Win a Free Digital Copy of My Book

Posted on November 15, 2013 by djwlifecoach

In celebration of completing my 17-day mid-atlantic book tour, including my book signing at the Washington, DC venue of the Hay House “I Can Do It Global Tour,” I’m giving away digital PDF copies of my book, Choose Your Energy, Change Your Life!, to 10 fortunate blog readers.

Here’s how to qualify: Email me and tell me, in 250 words or less, how you hope my book will change your life. I’ll send an email with a link to download a digital PDF copy of the book to the first 10 people who provide complete responses. I’ll add you to my coaching communication database, so you’ll be eligible for this and future free offers. No worries, I never share your contact information with anyone else.

Please respect my copyright and investment by not sharing the downloaded file with others. If you have friends or family who you believe would enjoy owning a legal digital copy, use the “share this” feature below to send them the link to this blog post and encourage them to send an email to me with their names and how they hope this book will change their lives. I’ll be happy to add them to my database to make them eligible to win a free digital PDF copy of my book.

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

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October 2013 Radio Show Recap

Posted on November 8, 2013 by djwlifecoach

Having launched a weekly talk radio show in January 2013, it’s a toss up which I love more: writing or radio. The transformative power of touching lives all over the world by broadcasting via the Internet just blows me away! I am so grateful to have a platform through which I can share my message of hope and possibilities more broadly, while supporting my guests in doing so as well. I cover all the costs of producing my show—appearing as a guest and listening to episodes is FREE.

Each overview includes a direct link to listen to the episode recording online or download it to listen on the go.

October 2013

Lessons in Living: Part 2 of 2
Episode 43 on October 30, 2013
In Seasons 1 and 2, I provided book sneak previews of My Wild Ride to Finding Flow and my signature Discovery Framework™—a treasure map for helping individuals and organizations turn unexplored possibilities into fulfilling realities by harnessing the transformative power of love to step into their greatness. This week is the second of 2 episodes in which I share the complete set of 11 lessons in living from my book, “Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life” released by Hay House/ Balboa Press in June 2013. Today’s show encompasses the lessons of hope, courage and triumph shared in Chapters 9 and 10. They are based on deeply personal stories from my life and my clients’ lives and offer a glimpse of the lessons we learned about the life transformation that’s possible—personally and professionally—when you fall in love with yourself unconditionally. Click here for more on my book, including purchase options in softcover, hardcover and all three eBook formats. Click here to listen

Choices and Illusions: How Did I Get Where I Am, and How Do I Get Where I Want to Be?
Episode 42 on October 23, 2013
My guest, Eldon Taylor’s, fascinating book holds an important key. Whether you’re interested in the science of thinking and beliefs, how your own mind operates, how others control your thoughts, how you can realize your true potential, how you can find peace, or how you can help make the world a better place, this book provides insights for all. Simply reading it will open your eyes to new worlds of possibilities. You’ll change once you’re exposed to the illusions most live under and by. Putting into practice any of these very simple teachings will open the door for you to achieve your highest potential. Eldon says that many believe self-help and self-improvement are about rags to riches, failure to success, and so forth, when indeed they’re the beginning of a journey into self-discovery. Inside every human being is an eternal truth and a life purpose. Using our mind power is simply starting the engine on that path toward highest self-actualization. Click here for more on Eldon’s book. Click here to listen

Lessons in Living: Part 1 of 2
Episode 41 on October 16, 2013
In Seasons 1 and 2, I provided book sneak previews of My Wild Ride to Finding Flow and my signature Discovery Framework™—a treasure map for helping individuals and organizations turn unexplored possibilities into fulfilling realities by harnessing the transformative power of love to step into their greatness. This week is the first of 2 episodes in which I share the complete set of 11 lessons in living from my book, “Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life” released by Hay House/ Balboa Press in June 2013. Today’s show encompasses the lessons of hope, courage and triumph shared in Chapters 1, 2 and 8. They are based on deeply personal stories from my life and my clients’ lives and offer a glimpse of the lessons we learned about the life transformation that’s possible—personally and professionally—when you fall in love with yourself unconditionally. Click here for more on my book, including purchase options in softcover, hardcover and all three eBook formats. Click here to listen

How to Reignite Your Passion for Your Career
Episode 40 on October 9, 2013
Do you jump out of bed each day, passionate about the work you are heading for? Too many of us don’t and it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, it is a waste of your personal contributions of talent, passion, and energy. The good news is there are specific tools and strategies that will reignite the passion for your career without needing to change your job. Learn from executive and leadership coach Deborah Munhoz, the transformational principles she uses to support clients in gaining access to their Essence and claiming the freedom to make empowering choices rather than feeling like victims of employment, environment, relationships, and money. While your career circumstances may not necessarily change immediately, you can choose to change the way you relate to those circumstances and make choices that inspire you! Click here to learn more. Click here to listen

Leading From Within: The Power of Knowing Yourself
Episode 39 on October 2, 2013
My conversation with Cheryl Esposito, founder of Alexsa Consulting and Center for World Leadership, will help you embrace the power of knowing yourself. Internationally recognized for coaching leaders to increase effectiveness, navigate transitions, and expand their realm of possibilities, for more than 20 years, Cheryl has coached CEOs and senior executives, helping them learn to lead others by first learning to lead themselves. Leadership retreats, team development, strategic planning, and organizational change have revealed that the consciousness of leaders—how they show up, how in sync with self they are and how they are perceived by others—is the critical success factor. Cheryl’s clients soon realize the key is knowing how to know oneself. By honoring her clients and their innate talents, she coaches leaders to build on their strengths and reach into their core of integrity, shaping themselves and their work in the world. Click here Click here to listen

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

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Put Planning In Its Place

Posted on November 1, 2013 by djwlifecoach

“Life is what happens,” the old quote goes, “when you are busy making other plans.” As valuable as planning can be, overdoing it saps all the joy and spontaneity from life.

It’s so easy to feel you are not ready to begin! You want to do more research, talk to a few more people, read a couple more books, or get better organized first. While it’s common to want to feel prepared for what’s ahead, perhaps there’s really something else going on.

Flexibility, adaptability, and resilience are life skills that help us “go with the flow.” The truth? No one can prepare, script, or plan for every possibility. A more loving choice is to relax into all that was, is and will be—trusting that Universal love is always unfolding the highest good for all, in all through all.

What about you? Do you over prepare? Do you worry that you won’t perform adequately if you don’t anticipate every possibility and think through every detail in advance? Iyanla Vanzant describes worrying as praying for what you don’t want. Where’s the sense in that?

Must you handle everything yourself because no one else will do it as well as you do? Do you keep your hands clenched in a white-knuckle grip on the controls of life at all times? Are you unwilling, or unable, to relax and let life blossom organically?

While a reasonable level of preparation is useful, over-preparation keeps you from enjoying your life to the fullest. Get clear on the debilitating difference between love-fueled excellence and fear-fueled perfectionism. Then take a chance. Embrace the liberating power of trusting God with the details! Show up without knowing exactly how things will go and trust that, not only will everything be okay, it just might exceed your wildest dreams!

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

© Copyright 2013 DJW Life Coach LLC. All rights reserved.

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Time For What Matters

Posted on October 25, 2013 by djwlifecoach

Have you ever realized that you needed something from another room in your home, but when you walked into the room, you stood there with your hands on your hips, and for the life of you, couldn’t remember why you were there?

There are many times throughout the day that focus can elude us. Sometimes it means we don’t get a project done at work, we can’t recall the errands we were supposed to run during our lunch break, or we forgot that we needed scissors from the storage closet.

As we discussed a few weeks back, fortunately, time is not a scarce resource. That’s right: time is not scarce. We have all the time we need for the things that matter. Our sole responsibility in each moment is to discern, using intuition and reason, what matters most right now, to focus, and to follow through. When you find your focus drifting, keep in mind these simple tips to increase your clarity and productivity.

Focus on one thing at a time! You miss important things when you try to overdo the multi-tasking.
Use reminders. Keep notes in your phone, diary or hanging on your computer screen. Create a system to help you keep important appointments and other commitments.
Make lists. If planning your niece’s birthday party is a priority, make a check-list of critical tasks with timelines to help you stay on task.
Eliminate distractions. If your desk is messy and you get sidetracked from important tasks, take time to clean and organize.
Prioritize. When everything feels urgent, take time to prioritize what matters most and needs to be done first.

Remember to be reasonable and compassionate with yourself. We’re not looking to put you back on the hamster wheel approach to life. Just trying to help you increase your sense of flow by practicing a few good self-management habits. Following these simple tips will help you sharpen your focus while fostering a greater sense of generous, effortless, gracious flow.

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

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September 2013 Radio Show Recap

Posted on October 18, 2013 by djwlifecoach

Each overview includes a direct link to listen to the episode recording online or download it to listen on the go.

September 2013

Choosing Love: Harnessing the Physics of Action/Reaction
Episode 38 on September 25, 2013
In “The WHAT HAPPENS IF I…” Book, my guest, Betsy Otter Thompson covers many different topics from what happens if I do what I love and the money doesn’t come, to what happens if I use my sob story to manipulate, to what happens if I think I have to be perfect. The book helps readers become aware of just how balanced the universe is in its emotional action/reaction physics. It’s easy to make wise decisions if you recognize that a lack of love is an unwise decision. It’s easy to choose satisfying lifestyles if you know the consequences of choosing unsatisfying lifestyles. It’s easy to love when you know that the act of giving brings you everything you are here for. There is no sugar coating in “The WHAT HAPPENS IF I…” Book. Betsy readily admits that life is sometimes difficult and situations are often challenging. But with humor, she offers a message that helps us to remember that the journey is not about what happens to us, but how we handle what happens. Learn more at Betsy Otter Thompson. Click here to listen

The Power of Music to Heal, Uplift, and Soothe Our Souls
Episode 37 on September 18, 2013
New thought musicians, Sharon and Shelly, share their story of spiritual transformation and two songs from their newest CD, “In the Spirit” (available Sept 2013), to suggest a positive way to live. Coming from two different backgrounds, these artists found common ground writing and performing music that matters. The featured songs—”Walking in the Spirit” and “Calm and Clear”—deal with suffering, death, faith, mystical understanding, affirmations, miracles, loving kindness, gratitude and determination. Click here to learn more. Click here to listen

Discovering and Healing Past Lives
Episode 36 on September 11, 2013
In this fascinating episode we have Inna Segal, creator of Visionary Intuitive Healing® and the award winning best-selling author of “The Secret Language of Your Body”, “The Secret Language of Color Cards” and her latest ground-breaking book, “The Secret of Life Wellness”. Inna shares how you can discover and heal the experiences of your past lives that may be keeping you stuck in painful patterns of your past. The events of each lifetime demonstrate karmic patterns and leave impressions on an individual soul that require resolution to restore harmony. When unresolved, the same destructive themes can repeat over many lifetimes until they are finally healed and released. Join us as Inna shares hope and possibilities through practical tools and techniques, including her 11-step self-healing process. You don’t have to live as a victim and keep repeating the same mistakes. You can find a life of freedom and flow by healing, forgiving and learning from your past. Click here for more information. Click here to listen

Uniting the World: Singers Taking Action Reaching Souls (STARS)
Episode 35 on September 4, 2013
At the age of 4, upon seeing Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music, Natalie Oliver-Atherton knew all she wanted to do was sing and see the world. Her wish has been granted 1000 fold. In gratitude for the incredible blessing it has been to live out her dream, she and her husband, Jeffrey, are honored to pay that great gift forward through their vocal and acting studio, Namaste Works. They help individuals of all ages—from 9 to 75—live out their personal dreams of spreading music across the globe, each in his or her own unique way. As a result of Natalie and Jeffrey’s coaching, many young people are accepted into some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world. The next step for Natalie? Providing a world music ambassadorship as a founding member, Director of Music and Conductor for the vocal ensemble STARS: Singers Taking Action Reaching Souls. Click here or here to learn more about Natalie’s work in the world. Click here to listen.

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

© Copyright 2013 DJW Life Coach LLC. All rights reserved.

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Eldon Taylor Releases New Edition of “Choices and Illusions”

Posted on October 11, 2013 by djwlifecoach

I am honored to have been invited by Eldon Taylor to serve as an official blog book tour host for the release of the newly revised, updated and expanded edition of his New York Times best-seller

Choices and Illusions:
How Did I Get Where I Am, and
How Do I Get Where I Want to Be?

This edition even comes with a free InnerTalk CD entitled Unlimited Personal Power (a $27.95 value).

When you click here to purchase Eldon’s book and register your copy, you gain access to the posts of all blog book tour hosts and become eligible for a drawing to win one of seven grand prizes.

I’m especially delighted to announce that Eldon will appear as my guest on the October 23, 2013 episode of my weekly Internet talk radio show, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life airing on VoiceAmerica’s EmPOWERment Channel. Click here to listen live at 11am/11pm MT on the 23rd or download the recording at your convenience starting the day after the episode airs.

Eldon’s fascinating book holds an important key. Whether you’re interested in the science of thinking and beliefs, how your own mind operates, how others control your thoughts, why things just don’t work out for you, how you can create the life you’ve always wanted, how you can realize your true potential, how you can find peace, or, on a grander scale, how you can help make the world a better place, this book provides insights for all. Simply reading it will open your eyes to new worlds of possibilities. You’ll change once you’re exposed to the illusions most live under and by, and putting into practice any of these very simple teachings will open the door for you to achieve your highest potential.

Choices and Illusions tells the story of one man’s journey into the workings of the human mind and our reason for being. The adventure is every bit as exciting as the best scientific discoveries. Eldon’s approach is pragmatic, and his conclusions are inspirational and soul enhancing. Along the journey, you’ll hear fantastic stories of divine intervention, see why you think and do what you don’t wish to do, and understand the very clear message that it’s never too late to be happy and succeed, regardless of your past actions.

About Eldon Taylor

Eldon Taylor is an award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of over 300 books, audios and videos. He’s the inventor of the patented InnerTalk technology and the founder and President of Progressive Awareness Research, Inc. He has been called a master of the mind and has appeared as an expert witness on both hypnosis and subliminal communication. Eldon was a practicing criminalist for many years specializing in the detection of deception and forensic hypnosis.

Eldon’s listed in more than a dozen Who’s Who publications including Who’s Who In Intellectuals and Who’s Who In Science and Engineering. He’s a Fellow in the American Psychotherapy Association and an internationally sought after speaker. His books and audio/video materials have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have sold millions worldwide. Eldon’s work for over 30 years has been all about why we believe and do what we do, even when it fails to serve us. Visit Eldon’s website to expand your possibilities and learn more about Eldon’s transformative work in the world.

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

© Copyright 2013 DJW Life Coach LLC. All rights reserved.

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FREE Stress Management System Download: New Release

Posted on October 11, 2013 by djwlifecoach

Sign up for FREE instant access to the newest release of Declare Your Independence From Stress, my signature two-part stress management system including a workbook and related audio/video program (a $75 VALUE).

This revised version incorporates the stress management principles shared in my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life! (Balboa Press 2013). Click here to learn more and sign up now. What have you got to lose except stressed out days and sleepless nights?

Workbook

This workbook is part of a self-study series based on insights from my book, featuring my signature Discovery Framework and real stories from my own life and the lives of my clients. Studying its content will increase your ability to

understand the mystery surrounding stress,
develop tools to reduce your stressors and improve your stress response,
understand the role that falling in love with yourself plays in reducing and managing stress, and
take action to move forward into a life with less stress—a life you love.

Audio/Video

Based on the Tools for Fostering Flow featured in my book, this 12-minute download, available in video and audio only formats, explores 14 practical tools for falling in love with yourself, by reducing stress and fostering a greater sense of flow in your life.

Click here to learn more and sign up now.

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

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Perception is Reality

Posted on October 4, 2013 by djwlifecoach

Perception is reality: you see what you expect to see based on the perspective and focus you choose to bring to each moment.

Or in the words of Shakespeare: “Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

It’s tempting to think that something is “good” or “bad.” Those qualities are just decisions based on where we choose to focus our energy. Losing a job could be “bad” or it could be the best thing that ever happened to you because you finally get to start your own business. A divorce could be “bad” or it could be the best way for both parties to get a fresh start.

Whether conscious or not, how and where we focus our attention is how and where we focus our energy. If you spend your time thinking about how hard or bad something is, guess what? It will be. On the other hand, if you focus on the belief that what feels uncomfortable is actually a great opportunity, you’ll begin to see opportunity everywhere.

Is your focus helping you move forward into the life you dream of or keeping you stuck in a no-win situation? What possibilities might open up if you could shift your focus to potential opportunities?

Where you focus determines your outcome. Thankfully, that is entirely up to you. Choose your focus, shift your energy, change your life!

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

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Even Work Can Be Fun!

Posted on September 27, 2013 by djwlifecoach

By Guest Blogger Kate Steinbacher of Coaches Console

“In every job there is an element of fun. You find the fun and SNAP the job is a game and every task you undertake becomes a piece of cake.” – Mary Poppins

This may sound a bit coy, but if you really think about it, it is true. And if you think a bit further, what kind of work do you want to get up for each morning? The kind of work that stresses you out, where you avoid meeting with certain people, where you feel underutilized, where you are bored. Or would you rather it be the kind of work that energizes you? Would you like a work place where you cannot wait to meet with colleagues, where you are valued for your skills and where your values and those of the company’s mesh comfortably? Where you feel like you are using your talents and creating value for yourself and others?

So let’s talk about this Mary Poppins idea for a moment. Find the fun, what does that mean? Work is work isn’t it? Well let’s look at it this way: we each get 168 hours a week to spend. If we sleep 8 hours a night now we have 112 hours to spend. If we work 40 hours per week, now we have 72 left. If we commute 40 minutes each way to work, now we have 68.5 hours left of our week. Of those hours we will probably spend at least 2 hours a day accomplishing the necessities. The remainder: about 54 hours. Over one third of our time is spent at work; doesn’t it make sense to find work that is enjoyable and fun as well as rewarding? Are you willing to treat over one third of your waking life as just a job?

Finding fun work is more about discovering what you like to do, dream to do or what you would like to try to do or learn to do and then making that happen. It is about discovering what work atmospheres make you thrive. I’ve met truck drivers and mechanics that couldn’t wait to get to work each day. They had a skill, they worked with little supervision, they were outside, they loved it, they had fun! I’ve worked with new supervisors and managers learning leadership and communication skills, there were difficult times, but they thrived on the challenge and growth that was happening before their eyes! They were willing to endure the learning curve of mistakes to do the work they loved.

Discovering that work can be fun is in large part dependent on your attitude. I can tell you I traveled the world to exotic places and enjoyed gourmet foods on board a cruise ship, had the opportunity to meet and work side by side with people from every part of the globe to insure our passengers had an enjoyable cruise, or I can tell you I worked 16 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week for 4 months straight, dealt with difficult customers, always had a problem to defuse, had to learn ways to work with foreigners that did not understand American ways and visited places that barely had plumbing. Both sides are true. But what is true for me is that through every challenge, I grew exponentially and found I thrived on problem solving. I loved meeting new people and discovering their ways and learning how to create win-win outcomes. I looked upon each of those circumstances as fun challenges!

Author Carlos Casteneda said, “It takes just as much energy to be miserable as it does to be happy.” You choose.

Opportunity #1: Take a survey of your work preferences. Look at the kind of atmosphere you thrive in, the kind of people you enjoy spending time with, the skills you enjoy using or what skills you would like to learn. Once you discover these aspects of your fun quotient, brainstorm with positive, open-minded people who have learned the art of possibility thinking. Together think of as many different ways you may be able to utilize those skills and find or create that atmosphere.

Opportunity #2: Take a close look at your attitude about your work. How are you spending your precious energy?

Click here to visit the portal for my book, Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life (Balboa Press 2013). Explore options to purchase the book online in softcover, hardcover and three digital formats, order an autographed softcover copy, read book reviews and sign up for my book insider club.

Click here to visit the portal for my weekly 60-minute Internet radio show on the VoiceAmerica EmPOWERment channel. Access recordings of all past episodes, browse descriptions of upcoming episodes, sign up for my radio insider club, explore guest testimonials and submit a proposal to appear as a guest on my show.

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My Five-Part Mindset for Living in Flow

Posted on September 20, 2013 by djwlifecoach

You might think the “hard” part would be creating a substantive, meaningful, well-written 266-page book that includes moving stories from your own life, inspiring stories from your clients’ lives and a proprietary framework for turning unexplored possibilities into fulfilling realities. And that once you’d published said book, you’d live in a state of non-stop wonder, gratitude and celebration.

That would be precisely how you’d respond if you continued to fuel yourself with love rather than fear. But every moment in life is an opportunity to remember all we know about love, respect, curiosity, compassion and gratitude (LRCCG) producing a life of flow filled with faith, hope, prosperity, peace and joy (FHPPJ) or forget it entirely and, as my iPEC instructor used to say, climb back into the fear-fueled catabolic canoe! (Click here for a brief explanation of catabolic energy.)

This period after publishing my book and before the initial publicity gains momentum has offered me the perfect opportunity to benefit from flopping around in the mire a bit due to temporarily forgetting what I so ably applied while writing the book—that love-fueled flow, not fear-fueled force, enhances joy-filled productivity and fosters peace. And to remember how quickly painful fear-fueled, unrealistic performance measures can suck the life out of any experience.

In the process of using every truth, tool and trick in my satchel to re-center myself multiple times a day in LRCCG so I’d experience FHPPJ once again, I expanded my simplified three-part job description (shared in my 5/10/13 blog post) into a five-part mindset to better anchor it in my consciousness. Here’s the result:

Come as you are—Show up and bring the best I have to offer in this moment. Not last year’s best, or next year’s best or someone else’s best. Just the best I’ve got to offer with the love and light I’m giving myself access to at this time. Quit judging myself as insufficient. I am always enough, just as I am right here and now.
Live the Truth—God is God, I am God’s and love is the greatest power in the Universe. My Source is excellent, limitless and reliable. No external force can block my highest good. Universal abundance flows to and through me. Whatever my circumstances, I know who I am and Whose I am. I am a unique cocreative expression of the Divine. How could that ever not be enough?
Commit to the highest good—Universal love is always unfolding the highest good for all, in all, through all. Love, respect, curiosity and compassion reveal and advance the highest good. My part is to align myself with the highest good by keeping myself free of fear and holding myself wide open as a clear channel for love and light. Way cool!
Express gratitude—While feeling grateful is a nice start, don’t stop there. Express it to and for every being, encounter and experience. Appreciate my life. Know that everything’s an opportunity. Expect it. Go looking for it. Notice it. Say, “Thank you!” Gratitude for Universal abundance fosters generous, effortless, gracious flow filled with faith, hope, prosperity, peace and joy. And it starts with being grateful for every aspect of myself—the attributes that thrill me and those that frustrate me and everyone who knows me. They are all essential elements of my unique cocreative role in expressing the Divine. I totally rock!
Trust God with the details—Resist the urge to over-manage the minutiae and end up trapped in the weeds. Even though I’m bright and creative, that level of specificity is way above my pay grade. Remain focused on my responsibilities (the first four parts of the mindset) and stay tuned to the Universal frequency for further instructions on where to go, what to do, when, and with whom. When I discern, focus and follow through, the Universe works wonders through me. My job becomes so much easier when I allow God to be God!

When it comes to my book, the first four parts of my job comprise fully investing all forms of my energy (time, talents and money) in:

Appreciating and capturing the power and nature of the transformation I experienced,
Reverse engineering what happened,
Creating a framework for teaching the principles and process to others,
Coaching my clients with the framework and gathering their stories of transformation,
Testing and refining the framework and stories based on client feedback and results,
Turning all of it into a book,
Choosing the optimal publisher and
Leading robust publicity before and after the book’s release.

My role in part five of the mindset is to release any specific expectations about the nature, magnitude and timing of what will result (books sold, royalties earned, new clients enrolled, etc.). Success consists of engaging fully in the process and remaining completely detached from a precise outcome. It’s God’s job to determine the end result. I get to enjoy it, whenever it happens in whatever form it takes, because Universal love is always unfolding the highest good for all, in all, through all. Ta-da!

I frequently hear from readers, listeners and clients that they are encouraged and gain even deeper insight when I share my personal ups and downs. They learn how to sustain faith and hope while treating themselves with respect and compassion when they too stray from the path. A Zen mistress living a perpetually serene life in a mountain retreat would soon be of little use to anyone living in the real world. Fortunately for all of us, it would appear I have little risk of transitioning to that sort of existence any time soon. Hallelujah, opportunities will abound for the foreseeable future!