience. Tickets for this workshop are $49.00, but through this post, you can register as my guest for a free spot! Complimentary spots are limited, so be sure to reserve your ticket below.
In this live 90-minute class we’ll cover:
How to identify and let go of those things in your life that may be holding you back, dimming your light, and draining your positive energy.
3 simple morning practices that can amplify joy, energy, and success in your life.
How to create a vision board that feeds your soul and keeps you on the path to manifesting your dreams.
Keys to eliminating both physical and emotional clutter.
Easy ways to amp up your self care and feed your soul daily + more.
If you’re ready to eliminate energy drains and create the space you deserve to feel and be your best, sign up in the box below and join me for Spring Clean Your Spirit. I’ll catch you on the call!
Love & positive vibes,
XO Kristi
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April 13, 2016
3 Simple Steps to Loving Yourself More
I believe we are born naturally loving ourselves. Then, a panoply of various circumstances and experiences compound over the years, providing fertile ground for our egos to collaborate with those past mistakes and unfavorable experiences to condition us otherwise.
It then becomes our job to keep our egos in check and teach them how to use the wisdom gained from past experiences for our own benefit, rather than twisting it into (invalid) reasons for beating ourselves up.
When we learn to make truly loving ourselves an integral part of our lives, we live in a way that naturally attracts amazing things.
Try these three simple steps to loving yourself more:
1. Treat your body, mind, and spirit like they belong to someone you love deeply.
Have you ever heard the saying that if we treated our friends the way we treat ourselves, we wouldn’t have any friends? Kind of funny, I know—but also eye-opening. Treat yourself with love, kindness, and compassion like you are your very best friend in the world—like you are the hero of your life. Because you are.
2. Start consciously seeing even the smallest acts of self-care as acts of self-love.
The more you link taking care of yourself and doing things you enjoy to loving yourself, the more you’ll see that love grow, and the more you’ll find it showing up. Whenever you do what you love to do or take good care of yourself, make a habit of tuning in to feel in your bones how much you deserve this loving treatment. Allow those feelings to grow and be present within you.
Here’s another thing that goes along with this: Begin to see saying yes to what others offer to do for you as an act of self-love. So often we tend to be overly self-sufficient, saying “Thanks, I’m good” when people offer to help us out. Begin to catch yourself turning down offers of help and then reprogram your mind to say, “Yes! Thank you! (Because I love myself and I deserve help.)” You’ll not only feel less frazzled and overwhelmed, you’ll also begin to feel more loved—by yourself and others. Receive. It’s awesome!
3. Know what a magnificent miracle you are. Truly! One of the things that will really crack open your heart to loving yourself fully is to really take the time to ponder what an incredible, amazing miracle you are (that we all are). Did you know you are literally made of stardust? Our bodies (and about everything else on earth) are made up of certain elements (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, etc.), and most of the elements on earth originated from within the center of a star. How amazing is that when you really think about it? We are connected with all things—physically and energetically part of the vastness of the universe.
Our bodies are vehicles for our souls. Just like our bodies, our souls are who we truly are, and they are beautiful miracles here to learn, grow, and serve. You are a soul, residing within an incredible vessel, here to live the human experience. Everything you’ve gone through, every victory and every mistake, is part of that experience and was there to guide you in your journey and to your purpose.
We are all one with all things. Each of us deserves infinite love, and part of our purpose is to receive this love. We can honor this life we’ve been gifted by embracing that purpose through truly loving ourselves.
* Article adapted from my new book Operation Happiness – The 3-Step Plan to Creating a Life of Lasting Joy, Abundant Energy, and Radical Bliss (Rodale Books). A version of this article also ran on Rodale Wellness.
February 27, 2016
Talking Happiness Tips and Snacks that Boost Joy on The CW Channel 6 San Diego
This week I was invited to visit the team at San Diego Living on The CW Channel 6 in San Diego to talk happiness tips, Operation Happiness, and healthy snacks that boost our joy. You can catch the segment here.
Happiness expands when we’re willing to take action to create it. There was a time in my life when I thought happiness was just supposed to happen to me. I thought it would come from the next accomplishment, new outfit, or relationship. My life changed when I took responsibility for my own happiness, and then through my efforts to create it, discovered something amazing: Happiness is not just a choice or a feeling, it’s actually a skill that we can learn and become good at!
When I realized that I’d simply never learned how to be happy, and started approaching it as a skill and an activity I needed to practice, that’s when life opened up in incredible ways. I began discovering and implementing all the elements that make up sustainable happiness and created a new, light-filled way of living.
I share all those elements, along with personal stories from my own journey, as well as powerful tools and happiness habits in my new book, Operation Happiness – The 3-Step Plan to Creating a Life of Lasting Joy, Abundant Energy, and Radical Bliss. It’s out this week and I’m so excited to share it with you!
Order your copy of Operation Happiness (with a ton of inspiring bonus gifts!) right here.
Enjoy the TV segment (I definitely had a blast) & be sure to let me know what you think of Operation Happiness! 
Tons of Love & radical bliss,
xo Kristi
January 26, 2016
The Official Book Trailer for Operation Happiness is Here!
Hi Amazing Friends! Excited to share the official book trailer for Operation Happiness! And, I just added new gifts to the bundle of free bonus gifts you receive when you pre-order! See the trailer below and then head on over to operationhappinessbook.com to reserve your copy & claim your gifts. Let me know what you think of the book trailer in the comments below (and feel free to share)! Much Love, Kristi xo
