How are you ushering in the New Year?

I have been thinking a lot about the theme of refuge this New Year, and reflecting about all the places where I take refuge when the outer world seems to be coming apart at the seams.

Two things come to mind for me: nurturing my inner life, the practices I do everyday to re-set, and the coaching and consulting work I get to do with my clients to accelerate their work.

How do you reset? This is one of the most important questions we can answer at this time in history. I ask this simple, but important question of all my clients. There is no one size fits all answer. I, personally, do a mix of things that I have developed over time. I find that guided imagery works better and faster for me than meditation, so I do two separate guided imagery practices every morning to set the stage for the day. If things heat up during the day or I hit an obstacle, I jump in the bathroom or my bedroom and do an extra practice and find myself quickly renewed and ready for the next thing. This has become such an ingrained habit that I no longer reach for the phone to off-load to another person or vent to my partner or son. I look after myself in this way and it really helps everyone and everything around me.

I used to be taken off my center quite a bit in my younger years and finding my own personal refuge has been one of the most valuable gifts of my life. So what if in 2021 you find your personal re-set button? I think this is a worthy, worthy goal. The ripple effect it will have on your own personal and business decisions will astound you. If you need any support with this, please reach out and we can troubleshoot together to find your perfect personal re-set button.

Taking refuge in the work we came here to do is a balm in these times. The writer Kahlil Gibran, in his best known book The Prophet, says it so well, “Our work is our love made visible.” Kahlil was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist, and philosopher. His book The Prophet was first published in the United States and has become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. I was gifted this little book when I was 18 years old and it has been in my library ever since.

Find your refuge in a new idea, a start up business, or an already fully developed project you are already in and really go for it! If you need a boost, sign up for Boost Your Life – Boost Your Business 2021, an 8-Week Intensive starting Wednesday, January 27th, from 8:00 – 9:30am PST (no class 2/17).

We will start with the heart of what you and your business are about, the goals you want to achieve, and then craft an improved business offering, strategy and action plan to realize those goals. We have incredible specialists joining in the process: Lisa Pepper Satkin, MA MFC, Executive Therapeutic Coach + Manifestation Specialist; Susan G. Schroeder, Brand Storytelling + Marketing Planning Specialist; Kim Thompson Steel, Photographer + Visual Storytelling Specialist; and Ramesh Tambe, Digital Marketing Specialist.

I am also offering a free Vision Boarding Session on Saturday, January 23, 2020 from 1:00 – 2:30pm PST.

All you need is to sign up and have your own magazines, glue stick, scissors and board at the ready – I will take care of the rest. Signing up for the Vision Boarding event automatically gets you the early bird price for Boost Your Life – Boost Your Business 2021. Sign up now!

I am sending you all my love and best wishes for an incredible 2021 filled with courage to do what you love, to do it confidently and the inner fortitude to keep going no matter what.

Much, much love and in growth,