My 2011 Vision Boards

Ok.. so having difficulties tonight posting the picture of my vision boards so I will add it as soon as I can. Just wanted to write a few words about the power of having a Vision Board. Last year I started the process of cutting out all the phrases and pictures of what I wanted for my vision board but I never got around to actually putting it together until New Years Eve this year. I ended up with soo much stuff that I am having to make 3 HUGE posterboard for my Career, Marriage, and Spiritual. It has taken some time but let me tell you of a couple of really interesting things that have happened since I have completed them.

First off, I finished my career one on New Years Eve. As you will see when I get it posted, there is a lot on it. It has a lot to do with being in the public, having a radio show, being on TV, creating retreats in southern Utah, Making a living by Serving others, Being an example, Transformation and the attraction of Money to share with others.

I am finding that the more specific and clear I am the faster I can manifest those things into my life. It was less than 2 weeks ago that I put that together and I was just offered an opportunity to be my own host of a radio show. At first I thought to myself, 'Am I ready for this already?' I guess so... so I agreed to do it. Then these retreats. I have been working on creating something down at our families camp for almost 3 years now not knowing what it was going to look like. All of a sudden people and ideas are FLOWING to me. It is amazing how fast this process is when I got clear. I know I have said this before but it still amazes.. me this creation process. It's actually a lot of fun and doesn't one bit feel like work.

I didn't just make these for fun. I actually meditate with them daily with music. While I have piano music playing, I read everything on the board and visualize myself being in those places.. experiencing and creating what it is that I want. I have set in motion what it is that I want to create in 2011. With the speed I am manifestesting already, I can only imagine how quickly the rest of it will fall into place. Remember to think BIG. This is your own creation. It's up to you. Have fun with this.

"Being in the Flow"

Today was a perfect example of what is meant by being in the flow. Well, not to mention that it is 1.11.11 which to me is very significant. There is a sense of energy in the air that is tangible and I am so excited to be apart of it.

There are some days that it's hard to feel that flow and then I realize partly it's me that stops that flow by standing in my own way .. and other times when I am able to create that space that allows that energy to flow through me. For example it started yesterday when I had a good conversation with a friend of mine that helped me see how I was standing in my own way in moving forward. Once I made that decision to move past the garbage that was holding me back it's like being apart of a rushing river that I sometimes feel is moving so fast I can't keep up.

From the minute I got up things have just been flowing. Yes it could be the date that created that who knows all I know is that when I get clear, things just fall into place. People come into my life and are attracted naturally to what I am doing and it's effortless. It's a beautiful feeling to experience.

How often do you find yourself stuck and unable to move forward. Have you taken the time to really look at what is keeping you stuck? Do you even want to know what's causing you to be stuck? Maybe you don't want to know "YET." That's ok. As a good friend of mine has told me over and over again .."Becky you will know what you need to know when you are ready to receive the answers." This has helped ground me many times when I have wanted the answers or to get in the flow yesterday. I tend to want to push myself and to make things happen rather than let them flow naturally and live in the present instead of trying to control the future. I keep getting reminded that that is now how nature works.

One tool that has helped me a lot is something called "the Og Mandino Assessment." This assessment is a 10 minute test that you take that will tell you what thought processes you have that are out of balance and are keeping you stuck. Now.. before I go any further, one thing I have realized in telling people about this assessment is that some people really don't want to know what it is that keeping them stuck. If you are one of these people, don't waste your time. If you really are ready to learn from the information it gives you, spend the 10 minutes and take the assessment. I know for me it has made all the difference in the world because it's given me an opportunity to shift in those areas. For me right now in my life I am shifting on a daily basis. I am learning and I am growing and I see this information that the assessment gives me as "JUST INFORMATION" and that is really all it is. It casts no judgements it just give you a point to start from. If you are interested in taking it.. go to www.LiveonPurposeTODAY.com. If you have any questions, I have a coach that can over all the results. This is all free to you.

I was telling a few people today that this has been one of the biggest tools I have used in order for me to manifest what I am manifesting into my life right now. I had to get my thought processes straight and clear. Once I did that, Oh. MY.. it's been like a flowing river. I believe this is how life should be.

One other really helpful thing for me these last few days has been to meditate over my career vision board. I turn on soft piano music and spend time letting all the things on my vision board sink deep into my soul as though I am IN the dream. It's working. It really is. I spend about a total of 5-10 minutes going over that. It matters for me that I put music to it. It adds a whole other dimension to my visualization. Try it.. it is a powerful tool.

"Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway"

Many times in life we let fear rule us and keep us from moving forward. One of my favorite book in life is  "Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway." I love that.

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Growing up at our families summer camp in southern Utah, I had a lot of opportunities to face some serious fears of mine. One being the fear of heights. From a young age I hated being up on cliffs or being up high where I feel like I could fall. It was around the age 12 or so that I started rock climbing and started to face that fear head on. I would tell myself that I could do it no matter what. What I learned was that I could do anything I put my mind to. I remember my father telling me over and over again as a child.. "There is NO SUCH thing as CAN'T." He was right. Although I got sick of hearing him tell me that. He instilled in me this "I CAN" attitude. What I realized years later is he wasn't just teaching me, these life lessons are what he taught so many of the campers that came to camp year after year.

What a great blessing it was to have him in my life. He imprinted into my heart this amazing feeling of acceptance of who I was. One of his last letters he wrote to me before he died, he told me to always stay true to who I am and to never let anyone or anything change that. He also told me that he never worried about me because I was one tough gal and he knew I would figure things out.

I believe I learned to be tough and to feel the fear and do it anyway from him. There have been times in my life I have no idea what I am doing but I do it anyway knowing that I will learn something of value through the experience. Especially right now in my life I am doing things that I have never done before nor do I have any clue how they are going to turn out. It's ok, I am learning I don't have to know what the path is going to look like to take a step onto it AND I do know that keeping in good positive action will eventually get me to where I am seeking to be.

If I let fear get in my way, I will only keep spinning my wheels and stay stuck. It's like that first step off the cliff when you are repelling. I could sit there and keep telling myself it's impossible for me to do it or I can tell myself that it's just one step and then it's all down hill from there ... LITERALLY. Don't allow fear to rule you and your decisions. Know that you have all the answers within yourself and that as you walk through the fear, there is a sense of personal accomplishment on the other side of it.

Just today I had to get clear with those things in my life that are keeping me stuck. So many fears of the unknown. A good friend of mine reminded me of how important it is shut off the world, and get to work. That is exactly what I did. I am getting comfortable with feeling uncomfortable because that is where the growth is. It's literally stepping off the cliff and having no idea how you will be carried and having the faith that everything will be ok. It's scary.. I will admit and it's empowering to know that I am heading in the right direction. Eventually the light will appear as I choose stick to the task at hand and speak my truth.

My personal experience is God wants us to have pure joy in our lives and the closer I get to my goals, the scarier it gets. Doesn't mean I should give up .. just the opposite.. it's time for me to buckle down and get to work and push through those tough spots because on the other side of them is PURE JOY.

So much of what we fear never even comes to light. It's the lies that we believe and build up in our mind soo big that instead of taking one step we plant our feet firmly in the mud and stay there. Take one thing that you have been procrastinating and call a friend and ask them to be your accountability partner. Set a "by when" for when you want that done. It really works. It took my friend today to help me walk through this door that I wasn't wiling to go to til today....which door is the door of my creating what I will be sharing with the world. I thank her for her honesty and love she shared with me to help me move from where I was to now where I am.

"Willing to Suffer and Sacrifice"

This seems to be the theme of a lot of people's messages lately. How badly do you want what you want and what are you willing to do to get it. I would venture to say we are telling ourselves that achieving our goals is just never going to happen.

In the book called "Aspire" Kevin Hall challenges us to find one word that describes you. For me the word that keeps coming up is "TENACIOUS." Ok.. so many people have told me they don't know what that means and thanks to a really good friend of mine I wouldn't know either unless she told me.

Dictionary defines Tenacious as.
1. Holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold.
2. Pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate.

Ok.. so I don't like to admit that I am stubborn or obstinate but at times I would say I guess I fits me to a tee. In reality to be tenacious you have to be stubborn. It is the essence of persistent.

As a girl, my father taught me a very important lesson. I grew up during the summers attending our summer camp that our family ran in southern Utah. One of the trips I liked to go on was the horse trip. Although I was scared to death of horses, we went up to one of my favorite places on earth so I dealt with my fear and went anyway. Just about every time I jumped on a horse, they just as soon bucked me off.  I would cry and not want to get back on but my father would always make me brush myself off and jump back on. I used to hate it when he would do that but I learned a really important lesson then. I learned that even though there are things in life that are tough and that may hurt when I fail at them, it's important to brush myself off and get back on the horse and keep going.

I wouldn't realize how important that lesson would be to me until year later and long after my father's death. That wasn't the only experience I have had that has taught me to be tenacious. I have failed at many things and will continue to fail at many things but there is one thing about me..it is I keep going..I NEVER QUIT.

I knew at some point I would figure out this weight issue of mine. It started when I was 7 years old and until 2 years ago I didn't have any real solid answers to what was going on with me. People would ask me if I thought I would be overweight my whole life and I would say to them that I knew somehow the answers would come to me. This 12 step program is what FINALLY worked for me. I knew I couldn't do it anymore and that I was truly powerless over my compulsion to eat unhealthy foods for me.

So when Kevin Hall writes about successful people and how they be willing to suffer and sacrifice for what they want most, I know that's true. I had to get to the point that I was willing to go to all lengths to get to the bottom of my issues with food. I can't say it's always been easy but boy do I feel free from the compulsion. I feel as though I finally  have a second chance of this life I had always dreamt of.

I used to look at thin people and think..'what do they have to worry about? Their life is perfect!' I thought being thin solved every problem out there. Although I have to say my life is soo much better these days, I still struggle from time to time. It's normal. The difference now is that I have done the hard work to get here and have now learned many helpful tools to deal with the difficult times. I live a very orderly and peaceful life.

I used to live a life of complete compulsively meaning.. no structure or boundaries. I used to have such a hard time maintaining my personal space and keeping it clean. Self care seemed like the most difficult thing for me to do. I didn't want to adhere to any kind of rules or boundaries. I saw them as restrictive. In reality as I have put structure into my life.. funny thing is it has given me TOTAL FREEDOM. I had to be willing to suffer and sacrifice things in order to put that structure into place and be free from compulsion. I do things now because I want to, not because I feel I have to or someone is making me. It's my choice to live the way I do.

Secret to Inspiring Others

Just in the last couple days, I have been thinking a lot about what the magic pill is to truly inspiring people. I  have studied a lot of very successful people as well as am now in close relationships with people who are very inspirational. What is it that makes these people so inspiring? The thing they all have in common is their desire to be in service to others and put that as a priority in their lives. With a world of "I Got Mine" mentality, it's refreshing to know there are people who don't have any hidden agendas, they just want to serve.

So I turn my attention to looking for opportunities to be in service to others. Just in the short couple of days that I have been doing my morning meditations and sending good energy to others, there has been a shift in my own energy. I seem to feel more at peace. Life just seems more fun. I don't feel like I have to push I allow things to keep flowing in and out of my space.

I used to think if I was in service to others all the time that I wouldn't be caring enough for myself. Well, to be honest with you, I spent my life caring very little for myself until now. I realize in order or me to be of any genuine service to others, I need to be in a good balanced place myself. So for today, I took care of myself by eating well, meditating, reading a good book, creating, receiving service and being in service to others. For me it's all about balance. Finding those things in my day that help me keep my mind, body and soul growing.

So grateful for where I am today in my life. It's a pretty unique place as I am learning soo many things, creating programs, workshops and keynotes. Never in a million years did I think I would be here but rooted deep in my heart I believe my soul has longed for this eternal desire of mine to "inspire others."

Loving and Accepting Others

Not a long post tonight because now that I have gotten up at 5:20am for the past couple of days, I need my beauty rest to do it again tomorrow. Just a couple of thoughts I wanted to share with you today. As I spent time with a good friend tonight who also has released over 100 lbs, we talked about the fact that the further we get into this program of recovery the more we realize that we are only responsible for ourselves. So often we want to be the one that thinks we have all the answers for others and therefore that makes us valuable. The reality of it is, we are valuable regardless and all we can share with others is our own experience, strength and hope. I have gotten to the place in life that other's choices are theirs to make. People call me all the time for my opinion on things and again I do my best to turn it back to them to find their answers. I believe we all have the answers that are right for us within us.... we just need to ask the right question and then quiet our minds enough to listen to the answers. What works for me may not work for you.. or it might. I am not attached to the result.

There was a time where I thought that everyone had to do it my way or the highway. I don't feel that way anymore. I am learning to love unconditionally regardless of other's choices. It's very freeing to be honest with you and opens such a huge space for acceptance in others. I believe I come from more of a loving place than anything. Now that doesn't mean I am perfect all the time but I make a conscious choice to be intentionally about my interactions with people.

As I move into the role of being a personal coach for others, I believe my role is to support whatever it is that you want out of your life. Honor your request and help you set up success plans to make it happen. For me if I want to get something done, I set up an accountability partner. I share what it is that I want to and then put a deadline to it and set up a follow up time to report back to them. It works just about every time. When it doesn't work is when I am unwilling to do the work. When that happens.. I pick myself up and set the goal again til it's complete. That is FORWARD MOVEMENT. I also find people in my life that have what I want and then ride their coattails. I am open to learning what they do and then do it.

I want to thank all of you that read these posts and I want to let you know I appreciate all the amazing comments you make on here and on my facebook. If there is ANYTHING I can do to be in service to you, please let me know. I truly have dedicated my life to be in service to others. It makes for a pretty exciting fulfilling life that is for sure.

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