When you feel a Big Shift rumbling underneath, where do you begin?

I can’t say how you’ll know you must make a shift, but I can tell you what happened for me.

One day I returned from a trip to LA to my home in NYC.  In coming home, I realized I didn’t want to live in the city for the long term.  I just didn’t see myself loving and living in Manhattan in 5, 10, or 20 years from that point forward.  So, I knew that much but, if not here, than where?  I assure you I had no idea what the vision of my life could be – I just knew that I wasn’t seeing my long term vision from where I was at.  I could sit back and wonder about it or I could take a risk to explore something, anything.

Growing up I went to an amazing summer camp every year in the Rockies.  I learned to love being outside, climbing mountains and scaling rockwalls, sleeping under the stars (and being terrified of ghosts!), river rafting and more.  I loved being so close to nature and feeling so free.

I decided to set up my own version of adult summer camp and go exploring the questions that had arisen, where do I want to live?

What could my future life look like?

What makes me happy?

In order to do this I needed to make space.  Literally and figuratively.

I had to clear out my closets and make room – literally.  I need to feel more space around me even in my tiny studio apartment.

I made space in my schedule.  I decided I would take the whole month of July off and that meant asking my clients to take July off with me.  Luckily, it was a plan everyone was open to!

So, now I had space in my closets and space in my schedule, but I still had no clear ‘plan’.  I waited.  I acted as if I had somewhere to go and plans to fulfill.  I kept opening the space –  the unknown space.

This is where the pressure can come in – the questions, the self-doubt, the family and friends’ scrutiny of your plans and their validity.  Some call it your ‘reality check.’.    I mean you may not ‘know’ and that can be terrifying to you for sure but throw in the thoughts, opinions, and fears of everyone around you and you have a boiling point.  They can’t bear to sit in the empty space with you – it terrifies them to consider it on their own lives as well.

This is when you may give in and convince yourself, ‘It’s useless.  That’s crazy to try to take myself back to summer camp.  Who do I think I am?’

I prevented this deluge of doubt by not sharing my plans.  But, trust me, that feels really terrifying, too.

Here’s a new idea. .  .what if you could share your plans, as crazy and off the charts as they may sound to your friends and family, but actually be supported?

Yup, SUPPORTED. Encouraged. Cheered on. Yesssss’d to you and your crazy ideas.

Are you ready to make space in your life?  If you are, this is the right time to reach out to me.  You will receive that extra support which is the tipping point in your plans, your dreams, your vision (which may still be forming and that’s ok!).

I have three more spots left in my schedule for fall and I’d love you to be the one making a BIG Shift in your life with support, encouragement, and the positive growth you are seeking.

I am keeping my one-to-one mentoring low tech but high touch.  You have access to me 24/7 via e-mail and consistently two sessions per month to keep you moving and clearing.  When you hit a wall, panic button, or feel too scared to leave the house, you have a lifeline, a guide, a mentor and a change catalyst clearing the way for you to go for your own BIG Shift!

Ok, now back to my story and how it unfolded . . .

• I landed an adorable Adobe to stay in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a few weeks that fulfilled my dream to be near the Rockies in the summer.
• I traveled to California to celebrate a big birthday with my family and got to know my nieces and nephew even more.
• I met new people all over and had lots of fun dates.
• I sublet my apartment so making all that space is my closets was a necessity.
• I accepted an invitation to visit a friend in San Francisco and celebrate the 4th of July.
• I was wined and dined and ate amazing yummy food from every farmers market from California to New Mexico – I fell in love with peaches of every variety straight from the limb of the tree.  Yum!
• I visited Georgia O’Keefe’s private home and favorite summer painting lanscapes, went fly fishing, hiking, horseback riding, dancing, biking and came in close encounters with a Mama Bear and her two cubs.

And so much more. . . .as this has all lead me on my mission of creating a whole new life experience in Boulder, Colorado.  A place I never foresaw in my future even nine months ago!

Honestly, my plans last summer came together in 24 hours – after months of wishing, dreaming, and taking one step at a time to make more space in my life.

You can do it, too! Call me and let’s set aside some time to put our attention and intention on your Big Shift.  Now is the time – just four months left of 2011 – I know you have many plans, schemes, and dreams to create!

Contact me before Monday, September 5th,, 2011 to grab one of these hot spots and let’s get started on making space and opening to your Big Shift!

Email me at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com or 1.917.309.7612.

Enjoy the holiday week-end!

Summer is waning.

There are barely four months left of 2011.

Fall is just around the corner.

What do you want to make happen in the final months of 2011?

The BIG SHIFT program launching now!

Why now? It’s time to:

• Stop just doing things and begin finding fulfillment in your activities.
• Take bigger risks for what you truly want, letting go of shame.
• Have the support you need to stretch yourself in new directions.
• Explore different behaviors without feeling paralyzed by vulnerability.
• Enact BIG Shifts without upending your life – graciously, naturally!
• Open to Who You Are and what you truly love, right now.
• Blow open your creative juices and PLAY more often!

I’m so ready to support you in this next phase of your life that I am slicing $1,000 off my rates.  I don’t want you to hold back but I want you to give it your all and, in turn, I will give you my ALL!

What’s included in the Big Shift program?

• Two one-to-one sessions per month for sixty minutes each for six months.

Using an integrated approach that includes clearing, exploration, and curiosity, we will open to what is arising in your life and what you are ready to call forth.

We will work directly with your mind (which is most often where the fears come storming in) to clear out the places where the old stories are holding you back, subconscious beliefs are sabotaging your efforts and heal the trauma of the past to free you for your own TRUE greatness!

Let’s open doors and allow synchronicity, play, and grace to manifest and spread throughout your life.

The surprising part is that it will feel natural.  It will blossom with ease within you without having another list of ‘to-do’s or rules or homework – you already have enough of that in your life.

Imagine feeling more like YOU!  Stepping into new goals, dreams, and challenges will start to feel exciting and fun, rather than terrorizing and paralyzing!

• Unlimited e-mail support so that you can reach out and gain additional advice, guidance or support between sessions.

When questions arise late at night, you can put your mind at ease by writing the email right then and know you are getting the clarity you need without stalling out or getting buried in self-doubt.

Go for your BIG SHIFT!

You will:

• Have around the clock support; move the mountains, the fears, and the confusion out that keeps you stopping you.
• Find more ease and grace in stepping into what you keep telling yourself you can’t have.
• Clear out the old stories and fears that rush in just as you are about to take that BIG Leap.
• Open to who you are and welcome opportunities, synchronicities, and more joy naturally and graciously.
• Directly know and experience the limitlessness of who you are, guided gently by me.
• Have two one-to-one sessions each month for 60 minutes each for six months.
• Be able to reach me by email 24/7 for additional support and guidance.

This is only available to the people I know ready to embrace and thrive!

I’m only opening up three spots until Sept 5th, 2011 at the incredible rate of $3,597.00, only $2,597.00.  That’s $1,000 off my current rates.

That’s 26 weeks of support at 24 hours a day/7 days a week taking you to March 2012!

Let’s talk about next steps!  Reach out and let’s discuss more about what you are creating in your life and how I can support you getting there faster, easier, and with more grace that ever before.  I am available at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com or 1.917.309.7612.

Offer good until midnight, September 5th, 2011.

Wow, how about that Hurricane Irene?

Were you there?  Did you bulk up on supplies and hunker down for the hurricane winds?

Events like this can’t help but act as wake-up calls.  Forcing you out of your tunnel vision to notice what’s happening and, in this case, taking note of the power of nature in full force.

We tend to think of certain weather patterns as an inconvenience but when they threaten to tear down our homes, flood out our transportation, and stop us in our tracks, could that be a moment to pause and take stock of what you are doing and how you are living your life?

I invite you to honor any insights that may have come from either watching Hurricane Irene on the news or hearing it blow through your neighborhood.

Did you hear any of your own internal nudges just a little bit louder?

Did it push you to consider making some changes in your life sooner, rather than later?

I’d love to hear them! I’m keeping my phone lines open for anyone needing to focus on their own BIG Shift.  E-mail me at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com and let’s set aside some time.

You’ve gotten a big nudge. Irene started shaking things out for you.  Now take the next step and reach out for more support.

I am sending so much love, healing, sunshine, and new opportunities as the old washes away.

Many blessings to you and your loved ones!

P.s. Irene is, in fact, the Goddess of Peace.  How could this deluge of water and wind be planting a seed of peace in your life?

In one of my recent e-mails I talked about how you can get “stuck” in one of two ways.

You don’t know enough right now and you are forcing yourself into a decision state too soon.

So stop for a minute and tune into all of you.  Just give me 60 seconds.  Listen with your whole body:

Is there something calling to you in your life that you know you want and you keep pushing yourself to make a decision on but really you just aren’t ready yet, you just don’t have enough information?

If so . . .

How could you gain more information around this and feel more ready to move forward or make a choice?

What do you need to know?

I’m not suggesting you need 100% of the details. That is not realistic.  Don’t use this as an excuse to not move forward.  But maybe there are some pieces that would help you trust yourself and your decision more than this pushing forward – which is only causing you to drag your feet even more.

Can you name it?

If you can’t name it on your own, and trust me this is true for most of us, then I invite you to reach out and set aside some time – just thirty minutes – to tune in together.  There is something so incredible that happens when you are able to quiet yourself and tune into your own inner wisdom.  I can help you clear out the multiple voices that come crowding in creating confusion and self doubt.

Yes, those voices believe they are there to keep you safe and out of harm’s way.  However, where you are now and what you are wanting to create may look and feel very different than what you’ve wanted in the past and may require listening much deeper to your own quiet whisperings.

It may require that you peel away those old voices in order to step into who you are now and what you are craving in your life.

“The first and foremost significant improvement after my most recent session with Elizabeth is a new-found CLARITY.  I came to her with a big life decision, a lot of mental static and various voices that were not my deepest wisdom.

After our session I was as clear and clean as a Northern Minnesota lake.

The second thing I loved was the constant the reminder to trust my instincts. We all know this, but like everyone, I forget.  Elizabeth showed me HOW to do this versus just telling me to trust my intuition.”
-Rochelle

The timing is right for you.  I am opening up my schedule to work with a select number of clients this fall.  It’s worth it to explore what that could be like for you to gain deeper access to your intuition, your true inner voice and your deepest callings.  Let’s research this together.

Today is the day! Tonight, at midnight (12am EST) will end my bonus offer for an additional $200 off the BIG SHIFT Program.

“Elizabeth helps you connect to a place of endless unconditional love in which you are safe to say anything you need to, and to bring everything that you are – knowing that you will be held in a sacred space of acceptance and appreciation and pure love that is nothing less than transformational.”
-Sylvia

Reach out to me today and let’s connect and tune into what you want and how you could achieve it.  No one does it all alone and you can have the support and guidance you need to create the Shift you are craving in your life.  And it can happen quickly and graciously!

My work continues to be a high touch, individualized, and guided process.  I have created the BIG Shift program to help you stay focused on your growth, dreams, and goals by opening to Who You Are.

“I feel fortunate to have experienced extraordinary results from the first call.
Sometimes through the conversation, I gain new insights and tools to help me navigate my life, and at other times I receive a full body energy shift.

I have experienced extraordinary spiritual shifts as well.”
-Trish

Go for your BIG SHIFT!

What’s included in this special Big Shift program?

• Two one-to-one sessions per month for sixty minutes each for six months.

Using an integrated approach that includes clearing, exploration, and curiosity, we will open to what is arising in your life and what you are ready to call forth.

We will work directly with your mind (which is most often where the fears come storming in) to clear out the places where the old stories are holding you back, subconscious beliefs are sabotaging your efforts and heal the trauma of the past to free you for your own TRUE greatness!

The surprising part is that it will feel natural.  It will blossom with ease within you without having another list of ‘to-do’s or rules or homework – you already have enough of that in your life.

• Unlimited e-mail support so that you can reach out and gain additional advice, guidance, or support between sessions.

When questions arise late at night, you can put your mind at ease by writing the email right then and know you are getting the clarity you need without stalling out or getting buried in self-doubt.

Imagine feeling more like YOU!  Stepping into new goals, dreams, and challenges will start to feel exciting and fun, rather than terrorizing and paralyzing!

In the Big Shift program, you will:

• Have around the clock support; move the mountains, the fears, and the confusion out that keeps you stopping you.
• Find more ease and grace in stepping into what you keep telling yourself you can’t have.
• Clear out the old stories and fears that rush in just as you are about to take that BIG Leap.
• Open to who you are and welcome opportunities, synchronicities, and more joy naturally and graciously.
• Have two one-to-one sessions each month for 60 minutes each for six months.
• Be able to reach me by email 24/7 for additional support and guidance.

This is only available to the people I know ready to embrace and enjoy change and I’m only opening up these spots until Sept 1st, 2011 at the incredible rate of $3,597.00, only $2,597.00.

I’m giving you over $1,000 off my current rates, plus TODAY, August 26th, 2011, another $200.00 Bonus if you sign up by midnight (12am EST).

That’s 26 weeks of support at 24 hours a day/7 days a week taking you to March 2012!

I am really looking forward to being on your team and supporting you and any SHIFT you are ready to create.  Reach out to me at 917.309.7612 or Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com today and let’s talk.

In one of my recent e-mails I talked about how you can get “stuck” in one of two ways.

You know what is true for you but you aren’t acting on it.

So stop for a minute and tune into all of you.  Just give me 60 seconds.  Listen with your whole body:

Is there something calling to you in your life that you know is right but for any reason (and there can be a million reasons) you are not following your instincts and moving forward?

Can you name it?

If you are ready for a transformation, I am offering a limited number of thirty minute Breakthrough to Your BIG Shift sessions to help you get the clarity you are craving and find out if you are indeed ready to move forward in new ways.

No, not alone and struggling but with support, encouragement, and by staying in the flow clearing out what stops you as it arises.

You see, I have seven six openings (one has already been grabbed) for new clients for the fall.

I know that you might be just the right fit and be in the perfect place to put your attention and your intention on opening up to what’s calling through your heart and soul.

If this is you, then I suggest we set aside time – just thirty minutes – to talk about what’s happening and how you might be stopping yourself.

You don’t have to ‘figure it out’ on your own or have it all articulated for me.   We’ll do that together.  Let’s hear it out, acknowledge it, and open to up to what’s buried in there.

I only have six spots and I want you to be one of them!

Call me and let’s spend thirty minutes on you.  Dial 917.309.7612 or email me and let’s set up a time.

‘Cause you know you are ready even if you have a million excuses (which is a great starting point)!

Let’s talk this week.  When you are ready, the resources show up! In this case, the resource is coming right into your inbox.

And, there’s one more thing.  If you decide that the Big Shift program may indeed be the right time and right place for the SHIFT you are ready for in your life and you make that commitment to your own growth by midnight, Friday August 26th, I’ll give you an extra bonus of $200.

Yup, that’s an extra $200 in your pocket for a massage, a new pair of shoes, a dress that says to the world I am stepping into the changes I truly desire.

P.S. Even if you are on the fence, let’s talk.  I know it can feel scary to reach out and reply.  I know you are wondering if this is right for you.  I understand, as taking big leaps in your life is a big commitment.

Call me and let’s make sure this is right for you, 1.917.309.7612 or email me at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com

How is your summer?

Have you enjoyed the BBQ’s, eaten the field fresh corn and ripe tomatoes, gazed up at the summer stars, danced to a rocking band into the night, bicycled under the moon and hiked your favorite trails?

I hope so!

I have been busy doing all of this and taking some deep down time this summer as I step through this emergence of re-inventing my life.

I also started teaching a new local class and exploring Boulder on my new wheels.

Read on to learn more. . . .

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Are you ready to move mountains in 2011?

In June and July, I had the great pleasure of getting to sit down with a number of people to talk about their dreams!  It was truly dreamy.  It’s not often that we really give ourselves the space to share and speak about what’s truly calling through us.

These conversations were profoundly healing moments unveiling and peeling away the ‘should’s’, the rules and ‘no ways’ we create for ourselves around that which most wants to be expressed and nurtured by us – our dreams!

The patterns that were revealed in the Dream conversations show two things that can initially stop us from pursuing our dreams.

We’ll call them Dream Stops:

1.  You know what is true for you but you aren’t acting on it.

OR

2. You don’t know enough right now and you are forcing yourself into a decision state too soon.

When we block our dreams or what we know is true for us it can result in experiencing the following: anxiety, feelings of being unsafe, fear of disappointment, self-doubt, paralysis, stress and triggering worse case scenarios to play out over and over again in your mind.

Both of these Dream Stops are generating fear-based scenarios in your mind clouding your intuition, judgment and the ability to listen and follow your heart.

Do one of these Dream Stops resonate with something you know is showing up and you just keep pushing it away?

Do you need further research?

Do you need to take a one small step forward (without having everything perfected in your mind)?

Generally what is underlying all the paralysis around following through on our dreams is FEAR.  Somehow the whole concept of stepping into (even a tiny baby step) makes us feel terribly UNSAFE.

As long as we focus on the feelings of being unsafe we will move toward feeling safe – which means not doing something new and staying in a state we already are comfortable with.  It may be familiar discomfort, but it is a level of discomfort we are at least already familiar with, even if it is keeping us in a holding pattern.

So are you ready to break through your holding pattern and move forward?

Summer days are ending soon and we are heading to the latter half of 2011. Have you acted on the dreams and goals you envisioned for yourself for 2011?

Is it time to move some mountains and step into the action steps you’ve been avoiding?

If so, let’s talk.  Let’s talk for 30 minutes about what’s going on and what you are ready for in your life.

Get the support you need to take those bigger risks.  When you know you’ve got a safety net, it becomes a lot easier to stretch yourself into new behaviors.

You’ll have a second pair of wings behind you to soar much higher!

Seriously, big changes will start happening.   Take the first step and email me and let’s set aside a time to talk (this offer is open to those that jumped on my Dream offer in June!) at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com or 917.309.7612.

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Here’s what one Dreamer experienced . . .

Lately, I have been feeling an ache, hearing an internal query about whether I am actually following my dreams, the big scary ones.

The question had been spending more and more time in my consciousness when I received a note from Elizabeth talking about her new Start Taking Your Dreams Seriously sessions.  Not one to ignore the universe sending me such a clear sign, I jumped on the opportunity!

During the session, I felt like layers of dullness/doubt and fear, which have been clouding my vision and action, were disintegrating.

Physically, it was little moments of relaxation as my body stopped clenching and tensing against the constant assault of my doubts and I felt safe.

Biggest highlight is how safe I feel with Elizabeth. How there was suddenly room in my life for the reality of those big scary dreams.  She was able to show me how they fit in me.

I left the session with a physical connection to my dream, my guides/angel who is trying to support me.  Precious!

I would definitely do it again AND recommend it.

-S.S, London, England

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I have a summer brag!

I brag that I am riding Dutch!  Yes, that’s right, I am riding a gorgeous new Dutch Bicycle this summer all over the beautiful town of Boulder, Colorado.  It’s been a blast to get back on a bicycle and feel like a kid again riding along the creek and zooming through low-lying puddles (my supersized fenders keep me dry!)!

My ability to go Dutch is thanks to the genius importer of Dutch cycles, Jeffrey Sleebos, who launched New Amsterdam Bicycles earlier this summer.  Check out these beauties and start dreaming of your own.  He has many shops carrying them in NYC and further expansion out west may be a new scheme of mine so stay tuned!

For now, start picking out your favorite at:  http://NewAmsterdamBicycles.com/

Go Dutch and  ‘like’ their facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Amsterdam-Bicycle-Company/122710497810727

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What’s Elizabeth up to?

I’ve started teaching a live class each week at PrAna store in Boulder.  Do you know someone in Boulder or coming out west to visit?  Send them my way!

I’ve created a new meditation class I’m calling Monkey Mind Meditation and it’s all about addressing the mind and the nature of the mind (Thinking, planning, organizing, judging, categorizing. . . and on and on. Does that sound like your mind?)

In July, all donations for class went to one of my favorite charities, Women for Women International.  In August, all donations will go to CARE in their support of the famine occurring in Somalia.  Pass it on!

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In late September, I will be back to visit NYC.  If you know of any organizations seeking a speaker or you would like to host a private unique event of your own with me (trust me, these are fun!), please reach out and let’s create some magic for you and your community.

Contact me at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com or 917.309.7612.

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Happy summering!

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I admit I am a researcher by heart so when there is something I want to master in life I start out by researching everything I can get my hands on about it.  Admittedly sometimes I can get stuck in this phase, but it’s also truly essential to my nature.  I’m curious and I want more details.  Recently, I started sharing my own journey to reinvent my own life by relocating to a new city and state.  But there’s more to this story.  After all, it wasn’t just pain that propelled me further but the dream and desire of going for more of what I truly want and defining my own goals.  Then taking them seriously enough to act on.

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Are you taking your goals and dreams seriously?

It’s true that often times we do make decisions based on what seems to be the path of least resistance, but what about when you really want to step into something bigger, own your dreams and go for them, stop idling and take bigger risks – how do you do it?

Some people hold out forever and keep hoping that the stars will align for the change and the Universe will give the big Green light to go!  Some will research options forever but never quite choose, and others may just go leaping off the cliff into the darkness with no real plan or specific roadmap.  I admit I am usually employing a combination of all three in starts and stops.

What happens if you wake up one day and realize you haven’t been really taking your dreams seriously enough?

Let’s focus on your dreams together.

I’ve created some space in my calendar to offer a handful of free 30 minute Start Taking Your Dreams Seriously Sessions.  I’m offering these for the next two weeks only for my private mailing list. (In fact, I already had a subscriber reach out for this very thing and she’s already realizing new possibilities on her dreams regardless of the current ‘reality’ she’s in!)

If you are ready to clear out the blocks and old beliefs about what you can expect for your life and start opening up to who you are and what you are here for, then let’s schedule time for it now.

This is a chance to speak openly about those dreams and desires you have waiting to break through the surface.  Let’s hear it.  Acknowledging what’s sitting right there in your heart is very powerful.  It will unlock you and start you moving in new directions.  I guarantee it!

Do you have no idea what your dreams are because they have been buried so long?  No worries!

Let’s start right where you are.  Email me right now for your own time slot at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com.

Let’s start taking your buried dreams, or your too big for everyone else dreams, or your nobody will believe me dreams and start listening to them, acknowledging them, and unleashing them into the world to take off. You are ready!!

Contact me today at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com or 1.917.309.7612 and let’s set aside time for dreaming!

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An inspiring experience from a client

I was looking for a lifeline. . .

I’ve been working with Elizabeth for a year now. During a time of extreme stresses in my personal and professional life, I was looking for a lifeline, and I’m so proud and grateful to be able to say that Elizabeth was “it”. She has supported, soothed, taught me to expand my space, slow down the thinking, stay present in my body, recognize divine clues, and she lovingly suggested a number of tools, such as quick and effective mantras, which continue to help me in my day to day life between calls with her — in addition to the loving support I receive via email.

When I started with Elizabeth, I didn’t know what to expect.  I had previously tried “guided meditation” and for me it was a great experience at the time. With respect to meditation practice, I’ve never really broken through the buzz in my head to allow me to fully feel present in a meditation practice so I had no experience there to draw on. In the first call with Elizabeth, I realized that it wasn’t going to be like anything else — it’s not guided meditation, and it’s not meditation coaching. It’s more like interactive energy shifting in the loving arms of an angel. My mind loves her method, my body loves the results; the soothing self-acceptance that I receive is invaluable. Each session is different and I’ve learned it’s all-positive. Sometimes there’s a jolt of energy that’s palpable, and other times it feels like I’m talking to a good friend who helps me to give myself more space to breathe.

I feel fortunate to have experienced extraordinary results from the first call. Sometimes through the conversation, I gain new insights and tools to help me navigate my life, and at other times I receive a full body energy shift. I have experienced extraordinary spiritual shifts as well; I’ve seen light auras pass through and above me and I’ve cried like a baby with release. With great pride, I can say that I’m beginning now to master the art of the method of meditation that Elizabeth employs and apply it to moments in my life/day without speaking to her.

Elizabeth’s method works particularly well with how my thinking works and how I operate. As an analyst by profession, I survive on analyzing everything. But, with Elizabeth, I feel compelled to slow it down and “feel” rather than think. It’s kind of like a busy professional who is intent on trying to master the art of reformatting a hard drive. Sometimes a full format “just happens”, and other times just a few things are re-adjusted, but each time the result is always more space has been created, some things have been organized and optimized, whether mind/thinking, physical, spiritual — or a combination of all three. Cute huh?

Thank you Elizabeth. I love you so much and appreciate your loving support more than I can say.

-Trish R, Canada

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Dreams don’t take place in a vaccum so let’s start together.  Contact me today at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com or 1.917.309.7612. My phone lines are open!

As many of you may know I have a hard staying in one place for very long.  That’s become especially true the last few years living in New York city.  Last spring I realized that I needed to make a big decision about where I truly wanted to live and it began quite a journey for me.  Read on to find out how my decision points came about to see if it in some way it might resonate with you and any life decisions you may be facing (or maybe not facing!).

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Oh where, oh where is Elizabeth?

Last spring I came back from a fun week in Los Angeles and realized that I just didn’t want to continue living full time in NYC.  Yes, it is an amazing city, and yet, I wanted a different type of life.  It was a question of, if not here, then where?  I realized it was going to take some time to make this transition.  In the past, I’ve often fearlessly picked up and moved cities for work, school, new opportunities, but this time felt really different.  I wanted to slow it down and feel that I was actually taking a grounded leap of faith (if there could be one!).

That said, this move was going to require research . . . a lot of research.  Little did I know a year ago quite how much research it might take.

Last year at this time I knew I was experiencing PAIN.  And it was enough pain to motivate me to do something new.  Reaching a certain threshold of pain, discomfort, frustration or whatever you may call it is a strong motivator for making change even if you don’t know what the end result might be.  I had reached that level of pain one year ago to risk going for something much bigger in order to feel happier.

Have you felt that threshold of pain in your own life? I believe this threshold is different for different people but regardless, when you hit this point, its imperative that you make a change of some kind.  The underbelly of ignoring your own threshold for pain can multiply into aches and pains, illness, depression, and it gets worse from there.  Your whole system will do everything it can to wake you up and get to make new decisions and do new things.

Have you noticed an area of your life where the pain threshold may be cracking and its time to speak up, re-negotiate, re-prioritize, make a move, or just do it?  I encourage you to do so before it becomes a full out crisis of the soul. (As it turns out I am really good at helping you navigate this kind of big shifting.)

I admit that for this move I needed more than one wake-up call.  Again, I found myself really feeling at the bottom of this whole relocation plan around the first of December.  I was reading a great book on change that I highly recommend titled, Manifesting Change, It Couldn’t Be Easier.  And there was literally one paragraph that spoke directly to me.  It said:

“When Completely Stuck, Chance the Unknown . . .

. . . By this I mean, consider making a major life change – moving to a new city, state or country; going back to school; or changing your career.  Assuming you’ve got that inner green light and you’re not going to burn any bridges in your immediate circle, take that big leap.  By making such a huge life change, you exponentially increase the opportunity the Universe will have to reach into your life make adjustments, and show you new possibilities.” – Mike Dooley

Reading these words made a difference and kept me going through all the baby steps to get myself moved to a new city and state – Boulder, Colorado.  I said yes!  I want to exponentially increase the opportunity for the Universe to reach into my life.

What’s the impetus you need to take action or move forward into new territory?

Ask the Universe to give you a sign, a signal, a push.  You don’t have to do it alone.

Here’s another reminder from one of my favorite quotes, attributed to Goethe:

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.

All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.

A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Begin it now.”

Sooooo. . . . keep this stuff in mind, just commit and then allow Providence, the Universe, and more to reveal all sorts of things before your very eyes.

How can I support you in the changes or reinventions you want to create in your life? I’m here as a guide, mentor, and teacher of transformation.  My schedule is open in the month of June to accept two new clients.

Ready to make a big leap and just waiting for the guidance to come along for the support to move ahead? No one does it alone and you don’t have to either.  Contact me and let’s talk to see if I can help you launch your own transformation, email me at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline or call me at 1.917.309.7612.

I promise to stay in touch as I’ve been quite swept up in my own changes the last few months.  I have lots of exciting new beginnings up my sleeve and am preparing to roll out new programs, new offerings, and more coming this summer.  Stay tuned for more.

P.S. Here’s the link to hook yourself up with Mike Dooley’s book on Amazon.com.  May it inspire you, too!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1582702756/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=soulca-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=1582702756&adid=0MH0CQ27VV5WPAGBB5ZB

I was recently browsing through one of my favorite bookstores, Rizzoli, when I came across Twyla Tharp’s book, The Creative Habit.  It’s a practical guide to cultivating your creativity.  Not far into the book, I came across her list of fears that strike to keep her from fulfilling on her creative impulse.  It seems a bit hard to believe she might have these fears, really, as she has had a powerful impact as one of America’s greatest choreographers with a long list of achievements on the stage, in theater, and, in movies.

So I was curious, what are the five fears of a well-accomplished creative?

When I read them over, I found them so perfectly articulated that I actually got out my notebook and wrote them down.  Here’s what keeps Twyla Tharp awake at night as she embarks on a creative project.

1. People will laugh at me.

2. Someone has done it before.

3. I have nothing to say.

4. I will upset someone I love.

5. Once executed, the idea will never be as good as it is in my mind.

Brilliant!  The last one struck me the hardest – she had articulated in words that often buried fear I have when I embark on a new creative endeavor.

My storyline constantly reminds me that while my initial idea may seem brilliant, I will never be able to execute it quite like I imagine it, and I will look like a fool, resulting in being laughed at.  (ick, who wants to look like a fool and be laughed at?)

Phew!  I took an important step, I shared it out loud and in writing.  This is the beginning of speaking, articulating and acknowledging the fears that lurk around stopping me from even starting.  I’m now considering starting a fool’s club so I can get really comfortable feeling foolish and creating in spite of my fears!

What are the fears that stop you?

Recently, I was asked how to address what stops us and how do we deal with it.

Here’s the first place to start.  Articulate the fear.

What is the fear telling you?  What is it saying about you?  How is it trying to get your attention?

Name it.  Put your words on it.  Be curious about the storyline.

This seems easier than it actually is and may require you to go through a few layers of writing, singing it, or acting it out to get right into the essence of it.

Once you unveil the truth of the fear – it will literally begin to open up and give you more space.  It will no longer have that binding grip on you.

So try it.  Try it right now.  Write down your top five fears.

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Here are my latest five, if you need further inspiration:

1.  No one understands me.

2.  I don’t know what to do.

3.  I’ll have to do everything myself.

4.  I won’t make the right decisions.

5.  It won’t fly.

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After articulating your fears, what is the next step in addressing them?

Share them.

Tell them to someone who can listen, not judge. Not comment, not even try to talk you out of your fear.

Just witness you, witness the fear that’s arising, witness the alchemy of what happens when you speak it out loud and share it with another.

The second step of sharing is incredibly powerful.  There is truly profound alchemy in it.

To help facilitate deep openings, expansions, breakthroughs, and magical transformations, I created a coaching program to call together a group of women to stand for, witness, and grow as unique individuals in pursuit of a creative endeavor, day-to-day expansion, and reinvention of any desired sort – bring it all!

Join me and eight others for exploring the fears, the blocks, the stuff holding you back (but not for long because there will be breakthroughs!) in:

Sacred in the City circle starting on Thursdays, March 24th at 7pm in Manhattan.

See more details here: http://soulcallingsonline.com/services/sacred-in-the-city-march-april-2011/

Have a fearless week-end!

If you are feeling really fearless, please post your 5 fears here as a comment (on the top of the page click the comment button) and you can use a different name if that feels more comfortable for you.

P.S. Would you like to purchase Twyla Tharp’s book?  Here’s the link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743235274/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=soulca-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743235274