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 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

How much time and energy do you commit to knowing and following your higher purpose? What could happen if you took some time to inquire, explore and be curious about this for you?

You see, no one, anywhere is exactly like you.  No one has ever been quite like you before now or in the future.  You are completely unique.  You are a completely unique divine spark of life force unlike anything previously existed in time and space. If that’s the truth, how do you want to spend your time, energy, gifts and talents?  What is your purpose and how can you awaken and open to this now?

I’m so excited to announce that I have created a new program to explore our very own uniqueness and our very own unique connection to the sacred specifically for the NYC woman.  Scroll down for more details to see if this program is right for you or someone you know.

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Let’s play a game.

Just take five minutes with me right now. (C’mon just five minutes!) Set a timer, your phone clock, or your watch.

Close your eyes.

Take a deep breath, or two, or three.

Allow your whole body to relax right where you are.

Feel all the way down into your feet and then drop your awareness down into the earth below your feet.

Feel deeply connected into the earth like a rooted Elm.*

Now imagine you are sitting next to your oldest truest most magnificent self.  She (or he) is at least 1,000 years old and so gentle and thoughtful, having had every possible experience again and again.  She is radiant, full of light and love, compassion and glory.  She imbues this deeply loving wisdom and understanding of any situation, challenge or frustration you may have.  She uplifts you and holds you.  She reassures you like no one ever has and you resonate with this assurance that indeed, everything is in perfect timing.

As you tune in here, notice what other qualities your truest self possesses.  Is she commanding? Witty?  Does she heal and transform?  Does she teach and guide?  Does she provide confidence and courage?  Is she strong, healthy, and vital?  What is her vision of you, your body, the world, the deepest wishes you hold close to your heart?

Take a few moments to imagine all the qualities of your truest, highest, most magnificent self and feel all of it throughout your entire body using your senses.  Have fun, go deep, experience the great expansion of 1,000 years of experiences being you.

What does she tell you?  What does she want you to know?  What does she remind you of?

Now let all the wisdom, divine love, light, radiance, all those unique qualities she possesses to come into you.  Allow her to merge with you and you to know yourself as your wisest, most radiant self, with 1,000 years of experiences to draw upon.

When the timer goes off or you finish, open your eyes.  Enjoy moving through your day with your best friend at your side or nearby and call upon her whenever you need for any reason whatsoever.

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I am so excited to announce a new program I have developed for an intimate circle of women to explore your own unique purpose and cultivating this closely with your highest truest self.

Drum roll please as I announce. . . .

Sacred in the City:
A 5-Week Series on
How to De-mystify the Mystical,
Hone your Intuition,
& Clear out the Gunk while
staying Savvy, Smart, and Sexy

Sacred in the City is a five week program (starting March 24th, 2011) designed for the savvy, smart, sexy modern woman searching for deeper connection, fulfillment, and satisfaction by tuning into who she is and what she truly wants to express through her life.

• Are you ready to illuminate your intuition and listen deeply to your wisest self to make decisions and move in new directions?
• Are you longing to tap into your unique purpose and open to new opportunities?
• Do you feel a deep longing to discover, heal, and know your divine connection?

Everyone is welcome as this will be an open, dynamic and interactive five weeks of exploration of your own sacred self and your capacities for living the life you truly love.

Learn more now at:  http://soulcallingsonline.com/services/sacred-in-the-city-march-april-2011/

Is there a tap on your shoulder to dive deeper and explore your own sense of the sacred?

It starts two weeks from today on Thursday, March 24th at 7pm-9pm and will continue weekly for a total of five Thursday evenings on the upper west side of NYC near 72nd street.

Join us!:  http://soulcallingsonline.com/services/sacred-in-the-city-march-april-2011/

Bring a friend. Please spread the word! I can’t wait to explore with you.

Does a program like this fit with your mission or space?  Let me design and deliver a program for your audience.  Contact me today at 1.917.309.7612 or Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com.

Have a divinely inspired day backed by 1,000 years of wisdom!

P.s. *I love Elm trees. I’d guess they are part of a royal lineage they are so regal.  The first time I saw one I had arrived to visit the Northeast to see friends.  I saw this grand old Elm across the street and I completely freaked out.  It was like I was witnessing a Grand King vibrating majesty, commanding my attention and my awe.  I felt a need to bow to such a grand royal living beings.

American Elm trees

21 Acts of LOVE

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This list has been put together to remind us of the many opportunities in life that help to open the heart. Please find one or two that resonate with you and try them out.

Or better, find one that makes you uncomfortable and try it.  Get out of your comfort zone and discover where it takes you. It might just open your heart!

1.    Do something for someone else!  Magically this can take us out of our heads and our own misery and inspire us to feel positive again.  Create some magic for someone else.

2.    Anonymous acts of good.  These are surprisingly powerful to do and instantly create magic for you and the receiver.  Here are some ideas to get started.  Add your personal spin into each one or create your own:  Pay it forward for coffee or cupcakes for those in line behind you, leave behind a beautiful bouquet of flowers, leave a $20 bill where someone can find it, send someone tickets to an event, write an anonymous note to someone who has negatively impacted you and tell them how wonderful they are and how much they have touched your life.  Doing any anonymous acts of good can work wonders for you and open up magic in your life and the lives of others.

3.    Donate to a charity or a cause you feel strongly about.  Where do you want to help?  Here are some of my favorite:  www.LineageProject.org, www.Womenforwomen.org, www.heifer.org, www.nrdc.org, www.kiva.org or www.joinfite.org, www.CARE.org.  Research the amazing and inspiring work people are already creating out there and decide to be part of it.

4.    Laugh.  Laugh more and make others laugh more also.  It’s so important to laugh!  Remember not to take yourself so seriously. Go rent a funny movie. Go to a Yoga Laugh class – these exist and here’s the website to find a class near you www.LaughterYoga.org.  It’s for real!

5.    Go on a negativity diet. . . catch yourself making negative comments or gossiping and stop!  Try this for three days at least.  If you slip up just redirect the conversation towards the positive or end it altogether.  Notice who you easily slip into a critical mode with and ask them to help you stop doing this.  Yes, they will call you Pollyanna and so what!  You will feel so much better.  If you see the glass half full, then it is.  If you see the glass half empty, then it is.  So make a conscious choice about what view You want to take.  Thoughts become reality so think the uplifting ones!!!

6.    Make a date with someone you’ve been neglecting and go somewhere really beautiful.  It doesn’t have to be expensive, but step out of the usual routine and try something new.  Have tea, get dessert, share an appetizer. Catch up and tell them how much you appreciate them.

7.    Make memories.  This one can be a bit challenging for me as I am not too sentimental and tend to forget about photos and other memorabilia.  Yet, creating special mementos reminds us of good times.  These can become treasured moments.  Who could you send a photo or photo album to of a shared memory?

8.    Write an ‘old fashioned’ thank you note (one that gets sent in the mail, not via e-mail) for no real reason except to tell the recipient how much they mean to you and thank them for being in your life!

9.    Send Valentine cards – my personal favorite – reminding those that you do love how much they touch your life!  Have fun, be creative . .  remember the second grade when everyone took home a whole box of cards with silly slogans and poetic verses. . . .it felt good!

10. Go to a new venue.  Have you always wanted to go to the Opera, attend a special event, a museum exhibit, a car show?  Research it and buy the tickets to go.  Don’t delay and have fun finding others who might share this with you.   invite someone to come along with you.  Do something new!

11. Adopt a pet!  Through a Secret Santa gift exchange I received a fish!  Yes, you read that right.  The gift exchange rules stated it had to be purple and under $10 and I received a Thai Beta fish!  I named him Ramses and fell in love!  Who knew how much joy that little fish would give me. When I had to travel he also brought loads of fun and joy to my friend’s office and her colleagues.  Animals easily open our hearts.  If you can’t adopt, go walk a neighbor’s dog or cat sit for a friend.

12. Shake your body. Dance. Jump up and down.  This is sooo good for shaking out a bad mood, stress, worry, or anxiety.  Literally shake it out.  Put on some fast music with upbeat rhythms and shake your body.  Need some inspiration on this. . go to www.wisewildfree.com and explore Qoya. Try a Zumba class, jump on a trampoline or do 50 jumping jacks to Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It!’

13. Watch a movie and be transported to a different life!  Feeling sad?  Nothing like a good cry to feel completely refreshed.  Go rent that drama or tragedy and let the tears roll.  Just bring the tissues along!

14. Go outside.  Just get yourself outside.  Go for a walk.  Thirty minutes of walking with no particular agenda can work wonders on your mood, your creativity, and your ability to be productive when you feel overwhelmed.  It literally gets your energy moving. Turn off the phone and just wander and be curious. You will be so much more loveable!

15.  Practice graciously receiving.  Are you one of those people that always says, ‘Oh, no thank you.’?  Instead, say ‘YES! Thank you!  I’d love to!’  Then practice letting others help you and give to you. That provides you the opportunity to graciously receive.  Believe it or not, we can get so habitual about saying no, this can be more challenging than it may be seem at first.  So the next time someone asks you, ‘Would you like. . .? Say, Yes! Thank you! I’d love that!

16. Appreciation.  Nothing helps the abundance in your life grow more than really appreciating the cornucopia of what you already have.  So look around and make a list of 108 things that you are appreciative of in your life and all the generousness that already exists.  This is a real heart-opener.  Often we are focused on looking for the next thing, rather than the what is already present in your life.  So go ahead slow down, look with wonder at all that you have created and really appreciate the creativity and genius of it and of you.

17. Ask. Ask others to help you.  Ask for what you truly want.  Be authentic.  Don’t wait.  The time is now.  Share yourself.

18. Move towards fun.  Take a baby step towards something you’ve always wanted to do or experience.  Have you wanted to learn how to sing, but keep putting it off?  Have you dreamed of trekking across New Zealand?  Do you want to become a dance instructor?  Do you want to perfect your culinary skills?  What new creative outlet do you want to try?  Be willing to be a beginner and find the pleasure in moving towards trying it out.  You don’t have to be perfect. . . let that dream begin to take shape and start playing with it.  Take a class, or a few private lessons, or gather a group who want to do the same. Play!

19. Align with GOD.  Explore your direct connection with God, the Universe, and Spirit.  How do you access this in your own life?  Consciously begin creating this in a way that’s true for you.  More than ever, accessing your own divine nature is available in a direct way and can be cultivated and expanded.  Open to what would support you and your own spiritual nature.  If you don’t know, be willing to explore.  Read, take a class, visit a sacred place, or join a group exploring this. Be willing to open to the mystery of you and life around you.

20. Experience a spiritual teacher, coach, or healer to help you access and open to your own heart, self acceptance and healing in your life from the past or old beliefs that hold you back from fulfilling your hearts greatest callings.  There is more support than ever before so lean in.  We don’t grow by being alone. We grow in bearing witness to who we really are with others. Reach out. Lean in. Share your journey.

21. Be you!  Yes, give yourself permission to really be YOU!  Following your own likes and dislikes, enjoying what you enjoy, growing in the ways you truly want to grow, stretching to be all of who you are. Now.  Don’t hold back anymore. Go for it.   Laugh and love and share and grow and appreciate all along the way . . . . when you feel happy and open your heart, you naturally give others permission to join you and find their own happiness.  It naturally expands.  It’s truly magical!

Elizabeth Joy Mueller copyright 2011  www.SoulCallingsOnline.com

So nearing up on Valentine’s day, one of my personal favorites, I can’t help but feel really inspired.  I reached out to a select group to see if anyone would like to create a unique and dynamic way of celebrating this holiday dedicated to red hearts, roses and chocolates.

What if we could actually launch from this superficial level to a much deeper, more profound sense of LOVE.  Not just selfish, what will you get for me? love, but DIVINE, endless, overflowing and creative LOVE?!  The LOVE that taps into the core of who we are and how we express ourselves and create our biggest dreams and desires!

And then what if you could marry the Divine LOVE with Gratitude?

Gratitude that comes from deep within and reminds you, yet again, of your own magnificence.  Divine LOVE + Gratitude!  Yes, this is exactly what Tara Dixon and I have stirred up for Sunday afternoon, February 13th!

So don’t hesitate to step into this GRAND sense of LOVE + Gratitude and join us!  We encourage early registration because this event will sell out!

Here are more details to whet your appetite and sign yourself up now . . .

Elizabeth Joy Mueller and Tara Dixon have planned a Soulful Salon dedicated to LOVE + Gratitude.

Get ready to expand your heart and open to your deepest desires!
Get ready to explore the depth of your own Gratitude and express it like never before!
Get ready to play, laugh and explore what’s possible in your life – your biggest dreams!

Expect a playful, dynamic and inspiring program that will open you to LOVE + Gratitude
[Warning:  This program is only for those ready to break free of the old gunk and open to something MUCH MORE! Be willing to be surprised!]

When:  Sunday, February 13th from 4-6:30pm (arrive by 4:30 to participate in the fun!)

RSVP NOW by Clicking on this link:

You will receive more details upon registration and payment. Bring a friend! Hosted in a private home in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Cost:  $39 for preregistration (Closes Sat. Feb 12th at midnight) or $49 at the door (Includes surprise goodies!)

Any questions, contact Elizabeth at Elizabeth@SoulCallingsOnline.com or 917.309.7612.

Learn more about the gifts and talents of Tara Dixon at www.TaraDixon.com or www.GratitudeDesigns.com.
Learn more about the talents and gifts of Elizabeth Joy Mueller at www.SoulCallingsOnline.com.

We can’t wait to play with you!  Bring a friend! Or two!