• Friday, April 16th, 2010
Howard relaxing at Golden Ears Creek
Have you ever experienced times when everything seems to flow easily? When you feel “On Top of the World?” When money and relationships are fun and easy? When synchronicities delight you and life seems bright and meaningful?
In contrast, have you ever experienced times when your job is a struggle? When stress is heaped upon stress? When issues seem to strain many relationships? When “life’s a drag?”
Inspired Flow or Struggle – It’s a Choice
Now, which would you prefer? If you want to have more inspired flow, then you must continue reading “Miracles are Natural in an Inspired Flow”
• Friday, February 19th, 2010
[In my previous blog post I wrote about an incredible tool that you can use to get into a positive flow and create what you want. It’s called "what-if-up."
Once I was feeling good and in the flow I had amazing, dramatic results. Using the “what-if-up” tool, I joyously created and delivered an awesome speech. Here’s what happened.]
“What-if-up” improved my mood and made me feel happy and relaxed about my upcoming speech. I was in the flow and ideas for my speech began to pour in. When I stood in the shower in the morning I remembered stories that illustrated how law of attraction works. Later, when I sat in my “creative genius” chair, I came up with an outline. When I was lying in bed that night, I came up with a powerful introduction and an idea for how to give my audience an actual experience of “what-if-up.”
When you’re in the flow you discover continue reading “Easiest Speech Ever (Part 2 of 2): The Power of Flow”
• Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Recently I found myself committed to giving a speech I didn’t want to prepare for. I was puzzled; when I had accepted the invitation the prospect of giving this talk excited me.
As the date of the speech approached, it became more and more obvious to me that the thought of writing another speech, let alone memorizing and practicing it, was eating into my peace of mind. And yet I felt I just couldn’t bow out – others were counting on me and it wouldn’t look very good. I knew that, if I kept up this resistant train of thought, I might end up, ultimately, embarrassed and disappointed with myself. continue reading “Easiest Speech Ever (Part 1 of 2): What-If-Up”
• Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
“I’ve had enough,” Carol exploded. “It’s been a bad week: I’ve lost my favourite scarf, my house is a mess, my teenage son is failing school, and my husband spends all his time working or watching TV.” She burst into tears. “And when I stepped on the scale this morning, I’d put on three pounds.”
Overwhelmed by the sheer pace of her life, Carol, my normally fun-loving and competent client, was at the end of her rope.
“I’m mad at myself – I can’t find any joyful thoughts,” she continued. “And now I’m worried that with all these depressing thoughts the only thing I’m going to attract is more depressing events.”
Have you ever felt like this – worried, frustrated, and overwhelmed? It happens to all of us from time to time.
When you are feeling worried and overwhelmed, you don’t have access to bliss – sometimes you can’t even get to just OK. But it takes reaching for joy to turn things around. What a paradox! So what can you do? continue reading Remedies for Rotten Moods
• Monday, November 30th, 2009
Photo Credit: Flickr User Flowizm
It was a dark and foggy evening. Char and I were driving home along a country road when, a few meters ahead, the bright red lights of a railway-crossing barrier started flashing.
The warning bells clanged and the barriers came down and Char pulled her van to a stop. A fast moving train rushed out of the darkness and roared passed, the railcars illuminated by the flash of crossing lights. As if we had been pulled into another world a sudden silence settled upon us. continue reading What is the Message Here?
• Saturday, November 28th, 2009
This morning I stopped in to visit a girlfriend. She invited me in; she made us a lovely breakfast of crepes with strawberries and we had a lively discussion of ideas for making our businesses grow.
When I was preparing to leave I noticed that my car and house keys weren’t in their usual place in my purse. I checked my coat pockets. No keys. My sweater pockets. No keys. Strange, I thought, I’m not one to misplace my keys. continue reading to find out how this mystery was solved
• Friday, June 12th, 2009
I believe that we are here for the joy of the journey. I am so passionate and committed to creating a delicious life from joy that I call myself the “Joyous Renegade.” My calling is teaching people how to create lives they really love by choosing JOY FIRST. If we’re not enjoying our lives, we’re missing the whole point.
Here are my own rules for creating a magnificent life with ease and joy.
Joy is the Measure of My Success
I measure my success not by the money in my bank accounts or the stuff that I have (although I like my stuff!) I measure my success by the joy that I feel. I set goals for the joy of having a direction to move towards. I enjoy the journey to my goals, whether I choose to lie on the beach or surf the biggest waves. continue reading Rules for the Joyous Renegade
