Special Thank You – to my friend Liz Lynch for this Guest Post about the power of partnering!

While many of us who start our own businesses or who become solo professionals value our independence, we quickly find more value in having people at our side to give us extra strength, visibility and insight in the market. And so we get out there both in person and online to network and build relationships.

It’s great to meet new people and learn what they do, and it’s even more exciting when you can find a great deal of synergy between your goals and theirs. This is when you can start to explore referral partnerships or strategic alliances.

These are collaborations you can create with other entrepreneurs, professional service providers or small businesses owners that can open up a whole pipeline of new business for the both of you and strengthen your respective brands.

Partners can help you:

Build more customer trust and loyalty. The more resources you are able to share, the more completely you can serve your market. This will help you be seen as a go-to resource and allow you to transition from mere service provider to trusted advisor.

Break into new markets more easily. Building awareness of your products and services in a new market takes time and money, but you can shortcut some of the process by leveraging the trust and credibility of your referral partner. If you provide copywriting services for financial advisory firms, for example, you can offer the same services to insurance agents by partnering with someone who already serves that market but with a non-competitive offering.

Get a new perspective. If you have trouble navigating your new client’s bureaucracy, or just want to bounce ideas off of someone who knows the players, you can turn to your referral partner for important insight and feedback.

Become a stronger competitor. You can take the referral relationship a step further by partnering to create a bundled solution for your market. By connecting your products or services together, you can provide a more complete answer to your target market’s needs, saving them time and energy in gathering all the elements themselves, and giving you an edge over competitors who offer just one piece of the puzzle.

Allow you to think big. Sometimes you don’t see the full potential of what you can create in your business until you see what others are doing, how you overlap, what their strengths are, and where you can take the relationship further. That’s when the fun really begins. In working together, you might discover new products to create or new expansion opportunities that you would never have thought of tackling on your own.

Partnerships are most powerful when all the parties benefit. It’s about being open and sharing, and knowing that when we help others, we also help ourselves. For a great example of this, visit www.SmartNetworkingNow.com to see the power of partnerships in action.

When you’re there, you can learn more about Liz Lynch and her book “Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online” – a must read for anybody looking to build relationships authentically and strategically – and sign up to receive a gift package of Liz’s 11 Smart Networking Tips and additional bonus gifts from her partners (including yours truly!).

Tried to upload Day 16 video THREE times – ok!  I won’t push the river – it was a little shot of what I had packed for my road trip to Phoenix – my protein powder, paleo fiber, supplements etc. — Letting it go – if I can upload it later and get the thing to work for me I’ll edit this post and include it later!

So on to day 17 – had lunch with the lovely Lisa Cherney and the Magnificent Michele PW!  We enjoyed getting time together at the Evolve Live event where we were all speaking to the group that was gathered- here we are after lunch talking about dessert and Lisa’s success on JJ’s program!

 

 

Day 18 – ready and waiting to go on stage to speak – energized and grounded because I’m supporting my physical body with proper nutrition, exercise and rest on the advice of JJ Virgin! (slightly challenged with being able to make good healthy choices eating on the road….)

 

 

On Friday, December 11, 2009, at 4 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. Pacific, I’ll be interviewing special guest and friend, Sheila Finkelstein.  A prolific photographer and brilliant artist, Sheila is the creator of Picture to Ponder, a weekly Photo E-zine to Inspire and Transform.

We’ll be discussing the energy of giving the gift of original art as a gift for the holidays — or maybe even a course in learning HOW to create your own!  Sheila is an inspiring teacher and has brought many of her students to the gifts of creative self expression.  Sheila has several websites of her own where she shares her creativity with others.  To learn more about her and her work, please visit …

http://www.sheilafinkelstein.com
http://www.picturetoponder.com
http://www.pointandshootphotocourses.com
http://www.naturesplayground.com
http://www.bananaskydvd.com
http://www.cafepress.com/natureart

Blazing Forth the Light Radio with Host Amethyst Wyldfyre
Friday, Dec 11, 2009 4 p.m. Eastern
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Extending Gratitude! Join me and Deremiah*CPE as we kick off 100 Days of Gratitude Challenge Show! Nov 27th at 3:00 p.m. Eastern.  To hear the show or join us on line, visit http://budurl.com/Nov27

In the SPIRIT of Thanksgiving I’ll be sharing my gratitude for all of the many gifts in my life and inviting you to do the same along with my VERY SPECIAL GUEST – Mr. Babushka Happy Himself – Deremiah*CPE – http://bebabushkahappy.blogspot.com A Nightingale Conant Acres of Diamonds Award winning speaker – Deremiah is on a MISSION – I met him first on the Hurricane of Gratitude group on Facebook so it’s appropriate that we’ll be launching this challenge together! I’m also planning to experiment with opening the lines to take some callers to share their own expressions of gratitude too! Together we’ll be starting the 100 Days of Gratitude Challenge so listen in to the show to join us and spread the gratitude vibe!

Blazing Forth the Light Radio with Host Amethyst Wyldfyre
Friday, Nov 27, 2009 3 p.m. Eastern
http://budurl.com/Nov27

Lot’s of Food info in these days -(first video I mention that it’s day 12 but it’s really day 13 – I got a little confused about my days!! Ended up making 2 videos for Day 13 – but they go together – kind of like “spaghetti”  and “sauce”!!

Starting with Day 13 – I tried something I’d never made before – I cooked Spaghetti Squash – paired it with sauce from a recipe that JJ provided in her Weightloss Resisitance Guidebook as part of the FAST Track to Fitness…..

Day 14 was all about Ritual and Ceremony – enjoying lunch – creating a sacred space for myself to eat and be mindful….


Day 15 – ON THE HUNT for HIGH FRUCTOSE Corn Syrup – a BIG TOSS IT on JJ’s plan – she has a huge  Toss It list that she provided along with a great STOCK IT list too – made it really easy to cleanse the fridge and refill it with foods that will support the fitness goals.

 

Days 16-18 coming right up!! (Got a little behind with traveling) Let me know if you are enjoying this expose’ of my progress through JJ’s program!

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve just returned from a magnificent journey to Phoenix for the EVOLVE Live Event that was created and dreamed into being by Marcia Bench of  Purposeful Entrepreneur.   The gathering of purpose based entrepreneurs in varying stages business creation and operation combined with the energies of the amazing location served to create a magical and alchemical crucible for some profound shifts for all of the participants – presenters included!

Marcia onstage with some of her Success Story Clients (And a BUNCH Of Orbs!)

The Buttes Marriott Resort in Tempe was the setting for our work – nestled into the heart of a butte – the hotel was just extraordinary and truly deserving of it’s 5 star status.  The service by the hotel staff was nothing short of perfection – every detail was attended to with open hearted enthusiasm and a desire to serve.

Our first day was dedicated to personal evolution.  The event was off to an interesting and energy shifting start with the opening of sacred space which I facilitated and which I’m sure was something of a surprise for the attendees what with my rattling and spraying camay all over the room to each of the directions, Mama Earth and Father Sky.  Then we were treated to the musical talents of the spiritually gifted singer songwriter Charlie Thweatt who was accompanied on one song by Marcia herself.  The day proceeded into a series of explorations for the attendees around those stories stored in their bodies that were keeping them from moving forward in their business or life that were facilitated by Dr. Kirk Prine and his partner Donny Lobree

We closed the day out with an evening Despacho ceremony that I had the honor of leading/facilitating which powerfully wove energetic threads of connection between the group and the Earth upon which we were working.  Each attendee was presented with an autumn leaf, a seed, a flower and a branch of evergreen – the leaf symbolizing that which is dying within them or their business, the seed representing that which is unborn and waiting to germinate, the flower representing the beauty and fragrance already created and needing to be acknowledged and celebrated and finally the evergreen to represent that which is eternal.    All the participants prayed into each of their offerings, using the breath to transmit their intentions and the offerings were laid over a circle of sacred sage for purification and then all tied together in a plain paper bundle.   Everyone was cleansed with the bundle and then we were treated to a bedtime story – The Waif Bunny read to us by the author Donny Lobree.

Lovely Lisa!! What a Million Dollar Smile!

Day 2 was all about evolving the business and in addition to the incredibly rich content provided by Marcia we were also treated to the Juicy Lisa Cherney who presented her speech about Magnetic Marketing and her Stand UP and BE JUICY program.  I was so inspired by her words and work that I signed up myself – I’m all about JUICY!!  At lunch time I was called to make the offering of the despacho to the land – we didn’t have permission to have a fire ceremony so I went to the front desk and asked if it was possible to get a shovel (can you imagine that??!! Here I am at a 5 star resort asking for a shovel!!) The front desk staff was incredibly accommodating after I explained that we’d created a blessing bundle to bless the land and all the people who were connected with it.   They called the head of the landscaping department and he came right to my room with me to get the despacho.  After a lovely talk it was clear to me that this man (who’d only been with the hotel 2 weeks) was the perfect steward to take our blessed bundle and find the EXACT perfect spot on the land to bury this gift to the Pachamama – as I handed over the bundle after giving him the burial instructions and a blessing too I noticed his name – How Perfect!! – right there on his breast pocket – Rafael!! (Now if you can’t trust a blessing bundle to the Archangel Raphael – Archangel of Healing – then who can you trust!)

Later that day we were treated to a much too brief presentation by my new friend Michele

Michele PW Doing what she does BEST!! Writing!!

PW – she’s the QUEEN of Copywriting and is the writer who has been responsible for multiple six figure product launches for some of the biggest names in the internet marketing/coaching/transformational training industry.  A lightworker with words she’s almost single handedly shifted the copywriting communications away from the hard sell of old to the new paradigm of selling through connecting rather than commanding.   I had the distinct pleasure of sharing dinner with her that night too!

Day three was our opportunity to contemplate the evolution of our world – Marcia led us on a visionary journey that revealed a path of purposeful entrepreneurship in service to the higher good of all – and with the group gathered there I have NO doubt that the results of our time together will have a significant impact on the new emerging paradigm of conscious entrepreneurship that Marcia (and I) were there to champion.  After lunch and some more musical treats I was granted the opportunity to take the stage – it’s been a long time since I’ve been on a stage to speak – and it was so gratifying to have the opportunity to co-create both a healing experience for the participants as well as financial abundance for myself!

Check out the new POWER NECKLACE the "upstairs team" had waiting for me there!

After getting the peeps up to dance to Drum Sex, a segment of personal story telling, 3 light body sound healings and a group hug I took the last 10 minutes or so to present my new program.  The CORE Path is a small group intensive experience that will commence on December 15 – I was blessed to have several people answer their own CALL to EVOLVE and step forward to engage in the Great Work with me.  I still have a few slots left – I have limited this program to no more than 12 people because the intent is that we are going to go very deep as well as wide with our work – combining energy shifting principals and practices with entrepreneurial/small business operational guidance in order to facilitate the ability for the leaders who commit to this program to LEAP Fearlessly into their next level of service.

What a blessing the entire experience was, for me, for the participants, for the other speakers and presenters and also (of course) for the Spirit of the Land – when I was in the elevator late on the 2nd day – a man got on with me and asked if my bundle was taken care of – I didn’t recognize him and he identified himself as the Director of Sales – I then said yes that the bundle had been well stewarded and the prayers of our whole group were being buried to bless the land – his response??? “That’s great – it’s about time the curse was lifted from this place!”  As I departed I smiled – the ancestors were dancing a happy dance and the land was feeling the love once again.

Cheetah Medicine!

 

 

I’m going to be modeling and raising money for the Sculpture Symposium here in Nashua – There’s an article about the event that was published in the Nashua Telegraph today  – if you are local and looking to do something fun and something that will SUPPORT THE ARTS why don’t you join us – It’s going to be great!

Here’s that Nashua Telegraph Article!

Photo by Daniel J. Splaine – Test of Time Photography

Blazing Forth the Light Radio Debuts this Friday Nov 20:  Manifesting Money with Guest Andrea Hess of Empowered Soul

Join me for my inaugural radio show and connect with my friend and BRILLIANT businesswoman Andrea Hess of Empowered Soul as we Talk about MANIFESTING MONEY! Andrea is a Money Manifesting Expert and financial alchemist. Just being around her has significantly amped up my own ability to Manifest and who wouldn’t like to learn how to create more Money in their life!! Andrea is also a HIGHLY gifted psychic and founder/creator of the Empowered Soul and Soul Realignment and she’s just a TOTAL JOY to be around – won’t you join us? PS: At the tale end of the show I’ll also be sharing some insights and takeaways from the recent EVOLVE live event for conscious entrepreneurs that I attended and spoke at in Phoenix last week!

Friday, Nov 20, 2009 4 p.m. Eastern

http://budurl.com/Nov20

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Back in mid October I had the distinct pleasure of sharing a weekend in New York with a dear friend and many members of my "medicine" soul family for Sli An Chroi (Walking the Pathway of the Heart) an Irish Shamanic gathering.

My paternal grandmother – Mary Mahoney was born in Ireland – Inniscarra County Cork to be exact and came over on the boat when she was still in her late teens.   I look like the "spitting image" of her according to family and looking at some of the old photos I’d say that’s pretty accurate.  Mary Mahoney lived to be 99 and was only 4 months shy of her 100th birthday when she passed back in 1981.   She danced with me at my high school graduation the summer before she passed and still had all her own teeth – imagine that!

Anyway back to the weekend gathering – for any of you who’ve been following me and my work for some time you may be aware of the fact that I am the child of an alcoholic and that much of my life and many of the challenges and difficulties that I have worked long and hard to heal were rooted in the pain and the wounds of that upbringing.  I myself wrestled with several addiction issues in my late teens, throughout my 20’s and into my early 30’s, after which my son was born and I cleaned up my act almost completely although I would still drink on occasion and when I did it was often to excess.  Finally at 40  I "received" one of my first messages from the Angels and also from my (at that point deceased) father from the other side.   By then I had begun my spiritual shift in earnest and had been working with yoga and had my first crystal healing – the message was "Alcohol no longer serves you – it causes your vibration to be lowered dramatically and it takes you 3 – 4 times longer to regain your present vibratory rate following drinking".  I took the message seriously – and have not consumed alcohol (except a sip occasionally in sacred ceremony or at a celebration) ever since.   

One of the things that immediately happened for me is that I got 100% (or more) clearer and was able to shift/uplevel my frequency consistently so that over time I’ve been able to manifest a lot of good for my self and for others.  I did however still carry a "charge" around alcohol.  My brother is alcoholic and my husbands both had alcohol issues as well which contributed in some part to the ending of both of those marriages.  This past spring the "charge" showed up for me in a business relationship – I was with someone who I thought was really clear and conscious and discovered at an event we both attended that she was a drinker – more than just a glass of wine at dinner – she drank more than a few drinks of hard alcohol at every meal and evening event – the weird part was that there were other folks there drinking and it didn’t bother me in the least – this person though I just wanted to get as far away from this otherwise brilliant woman as possible – specifically because of her drinking.

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So what’s this got to do with my Irish Shamanic gathering weekend you might ask??  Well guess what was on the altar that was laid out in the meeting room when we arrived – that’s right – a bottle of Jameson’s Irish Whiskey.   This was my big invitation – from the Universe -  to finally come into right relationship with alcohol.  To see that like every other blessed thing in the Universe – it is a part of the sacred fabric.    We did a LOT of work that weekend.  Mostly through the Fulacht Fia – a womb/tomb hole that we opened up in Mother Earth (see the picture at the top – isn’t it beautiful – surrounded by our created offerings of beauty from the fields and land where we were working).  Healing the Divine Masculine & Feminine energies within us, some really intense ancestral healing, a communion with our anchor trees, fire ceremony, the Faerie Rites and more – the final evening included a passing round the fire of that bottle of Jameson’s.

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I didn’t have a drink – but one of my medicine sistars – in fact she was MY Anam Cara (Soul Friend – the person that I shared my ‘stuff’ with all weekend) – certainly did.  In fact she became so intoxicated that she passed out on the cold field and had to be bodily lifted to her car by her husband and three of the other men who were present.   The following day when it came time to come to closure on the whole event I had digested (and so had the Earth) quite a bit of my own judgment, as well as any remaining “charge” I  was carrying in my luminous energy field around alcohol.  There was a LOT of info that was channeled through to me about it and one of the interesting pieces that came through for me was that at one time in our human history alcohol was one of the ways that we “stored” food energy in the times when we didn’t have all the modern conveniences that we do today.  The dis-ease of Alcoholism (along with many other of our modern diseases) has come out of being out of balance with the earth and with the place that each element has in the creation.  It has been one of the ways of escaping our pain of separation from our true nature and our Mother the Earth – that in the end only creates more pain and suffering because it can not cure that underlying schism – only our choice to heal our own hearts and come back into right relationship can do that.

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As we were closing up the Fulacht Fia – I gave a blessing – to my dad, to my Irish Ancestors, to my Anam Cara (who was horribly hung over), to our hosts, to my Irish Shaman Brother John Cantwell and his lovely life partner/wife Karen Ward and finally to the spirit of Spirits – I took a mouthful of that Jameson’s and spit it right into the fire and I brought home the healing too.  On my ancestral altar in a place of honor I have placed a little nippy bottle of Chivas Regal – my dad’s high end favorite and a bottle of Jameson’s in honor of my medicine work and my Irish lineage.  It did not escape me that my dad’s given name is James, the same name I gave to my own son.  The ancestral curse stops with me.

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If you are curious and want to find out more about Irish shamanism I’m contemplating the co-creation of a little journey at some point in the future with Karen and John – they are magical beings and I’m incredibly grateful for their presence in my life and for their dedication to doing the Great Work.  All photos are from the weekend and came from John and Karen.  Let me know if you have an interest in perhaps making a trip with me to the Emerald Isle. 

John and Karen can be reached directly at

www.slianchroi.ie

www.pathwayoftheheart.ie

May the road rise up to meet you and the wind always be at your back… Irish Blessing

 

Peace and light,

 

Amethyst

Well here we are once again at another 11:11 GATEWAY!  This time we are really being called forth to LEAP LEAP LEAP into our highest levels of service.  The work of the last decade has been building up to this moment – all the pieces are in place and what remains for many of us who are lightworkers and have been actively and consciously applying ourselves to deep self transformation as well as earth healing is merely a refinement of our own spirits (Buff and Polish time!).  We are poised and have been the builders of the etheric architecture that is going to be the “safety net” that will support all those who are going to now be experiencing SUDDEN AWAKENINGS.  Waves and waves and waves of energy are now pouring forth that are going to be awakening, activating and initiating our brothers and sistars who are still embedded, engaged and entrapped in the dissolving paradigm.  The dissolution of course will continue and may be substantially more amplified in the coming year.

The calling for the LEAPING LIGHTWORKER is to really FULLY embody all the light that you presently have access to and prepare your body to be even more capable of holding even higher frequencies.  Consolidating energy, concentration and focus are all UP.  Pull back from EVERYTHING that is draining.  Take OUTSTANDING care of your physical body.  Remember who you are and that you are amping up.  Amplifying the frequency creates an exponential effect and many of us are now being called into our divine partnerships,  triads, families and communities.    Just in the last few days as we passed into the Mayan 6th night there have been high level messages coming forth from “STAR COMMAND” in the dreaming as well as bleeding through into the 3D physical realm.  As the frequencies and the STAR Transmissions increase we are asked to finely tune our channel – to get rid of all the static and to be ruthless and courageous in stepping forth each and every time we are given the guidance to laugh in the face of the illusion and make the leap into the dreaming that we have been weaving for so long.visionaryvibe_logo_sm_noline

Many of us are now perfectly poised and positioned to service the multitudes – realize that this service can take many forms and it is NOT necessary to think or imagine that this service is on a one by one basis – although that may be the path for some.  How to best LEVERAGE your LIGHT and your gifts and talents is something for you as a lightworker to begin to contemplate or if you have already begun this process to really step/leap more fully into this act of leveraging.  The more leverage you use, the more people you impact, the more light that you spread, the more peace and joy begins to be embodied and the greater your connection to (as well as your community’s connection to) the endless infinite limitless boundless source of abundance and creative energy.

Leap to that high level – get out of the way of those who are your students, understudies, proteges, let them step into the role that you have been playing, invite it, prepare to launch yourself out at light speed.  You may have received a WHOLE NEW MISSION in the last few weeks – you may have only received a slight, or a moderate course correction but doubtless if you are reading this you are being asked to look right now at this gateway and realize you are moving to a WHOLE NEW SPACE.   In this new space you will need to be incredibly clear and strong about your boundaries and you must remember that you have MOVED and there are places, experiences, work, relationships and interactions that you are no longer supposed to be engaging with – for several reasons.

One thing that I wish to share with you is this  – you need to have a really accurate perspective of the level at which you are presently vibrating – the amount of light that you are able to embody, ground, hold and use with intent is MUCH MUCH higher than it used to be – you have a VERY HIGH frequency pattern that may cause you to be “invisible” to some or more often BLINDINGLY LUMINOUS.   Imagine that Big Transformer where the energy from the electric company moves through and gets “stepped down” so that it can be usable in your house, once it goes into your house it lands in the Circuit Box and gets “stepped down” again so that you can plug your appliances in at the wall.   I invite you to consider where you might be in this.  Are you a BIG  TRANSFORMER who is trying to interact with toasters??  Are you the POWER PLANT itself and you’re trying to interact with the circuit box?  It’s important for you to be really aware of this and to leap in to your most appropriate present place in the system.

The Mayan 6th night is going to last from now until this time again next year (early November 2010)  and brings us the energies of really grounding and feeding our roots.  In feeding our roots we are simultaneously preparing our fruits – this past year (the 6th day of the Mayan Calendar) was the time of flowering – the 7th day which will begin a year from now will be the time of fruit.   How we feed our roots NOW – and that definitely includes how well we engage in supreme self care and self awareness – will be a direct determinant of how well formed, nutritious and delicious our fruits will be!    At the same time that the frequencies are being raised ever higher the energies are also there to support an even deeper grounding – as one of my mentors said recently in another context stand your ground – even if it’s only an inch wide – let it be a mile deep.  I would add that we’ll be going a mile high in terms of frequency too! We are invited to take a lesson 045from our friends the tree beings and the Apus (sacred mountains) – to notice how they root deeply and reach for the stars simultaneously.   Holding that high frequency, grounding it in to Mother Earth, embodying our highest light through the body, being where we need to be, giving ourselves permission to leap and getting the heck out of the way of those people who are ready to step into the foot prints that we’ve left to illuminate the path.

My new “mission” info is that I’m now being asked to help leaders to FEARLESSLY leap into their next level of service – which of course is what I too am being asked to do!   I am being called to withdraw into a deeper inner sanctum and to serve at a new, different and much more intimate level with a different segment of people who are now calling for the work that I am here to perform.    I am in the process of taking down from my various websites all opportunities for individual  private work with me and going forward will only be doing one -on – one work by application or following a strategy based screening process. I am preparing a few proteges to serve clients in various ways who have trained under me and am also in the process of creating several Self Healing audio products that will allow people to access the work at varying levels of investment.  I’m preparing to launch a radio show “Blazing Forth The Light” - the inaugural show is planned for 11/20 at 4 PM ET and I invite you to tune in (this is a way of leveraging my time and spreading light to more people over a long period of time since the shows will be archived and can be listened to at any time in the future as long as we are still using these technologies!) and finally I’m going to be launching a new site strictly focused on The Energy Journey – Energy Mastery for the Evolving Entrepreneur.

If you are a leader, if you are ready to make that leap, if you are feeling ANY fear AT ALL in any area of your life, if you are hearing the call that it’s time to make a move and you are feeling stuck then I would like to invite you to consider joining an intimate group of passion-preneurs who will be gathering together starting this December to clear, open, receive and energize on the C.O.R.E. Path.  Here is the link – I am only taking on 12 people for this small group coaching and energy shifting program.  1 slot is already taken and I’m confident that most if not all will be filled in the coming week as I move into the EVOLVE  Live Event that is happening next weekend in Phoenix.  If you are called to invest in your transformation NOW – you will know -  you will feel this deeply in the CORE of your being – and you will make that choice because you know that it’s the right time and you will be connecting with exactly the right people – of that I have no doubt whatsoever.

 

Interested in one of my self healing audio products?  The first one that I created was with Nicole Whitney of News For the Soul – Together we used the ancient shamanic healing technologies to move through a series of blockages around Money with the intent of assisting folks to reconnect to their own Wyld Abundance!   If you are feeling financially pinched why don’t you try it?  Wyldly Abundant is available for your access HERE

 

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