If you met me ten years ago, you would see a completely different person than who I am today.  Now that’s probably true for everyone to some extent.  But for me the difference would be pretty significant.

For starters I dyed my hair a dark brown and wore it long and straight.  I weighed more and carried more weight in my face.  I exercised but not extensively enough to be considered athletic (I was just keeping up).

More importantly, I was more easily irritated. A lot more cranky. And a lot more moody.  And prone to feeling really depressed.  I couldn’t regularly digest my food.  I was always trying to figure out the last thing I ate that was upsetting my stomach to try to avoid eating it again but it never seemed to end. I couldn’t always pinpoint exactly what it was.

So how did I evolve to what I look like today and how I feel today?  Read on to learn more about how food and nutrition played a key role in my journey and join me this Wednesday for a webinar on this very topic.

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My Own Journey through Food . . .

When I started exploring all the different ways the body, mind, and spirit heal, I tried a lot of different things.  I was genuinely ready, willing, and able to try just about anything.  I knew that there was a direct link to how I felt, my mood swings, and my digestion, but nothing a medical doctor would diagnose.

So I started my own research.  I worked with a nutritionist and started eliminating certain foods. I followed the blood type rules and tried eating like Blood type O (I found out later I am Blood type A).  I did a ten day food detoxification on my own following some guidelines in a book. I stopped drinking alcohol simply because it made me feel so bad.

I gave up meat, chicken, diary, wheat, soda, sugar and more for three years.  I did a juice cleanse for six weeks.  I drank wheatgrass.  I grew my own organic vegetables.  I tried going raw.  I did a gall bladder flush.  I did colonics.  Through it there were times I felt really good and times I felt really bad.  But I believed I was changing my cellular make-up.  I was changing my physical self from the inside out.

And I was determined to change it because I kept noticing that no matter how much I ‘tried’ I would default to negative places – depression, moodiness, despair – and I wanted to shift that out of my cells entirely.  Back then I was mostly doing this on my own, with a friend or two, reading books to piece it together.  People thought I was completely crazy.  The word ‘detox’ didn’t really exist as a word people used on a regular basis unless you were a drug addict.

Now there is a lot more support for making these types of food and nutritional changes in your life.  Including amazing practitioners who can help you create a personalized plan and there are more organic food choices, more awareness of where food comes from, local versus commercial farming and awareness of the affects food creates for health, wellness, and vitality. Not to mention the many more vegan, vegetarian and amazing raw food restaurants (I was just treated to dinner at one of the best in the country last week!).

Food is a direct link to how we nourish ourselves. And how we nourish ourselves is a direct link to how we connect to ourselves as spiritual beings.  Nowadays, I’ve found more peace when it comes to my food choices and no longer have to maintain strict dietary restrictions and can naturally digest my food, eating just about anything.  It took me years of searching which I can share with you as you embark on your own journey.  How do you want to nourish your body?

I would love to support you to make similar changes inside and out in your life.  Please join me and New York based Health coach, Jena La Flamme this week in a webinar titled, How to Unblock Your Flow in Weight Loss and in Life.  Join us on Wednesday, March 17th at 8pm (EST)/5pm(PST).

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More details on the webinar for Wednesday . . . .

You’ve likely noticed, there are areas of your life where everything works…
…and there are areas where you get really discouraged, easily frustrated,
and can’t for the life of you make what you want happen.

For many powerful women, feeling unhappy about their weight and body image falls into that category.

While for others that missing thing is a satisfying and rewarding career.

And for others still, it’s nourishing, fulfilling, and passionate relationships.

In either case, there’s a voice whispering in your ear, with never ending persistence, no matter how many times it’s been ignored, that is part of the solution…if only you would listen.

Join me, Elizabeth Joy Mueller, former corporate management consultant turned soul healer, and Jena La Flamme, weight loss expert and founder of the Jena Wellness Center in NYC, as featured in Glamour, Pilates Style and on Discovery Health Channel, for a FREE 60 minute webinar to ignite your path to weight loss, wellbeing and getting exactly what you want.

Are you ready to stop drowning out the smartest part of you, and unlock your power?

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010, at 8pm EST, 5pm PST.  To Register go to:  http://soulcallingsonline.com/services/teleseminar/
P.S. Even if you are unable to make the webinar live, send me your name and email and we’ll send you an mp3 recording as soon as it is available. That way you can listen to this great information when it suits your schedule.

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The Alchemy of Joy: Turning Your Junk into Gold

Do you wish you woke up every day feeling energized by your life?

Are you craving more passion and inspiration in your work, relationships, health, home, spiritual connection, financial abundance, creative expression but have no idea how to do that given all your everyday responsibilities?

Have you already achieved much, if not all, of what you wanted in life and now realize it’s not bringing you the fulfillment you expected?

Are you constantly battling self-doubt and wishing you could trust yourself and feel confident in your choices?

What if I told you that all that longing, all that frustration, all that discontent, and yes, even all that self-judgment, is not just normal, not just understandable, not just okay, but your very own pure brilliant GOLD??

It’s my conviction that each of us holds the seeds of our own joy, and – believe it or not –the stuff we might consider to be manure is an important element of creating that joy. I’m not just talking about the parts of you that you could acknowledge more fully, like your fabulous ability to throw a party, or your talent for learning quickly on the job, or the way you’re a friend that people could write songs about (though I do love all those things about you!).

I mean that the mucky, junky, wish-I-could-just-make-it-disappear parts of our selves, the stuff that makes us sad, defensive, guilty, embarrassed, regretful, confused, you name it! – those are the ingredients that, if we know how to use them, can actually help us tap into our deepest, most awesome power and guide us to creating our best lives.

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In fact, where you are right now, while it may feel like it’s missing something, actually contains all the ingredients for creating the life you desire. You’re just not used to seeing the genius that lies within it.

If any of this makes you feel vaguely skeptical, uncomfortable or downright cynical, then you’re already feeling the call of the journey to which I’m inviting you!

My work with women who’ve wasted too many years working for tyrant bosses for endless hours and women who’ve lost the sizzle in their marriage and women who’ve struggled with body issues has shown me again and again that the discomfort and nagging stuckness are actually showing up to serve you.

Procrastination? Huge blessing!

Romantic rut? What a gift your soul is offering you!

Money troubles? Big favor!

I know, it sounds bananas. But you know what’s really bananas? All the energy that you’re using trying to manage all those parts of you that you feel aren’t measuring up to your expectations, the things in your life that deep down make you doubt that you’re valuable or even lovable.

So…

If you’re ready to be truly inspired by your life, then here is your invitation to join me on a truly magical carpet ride – a journey into a beautiful and magnificent world… the world of YOU – your elegant inner wisdom, your profound beauty, your shimmering perfection, your infinite power to create anything – A-NY-THING! – you desire.

However, if you’re looking for a shortcut to “success” and “happiness,” PLEASE STOP READING NOW. This invitation is NOT for you.

Thing is, I have a gut feeling that, if you’re reading this, you’re not looking for a one-size-fits-all, quick fix to happiness.

And, if I’m right, then you’re an intelligent, talented, forward-thinking, modern woman who won’t settle for cookie-cutter answers to living life to its fullest.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT BUT SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN’T HAPPEN!

Chances are good that you’ve already achieved many wonderful things in your life – things that, at one time, you thought would make you feel happy and successful.

So when accomplishing these goals didn’t quite deliver, you looked deeper, pursuing your own self-exploration through books, yoga, meditation, therapy, healers, workshops or various teachers who would give you greater insight into living more authentically.

Which means you’re a woman who’s open to stretching beyond her comfort zone and exploring new ways of thinking. You’re a courageous seeker, willing to do what it takes to know deeper fulfillment.

You’ve been willing to push the envelope in order to create what you desire. But what else do you have to do to live joyfully? Do you always have to navigate it all feeling so alone?

Any of this ringing a bell…?

How do I know all of this? Because I’ve been there myself!

Nine years ago, I got laid off. The future I had worked so hard for? Gone in seconds flat. So I took a yoga class at my gym. After an hour and half of torture, I got to lay down in the final relaxation pose. And for the briefest moment, all of about 30 seconds, I felt complete bliss throughout my whole body. This set me onto my own personal exploration of how to recreate true bliss every day.

I took workshops, read books, studied with experts, gurus, and teachers of every stripe. I journeyed to the four corners of the earth. I studied over 37 different modalities of healing, human consciousness, ancient and modern spiritual philosophies and practices, YOU NAME IT!

And what I’ve learned in all my travels and research and inquiry is this. . .

Those things that we least want to see in ourselves, that we least want to acknowledge and accept are the exact places that, once unveiled, can open you up to true joy.

Yes, that’s right – the bliss is in the crap.

And once you discover that, you start living a life that’s profoundly and uniquely yours. This is what I call spiritual alchemy. It’s changed my life and I know, deep in my heart, that it will change yours.

So what exactly does this mean and how do I help you find it, too…?

My goal is to be a mirror of your divine magnificence so that you can access that vision of your own perfection all the time. Our work together centers on my belief, my unshakable conviction that you already possess the best tools to create the change you desire and access abundance and joy. The key is in reframing what you might consider to be problems or stuck patterns…

Join me on a 12 – Week Journey into

The Alchemy of Joy: Turning Your Junk into Gold

The Alchemy of Joy is an interactive journey for tapping into the wisdom of your true self. In community with 11 other fantastic women, we will cultivate the tools for you to experience more ease, love, health, wealth, creativity, spiritual connection and sheer JOY in any area of your life!

You may have read enough already to know this journey is for you! SIGN UP NOW (before September 10th) and SAVE $100! Use coupon code: YES!NOW!

Each week of our three-months together, we will explore spiritual and practical themes that stem from timeless teachings. The emphasis is on the experiential – supporting your discovery of your own wisdom, intuition, and gentle hunches, along with targeted coaching, practical exercises, group dialogue, and weekly assignments – all of which are designed to hone your skills at accessing your soul’s wisdom.

During this journey, you will discover things about yourself that will become the tools for how you create your most authentic and inspiring life. I help illuminate the path, but the landscape is YOU in all your divine beauty

Our time together includes 75-minute sessions dedicated to these key themes:

Call 1: Envisioning your best life – let’s start there!

Call 2: Honing your intuitive powers!

Call 3: Limiting beliefs and how they serve you!

Call 4: Facing the dragons!

Call 5: Falling in love with ALL of you!

Call 6: Integrating your Delicious Divine Diva into your Daily life!

Call 7: Feeling your expansive magnificence!

Call 8: LEAP into a life you LOVE – Yours!

But wait! I have a deep commitment to you and the changes you are ready to bring through in your life! I can’t help myself in all the ways I desire to support you on an even deeper level than just eight calls so the three-month journey also includes:

Two 1-hour One-to-One Mentoring sessions with me as a way to integrate the tools, concepts of the program and take yourself even deeper in a supported way.

A 9^th call for questions, acknowledgment and conversation as a group where we share our successes, confusions, dreams and desires.

Recorded meditations specifically created to support each step of this journey of exploration.

Additional Perfect Bonuses Include:

Anytime access to me via e-mail: Need more insight into your particular situation? Have a specific question that you keep bumping up against? This is where I will provide additional insights to your unique situation and am available for your questions and for sharing what’s taking place in your own journey.

All the calls will be recorded and emailed. So don’t worry if you have to miss any of the live calls. You will get to hear the playback or to review as many times as you like to master the tools!

Each week, we’ll be crafting a new set of glasses through which you can witness the beauty and wisdom that is your true Self. Once you look at yourself and your life through this lens, you’ll experience greater ease and energy in everything you do.

Why?

Because you won’t be using energy to create all those coping mechanisms designed to avoid parts of you that normally make you uncomfortable or scared. You start seeing that ALL aspects of yourself, even the stuck parts, are a HUGE RESOURCE! You might even start celebrating those things that used to make you cringe! Because you have more access to your own power and your wisdom, so you’re confident that there’s nothing you can’t handle. NOTHING

ALL MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT AN INCREDIBLE VALUE!

Normally, 11 sessions with me, plus access via email and recorded meditations would cost around $5,000.

This is an opportunity to work directly with me with the added benefit of working in community with 11 other amazing women.

I will take you on a highly experiential journey, guide you to witnessing your own gifts and intuitive strengths, and mirror your divine magnificence.

I’m a direct and hands-on teacher and this is a rare opportunity to work with me in a small group setting – this series is limited to only twelve incredible women!

THE STAKES ARE JUST WAY TOO HIGH FOR YOU NOT TO SHARE YOUR FULL, AMAZING SELF WITH THE WORLD…

Plain and simple – the world is crazy these days, and it needs you, every beautiful, magnificent drop of you. And it’s my mission to help you expand into your life and create what you are here to be living!

I’ve seen it happen before my very eyes with my clients: quitting a dead-end job to start a new company, follow the dream to be a writer in Paris, transforming an endless desire to eat sweets on the sofa into a career that’s aligned with her natural gifts and talents, clearing out all the paralyzing doubts to take those baby steps to start dating and ultimately finding a great man, giving up a life of boring familiarity to choosing activities that feed the soul – dancing, writing, horse competitions, photography, and more.

So I have to ask…

How long have you already waited and how much longer do you need to wait before you decide to trust yourself and expand into what’s truly calling you?

If you ask me, the answer should be: Not a minute longer!

Fast-forward five years, if you continue living the way you have been, how will you feel?

It’s time for you to be living full-out and now more than ever there is support for doing this. Learn how you can access this support both intuitively and collectively together with 11 other fabulous women ready to reach for more in their own lives!

What will happen?

Living your life starts to feel more natural, less of an effort. You feel more at ease being you and expressing who you are in all areas of your life. You spontaneously choose activities, situations, and attract people aligned with who you really are and who you desire to be.

You feel good more often in your life and when something challenging comes along, you can process it more quickly, more easily. And when the gunky, junky stuff rears its ugly head again, you recognize it as a doorway that can be explored. And in that exploration lie the gems of knowing who you are and how you move through the world in your unique capacity.

Let’s do it! Join me on this incredible journey now. Begin here by asking yourself this question: Why am I allowed to be, do and have what I really want in my life?

I know you are ready to invest in yourself and your own happiness – Sign up for the whole program right now – ALL for $1,108!!

(Until September 10th, You receive $100 savings for the being so READY to say YES! to YOU and your own discovery! Use Coupon code: YES!NOW!)

Do you need an affordable payment plan? I am now offering a 4 month payment plan of $299.00 a month.

Elizabeth is a joy to work with. . . and her methods are brilliant . . .
“Before I signed up for Elizabeth’s May Career Teleseries, I’ve found myself in a place of knowing what I want to do but worrying about how it was supposed to unfold! I wanted support to make this process more easy, organic, and fun. I certainly received that!I liked the combination of material and information with experiential exercises to access my inner guidance and intuition. After the series, I feel that I am trusting these inner resources more and, as a result, I can relax more as I open to my desire to write professionally and share the process of writing with others.For me, the most significant changes I’m experiencing are a greater clarity on where I feel a clear “yes” and where I need to stay tuned for more information. I feel a greater willingness to play and be curious about the many possibilities. I am knowing and trusting that I have a lot to offer and that I can connect to that right now! I’m feeling excited about the projects I’m working on and finding myself more and more able to enjoy what I’m doing!

Elizabeth is a joy to work with. Her methods are brilliant and have a simple elegance that helps you get to the heart of things. I’m grateful to have her support.”

-Patricia, Artist and Alchemist – blissfully pursuing her passions of writing, dancing, teaching, creating and traveling.

Lately I’ve been sharing with more new people what I do and trying out different ways of expressing it.  I am getting lots of fabulous questions (which I totally love) and it is stirring up all kinds of fun with each curious person.

Over the week-end, I was asked, how is what you do different than therapy? This is such a great question because many of us have had various experiences of modern day psychotherapy at one time or another to either see us through a difficult time or provide ongoing support. For me personally, I have had some fabulous therapists in my past who were instrumental in my being able to grow and move forward in my life.

So, just how is One-to-One Mentoring with me different than traditional types of therapy?  Read on to learn more and feel free to respond with more questions if your curiosity gets the best of you by scrolling all the way down this post and submitting it to me.

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When I was in therapy years ago I realized I really wanted to bring significant change through my whole life, my whole being.  I had a soul calling in that I desired to transform myself from the inside out.  How I was living my life wasn’t working and I wanted to find a different way of living that felt authentic and true to who I was.

I recognized that talking in therapy about my thoughts, feelings, frustrations, blocks, and limitations only marginally shifted things for me – it was merely a temporary shift until I was back in the old habits, behaviors, and thoughts – and disenchanted once again.  I realized the cleverness of the mind and working with the mind just created more cleverness, justification, excuses, and even suffering.  I knew I had to go around the mind . . . my hunch told me the change I sought was not through the mind, but beyond it.

There are many traditions, practices, and methods of going beyond the mind.  I’ve done my own exploring. . .including meditation, yoga, sacred places, gurus, workshops, and through it something kept tapping on my shoulder telling me:  it is direct (I can know it through own experience – even my own body), aligns with God/Universe (It connects me to know the truth of who I am) and is free of the usual spiritual trappings (Doesn’t have rules, rituals, leaders, or levels to gain access).

How is my One-to-One Mentoring process different than therapy?

First, you are already perfect as who you are – uniquely and naturally. Your journey is to allow that uniqueness of who you are to unfold and shine.  To follow your joy and create a life that fulfills your needs, desires and the authentic expression of you.  Simply, feel into the magnificence of who you are now. (If that’s the last thing you know how to experience, no worries, I can guide you there and help you discover it for yourself!)

The process is a whole being experience.  In each session, we are working with your physical body, emotional body, mental body, and spiritual body – this includes your energy centers and your life’s soul callings.  This allows the healing and changes you want to fully integrate into your cells, your mindset and your day-to-day life in a powerful way.  Traditional therapy tends to take place only in the mental field and limits any deep underlying transformation or healing that can take place.

Clearing out the gunk.  We clear the limiting beliefs, thoughts, and stories that have been holding you back.  Old trauma, foreign energies, entities, and past life experiences are released making room for you to feel more grounded, heart-centered, present and connected to who you are.  I’ll guide you on how you access your divine self and expand to know your true spiritual nature and purpose.  Therapy does not generally take place within the context of spirituality and spiritual connection and, thus, does not connect you with your true nature and the source of all life.

Each session is fully interactive.  Like therapy, we are both talking and listening on the phone.  I am asking you questions and providing you with feedback.  However, I am facilitating the process for you to open up to your intuition and channels of insight in an experiential way.  You are having a direct experience of your own spiritual nature with me and I am guiding you to notice and recognize the truth of who you are.

Training you to do this for yourself.  I consider myself a guide, facilitator, and a teacher. This is more than a means for healing but an opportunity to learn how to live authentically and relate to your life altogether differently – in joy, and ease with the freedom to be uniquely you.  I am showing you how to bring this into your life with the underlying belief that you can do this every minute, everyday, anytime.  I support you to be even more of who you are!

It happens over time.  I have specifically designed my programs to support your journey over a minimum of three to five months as a starting point.  The process keeps bringing you back to a grounded, centered, and connected place to live your life from as your daily existence.  Even with a commitment of three to five months, this is just a starting place.  All deeper, transformational change takes place gradually over time with the integration of your own unique opening to who you are, naturally and graciously.

Joy! You feel it. You experience it (in the sessions and then in your life).  It comes through the body, the cells!  You let the old stuff go.  You naturally open to your own gifts and talents!  You naturally open to relating and connecting with others!  You naturally feel more creative.

You start having more fun and freedom and ease by being YOU!  You allow your instincts to lead you, which naturally moves you to the best part of the sand box to play in!

Now, is everything perfect?  Possibly, but if life throws you a curve ball, you are able to acknowledge it, process it, and move on more easily and quickly.  You trust yourself. You trust the universe.  Waking up becomes a LOT more fun.

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Within hours of my first session, I got my first job offer.

“Two months ago I attended a Soul Callings event and met Elizabeth.  I was unemployed, uncertain about my career path, and unhappy with my weight; the idea of a regular centering practice appealed to me.  And I was curious about the stories I’d heard from acquaintances about her work!  I took the leap and signed up.

Within hours of my first session, I got my first job offer.  The day after my second session, my ex called me out of the blue to apologize for the way he’d treated me two years before.  These were huge shifts that I didn’t see coming at all!

Since then I’ve chosen a wonderful job from among the three offers that have come my way (within six weeks of starting my One-to-One mentoring with Elizabeth), and I’ve begun training for a half marathon.

The best way I can describe the process I’m undergoing right now is that I’m putting things in the right place: I’m aligning ideas, dreams, resources, relationships, and opportunities around a clear vision of self.  I’m processing some old stuff, and letting go of what I don’t need.  The shift in my emotional landscape has been subtle but real.”

Nancy R., Investor Relations, New York, NY

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Come play with me!!!

Join Jena La Flamme and me for a webinar scheduled for Wednesday, March 17^th at 8pm.  Who is Jena? She will focus on how weight loss can be a fun and easy process that returns you to your own power as a living, breathing woman. More details on how to register coming soon!

Taaaa daaaaa. . . . .The Live Authentically Tribe has a beautiful location!  Save the date for Saturday, April 10^th from 3-5:30pm.

I can’t wait for you to join me in living your savviest, soulful life.  Surround yourself in a tribe doing the same and your light only brightens!  Register now at The Live Authentically Tribe Event.

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Today is Valentine’s day.  A holiday of sorts set up around romantic love.  This day, maybe more than any other holiday throughout the year, can really bring up a lot of charge for people.  When I say charge, I mean, excitement, disappointment, romance, elation, dread, frustration, lovesickness, the glaring lack of romance and the list goes on. . . which camp do you fall into? There are the haters of Valentine’s day, the lovers of Valentine’s day, or the neutral (what holiday?).

Screeeeeeaaaccchhhhh!  Sttoppp. Freeze!  Right where you are!

I’d like to propose a re-framing of this day altogether.

Remember when you were in the 2^nd grade, you spent a whole afternoon turning a old shoe box into your valentine receiving box using construction paper, scissors and glue.  It was fun, pretty easy and the box could look anyway you wanted it to look.  It got you all ready to receive lots of Valentine’s from everybody.

Then the next day everyone in class showed up with valentines cards and you ended up with a whole pink shoe box of Valentine’s reminding you of many of the following. . .

Be mine.   I’m yours.

I’m cuckoo for your love.  Cuckoo!  Cuckoo!

No lion, I love you.  Roooaaarrr!

You appeel to me, Banana face.

Lots of silliness.  Lots of candy (which at the time you thought was fabulous). Lots of pink and red.  Lots of fun (you were skipping any real school subjects for cupcakes).

So given this is where you started with Valentine’s day at age seven, let’s just take you right back there.

Let’s make Valentine’s the day you just remind all those people in your life that you care about them and you love ‘em.  It can include your partner or the doorman, your friends and your family, your great aunt Lillian and so on.  Give ‘em one of those silly sappy cards just for the fun of it! Spread your love!

Make Valentine’s day a day to create random acts of kindness.  Better yet, make them anonymous.  Pass on fun, unexpected delights to a total stranger.  Pay ahead for the next five people to get a free coffee or cupcake.  Send an anonymous note to someone who is sad or lonely.  Send flowers to that cranky person at your office who never gives anyone credit for hard work.

When you do these fun little mischievous acts, you’ll notice it actually makes you feel good.

Today, one thing for sure is that you are receiving a BIG BIG Valentine’s greeting from me.  Because I love this day and I love you!  Trust me, I do, in a divine bright love sort of way!!

I’m truly CUCKOO for you!  Happy Valentine’s Day!

Much much love,

Elizabeth

Happy New Year! The transition into 2010 has been exciting, expanding and exhilarating. Usually the month of January is a tough time for me and I come into a new year kicking and screaming but this transition into, not just a new year, but, also a new decade, has felt really different. Many exciting new things are happening in my practice. My programs have reached a liftoff and my clients are heeding their soul callings!

My own 2010 soul callings are inviting me to step out through speaking engagements, launching my Live Authentically Tribe and more!

The question is, how do I make my soul callings come true?

Read on to discover a short, easy yet profoundly revolutionary trick to bringing in your dreams, wishes, and New Year’s resolutions.

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It’s January and you’ve made a list of resolutions, goals, desires, or, said to yourself something has to change. Maybe it is in your career, your relationship, or your health. You know what it is because it is clearly tapping you on the shoulder and when you ignore it, you can feel it. It actually takes effort to ignore it, to push it away. (If I had to guess, I might say you have a soul calling. . . .hmmmmm.)

So here’s a way through it without ‘figuring it out’ because that never works and it just makes everything feel even more difficult.

1. Set a timer for 3-5 minutes. (most phones have this option so you can do it anywhere that is relatively quiet)

2. Choose one area you desire to bring in change. For example, I desire to launch my Live Authentically Tribe with a live event. Or, I desire to bring in my own legendary relationship.

3. Be very clear about the desire or change without blending it. For example, I desire an amazing relationship, to change my career, and to receive a million dollars. This won’t work so choose only one area of focus.

4. Start the timer and for the next 3 to 5 minutes feel what it will be like when your soul calling, dream, or desire is manifested. Go to how it will FEEL to be you and have this already happening in your waking experience.

5. Allow the whole experience of how you would be, what you would feel like, imagine what you are wearing and how it feels to interact with others around you. Imagine feeling really supported and allowing what you want to come in easily and effortlessly. Have some fun, lighten it up, feel that smile on your face having what you always dreamed of! Imagine how much fun it will be for you and others when you are manifesting your soul calling.

6. Don’t go into the action steps, don’t try to figure out how to make it happen – just go straight into the fun part – the having it, the living it, the loving it!

7. Do this once a day. Stick to 3-5 minutes only. Step out of the way and let the magic begin!

When the fun stuff starts rolling in, please send me your story or post a comment so I can share it!

Message from Elizabeth
I write this in a quiet house (a rare moment) with all my family as we’ve come together to celebrate Christmas in Las Vegas. I know, people always do a doubletake when I tell them I am heading to Las Vegas to meet my family. But, its true!

Last week, at another evening of sharing soul callings with a group of divine divas, I got to participate in my own small group exercise. In this exercise, each woman pulls from my Savvy Soul card deck and shares what resonates about the card for them. Because we had an odd number of participants, I got to pull one of my own cards.

The card I pulled stated: Make room for JOY!

Yaaaahhhhooooooo!

I could not be more ready to remind myself of this everyday, every minute! This is what life is all about and sometimes this seems to be the last thing on the ‘to do’ list!

One of my personal holiday “joys” is gift wrapping. I love to create all sorts of wrapping, ribbons, and bows for each package. This year I’ve shared this pleasure with my three and half year old niece, Sofia.

I explained to her that I was an Elf with a very special job – Santa’s gift wrapper. She gave me a special name, Ribbony, and together we have created a unique package out of every gift under the tree!

I invite you to join me this holiday season in moving JOY to the top of your ‘list’.

As I do so I am reminded how blessed my life is and has been over this last year. I am so blessed you are in my life and our paths have crossed in the most perfect way (And I hope will continue to do so in the future!).

I am wishing you and your loved ones, families, communities, and all those who’s lives you touch much much LOVE and JOY.

Happy Holidays!! Peace to you!
Elizabeth Joy

My life has been a full scale whirlwind since the holiday season began. One fun exciting thing after another – yeeaahhh! It’s easy to get caught up in just getting through it so I am slowing it down this week. I can’t actual stop my schedule but I can take small moments to exhale slowly, walk to my destination and take in the holiday decorations, or sit down in the park for a few minutes to watch the squirrels running around.

As you read my message this week, use it as an opportunity to create a little pause in your day, your calendar, your appointments and enjoy the holiday season all around you!

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Message From Your Soul

As you take a moment to breathe and catch up with yourself in the midst of this holiday season, how are you feeling?

Take a deep exxxxhhhhaaaallllleee. Ahhhhhhhh. Slow down your breathing.

Do you find yourself trying to muscle through your life right now? Once you start doing this you may also shut down and go into constant execution mode – of your appointments, events, work, to do’s – your whole calendar just becomes one thing after another to get through.

Here’s the reality. Muscling through your life sucks away all the fun, the joy, the delights that may pop up along the way. It becomes impossible to notice all the goodies that keep life feeling good.

It’s true, sometimes that’s just what it takes. But what if you could do it another way?

What if you could shift this frame into one where you are still living your life AND where you can show up feeling grounded, excited, delighted and at ease with all that’s happening on the outside of you?

It starts by taking time and space for the inside of you. For listening to the deeper parts of you that are tapping on your shoulder and trying to get your attention.

When you begin by acknowledging all the parts of you – no matter what arises – you naturally shift, open and relax into who you truly are!

What feels like a lot of heavy lifting shifts into ease and grace with things falling into place synchronistically – beyond what your mind and all its planning, strategies, and re-organizing and general obsessing – could have ever thought up!

So turn up the magic, sprinkle some sparkle and let go of shouldering through your life. Unblock the wonderful. Find out what can happen.