As a small business owner, you are your business. The
success of your business is directly tied to your energetic
state of being. This is a key facet of the power of feminine
energy as it relates to your business success.

In today’s business world, this subtle aspect is often
overlooked. The subtle, yet distinct, feminine energy within
your being is like a hidden treasure just waiting to be
discovered and harnessed for powerful new results in business.

Most business development programs focus on the obvious –
the outward, action-oriented, ‘doing’ part of business.

Masculine models of business are rationally based, easy to see
in the physical world and interwoven as core values of our
cultural programming to be ‘normal’ or ‘acceptable’ business.

And all of these things are important – no doubt about it. You
must have tools, take action and have follow-through systems
in the outer world to be successful.

In natural contrast, feminine energy is receptive, internal, not
easily visible and deals primarily with the subconscious aspects
of our inner way of being. It’s an unacknowledged aspect of
the dynamic energy cycle to being successful in life and business.

Learning to access feminine business energy principles is a
subtle process and quite different from what is taught and
perceived about ‘business’ as it has evolved up until now.

As a result, there are few teachers who recognize the inherent
power of the feminine aspect as a significant force in business,
where the ‘being’ state is acknowledged and cultivated as
the foundation for the ‘doing’ and ‘having’ as external results.

There are even fewer who know how to teach these principles
to others.

The Invitation…

My colleague, Morgan Taylor, and I are teaching visionary
entrepreneurs the eight pillars of feminine wisdom principles
as a direct path to realize business success as never before.

This training is called the Astarte Wisdom Series.

Astarte was a primary goddess who embodied feminine energy
and transcended several ancient cultures with different names in
each one. Regardless of the culture, the timeless wisdom remains
for us to access today. (And it’s not about gender…!!!)

The Astarte Wisdom Series provides you with a unique
opportunity in understanding each of the eight pillars of
feminine wisdom in order to incorporate them for what
could be dramatic business results.

www.AstarteBusinessArts.com

The Details…

This tele-series consists of three classes offered on three
consecutive Thursday evenings (U.S. time), beginning
next week on October 20th. And audios will be provided
to registered participants afterward.

Each teleclass is designed to delve more deeply into each
of the eight pillars that are at the heart of the Astarte
Wisdom teachings:

1. Mastering Wisdom

2. The Art of Allowing

3. Creating The Vessel

4. Embodying Power

5. Claiming The Treasure Within

6. Bridge-Weaving

7. Discerning Truth

8. Communicating The Space Between

Not only will you receive practical tools you can use right
away to grow your business with more clarity, there will
be time to answer your specific personal questions.

Insights are one thing, but knowing what to do with them in
your exact situation is the superfuel to new results.

Harness feminine business wisdom for maximized business
results by participating in the Astarte Wisdom TeleSeries.

To learn more and to register for $149, go here now:

www.AstarteBusinessArts.com

Consider this your personal invitation to actively step
into a new paradigm in business.

We look forward to ‘seeing’ you there! :+)

To Accessing Feminine Wisdom For Your Business Success ~

Lynn and Morgan

P.S.: To receive an introductory audio about Astarte Wisdom right
away, go to www.AstarteWisdom.com - that will give you an idea
about what we’ll be exploring in this insightful teleseries.

P.P.S.: This starts next week, so register now while you’re
in the moment…!

www.AstarteBusinessArts.com

There’s a quickening that happens as people get ready to settle
in for our ‘regularly scheduled’ year. It’s soon back to school
and back to work.

By the way, this means there are only 138 days left in the year
in which to complete your annual goals (we’re two-thirds
through 2011).

One other fun fact – Deepak Chopra says that 40% of our
happiness depends on engaging in activities that express our
creativity and/or make other people happy through voluntary,
intentional choices.

(To round out the happiness formula, 50% depends on whether you
see problems or opportunities in your world, and the other 10% of
your happiness is based on your living conditions.)

To see his short video on that, click here:

http://youtu.be/qKwZXhOXSa8

My intention in sharing the happiness formula is simple…

You can choose to be fully present in your life and proactively work
your goals or not – both the choice and the consequence is yours.

However, it’s a lot easier to do when the energy can help carry you
along to get your groove back… so take advantage of the quickening
energy to get a jumpstart on completing your priorities this year.

And bonus – you’ll be happier because you’re actively choosing it!

So, in order to make the most of the energy of this incoming
season, it’s important to focus on what’s important.

In fact, here are three things you can do right now:

1. Take the time to go through your priorities as you outlined
them in January to see what’s left for you to do – then
follow-through with actualizing and implementing a plan.

2. Use the longer days of daylight that we still have to get in
an extra hour on your to do list to get some new momentum going.

3. Go to www.HiddenAwareness.com and let me know your focus and
action commitment for the next 7 days – that ensures your
clarity and engages your energy to make it happen.

I look forward to getting your focus / action
commitments asap… :+)

www.HiddenAwareness.com

To Your Quickening AND Your Happiness ~

Lynn

Today in the U.S. is the day we dedicate to remembering those
who have served ‘we the people’ and our country… and, hopefully,
this is a pinnacle day for that but not the only day we do it.

In that light, what have these men and women exchanged their life
force energy for if we don’t step up to make our best contribution?

Freedom doesn’t only mean having no external rulers or all the
material stuff you choose to afford… it actually means taking on
the mantle of responsibility that comes with exercising true
independence in service to the greater good.

When you are free, your soul flies. You claim purposeful sovereignty
in your life and you willingly accept that you must show up in
congruent accountability for who you came here to be – in all areas
of your life.

The myth is that freedom means a free ride on roads paved with gold.

The truth is that freedom is actually something you earn every day
through your thoughts, words and actions.

To find your freedom, here’s a simple formula:

Stop doing what doesn’t serve you and start doing what does.

That is what sets the stage for your most meaningful contribution
during the 100 or so years you have here altogether on the planet
in your current lifetime.

According to Lori Barr, M.D., most people believe that making that
kind of change starts with action; however, that actually sabotages
people from achieving what they desire and so they slink away from
their goals in dejected failure.

That’s because doing something different, like finding your freedom,
actually begins by asking your spirit what it is that you are here to
do… to discover what makes your soul sing, what you are uniquely
qualified to do, teach or share simply by being and think about that
until you begin feeling it as an emotion.

An emotion is a noun… a feeling is a verb. The sensation of spirit
moving through you will be captured by your mind as it tries to
quantify the experience and give it words (ideally, using conscious
language – present tense, positive, powerful).

Only when you’ve been through these stages – connecting to spirit,
feeling the sensation and assigning it conscious language – can you
begin to take effective action.

NOW your body can move in expression of what has come through
inspiration (or, ‘in spirit action’).

As you can see, action without the ‘back-up’ of spiritual and mental
clarity is like walking out the door to head to a foreign country
without knowing why you’re going or what to take with you, much
less having a map or a language translator.

So, as you begin to take action, which is going to be different than
it’s been before in your life (because it’s a new thing – you’ve
stopped what didn’t work and are following guidance in a new way),
allow your awareness to assign meaning to what it is that you’re
doing because that is what anchors spiritual consciousness in your
physical world.

And THAT is freedom…

When you’re in that place of sacred liberty, everything else – even
things that you would typically think of as obstacles or learning
points – well, it all pales in comparison.

It doesn’t matter that you have to learn how to do bookkeeping, or
study marketing, or go beyond your comfort zone in learning
technology… those are all ‘necessary evils’ that allow you to be
the shepherd of what has been assigned to you through spirit for
its birth and tangible expression here and now.

When you are prepared, you are ‘lucky’… things fall into place
because you seem to magnetize, recognize and optimize opportunities.

That really means cultivating your strengths, building your skills
and having resilience in whatever happens… trusting the bigger
picture that you’ve been invited to convey as a conduit for
universal energy… being willing to do what needs to be done as
it pulls you forward.

Again, that is freedom… and it’s not the ‘oh, I can do anything
I want’ kind of freedom that many people think of (especially the
people who have jobs and don’t understand what you’re doing in
your business…).

Instead, when you are honoring freedom and being of sincere
contribution, you are rewarded with moments of absolute rapture.

Yes, you get to do things that other people can’t do… but it’s
because you were willing to do what most people won’t do
(whatever their reason).

So, ironically enough, to experience freedom means being willing
to start at the beginning, to show up again and again for the
wisdom teaching of the day and grow yourself on every level
because you have chosen to hear the message to honor your gifts
and make a difference in your inimitable way.

Honoring freedom is about discipline and following through on what’s
‘right’ for you – and the rest of us who benefit from your clarity,
commitment and contribution.

Never before in history have we had this level of not only permission
but responsibility – and even calling – to honor freedom in its
highest form.

Thank you to all who have allowed us to be here now –
today and beyond.

To Finding Your True Freedom ~

Lynn

P.S.: Please share your thoughts about freedom and how it’s expressing
through you in a comment below… thank you in advance. :+)

What is my life purpose and how can I do it to make a good living at
the same time?

Underneath this question is the hope that it’s possible to live well
while doing what you love (although it’s a hidden wish rather than a
credible goal because our cultural norms tell you it’s not
impossible!).

Just look at traditional business to know that it can be soul-sucking
when the work you’re doing is not for you.

There are only three basic things needed to live well and do what
you love:

* You have to desire it.
* You have to be clear in your focus.
* You have to be committed to taking action.

Sounds easy, right?

Here’s the secret…

It IS easy… when you know exactly what to do!

After helping more than 5,000 entrepreneurs over the last fourteen
years to gain clarity on their path to personal and business success,
I’m doing something I’ve NEVER done before…

I’m partnering with a colleague to provide a service for those who
are ready for it.

(Read on to learn if this is for you…)

–>> The Program <<–

Independently, my project partner and I have each walked the path
of practical spirituality as a way of being.

In the language of spirit, we each help our clients to get out there
and shine their light brighter.

In the language of business, we each help our clients build their
unique and authentic platforms from which to unite their life
with their livelihood.

We’ve each brought our own tools and unique approach to the
process, helping change the world one person, one purpose,
one business at a time.

–>> The Partnership <<–

A quick introduction to my project partner here:

For those of you who know David Favor here in Austin, you know
just how big this opportunity is… he’s the guy who you want to do a
mind meld with because he’s probably forgotten more than most people
learn about vitality in life and business.

David has owned a successful software firm, consulted with big tech
companies and built a super foods mega-empire.

He’s a business mogul for sure, with a results-orientation and the
ability to leverage technology to the limits.

He’s also pushed the edge of understanding self-awareness in ways
that stretch the imagination.

As a result, he’s tapped into levels of consciousness in a profound
way that few people are willing to experience.

(Now you begin to see the connection, right?)

–>> The Invitation <<–

So, for the first time EVER, I invite you to work with both of us
in an innovative 30-day jumpstart program designed to help you live
well by doing what you love.

During this program, you will have unlimited access to mentoring and
business consultation from one, the other or even both of us
simultaneously if it’s needed to create momentum in your business.

This program is intentionally about helping you take the right action
to create new results in your business.

As you take action, you let us know that you’re ready for the next
step that is personalized exactly to you and your business. It’s
all about accountability and getting ‘it’ handled.

By the way, taking action is what brings up issues that you have yet
to discover that hold you back because it is only through motion that
we experience new vistas and, therefore, grow.

Growth is uncomfortable exactly because you are going beyond what’s
known, familiar and expected. You will be uncomfortable; however,
this discomfort can be minimized with expert guidance along with
clear, directed and focused action.

Humans choose our path to growth as we step into being of service
as expressed through business. Business is not for the faint of heart
because you see the results of your beliefs manifested externally in
your livelihood.

Without support or direction, people flounder as business owners as
they are embroiled in the gunk of their beliefs but can’t see what
that actually means or actively creates.

The same energy that created a problem cannot solve it – human
beings require fresh input to gain new perspective and, as a natural
by-product, create new results.

This innovative new program can support you on many levels of
growth that occur simultaneously in your daily commitment to living
well while doing what you love.

Whether you are not yet in business, new to business or are
established in business, we will move forward from where you are –
it doesn’t matter where you start from in order for this to be
relevant because it is customized to you and your clarity.

Essentially, it is the ultimate in an ‘adaptive’ program, meaning
that it adapts to you anywhere you are in the continuum of
personal and business development.

–>> The Twist <<–

So, here’s the twist – you are accountable to yourself for the
progress you make within this program. We will simply match you in
your readiness.

If you do twenty action items, you’ll have twenty connection
points with us; if you do two things, you’ll have two.

Your pace will be determined by you during the thirty days we
work together.

Your progress will be assured by working with two experts in
creating conscious business results.

Your purpose will be expressing as profits increase in your business.

–>> The Caveats <<–

A few caveats for the 30-Day Live Well By Doing What You Love
Intensive Program:

1. We don’t know if we’ll offer it again. (Truly… you know
that transparency is a key value for me – I want you to know
everything about this opportunity from the beginning.)

2. We have limited room in our schedules to accommodate people
so we’re planning to support just twelve people at this level.

3. It’s first-come, first-considered.

4. It is not a cookie-cutter program so you can’t ‘hide’ in
a group teleclass. This is all about you. :+)

–>> The Next Step <<–

There is an application process for this program that, if you’re
interested, you’ll need to invest a few minutes in… once we receive
that, we’ll be determining both the degree of potential congruence
as a 30-day team together and your level of readiness to create
dramatic change in the results you’ve had up until now.

One last note: each of charges several hundred dollars an hour for
our private consultation services; in fact, David hasn’t worked with
private clients in the last five years (his super foods empire is
providing a very comfortable living).

We’re doing this now because:

a) we’ve developed a great working relationship, and,
b) have been guided to know the mutual value in supporting you in
living well by doing what you love because you’re in my world.

So, our fee for this leading-edge, just-for-you 30-day intensive
consulting program?

Just $497.

Kate, if you’re interested in participating,
complete the application below to let us know that you are ready
to take your life and business love to the next level…
and we’ll be in touch with you within the next 24 hours
(at the outside) to let you know what comes next.

http://tinyurl.com/5shj7dd

To Your Clear Success In Every Way ~

Lynn

The Merchant Priests were responsible for maintaining balance and
flow of abundance with people and amongst communities. Business
was their channel for making sure that there was a healthy flow of
goods through and across the population geographically and amongst
economic levels so that there was consistency in experiencing wealth.

They considered goods as a measure of energy vs. being a profit
center; their emphasis was on prosperity as a practice and trust
was the keystone of good business. Even more fascinating is that
these merchant priests traded in precious goods as determined by
their ability to carry positive energetic frequencies rather than
focusing on their financial value.

This is radically different from today’s marketplace where you can
find and exchange anything and everything, much of it without
energetically supportive qualities or in a way that honors the
connection as the sacred trust it actually represents.

There was considerable training for these ancient Merchant Priests
in the skills of emotional intelligence and alchemy as well as
empathy, to help them understand the shifting environments
surrounding negotiations, and then to have the ability to
transmute and even clear any non-supporting energies during
business transactions.

The Merchant Priests were concerned with the overall health and
well-being of the collective community and could actually monitor
and manage the psychic tone of their culture, much like we rely
on the stock market to tell us how our economy is doing. (Ouch –
can you feel the difference already?)

Business is a symbol for the health of our collective community. It’s
an accelerator of cultural evolution and personal expansion. By
allowing your spiritual practice to come through your business,
you are walking the path of your divine purpose. By unifying your
life and your livelihood, you are increasing your ability to
contribute in a more powerful and profound way to your growth,
your legacy and the greater good.

So, here’s the secret of business as I see it – it’s your highest
calling made manifest through service. And sacred commerce, or the
merchant priesthood, is the foundation and the future of business.

When you look at how you’ve been approaching your business, and
how people have been doing business with you, is it in integrity
with higher consciousness? Or is it just a way to make money?

So think about this concept of sacred commerce
and then decide…

Are you in or are you out?

To Raising Consciousness Through Commerce ~

Lynn

In working with my clients, they often express doubt as to the value of what they have to offer anybody, much less for money. They are called to contribute and, even more, know it’s through creating a unique service or product which naturally means through their own business. (Sometimes they don’t know they’re in business, but that’s another story.) The point is that they don’t know or actively cultivate their own mastery.

According to Michael Masterson, there are four levels of proficiency in any valuable skill – incompetence, competence, mastery and virtuosity.

This is also what Malcolm Gladwell says in his best-selling book, The Outliers, where he observes that it takes about 10,000 hours for a person to become the best in his or her field.

When we look at people who have mastered their life art, we see only the results (not the hours of practice). Whether an athlete like Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods, an actor like Angelina Jolie or Robert Downey, Jr, an expert interviewer like Oprah or Barbara Walters, what we see is that they make it look easy.

But you don’t have to achieve that level of celebrity to be a master of your gift.

To master your gift, you need commitment, humility, time and a good teacher. It helps to feel your gift as a calling, a natural resonance with what you know you are to do even if you don’t know how to do it or what that means… because you will figure it out as you go.

In my case, I didn’t know how to be a Catalyst when that was presented to me 14 years ago. People ask me ‘how did you get to be a Catalyst?’ and I tell them that I didn’t really have a choice. I was compelled to follow the energy and swashbuckle my way through time and space and grow myself into it. Back then, being a catalyst was like saying I had a third head (now it’s a job description!).

I had no idea what to do so I did what made sense at the time – I studied what felt right (even if it didn’t feel good in the moment) and I practiced. My natural gift is to translate energy into concepts, words and action; specifically, it’s to help people understand how to shine their light brighter in unique contribution. And I have natural talents to support that – intuition, an ability with words, a healer’s heart. Beyond that, there wasn’t any employer who was going to hire me to do what I am so gifted at doing, so I had to create my own livelihood.

To create a livelihood means knowing your value, being able to articulate it in a meaningful way, put it into a form or package that people can access, marketing it so the people who need and want it can find you, delivering the service and following through on the relationships created as a result. When I started out, I had no idea that meant I had to understand all the facets of business, along with developing and practicing my craft, while trying to make a living for myself.

Now I know the shortcuts, mostly because I took the long way to learn them. At the time I started my business, there weren’t people who specialized in translating esoteric gifts into business success. I had to take the traditional models of business and adapt them. And that’s now part of what I teach. There wasn’t anyone who could help me interpret my true value into a marketable system so I had to flub my way through that; now I know the gift of that experience is that I can now do it easily for others who have unique transformational gifts and want to share them with others.

The point is that there is a formula for mastery. At the risk of being simplistic, in a nutshell, here it is:

Step One: Identify your gift, your soul’s calling, your life purpose (at the very least, a direction in which you feel called to explore).

Step Two: Give yourself a break when you discover that it’s big. Remember that you’re just starting out and find a teacher to start practicing effectively (the more you practice, the greater your mastery but it helps to know what you need to practice and have support in taking care of mental blocks that will come up).

Step Three: Resist the urge to get to a basic level of competence and try to wing it from there. It’s a common mistake but you must continue to actively grow yourself to meet your gift for mastery. That’s the difference between a technician and a master.

Step Four: Trust the process and have fun along the way. If it’s not fun, it’s not natural for you. (And fun doesn’t have to be the big highs; fun can be quiet contentment and celebrating little victories.)

Step Five: Stay open to receive what you need; keep a beginner’s mind to stay fresh even as you gain experience.

Step Six: Claim your mastery as you achieve it.

I remember that I had been practicing Feng Shui professionally (which means for money) for about eight years when someone called me a Feng Shui master. I almost fell over and declined the title, saying that I still had so much to learn. That person proceeded to walk me through what it takes to get to my level of expertise as compared to a journey through our educational system, pointing out that I had ‘graduated’ with my degree several years back. My humility and my beginner’s mind were enmeshed the point where I wasn’t claiming my mastery, and that didn’t serve me (or my clients) either. So there is a balance that you’ll need to find there for yourself.

According to Michael, to rise from competence to mastery, you can expect to put in a total of 5,000 hours of concentrated effort. You can accelerate the pace and compress your learning curve by finding a master to train you.

Once you achieve mastery, you have to decide to pursue being a virtuoso because once you achieve mastery, the real work begins. The way you used to live your life is no longer accessible. You are now responsible for all that you know, and it comes effortlessly to you. But you can no longer be unconscious about your gift and are accountable for how you choose to channel it. It’s not for the faint of heart.

That being said, you may be a natural master and not need 10,000 hours to develop your gift(s). You may be able to quantum leap your mastery.

However, of all the people who are out in the world in your industry, think about who you believe is truly a master of their craft. You know them when you find them. I would say you probably won’t think of many (although the numbers are growing as people claim their authentic power).

If you want to do what you love and make a living at it, there is another mastery growth process that runs concurrently with mastering your gifts. And that is learning how to be a successful business owner. This is the one that is actually less natural and so will take more energy. But if you want to make a living by doing what you love, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to do it without learning how to be a successful business owner.

Again, you can compress your learning curve by working with a teacher or mentor. If I would have been able to find that, it would have accelerated my journey by at least a third (if not by half!).

I do have to give credit to the people I chose to work with along the way, as they gave me the best that they had and helped me create a broad range of tools to pull from in working with my clients now. I hired who I thought would be best to help me and created my experience as I went; now, my intention is to help people who don’t want to choose between making a living and doing what they love. And who want to do it as quickly and efficiently as possible by leveraging my experience for their benefit.

So, you can be very successful by achieving mastery. Learn and live into your life purpose and natural gift with mastery. Get instruction. Practice well. Stay open. Choose whether to share it with the world. If yes, let the world pay you back for your dedication by giving you a fair exchange in the form of money. And put the system in place to make that happen by creating your business.

NOTE: If you do want to save time, energy and valuable resources in your mastery process by hiring a mentor, let me know what you feel would benefit you the most from such a teacher by leaving me a comment below. Thank you in advance.

One of the most apt descriptions I’ve found in working with my clients to overcome their resistance is to have them think about getting in the car to drive somewhere. I ask them if they actually get in the vehicle when they want to go somewhere. Naturally, they think I’m crazy and say yes, of course. I point out that they don’t know what they’re going to encounter along the way… they might discover a boulder in the road, a detour, an accident or a tree across the road. Does that sway them from getting in the car? And they say no, they would get in and go anyway.

Which leads me to my next question for them… why would they get into a vehicle that is thousands of pounds and could be quite dangerous for themselves and others if they don’t know what they will encounter in the physical world as they drive it? Now they’re really confused. Until I point out that it’s their natural resilience, their trust in their ability to handle what comes up as they drive. And that’s the key teaching here.

What are you not trusting yourself about, so much so that you’re not willing to go beyond where you’ve already been? Where are you holding yourself back from growing just because you don’t know what you might find? What detours do you believe yourself incapable of handling in life? When is the last time you learned that you could handle something new? And what does that mean for you now in thinking about new opportunities that are presenting to you daily?

Resistance is a message that you are about to grow beyond your comfort zone. And resilience is knowing that you can handle whatever comes up. It’s nearly impossible to not grow when you see that having the quality of resilience is natural in many parts of your life already. Now use it to handle your resistance and grow to your next best level.

What invitations are you experiencing that are causing you resistance (either hidden or overt)? And what opportunities are facing you right now where you can demonstrate your resilience? I’d love to hear… drop a comment below to share. Thanks in advance. :+)

Anyway, you might remember that I’ve offered rituals for New Year’s Eve the last few years and people have reported how powerful the experience was for them both in closing out the old year and in setting the tone for the new one.

In that spirit, I offer you a ritual that you can do this year that I’ve never shared publicly before.

In case you decide you’d like to forward this to people you know and care about, I’d like to define a couple of terms first to make being a lightworker easier to understand for the ‘newbies’.

Ritual: simply allocating time, space, intention and aligned action, using symbolism, to honor what ‘is’ and to create what is desired. (This sounds big, but brushing your teeth is a ritual – think about it.) ;+)

Manifestation: the act of something becoming a knowable, even tangible, outcome or experience.

Lightworker: someone who intentionally uses energy vibrations to create, heal and transform daily life on the physical plane. (By the way, you and every other person is a lightworker already – it’s the degree of consciousness that determines your ability to use energy for a specific purpose.)

Ok… on to the New Year’s Eve ritual for this year…

On a piece of paper, draw a big T. On the left side, at the top, write 2011. On the right side, write 2010. You’re going to start with the right side first by listing all the things you’re ready to say good-bye to and release. This can be anything from regrets to mind-space given to things that don’t make them happy to sabotaging health habits to money worries to unfulfilling work to emotional pain. Whatever it is, this is the time to call it out and put it on the list. It doesn’t have to be written in full sentences  – a word or phrase holds the power of it if it resonates (has meaning) for you.

Once you feel you’ve exhausted that list, and you feel complete with it, turn your attention to the left side of the list. This is where you will write what you want to welcome in the New Year. This is NOT about writing resolutions, or goals, or affirmations, or ‘invitations’ about what you want to see but what you really want to welcome, embrace and have certainty about coming in to you. These are the things, people, opportunities and experiences that you will be happy to have in your life. When this list feels complete, move on to the next part of the ritual…

Take a moment to consider all of the things you’ve written for 2011 to find a theme for your coming year. What is the common energy of 2011 for you, based on what you’re welcoming in? Maybe it’s about Going for It, Playing Bigger, Liberating Myself, Live La Vida Loca (that was mind for 2009) or Body Book and Business (that was mine for 2010). Discover a phrase of no more than five words to describe 2011 to use as your mantra for the coming year. And, when you have it, write it twice – once on this paper in a prominent place (or using bigger font or a different color marker) and then again on a separate piece of paper so you remember until it is firm in your mind.

Now for the energy activation of what you’ve just put together…

Fold your piece of paper with your T list on it. You can crumple it, make it into an airplane – the shape doesn’t matter. You’re energetically closing off the open energy field of your list(s), acknowledging that they are complete. When folded, hold the paper with closed eyes, in silence, to your chest. Feel the energy of all that’s contained there. Experience the gratitude for what was – and that means the good, the bad, and the ugly. It all had to be in order to get you to this moment. Allow your spirit to say good-bye and release what you no longer want or need in your life. And then feel the joy and deep contentment of all that you are going to be welcoming into your life in this next year. Imagine how it will feel to have everything on that list come to you and how you will feel in greeting and embracing it. Know these things are coming to you just like you know you are a man or a woman – with that much certainty. (Side note: this can be quite emotional and that’s actually ideal because it is your feelings, your energy, that is the powerhouse generator of your experiences; the more your emotional awareness, the more complete the ritual can be for you.)

Now it’s time to let the Universe know that you are ready to release what was and start welcoming what’s coming in to you. Take your list somewhere outside where it’s safe to burn it (a firepit, empty metal garbage can or concrete sidewalk will work). As you light your list on fire, use the Reinforcement of the Three Secrets to power the energy process – think it, say it, do it. Think about what you are doing – honoring and releasing what was, saying hello and embracing what’s coming in), acknowledge that out loud (or in your mind, if you’re in a group of people and prefer to keep quiet), and actively ensure that your paper is burned completely. Watch the smoke go to the Universe and trust that it is done.

You may notice that your body has strange sensations (hot/cold/tingly hands and feet/clammy/etc.) – that’s normal as your body adjusts to the new levels of energy you just processed. You may feel a calm that you’ve never really experienced before, which sometimes confuses people – they are so used to feeling all stirred up that they don’t know what it’s like to feel balance and connection with themselves and Source energy in a profound way. Sometimes people don’t want to burn their list and want to hold on to them, but that will likely become an energy block, or clutter, over time. This is your moment to release the old and step powerfully into the new.

I trust that this ritual will help you usher in what promises to be an amazing new year.

If you have a moment to drop me a line below about your experience and share your mantra for 2011, I would love to hear and support you in it. :+)

Here’s to a powerful, profound and fulfilling 2011… ~~~

Lynn

P.S.: Feel free to share this with the people you know and care about. And if you’d like to post it on Facebook or your blog, along with attribution, you have not only my permission but my gratitude. For me, it’s all about helping people create their lives more intentionally at the level that matters – the Source energy.

To help you in that process, here are some questions to jump-start your thinking. There is no right or wrong here, by the way… this is simply a way to look at how you have been living your life up until now. (And it’s up to you if you want to share it with anyone in your world or keep it confidential.)

I encourage you to print out these fill-in-the-blank questions, then curl up with a notepad somewhere and give yourself time to work your way through them (either all at once or in bites) to show you the gifts of gratitude for what was and the excitement for what is yet to come…

In 2010…

I eliminated

I reduced

I stopped

I lost

I enhanced

I started

I created

I loved

I was embarrassed by

I was frustrated by

I felt crazy when

I regret

I needed more time for

I missed

I went

I relaxed when

I would use a magic wand to change

I felt gratitude when

I was fulfilled by

Time flew when

I splurged when

I want to repeat

I should have

I don’t know why I

I want a ‘do-over’ with

I felt most alive when

The best gift I received was

Physically, the biggest difference since last December is

Psychologically, the biggest difference since last December is

Emotionally, the biggest difference since last December is

Spiritually, the biggest difference since last December is

Environmentally, the biggest difference since last December is

Socially, the biggest difference since last December is

My biggest ‘win’ was

I want more

The one thing I want to do again but better is

The best thing I did for someone else was

The best thing someone did for me was

The best thing I did for myself was

The one thing I learned this year is

I am most grateful for

I look forward to 2011 being different by

Once you’ve had a chance to see your year with a new lens of perception, you can discover new clarity, new insights and new desires for what you want to finish yet this year and experience next year.

To Honoring Your Experience ~

Lynn

P.S.: Feel free to forward this with the people you know and care about – and feel free to share it on a Facebook note or blog too… my only request for that is that you give attribution. Why? (It’s not what you might think…) I ask you to share my website with people because it’s important that I fulfill my life purpose by sharing the power of clarity. All the insights in the world don’t do any good if people don’t know how to access them or what to do with them… so many are now packaged as complimentary gifts and resources on my site. Please help me give them away in order to support people in shining their light brighter… ;=) Meanwhile, may you find your year in review insightful… :+)

I knew it the minute it happened – my back twisted the wrong way with loading my luggage in the car. By the time I got to Orlando seven hours later, I needed a wheelchair assist to make my way to the hotel.

That night, I couldn’t sit, stand, stretch, lay down, walk or sleep. It was one of the longest nights I’ve ever had, with about two hours of sleep – and not the one I like to have before getting in front of a lot of people to teach innovative concepts in business. I was really afraid that I wouldn’t recover since the pain was so intense with even the slightest movement.

Thanks to my amazing physician, and the help of everyone at the conference (both physically and energetically), I was able to not only make it through my presentation but had a great time doing it.

My greatest joy in that moment was when I saw entrepreneurs giving each other meaningful intuitive messages about business to each other as a result of the techniques I had just taught… for some, it was life-changing to both receive their messages and to be able to give them to their partner. It was amazing to see energy in action to help them know how to create success with a fresh perspective.

Originally, my intention had been to stay in Florida for nearly a week, but I quickly realized that was not in the best interest of my health. I cut my visit short to the earliest possible flight and returned home within 72 hours.

It was a harrowing trip; however, the strangers I met along the way became my reminders of the divine light in people. They didn’t know what I was up against… only that I was clearly in pain and physically compromised, and so, they lifted my luggage, got me through security and scooped me up in a wheelchair when I was too exhausted to do anything but lean against an airport wall. (I tried the Zha Zha Gabor glamour-look by wearing my sunglasses, but the tears rolling out from under them gave me away.)

Although I rarely share my personal difficulties with you, I am compelled to share this with you for two reasons.

Before I get to them, you should know that within 48 hours of being home, I was able to walk and work at about 80% normal. Within the first ten days after my injury, people couldn’t tell that there was any problem with my back. And within two weeks, I was doing full workouts in the gym again. It has been a fast and amazing recovery for which I’m deeply grateful.  :+)

So, here are the two reasons that I share my story with you now:

1. I believe that I quantum-leaped my healing process. There are energy tools and resources that are available to us any time we want to use them to create dramatic results quickly when we know what they are and what to do with them. And I will be teaching these proven tools, and personally guiding a small group of people to successfully use them, during my new Create Your Quantum Leap program starting January 10.

See www.CreateYourQuantumLeap.com for more information on the program, if you’re interested in learning how to intentionally create your own Quantum Leap. (You should know that it’s a limited group, and it’s first-come, first-served – check it out now so you can reserve your spot.)

I am deeply committed, and it is my life purpose, to teach the ways of inner illumination, connection to what matters and how to access the power of clarity. It is something that pulls me forward every day – it’s something that chooses me to be its ambassador and I am its servant.

It’s my honor to help people connect the dots to their success, both inner and outer, through using the gifts of spirit. The form of how I am doing it is evolving, so this may be the last time I teach the program. To be honest, I’m not yet sure what will come after this program and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people ask after the fact whether I’m going to repeat a program (most of the time, I don’t as I am on to the next thing); so, if you’re interested, now is the time to participate.

2. I just watched a Michael Jordan video. In it, he apologizes for making it look easy. He reminds you of his failures, his pain, and his commitment to daily habits to forge his legend that we see today.

And it occurred to me that people have said to me many times (especially recently) that they wish their life could be like mine, that they could do what I do, and that their life be as easy as mine. It isn’t easy for me to hear that because they know not what they ask.

I’m here to tell you that it’s not what happens to me, but how I handle it that matters because it’s as easy as I make it. I can fight what ‘is’ and resist what’s happening or I can learn from it and flow through it as simply as possible. It’s my choice. And the same goes for you.

After doing what I do for nearly 14 years now, being an innovator and a pioneer on the lonely leading-edge of energy work, conscious business and teaching people how to shine their light brighter, I need to tell you that it isn’t always easy. It might look that way but it’s because you are seeing the end of the story, the outcome of the way I choose to face it (vs. the occurrence or the gory details). And there’s a reason for that, which I’ll get to in a minute…

Anyway, since last year at this time, I have chosen to quantum leap my results. It’s been an amazing year of change, discovery and opportunity – and it has had its shadows too. Quantum leaping means looking at that which is likely to be uncomfortable so one can reclaim the power hidden in it and release the psychic weight that holds one back. It can feel daunting, to say the least. And I know now how to navigate that journey faster and easier because I’ve walked it (no pun intended!). :+) It’s what I now desire to share with others who are ready to Quantum Leap their lives and businesses.

In any case, I may not tell you all that’s happening with me, but it’s not because I don’t want you to know… it’s actually because I choose my focus to be on you in our work together.

So, if I have made it look too easy, or if I haven’t told you the hard parts of my journey because I believed it was more important to share with you the diamonds of the distilled teachings that I have mined along the way, I ask for your grace.

If you didn’t believe that I’m a real person living a real life and having to do the all-too-familiar daily dance of chores, self-care and prioritizing choices, I hope this message has changed that.

And if you didn’t know that failure, pain and big challenges are among the blessings I am most grateful for as my best teachers, I trust that you can know that now. (And I invite you to consider your best teachers up until now too.) :+)

Take a few minutes to be inspired by watching Michael Jordan’s video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVCjUG1Mww

So, here’s to creating what you want in life and business by taking the energy of challenge and focusing it to the tipping point of dramatic shift. In two words, to intentionally ‘Quantum Leaping’ your success.

If you’d like to share who or what your biggest blessings up until now have been, or where you want to go in creating your Quantum Leap, I’d love to hear… please share it with me below.