And now, my husband is in Hawaii for a month!  It’s funny, we used to joke about how I’d spend a month in Canada every year and he’d spend a month in Hawaii and at the time it sounded like a perfect dream.  But, sometimes when we actualy manifest something that we want, we have mixed emotions about it.

This July, I decided it was time.  Time to travel north to Canada and visit Toronto, a place I haven’t been in over two years—my hometown.  Given that I haven’t seen some of my family members in a while, I found myself looking forward to it.

The planning began, settling on spending a month in Toronto with my daughter to go visit family and friends and work remotely from there.  But when the time came for me to leave to go, I completely freaked out.

“A month?” I thought.  “How can I be away from Chuck for so long?  How can I work with my clients?  How will I work from Canada?”

Then it hit me — going to Canada for the summer is a goal I’ve had for the last 5 years!    I’ve spent half a decade wishing for this opportunity! I suddenly turned my “freak out” to gratitude and set my anxieties aside.

Since I moved from Canada to the U.S.,  I wished for the kind of lifestyle where each year, I’d spend several summer months visiting Toronto.  In reality, I’d spend a week at most, always  feeling unsatisfied.  A week just wasn’t enough.

So, every year as I’d write out my annual goals, I’d add Toronto to the list.  It’s funny how things happen that way,  how we set goals and manifest something, but when the time comes to commit and follow through, when it’s laid out before us in the perfect way, we complain and wonder why it’s happening.

When we set goals we should always be careful about what we wish for, because opportunities will arise.  The question is, will you commit?

When the chance to follow through with our goal does happen, we have to first be grateful for the opportunity.  Remember, you asked for this!   Then, take a deep breath and make that quantum leap!

Don’t let fear or anxiety hold you back from what you’ve wished for; go for it!  Because in the end, it will be great.  You asked for it for a reason.    
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Back in April, the company that my husband worked for got shut down. He was an executive so it was a pretty big hit for the family. We could have easily freaked out about it, but luckily my family understands that every adversity is a hidden opportunity.
We’ve been building a steady IT consulting firm for a few years now and when this happened we knew we had to grow it even bigger and faster. To manifest something, it requires intense focus. And that’s exactly what we’ve been doing. Focusing and growing the business! So forgive me for taking a pause on my ezines! But we’ve managed to double our clients in the last few months, and believe me we’re not stopping there! As I said, success requires FOCUS.

I just celebrated my birthday! I had the greatest week! I had some friends from Toronto come to town and I put on my dancing shoes and had lots of fun. We even saw Bruno Mars and didn’t know it was him!!

On my birthday I hung out by the pool, watched Kung Fu Panda with the family and went to see my friend’s daughter perform in a musical! And, I ended the night with some chocolate!

But I wanted to get a little personal with you…

Last week I learned about a plane crash that killed two leaders in a company I was associate with. These two people lived their lives full out, they wrote books and coached others how to achieve success. They touched the lives of sooo many people.

What’s eery was one of their last Facebook posts…
Just hours before his death he posted:
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say “I used everything you gave me…”

It got me thinking… am I using all of my talents?

I started thinking today about my life and turning a year older. Many years ago, my ultimate goal was to make a huge impact in the world, to make a real difference. To be honest, there are days when I feel as if I fall short of that goal…and then something happens and I’m triggered to be more, do more, help more.

There are people out there in need of support, encouragement, love or even just a simple hug.

I am just one person, but for my birthday I ask that you reach out to one person and offer a random act of kindess, love or needed support. The world needs us…

I want to leave you with this video someone shared with me on Facebook. It’s one of those stories that reached somewhere within me to remind me I can do so much more to help others…because there is so much people out there that need help.

I have this theory that life plants what I call “Easter Eggs” in your life

Easter eggs come in the form of:

- Songs on the radio
- Smells
- Incidents
- Someone saying something at the perfect moment
- Gifts from a friend

It’s not so much what the sign is, but it’s the perfect timing of when the sign comes.

These past few weeks my family and I have had some big decisions and changes to make (nothing to worry about I promise, all good).  As I was trying to figure out our next steps, I felt the need to write in my journal...you know and release all the thoughts that were consuming my mind.  Problem was that my journal wasn’t in it’s usual spot.

I was on my way to go find it in the guest room on the other side of the house when the phone rang.  I picked up the call and was annoyed by the automated message.  However, just as I picked up the phone, I saw my journal from the corner of my eye. It was under the bed on my husband’s side of the room.  I have no idea how it got there but I would never have found it there myself.

In that moment, I knew I found an “Easter Egg”.  And this is the message that I heard:

“Sometimes, when you’re going the wrong way,

the Universe interupts you to

make sure you find what you’re looking for”.

May you find your own Easter Eggs and hear the messages that come along with them!

Living in Vegas, there’s not much showers here nor is there a May bloom either. However, one thing I have noticed with people around me is the feeling of gloom, just like a rainy day.  In fact, I had moments of feeling icky myself.  The thing about feeling down is that, it’s temporary.  Sometimes we have those moments just before the good times.  With every downturn there’s something beautiful waiting around the corner, or as the saying goes, next month in May.

So here’s a video I wanted to share with you that helps me smile when I’m feeling off.  It helps me remember what life’s really about, and reminds me that life is soo much more than what we’re experiencing in this moment.  Try to watch this video without smiling and feeling warm and fuzzy inside!  I DARE YOU!

Recently, I had a situation come up that could possibly dramatically affect the income coming into the household.  And while most people would freak out, I’m not.  Or at least I’m controlling my emotions so I won’t.

I was finally at a place of feeling comfortable, comfortable with the business, the growth and the money that was coming in.  AND THEN BAM!  Life gives you a curve ball.  Perhaps my flaw was feeling comfortable in the first place, because when you’re in the comfort zone you AREN’T GROWING!

So life threw me another challenge that I wasn’t prepared for.  However, instead of being emotional about it.  I just focused on having faith and I turned my manifestation power on.  I got back into creation mode and started manifesting new things.

When stuff like this happens, we normally end up creating more abundance as a result.  So that’s what I’m focusing on and being grateful for.  I’m saying “Thank you Universe for doing this so that I can be pushed towards my higher good”

In life nothing is certain except how you think. You can only control your thoughts, your feelings and your actions.  No matter what happens, you need to be strong in your mental capacity and focus on what you DO WANT!  Don’t waste a minute being upset or depressed about it.  There’s MORE out there, a better solution for you.  Your highest good is calling you, it’s time to step into it!

She kept screaming and crying saying she wanted to go home and get something for the class. I told her there wasn’t enough time to do that.  I tried to get her out of her car seat and she started kicking her legs and prevented me from undoing her seatbelt.  She was testing my patience.

I calmly told her to take a deep breath… that didn’t work.  I told her to stop… that didn’t work.   I demanded she stop, but she wouldn’t let up.

She screamed louder.

I started to count “1… 2…3….4″, this technique normally does it, but she still refused to stop screaming and crying.

My patience was wearing thin, at this point we were a few minutes late.  The shriek in her voice was getting harder to bear.  I couldn’t understand why my child was going nuts before my eyes.

I was so frustrated that  I wanted to spank her bottom, I didn’t, but I wanted to.  I admit, it was horrible for me to have gotten this upset.  But, it was the truth.  I lost control of my own patience.  I was angry that there was no reasoning with her, she was completely out of control.

I forced her out of her car seat and I carried her out. But she just kept screaming and kicking, her arms flailing all over the place.

“I want to go HOME!” she screamed.

“You’re going to ballet” I responded.

I put her down to walk, I held her hand tightly moving towards the studio, a few moments later she freed herself from my grip and tried to bolt towards the car.

I was getting even more angry now.  Suddenly, the mother of Kaylee’s ballet assistant ran out when she heard the commotion.  She asked “What’s wrong?”  Embarrassed by the spectacle, I responded.  She wants to go home to get some picture.

The mother knelt down to talk to Kaylee and said in a soft voice, “Are you talking about your homework?”  Kaylee  finally calmed down and nodded, still a little distraught.

The other mother said “It’s ok, you can bring it next time, you won’t get in trouble.  It’s ok”.  Kaylee finally stopped crying, sobbing only quietly.

Her homework, I thought. The mother figured out what was causing the distress in my daughter.  She didn’t want to go to ballet without her homework.  A few weeks ago, she was asked to color a picture of a ballerina pointing her toes.  Chuck brought her to ballet last week and must have forgotten it.  All the other girls in the class had their pictures displayed on the wall, but Kaylee’s was missing.  She promised the teacher she would bring it in next time.  She didn’t want to go to ballet without fulfilling her promise to the teacher.

My anger subsided immediately, compassion filled my heart.    I knelt down, hugged her and apologized, and reassured her that she wouldn’t get in trouble and that next time, she would bring her picture.

I was upset at myself for not having the patience and understanding. I refused to understand what was going on in her world.  The second I got it, I was able to relate instantly and could understand her sadness and I was mad at myself for not seeing the situation straight.

It was another big lesson in perspective for me.

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer

Business Application

This week alone I had two people come to me with conflict with coworkers.

I couldn’t help but think of this situation.  Always see things from the other person’s eyes.  Understand their perspective and where they are coming from.  By doing so, you’ll have so much more peace.

The Other day while I was driving to see a client, I decided to turn down off the radio completely to clear my head and get grounded. It was a stressful week and I knew that I needed to get my head clear.  But I couldn’t do it.  I was worried about this, and that.  I was going over my never ending laundry list of things that I needed to get done.  And the worry and stress was endless.  My thoughts were flying a mile a minute and realized that it’s been going at this speed for weeks.

So I did my best to focus on the road and just listen for whatever insights I had for the day. That’s when I saw this man driving on the highway, steering wheel with one hand, cigarette with the other and to top it off, his windows were all rolled up.  He was hotboxing (that’s what we called it) his car with cigarette smoke, I felt suffocated for him!  On any other day I would never have noticed this, but this image stuck with me and I couldn’t shake it off.

Then it hit me. What he was doing in his car with his cigarette was no different than what I had been doing with my thoughts.  But, the thoughts I was thinking had a worse effect.

As for you, stop hotboxing your car… I know you do it!

I  accepted that there was a possibility that I was going to be alone for the rest of my life.  But deep down, I wanted more.  Many of my friends were still single, they were too focused on their career, but I didn’t want that.  I wanted a family, lots of children… I wanted love.

I knew the steps to manifesting what you want but manifesting love was my challenge.  At the time, manifesting jobs were easy, money was easy, everything fell into my lap.

So on February 14th, 2005 I made a DECISION that I was going to attract real love into my life using the same process as I used for creating everything else.  And I also gave myself a ”by when” date.  I wanted to have this by August of that year.

So I got to work:

1) I created my manifestation card.
2) I meditated on the idea of how it would be like and FEEL like to attract real love into my life.
3) I VISUALIZED myself in a healthy loving relationship and I did this often.
4) I said affirmations in the car on the way to work.
5) I forgave people and past circumstances
6) I was grateful for the love that was coming into my life.
7) I LET GO.

August came and went and I dated a few people that had potential.  By October, I was heartbroken because I was dumped for the first time in my life!  I started giving up on the whole manifestation system.  I stopped visualizing, I stopped meditating, I put away my manifestation cards.  Weeks went by and that little voice within me told me keep going and not to give up.

So I restarted the process.  By Thanksgiving, my heart started to mend a little and I went on a family trip to Las Vegas to meet with my relatives from Toronto.  It was my sister-in-law who insisted that I meet her friend who lived in Vegas.

By Valentine’s Day of 2006, I was engaged.  Yes, I know it sounds crazy and it happened fast, but the Universe gave me some clear signs that I was headed in the right direction (note: When in doubt, always ask for signs).

Before I got engaged, I was at a seminar asking the Universe to show me a sign when I found the “right” one.  By that time I dated plenty and just couldn’t handle another heartbreak.  So there I was pleading with the Divine to show me just a little sign and that I was on the right track.  My secret sign was white rose petals. That night that I sent up my prayer, when I got home, I noticed a box on  my doorstep that was addressed to me.  When I opened it, to my amazement, there was a white orchid lei shipped from Hawaii from Chuck.  It wasn’t a rose but they were even better, they were orchids, my favorite.  So despite the technicality, I knew it was a sign from above.

The rest is history.  These techniques work, you just need to make sure you’re doing them right!

Happy Valentine’s Day!



So, last weekend we decided to dress up and take some nice pictures at the Bellagio.  Getting a 4 year old to sit still and smile is kind of like asking it to snow in 80 degree weather.  =)

So this is what I’ve got. See I’m in the pictures this time!

I got to tell you that in the past I’ve written off the last month of the year.  Just accepting my fate, feeling like nothing else could happen… not trying any harder.  But this year, something different happened.  I got my second wind and I’m starting things in December that most people would wait till the New Year… and you know what?  It’s working!

You see successful people don’t give up at the end of the race, they push harder.

Read this week’s article to learn more.

It’s Not Over, Dig Deeper

In the past, once Thanksgiving rolled around I was in holiday mode.  I looked at whatever my results were up until that point and I thought “I’ll try again next year”. It was like there was no hope, no saving grace, to get me any further in the last month of the year.

I allowed myself to go overboard on the desserts, the sweets, the cookies and the food, telling myself “that in the New Year I’ll lose those pounds I put on during the holidays.”

But this year, I did something different. I pushed even harder while everyone was giving up… and you know what? It was like magic.

I didn’t want to tell you this in case I failed or gave up, I wanted to keep this part of my life private, but I realized how important it is to share.  So here’s my secret, I started doing the Insanity training program. It’s an intense workout program where you exercise every day and eat a specific meal plan.  I’m on day 4 and I’m pushing my body harder than I ever have before and I feel great!  While most people are making excuses for what their eating, why they’re not working out during the holidays I’m pushing my body to new heights of health.

Another thing is that I used to think that no new business is made in December (unless you are a retail store that is).  But, as I changed my thinking, we all of a sudden got even busier.  We’re continuing to get several new clients come in a week and we’ll probably have our biggest December yet.  I just keep pushing myself forward.  But the funny thing is that I’m not pushing like I’m forcing things to happen, this time around it’s kind of been easy.  It’s as if I’m just allowing things to happen.  I just push myself to keep moving forward, knowing and having faith that it will all work itself out.

For some of you, you may be feeling the holiday crunch, wondering how you’re going to afford the holidays, pay for this or that. Or maybe you’re feeling down on yourself for not reaching this year’s goal.  Here’s what I say to that… “IT’S NOT OVER”.  You have 22 days left.  Go within, push yourself to keep moving forward, don’t give up, dig deep. And maybe it’s not in what you’re doing, but in what you’re thinking.  Take this time, look inside.  Make the mental shift you need to, to push harder, go the last mile and get what you want.

As I share my story with you, I can’t help but think of the Billy Mills story I shared with you months back. If you haven’t seen it, watch it and see how he finishes strong in the last lap.

Don’t miss out on the Holiday Coaching Special… Looking forward to speaking with you.