January 23, 2007 Newsletter
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Kick Up Your Heels for the Weekend!
Rejuvenating Retreat Weekend for Women
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Come Kick Up Your Heels (by your own design!) in a beautiful setting, among an amazing group of women! It will be whatever we collectively design it to be!
February 9-11, 2007: Canonicus Camp & Conference Center, Exeter, RI
The beautiful setting at the Canonicus Camp & Conference Center provides comfortable accommodations, set on over 300 acres of forest and meadows, including a 20-acre lake.
Join us for:
A Weekend of Zero Obligation!
The Magic of Women in Community!
Divine Downtime to journal, go for a hike, hula hoop, do an art project, read a book, connect, relax...
Each woman is invited (but not obliged) to:
Bring something to share: e.g. an activity, a talent, a special snack, music...
Play as much or as little of a leadership role as she would like.
A Saturday evening movie that’s sure to elicit some interesting conversation.
Gatherings around the fireplace.
RELAX and ENJOY!
20 participants maximum, so send in your registration today to reserve your space!
Facilitator: Tara Gross, founder & president of Create Your Life!, LLC & The Dream Party™
Tara is a dynamic, heart-filled Life Coach and Certified JourneyDance™ instructor specializing in dream fulfillment. She helps people realize and live their dreams by accessing their authentic passion, realizing their vision and setting intentions for their future. She is passionate about helping others set their ambitions high, find balance between work and play, and live a life of integrity and abundance.
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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March 28, 2007
Save the date: May 17, 2007
January 2007 Newsletter
The Dream Party™: a 2012 party in 2007!
Thursday, May 17, 2007 @ the Hi-Hat, Providence, RI
Sponsored by: Create Your Life!, LLC
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in this issue
-- Event Summary
-- Become a Sponsor!
Mark your calendars!
Back by popular demand, The Dream Party™ will be held Thursday evening, May 17, 2007 at the Hi-Hat in Providence, RI!
Event Summary
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This unique event is an opportunity for attendees to come dressed as they aspire to be in five years, and connect with local experts who can help give birth to their dreams and goals. It's a night that's not to be missed! Connect not only with others, but also with the dormant dreamer within you!
Event highlights include:
* An interactive Time Machine!
* 2012 Name Tag Station!
* Should & Impossible Shredding Station
* On-site Dream Realization Team!
* Support & encouragement for your dreams!
* Conversation-starter costumes!
* Food, Beverages, Music and more!!
Read Testimonials from Last Year's Party! visit www.createyourlifeinc.com
Become a Sponsor!
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Want to market your company or service as a resource for realizing dreams? What dream does your service fulfill? Align your brand with dream realization! For more information on becoming a dream weaver, contact Tara.
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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Announcing: New Year! New Name!
January 2007
Create Your Life!, LLC
(formerly Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC)
New Year! New Name! Same devotion to your success!
Announcing: Create Your Life!, LLC
(Formerly 'Transition Coaching & Event Planning')
Create Your Life!, LLC brings a new, fun, empowering image to the business! Acknowledging that "transition" just isn't fun and pro-active enough to describe the work that Tara consistently does with her clients, a NAME CHANGE was in order!!
Happy 2007 to each and every one of you! Create Your Life!, LLC looks forward to serving you and your dreams into the new year and beyond...
VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE at www.createyourlifeinc.com
Please note: Be sure to update change of email in your address book to Tara@createyourlifeinc.com.
Most sincerely,
Tara Gross, Founder & President
Create Your Life!, LLC
email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
voice: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.CreateYourLifeInc.com
Create Your Life!, LLC
(formerly Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC)
New Year! New Name! Same devotion to your success!
Announcing: Create Your Life!, LLC
(Formerly 'Transition Coaching & Event Planning')
Create Your Life!, LLC brings a new, fun, empowering image to the business! Acknowledging that "transition" just isn't fun and pro-active enough to describe the work that Tara consistently does with her clients, a NAME CHANGE was in order!!
Happy 2007 to each and every one of you! Create Your Life!, LLC looks forward to serving you and your dreams into the new year and beyond...
VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE at www.createyourlifeinc.com
Please note: Be sure to update change of email in your address book to Tara@createyourlifeinc.com.
Most sincerely,
Tara Gross, Founder & President
Create Your Life!, LLC
email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
voice: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.CreateYourLifeInc.com
20 Questions to Start the Year Off Right!
Create Your Life!, LLC Newsletter
20 Questions & Inspiring Events to Support Your Dreams!
Jan 2007 issue
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in this issue
-- Awaken The Dream: a 1-day workshop
-- Wiggle & Stomp! Move in your Body, Move in your Life: women's retreat weekend
-- 20 Questions to Start The Year Off Right!
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside awakens.” ~ Carl Jung
Awaken The Dream: a 1-day workshop
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January 20, 2007, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. @ A New Day Yoga Studio, Plainville, MA
This one-day (co-ed) workshop will provide time for movement, writing, and sharing. Incorporating the principles of Life Coaching, participants follow a process to awaken their deepest desires and embody what they want to create in the world. Discover connections between movement and energy through dance, exercises in visualization and goal setting, and opening the body's energy centers, or chakras, with music as impulse. Gain insight and wisdom, and learn how to access the voice within.
Wiggle & Stomp! Move in your Body, Move in your Life: women's retreat weekend
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February 9-11, 2007 @ Canonicus Camp & Conference Center, Exeter, RI
This all-inclusive weekend retreat is an opportunity to:
Activate your power, creativity, and innate wisdom!
Ignite and discover your own energy!
Deepen your connection to yourself!
Explore what moves you!
Beat the winter blues!
Experience joyful transformation through breath, music, movement, drumming, dance & community!
Dance your dreams and shake off your struggle!
Drum your soul’s rhythms!
Move and live with power, passion, & play!
Leave your inhibitions behind & join us for a transformational weekend of fun!
Facilitator, Tara Gross, is a Life Coach & Certified JourneyDance(TM) Instructor who specializes in helping people live their dreams through the process of finding their authentic passion and realizing their vision for the future. She is passionate about assisting others to set their ambitions high and live a life of integrity, demonstrated through dream realization and the alignment of work and play.
Special guest, Dennis Melucci, will lead a Saturday afternoon drumming workshop.
Dennis has been a student and teacher of African and Latin percussion for over 30 years. He is a leader in promoting multicultural awareness through music, performing in a variety of genres, including spiritual retreats, seminars, and workshops. Most recently, he has been teaching within the public and private school systems, drumming with children to bring them into the spirit of community through drumming. Dennis is a gentle, motivating teacher who has a gift for bringing out the drummer in people of all ages.
Price includes meals and overnight accommodations. No prior dance or drumming experience necessary. All fitness levels welcome.
20 Questions to Start The Year Off Right!
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The start of the year is a great time to get out a notebook or journal and answer these 20 introspective questions... Your answers are the basis for designing and creating your life to be what you dream of! Within each of your answers lies your innate wisdom about how to go about doing just that! ENJOY!
A JUMP START: For those who wish to make a special commitment to accountability, goal-setting, and support around your dream, I offer private one-to-one coaching. Individualized support and empowerment principles are applied to overcome obstacles, clarify the vision, and align the goal with you and your authentic gifts and passions. To get a jump start on your year and discuss one or more of these questions during a Complimentary Coaching Session, contact me! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1.) What are the three main changes you want to make in the next 3 to 6 months, starting at this moment?
2.) Name one thing you'd like to be doing differently a year from now.
3.) What has held you back from making these changes up to now?
4.) Who is currently in charge of your life, you or other people?
5.) Where does irresponsibility show itself most predominately in your life?
6.) What motivates you (or, what makes your heart sing)?
7.) What is the biggest fear you have about your life (or, what bothers you the most about your life)?
8.) Do you think that having a great life is really possible? (If no, why not?)
9.) What would “a great life” look like for you? How would you know if you’ve achieved it?
10.) Would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?
11.) Is there a legacy you wish to leave?
12.) What is the biggest business or personal opportunity that you currently are not taking advantage of?
13.) What activities have you been involved in, that have put a huge smile on your face? (Alone? With another? With a group?)
14.) How long has it been since you were in those smile activities?
15.) What’s your definition of success?
16.) What are some of your healthy sources of energy?
17.) How proud of yourself are you right now?
18.) What are your gifts (those things that are innate; that come effortlessly to you)?
19.) What is presently consuming your time that you wish you could eliminate?
20.) What question are you glad I didn't ask? :)
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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20 Questions & Inspiring Events to Support Your Dreams!
Jan 2007 issue
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- Awaken The Dream: a 1-day workshop
-- Wiggle & Stomp! Move in your Body, Move in your Life: women's retreat weekend
-- 20 Questions to Start The Year Off Right!
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside awakens.” ~ Carl Jung
Awaken The Dream: a 1-day workshop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
January 20, 2007, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. @ A New Day Yoga Studio, Plainville, MA
This one-day (co-ed) workshop will provide time for movement, writing, and sharing. Incorporating the principles of Life Coaching, participants follow a process to awaken their deepest desires and embody what they want to create in the world. Discover connections between movement and energy through dance, exercises in visualization and goal setting, and opening the body's energy centers, or chakras, with music as impulse. Gain insight and wisdom, and learn how to access the voice within.
Wiggle & Stomp! Move in your Body, Move in your Life: women's retreat weekend
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
February 9-11, 2007 @ Canonicus Camp & Conference Center, Exeter, RI
This all-inclusive weekend retreat is an opportunity to:
Activate your power, creativity, and innate wisdom!
Ignite and discover your own energy!
Deepen your connection to yourself!
Explore what moves you!
Beat the winter blues!
Experience joyful transformation through breath, music, movement, drumming, dance & community!
Dance your dreams and shake off your struggle!
Drum your soul’s rhythms!
Move and live with power, passion, & play!
Leave your inhibitions behind & join us for a transformational weekend of fun!
Facilitator, Tara Gross, is a Life Coach & Certified JourneyDance(TM) Instructor who specializes in helping people live their dreams through the process of finding their authentic passion and realizing their vision for the future. She is passionate about assisting others to set their ambitions high and live a life of integrity, demonstrated through dream realization and the alignment of work and play.
Special guest, Dennis Melucci, will lead a Saturday afternoon drumming workshop.
Dennis has been a student and teacher of African and Latin percussion for over 30 years. He is a leader in promoting multicultural awareness through music, performing in a variety of genres, including spiritual retreats, seminars, and workshops. Most recently, he has been teaching within the public and private school systems, drumming with children to bring them into the spirit of community through drumming. Dennis is a gentle, motivating teacher who has a gift for bringing out the drummer in people of all ages.
Price includes meals and overnight accommodations. No prior dance or drumming experience necessary. All fitness levels welcome.
20 Questions to Start The Year Off Right!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The start of the year is a great time to get out a notebook or journal and answer these 20 introspective questions... Your answers are the basis for designing and creating your life to be what you dream of! Within each of your answers lies your innate wisdom about how to go about doing just that! ENJOY!
A JUMP START: For those who wish to make a special commitment to accountability, goal-setting, and support around your dream, I offer private one-to-one coaching. Individualized support and empowerment principles are applied to overcome obstacles, clarify the vision, and align the goal with you and your authentic gifts and passions. To get a jump start on your year and discuss one or more of these questions during a Complimentary Coaching Session, contact me! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1.) What are the three main changes you want to make in the next 3 to 6 months, starting at this moment?
2.) Name one thing you'd like to be doing differently a year from now.
3.) What has held you back from making these changes up to now?
4.) Who is currently in charge of your life, you or other people?
5.) Where does irresponsibility show itself most predominately in your life?
6.) What motivates you (or, what makes your heart sing)?
7.) What is the biggest fear you have about your life (or, what bothers you the most about your life)?
8.) Do you think that having a great life is really possible? (If no, why not?)
9.) What would “a great life” look like for you? How would you know if you’ve achieved it?
10.) Would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?
11.) Is there a legacy you wish to leave?
12.) What is the biggest business or personal opportunity that you currently are not taking advantage of?
13.) What activities have you been involved in, that have put a huge smile on your face? (Alone? With another? With a group?)
14.) How long has it been since you were in those smile activities?
15.) What’s your definition of success?
16.) What are some of your healthy sources of energy?
17.) How proud of yourself are you right now?
18.) What are your gifts (those things that are innate; that come effortlessly to you)?
19.) What is presently consuming your time that you wish you could eliminate?
20.) What question are you glad I didn't ask? :)
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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March 19, 2007
Meet the Dream Team: Part 1
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Meet the Dream Team: Part 1
March 2007
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in this issue
-- Chris Wall, Realtor
-- Deborah Beauvais, Matchmaker
-- Justin Aina, Business Development Specialist
-- Samantha LeDuc, Mortgage Advisor
-- Reserve Your Tickets!
Cross over our ‘Footbridge to the Future’ on May 17, 2007 at this year's Dream Party™ and meet the Dream Realization Team, a special team of local experts who will be on-hand and ready to help you achieve your dreams and goals with practical advice, encouragement, and expertise.
Here are some of this year's Dream Team Members:
Chris Wall, Realtor
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Chris Wall started his real estate career in Cambridge Massachusetts, learning the business in one of the most competitive markets in the country. Upon return to his home state of Rhode Island, he spent several years as a RE/MAX agent before joining the Taylor Group at Residential Properties. Having grown up in Cumberland, and subsequent adult years on Providence’s East Side, Chris is familiar with many areas of our state, with transacted sales from Burrillville to Wakefield. His tenacity, experience, and approachable personal style has taken the doubt and confusion out of hundreds of real estate transaction since 2003.
Deborah Beauvais, Matchmaker
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Empowered Connections was lovingly created to help bring couples together. At the age of eight, Deborah knew that her purpose in life was love, to find it, hold it, and ultimately, teach it. In 2003, Deborah created Empowered Connections - a personalized, prescreened matchmaking service that addresses all aspects of dating and relationships. With 13 years experience recruiting in the healthcare industry, her recruiting skills, coupled with a touch of intuition enhances her ability to connect people successfully. Deborah’s radio show Love By Intuition airs Wenesdays 4-6pm on WARL 1320am. Love By Intuition has very special guests with listeners calling in to share views, thoughts, or to receive advice. Deborah has also created her own radio network: Dreamvisions7 Radio, and is now welcoming new hosts who are looking to empower others.
Justin Aina, Business Development Specialist
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Born in Nigeria, Justin Aina, MBA, is Founder and President of The Roundtable International – a network of organized intelligence providing professional services to governments, civic entities, and national and international organizations. Justin Aina, the 2001 Ocean State Business Forum “Business Practitioner of the Year”, is an accomplished lecturer, trainer, author, and international management consultant. As a Certified Management Consultant and Trainer, he has conducted seminars and workshops on Entrepreneurship, Organizational Redesign and Alignment, Strategic Positioning, Leadership for Change, Project Management, Process Mapping, Systems Integration and Time Management for international, domestic, and local organizations. As founding Executive Director of Urban Ventures in Providence, RI, Justin is developing urban small and medium enterprises who are shaping the landscape of local economies.
Samantha LeDuc, Mortgage Advisor
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Samantha Leduc has been in the sales and customer service industry since her graduation from the UMASS in 1999. Post-graduation, Samantha managed a family-owned business for 4 years, handling sales, customer service, customer/ employee retention and marketing. In 2002, Samantha made a career change and went to work in the mortgage industry where she has been ever since. Before working in her current position at Province Mortgage Associates, she was a Mortgage Advisor with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Advanced Financial Services. Province Mortgage Associates is an approved broker with 40 different lenders. Based on your current situation, she takes great pride and individualized care in finding the program that will best fit your specific needs and goals. Samantha is licensed to close loans in MA, RI, CT, and NH.
Reserve Your Tickets!
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A 2012 Party in 2007: Thursday, May 17, 6:30pm, The Hi-Hat at Davol Square, Providence
Order Tickets through Art Tix arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1203
What’s YOUR Dream? The Dream Party™ Is Back by Popular Demand! Create Your Life!, LLC Announces the Second Annual Dream Party in Providence, RI
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.” (Thoreau)
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401-569-7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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March 06, 2007
Why I'm Excited...
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Why I'm Excited...
March 2007
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in this issue
-- So Sassy!
-- Why I'm Excited...
-- Outside-the-Box Networking
-- Looking for One New Client
-- Dare Devil Studios
-- Save the Date! Women's Retreat Weekend: Aug 3-5, 2007
"If what's in your dreams wasn't already real inside you, you couldn't even dream it." Gloria Steinem
So Sassy!
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Do you know The Sassy Ladies? Michelle Girasole, the Web marketer; Wendy Hanson, the business coach; Miriam Perry, the freelance writer. These Ladies of Sass have joined forces to provide fun and relevant resources for women entrepreneurs--on the Web and in person.
The Sassy Ladies thesassyladies.com/
Why I'm Excited...
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Because...
Communities of like-minded service professionals with big hearts, open minds, and unwavering commitment, are rapidly joining forces towards a better tomorrow.
More and more women are starting businesses of their own every day.
* "The Secret" is out.
* Create Your Life!, LLC has a great new logo, and you're getting a sneak preview.
* Spring is just around the corner and daylight savings is even closer.
* The Dream Party™, which started as my own "crazy dream", is growing, evolving and empowering the lives of many.
* Life is good.
* What are YOU excited about?
Outside-the-Box Networking
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“Finally, a networking event that isn’t about your business purpose or sales goals, but about individuals – their desires and aspirations. What a delightful and refreshing change,” said Michelle Girasole, President of Precision Web Marketing, co- founder of The Sassy Ladies, and one of over 100 attendees at last year’s event. “There was nothing stale about this event. It really got you focused on one simple and very personal thing: “What’s Your Dream?”
Reserve Your Tickets Now! arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1203
Looking for One New Client
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I'm looking for one new client: A focused individual with an appetite for creativity, abundance, authenticity, and straight talk. If you are someone who is ready to take on a dream with vigor and commitment, and you want to be doing it in six months or less, email or phone to schedule a free first session.
Visit our Updated Web Site www.createyourlifeinc.com
Dare Devil Studios
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Since I bet you are wondering, Mike Marschke is the talented genius who designed both the new Create Your Life!, LLC logo and the Dream Party logo. Visit the Dare Devil Studios web site and see their impressive portfolio.
www.daredevilstudios.com/
Save the Date! Women's Retreat Weekend: Aug 3-5, 2007
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Create Your Life! hosts its next Women's Retreat Weekend on August 3-5, 2007. Ladies, mark your calendars! Men, consider what a great gift this would make for the women in your life!
Read Testimonials from Past Retreaters http://www.createyourlifeinc.com/testimonials_tg.htm
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401-569-7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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Why I'm Excited...
March 2007
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in this issue
-- So Sassy!
-- Why I'm Excited...
-- Outside-the-Box Networking
-- Looking for One New Client
-- Dare Devil Studios
-- Save the Date! Women's Retreat Weekend: Aug 3-5, 2007
"If what's in your dreams wasn't already real inside you, you couldn't even dream it." Gloria Steinem
So Sassy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Do you know The Sassy Ladies? Michelle Girasole, the Web marketer; Wendy Hanson, the business coach; Miriam Perry, the freelance writer. These Ladies of Sass have joined forces to provide fun and relevant resources for women entrepreneurs--on the Web and in person.
The Sassy Ladies thesassyladies.com/
Why I'm Excited...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Because...
Communities of like-minded service professionals with big hearts, open minds, and unwavering commitment, are rapidly joining forces towards a better tomorrow.
More and more women are starting businesses of their own every day.
* "The Secret" is out.
* Create Your Life!, LLC has a great new logo, and you're getting a sneak preview.
* Spring is just around the corner and daylight savings is even closer.
* The Dream Party™, which started as my own "crazy dream", is growing, evolving and empowering the lives of many.
* Life is good.
* What are YOU excited about?
Outside-the-Box Networking
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Finally, a networking event that isn’t about your business purpose or sales goals, but about individuals – their desires and aspirations. What a delightful and refreshing change,” said Michelle Girasole, President of Precision Web Marketing, co- founder of The Sassy Ladies, and one of over 100 attendees at last year’s event. “There was nothing stale about this event. It really got you focused on one simple and very personal thing: “What’s Your Dream?”
Reserve Your Tickets Now! arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1203
Looking for One New Client
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I'm looking for one new client: A focused individual with an appetite for creativity, abundance, authenticity, and straight talk. If you are someone who is ready to take on a dream with vigor and commitment, and you want to be doing it in six months or less, email or phone to schedule a free first session.
Visit our Updated Web Site www.createyourlifeinc.com
Dare Devil Studios
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since I bet you are wondering, Mike Marschke is the talented genius who designed both the new Create Your Life!, LLC logo and the Dream Party logo. Visit the Dare Devil Studios web site and see their impressive portfolio.
www.daredevilstudios.com/
Save the Date! Women's Retreat Weekend: Aug 3-5, 2007
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Create Your Life! hosts its next Women's Retreat Weekend on August 3-5, 2007. Ladies, mark your calendars! Men, consider what a great gift this would make for the women in your life!
Read Testimonials from Past Retreaters http://www.createyourlifeinc.com/testimonials_tg.htm
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401-569-7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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January 29, 2007
What is Your Primary Aim?
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Create Your Life!, LLC Newsletter
What is Your Primary Aim?
January 2007
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The following excerpt is from a book called "The E- Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber. It begins with the premise that giving some thought to how we'd want the story of our life to go if we were to pre-record our life testament to play for friends, family, and colleagues at our own funeral, is a powerful reflective tool in creating our life with intention, now:
"How would you like that story to go? That's your Primary Aim. What would you like to be able to say about your life after it's too late to do anything about it? That's your Primary Aim. If you were to write a script for the tape to be played for the mourners at your funeral, how would you like it to read? That's your Primary Aim. And once you've created the script, all you need to do is make it come true. All you need to do is begin living your life as if it were important. All you need to do is take your life seriously. To create it intentionally. To actively make your life into the life you wish it to be."
What is your Primary Aim?
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I can hear it now: That's all?!?! Well that sounds difficult!
Maybe it is. Or, maybe it proves the simplest thing you've every done. Either way, I'd bet you've successfully endured things much more difficult...so if, in fact, it proves difficult, we both know you've got what it takes.
We are constantly creating and re-creating our lives with the choices we make.
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
Are you actively creating the life you want in this very moment?
What is the cost of trying? How does that compare with the cost of never knowing?
Five years from now, what will have been the best decision?
When is NOW going to be the "right" time?
visit http://www.createyourlifeinc.com to find out how coaching can help...
Create Your Life!, LLC Newsletter
What is Your Primary Aim?
January 2007
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The following excerpt is from a book called "The E- Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber. It begins with the premise that giving some thought to how we'd want the story of our life to go if we were to pre-record our life testament to play for friends, family, and colleagues at our own funeral, is a powerful reflective tool in creating our life with intention, now:
"How would you like that story to go? That's your Primary Aim. What would you like to be able to say about your life after it's too late to do anything about it? That's your Primary Aim. If you were to write a script for the tape to be played for the mourners at your funeral, how would you like it to read? That's your Primary Aim. And once you've created the script, all you need to do is make it come true. All you need to do is begin living your life as if it were important. All you need to do is take your life seriously. To create it intentionally. To actively make your life into the life you wish it to be."
What is your Primary Aim?
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I can hear it now: That's all?!?! Well that sounds difficult!
Maybe it is. Or, maybe it proves the simplest thing you've every done. Either way, I'd bet you've successfully endured things much more difficult...so if, in fact, it proves difficult, we both know you've got what it takes.
We are constantly creating and re-creating our lives with the choices we make.
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
Are you actively creating the life you want in this very moment?
What is the cost of trying? How does that compare with the cost of never knowing?
Five years from now, what will have been the best decision?
When is NOW going to be the "right" time?
visit http://www.createyourlifeinc.com to find out how coaching can help...
May 23, 2006
Anonymous Journal Entries: May 19, 2011
BELOW ARE THE MOVING, FUN, AND DOWNRIGHT PROFOUND JOURNAL ENTRIES THAT WERE WRITTEN IN THE TIME MACHINE AT THE "2011 PARTY IN 2006" IN RESPONSE TO: What will YOU be doing/thinking/feeling on May 19, 2011? Write as if you're already there...a powerful step in its creation!
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May 19, 2011: It has been two years since my first novel was published. I am amazed at how much it has changed my life! Some for the better, some for the worse, and all totally worth it. What I like best about my life right now is the sense of peace. I've finally stopped scrambling after this goal and that. We're totally settled into our "new" apartment, and people treat us pretty much the same - maybe there's a little more friendliness, a little more "best behavior". There's a little bit more jealously, but hey, any time there's a parade, there's someone nearby to fart on it. No reason not to have a parade! Life is better now that I've met two of the biggest goals I've ever set for myself. What next? How about a vacation?!? :) Best wishes to everyone and their "future" selves. Why wait????
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May 19, 2011: Fatter, balder, and with a kid who's 5 years old!
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May 19, 2011: What an exciting day! My first book, "Squeezing Juice From a Berry" has just been published. I'll be heading out for a 2-week book tour next week - reading excepts from my book. Along the way, I'll be working on the poems in praise of the human body. My experience having a baby has contributed enormously to that book. My husband and daughter are my greatest blessings!
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May 19, 2011: Wow, I can't beleive everywhere I've been! There is so much to see that is so different than what I've experienced in my first 33 years. Who knew I'd feel so happy and complete as I do now!
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May 19, 2011: What a great day! Finished up the annual retreat in St. John's and am ready to get back to New England. Over 50 women at this year's event - a fabulous success! I'm so excited to be doing this kind of empowerment work with so many talented people. My next adventure begins in three weeks when my husband and I head to Australia for a month. We love getting back to the rhythm of that place. And are so glad that the kids can join us this year. Now that we've managed to settle at the retreat center and feel comfortable traveling, the sky's the limit!
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May 19, 2011: First, thanks for the fortune cookie... There. Started writing - now try to stop me. Wow, thank god for that party in 2006! How quickly the years pass... I remember creating those buttons for each of my dreams, and as I accomplished each one, I "stuck it" in my bulletin board - the travel, fabulous adventures and fun - all balanced with down time - to do my nails, to play a game, to learn to sail and the day I put the key to my BMW325 convertible, I thought of Tara and smiled. What a life! Here's to the next five...
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May 19, 2011: I LOVE my life! I also feel empowered in my ability to communicate powerfully to my partner, my family and my co-workers. It's so nice that I am able to spend 50% of my time creating and 50% of my time leading and empowering future leaders! I am designing my own home to be a spiritual haven and I travel internationally four times a year. I love, trust and empower myself.
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May 19, 2011: Things are going well. I have a great family, my business is taking off, and my wife might even leave her job to help run the business. Our son Max is just a laugh riot. He's almost 4! Time flies!
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May 19, 2011: Well, I've done what I thought was impossible. I am happy. I've found sustainable love. I am ready for the rest of my life. I WILL survive. Anything is possible. I can be happy for the rest of my life. I never thought it.
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May 19, 2011: I am finally where I want to be. I love my career, my home and my life style. My little girl just graduated high school. I can finally feel happiness in my life.
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May 19, 2011: I have multiple beauties all over the country where I can really make an impact on the industry and help people change their lives. I keep growing and learn more about myself every second of every day. I really start helping people find themselves.
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May 19, 2011: It's so nice spending time with my family. The kids are at an age where we can have fun and be together. I know that the teenage years will come, but right now, it's perfect. Work is good. My family's doing great and we're where we should be...a happy family. Maybe not everything in this world or my life or the "way" is perfect, but I'm happy with the little piece of this life that I've carved out. Thank you.
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May 19, 2011: Wow. I didn't give up; now look at us.
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May 19, 2011: Trying to decide where to spend the summer painting...Greece, Amsterdam, India. Looking forward to our daughter/son's birth in January! Feeling happy, motivated, inspired, and healthy. And so in love ~
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May 19, 2011: Change is what I needed and I can say it's kept me alive for another 5 years. Discovery, adventure, connections, and lasting memories. I feel free and open to the next 5 years of peace, happiness, and love!
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May 19, 2011: Change, embrace, celebrate, evolve, flow.
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May 19, 2011: Thank you Tara for being a wonderful friend and inspiration. I love you. It has been an amazing 5 years and I can't wait til your next awards ceremony!
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May 19, 2011: I am in a much better place than I was 5 years ago. I found a new love, which I never thought possible. I learned to love myself and take care of myself. I am happy I went to that party and got to write this!
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May 19, 2011: Although I don't like all the things my body is doing, I'm happy to say I'm in the best shape of my life. That's nothing but a minor point. My main joy is in my work and the face of my newly pregnant wife. Every day is a blessing. I don't know how to say it better.
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May 19, 2011: Aahhhh.... Peace at last! Getting ready for my move to Portugal!
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May 19, 2011: Dual residences: RI & Spain. Happy, complete. Still in love...
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May 19, 2011: I am in the dream machine. I wish someone was with me.
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May 19, 2011: Hello. Wow! I can't believe I am still doing whatever I want! I am so glad my creativity has been able to support my utopian visions and leisurely lifestyle. So many people bike now!
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May 19, 2011: Doing something creative for cash. I can't wait.
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May 19, 2011: I can hardly believe I did it! Thanks to God!
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May 19, 2011: I am teaching children to feel success through their art!!
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May 19, 2011: I'm feeling proud of my life. Peaceful and happy to have been here and grateful for all the people who have entered my life and touched me in so many ways. Hopefully I have many more years beyond this time to fulfill my dreams and hopes for the future!
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May 19, 2011: I think that life is good because it is now balanced with work that I love and the replenishment that I get from time with family and time to work my body outdoors. I feel blessed to be among people that are gentle souls. I now rarely hurry.
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May 19, 2011: Life is about oxygen. Oxygen is the water of life. You need it for clarity, purity, humanity, and completion. It is about human destiny and compassion. My life will mean absolutely nothing if I do not have a positive control over the factors that determine it's quality. That quality is you!!
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May 19, 2011: I'm breathing, learning, growing, experiencing. Creating life with every breath in. Creating space for new life with every breath out. I'll be feeling everything with fluidity, openness, acceptance, and love. I will Be.
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May 19, 2011: Traveling, finding new adventures in Asia, Europe, Australia. It's a whirlwind tour. I am living truthfully, openly, honestly, in good health - physical, financial, and abundant friends in my life. Namaste.
January 17, 2006
Don't Try, Do.
Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC Newsletter
Don't Try, Do.
January 2006
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- "Try" This
-- Don't Should On Me
-- Retreat! Retreat!
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'" -- Jedi Master Yoda
"Try" This
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As far as I'm concerned, "try" expired in high school algebra.
One of the simplest, most powerful ways to streamline goals and set a clearer standard for your life, is to consciously raise your awareness around what you say. Regardless of what it is you are working towards, raising your awareness around language can result in a tremendous, and immediate, increase in clarity and focus.
What level of commitment do you bring to an activity when you "try" to do it? How will you recognize and celebrate a "try"?
It's subtle, but with the use of one tiny little word, we manage to limit our beliefs, insult our abilities, communicate doubt, and cloud our thinking with ambiguity. There's no "try", only "do", regardless of the outcome of 'the doing'.
We don't try to start a business, we start a business. We don't try to exercise, we exercise. We don't try to learn something new, we learn it. We don't try to go to an appointment, we either go or we don't. (You get the idea.)
Deleting words like 'try' from your vocabulary takes time. To start, I OFFER A CHALLENGE: Make the commitment to simply raise your AWARENESS around the language that you use. When you catch yourself using 'try', 'should', 'kind of', 'sort of' etc. simply stop, notice it, and then rephrase your prior statement. Observe how it feels to hear your rephrased version out loud. Do this over and over again, as needed, until the words are no longer part of your vocabulary.
Incremental steps towards clearer language results in incremental steps towards clearer living!
Yoda said it best. "Do or do not, there is no 'try'."
Don't Should On Me
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you "should" be doing something, then why aren't you?
"Should" is a loaded word. How much of your precious energy are you currently spending on what you "should" be doing? If it's truly something you need to do, then get to it! If not, then consider asking yourself, "Who says I should?" More often than not, a "should" is someone else's agenda, someone else's dream, someone else's guilty conscious, that we're engaging in an exhausting internal dialog with. If it's someone else's agenda, not yours, identifying and releasing yourself from the burden of this "should", can provide you with lightness of heart and more available energy for what's really important to you!
A 3-part exercise that can easily be done with a friend:
Part 1: Voice the "should".
You: I should ___________. / Friend: Why? / You: Because ___________. / Friend: So why haven't you? / You: Because ___________. (Listen closely to your own responses.)
Part 2: Make the "should" a "could."
You: I could _________. / Friend: So why haven't you? / You: Because ________. / (Listen closely to your own responses.)
Part 3: Make the "could" a "will", or "will not."
You: I will _________.
Retreat! Retreat!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Everyone’s heard or been told at one point or another: “Complaining won’t help!” Well, WHAT IF COMPLAINING CAN HELP? What if, within each of our complaints, lies the secret to our greatest happiness?!?!?!
What would happen if you took the time to listen carefully to your complaints and, with some help, were able to turn each of them into clear requirements for your life? Imagine how empowering it would be to turn your complaints into requirements and, thereby, raise your personal standards!
Transforming complaints into requirements is just one of the life-enhancing tools that will be included in our upcoming Women’s Retreat Weekend. We hope you’ll join us for a weekend focused on strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built upon...YOU!
To Link to More Information & How to Register, visit: http://transitioncoachinginc.com/workshops_retreats.htm
Contact Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: tara@transitioncoachinginc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.transitioncoachinginc.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't Try, Do.
January 2006
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- "Try" This
-- Don't Should On Me
-- Retreat! Retreat!
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'" -- Jedi Master Yoda
"Try" This
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As far as I'm concerned, "try" expired in high school algebra.
One of the simplest, most powerful ways to streamline goals and set a clearer standard for your life, is to consciously raise your awareness around what you say. Regardless of what it is you are working towards, raising your awareness around language can result in a tremendous, and immediate, increase in clarity and focus.
What level of commitment do you bring to an activity when you "try" to do it? How will you recognize and celebrate a "try"?
It's subtle, but with the use of one tiny little word, we manage to limit our beliefs, insult our abilities, communicate doubt, and cloud our thinking with ambiguity. There's no "try", only "do", regardless of the outcome of 'the doing'.
We don't try to start a business, we start a business. We don't try to exercise, we exercise. We don't try to learn something new, we learn it. We don't try to go to an appointment, we either go or we don't. (You get the idea.)
Deleting words like 'try' from your vocabulary takes time. To start, I OFFER A CHALLENGE: Make the commitment to simply raise your AWARENESS around the language that you use. When you catch yourself using 'try', 'should', 'kind of', 'sort of' etc. simply stop, notice it, and then rephrase your prior statement. Observe how it feels to hear your rephrased version out loud. Do this over and over again, as needed, until the words are no longer part of your vocabulary.
Incremental steps towards clearer language results in incremental steps towards clearer living!
Yoda said it best. "Do or do not, there is no 'try'."
Don't Should On Me
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you "should" be doing something, then why aren't you?
"Should" is a loaded word. How much of your precious energy are you currently spending on what you "should" be doing? If it's truly something you need to do, then get to it! If not, then consider asking yourself, "Who says I should?" More often than not, a "should" is someone else's agenda, someone else's dream, someone else's guilty conscious, that we're engaging in an exhausting internal dialog with. If it's someone else's agenda, not yours, identifying and releasing yourself from the burden of this "should", can provide you with lightness of heart and more available energy for what's really important to you!
A 3-part exercise that can easily be done with a friend:
Part 1: Voice the "should".
You: I should ___________. / Friend: Why? / You: Because ___________. / Friend: So why haven't you? / You: Because ___________. (Listen closely to your own responses.)
Part 2: Make the "should" a "could."
You: I could _________. / Friend: So why haven't you? / You: Because ________. / (Listen closely to your own responses.)
Part 3: Make the "could" a "will", or "will not."
You: I will _________.
Retreat! Retreat!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Everyone’s heard or been told at one point or another: “Complaining won’t help!” Well, WHAT IF COMPLAINING CAN HELP? What if, within each of our complaints, lies the secret to our greatest happiness?!?!?!
What would happen if you took the time to listen carefully to your complaints and, with some help, were able to turn each of them into clear requirements for your life? Imagine how empowering it would be to turn your complaints into requirements and, thereby, raise your personal standards!
Transforming complaints into requirements is just one of the life-enhancing tools that will be included in our upcoming Women’s Retreat Weekend. We hope you’ll join us for a weekend focused on strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built upon...YOU!
To Link to More Information & How to Register, visit: http://transitioncoachinginc.com/workshops_retreats.htm
Contact Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: tara@transitioncoachinginc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.transitioncoachinginc.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
December 06, 2005
The New Year's Resolution Dilemma II
Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC Newsletter
The New Year's Resolution Dilemma II
December 2005
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- Article: the New Year's Resolution Dilemma (Reprise)
-- Happy Anniversary!
-- Strengthening Your Personal Foundation: Women's Retreat Weekend
-- Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
Seasons Greetings!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?...Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you...As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
~ from Marianne Williamson's "A Return to Love", used in Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech (1994).
Article: the New Year's Resolution Dilemma (Reprise)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While it's an admittedly arbitrary tradition, making a New Year's resolution is as good a way as any to do some self evaluation and decide on ways to create more joy, authenticity, balance, and fulfillment in your life.
Having said that, have you ever felt the early-January, adrenalin pumping, I-can-do-it, this-is-MY-year determination, only to have your resolution deflate into little more than an adrenaline hangover and faint memory by mid-February?
When the next year rolls around, what do you do? Do you set a similar, yet slightly less audacious, resolution and deem it "more realistic"?
"This way," you say to yourself, "I'm not setting myself up for failure." Or, maybe you become a disgruntled New Year's humbug and decide to stop making resolutions all together!
Sometimes we actually convince ourselves that lowering our standards is an act of self-kindness! What tricksters we are!
This year, why not raise the bar on what's realistic? Why not set a goal for your powerful-beyond-measure-greater-than- you've-ever-imagined Self, and make the commitment? And why not start right now?
Dare to be nothing short of fabulous in 2006!
1. What's your New Year's resolution?
2. How does this resolution reflect the standards you've set for yourself?
3. In what ways would fulfilling your resolution impact your life?
4. Would sharing your resolution with someone who agrees to hold you accountable be helpful? If so, be specific in your request: for a month, a year, a lifetime?
Here's how hiring a coach can help....
As your Coach I will: * Challenge you to live your best life! * Help you clarify your goals! * Help bring awareness to your unique gifts and strengths! * Help you prioritize based on your Truths, not just your deadlines! * Encourage you! * Tell the truth about what I'm observing! * Celebrate your successes!
I wish you all a happy, healthy, loving, abundant Holiday Season & New Year!
Happy Anniversary!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC celebrates its 1-year anniversary on December 15th! A warm THANK YOU to each and every one of you for your support, guidance, well wishes, challenges, feedback, referrals, encouragement, and time. With tremendous gratitude and excitement about the year to come, Tara
Strengthening Your Personal Foundation: Women's Retreat Weekend
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Join us for a weekend focused on strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built upon...YOU!
February 17-19, 2006 @ Canonicus Camp & Conference Center, Exeter, RI
Strengthening your personal foundation is the first step in living a more authentic and fulfilling life. This retreat provides participants with the time, space and tools to clarify personal values, reconnect with heartfelt passions, and discover inborn gifts.
The beautiful outdoor setting at the Canoncius Camp & Conference Center offers the opportunity for a deeper connection with Spirit through nature. Canonicus provides comfortable accommodations, set on over 300 acres of forest and meadows, including a beautiful 20-acre lake. Group workshops, playful activities, and quiet time combine to make this experience the perfect opportunity for personal growth and revelation.
The principles and practices of life coaching guide the weekend activities, with influences from the work of several mind-body-spirit wisdom leaders, such as Louise Hay and Joan Borysenko. Spiritual connection from world religions also provides another avenue for inspiration during this retreat.
This all-inclusive retreat weekend offers: • Practical steps to recognize your values, gifts, and passions, and discover how to authentically share them with the world • Tools for making changes gracefully • Discerning how to live a more fulfilled life • Sharing stories and finding support in a community of women • Comfortable accommodations within a natural setting • Quiet time for introspection • And, of course, fun!
Interested in Registration? Simply send an email expressing interest, and I'll send you a registration form.
Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you new to coaching and would like to find out more? Learn how having your own personal coach could benefit you, your work, your life! To arrange for a FREE session, see contact info below.
Contact Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: tara@transitioncoachinginc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.transitioncoachinginc.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The New Year's Resolution Dilemma II
December 2005
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- Article: the New Year's Resolution Dilemma (Reprise)
-- Happy Anniversary!
-- Strengthening Your Personal Foundation: Women's Retreat Weekend
-- Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
Seasons Greetings!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?...Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you...As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
~ from Marianne Williamson's "A Return to Love", used in Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech (1994).
Article: the New Year's Resolution Dilemma (Reprise)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While it's an admittedly arbitrary tradition, making a New Year's resolution is as good a way as any to do some self evaluation and decide on ways to create more joy, authenticity, balance, and fulfillment in your life.
Having said that, have you ever felt the early-January, adrenalin pumping, I-can-do-it, this-is-MY-year determination, only to have your resolution deflate into little more than an adrenaline hangover and faint memory by mid-February?
When the next year rolls around, what do you do? Do you set a similar, yet slightly less audacious, resolution and deem it "more realistic"?
"This way," you say to yourself, "I'm not setting myself up for failure." Or, maybe you become a disgruntled New Year's humbug and decide to stop making resolutions all together!
Sometimes we actually convince ourselves that lowering our standards is an act of self-kindness! What tricksters we are!
This year, why not raise the bar on what's realistic? Why not set a goal for your powerful-beyond-measure-greater-than- you've-ever-imagined Self, and make the commitment? And why not start right now?
Dare to be nothing short of fabulous in 2006!
1. What's your New Year's resolution?
2. How does this resolution reflect the standards you've set for yourself?
3. In what ways would fulfilling your resolution impact your life?
4. Would sharing your resolution with someone who agrees to hold you accountable be helpful? If so, be specific in your request: for a month, a year, a lifetime?
Here's how hiring a coach can help....
As your Coach I will: * Challenge you to live your best life! * Help you clarify your goals! * Help bring awareness to your unique gifts and strengths! * Help you prioritize based on your Truths, not just your deadlines! * Encourage you! * Tell the truth about what I'm observing! * Celebrate your successes!
I wish you all a happy, healthy, loving, abundant Holiday Season & New Year!
Happy Anniversary!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC celebrates its 1-year anniversary on December 15th! A warm THANK YOU to each and every one of you for your support, guidance, well wishes, challenges, feedback, referrals, encouragement, and time. With tremendous gratitude and excitement about the year to come, Tara
Strengthening Your Personal Foundation: Women's Retreat Weekend
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Join us for a weekend focused on strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built upon...YOU!
February 17-19, 2006 @ Canonicus Camp & Conference Center, Exeter, RI
Strengthening your personal foundation is the first step in living a more authentic and fulfilling life. This retreat provides participants with the time, space and tools to clarify personal values, reconnect with heartfelt passions, and discover inborn gifts.
The beautiful outdoor setting at the Canoncius Camp & Conference Center offers the opportunity for a deeper connection with Spirit through nature. Canonicus provides comfortable accommodations, set on over 300 acres of forest and meadows, including a beautiful 20-acre lake. Group workshops, playful activities, and quiet time combine to make this experience the perfect opportunity for personal growth and revelation.
The principles and practices of life coaching guide the weekend activities, with influences from the work of several mind-body-spirit wisdom leaders, such as Louise Hay and Joan Borysenko. Spiritual connection from world religions also provides another avenue for inspiration during this retreat.
This all-inclusive retreat weekend offers: • Practical steps to recognize your values, gifts, and passions, and discover how to authentically share them with the world • Tools for making changes gracefully • Discerning how to live a more fulfilled life • Sharing stories and finding support in a community of women • Comfortable accommodations within a natural setting • Quiet time for introspection • And, of course, fun!
Interested in Registration? Simply send an email expressing interest, and I'll send you a registration form.
Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you new to coaching and would like to find out more? Learn how having your own personal coach could benefit you, your work, your life! To arrange for a FREE session, see contact info below.
Contact Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: tara@transitioncoachinginc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.transitioncoachinginc.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
November 13, 2005
Where do you look for what you want?
Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC Newsletter
Where do you look for what you want?
November 2005
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- Article: Where Are You Willing to Look?
-- Register for my 'Learning Connection' course!
-- February Retreat: "Strengthening Your Personal Foundation"
-- Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
There is a story of a man under a street lamp searching for something on all fours. A policeman passing by asked what he was doing. "Looking for my car keys," replied the man, who appeared slightly drunk. "Did you drop them here?" inquired the officer. "No," answered the man, "I dropped them in the alley." Seeing the policeman's baffled expression, the man hastened to explain, "But the light is much better here."
~ from "Nonviolent Communication" by, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Article: Where Are You Willing to Look?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When coaching a client who is really struggling with something, I might ask, "HOW WILLING ARE YOU TO DO WHAT'S EASY?"
Even the most challenging circumstances, more often than not, have simple solutions. So, why do we have such a strong tendency to let our EXTRAORDINARY CAPACITY TO COMPLICATE THINGS light our path instead of the simple solution?
I believe, it's because that's where the light of our perspective is shining. When we're struggling, it seems only logical that the solution must be at least, if not more, complicated than the challenge at hand. But this is micro-logic.
Finding the simple solution while we're "in it," can be very difficult. A coach can help by providing the objective perspective we often can't provide for ourselves...A coach will hold the vision of your big picture goals, and the vision of you at your best, while simultaneously helping you to sort through the challenging details...A coach will hold up a mirror so you can see your own solution.
An Excercise:
1. Bring to mind something that you are currently "looking for"...something you want for your life...something that currently feels out of reach.
2. Then, ask yourself, "Could the solution be as simple as looking, not necessarily where the light is good, but where I'm likely to find what I'm looking for???"
Register for my 'Learning Connection' course!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Your Entrepreneurial Fire! [Course #510101]
What are the traits of a successful entrepreneur? Are YOU an entrepreneur and looking to flourish? Assess your personal qualities and discover strategies to cultivate your entrepreneurial spirit! Gain an increased sense of personal clarity and determine your approach to aid in the success of your business.
Wednesday, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM; January 18, 2006 Cost $39, Member Cost $35, Materials Fee $5 Location: Providence - Learning Connection
Register online @ www.learnconnect.com
February Retreat: "Strengthening Your Personal Foundation"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are pleased to announce the dates of our next Women's Retreat: February 17-19, 2006.
What is your personal foundation made up of? How can you strengthen it to support the life you want? What are your unique talents, passions, and core motivations? How do you apply these to make graceful changes and live a more fulfilled life? Come spend a weekend strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built on...You!
*** THIS RETREAT IS GOING TO FILL UP FAST! If you'd like to be placed on our EARLY NOTIFICATION LIST, please send a blank email with "RETREAT PRIORITY REGISTRATION" in the subject header. This will entitle you to receive registration details and notification prior to the general public.
Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you new to coaching and want to experience what it's like? Contact me to arrange for a coaching session "on the house."
Contact Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: tara@transitioncoachinginc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.transitioncoachinginc.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Where do you look for what you want?
November 2005
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- Article: Where Are You Willing to Look?
-- Register for my 'Learning Connection' course!
-- February Retreat: "Strengthening Your Personal Foundation"
-- Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
There is a story of a man under a street lamp searching for something on all fours. A policeman passing by asked what he was doing. "Looking for my car keys," replied the man, who appeared slightly drunk. "Did you drop them here?" inquired the officer. "No," answered the man, "I dropped them in the alley." Seeing the policeman's baffled expression, the man hastened to explain, "But the light is much better here."
~ from "Nonviolent Communication" by, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Article: Where Are You Willing to Look?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When coaching a client who is really struggling with something, I might ask, "HOW WILLING ARE YOU TO DO WHAT'S EASY?"
Even the most challenging circumstances, more often than not, have simple solutions. So, why do we have such a strong tendency to let our EXTRAORDINARY CAPACITY TO COMPLICATE THINGS light our path instead of the simple solution?
I believe, it's because that's where the light of our perspective is shining. When we're struggling, it seems only logical that the solution must be at least, if not more, complicated than the challenge at hand. But this is micro-logic.
Finding the simple solution while we're "in it," can be very difficult. A coach can help by providing the objective perspective we often can't provide for ourselves...A coach will hold the vision of your big picture goals, and the vision of you at your best, while simultaneously helping you to sort through the challenging details...A coach will hold up a mirror so you can see your own solution.
An Excercise:
1. Bring to mind something that you are currently "looking for"...something you want for your life...something that currently feels out of reach.
2. Then, ask yourself, "Could the solution be as simple as looking, not necessarily where the light is good, but where I'm likely to find what I'm looking for???"
Register for my 'Learning Connection' course!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Light Your Entrepreneurial Fire! [Course #510101]
What are the traits of a successful entrepreneur? Are YOU an entrepreneur and looking to flourish? Assess your personal qualities and discover strategies to cultivate your entrepreneurial spirit! Gain an increased sense of personal clarity and determine your approach to aid in the success of your business.
Wednesday, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM; January 18, 2006 Cost $39, Member Cost $35, Materials Fee $5 Location: Providence - Learning Connection
Register online @ www.learnconnect.com
February Retreat: "Strengthening Your Personal Foundation"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are pleased to announce the dates of our next Women's Retreat: February 17-19, 2006.
What is your personal foundation made up of? How can you strengthen it to support the life you want? What are your unique talents, passions, and core motivations? How do you apply these to make graceful changes and live a more fulfilled life? Come spend a weekend strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built on...You!
*** THIS RETREAT IS GOING TO FILL UP FAST! If you'd like to be placed on our EARLY NOTIFICATION LIST, please send a blank email with "RETREAT PRIORITY REGISTRATION" in the subject header. This will entitle you to receive registration details and notification prior to the general public.
Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you new to coaching and want to experience what it's like? Contact me to arrange for a coaching session "on the house."
Contact Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: tara@transitioncoachinginc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
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October 19, 2005
Can You See In The Dark?
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Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC Newsletter
Can You See In The Dark?
October 2005
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in this issue
-- Can You See In The Dark?
-- Retreat Testimonials
-- Mark Your Calendar Now: February 17-19, 2006!
Can You See In The Dark?
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As most of you know, I, along with my two phenomenal colleagues, facilitated a women’s retreat over the Columbus Day weekend. One of the many activities we enjoyed was gathering around a campfire and sharing the story of what brought each of us to the retreat.
When we left the campfire, we walked back to our rooms in the dark. No lights shone the way, and the cloudy sky did not shed any starlight to help us home. It was dark. But, only moments later, we were walking with ease on the wooded path. I remarked at how well our eyes had adjusted to the dark. After another moment of contemplating the phenomenon, I corrected myself, saying, "actually, I guess our eyes adjusted to the light, not the dark" to which another summed it up with "Yeah, we can't see dark."
We can't see dark. Our eyes adjust to the light. Hmmm...
What if our attitude on life did this????
Retreat Testimonials
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The Women’s Discovery Weekend was a full-fledged success! The goal of helping women discover what is next in their lives and providing the tools to meet and support that challenge was achieved. Everyone, including the facilitators, walked away with a greater sense of self, a lightness in her step, and an empowered vision for the future.
See what our attendees had to say:
"Thanks to this experience, I am ready and equipped to take on the challenges I have set for myself. I have received the support and tools I need to succeed. And I will succeed. Thank you!"
"This was a rewarding, fulfilling and focused retreat run by great facilitators whose skills and areas of expertise compliment each other beautifully. I discovered things about myself that I was not aware of. I am leaving with a "Road Map" of where I want to go with my life and how I am going to get there."
"I have been thoroughly enriched by this experience."
"It was a wonderful sharing experience - touching and exhilarating. I feel calm, restored, and exhilarated at the same time."
Mark Your Calendar Now: February 17-19, 2006!
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We are pleased to announced the dates of our next Women's Retreat: February 17-19, 2006.
The topic is “Strengthening Your Personal Foundation.” What is your personal foundation? How can you strengthen it to support the life you want? What are your unique talents, passions, and core motivations? How do you apply these to make graceful changes and live a more fulfilled life? Come spend a weekend strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built on...You!
This retreat is going to fill up fast! If you'd like to be placed on our early notification list, please send a blank email with "Retreat Priority Registration" in the subject header. This will entitle you to receive registration details and notification prior to the general public.
PS - For those of you who are either ineligible or uninterested in attending retreats, fear not! Future newsletters will cover a variety of topics that no doubt, will hold your interest. Stay tuned...
Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC Newsletter
Can You See In The Dark?
October 2005
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- Can You See In The Dark?
-- Retreat Testimonials
-- Mark Your Calendar Now: February 17-19, 2006!
Can You See In The Dark?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As most of you know, I, along with my two phenomenal colleagues, facilitated a women’s retreat over the Columbus Day weekend. One of the many activities we enjoyed was gathering around a campfire and sharing the story of what brought each of us to the retreat.
When we left the campfire, we walked back to our rooms in the dark. No lights shone the way, and the cloudy sky did not shed any starlight to help us home. It was dark. But, only moments later, we were walking with ease on the wooded path. I remarked at how well our eyes had adjusted to the dark. After another moment of contemplating the phenomenon, I corrected myself, saying, "actually, I guess our eyes adjusted to the light, not the dark" to which another summed it up with "Yeah, we can't see dark."
We can't see dark. Our eyes adjust to the light. Hmmm...
What if our attitude on life did this????
Retreat Testimonials
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Women’s Discovery Weekend was a full-fledged success! The goal of helping women discover what is next in their lives and providing the tools to meet and support that challenge was achieved. Everyone, including the facilitators, walked away with a greater sense of self, a lightness in her step, and an empowered vision for the future.
See what our attendees had to say:
"Thanks to this experience, I am ready and equipped to take on the challenges I have set for myself. I have received the support and tools I need to succeed. And I will succeed. Thank you!"
"This was a rewarding, fulfilling and focused retreat run by great facilitators whose skills and areas of expertise compliment each other beautifully. I discovered things about myself that I was not aware of. I am leaving with a "Road Map" of where I want to go with my life and how I am going to get there."
"I have been thoroughly enriched by this experience."
"It was a wonderful sharing experience - touching and exhilarating. I feel calm, restored, and exhilarated at the same time."
Mark Your Calendar Now: February 17-19, 2006!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are pleased to announced the dates of our next Women's Retreat: February 17-19, 2006.
The topic is “Strengthening Your Personal Foundation.” What is your personal foundation? How can you strengthen it to support the life you want? What are your unique talents, passions, and core motivations? How do you apply these to make graceful changes and live a more fulfilled life? Come spend a weekend strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built on...You!
This retreat is going to fill up fast! If you'd like to be placed on our early notification list, please send a blank email with "Retreat Priority Registration" in the subject header. This will entitle you to receive registration details and notification prior to the general public.
PS - For those of you who are either ineligible or uninterested in attending retreats, fear not! Future newsletters will cover a variety of topics that no doubt, will hold your interest. Stay tuned...
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