"Clear Directions" Newsletter
The monthly online publication dedicated to educating and encouraging the Family Woman in Business to successfully choose and achieve career and personal goals

April 2007 | Volume 2 | Issue 4

Hiring your own coach is a reflection of your commitment to yourself and what you want in your life. It means you are ready to experience a different level of lifestyle and success, and that you are ready to make the changes in yourself that will support those goals. Coaching is an investment that can pay off for a lifetime.- Sonja Stringer

Hola Amigo!

We are home from vacation. Somewhat rested, fully dosed with sunshine’s vitamin D, NO tan (purposely), and lots of great memories. Here you see DB (Dearly Beloved) and I, looking like alien invaders, getting ready to set out on an ATV foray into the desert near San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. I kept my eyes peeled for snakes, but the machine made so much noise any self respecting reptile must have taken off for the hills long before we got near (whew!)

Now I don’t know what I ever did to “Montezuma”, but he felt he needed to take some “Revenge” on me and week two was marred with me having to be in bed and tended by a doctor for four days. Ugh. What made it bearable was the wonderful nursing of D.B. Those of you who have known me for a while are familiar with my life’s philosophy which is to “create value in all things”. So, while I lay there, building an intimate relationship with the one palm tree I could see through the window, I started on a list of values in this situation:

1. I was spending less money?…..umm….
2. I got less damaging exposure to the sun?...’k…..and…..umm…
3. I lost the two pounds I had gained in the first week?

Okay, I’m still working on it. My experience tells me that usually a period of time needs to pass before the real value becomes clear.

So I came home with two extra bags, one under each eye, and vowing to add a hot water bottle to my list of travel items for next time. When we asked ‘housekeeping’ for one, we got a thermal carafe of hot water!

In our last issue we touched on our Law of Attraction exercises with a Vision Board. For a refresher click here.

In today’s Feature Article we will take things a step further in order to ensure the accomplishment of your goals!

In this Issue:

Welcoming words

Fill ‘er Up at “The Gym”

Coffee with a Coach is coming!

Feature Article

Your Coach

Closing Comment

Enjoy this month’s read!

Here’s to your Clear Sailing!

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FILL ’ER UP AT “THE GYM”

Are you are a working cyclone, caught up in the overwhelm of trying to balance work life and home life. There is just never enough time! Is it costing you your relationships in both home and work? Your partner/spouse and you are more distant, no time for each other, you worry about the kids, and your job/business, there seems to be no solution.

The birthdays are coming faster and faster, time is racing along. And you think, “Here I am getting older faster and I’m wondering is this all there is? Before I know it, I’ll be in my late years and thinking all I did was race from one place to another, one project to another. I want more with my life, but I don’t know how to get it.”

What if you were able to find that solution? Just sit with that for a moment and feel what that would be like. What will happen if you don’t find a solution? Sit with the feelings of that for a moment too. Which would you choose?

Imagine no longer feeling alone, that you have a Coach and a team of compatriots to support, educate and encourage you on a consistent basis? Suddenly things are so clear and you finally feel in control. And it’s much more simple and easy than you thought? How does that feel? How will it feel if you don’t do it? How much would that be worth to you?

Your environment is disorganized, seems chaotic and it is being reflected in your business and family life. What if you had help on a regular, consistent basis to guide you to fixing this challenge one step at a time until you have lasting results? Picture your surroundings at home and at work neat, tidy, clean and everything you need is right where it is supposed to be! How does that feel? How will it feel if you don’t do it? What is it worth to you?

Join me and other Family Women in Business at the

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Join with other members for a monthly Telephone Conference featuring coaching, Q&A, open discussions, guest speakers, education, etc.

Touch-of-a-button assistance to keep you steady and focused on the “Balance Beam” between work and home life

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NEW “COFFEE WITH A COACH”

Do you often feel that you are struggling alone?

Could you take a guess at how many challenges family women in business have in common?

Do you work at home and feel starved for social interaction with another person?

Remember a time when you felt so much better after getting together for coffee with a girlfriend or two and just chatting for a while?

Do you even have time for coffee with a girlfriend anymore?!

Well, I have a solution!

Very soon I will be launching

Tuesday’s Coffee with a Coach

This is a F*R*E*E opportunity exclusively for subscribers to this ezine to attend weekly telephone group round table discussions expressly targeted to the Family Woman in Business.

There is absolutely no charge, this is my gift to you. Your only expense will be long distance fees. I suggest shopping for a good long distance package or calling card. My card gives me 1000 minutes for only $20!

Get ready to have your mind tickled, your emotions stirred, your senses roused and Experience the Energy!

More details will be forthcoming as I move closer to launch within the next month.

FEATURE ARTICLE

The Incredible Power of Written Words

In our last issue we took on the fun and rewarding task of putting a Vision Board together. Is yours in a conspicuous place where you can gaze at it and dream your dreams? I hope so.

It is known that we create what we want in three steps: Ask, Believe, Receive
The Vision Board is one way you learn to ask for what you want. It helps you get very clear about what it is you want.

Now you just need to believe that what you want is yours!

It’s important to realize that your brain, from the moment of birth, has actually been programmed to have certain beliefs, usually inherited or instilled by well meaning people who wanted to protect you from disappointments or injury. All of these beliefs have brought you to this point in your life. If you are not happy with where you are right now, this is an indication that your beliefs need to be changed. To do this you need to build some new neurotransmitters in your brain.

This really is actually based on science! Everything is ENERGY. Thought is the most potent form of energy. All thought is in a constant state of vibration. All of these vibrations have a certain frequency and all we need to do is align our thoughts with the desired frequency in order to attract what we want! You have the power to choose those thoughts.

So let’s take this a step at a time.

For each picture of your desires that you have on your Vision Board, formulate words to describe it and write them down. ie:

“I’m enjoying eating the delicious foods compatible with my best health”, or

“I’m feeling fabulous at ___ pounds”, or

“I’m earning more than ___dollars every month selling my/working at my____”, or

“I’m feeling the warm, moist ocean breeze on my face while standing on the deck of my brand new sailboat”.

Use very descriptive “feeling” language.
Ensure that the sentence is worded in the present tense. In other words stay away from phrases like “ I will…” or I want….”, these keep you in a state of “willing” and “wanting” instead of ‘having’. Avoid words such as “lose weight” or “debt” for those will become the focus and you don’t want to focus on loss or debt. Instead, use a phrase such as “I feel full of good health and energy at ___ pounds”, “I have ____dollars in my investments that are earning ___% interest”.

This will become YOUR LIST. Let’s begin building those new neurotransmitters of ‘belief’, new programming for your brain. To do this you will need to write this list every day. In the beginning these sentences will feel very awkward and your brain will try to sabotage you with thoughts like “This is stupid, I don’t weigh ___pounds, how on earth am I ever going to own a sailboat, but I don’t like the foods I have to eat to lose weight, etc. etc..” Just brush those thoughts aside and continue your daily writing.

Within 26 to 32 days you will start to feel differently, you will find that you have almost memorized the list, you will be perhaps astonished to find that some of the statements you are writing are actually happening!

There is one rule. You cannot skip of day of writing your list. If you do, when you begin again, it will be as if you are starting at day one again.

I just have to slip in one more rule. Be centered in gratitude for all the things that you currently have in your life. This is part of step three, the receiving part.

Okay. Now you have your Vision Board, your daily statements of ‘wants’ and you are grateful for the life and the things you have.

Okay, I promise this is the last rule….begin acting, speaking and thinking as though you have already received what you have asked for! Remember, everything is energy and when you begin to emit the frequency of having already received, the Law of Attraction will begin to move the people, circumstances and events for you to receive. Leave the “how” up to the Universe.

Today’s Assignment. Action follows thought. Look at your Vision Board and dream, dream, dream. Your mind thinks in pictures, not words. Allow yourself to become immersed in the wonderful feelings of living your dreams. Once again, the feelings put you on the frequency of attraction.

Now look at your written list and for each statement write down one action step you can take to begin to put the wheels in motion toward the achievement of that desire. It doesn’t have to be a big thing. Even a small baby step starts your journey. Remember, you are aligning actions with thoughts so they are on the same frequency. You are in harmony with the Law of Attraction.

Anytime you experience frustration with any of the above, realize that it is caused by your old programming that is just attempting to push you back into old behaviours. Stay on your new path. Man walked on the moon because he believed he could, even when to many it was believed as impossible!

“To believe in the things you can see and can touch is no belief at all, but to believe in the unseen is both a triumph and a blessing”. – Abraham Lincoln

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Lynn Moore is a Life Clarity Coach whose specialized niche is helping the Family Woman in Business to set and achieve her goals successfully. Lynn has a unique ability to see the bottom line and see it quickly helping you find your hidden solutions. She is an encouraging, straight talking coach, full of heart and humour with only the best outcome in mind for her clients. Lynn can be reached at lynn@cleargoalscoaching.com and you can visit her website at www.ClearGoalsCoaching.com

YOUR COACH

Lynn Moore helps family women in business strive for clarity, harmony and confidence through the setting and achieving of home and career goals.

Imagine…having time, being organized, enjoying family, a passion for work, a loving relationship, a growing business, glorious self time…you can have it all!

Visit www.ClearGoalsCoaching.com to learn more

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IN CLOSING

The House of 1000 Mirrors

Long ago in a small, far away village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the house, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?