Create Your Life! is devoted to and specializes in dream fulfillment. We know first-hand that pursuing a dream can sometimes be scary, but believe that not pursuing a dream carries even greater risk. We help unlock your inner voice, unleash your unique gifts, and unveil your dreams, one step at a time.
10 Reasons to Reserve Your Tickets Now:
1. On-site Dream Realization Team: talented, creative, inspiring experts there to serve you and your dreams!
2. An interactive Time Machine that's a must see!
3. The essentials of a good party await you: finger food, bar, music, and interesting people!
4. You never know who you'll meet!
5. It's an event like no other that will be talked about all year!
6. A safe place to dream and connect with the dormant dreamer within you!
7. The opportunity to release limiting beliefs!
8. A fun celebration in honor of Spring and planting seeds for your future!
9. A hand-crafted Footbridge to the Future! (courtesy of Heritage Restoration)
10. Space is limited & a close to accurate head count is crucial in order to serve you best! (Finger food will be provided, but without an accurate head count, food might be sparse.)
(Order Your Tickets through Art Tix)
Visit our Booth on April 29: Love, Light, & Laughter
Visit the Create Your Life! booth at 'Love, Light, and Laughter' on April 29, 2007 where you'll:
-- Find Dream Team literature and contact info
-- Have the opportunity to purchase Dream Party™ tickets
-- Get information about our August 3-5, 2007 Women's Retreat
-- Enter to win a $100 Create Your Life! gift certificate
-- Schedule a Complimentary Coaching Session, and
-- Learn about other upcoming Create Your Life! workshops
"Let's Do Lunch" on April 30
I'm excited and honored to be the 1st guest on The Sassy Ladies FREE "Let's Do Lunch" teleconference series! Join me and Sassy Wendy Hanson as we lead a discussion about "Staying Open: Dreams Realized through the Next Right Action". Call in on your lunch break to join the fun! Monday, April 30, 2007 12:00 -12:30PM/EST.
Register for this FREE teleconference at thesassyladies.com
The Dream Party™:What to Wear
Dressing the Part of Your Future Self is Strongly Encouraged!
Share your dream with others through props and creative outfits! Though not required, why not dress up? It's fun...it's a great conversation opener...and, as those of you applying The Secret know, the intention behind a "future you" costume is an opportunity to engage and attract your dreams!
If, for example, in 2012 you want...
To be a restaurant owner, wear a chef's cap.
To be retired and golf everyday, dress like a golfer.
To own a beach house, wear a sunhat, sunglasses, and sandals.
To be a marathon runner, pin a number to your running clothes.
To be a philanthropist, dress like one, (and bring your checkbook!)
To be an actor, dress the part of your dream role.
April 24, 2007
April 03, 2007
4 Steps to Awaken Your Dreams
4 Steps to Awaken Your Dreams
As Published in aspire...Magazine
April 2007
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In This Issue
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* Visit Our Booth on April 29
* Article: 4 Steps To Awaken Your Dreams
* View 2011 Party Photos!
* Your Recommendation is Needed
* Reserve Your Tickets
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Dream Party Sponsors
aspire... Magazine - www.aspiremag.net
The Sassy Ladies - www.thesassyladies.com
Groove Paradise Productions - www.grooveparadise.com
Stacey Doyle Photography - www.staceydoylephotography.com
Dare Devil Studios - www.daredevilstudios.com
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Is Your Dream Dormant?
If you know what you want your life to be like in 5
years, great! But, be assured that you do not need
to know what your dreams are in order to attend this
unique event. This 2012 Party in 2007 is an
opportunity to awaken the dormant dreamer within!
Sleeping dreamers awaken!
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* Visit Our Booth on April 29
Come visit the Create Your Life! booth at Love, Light, and Laughter on April 29, 2007 where you'll:
* Find Dream Team literature and contact info
* Have the opportunity to purchase Dream Party tickets
* Get information about our August 3-5, 2007 Women's Retreat
* Enter to win $100 Create Your Life! gift certificate
* Schedule a Complimentary Coaching Session, and
* Learn about other upcoming Create Your Life! workshops
Love, Light, and Laughter - www.lovelightlaughter.net
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* Article: 4 Steps To Awaken Your Dreams
Act 1 – (January, 2002)
Curtain comes up on woman who: hates her job, (correction: jobs), is buried in debt, has low credit scores, lives in a basement apartment (this, ironically, is one of the few things she is proud of), has a tumultuous love life, and is deep in the throws of therapy working on strained family dynamics that run painfully deep. This woman has dreams of having her own business, doing work she loves, owning her own home, healing life-long wounds, and finding love. She’s ready for
change and willing to do whatever it takes to make her dreams become reality!
Act 2 – (January, 2007)
Curtain comes up revealing the same woman, now with a mysterious twinkle in her eye and a glow that seems to emanate from her core. This is a woman who: independently owns two rental properties (with skylights), has wonderful tenants, great credit, a restored connection with her family, is married to her soul mate, lives on 35 acres within walking distance of the ocean, and has a business of her own, doing what she loves...coaching people toward living their dreams. She knows the beauty of dreaming and what it takes to make those dreams come true—that’s what she’s all about!
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Welcome to my life! I’m living proof that 5 years is enough time to make significant life changes.
I want this for you! For everyone!
How would you like your story to go? What script would you write for your life five years from now? What’s YOUR dream?
It takes real bravery to admit that you’re afraid, and pursuing a dream can be very scary! I meet and talk to people every day who express fears about sharing their dreams, dreams that hide just beneath the surface. Many report having historically shared their dreams only to find little support or encouragement, much less celebration! Sharing a dream can certainly
be risky. Yet, a question to consider is, what’s at risk when our dreams remain a secret, something locked away, deep within us?
I, personally, love the way dreams are fueled by a strange desire often difficult to explain. I love the contemplative stages: 1) recognizing a desire for something currently out of reach; 2) wondering if you’re capable of making it happen, 3) debating
yourself on whether to pursue this desire/dream or remain in the safety of wonder. Let me assure you that in pursuing my dreams, I am not without waves of terror! But I know that overcoming fear makes the fruition of a dream that much sweeter.
Here are 4 powerful steps that have helped me and others to connect with the dormant dreamer within, and begin to take pro-active steps towards making dreams real.
1. Get honest with your self. We’re all in a constant process of creating and re-creating our lives, whether actively or passively. Are your actions creating the life you want in this very moment? If not, it’s time to make new choices.
2. Allow yourself to confront your fears and explore. What’s the worst-case scenario? What’s the likelihood of this scenario happening? Pinpoint what you are really afraid of. What might be the cost of going for your dream? Then ask yourself, how does that compare with the cost of not pursuing your dream? Keep in mind that costs are not just monetary. Consider the cost of your happiness and how that will impact all areas of your life.
3. Look ahead. Five years from now, how will you feel if you still haven’t taken action on pursuing your dreams? Five years from now, how will you feel when you look back and celebrate the decision you made five years prior? Five years from now, what will have been the best decision?
4. Take a step. Decide what pro-active steps you can begin to take towards your deepest desires and give yourself a deadline. And lastly, decide when you will begin to take these pro-active steps towards your deepest desire. When is NOW going to be the "right" time?
May all your dreams come true!
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* View 2011 Party Photos!
To see fun photos from last year's Dream Party, visit Stacey Doyle Photography Online Gallery, and at the prompt enter ID:
2011Party.
Stacey Doyle Photography - www.staceydoylephotography.com
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* Your Recommendation is Needed
Do you know a Travel Agent? I am in search of an enthusiastic Travel Agent to highlight at this year's Dream Party. If someone you know comes to mind, please let me know!
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* Reserve Your Tickets
Farewell for now dreamers, whether fast asleep or fully awake. But first, I leave you with this bit of Gloria Steinem wisdom to chew on: "If what's in your dreams wasn't already real inside you, you couldn't even dream it."
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Most sincerely,
Tara Gross, Founder & President
Create Your Life!, LLC & The Dream Party™
email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401-569-7017
web:http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
March 28, 2007
The Dream Party(TM) - Tix on Sale Now!
February 2007 Newsletter
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The Dream Party™ --- buy tix now!
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"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." ~ Einstein
The Dream Party™ is an event you won't want to miss!
Come Experience:
* An "outside the box" opportunity for networking
* An on-site Dream Realization Team
* Support & encouragement for your dream
* Time to connect with local experts
* An interactive time machine
* A 'should' and 'impossible' shredding station
* Future name tag creation station
* Finger food, beverages, music and MORE!!
* Buy Now through Art TIx! http://www.arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1203
Create Your Life!, LLC Announces the Second Annual Dream Party in Providence, RI
Back by popular demand, the second annual Dream Party™ will be held at the Hi-Hat in Providence, RI on May 17th. The Dream Party™ is a rare opportunity to spend an evening focused on dreams for your future. Come connect not only with others, but also the dormant dreamer within you. Dreams of becoming a business owner, finding true love, owning a new home, or traveling the world can come true with a little inspiration and support. Don’t miss this fun-filled event where you’ll be inspired to dream BIG and take action towards making your dreams come true! (more...)
Read more... http://www.arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1203
Sponsored by: aspire...Magazine
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401-569-7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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The Dream Party™ --- buy tix now!
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"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." ~ Einstein
The Dream Party™ is an event you won't want to miss!
Come Experience:
* An "outside the box" opportunity for networking
* An on-site Dream Realization Team
* Support & encouragement for your dream
* Time to connect with local experts
* An interactive time machine
* A 'should' and 'impossible' shredding station
* Future name tag creation station
* Finger food, beverages, music and MORE!!
* Buy Now through Art TIx! http://www.arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1203
Create Your Life!, LLC Announces the Second Annual Dream Party in Providence, RI
Back by popular demand, the second annual Dream Party™ will be held at the Hi-Hat in Providence, RI on May 17th. The Dream Party™ is a rare opportunity to spend an evening focused on dreams for your future. Come connect not only with others, but also the dormant dreamer within you. Dreams of becoming a business owner, finding true love, owning a new home, or traveling the world can come true with a little inspiration and support. Don’t miss this fun-filled event where you’ll be inspired to dream BIG and take action towards making your dreams come true! (more...)
Read more... http://www.arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1203
Sponsored by: aspire...Magazine
Contact Information
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email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401-569-7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
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Kick Up Your Heels! Women's Retreat Weekend
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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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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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
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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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
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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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: tara@createyourlifeinc.com
phone: 401-569-7017
web: http://www.createyourlifeinc.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why I'm Excited...
March 2007
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
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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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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