by admin | Mar 7, 2016
March 8, 2016 –
What is it that makes a Mastermind group so powerful?
Karyn Greenstreet, who has built and sold businesses and facilitated Mastermind groups for many years, offers that the differentiating factor is these groups is there’s no emotional agenda.
It’s a positive atmosphere that encourages members to stretch beyond their normal parameters.
Fellow masterminders will “hold your feet to the fire” by reminding you of your goals.
In our interview, she has excellent advice for those seeking and those facilitating mastermind groups.
There is more to learn from Karyn through her website.
Formal Bio:
Karyn Greenstreet is the President of The Success Alliance™.
Karyn is an internationally-known speaker, author, and self-employment expert who has taught business and personal development topics to over 270,000 people worldwide. She is extraordinarily passionate about helping people to create the life and business they want.
Some information about Karyn’s background and experiences:
- Karyn has been running mastermind groups since 1994.
- She is the author of How To Create a For-Profit Mastermind Group (now in it’s 2nd Edition).
- She is a contributing author to the book on mastermind groups, Meet and Grow Rich by Joe Vitale and Bill Hibbler.
- She has significant experience in starting and running small businesses since 1981. She has had successful businesses as a professional wedding & portrait photographer, owner of a recording studio, personal growth instructor, and owner of Passion for Business.
- Karyn has been a small business coach for 17 years, and offers mastermind groups regarding self-employment and marketing to small business owners.
Books and Media Mentions
- Karyn has written over 50 student guides and books on many topics: personal growth, success and motivation, spirituality, business skills, and software education.
- She was quoted in Entrepreneur Magazine’s article entitled, What’s Love Got To Do With It?
- She was also quoted in the New York Times article, How to Avoid Becoming a Failure Statistic.
- She is a contributing author to three books:
- Meet and Grow Rich by Joe Vitale and Bill Hibbler
- World Class Speaking by Craig Valentine and Mitch Meyerson
- Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists by Gene Marks
- Karyn was quoted in Brad Hill’s book, Building Business With Google For Dummies.
Links that we talked about on the show today. Enjoy!
http://www.TheSuccessAlliance.com – all about how to start and run mastermind groups. (This is where they can get the free webinar on how to start a mastermind group.)
http://www.PassionForBusiness.com – advice for small business owners and the self-employed
Listen to “Forming a Mastermind Group with Karyn Greenstreet 03/08/16” on Spreaker.
by admin | Feb 25, 2016
March 1, 2016 – Reality Check: You are not wonder woman.
As divine and powerful as we are, we must nourish and protect ourselves, so that we’re able to do our good work.
Cynthia James explains that many women want to be of great service in the world, but over time, become exhausted and overwhelmed.
It’s by keeping our eyes on our calling and using meditation, writing, eating well, exercising, (for example) that enables us to show up in excellence where we are.
Her book, Revealing Your Extraordinary Essence: Practical Tools for Empowered Living, is an empowering read for women overworked and overwhelmed with big dreams.
Formal Bio:
Cynthia James is a transformational specialist and one of today’s brightest and best loved inspirational leaders and teachers guiding thousands of people to make changes at a deep level for lasting healing in their lives. Her newest program, Advanced Awareness Coaching offers depth, focus and results for high level business creatives.
Ms. James has completed two Master’s Degree programs; one in Consciousness Studies from the Holmes Institute where she was awarded the honor of distinguished alumni, and the other in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. She currently serves as Associate Minister at Mile Hi Church in Denver. Cynthia has uniquely combined the creative arts with innovative therapeutic techniques to bring powerful personal growth and expansion to individuals of all ages, cultures, and lifestyles, including facilitating the message of her award-winning book, “What Will Set You Free” as a workshop to women in prisons.
Cynthia’s life was transformed as she transcended her childhood of violence and abuse. Through education and personal healing, she created the foundation for her programs; including being certified as a PTSD facilitator. Ms James is personally committed to utilizing creative expression as a vital and effective healing modality.
Ms James appeared in the movies, Sacred Journey of the Heart and Leap!, is a Personal Growth Guide for the GaiamLife community, has facilitated hundreds of workshops, seminars and keynotes; including Celebrate Your Life, Woman Arising, the Gift in Shift, the Colorado Behavior Healthcare Council, the Women’s Success Forum, the Children’s Hospital and many others. Cynthia has co-hosted a radio talk show, a television talk show in Los Angeles, performed at the One Concert and is a sought after radio guest. She is the founder of the Cynthia James Support Network; an online support community. Internationally, Ms James has led workshops in England and Ireland and has created and facilitated pilgrimages to Paris, Chartres and Mary Magdalene’s country in the south of France. Cynthia’s newly released book, Revealing Your Extraordinary Essence, offers practical tools for empowered living and is an award-winning finalist of the 2012 International Book Awards.
Cynthia created and is facilitated the internationally successful Venus Transit University, which began with the Venus Transit on June 5, 2012 and closed on July 6, 2012. This teleseminar featured exceptional teachers, known as Wisdom Guides, who coached their principles for transforming lives. Join Cynthia as she invites in 50,000 blessings by December 21, 2012 on her latest project, The Global Blessing Blog. />
Listen to “Overcome Overwhelm with Cynthia James 03/01/16” on Spreaker.
by admin | Feb 18, 2016
By Coach Debby and Todd Alan
We’ve all been there, hunkered over a computer, busying our lives with an agenda, rushed to make something happen.
We’ve been in the “separate-self” space where we believe we are on our own. I’ve heard many people phrase it: “Everything is up to me.” But if we stopped just for a second and asked ourselves, “What is this thing I’m working so hard to achieve?…” we might be surprised by the answer.
Most of us just want a sense of freedom, wholeness, and peace. But we don’t know how to obtain that. Hence, the drive to succeed enters, takes over, and runs to show.
Todd and I were both trained in metaphysics where the common belief is that we came into the world completely connected to Spirit. We are not separate selves; rather, we are complete beings and we all contribute to the oneness of the universe.
Only our egoic mind keeps us feeling so estranged.
I was reminded by a keynote speech given by Dr. Robert Holden that babies do not identify with their ego self, or as many of us might say, their self-image.
When babies are given a mirror to stare into, they will not recognize themselves until they are about 2 ½ years of age.
On the other hand, children of five, six, or seven years of age cannot get enough of the mirror. Dr. Holden shared a testimony of his daughter’s collection of selfies. She is enchanted with both her silly and more serious images of herself! She has no fear to click away at the camera and delight in her own image.
By adulthood, however, that image has undergone a lot of experience that may include a bit or an enormous amount of trauma, and as a result we are competitive with ourselves and with others.
It is my understanding that a desire to escape the shame of trauma actually promotes the ego’s growth and takes over that innocent child’s experience of wholeness.
In other words, the ego naturally comes to our defense, and this is a great mechanism of protection, but we must ask if it serves us in the long run? Or does it feed the mad and crazy idea that we must succeed to look good? Does it keep us hunkered over the computer when it is late, our dinner is getting cold, and our family members have gone on without us?
Todd says that the great remembrance is getting ourselves into conscious awareness. His coach Mary Morrissey encouraged him to get pictures of himself as a baby and just study the face and the expressions. Todd recalled, “When I first looked, I could see the innocence in my eyes. As a baby, I had a sense of awe. So, I put the pictures on my mantel to help me focus on that time of pure innocence.”
Todd reminded me that these exercises do not have to be hard.
Our guest, TJ Woodward, shared his take on compassion, too:
“The moment-to-moment choices we make in our daily interactions with each other are what create the kind of world in which we live…Every situation is an opportunity to open up or to close off. One of my favorite definitions of a spiritual experience is ‘a profound alteration in our response to [daily] life.’”
I invite you to go into your week and recall that innocent place within you. Be thoughtful about your stories that drive you to compete.
Share what is on your mind with a friend. I like to let the feeling of innocence be a wise reminder of life as a baby – so untarnished and unencumbered – with no agenda, no ego-mindset.
As Todd likes to say, “Babies have a new, fresh hard drive.” Perhaps it is time to upgrade the hard drive with a dose of compassion.
by admin | Feb 18, 2016
By Coach Debby
… I invite you to check in with your heart. Are you truly having an experience of your heart today? Are you listening to what your heart wants and desires?
I’m not referring to your dear Valentine.
I am talking about your own experience of knowing you are a loveable human being.
Without that knowledge—without really feeling the love in your heart for your SELF –- you may be experiencing just your personality, the part of you who gets stuff done.
Dr. Robert Holden, spiritual teacher extraordinaire, often asks this question of his students: “Who are you when you are not judging yourself?”
Some people say, “I am happy.” Some say, “I’m really connected to something bigger and I feel alive.” Some say, “I am free.”
Most of us can relate. We are hungry for a sense of connection.
From his simple question, I have come to understand I am not truly happy, connected, and free when I entertain judgmental thoughts.
These are the times when I am actually turning away from happiness and freedom and busying myself with tasks, looking deeply into paperwork for my smarts and into the canisters of vacuum cleaners for a lovely appearance.
If that’s not enough distraction from my heart, I might have to employ people. I might have to expect them to show up in a way that makes me look good or to only bring out the side of me that is smart, not raw and vulnerable and real.
What if this person is my dear Valentine?
It is at this point that I can see with great clarity that I am merely keeping up appearances and resisting my own heart.
Therefore, it is with diligence that I revisit the question often: Who am I when I am not judging myself?
The truth is then revealed. I am a vulnerable human being with a big heart. To know and embrace my vulnerability is to know my own heart AND be in a good space to share it with another.
Vulnerability gives me access to my heart. It allows me to feel alive! It dismantles all judgment.
Ultimately, vulnerability sets up the potential for a fantastic date!
Happy Valentines Day, from my heart to yours.
by admin | Feb 18, 2016
February 23rd – What exactly is an Indigo Soul?
Yol Swan explains it beautifully and deeply in our interview.
But in a nutshell, it’s a soul type with characteristics like:
- High sensitivity – chemical, environmental, emotional, etc.
- Intuitiveness
- Compassion
- Connected to nature
- Creativity
They are bound to the truth, and freedom seeking by nature.
So what has to happen for these Indigos to forge their paths?
It is the Indigo transformation that can transform the world.
Formal Bio:
Yol Swan is a spiritual counselor, mentor and coach with degrees in literature, music and homeopathy who has taken the understanding of the soul and the wounded Feminine to new cosmic depths.
A modern seer who perceives life as energy, with more than 28 years exploring the mind, psychology, and spirituality, she lives in the mountains of North Carolina and helps people around the world create a joyful and abundant life in alignment with their soul.
Her book, The Indigo Journals, gives Indigos and feminine souls the tools to break free of co-dependency, release themselves from trauma today and the historic imprint of trauma in their DNA, and integrate all aspects of their soul to develop an empowered, 5th-dimensional perception of life.
Listen to “Indigo Souls with Yol Swan 02\23/16” on Spreaker.
by admin | Feb 11, 2016
February 16th, 2016 – TJ Woodward explains that the root of addiction condenses to three core issues:
- Shame
- Unresolved trauma
- Spiritual Disconnection
And it’s spiritual disconnection – forgetting the truth of who and what we are – that’s the crux of his message.It’s like “walking around with our umbilical chords in our hands” trying to plug into something outside of ourselves to bring us relief.
This is an enlightening interview for anyone who finds themselves distracted, overworked, and feeling at odds with the world around them.
His book is called Conscious Being: Awakening to Your True Nature.
Formal Bio:
TJ Woodward is a spiritual author, inspirational speaker, awakening coach and addiction counselor who has helped countless people through his simple, yet powerful teachings.He is the founding spiritual director of Awakened Living in San Francisco, and is in private practice as a spiritual counselor and awakening coach.
TJ also works as the spiritual counselor and group facilitator at Foundations San Francisco Intensive Outpatient treatment program. In addition, he is the host of Awakened Living TV and Awakened Living Radio.
TJ Woodward is the author of the book, Conscious BEING: Awakening to Your True Nature. Conscious BEING is an insightful guide for rediscovering your essential nature and living an intentional and awakened life.
Listen to “Conscious Being with TJ Woodward 02\16/16” on Spreaker.
by admin | Feb 8, 2016
Arica Angelo helps real men find love.
February 9, 2016 –
We are people made for love.
Arica Angelo is a relationship coach that deals exclusively with the troubles men face when looking for love.
In this interview with Life Mastery Radio, we take a look at:
- How dating has changed over the years with technology.
- The paradox of the “empowered” woman seeking sexual pleasure sooner rather than waiting.
- The importance of men admitting they have needs.
- Keeping the pursuit alive.
- What happens when we position ourselves to let love in and take its place in the relationship.
Formal Bio:
Arica Angelo is a dating/relationship expert that helps successful, single men with their pursuit of love.
“People call me a Dating Coach, but what I really do is help men get past the excuses that are keeping them from experiencing love.” ~Arica Angelo
From being married to divorced, single again and back into meaningful relationships, she’s covered it all. Her love for people and their desire to be in a place to be loved is what keeps her open and vulnerable by sharing her own journey.
From her YouTube Channel, her books “Struttin’ Your Way Through a Broken Heart”, “Dating with a Point” or her work on her website, be ready for lots of laughs and deep thoughts that will draw out the questions waiting to be answered in you. If you’re ready for answers and solutions that go past meaningless dating and into real love, then Arica Angelo is the lady you’ve been waiting for!
Listen to “Arica Angelo – Helping Real Men with Love 02\09/16” on Spreaker.
by admin | Feb 1, 2016
(by Rick Heller, originally published on Spirituality & Health)
When I go for a walk in town, I turn down the volume of my inner chatter so I can focus on the wonders that lie just around the corner. I live in an ordinary town.
Wonders lie everywhere.
In order to see, hear and feel these everyday wonders, I scan the muscles of my face and relax them. I loosen my jaw, letting it drop slightly, so that my lips are together but teeth are apart. I check in with the muscles of the throat, especially the area around the Adam’s apple, and let them go.
I bring my attention to the base of my tongue, and relax any tension in the spot where the tongue connects to the lower jaw.
Inner chatter is a kind of talking to yourself; when you relax the muscles used in speech, it goes away.
The transformation is amazing. My inner speech quiets down to a whisper and my mind sharpens to a focus on the world around me. Sounds become crisper. Whether the chirps of birds or the hum of a leaf blower, I take in the symphony without the judgment that stems from the inner voice.
Sights become more vivid.
When inner silence prevails, I become more aware of how objects inhabit three-dimensional space.
When I see a sunflower stalk stand up proudly, I stand tall too. When I see a flower’s stem drooping over, my shoulders slump.
As I walk, I fully inhabit my own body. I’m inside my own legs as they move jauntily and inside my arms as they swing back and forth.
I’ve had a chance to see how the sense of wonder brought on by simply being present compares to that brought on by natural wonders.
When my wife and I traveled to Ireland, we visited the Cliffs of Moher, with a seven-hundred-foot sheer drop into the waters of the Atlantic. They were stunning. They riveted my attention—at first. We walked along the clifftops, exploring new vistas.
On the way back, though, the scenery was familiar and my attention drifted. I caught myself and decided to pay attention to my steps and to the grass in the pastures that run up nearly to the cliff edge.
That effort brought my sense of wonder back, and for some reason, I became particularly mindful of sound. I felt the same sense of wonder that I’d experienced while viewing the cliffs minutes before.
Like all other feelings, the sense of wonder is generated within the brain.
Some things, like dramatic cliffs, are better at stimulating our brains to produce the sense of wonder.
But when we become skillful at mindfulness, we can produce these states in ourselves anywhere—even during a stroll through our own neighborhood.
by admin | Feb 1, 2016
February 2, 2016
After a realization that occurred from dealing with chronic eye pain, Rick Heller put his skepticism aside and signed up for a meditation class.
Many years later, he teaches multiple practices, leads classes at the Humanist Community at Harvard and has written a book, Secular Meditation: 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion, and Joy.
He believes there’s a meditation practice for everyone – there is breath meditation, sound meditation, mindfulness meditation.
The list goes on.
In this episode of Life Mastery Radio, Rick Heller explains the premise of certain practices, relays the importance of quieting “inner chatter,” and explores cool topics like intentional daydreaming and how to make the mundane (walking, mowing, washing dishes) a meditative practice.Many avoid meditation because of its religious trappings.
Formal Bio:
But as bestselling atheist, Sam Harris, has recently written (in Waking Up), meditation is an age-old secular practice with numerous scientifically verified physical and psychological benefits.
As longtime meditation teacher Rick Heller here shows, meditation’s benefits extend beyond the personal to enrich relationships with others, with community, and with the world.
Step-by-step instructions, personal stories, and provocative questions teach empathy for others, stress reduction and inner peace, and the kind of in-the-moment living that fosters appreciation for life and resilience in the face of adversity.
Heller simplifies what is often found mysterious — If you have ever loved or even liked another person, he writes, you have the prerequisites for learning kindness meditation — and invites all to partake in awe and wonder at the rich experience of being alive.
Rick leads meditations at the Humanist Community at Harvard. A freelance journalist, he has written for the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Buddhadharma, Free Inquiry, Tikkun, and Wise Brain Bulletin. He received a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University, a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT.
Rick’s Website www.rickheller.com
Listen to “Practical Meditation with Rick Heller 02\02/16” on Spreaker.
by admin | Jan 20, 2016
January 26, 2016 –
New year, new you, right?
Well pardon Polly Campbell as she swings a wrecking ball through our grand ideology that we have to make major changes – lose weight, earn a Masters, buy cheek implants, or overhaul a career – to live an “awesome” life.
Polly is a stay at home mom who, years ago, changed her world when she realized she had two choices: cultivate some spirituality or bust.
Since granting herself permission to let all the grand planning go and get serious about spirituality, she’s written three books, her newest being How To Live an Awesome Life.
In it, she teaches that the key to awesome living is determined by what you notice, what you honor, and what you mull over in the day to day.
Join us next Tuesday as we mull over “awesome living” with Polly.
Formal Bio:
Polly Campbell is a motivational speaker and the author of three books:
She’s a blogger at Psychology Today, Psych Central, The Huffington Post, The Creativity Post and other sites. Her magazine articles on personal development topics and spiritual practices appear regularly in national publications.
She lives with her husband and daughter in Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
Polly’s website: http://imperfectspirituality.com/
Polly’s blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/imperfect-spirituality
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