Life By Design Weekly News
December 22, 2008
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News this week:

~ A Holiday Message from Coach Tonya
~ Journey to Self on vacation over the holidays
~ I heard a rumor…about Al Cole
~ Quote of the Week

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A Holiday Message from Coach Tonya

‘Tis the season…it is sure starting to look a lot like Christmas here in Wisconsin, we have had to major snow storms in the last two weeks with more on the way this week.  It has been great weather to cuddle up on the couch with love ones and sip hot chocolate.

It was a busy weekend with Christmas shopping on Saturday and Christmas with my in-laws on Sunday.  Tomorrow, Logan and I are looking forward to baking cookies with my cousin and her daughters.

I can’t wait to watch Logan unwrap his presents, its been my favorite part of Christmas since I became a mother, but especially in the last couple of years since he has been able to understand more.  It has helped me recapture the feeling of Christmas, you know that feeling of getting caught up in the magic that seems to be in the air.  It’s the feeling you get looking at the Christmas lights all lit up against the dark cold night.  It’s the feeling you get when you know what you made someones holiday a little better just by showing that you care.  It’s is the feeling you get when you look at the crowed room and know that all is well with the world because you are lucky enough to be with your love ones at that moment in time.

I have so much to be thankful for everyday of my life.  I have a loving and supportive husband and son, wonderful friends that are always there for me, the opportunity to pursue my educational goals, and everyday I get to wake up and be passionate about the work that I do.

My wish to all of you is to have a wonderful holiday season and don’t forget to take a piece of the holiday magic to stay with you the until next year!

~ Tonya

*** Starting Tuesday December 23rd until Monday January 5th I will be out of the office taking a well deserved vacation and spending time with family and friends.  I look forward to seeing you all in 2009!! ***

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Journey to Self on vacation over the holidays

Journey to Self will be on vacation the next two weeks because of the holidays.

Join us for a brand new year as we return on Thursday January 8th @ 12pm cst as I kick off the new year with my guest Tara Meyer-Robson.

Visit the Journey to Self Website ~ http://journeytoself.info and catch up on missed shows.

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I heard a rumor…about Al Cole

Now, I am not one to spread rumors, but there is one out there that one of my all-time favorite guest, Al “Mr. Romance” Cole - the radio personality that all the women are crazy about because of his gorgeous eyes, sexy voice, and insightful love poetry, might do a personal performance online that will show us more than just his eyes! WOW!!

Al has heard about the Rumor, and likes the idea! So I think that Al might just let us all see more of his Face, and he might just do that Special Appearance for us, if we all send comments and message to his MySpace page (http://myspace.com/alcolemusic) – and let him know that we all love and support the idea!! Maybe then Al might cave in and Perform online for us all…entire face and all!!!

Al just Posted a Bulletin, click the link below to hear what he had to say:

http://www.youtube.com/v/RdiVGXq9O1E&hl=en&fs=1

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Quote of the Week

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

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Life By Design Weekly News
December 10, 2008
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News this week:

~ A Message from Coach Tonya
~ We are talking dragons on Journey to Self this week!
~ Let’s Talk About You, Wednesday Dec. 10th @ 7pm cst
~ Quote of the Week

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A Message from Coach Tonya

As the holidays move closer we got a true taste of winter here in Wisconsin with a couple of winter storms.  Logan loves to watch in snow and I have adopted his viewpoint.  While it might hinder getting out, it also creates the perfect excuse to make sure hot chocolate, cuddle up with your kids, and watch the lights on the tree!  And of course after the storm there is snowman building, snow angels to be made, and sledding to be done.

Where ever you are, I hope that you are really enjoying winter with your family.

~ Tonya

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We are talking dragons on Journey to Self this week!

This week we are talking about dragons - seven of them to be exact.  In the  book Seven Dragons: A guide to a limitless mind by Jen Blackert, she points to seven  thought patters - what she describes as dragons - that hinder success.

Your mind can change your life from a so-so life to the phenomenal life you have only dreamed about, the key is taming those dragons, those thoughts that keep us from success” ~ Jen Blackert

Jen Blackert is an intuitive, author, speaker, and coach. She has personally taught hundreds of individuals her unique principles and approach to success. Her principles are based on time-honored universal wisdoms. Blackert has authored several articles, books, and programs, including The Laws of Attraction Marketing. Jen has a B.S in Nutritional Science, and is also a Certified Professional Coach, NLP practitioner, and yoga instructor.

Join me Thursday December 4th at 10am pst/11am mnt/12pm cst/ 1pm est on http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself as Jen - The Attraction Diva shares with us how we can create a limitless mind!

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t make it to the live show - no worries, all shows are archived and available with the show notes soon after the show on the Journey to Self Website ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Let’s Talk About You, Wednesday Dec. 10th @ 7pm cst

Women & HOPE is excited about its “Let’s Talk About…” monthly educational discussion series. Please join us on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7pm cst/8pm est in the Women & HOPE conference room at http://tinyurl.com/6jzyfj.

Each month, Certified Life and Family Manager Coach Tonya Ramsey will lead the group as they explore different topics aimed at helping participants improve in all areas of life and offering the support that participants need to realize their power and to propel to excellence.

The first in the “Let’s Talk About…” series of educational discussions will focus on YOU. This will include the importance of taking care of yourself, how you can change your guilt into self-nurturing, and how strengthening your foundation of self can lead to success in all the other areas of your life.

Topic: Let’s Talk About YOU
Where: W&H Conference Room http://tinyurl.com/6jzyfj
When: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Time: 5pm PST/6pm MST/7pm CST/8pm EST

Please note that the times are for the United States. To covert to your time zone, please visit http://www.time.gov

Please register for the event at http://www.womenandhope.com/hope/education.html to pick up your workbook.

By the way, if you missed the launch of our first Ladies, Let’s Talk, you may download it at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thewomensempowerhour.

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Quote of the Week

Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”

~ Napoleon Hill

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Life By Design Weekly News
December 3, 2008
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News this week:

~ A special Journey to Self filled with wisdom
~ Ladies, Let’s Talk launching Monday December 8th
~ Quote of the Week

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A special Journey to Self filled with wisdom

I want you to know the power, the liberation of another kind of science - the inner science, the yogic science - through which you can become the master of your own destiny.”

~ Sadhguru

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, a yogi and profound mystic of our times, is a visionary humanitarian and a prominent spiritual leader. A contemporary Guru, rooted as strongly in mundane and pragmatic matters as he is in inner experience and wisdom, Sadhguru works tirelessly towards the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of all. His mastery of the mechanisms of life, an outcome of his profound experience of the Self, guides in exploring the subtler dimensions of life.

At home in loincloth as much as he is in blue jeans, barefoot through the mighty Himalayas, or straddling a BMW motorcycle on the expressway, Sadhguru is the most unusual mystic that one can encounter. Marking a clear departure from mere customs and rituals, Sadhguru’s scientific methods for self-transformation are both direct and powerful. Belonging to no particular tradition, Sadhguru incorporates and presents what is most valid for the contemporary life from the yogic sciences.

Traversing seamlessly from the ancient to the ultramodern, Sadhguru bridges the gap between the known and the unknown, enabling all those who encounter him to explore and experience the deepest dimensions of life.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=IshaFoundationVideo

Join me Thursday December 4th at 10am pst/11am mnt/12pm cst/ 1pm est on http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself to listen to Sadhguru and I as we talk about finding the real answers to life.

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t make it to the live show - no worries, all shows are archived and available with the show notes soon after the show on the Journey to Self Website ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Ladies, Let’s Talk launching Monday December 8th

Women & HOPE(TM) is excited to announce the launch of “Ladies, Let’s Talk” on Monday, December 8, 2008 at 8pm CST/9pm EST.  “Ladies, Let’s Talk” will be a weekly segment of The Women’s Empower Hour radio show, with a round table format in which five ladies will come together from all over the world to talk about any and every thing affecting the lives of women today. Listeners can tune in and listen live at http://blogtalkradio.com/thewomensempowerhour.

Women & HOPE(TM) is a dynamic new global community of women committed and dedicated to supporting one another in the achievement of their endeavors and development so that every woman is successful and living her best life.  It is Women Helping Others Propel to Excellence, the mission and vision of Women & HOPE(TM).

In conjunction with the “Ladies, Let’s Talk” radio show, and continuing with the theme of helping others, Women & HOPE(TM) will also have an educational series called, “Let’s Talk About…” with the first topic “You”, Coach Tonya will help participants learn the importance of taking care of themselves, how guilt can be transformed into self-nurturing, and how strengthening the foundation of self can lead to success in all the other areas of your life.

If you find yourself facing challenges that you need help with or you have questions, the “Let’s Talk About…” series is here to support you. “Let’s Talk About…” will be launching on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7pm CST/8pm EST in the Women & HOPE’s conference room ~ http://tinyurl.com/6jzyfj.

BlogTalkRadio is a social talk-radio network that hosts thousands of shows across all topics, including politics, sports, books, business, entertainment, health, paranormal, comedy and religion.  Since the company’s 2006 launch, over 73,000 shows have streamed from BlogTalkRadio.  The network attracts over 2.6 million listeners each month.  Talkers Magazine recently posited both that “…Internet talk radio has been growing steadily” and “…a strong case can be made that Internet talk radio is rapidly on its way to being a major media movement in popular culture” in a recent article featuring BlogTalkRadio.

It is the BlogTalkRadio medium in which the ladies will come together from all over the world to have a chat.  It will be an interactive show and listeners may interact with the ladies of the show in the chat room or on the call in line.  The host of the show is Dr. Deitra C. Payne in Arizona, with co-hosts, Serenity Raven-Wolf in Australia, Tonya Ramsey in Wisconsin and T. Daphne Kean in Canada.  Ladies, Let’s Talk will also have a fifth rotating co-host.  The fifth co-host will come from The Women’s Empower Hour networking group or on occasion, it may be a noted personality.

Some of the noted guests across the BlogTalkRadio network have included Yoko Ono, Brad Pitt, Jeff Goldblum, John McCain, Brian DePalma, Soledad O’Brien, Evander Holyfield and Oliver Stone, just to name a few.

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Quote of the Week

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

~ Buddha

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Life By Design Weekly News
November 26, 2008
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News this week:

~ A Thanksgiving Message from Tonya
~ Journey to Self off for Thanksgiving
~ Let’s Talk About…YOU!
~ Quote of the Week

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A Thanksgiving Message from Tonya

Tomorrow is the big day of thanks. This year Logan is so excited to help me in the kitchen. The last couple of years my sister-in-law have split the cooking and then we gather at my dad’s and have a nice relaxing Thanksgiving!

I hope that you all have a fabulous day with your families.  Remember we all have been blessed in may ways.  Celebrate all that you are grateful for from the smallest to the biggest.

~ Tonya

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Journey to Self off for Thanksgiving with a very special show when we return on Thursday December 4th

I have a very special guest on December 4th, Sadhguru Vasudev is a yogi, mystic, humanitarian and a prominent spiritual leader. In January 2007, Sadhguru participated in four panels at the World Economic Forum and spoke on issues ranging from diplomacy and economic development, to education and the environment. In 2006, he addressed the World Economic Forum, the Tallberg Forum in Sweden, and the Australian Leadership Retreat. He has also served as a delegate to the United Nations Millennium Peace Summit and the World Peace Congress.

If you would like to know more about Sadhguru, below is a link to him sharing his profound wisdom.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=IshaFoundationVideo

Join me Thursday December 4th at 10am pst/11am mnt/12pm cst/ 1pm est on http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself to listen to Sadhguru and I as we talk about finding the real answers to life.

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t make it to the live show - no worries, all shows are archived and available with the show notes soon after the show on the Journey to Self Website ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Let’s Talk About…

In conjunction with the wonderful new show Ladies, Let’s Talk, I have put together a new educational discussion called, “Let’s Talk About…” Each month, I will lead the group as they explore different topics aimed at helping participants improve in all areas of life and offering the support that participants need to realize their power and to propel to excellence.

The first in the “Let’s Talk About…” series of educational discussions will focus on YOU. This will include the importance of taking care of yourself, how you can change your guilt into self-nurturing, and how strengthening your foundation of self can lead to success in all the other areas of your life.

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Quote of the Week

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity… It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

~ Melodie Beattie

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Life By Design Weekly News
November 19, 2008
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News this week:

~ Ladies, Let’s Talk
~ Feminine Power…Where did it go?
~ Quote of the Week

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Ladies, Let’s Talk

Ladies, Let’s Talk, will be a weekly segment of the Women’s Empower Hour Blog Talk Radio Show, launching in December, 2008. It is a dynamic new show with a roundtable style in which a group of five women will talk about any and every thing affecting the lives of women today. The ladies of the show will candidly offer their views on topics ranging from relationships to health and fitness to finances.

Let’s face it, we all have challenges in our lives and this show will offer a forum in which women can come together from all over the world to participate in a lively discussion about our lives as women. The Ladies, Let’s Talk radio show is geared towards creating a healthy, honest and open dialogue to support one another in living our best life.

The ladies of the show will offer their perspectives and you will have an opportunity to offer your perspective as well. During the show, listeners can use the chat room or call in with any questions, thoughts or comments. You can also email any questions you wish to have answered prior to the start of the show at ladiesletstalk@gmail.com.

Hosts of the Ladies, Let’s Talk radio show include:

Dr. Deitra C. Payne, Ph.D.
Serenity Raven-Wolf
Tonya Ramsey
T. Daphne Kean
Rotating 5th guest will be a member from the Ladies, Let’s Talk groups

Please join one of our Ladies, Let’s Talk groups and be apart of a global effort to empower women!

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Ning
LinkedIn
Plaxo

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Feminine Power…Where did it go?

In the last two years alone, we’ve witnessed both the first female Speaker of the House, as well as the first presidential candidate. Although Senator Hillary Clinton lost the nomination, her campaign demonstrates that more women are aiming for positions of power - and according to history, this concept isn’t as novel as many people think.” ~ PR for Luminous Heartbeats

In The Luminous Heartbeat, author Wendy Victor sets out to discover why the beneficial female influences in our lives have been eclipsed by the male influences. In particular, she seeks to discover why the spiritual world has become so patriarchal. She proposes that the transition from oral tales to written history was the catalyst that severed us from a world naturally rich in spiritual reality. Her message is about new beginnings, empowerment, awareness, voice, and fertility. Ultimately, Victor reconstructs the ancient equilibrium between spiritual and terrestrial forces and reconfirms the original covenant between women and God. The result is a book luminous with both beauty and spiritual energy.

I am very excited to have Wendy Victor this week as my guest on Journey to Self.  Wendy Victor first became interested in comparative religion at Briarcliff College, where her thesis was on Zen Buddhism. Her work experience in Eastern art and anthropology has included assignments with the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She earned a graduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College in Women’s History and led the Women’s History Program at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she organized the school’s symposium on Educating Women for Peace. She is an expert photographer and lives in Palm Beach, Florida, with her best friend and husband, Mike.

Join me Thursday November 20th at 10am pst/11am mnt/12pm cst/ 1pm est on http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself as Wendy Victor and I trace the roots of female power!

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t make it to the live show - no worries, all shows are archived and available with the show notes soon after the show on the Journey to Self Website ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Quote of the Week

“Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.”

~ Orison Swett Marden

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Life By Design Weekly News
November 12, 2008
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News this week:

~ Finally I am back!
~ How is Your spiritual life?
~ Quote of the Week

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Finally I am back!

This was my first week back to work and school in the last two weeks.  Over the last two weeks my family and I went through the stomach flu, pink eye, sinus and ear infections.

I have to say that I am glad that I am getting over sick, I have been catching up this week and I am happy to say I am almost there.  Of course my recovery coincides with a cold snap here in Wisconsin (about time…last week it was still in the 70’s)  So, now I am planning the holidays with my family and looking forward to our first snow - Logan and I have a date to make a snowman.

I am hoping all of you that have caught the flu or any other illness a speedy recovery and don’t forget to take care of yourself!

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How is Your Spiritual Life?

We are back this week talking about Spirituality on Journey to Self.  My guest this week is author Dr. Stephen Edwards.

Dr. Edwards, holds a doctorate in spiritual counseling and speaks on self-empowerment and mind-body-spirit connection. His book “Communion-cating with God: How to Have a Personal Connection and Relationship with Your Creator”, chronicles his spiritual journey of hearing and communicating with God.

Written in a journal format, he provides readers the opportunity to experience God’s communication with him. He hopes this book will help others become more aware of God’s presence and love in their everyday life.

Love is the key to overcoming the world’s problems.”

~ Stephen Edwards

Join me Thursday November 13th at 10am pst/11am mnt/12pm cst/ 1pm est on http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself as Dr. Edwards shares his journey of spirituality and tells how we can have a better spiritual life.

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t listen live, read the show notes and listen to the show on the Journey to Self Website ~ http://journeytoself.info

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Quote of the Week

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

~ Thomas A. Edison

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Life By Design Weekly News
October 15, 2008
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News this week:

~ Domestic Abuse Awareness
~ Mom’s Coffee Break
~ Quote of the Week

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Domestic Abuse Awareness

Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved from the first Day of Unity observed in October, 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The intent was to connect battered women’s advocates across the nation who were working to end violence against women and their children. The Day of Unity soon became a special week when a range of activities were conducted at the local, state, and national levels.

These activities were as varied and diverse as the program sponsors but had common themes: mourning those who have died because of domestic violence, celebrating those who have survived, and connecting those who work to end violence.

“In October 1987, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month was observed. That same year the first national toll-free hotline was begun. In 1989 the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month Commemorative Legislation was passed by the U.S. Congress. Such legislation has passed every year since with NCADV providing key leadership in this effort.” (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Website)

Every year in the United States approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner.

“Battering is the establishment of control and fear in a relationship through violence and other forms of abuse. The batterer uses acts of violence and a series of behaviors, including intimidation, threats, psychological abuse, isolation, etc. to coerce and to control the other person. The violence may not happen often, but it remains as a hidden (and constant) terrorizing factor.” (Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1990)

Join me for a special educational Journey to Self on Thursday October 16th @ 10am pst/11am mnt/12pm cst/1pm est as we talk about Domestic Violence, prevention, and how to get help for you or a loved one.  Joining me is Diane Tegarden, a domestic abuse survivor and author of “Getting Out of Limbo: A Self Help Divorce Book for Women” and John Smith, Women’s Advocate, Volunteer Coordinator, and Community Educator for the YWCA Rock Co., Wisconsin.

Listen live at http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself, if you can’t listen live show notes and a link to the archive show will be on the Journey to Self website ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Mom’s Coffee Break

Helping working mothers connect is one of the goals of Mom’s Coffee Break.  Whether it is assisting in finding new business relationship or helping moms find the services and products they need.  If you are a working mother that is interested in great chats and helpful resources, then Mom’s Coffee Break is for you!!

Support MCB and let us support you!! Free exposure for your business when you partner with Mom’s Coffee Break.

http://momcoffeebreak.com

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Quote of the Week

Dig the well before you are thirsty.”

~ Chinese Proverb

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Life By Design Weekly News
October 8, 2008
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News this week:

~ Finding Your Bliss
~ Helping Working Moms Connect
~ Quote of the Week

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Finding Your Bliss

This week on Journey to Self are Liz Lichti and Laura Whitelaw, these fabulous women are the creators of The Way to Bliss Now.com a membership site.

Liz Lichti’s first taste of EFT was at a workshop that she attended in the summer of 2006. Liz was so blown away by the whole process, that she continues to use everyday and was hungry to learn more.  During a web search she came across Maryam Webster’s Certified Energy Coach program and registered for the coaching program in the fall and received her certificate to coach EFT & ZPoint.  After graduation Liz spent the next year working on herself and her own blocks to Bliss while very slowly building her practice.

Laura Whitelaw came across EFT late 2001 early 2002 – she heard about it through a newsletter and was invited to attend a free call with the creator Gary Craig.  After listening to Gary and learning about EFT, Laura became very intrigued, so she began to learn everything I could about it.  She used EFT on and off with herself throughout the years and attended various trainings with other EFT practitioners.  In the last 2 years, Laura had began using EFT on a much more regular basis and obtained her EFT-CC designation in 2007.

Then late last year, Laura was introduced to ZPoint.  After the her first session,  she didn’t notice any great relief right away but after about 3 or 4 hours, an incredible feeling of well-being washed over her and lasted for 3 or 4 days.  She was totally in the “now” during that time and felt great!  Laura then went ahead and became certified earlier this year as a ZPoint practitioner with the creator of ZPoint.

In the summer of 2007 Liz met Laura at a meetup group where we discovered we were both certified in EFT, they immediately connected.  From there they started their own Meetup group to share EFT with others and the group has steadily grown over the past year. This fall Liz and Laura decided to partner up in business and develop a membership site The Way To Bliss Now so they could start sharing these life changing techniques with people around the world and help those already familiar with energy techniques integrate them more easily into their everyday lives.

Join me Thursday October 9th as I talk to Liz and Laura about finding bliss. Listen live at 5pm pst / 6pm mnt / 7pm cst / 8pm est on Blog Talk Radio ~ http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself.

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t listen live, read the show notes and listen to the show here on the Journey to Self ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Helping Working Moms Connect

One of the goals of Mom’s Coffee Break is to bring mothers together.  Whether it is assisting in finding new business relationship or helping moms find the services and products they need.  If you are a working mother that is interested in great chats and helpful resources, then Mom’s Coffee Break is for you!!

Support MCB and let us support you!!

http://momcoffeebreak.com

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Quote of the Week

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”

~ Thomas Edison

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Life By Design Weekly News
October 1, 2008
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News this week:

~ Coach Your Brain
~ Mom’s Coffee Break Chat this FRIDAY Oct. 2nd
~ Quote of the Week

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Coach Your Brain

I am excited to have Business Coaches Jenn Givler and Katherine Reschke as my guest this week.

Jenn Givler, is a marketing expert and business coach who regularly helps her clients break through self-sabotaging barriers and mind-set traps. Katherine Reschke is a life and business coach and avid student of the brain. She has the ability to make complex concepts simple enough for anyone to grasp and she is passionate about helping people change for the better.

Katherine and Jenn are experienced coaches who have come together to solve the problem that they were seeing over and over in not only their clients lives but in their own. They kept seeing people getting stuck, not achieving the success they wanted and getting stuck in the same patterns. Using the science of the brain, they have created a program that works on the mindsets that underpin EVERYTHING we do. By changing the mindsets, clients are changing their lives and their businesses.

Their new program “Coach Your Brain” helps individuals move from stuck to success with the combination of traditional coaching tools and cutting edge techniques that have been proved to be so powerful that it has been used as treatment for individuals with O.C.D (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and seen results in as little as two weeks

Join me Thursday October 2nd as I talk to Jenn and Katherine about coaching the brain and how to go from stuck to success! Listen live at 10am pst / 11am mnt / 12pm cst / 1pm est on Blog Talk Radio ~ http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself.

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t listen live, read the show notes and listen to the show here on the Journey to Self ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Mom’s Coffee Break Chat this FRIDAY October 2nd

Join us this Friday October 2nd @ 8am pst/9am mnt/10am cst/11am est.  We will be talking about Family Management.

The chat will be held in the MCB audio/video conference room http://tinyurl.com/36yklx.

MCB will be striving to bring to helpful information that will support working mother’s personal and professional growth.  We are always looking for speakers, partners, and members that can be a resource, support, and inspiration to each working mother.

Support MCB and let us support you!!

http://momcoffeebreak.com

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Quote of the Week

I don’t pretend to understand the universe - it’s much bigger than I am.”

~ Albert Einstein

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Life By Design Weekly News
September 24, 2008
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News this week:

~ My New Certification
~ The Courage to Change
~ Mom’s Coffee Break Chats Resume
~ Quote of the Week

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My New Certification

I am happy to announce that this week I completed my certification as a Family Manager™ Coach.  The Family Manager™ system was developed by Kathy Peel and I am so excited to use it to help families become closer, happier, and healthier.  I will be offering Family Makeovers, Workshops, coaching, and community presentations.

Most mothers assume the role of Family Manager in the family, the problem is that unlike a manager of a business, mom feels she has to do everything herself.  A family is a team and through learning how to motivate your “team”, but by working together a family can become a support system for each member in the family, which will foster the personal growth of EVERYONE in your family.

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The Courage to Change

Imagine that you are living a life that makes you feel like an outsider, yet is all that you have ever know.  Somewhere within yourself you find the courage to leave your family and the only way of life that you have ever known in search of a life that will allow you to finally define yourself.

To start not only a new life, but to have to learn a whole other way of living is a scary thought, but that is exactly what this week’s guest did.

Anna Dee Olson has lived a life most have only seen in the movies. Having grown up in an Amish community where she lived a life of strictness and rigidity, where she was forbidden to use even the most common technologies that most Americans take for granted on a daily basis, she was taught that life was meant to be a struggle and that her difficulties were God’s way of punishing her for her sins.

Anna has faced difficulties that most will never experience, and now, she speaks about these experiences and uses the example of her life to inspire and motivate others to reach for their dreams and to believe in God’s love.

In less than a year after leaving the Amish lifestyle behind Anna passed the test to get her High School Equivalence diploma.  Fall of 1993 Anna’s dream of going to college became real.  In 1995 Anna graduated the first time and in 2005 Anna graduated with an Associate of Applied Science Degree.  During the past 16 years Anna was involved in Student Senate, Relay for Life, Madhatters Drama club, Women of Today organization, and Toastmasters International.

Today Anna’s motto is: “True forgiveness is a choice we all have.” Anna is a successful published Author and Public Speaker.   Anna strongly believes in helping people through volunteering, sharing her experiences to help others, and help the world understand the secretive life of the Amish culture.

Join me Thursday September 25th to listen Anna’s inspiring story! Listen LIVE to a special evening Journey to Self at 5pm pst / 6pm mnt / 7pm cst / 8pm est on http://blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself.

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t listen live, read the show notes and listen to the show here on the Journey to Self ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Mom’s Coffee Break Chats Resume

I am happy to announce the return of Mom’s Coffee Break Chats in October!  MCB will be offering chats the first Friday of the month at 10am cst / 11am est and the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm cst / 8pm est.

All chats will be held in the MCB audio/video conference room http://tinyurl.com/36yklx.

MCB will be striving to bring to helpful information that will support working mother’s personal and professional growth.  We are always looking for speakers, partners, and members that can be a resource, support, and inspiration to each working mother.

Support MCB and let us support you!!

http://momcoffeebreak.com

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Quote of the Week

I have three treasures. Guard and keep them: The first is deep love, the second is frugality, and the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.  Because of deep love, one is courageous.  Because of frugality, one is generous.  Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.”

~ Lao-tzu

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