The Road to Fabulous.

The Manifesting Game

While you’re reading this, I’m probably sitting on an airplane or in a airport somewhere between South Florida and Vancouver, Canada. I am speaking for T. Harv Eker’s “Mind of Steel-Heart of Gold” events near Whistler, B.C.

The end of summer is fast approaching and the beginning of a new school year for my daughters. Here’s a photo taken on the first day of summer. We visited an amazing exhibit at Fairchild Gardens in Miami.

That giant Deep Sea-looking thing behind us is made of blown glass! It’s by the artist Chihuly and it was *so* beautiful. We had a magical day walking around looking at the artwork carefully placed amidst nature. It was a magical day.

Today’s blog is designed to help you manifest something really wonderful. I’ve also included 2 video blogs that address the crazy possibilities of manifesting and what you can do if you’re having trouble manifesting something. I hope you enjoy them and that you get inspired!

Have you heard my David Cassidy manifesting story? Here’s a link to my youtube Video Blog where I tell the crazy story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0Mye8kkoI

And if you’re having trouble manifesting something in your life, here’s my best advice and a story to inspire you to keep going… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqSz3VB-dJM

Pick one thing you would love to manifest in your life right now. It could be a new job, a relationship, or even a new car. Write a vision for this thing or experience. First take a deep breath and get yourself centered and calm. Then, from this calm, quiet space, write your vision exactly as you would like it to unfold. Be as descriptive as possible. Imagine how it will feel when you have this thing or experience you want to have. After you have written your vision clearly, post it in a place where you can read it daily. Close your eyes and smile after you read it each day. Really see your vision coming true.

You want to get to the “YES!” Which means when you read it, it should light you up inside. I want you to feel inspired when you read your vision, so keep working and re-working the words, to make sure it feels just right.

And then send me your vision statement so we can share it with others! When you share your vision with supportive friends and mentors you tap into the power of the mastermind: having other powerful people ‘hold your vision’ for you magnifies & multiplies your manifesting powers!

Excerpted from JOURNALUTION: Journaling to Awaken Your Inner Voice, Heal Your Life and Manifest Your Dreams (published by New World Library)

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Life Happens

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”

Have you heard this line from the John Lennon song, “Beautiful Boy”? This pretty much describes my week.

Tuesday morning, 8:10am
I’m sitting in my big comfy bed, with a steaming cup of café mocha, kissing my husband goodbye as he leaves for work. I’m looking at my schedule for the day and making plans to meet him for cocktails and a networking party after work. My daughters have spent the last 2 nights at their aunt and uncle’s house blissfully playing with their baby cousins. My husband and I are looking forward to 3 more nights of being 'honeymooners'.

8:25am
The phone rings and I hear a weary voice on the other end that sounds like my brother. My brother and sister-in-law caught a horrendous stomach flu and had spent the night… well…. you know… every 30 minutes or so. He was calling to tell me I needed to get in the car and come get the girls (3+ hours away).

So there it was. All my appointments, schedules, plans, and to-do lists, had to be rescheduled immediately. My fancy dinner and romantic evening….delayed indefinitely. My focus shifted swiftly and (almost) completely to my family.

I was able to do a couple of coaching calls from the car on the 3 hour drive north. And after safely dropping my niece and nephew at their grandparents’ house, about 8 hours after that phone call, I was scooping my youngest up off of the garage floor, covered in…… well, you know. She didn’t quite make it into the house.

It’s days like this that remind me, I am not in control of anything. And when someone in my family is sick, nothing else really matters. As a mom, sometimes you want to run away in horror at the things you are faced with, and always, from somewhere deep inside, comes the wise voice. “No, YOU are the ONE who must handle this.” Later I would laugh about how the day had gone so far off track, with my daughter snuggled in bed next to me, sleeping peacefully and finally keeping down some juice.

I feel like I’m still playing catch up from the week’s ‘festivities’. Luckily, everyone is healthy now and we’re back to enjoying our summer again.

Take a moment today, to congratulate yourself on all that you do every day. For all the things you juggle, all the people you support and say thank you to all the people who support you.

I’d like to say a personal “Thank You!” to my fabulous assistant Debbie, who is always there when I need her the most. She’s also a mom and is quick to jump in and help me when “Life Happens”. Thank you Debbie! You are a *Rock Star* !!!

Try This:
At the top of a blank sheet of paper, write “I am so grateful…..” and list 5 things you are grateful for right now. Ready…. Go!

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Masterminding + Manifesting = Major Momentum

When you really want to turn up the heat on manifesting your dreams, you will want to add masterminding to your life. Masterminding is an alliance of two or more people working together toward a goal or vision. When you mastermind, you hold a vision for someone else and they do the same for you; you use your combined energy to attract and create your dreams. The power to manifest these dreams is multiplied when you write them down and share them with others.

Try This
Identify a friend or colleague who is interested in masterminding with you. Ask your friend what one thing he or she would like to have happen: a new job, relationship, home, or whatever. Invite this friend to write an affirmative sentence that expresses gratitude for the fulfillment of that dream. Then write your friend’s sentence in your journal.

For example: Emily wants a new career, but she’s not sure what she wants to do. Emily writes: “I am so happy to have work that is emotionally and financially rewarding, fun, inspiring, and helpful to others in my community.” Her friend writes: “Emily is so happy that she has work that is emotionally and financially rewarding, fun, inspiring and helpful to others in the community.”

Now write a sentence about what you want in your life, and have your friend write your sentence, too. Agree to look at these sentences each day and visualize the events happening. When you do so, take a deep breath and feel, in your body, what the experience will be like when these goals have been accomplished. You and your friend might even write the sentences each day and look at them several times.

When you exchange mastermind visions with at least one other person, you open yourself to the magic in the universe. You may find that, as you read your passionate sentence each day, it takes on more life. It may even change or become more specific. Rewrite your sentence as it changes, and let the vision keep growing in your mind and in your heart. The important thing is how you feel when you read it.  You want to connect to the joy and excitement that you are attracting.  And as always…. Have fun!  If you’re not having fun, then you’re doing it wrong.

 

You're Being Too Hard on Yourself

Today’s blog is about the value of giving yourself a break in the middle of your hectic schedule. A little mini-vacation will do wonders for your state of mind and will make you that much more creative and productive when you do get back to work.

One of my fabulous coaching clients is finishing up a draft of her first book proposal and sample chapters and getting ready to send it off to her editor. We worked together to plan her schedule. She needed to complete the edits on her chapters and the introduction before her family arrived for a 1 week stay. We discussed how wonderful she would feel once everything was sent off to the editor and she could relax and be with her family, taking a much deserved break.

When she sent me her coaching form the night before our call, she wrote that she was on task. Yet the day of her call, I could hear the stress in her voice as she talked about how her family would be arriving later that day and she still needed to work on the introduction a little more. She told me she had run into some ‘blocks’ with a sleepless night and feeling exhausted the next day.

I reviewed her objectives contained in the original paperwork she provided when we began coaching together, I pointed out how far she has come in making progress toward her goal of finishing her book project. She initially wrote to me that the process of getting published feels ‘so big and overwhelming that I spend a lot of time running around in circles and not doing what I need to do.” Now, just a few short months later, she has established a writing rhythm that works for her life, allowing her to teach workshops and develop the content for her book and still maintain balance in her life. She is stretching her comfort zone while staying connected to her own inner wisdom and keeping a good balance of working and self-nurturing.

I find that most of the clients I work with are very driven in their creative & professional pursuits and rarely take the time to celebrate how far they’ve come on their journey. (it takes one to know one, I guess). So I’ve put together a few tips for you today to help you celebrate your journey and restore balance in your creative, personal and professional life. Enjoy!

1.     Look at the current task or to-do list you are using, or better yet, look at the one from yesterday or last week.

2.     Review all of the work and congratulate yourself for being a responsible, upstanding, motivated human being with goals, dreams and bigger things that you are working toward. (you can celebrate EVERYTHING: errands, personal tasks, laundry, clean house, etc.. congratulate yourself for caring enough to do these things! Did you see that Oprah about the lady that never did the dishes or picked up dog poop?)

3.     Plan at least 2 celebratory moments, one to be completed this week and one to be completed no later than Friday, June 27th. Put these on your calendar right now!

4.     Here are a few ideas: manicure/pedicure, something chocolate, your favorite bottle of wine or cup of coffee/tea (and plans to enjoy it alone or with a friend), massage, bubble bath, tickets to a concert or sporting event, night out with your partner or friends, something chocolate, rent or go see a movie, take a walk in nature, buy a new cd (or download 5 new-favorite songs from iTunes), did I say something chocolate? :D yummmmm

5.     I suggest you pick one ‘little’ thing that’s easy to do right now, and one thing that you have to plan. Keep this date with yourself- no matter what!!!! This is my homework assignment to you.

When you take the time to fill yourself up with good energy in between the to-do’s you bring more light and creativity to the next task at hand. You are now able to zip through those next items with a renewed focus and clarity, because you took the time to refresh and rejuvenate yourself.

Good job on being a “Do It Now” kind of person and good job on celebrating all of the things you’ve accomplished in the last few weeks. Your to-do list will probably never get completely DONE, so just enjoy that feeling today of looking at all you have already done and give yourself a much-needed (and much deserved) pat on the back. To YOU from ME, Good Job!

YOU ROCK. :D!

If you’ve got a creative project that needs an infusion of energy and clarity, or a complete life transition coming ~ check out my coaching FAQ and find out what it’s really like to work with me. It’s FUN! And very effective.

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Magnificent Mentors

I am so lucky to have such wonderful mentors in my life. Somehow, I’ve managed to attract really incredible, fascinating people that have influenced my life and my career, so today’s blog is to help you attract and work with really powerful mentors in your life. I hope you enjoy it. Click here to listen to my audio postcard about mentors.

I’ve recently started working with two new mentors, both women, both very strong and very saavy business owners and both very inspiring!

Mentors have been such an important part of my journey. I want to share with you how I have found and worked with the mentors in my life.

I believe it boils down to these factors:

• Targeting and attracting the right mentors.
• Being respectful of their time and resources.
• Having extreme follow up skills.
• And finally asking yourself how you can support your own mentors in creating their vision.

Why do you need a mentor?
Mentors can help you see a vision for your own life. Ask a mentor what one or two things they wished they knew when they were starting out. This gives them an opportunity to review their own path and share some words of wisdom. Many times just knowing someone else has accomplished certain things and seeing clearly the steps they took can put you on your way to accomplishing your goals.

My Mentors
I have had many mentors in my own life for different reasons and in different areas of my life. My first mentor was my psychologist, Rick Wright http://www.wrightconsultancy.com/. He was a very special psychologist and instead of having a regular Thursday afternoon appointment, he told me to ‘call him when I needed him’. This set up my way of working with mentors. When he left his practice to pursue healing and study different energy modalities, I kept in touch with him. When I felt challenged in my life, he was the person I would call and ask for input and advice. He knew my history and could help me make sense of it all. I always joke that I’m still doing homework that Rick gave me 15 years ago. Rick is now an extremely in-demand, high-level executive business coach and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to work with him. He taught me to look deeper and find my own answers. Rick’s true gift is his incredible clarity around any situation. Removing everything that isn’t representative of who I want to be and creating a simple next step.

Another mentor, Heide Banks http://www.HeideBanks.com helped me develop my unique voice in the world. My “Sandy-liciousness”   What sets me apart from everyone else? What does my life experience qualify me to share with others that no one else has experienced exactly the way I have? Heide's gift is helping people discover their authentic voice and living their life from that place of authenticity.

One of my newest mentors came to me in a very magical way, I was playing with my Vision Board and she appeared in my life to grant my wishes. In our first meeting, although I had to step out of my “authorly-comfort zone”, I felt moved to ask her to share with me how she created her successful business and fabulous life. She was thrilled to support me in jumping up my business plan to the next level, and we are already working on a very exciting project together! (I’ll be revealing more about this special project in the next few months, stay tuned...)

Please Forgive Me

Please forgive me…. Or someone or something that you’ve been holding anger, frustration, pain inside about. Today’sblog will free up some stuck energy and give you a new, lighter, clearer perspective. Push through it, okay? It will be worth the time you spend with this writing prompt.

This works fabulously when you are holding anger toward someone or some event that caused you pain, left you feeling frustrated, or even died. Write “I forgive you…” followed by a specific person’s name. Then list all of the things for which you feel the need to forgive that person. Use this activity to forgive yourself and others and to let go of negative energy that’s holding you back.

 

It takes a tremendous amount of energy to carry around anger, hatred, disappointment, frustration and sadness. Everywhere you go, you carry these emotions, holding them inside your body. Forgiveness allows you to release that heavy, negative energy and move into a new day feeling lighter and more focused. Eventually the old emotions will no longer cloud your vision. You will be free to move past them and become who you truly are.

If you need some extra energy today, try the “Forgiveness” Journalution Prompt.

Write “I forgive you…” followed by a specific person’s name. Then list all the things for which you need to forgive that person. Use this activity to forgive yourself or others and to let go of negative energy that’s holding you back.

Forgiveness is not something you do for another person. You do it for yourself, to free yourself. Although you may not believe that it’s working at the moment when you’re doing it, each time you write the words, “I forgive you for….” (fill in the blank)” on the page, your heart will get a little lighter and your pent up emotions will begin to evaporate. Once you begin to forgive, or at least reach a state of acceptance about the past, you will attract the good things you want into your life and start living more peacefully and joyfully today.

~excerpted from JOURNALUTION: Journaling to Awaken Your Inner Voice, Heal Your Life & Manifest Your Dreams, page 62 (New World Library, 2005). Sandy defines the word JOURNALUTION as the act of revealing your inner wisdom through writing.

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Did You See It?

Did you LOVE it? My friend Marci and I went to see Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda this weekend. I missed them *so* much! (Sex & The City movie premiere was this weekend, in case you’ve been living on a deserted island and missed the news….)

It was a long movie, I was out waaay past my bedtime! But we had a great sushi dinner first and a fun date with our very own Mr. Big’s.

Today’s blog was inspired by the faaaaabulous J.Lo. and her song “Let’s Get Loud”- go throw your hands up in the air and sing at the top of your lungs!

Turn the Music Up, C’mon People, Let’s Get Loud

Are you living your life full blast? Do you sometimes turn your volume down a little bit so you don’t disturb anyone? Or worse yet, have you been traveling around with your speakers on mute?? Oh my!

Today I want you to pump up the volume - it’s time to move it, move it! Here are some ideas to get your melody pumpin’ and your booty shakin’…..

(special thanks to the lovely & talented Jennifer Lopez and her song “Let’s Get Loud”)

Here we go now!

1. Do It Your Way
   Speak your mind, when you disagree with something, speak up, let your voice be known. If something doesn’t feel right to you, in your gut, honor that intuition and give it a voice. You will never go wrong when you listen to that inner wisdom.
   
2. Mean What You Say
   Honor your commitments. When you say you will do something, do it. This is pretty straight forward and you’re probably pretty good at keeping your word, being on time, meeting your deadlines. But do you honor your commitments to yourself?
   
   This is where it falls apart sometimes. We make a declaration that we want to do something and then life gets in the way. If you want to live your life to the max, you must honor your commitments to yourself most of all! If you procrastinate and put off the things you say you want to do, deep down you are breaking your own spirit. 
   
3. Take It All the Way
   “Every minute, every day, take them all the way, you gotta live ‘em.” One of the reasons I love this song “Let’s Get Loud” so much is because it’s not only a great song to dance to and gets me moving and happy, but the words are *so* true!
   
   You’ve only got a certain amount of moments on this planet, what are you waiting on? If not now, when? Don’t waste another precious moment, wondering if you’re good enough, or pretty enough, or smart enough, or rich enough- just take a step, or a leap in the direction of your dream. Yes, it’s scary. I’m scared *all the time*! That means you’re stretching your comfort zone. You’re supposed to feel scared. Do it anyway. Are you waiting for permission to step into your greatness? Some people stay small and some dare to live beyond mediocrity. The world is waiting for your magnificence. All you have to do is claim it.

Now, go Get Loud!