Commit to Happiness with Nitika Chopra
This weeks episode is important. My guest Nitika Chopra is a true testament of fighting for happiness. Struggling with Psoriasis most of her life, Nitika struggled with self image, self hatred and insecurity. Years later she says that her body was her biggest teacher in learning her inner and outer beauty. (Tip: Listening to a podcast in the morning is one of the many ways that can lead you to happiness!) Nitika shares how perseverance has lead her to love herself, show compassion to herself and others and 3 tangible ways to start loving yourself. Learn how Ellen DeGeneres...
Read MoreActions Steps To Attract Money Into Your Life
Marilyn’s Money Strategy #1 Unless you take the right actions in the right order towards what you desire every day, multiple times a day, you won’t create more money and other opportunities. Create a new perspective I’d like you to think of “thoughts and feelings” as action steps. And I want you to think of your actions as “conscious choices”. So, when you think a thought believe that it’s an action. When you feel a feeling believe that it’s an action. When you make a choice recognize that it’s an action. YOUR LIFE IS A RESULT OF YOUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND ACTIONS. ALL OF WHICH YOU HAVE...
Read MoreIs your language limiting your joy and discrediting your leadership?
When creator, author, adviser and thinking partner Anese Cavanaugh came on my show, I was so inspired. She talked about creating intentional outcomes and I very much identified with what she shared. Much of it are themes I discuss with my clients, so it was wonderful to hear the same concepts be put in different words and perspectives. (If you missed the episode click here to listen on iTunes) Needless to say, I wanted to share more of Anese’s insights with you. In this guest post, Anese talks about your choices, how important your language and choosing your words is to your well...
Read More#1 Skill to Change Your Life
As I was hiking in the back-country of Santa Barbara among the beautiful wild flowers and majestic mountains, my heart became so full of gratitude that it brought me to tears. This feeling of fulfillment and connection to all lead me to wonder what I could offer in my blog that would be the biggest benefit to you. I asked myself, “What is one skill that made the most difference in creating my life?” The #1 skill that changed my life is learning to manage and master my thoughts and feelings. If you don’t master managing your thoughts and feelings you won’t change anything permanently. It...
Read MoreStop thinking your way through life and start feeling it!
I’m sitting under two oak trees in the back mountain country of Santa Barbara. Blue jays and sparrows are talking to each other and I’m feeling happy and grateful for the hike I just finished. When my partner Jeff decided to go on a mountain bike ride and asked if I wanted to come along my feelings were initially torn. I wanted to be with him and have fun in nature but I also wanted to stay at home and follow my desire to write. So I started thinking, how can I do both? Then Jeff came up with the idea for me to come along and go for a hike or small bike ride and then write on one of the...
Read More9 Steps from Idea to Finished Project: Getting Things Done
Most creatives and creative entrepreneurs are really good at coming up with exciting new ideas but don’t know how to follow through and complete them. That description used to fit me very well, I used to be one of those creatives that would get new ideas for projects every even multiple times a day. But I didn’t understand that as a creative ideas will never stop flowing and in order to do something with those ideas, they needed my immediate or even future focus. Staying focused on one vision till the conclusion of it is not often a skill that creatives learn. As a creative you practiced...
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