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(SUBTITLE – JUMPING FOR JOY!)
I’m just back and finally re-aligned with the home/office environment following an almost 2 week journey to the southwest that was filled with transformation, synchronicity and a calling to go deeper, look wider and play bigger. The sign above was in the airport on my way out of town back in mid January – too funny how prophetic it was for me!
Part one of my trip was spent in Las Vegas in the Love Your Clients, Love Your Business, Love Your Life event with Kevin Nations. There I was able to connect and play with many soul family members and I was called to really take a flying leap of faith and invest – HEAVILY – in myself and my business – becoming a DIAMOND Mastermind Client in Kevin’s Love Mastermind 2010. I’ll be deeply engaged in the process and practice of learning how to care for myself so much better, to serve my clients with much greater abandon and to craft and create experiences for both myself and my clients that are deeply, powerfully and passionately transformative. I’m really ready to soar now and I think that this little investment in myself and my business is going to provide the ROCKET FUEL for taking off in a big way. Since our thoughts create our reality – staying focused on that thought is going to be a powerful tool for me to work with in the coming months when the fear storms and panic parties decide to make a visit!
During the second half of my adventure (the Sassy Mastermind with Lisa Sasevich – held in Tucson at Miraval Spa & Resort) I was called to make another LEAP – this time quite literally off of a 35 foot pole atop which was a teeny tiny platform that was 1′ x 2′ in area. My partner for that little step up was Lisa Cherney of Stand Out and Be Juicy Fame – she and I were required to go towards the end in our small group – mostly because we normally are the type to just GO FOR IT. This was really powerful in a number of ways – it allowed those who would normally “stand back” “wait it out” “watch to see what happens” and then “maybe I’ll do it after someone else goes” people to step up and become empowered. It was truly magical to watch the first woman Helen get up there – all the time saying “I can’t do this – I can’t” and then coaching herself right out of it and saying LOUDLY for all to hear – I CAN yes I CAN do this! I CAN! I’m DOING it I CAN!! Amazing. Here’s the video of my Jump for Joy! Why? Because LEADERS Leap!!
So what’s all this got to do with joy and the title of my post? Well one of the exercises in the mastermind was a process of finding the words to describe the benefits of our work. This is an area that I’ve been really working hard at crystallizing for myself over the last several months. Words are the bridges that we use to reach out and touch those who are waiting to find the great work that will transform their lives and bring them to a higher level of awareness and understanding of their true purpose and greatness. With out the words to create that bridge it’s pretty challenging to illuminate a path that might be useful for those people to take and what has been doubly frustrating for me has been the fact that I am constantly told how gifted I am with my writing.
The thing about writing to engage folks in a conversation that ultimately leads to an engagement for services is that it is a wildly different animal then writing to share, to educate or to inspire (although all of those aspects are also included in the best of sales writing). Creating an E- emotional connection is a powerful force to help activate people into making the decision to engage which is the first step on the transformational journey that EVERYONE must make on their own. When writing the marketing/sales materials – our work is to create clarity and connection that will allow the reader to see themselves in the words – where they are RIGHT NOW – as well as to identify that this particular type of transformative work will take them where they REALLY WANT TO BE – at least to the extent that it gets them on the phone to have a deeper dialog or helps them to decide to enroll in this or that teleclass, workshop or experience.
Again what does that have to do with the title of this post? Well in my small group on the night that we were exploring the marketing component of our business and trying to get at the language that describes our benefits – one of the words that kept coming through for me and for one of my other partners in the group was joy.
So here was the exercise: Pick just ONE benefit of your services – I picked “This work will help you learn to set and maintain clear boundaries”. The next step was for us to talk about what the benefit of that benefit was – so the question that our other team members were asked to ask us was “What’s the benefit of that?” several times – and each time we had to go deeper and deeper into the benefit of the benefit. One of the team members was the scribe and here’s what he wrote for me:
“This work will help you learn to set and maintain clear boundaries” – What’s the benefit of that?
“You’ll have greater empowerment around decisions” – What’s the benefit of that?
“When u can set boundaries clearly, your energy doesn’t get drained” – What’s the benefit of that?
“If you lose your energy, you’re aren’t able to make a powerful decision” – What’s the benefit of that?
“You’re able to be in your energetic integrity, your not losing your power when you set your boundaries” – What’s the benefit of that?
“You are able to make decisions and interact with people from a place of fullness, you’re really in your power” – What’s the benefit of that?
“You have a sense of fullness, you feel whole. – you don’t feel torn in a lot of different directions you feel more full” – What’s the benefit of that?
“When you feel full you are able to serve at the highest level” – What’s the benefit of that?
“When you serve at the highest level you are living your purpose” – What’s the benefit of that?
“If you are living your purpose, you come into a place of joy”
At that point my time was up – and I had landed at the NEBULOUS place – that place called JOY. There is an energy and a vibration that JOY holds – that if you haven’t experienced it yourself can be quite difficult to describe – there are some things that are beyond words, joy is one of them. It’s kind of like trying to describe to someone what it’s like to be a parent when they’ve never had a child – virtually impossible. However just because it’s difficult to describe DOES NOT mean that it’s impossible to attain. In fact the place of joy is a very real and tangible place on the spectrum of vibrations and it’s something that can not only be reached but cultivated.
One of the most heart opening and transformational teachers whose work facilitated my own transformation to a space where I can and regularly do access joy is Marianne Williamson – in her book A Return To Love – I found permission to love myself enough to end my first marriage and I credit Marianne’s wisdom and guidance accessed through her writings with setting me firmly on my path to awakening. In fact I still have her books on my shelf and I’ve got a perpetual calendar on my kitchen counter that I go to every day for a dose of Marianne’s wisdom and inspiration – today’s is so appropriate to this blog post that I want to share it with you all:
“Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in joy. Not knowing joy, we do not know ourselves. When we are without joy, we grope in the dark. When we are without joy, we grope in the dark. When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom.” (Marianne Williamson from her perpetual calendar A Year of Daily Wisdom)
Are you searching for the joy in your life? Do you often wonder – where has all the joy gone? Do you ever think – I’m working so hard and I just can’t seem to get out of my own way? Maybe you’ve said to yourself “I wonder what’s wrong with me – Why does the Law of Attraction work for everyone but me?” Perhaps you’ve struggled with setting clear boundaries yourself – maybe you’ve thought “I just wish everyone would leave me alone so I can get stuff done and create what I want without interruption” Perhaps you are challenged with decision making – thinking or feeling like you are never quite sure whether you’ve made the right choice about anything in your life or business. If you’ve had any of these questions or thoughts come up for you it might be time for you to do something about it – I’d love the chance to offer you a Personal Energy Assessment or if you are an entrepreneur we could do a Business Energy Evaluation Session. Please contact my team at team@amethystwyldfyre.com or click on the tab above that says SOS Application Form and fill out the short questionnaire that will give us some additional information about you that will aid in our work together. I look forward to serving you as you make YOUR leap into a joyous experience of life & work!
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….)
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!
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.
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
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!
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.
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