Inspired Living

by Cynthia Occelli

Copyright 2013 - All Rights Reserved

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Table of Contents

1. .........................................................................................................................Inspired Living 42. ...........................................................................................The Power of the Inspired Mind 53. .............................................................................................................Rebooting Inspiration 64. .....................................................................................................................................A Caveat 75. .........................................................................................The Principle of Correspondence 86. .................................................................................................................The Uninspired Life 97. ......................................................................................................................The Inspired Life 128. ......................................................................................Interrupting Negative Momentum 159. ............................................................................................................How To Use This Book 1610. ....................................................................................................................Get Some Altitude 1711. .......................................................................................................................Life's Guarantee 1812. ................................................................................................................................Get Present 1913. .........................................................................................................................................Let Go 2014. ................................................................................................................Anything is Possible 2115. ...........................................................................................Failure, Perseverance & Success 2216. .....................................................................................................................Words of Wisdom 2417. .......................................................................................................Your Intention Statement 2718. .........................................................................Your Greatest Achievements or Memories 3019. ....................................................................................................................................Gratitude 3520. ............................................................................................................................Body to Mind 3721. ...............................................................................................................................Reassurance 4022. .....................................................................Creating and Reinforcing What You Believe 4223. .............................................................................................................................................Give 4724. ............................................................................................................................In Conclusion 4925. .....................................................................................................................About the Author 50

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Inspired Living

his book is our co-creation. I’ve provided the foundation and direction necessary to produce a

rescue kit capable of changing the trajectory of your entire life. Your job is to contribute your

insights and dreams. Together, we are a formidable force capable of overcoming any challenge.

The wisdom contained in this book is meant to be carried with you wherever you go. I encourage you

to keep a completed copy at home, at work and anywhere you frequently visit. It will become your go-to

resource whenever you’re facing a challenge, losing motivation, drive or inspiration.

My mission here is to equip you with fail-proof techniques and strategies to transform unproductive,

success-blocking mindsets into powerfully inspired states that immediately improve your present

experience while setting you firmly on the path to your greatest desires. I wrote this book for you.

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The Power of an Inspired Mind

our thoughts create your life. This isn’t magic. Think about it. Your thoughts dictate your actions, reactions, decisions, and feelings; they are the catalyst for all you do. What you do, or fail to do,

shapes your life. Thus, the state of your life today is the result of your predominant thoughts.

An inspired, peace-filled mind recognizes opportunities, makes empowered choices and capitalizes on innovation. The uninspired mind laments its plight, focuses on impending doom and lacks imagination. The difference between the two is the difference between a life of personal fulfillment and one of strained mediocrity.

To create the life you deserve (yes, happiness is your birthright) and desire, you must become mentally aligned with what you seek and take consistent, intelligent, action toward attaining it. When passionate focus meets continuous action, an irresistible force is ignited and desired outcomes are drawn to you, often in unexpected and unlikely ways.

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"A man is but the product of his thoughts.

What he thinks, he becomes."

– Mahatma Gandhi

Rebooting Inspiration

’ve yet to meet a person who doesn’t have down days. Even the most positive people feel frustrated,

uninspired or blue, sometimes. From this low energy place, life suffers. We make poor decisions, fail

to recognize opportunities and backslide away from our goals. Making matters worse, feelings, both

positive and negative, are contagious and, in our low state, we spread our moods to others.

The instant you become aware of ongoing negative thoughts or feelings,

your number one priority is to shift to an empowered, peaceful and

inspired state of mind, immediately so that you can get back to the

business of living on purpose.

The challenge for most of us is that while immersed in low, slow, negative

states, it is extraordinarily difficult to lighten our mood. Even if you

possess an immense reserve of life enhancing wisdom and knowledge, it

may not come to mind when needed most.

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“The road to positivity is strewn with the

abandoned vehicles of the

faint-hearted.”– Peter McWilliams

A Caveat

his book is not intended for people enduring deep crises, grief or grappling with major emotional

challenges (i.e. death, tragedy, grave loss). In these situations, intense personal help is warranted.

There are a plethora support groups, religious/spiritual advisors and professionals with expertise in

helping to heal life traumas. This book would serve only as a band aid, instead of the vital life support

you need and deserve. Take the courageous step of getting support. You deserve it.

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The Principle of Correspondence

hatever you focus your thoughts on expands and multiplies, regardless of whether the thoughts

are positive or negative. Have you ever become aware of something and all of the sudden began

to see it everywhere? Perhaps you bought a new car or discovered that you’re expecting a child and

then noticed that the world is full of that precise car and the pregnant population seems to have

quadrupled over night? These are small examples of the Principle of Correspondence.

On a larger scale, your day to day focus dictates the direction, quality and content of your life while

heightening your awareness of key opportunities. When mastered, your predominant thoughts work to

magnetize unending good and propel you toward your most treasured goals. Left to operate by default,

life reflects whatever happens to be going through your mind the most.

"Our minds become magnetized with the dominating thoughts we hold and these magnets attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which

harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts."– Napoleon Hill

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The Uninspired Life

n an uninspired life, a person vacillates between the following emotional states:

❖ Tired❖ Lonely❖ Incapable❖ Powerless❖ Insecure❖ Lacking❖ Not good enough❖ Bound❖ Failing❖ Overwhelmed

"Life consists in what a person is thinking of all day."

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Living an uninspired life, one views life as:

❖ Unfair❖ Arduous❖ Difficult❖ Full of Scarcity❖ Limited❖ Cruel❖ Adverse❖ Scary❖ Tenuous❖ Hopeless

An uninspired life is exhausting, frustrating and thankless. Instead of moving toward our goals and

dreams, we spend our time endeavoring to get away from the things we don’t like. Although we think

this will make life better, the principle of correspondence continues to provide us with more of what we

are focused on. We must run toward what we desire instead of away from from what is undesired.

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The more we battle and resist circumstances, the more they appear in our lives. As time passes,

momentum builds and the types of problems we’re experiencing grow in significance. Our

relationships, finances, health and/or career may suffer dramatically.

This worsening of conditions, despite our constant efforts to stop the negativity, leads us to believe that

we aren’t worthy or we’re unlucky, and we begin to believe that our lives can’t be good and we don’t

deserve better. It feels true, but it’s completely false.

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“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”

– Lao-Tzu

The Inspired Lifen a predominant state of inspiration we view ourselves as:

❖ Filled with unlimited potential❖ Empowered❖ Capable❖ Competent❖ Blessed (or Lucky)❖ Creative❖ Strong❖ Prosperous❖ A match for every challenge we encounter ❖ Successful ❖ Attractive

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Living from a predominant state of inspiration, we view life as:

❖ Laden with opportunity❖ Supportive❖ Fun❖ Constantly improving❖ Abundant❖ Friendly❖ Safe❖ Pleasant❖ Generous❖ Beautiful

"The point of power is always in the present."

– Keith Cunningham

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Living an inspired life is an exhilarating, fulfilling and wondrous experience. The inspired person

spends their energy running toward good, instead of away from perceived bad. The Principle of

Correspondence works to reinforce positive focus by creating and multiplying ideal situations,

opportunities and outcomes that unite us with our dreams.

Though challenges arise, because they are an inherent part of life, the inspired person feels confident in

their ability to meet and overcome every obstacle. They feel no need to fret about tomorrow because

they know that life, in its essence, is a collection of moments and all experiences happen only in the now.

A happy life is created when the present moments and expectations feel good. Life is lived now, not in

the past and only in the future to the extent that it acts as a target. There is no other happiness to seek.

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Interrupting Negative Momentum

houghts parallel Newton’s law of motion. A thought in motion tends to stay in motion until a new

thought interrupts it. It is vital to take action immediately and interrupt negative momentum the

instant one becomes aware of it. This is the challenge. This book will help you to master it.

Life is filled with ups and downs. We may not be able to control outside events, but we can control our

response to them. Consciously tipping life’s scales in favor of higher more intense ups, while reducing

and diminishing the downs, builds positive momentum. The more committed you are to interrupting

negative patterns the faster you’ll change the trajectory of your entire life. You will become happier,

more confident, and able to capitalize on previously unrecognized opportunities. Most importantly,

you’ll feel the power of inspiration and be able to use it to achieve your greatest goals.

The remainder of this book is filled with highly effective tools and proven strategies that, when applied,

will gradually slow your uninspired thinking, render it still and then powerfully launch your mind into

an inspired state.

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How To Use This BookTo make this book work, you must strengthen its power by contributing your wisdom, thoughts and

dreams. The exercises are short, clear, easy to follow and, most importantly, they work. Once complete,

you will possess an arsenal of strategies and tools, tailored to you, which will quickly shift you to a

powerfully productive, inspired state.

I encourage you to keep your customized copy private so that your contributions are free from outside

influence. This is a gift for you. Feel free to pass a blank copy on to anyone who may benefit.

I recommend reading and completing this book when you’re feeling good. If you are able to do this

you’ll have an easier time assembling the material required to jumpstart inspiration. However, if you’re

in need of a fix right now, focus on the sections that require no input from you (Get Present, Get Some

Altitude, Body to Mind, Perseverance, Give, Anything is Possible, Let Go, Life’s Guarantee).

When you find yourself struggling with negative feelings, your responsibility is to apply the strategies

contained in this book, whether you feel like it or not, no excuses. If you do, you will absolutely

succeed in transforming your present moments and life into wellsprings of joy, abundance and peace.

"If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it."– Peter McWilliams

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Get Some AltitudeMany upsetting situations are far less significant than we think. Sometimes our faces are pressed so firmly into the tree trunk before us that we don't realize we're in a beautiful forest. Stepping back and unemotionally analyzing the facts of our situation can often bring us greater clarity and perspective.

Often, the source of our upset is minor. It's easy to fall into states of frustration, irritation or anger over inconsequential events. In our minds, we make them much larger problems than they really are.

Rude clerks, lost items, flat tires, missed appointments, traffic jams, leaky pipes, damaged items and an endless list of snafus, all have the potential to set us on edge. Step back and get clear. These events, though not fun, have little to no impact on the quality of your life until YOU give them that power. The slope of negative thinking, experiences and futures is slippery and dangerous. Don't let the small things send you careening down it, where real problems arise.

Imagine looking at your life through a close up camera lens, pull back to the point that the past and future are included in the view. Withdraw your emotions and attachments. Examine whether the thing bothering you will be important to you in six months, or a year. Will it materially affect the quality of your life? If yes, then it's time to take intelligent action steps toward ensuring the most positive outcome possible (read Let Go, Anything is Possible & Reassurance).

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Life's GuaranteeThe one thing you can count on 100% of the time is change. All

things change. Whatever is happening will pass. This is not license

to sit idly by and wait for something to change your life. Instead, it

is an assurance that no matter how desperate a situation is, it will

end. How it ends is largely up to you. You may be able to change

the outcome by action. If you cannot, you can absolutely change

your response.

Another aspect of this guarantee relates to feelings. All feelings

change, too. I offer my personal attestation to the truth of this

statement. Years ago, my entire life imploded in a single instant.

I swore I'd never smile again. Blessedly, I was wrong.

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Get PresentWhere in time is the source of your angst? Often the thing upsetting us is buried in

the past or projected into the future. Return to now. There is no other time you can

ever actually experience.

Chances are right now, you can handle whatever is happening in this moment. That

is all you’ll ever need to do. That is all you can ever do.

In contrast to the Get Some Altitude strategy, this technique asks you to focus all of your energy on the present. Using this approach, zoom the lens of your life’s camera in tight, only looking at this moment, hour or day, and commit to do your very best, here and now.

If you aren’t sure which approach to apply, choose the one that causes the greatest

interruption in your negative thinking.

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Let GoMost upset is derived from our unwillingness to accept or release something.

Like holding water, the tighter we grasp the less we have.

Often the intense energy we expend clinging to something is the single greatest

obstacle to our good. We greatly improve our lives and results by letting go.

Letting go does not mean giving up. It means that we do our very best to

achieve our desires, take our frenetic, chaotic energy out of the picture and

release our attachment to the outcome.

If you believe in a force greater than you (God, Spirit, Universal Energy etc.),

letting go is an act of surrender to the power responsible for beating hearts and

suspending the planets in the sky, surely it can handle your concerns.

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Anything is PossibleThe act of opening up to possibility opens up the floodgates of life. We tend to fall into

habitual thinking patterns, assume we know all there is to know about a situation

and are able to predict every outcome. In truth, there are countless perspectives to

view a situation from and we never know all there is to know. Believing otherwise is

naïve and arrogant.

Surrendering to possibility is an admission that we do not know everything and cannot

see the future. It is also an invitation for newer, higher, yet unknown solutions, opportunities

and synchronicities to emerge.

When you think you're in an impossible situation, take a moment to acknowledge that

although you do not consciously know how to solve the problem, you know a solution

exists and you're open to receiving it.

Don't underestimate the power of this simple process. I credit it with the resolution of

two separate six figure solutions!

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Failure, Perseverance & SuccessOne common trait shared among the world's most successful people is perseverance in the

face of seeming defeat. The only difference between a winner and a loser is quitting.

Read over the following hyper shortened list of people and the failures that preceded their success.

Whatever your situation, personal greatness is as achievable for you as it was for these people.

When the show Seinfeld debuted audiences, focus groups and critics hated it.

Robin Williams was voted most humorous and least likely to succeed in high school.

J.K. Rowling was rejected by 12 publishers before the 13th gave her a measly $3,000 advance and agreed to publish Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

At 5'11 and 165 lbs, Wayne Gretzsky was deemed too small and slow for professional hockey.

James Redfield couldn't get The Celestine Prophecy published by publishers (so he did it himself). It has sold 20 million copies worldwide.

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In 1970, Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza, was $1.5 million in debt to more than 150 lawsuit threatening creditors.

Jack London received more than 600 rejection letters.

A young Barbara Walters was advised by a CBS executive to, "Stay out of television."

Eddie Arcaro (Secretariat jockey) lost 250 races before winning.

Stephen Spielberg was rejected by UCLA's & USC's film schools.

Write down a time you succeeded when you felt like giving up:

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Words of Wisdom

hen teetering on the abyss of negativity, words of inspiration can give us strength and the

motivation to . The following quotes have generated an extraordinary amount of enlivened

action and positive feedback from my readers. Focus only on the ones that move and inspire you.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud

was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

– Anais Nin

"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president.

You realize that you control your own destiny."– Albert Ellis

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

– George Eliot

"All great changes are preceded by chaos."– Deepak Chopra

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"Time is limited don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking.

Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition,

they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

– Steve Jobs

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."

– Zig Ziglar

"Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close

you were to success when you gave up."– Anonymous

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Use the following space to write quotes or sayings that you inspire you:

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Your Intention Statement

n intention statement is a short description of the life you intend to create and the person you are in

that life. It serves as a reminder of your goals and redirects your mind to focus on what’s really

important to you.

To be effective, an Intention Statement should make you feel something good (excitement, drive, joy,

uplifted). A well constructed statement will catapult you out of lower states. If your statement does not

give you a positive sense of connection to your goals, rework it until it does. Be strong, clear and bold.

You are as worthy as anyone who’s ever had a dream, own it.

Here are some examples:

I am a successful, working actor who stirs the thoughts and emotions of people across the country by delivering

outstanding performances. I am kind, confident and fun to work with. I am committed to my success and I know

that there is no such thing as failure. There are only experiences that bring me closer to my goals.

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I am a loving husband and father who teaches my children kindness, humility and compassion through my

behavior. I take excellent care of myself and I am constantly learning new things. I know that the love I pour into

my children will flow out the world and back to me.

My company is growing and thriving. I am constantly thinking of ways to improve the experience of my

employees and clients. I am the kind of boss people like to work with, I challenge people to be their best and I give

them the freedom to achieve their greatest potential. I am constantly innovating and staying connected. I know

that empowered employees, happy clients and the continuous resolution of their concerns results in our

extraordinary business success.

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Construct Your Intention Statement

Here are some prompts to help get you started.

Describe your ideal self. What do you do? How do you behave? How do you treat others? How does

the world receive you? How do you spend your free time? What qualities define you? What are you

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Your Greatest Achievements or Memories

powerful tool for snapping out of negative states of mind is the recollection and embodiment of the best moments of your life. The only place we experience anything is in our minds. A magnificent

feature of this truth is that we can relive the most wonderful events, whenever we want.

Successfully embodying great memories dramatically shifts the present by changing your outlook and approach to life. The problem is that, if you’re immersed in a heavy mood, it is difficult to remember the good times. Take the time now to help your future self by putting this tremendous power at your fingertips.

To be effective, this strategy requires: 1) recalling several positive and powerful memories (times when you achieved or experienced something that really moved you); and 2) descriptions vivid enough to bring the experience to life now.

Describe a time when you had, did or felt something that made you feel incredibly good. Choose an event that would be on your life's highlight reel. Be complete and detailed. Be sure there is nothing unwanted or unhappy associated with any of your chosen memories. You may need more space. Use additional paper, if needed.

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To aid you in bringing these memories to life, answer the following questions:

Where are you? Are you alone? Describe your surroundings?

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What are you wearing? What do your clothes or skin feel like? How are you standing, sitting or moving? What is your facial expression?

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How do you feel? What thoughts are you thinking?

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What is the best thing about this experience?

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Embody Your Greatest Achievements & Memories

If you’re in need of inspiration and you’ve already answered the questions above, start here:

If possible, arrange to be alone in a quiet place for about 15 minutes. Take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Spend a few moments evening out the length of your inhales and exhales. They should be long, slow and equal in duration. Get comfortable in your body, whatever that means to you, sit, stand, walk or do whatever it takes. Prime your mind by silently repeating,

“I want to feel better and I'm willing to let that happen.”

Now get serious about your assignment. Wholly, completely and with discipline commit to embodying your best moments. Slowly read about the memories above. Put yourself in the moment. Embody it with all of your senses. See it, touch it, feel it, smell it. When you feel a shift in energy inside, you've done it correctly.

Remain in the space of your greatest moment for several minutes, but no more than ten. You want to leave while the high is intense.

When you to return to the present, read the following page aloud.

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I deserve and will have more moments that feel as good as, or better, than this memory.

I am the most powerful person in my life and I now choose to live from this knowing.

Only I can choose this for me. I will use every situation for good and,

no matter what I encounter,I am more than all I face.

My future is bright.

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Gratitude

he daily practice of gratitude holds the power to transform your mind and life. Even if you don't have a regular gratitude practice, spending 15 minutes getting connected to the reality of just how

blessed you are is a potent process and the path to increased abundance. Take this exercise seriously.

Start with anything you can appreciate, there are no requirements. Thank God or whatever you credit with the creation of all that is. Imagine your life experience without the person or thing you're expressing gratitude for, make it real.

What would your life experience be if you couldn't read or comprehend basic concepts? What if the world ran out of air to breathe? What if you had to sleep on a street corner in the snow tonight?

Give thanks for your sight, hearing, sense of touch, your legs, your best friend, your shoes, your sheets, your iPod, whatever matters to you. Imagine life without them then appreciate your true wealth.

To make it easy on yourself when you need to get connected, list some of the things that you are most grateful for. Don’t write what you should be grateful for. Write what matters to YOU.

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I am grateful for:

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Body to Mind

houghts, feelings and emotions dictate our body language. When we’re upset our body illustrates

the upset by contracting, hunching, tensing or hyper-extending. Our faces reflect our inner world,

too. If our predominant state is one of disharmony, the changes gradually become permanent. Most

people know that our minds can change our bodies. Stress, for example, is a leading cause of disease.

But did you know that the body can change the mind?

When you’re feeling down, ignore your thoughts and focus on your physicality. Re-pattern your mood

by doing the following:

1. Stand barefoot, clench and tighten your entire body. Hunch your shoulders up to your ears.

Scrunch your face, ball your fists and contract your abs. Breathe forcefully and gather all the

tension in your body and mind together.

2. Now let it all go. Stretch your fingers out wide and imagine all the tension shooting out, leaving

your body and disappearing.

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3. Breathe evenly inhale for a slow count of 7 filling up your belly

first and then expanding your chest – pause for 3 counts – slowly

exhale for a count of 7 – Do this 7 times.

4. With bent knees, bend over while grasping your elbows – no

pushing, bouncing or forcing. Let your breath flow naturally, but

make the inhales/exhales even. Find a comfortable bend and

hold this position for 2 minutes, allowing oxygenated blood to

bathe your brain while your spine is briefly relieved of your

head’s weight.

5. Let your hands drop toward the floor and with bent knees and a

curved spine slowly come up to standing with your head the last

thing to rise.

6. Reach your arms up to the sky, stretch and breathe. When you

feel ready, place your arms down at your side. Silently,

acknowledge your heart as the body’s power center.

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7. Now using same channel that the mind uses to communicate with the body, allow your body to

communicate with your mind. Stand erect, but comfortably. Point your chin forward not raised or

lowered. Draw your abdominal muscles in so that you feel even support between your lower back

and abs. Let your eyes gaze upward as you move through your day. Bring tension only to your

cheeks. Smile.

8. Be on the lookout for patterned body behavior. When you catch your brow in a furrow or your

shoulders rising toward your ears. Take a breath and exhale the tension.

9. Commit to remaining in your new body and witness your transformation.

10. Thank your body for being a devoted servant and agree to honor it with good food, fresh air

and frequent movement.

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Reassurance

hen life seems overwhelming and we’re uncertain about the future, our innermost insecurities

emerge. In these vulnerable moments, we can regain stability by giving ourselves reassuring

reminders of past times we made it through tough challenges.

Describe one or more past events where you felt uncertain, worried or anxious and things managed to

work out. Recognize that however daunted you were, you made it through. Note the gifts and lessons

the challenge blessed you with.

You’ll make it through this time, too. The difference between now and then is that today you know you

have great personal power and, by using your mind and decision making abilities positively, you will

weather this time better than before.

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Creating and Reinforcing What You Believe"What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for.

You become what you believe."

– Oprah Winfrey

The two quotes above, when taken together, highlight an immensely powerful principle:

What you believe becomes true and you can change and create your beliefs.

Every thought is an affirmation. Consciously or unconsciously, we constantly affirm our beliefs. If we do not choose our affirmations, they are created for us by other people, the media and what we see in the world. Most people are affirming by default. Unless we are surrounded by peace, positivity and love, our default affirmations are generally unhelpful. Society’s dominant affirmations are centered around scarcity and inadequacy. Our minds are incessantly filled with the message that there aren’t enough resources and we aren’t thin, smart, rich, good, attractive, etc., enough.

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"One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind."

– Robert Collier

As Robert Collier emphasizes, in his quote, what we believe

need not be true for us to create it, just repeated often.

Knowing this, can you spend another precious moment

believing someone else’s ideas?

Take control of yourself and life by choosing powerful

beliefs that serve you and better the world.

Guidelines:

1. Affirmations should be short enough to remember.

2. Every creation exists in mind first. By affirming a

belief or outcome that is yet unmanifested, you create it

and, if followed through with action, it will manifest.

3. Do not concern yourself with “how” your affirmations

will manifest. Leave that be.

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"All truly wise thoughts

have been thoughts already

thousands of times;

but to make them truly

ours, we must

think them over again

honestly, till they take root

in our personal experience."

– Johann Wolfgang Von

Goethe

4. Affirmations must be powerful enough to resonate or register somewhere inside you. Some people

feel a tiny sensation in their solar plexus, others smile unintentionally and others feel more awake.

It doesn’t matter how it registers in you, so long as it does.

5. Construct your affirmations on a separate sheet of paper. Write as many as you want. Go back

through them and choose the three that resonate with you the most.

6. Don’t wait until you need inspiration to use them. Say them often, aloud in the mirror, in your car,

while you shower, when exercising. Silently repeat them while brushing your teeth, waiting in line

or sitting on hold. Replace the words of your favorite song with them.

7. When you recognize beliefs you unwanted thoughts, feelings or beliefs, inside you or coming from

others, silently repeat your affirmations.

8. When you feel doubt or disbelief, even about affirmations, release your body using the

Body to Mind strategy, read my affirmation experience on the following page,

and repeat your affirmations.

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Here are the affirmations I repeated when I was a single mom, living in a garage:

❖ I am successful, wealthy and educated and living in my dream home in Los Angeles.❖ I am a loving mother who easily provides for my child and spends lots of time with my family.❖ Golden opportunities and solutions to every problem I face come to me effortlessly.

At the time I said these affirmations, the people in my life chastised me for being a dreamer. They said I

was unwilling to grasp reality and accept my lot in life. They were correct. Within five years, I was in

law school, had a thriving business, was able to send my child to private school and was drawing up

plans to build my dream home in Los Angeles. I never knew how my life would transform. I just

believed it would.

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Give

Right now do something to help someone. 

Volunteer, listen to someone who needs an ear, send money to those in need, buy dinner for a shelter

resident.  Give whatever you can.  You can give physical labor, emotional support, money or items you

don’t need anymore.  The key is to bring your gift to life, right now. 

No excuses, no delays. Send even just a few dollars to feed a child, bring fresh water to a drought

stricken place, rescue an animal or help heal a sick person. 

Any cause that resonates with you works.  Just find a way to help someone or something in need. 

Do it in person. Do it online. Do it now. 

When you’ve performed the service or given the gift, really think about your contribution. 

Visualize the recipient of your generosity.  Imagine what it would be like to be that recipient. 

Really see the benefit you’ve created. 

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Recognize that you are a blessing. Complete and read the following aloud:

Ex. Because of me a hungry child will have a meal and know that someone cares about them. 

Because of me the world is a better place. 

"Because of me ___________________________________________________________.

Because of me the world is a better place."

Really let that sink in.  You are important and the world needs you. It is absolutely okay to feel good for having done good.  This is not the same thing as bragging, or giving to gain the admiration of others.  It is acknowledging that you are force responsible for increasing the good in our world.

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In Conclusion

t is my hope that you will come to rely on this book. I live these strategies. I know their invaluable

worth. I offer you my experiences as evidence of their effectiveness. When you prove this power to

yourself, please offer it to another.

For now, I extend my hand to steady you as you climb whatever mountain you’ve named success. I

have no doubt of your potential or power. Dreams are never given without the means to attain them.

The outcome, however, rests with you.

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Note from the Author

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my writings visit:

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My passion is helping women create meaningful and material

change in their lives. I understand, firsthand, how much we carry

and how hard we can be on ourselves.

I also know what we’re capable of and why it’s so important for us to

embrace our individual truth and do whatever it takes to let that truth

guide and dictate our lives. It’s not selfish. It’s simple:

HAPPY WOMEN CREATE A HAPPY WORLD!

I am grateful, humbled and profoundly honored to co-create with

you. Stay connected and close. We’ve got work to do.

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