Date: January 22, 2009
Volume: 1
Issue: 02
In This Issue:
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A Note From Sheila
Hello!
Just before the end of the year, I invited the Freedom to Dream community to share three pieces of information with me, including a description of their dream life, the top three obstacles preventing them from living their dream life, and their two most important goals for 2009.
Thank you to all of you who sent in responses. I was touched by the lovely descriptions of your dreams, moved by the obstacles you are struggling with, and inspired by the goals you have set for yourselves this year.
Here are the top five responses in each category:
Dream Life: 1) Financial abundance, 2) Ability to help others, 3) Loving romantic relationship, 4) Good health for self & loved ones, and 5) Close relationships/time with family
Obstacles: 1) Lack of money, 2) Lack of belief in one’s self, 3) Poor health, 4) Fear, and 5) Not enough time
Goals for 2009: 1) Financial stability, 2) Self employment, 3) Health, 4) Create/improve loving relationship, 5) Improve self confidence/change limiting beliefs
The good news is that simply by taking the time to reflect on these items and write down what is in your heart of hearts, you have begun to bring your dream into existence. The even better news is that I am committed to providing you with the tools and support you need to live your dream life, overcome your obstacles and achieve your goals. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements in the coming weeks. You’ll love what I’m cooking up!
A great place to start the journey to your dream life is with the human spirit. So that is what we’re going to focus on for this issue – the human spirit, its strength and the difference we can make when we join with others.
Read my article to be reminded of the strength of the human spirit and commit to ways to care for and nurture your own. Then check out my recommendation. Ten Million Clicks for Peace is an incredible project for peace that enables each of us to make a difference by increasing our own personal peace and peace throughout the world.
Here`s wishing you peace, joy and the freedom to dream.
Warmly,
Sheila Betker
P.S.
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P.P.S.
I love hearing from you. Whenever you have questions, comment or requests regarding this ezine, please don’t hesitate to contact me at Sheila@freedom-to-dream.com
Announcements
Make 2009 your most successful year yet!
We are now accepting applications for the Success Strategies for Writers coaching program and the seats are filling up fast.
Have you ever wished you had a writing coach—someone you could talk to about your writing goals, someone who would mentor you, help you stick to deadlines, and give you a gentle push whenever you felt creatively blocked or unmotivated?
Better yet, wouldn’t it be great to learn how to become your own writing coach? To set your own goals, meet your own deadlines, and be your own mentor? In a creative profession, like writing, you have to stay not only focused but also inspired!
That’s why I’m so thrilled that Mary Anne Hahn of WriteSuccess.com and I are partnering to offer a one-of-a-kind coaching program designed for writers.
Success Strategies for Writers is the coaching and mentoring program designed specifically for writers who yearn for successful writing careers. In this 6-month coaching program, you learn how to practice concrete writing and personal management strategies that catapult you to incredible heights in your writing career.
Participants benefit from Mary Anne's years of writing and editing experience as well as my coaching expertise. It's a double dose of success support!
For all of the details, go to: Success Strategies for Writers.
Act fast as the program is limited to 20 participants and begins soon.
Featured Article
The Strength of the Human Spirit
Each of us could look at our own lives or the lives of people we know and identify times of crisis and sorrow. You can look through history and find periods of great strife and injustice. Just as readily, you can think of instances where people have persevered and survived the harshest of conditions. You are touched by those who have endured catastrophic life experiences and emerged stronger, with grace and humility.
When you ask these survivors, “What got you through your crisis?” the responses are similar. One by one, they describe inner resources that enabled them to survive. Brian Luke Seaward, author of Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water, calls those qualities “the muscles of the soul.” Courage, faith, humour, patience, compassion, imagination, humbleness, forgiveness, intuition, creativity, optimism, honesty, and love.
The human spirit has incredible strength. But like any living entity, it needs to be cared for and nurtured. It is in exercising the muscles of the soul that the health of the human spirit is maintained. And the fitness of the spirit is vital to our very existence.
Following are seven suggestions Seaward offers to enhance the health and strength of the human spirit.
1. The Art of Self-renewal
Self-renewal is a continual process. Typically it begins with a centering process, going within to calm and replenish. It requires dedicating time to reconnect with your inner peace and strength on a regular basis. Mediation, conscious breathing, visualization are excellent tools for self-renewal.
2. The Practice of Sacred Rituals
Every culture through time has practiced sacred rituals. We establish habits and customs to remind ourselves that life is sacred and we are a part of that sacredness. Special readings or prayers, witnessing the beauty of nature, sharing our blessings with others, giving thanks—all serve as a reminder that we are connected to something greater, something divine.
3. Sweet Forgiveness
Every act of forgiveness is an act of unconditional love—for others and for yourself. For forgiveness to be unconditional, you must be willing to let go of all feelings of anger and resentment. When you forgive others, you forgive yourself. You set yourself free to love and live unfettered.
4. Embrace the Shadow
Each of us has an inner shadow where negative, judgmental thoughts and feelings originate. Embracing the shadow means to acknowledge that part of yourself, and greet it with acceptance and compassion. Just as you strive to have patience and understanding for others, you must show that to yourself.
5. Keep the Faith
To keep the faith is to believe in the divine when there seems to be no evidence or even counter-evidence before you. If you honour and exercise your faith during times of abundance and peace, it will be strong for you when you face times of turbulence and challenge. Faith helps you remember that “We are given no task too great to bear.”
6. Live Your Joy
Living your joy is seeking and appreciating life’s beautiful side. When you practice the habit of looking for reasons to be joyful, you get very good at finding them. Living your joy reminds you to live in the present moment, to drink in the miracles all around you.
7. Compassion in Action
Compassion in action can be explained in one word—service. Service offers a dividend of love to all parties involved. When we do for others in a spirit of sincerity and kindness, we fulfill our purpose, our role in the web of humanity. And we, as well as others, are richer for it.
We have been given a wondrous gift in the human spirit. Like any precious gift, it must be cared for and nurtured. When you do that with grace and gratitude, your spirit will carry you through joy and sorrow, through peace and turmoil. And always it will be there as an unwavering source of strength for you.
I invite you to share what impact doing the activity had on you. To join the discussion, reply to this email or visit my blog.
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Sheila Recommends
The 11 Forgotten Laws by Bob Proctor and Mary Morrissey
Every since watching the movie, The Secret, two years ago, I’ve been reading and learning everything I can about the Law of Attraction. The teachings of the Law include age-old wisdom that really resonates with me. However, the more I learned, the more I realized I was just scratching the surface of the topic.
Like me, without even realizing it, you may have only one small part of the truth about the Law of Attraction, thinking it’s the whole truth. The unfortunate side effect of this is that when you try to apply the Law of Attraction, you have little or no success, so you dismiss the Law entirely.
Please remember this point: If you get half-truths, you will only get half the benefits. Or worst, you might get NO results at all!
You need the Law of Attraction and, even more importantly, you need to know there are actually 11 additional laws!
Things like the Law of Forgiveness, which contains a mental trick that transforms debt into abundance—nearly overnight. Or the incredible Law of Increase, where you’ll discover the shortest route to tap into higher consciousness and pinpoint accurate answers for all your most pressing questions.
Plus Bob Proctor and Mary Morrissey share new breakthrough teachings of the Law of Attraction seldom taught. For example, did you know that in order to exponentially amplify your odds in successfully attracting the things you want, you need to be in a highly specific mental state? And all it takes is just one small subtle tweak.
The great news is that you are just moments away from discovering the 11 Forgotten Laws that makes the law of attraction an unbreakable force. Thanks to Bob Proctor and Mary Morrissey, for the first time ever, these 11 laws are available to you.
Mastering these laws is the difference between surviving and thriving – getting by and getting rich. Use them to achieve your dearest goals.
Read about this incredible opportunity and sign up to learn all twelve universal laws (The Law of Attraction plus the other 11 laws) here:
A Few of My Favourite Things
Here are some resources I just love.
Wonderful Web Women – Janet Beckers, founder of Wonderful Web Women, is on a mission to find the most successful women on the Internet, learn their secrets, and share those lessons with you. Janet has created an international community of thousands of women who help each other create their own success on-line. You will quickly see that this is one of the most generous programs available on the internet. My monthly membership fee is the one of the best investments I'm making in my company and me.
The Energetic Edge – Your environment could be sabotaging you and your success right now, and you wouldn't even know it. The Energetic Edge helps you understand why and gives you simple-to-implement Feng Shui strategies to improve the energy and dramatically increase your business success. I’ve had the pleasure of reading The Energetic Edge and can tell you first hand it is full of valuable strategies and suggestions. After implementing several of Linda’s suggestions, I can say with all confidence – you want to read this book and implement these strategies. Here’s to your success!
Life Transformation Tools – Do you have big dreams and are tired of taking two steps forward and three steps back...or no steps at all? Imagine being able to clear the beliefs, the fears and the patterns that stand in the way of feeling free, happy, joyful and completely alive. Stacey Mayo, the creator of the Life Transformation Tools program, is an incredibly knowledgeable and genuine coach and person. I am 11 months into the 12-month program and I highly recommend it. The tools that Stacey has shared have helped me over come fear, make significant progress in my business and improve my physical health, to mention just a few of the benefits I have personally received.
The Barefoot Executive – As "The Barefoot Executive," Carrie Wilkerson and her network of experts have become the definitive resource for helping women achieve extra income and career goals while working from home. They provide resources, advice, shortcuts and support for women who are on this journey alongside you! Their forum is a non-threatening place to connect with other like-minded women! Ask questions! Share wisdom! LEARN from their experts and each other! I know you will love and appreciate Carrie's exuberance and expertise.
Life Design Strategies – Life Design Strategies works with creative, self-employed women who want to boost their bottom line. Vicky White, the founder of Life Design Strategies, has helped hundreds of women to fully embrace their creativity and find increased prosperity in their businesses while feeling more fulfilled, whole and passionate doing what they love. If you long to find your creative voice again, and do what you're here to do, check out the excellent resources at Life Designs. I have worked with Vicky as a peer and as her client and I can attest to her knowledge, compassion and grace.
About Sheila
Sheila Betker is founder of Freedom to Dream, a company dedicated to connecting women with their true life's purpose and helping them build the life of their dreams.
Sheila brings energy, experience and expertise to her coaching, writing and workshops. With over 15 years of experience in the personal development and organizational development fields, she has helped people as they explore career paths, enhance their personal excellence, and achieve their dreams.
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