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		<title>I Just Wanted to Scream!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As women we can sometimes find ourselves overwhelmed with a long list of things to do on a daily basis. I often speak to women who are feeling overwhelmed, overworked and even over looked. Trying to find balance between family, work and outside activities can become stressful on a woman. And when this happens, we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/angry.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-774" title="angry" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/angry-300x233.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="140" /></a>As women we can sometimes find ourselves overwhelmed with a long list of things to do on a daily basis. I often speak to women who are feeling overwhelmed, overworked and even over looked.</div>
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<div align="justify">Trying to find balance between family, work and outside activities can become stressful on a woman. And when this happens, we tend to become frustrated, tired and grumpy. We begin to say and do things that we know are not in alignment with who we really are.</div>
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<div align="justify">I know this feeling oh so well and I too have found myself out of alignment with my truest self. I would get so overwhelmed, so out of balance, until I would want to just scream! And sometimes at others.   After becoming tired of the up and down emotional roller coaster of being over whelmed, I had to find away to deal with my everyday life and not allow my schedule to change who I am.</div>
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<div align="justify">I pride myself on running my business with systems. I had a mentor that would say to me, &#8220;good companies are people supported and great companies are system supported.&#8221;  I found that once I implemented systems into my business, it took off and it became easy to operate without overwhelm. So I asked myself, &#8220;what if I did the same thing with my everyday life?&#8221;So I  did and it has made the difference of being overwhelmed to being over joyed.</div>
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<div align="justify">1. <strong>Pray and meditate first thing in the morning</strong>. I have learned that if I start my day with prayer and meditation, it sets the tone for the rest of my day. This daily ritual creates within me a state of being of love which causes me to remain in peace and relaxation. There&#8217;s value in prayer and meditation early in the mornings. It doesn&#8217;t necessarily change your day, but it does change you, how you deal with the day&#8217;s issues  and your perspective about the issues.</div>
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<div align="justify">2. <strong>Admit that you cannot do everything today and being willing to let somethings go.</strong> As women, we have this need to feel that we can fix and take care of everything and everyone. That just isn&#8217;t true. As a life coach, a wife, a mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend, I get calls and emails daily from people who have issues they feel need my immediate attention.  I have learned over the years that there&#8217;s not one thing that cannot wait. How do I know this? Because if I was dead, all of these people would find an alternative solution to their problems, instead of me. That being said, I have moved away from the superwoman syndrome of trying to be everything to everyone.</div>
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<div align="justify">While I do care and love these people, I also know that I am not the answer to their problems, God is&#8230;Love is. This  new perspective has taken a load off of me. I understand that my purpose is the teach people how to take love and heal their lives. That&#8217;s it. Anything else is out of my lane. Whew, what a relief.</div>
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<div align="justify">3. <strong>Implement a system for your daily activities.</strong> We often find ourselves working until late at night doing the laundry, washing dishes, preparing the house for the next day. Why not put the running of your house on a system? I only do heavy cleaning to my house every other Friday, which is when my cleaning lady came before I had to fire her. Since I have not found her replacement yet, I just keep that same cleaning schedule. In between, I make sure that Bill and I pick up as we go. Make the bed as soon as we get up, load the dish washer as soon as we eat. Do laundry on the same day each week, shop for groceries the same day every two weeks, gas the cars the same day each week and pay bills on an automatic system. Why am I telling you this? We created a system that makes running the home effortless and without overwhelm. Have a meeting with your family and share with them the new system that you want to implement. It will make your life a lot easier and leave more time for the things that matters most, which is spending time with each other.</div>
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<div align="justify">4. <strong>Realize that you come first.</strong> We have been programmed to believe that when we put our families first, that is honorable. I have learned that when I put myself first, love myself, attend to my needs, put my mask on first, it gives me the fuel necessary to be there for others. If you have ever flown in an airplane, the stewardess gives you instructions before the flight takes off. One of the things she tells us is to put the oxygen mask on yourself first, then help your child. Why wouldn&#8217;t you help your child first? This would be a natural instinct for a mother. But if your oxygen is depleted, if you can&#8217;t breathe, how will you have enough strength to help anyone else? Giving to others from a full cup instead of an empty cup is what will keep you from being overwhelmed.</div>
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<div align="justify">This was one of the most difficult things for others in my life to accept when I made this shift. My daughters would call me on a Saturday morning and want to hang out, go shopping and have lunch and when I would say &#8220;no&#8221;, they would freak out. They would ask what did I have to do and when I said nothing, they really had a problem. I would have nothing to do because I designed it that way. I learned that my every waking moment did not have to filled with something to do. I could at any moment have a do nothing day, even when my family wanted my attention. It was about me, &#8220;doing me first.&#8221;  Once they embraced this new shift, things they began to value the time that we did spend together.</div>
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<div align="justify">Being overwhelmed has been the number one reason why most women get depressed, sick and even overweight. It is because they have not implemented a system in their lives that will help to eliminate the stress that comes with being overwhelmed. I want to encourage you to create a system that will work for you and your life. Not only will your life begin to change, but so will the lives of those around you.</div>
<p>Remember, Live Authentically, Laugh Everyday and Embrace Love as a Lifestyle.</p>
<p>Please leave a comment below if you agree or disagree with this article. We want to hear from you.</p>
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		<title>What Does Love Look Like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Growth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the day that millions of people celebrate love!  The retail industry is projecting that they will earn billions of dollars on today as men and women hurry to purchase roses, candy, flowers, jewelry, dinners and all sorts of gifts to bestow upon their beloved.  Yet, there are millions of women who will feel [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong><strong><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/love2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-991" title="love2" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/love2-300x287.jpg" alt="" width="126" height="120" /></a>Today is the day that millions of people celebrate love!  The retail industry is projecting that they will earn billions of dollars on today as men and women hurry to purchase roses, candy, flowers, jewelry, dinners and all sorts of gifts to bestow upon their beloved. </strong></strong></p>
<p>Yet, there are millions of women who will feel left out, depressed and cheated because they are not receiving any roses at work, or no one is asking them out to dinner. These are the women who will feel that there&#8217;s something wrong with them because they are not apart of the hoopla.</p>
<p>I can relate to this painful feeling, because when I was a divorce mother of three children, I too wanted so desperately to be apart of love&#8217;s holiday. But it was when I discovered that the love I so wanted, I hadn&#8217;t given it to myself.</p>
<p>And so it is with many women I meet today. I&#8217;ve seen and talked to women who have created and manifested businesses that not only generated great lively hoods for them, but has given hundreds  of others lively hoods. Yet, these women still feel bad about themselves.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve seen women in the caring and healing professions, teachers, ministers, doctors who save lives and life coaches, who help direct people&#8217;s journey, go home and tell themselves terrible things and feel unworthy and unlovable.</p>
<p>I talk to women and as I look deep within their eyes into their souls and I see so much pain.  They are not aware of their own beauty, their magic, their sparkle, their vitality and their spirit. Let&#8217;s face it. We all have been these women and for many of us, we still are.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s in our alone space, or on days like today, we begin to ask the question&#8211;&#8221;what&#8217;s wrong with me?&#8221;</p>
<p>The answer to that question is not about what&#8217;s going on outside of you, but what is going within you. Your spirit is just a little tilted&#8230;because many of you don&#8217;t know how to authentically love yourselves.</p>
<p>You create lovely homes for your families, take care of your children, and get up every morning feeling like &#8220;I&#8217;m not good enough and I&#8217;m not lovable.&#8221; This becomes the root of every imbalance you suffer.</p>
<p>Many women believe that if they can get organized enough or create more balance in their lives &#8212; that this will fix the anxiety that they are feeling. That&#8217;s because you are under the illusion that something outside of you is going to make you feel whole. But only true authentic self love can do that for you.</p>
<p>It is time that we begin to heal from that injury of self-rejection that was inflicted upon us. It&#8217;s the injury that all of us encountered somewhere along the way. By someone else who no doubt was also injured. In many cases by someone who has long gone out of our lives.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s time that you come into a deep appreciation for the wonder, the magnificence of who you are and know that it&#8217;s not based on what you do, but by virtue of your very existence.</p>
<p>So today is not just about celebrating love for someone else. It really can be also about healing and recovery. It&#8217;s about taking the your next step towards an act of incredible self love and compassion.</p>
<p>Just as you look into a baby&#8217;s eyes and see a precious, magnificent work of art&#8230;a divine miracle. Today,  I want to encourage you to  look yourself in the mirror and see the same magnificence, divine miracle. Because the miracle didn&#8217;t change, she just grew up and got a little larger.  The magnificence didn&#8217;t go away. As you look in the mirror, say to yourself, &#8220;I LOVE YOU!&#8221; That my sister , is what real love looks like.</p>
<p><strong>And Remember, Live Authentically, Laugh Everyday and Embrace Love as a Lifestyle.</strong></p>
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		<title>I Love You&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love you! At the right time, in the right place, these three little words can literally change your life&#8211;when spoken by the right person. Some women search a lifetime just to hear these words spoken from someone with an authentic heart. Yet for others, the  question still remains, &#8220;will I ever find real love?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dreamstime_17757073.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1571" title="dreamstime_17757073" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dreamstime_17757073-300x202.jpg" alt="" width="147" height="99" /></a>I love you! At the right time, in the right place, these three little words can literally change your life&#8211;when spoken by the right person.</div>
<div align="justify">Some women search a lifetime just to hear these words spoken from someone with an authentic heart. Yet for others, the  question still remains, &#8220;will I ever find real love?&#8221;</div>
<div align="justify">I believe not only is love possible for every woman, it is inevitable. If we only knew how to make love work. I personally don&#8217;t believe that there are any shortages of available, loving men ready to unite with a soul mate, but I do believe there a many women who are not clear on what they want and how to get what they want.</div>
<div align="justify">In a nutshell, many women are doing everything in their power to push love out of their lives, and don&#8217;t even realize it. In my coaching program, I have coached many of my clients to finding true love, but there were some things they needed to actualize in order to begin attracting love into their lives.</div>
<p><strong>Below are  three things you can do right now to begin making love work.</strong></p>
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<li><strong> Focus on relaxing your control, become more flexible and sensitive to your partner.</strong> Often time women become very rigid in their relationships by holding back and detaching emotionally for fear of being dominated by their man. But it’s when we move from a place of fear into a place of love and generosity that we can experience real connections with our partners.</li>
<li> <strong>Initiate closeness by sharing your feelings more.</strong> Many women, who are successful, tend to avoid real intimacy by staying busy for fear of rejection. Make room in your schedule and spend quality time with your mate to create a space for openness, care and real love. By doing so, you will come to realize that connecting and giving your love does not lead to rejection.</li>
<li> <strong>Be willing to learn something new</strong>. Many times we become locked in an old paradigm of thinking that’s producing the problems in our relationship. Perhaps it’s time that you make a shift into identifying those limiting patterns that are keeping your life stuck. Hiring a life coach or mentor to help you learn to live from a new feminine power base would be a great asset.</li>
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<p>Our real worth and our real power are not in our material power or success; it is in our feminine authentic self. A real man is not hard to find…but a real woman might be.</p>
<p>And remember, live authentically, laugh everyday and embrace love as a lifestyle! Because success really does begin with love.</p>
<p>We would love to hear what you have to say, please leave us a comment below.</p>
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		<title>The Power of a Collective Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/2012/01/the-power-of-a-collective-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a picture of my granddaughter, Aubrie. Aubrie does competitive cheerleading. I must admit that she is really great and she competes in a bigger age group because of her advanced skills. She even has a fan base. Sometimes when we are out in restaurants, people come up to her because they know who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG00173.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1560" title="IMG00173" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/IMG00173-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="189" height="142" /></a>This is a picture of my granddaughter, Aubrie. Aubrie does competitive cheerleading. I must admit that she is really great and she competes in a bigger age group because of her advanced skills. She even has a fan base. Sometimes when we are out in restaurants, people come up to her because they know who she is.</div>
<div align="justify">While Aubrie does have natural skills and talents, we must give her coach the credit for being able to develop her skills to the level of a champion. One of the other things that I notice in the sport of competitive cheerleading is their ability to work together as a unit. There&#8217;s a lot of lifting and flipping bodies up in the air. It takes courage and trust for these young people to allow someone to flip them in the air and catch them without dropping them.</div>
<div align="justify">They develop this trust along with the skills by spending an enormous amount of time time together, training, working and playing together. That&#8217;s what makes a championship team. Aubrie&#8217;s coach, who is her mom and my daughter, is credited for coaching this team to  national championships.</div>
<div align="justify">There&#8217;s a level of commitment that is required from a championship team that is not required of others. They must train several times a week and  cannot miss scheduled trainings and competitions. The schedule can be tough, especially for a seven year old. But she does it without complaint.</div>
<div align="justify">I often wonder what would happen if we would adapt the same strategies, skills and commitment in our life,  that Aubrie&#8217;s team does? Could we experience a successful championship life? How committed are you to working with others to build trust and unity towards a common goal of creating a better world? Do you have a coach to help you get to that next level? What if&#8230;I&#8217;m just saying&#8230;..</div>
<p>Remember, Live Authentically, Laugh Everyday and Embrace Love as a Lifestyle.</p>
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		<title>From Jobless to Joyful!</title>
		<link>http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/2012/01/1528/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;ve lost your job? Now you are wondering what&#8217;s next? How will you pay the mortgage? Millions of women have recently found themselves in this place and are truly frustrated with how they will be able to survive. I want to share with you that you can not only survive, but also thrive even [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/7147527.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1532" title="7147527" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/7147527.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="120" /></a>So you&#8217;ve lost your job? Now you are wondering what&#8217;s next? How will you pay the mortgage? Millions of women have recently found themselves in this place and are truly frustrated with how they will be able to survive.</p>
<p><span>I want to share with you that you can not only survive, but also thrive even if you&#8217;ve lost your job.  You can start by answering this question, &#8220;Did you really love that job or were you there because it provided a paycheck?&#8221;  What if this emergency has showed up in your life so that the real you could emerge? </span></p>
<p>Over and over again, I have witness many of my clients lose their jobs only to discover their real and true purpose in life. And I would like for you to maybe entertain the fact that your job loss could really be  a career gain. You can truly move from being jobless to being joyful if you are willing to follow these three steps:</p>
<p><strong>Decide to stop being a victim.</strong> You didn&#8217;t loose your life, you just lost a job. Or shall I say a paycheck? You can at any moment replace your paycheck and it can be done relatively quick. You job is not your only source for money and understanding this will move you from being a victim to being victorious.</p>
<p><strong>Use what&#8217;s in your hands.</strong>  What can you do right now to begin earning some money? Most women would say that they don&#8217;t have anything they can do to earn money. But if they spend five minutes with me asking them the right questions, you will discover that you are sitting on several streams of income sources. With the right coach or mentor, you can very easily discover this to be true. Use what&#8217;s already in your hand. Take an inventory of the things you do well and then get with a coach to learn how to quickly monetize it.</p>
<p><strong>Make a Bold Move.</strong> Once you have stop playing the victim and you&#8217;ve discovered what&#8217;s in your hand, it is time to make a bold move. Just sitting back planning and preparing is not enough. In fact, you don&#8217;t have a lot of time to spend prepping and that is a form  hiding as well. Just get to moving towards asking someone to do business with you. Simply pick up the phone and start to talking. Share what you are doing and don&#8217;t forget to ask for the money. Yes!! Ask for the money. You are selling your services and products, not giving them a way.</p>
<p>In closing, I want you to know that you are not alone. There are millions out there who have lost their jobs. But you cannot allow your lost to define who you are and where you want to go. It takes courage to get up and start again. It take tremendous heart to make a decision to go into business for yourself. You have heart and you have courage, so jump and grow your wings on the way!!</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Pregnant with Vision!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often times I find myself unable to sleep and feeling kind of restless because I can sense something stirring deep within me. It is during those times that I get really quiet and still, so that I can begin to sense, feel and hear what is trying to emerge through me from my deeper parts. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2-cocreator.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1179" title="2-cocreator" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2-cocreator.jpg" alt="" width="144" height="210" /></a>Often times I find myself unable to sleep and feeling kind of restless because I can sense something stirring deep within me. It is during those times that I get really quiet and still, so that I can begin to sense, feel and hear what is trying to emerge through me from my deeper parts.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s in those moments that I recognize I am pregnant with a vision and I am ready to give birth.  Sometimes I can birth that vision while staying up all night, praying, meditating and writing until clarity comes and the vision appears on paper. Then there are times when I need to solicit the help of my mentor/coach to serve as my midwife and help me give birth to the vision. Whatever it takes to bring forth the vision, I remain open to it.</p>
<p>What I know for sure is that all of us are pregnant and filled with vision. Many of us are aware and many of us are not. For almost 23 years I worked with youth through my performing arts center and served as a youth pastor for many years. I learned so much from the children and teenagers that I served, but one thing remained constant, the kids who were having trouble in school and with disciplinary issues were the kids who didn’t know how to dream or allow vision to come forth through them.</p>
<p>Through many of my result driven programs, I was able to tap into those kids and help them discover within them powerful dreams and vision. As a result, they began to excel in other areas of their lives so much until, school administrators, community leaders and even judges were calling upon me to come and work with their kids.</p>
<p>What I learned from those experiences  was the truth of Proverbs 29:18, “where there is no vision, the people perish.&#8221;   This doesn’t necessarily mean to physically perish, but we can perish emotionally and spiritually. As a result, we have men, women and children walking around emotionally dead because they have no vision.</p>
<p>How many of you are filled with vision and dreams, yet you feel that you are overdue?  You have carried this vision with you like a pregnant woman ready to give birth. But you feel stuck and unable to give birth to it.</p>
<p>When a woman is pregnant with a baby, she must give birth when she is at full term, because without this shift of birthing, her baby will die. And so it is with you. You must give birth to your vision.</p>
<p><strong>I want to share with you 3 steps you can take to give birth to your vision.</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Be Still</strong>:  Many of us are addicted to being busy. We have filled our days with so many things that it is almost impossible to find time for stillness. But in order to become sensitive to God&#8217;s Voice and to sense what is trying to emerge through you, it will require times of stillness on your part. I would recommend you carving out at least thirty minutes first thing in the morning and thirty minutes right before you retire for bed. Making this a part of your daily routine will open a space for you to get clear about your vision.</li>
<li><strong>Recognize and Release Fear:</strong>  Fear has been the number one reason why  many women remain stuck. We respond to things that have not happened and need not ever happen. To succeed beyond our fears, we must be one hundred percent prepared to release fear and reach for success.</li>
<li><strong>Trust  God.</strong>  All that is left to do is trust. Have faith in a God that is greater than you.  The God that causes the sun to rise, that perfectly heals a wound, takes a seed and turns it into an oak tree is the same God that has planted a vision within you.  Acknowledging God helps bring clarity to what  your vision truly can be.</li>
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<p>It&#8217;s time that we all rise up and give birth to better world for ourselves and future generation. We don&#8217;t have another ten years to think about it, we don&#8217;t have time to just sit in front of the television to be entertained by the &#8220;housewives.&#8221;  We&#8217;ve got some birthing to do. We&#8217;ve got to help midwife a better tomorrow.</p>
<p>Stop waiting on tomorrow or next year, the baby is ready, so go on and push.</p>
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		<title>Move Beyond Your Comfort Zone and Jumpstart Your Next Level in 2012!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready to move beyond your comfort zone and live your life bigger and bolder in 2012? Simply put, are you ready to move to the next level in 2012? Did you know that when you step outside of your comfort zone that you can begin to make giant leaps in your personal and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sess3.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1483" title="sess3" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sess3.jpg" alt="" width="129" height="163" /></a>Are you ready to move beyond your comfort zone and live your life bigger and bolder in 2012? Simply put, are you ready to move to the next level in 2012?</div>
<div align="justify">Did you know that when you step outside of your comfort zone that you can begin to make giant leaps in your personal and professional lives.</div>
<div align="justify">Stepping outside of your comfort zone meaning doing what doesn&#8217;t feel comfortable to your conscious mind, but you know deep within that it is what&#8217;s right for you. I want to share with you four steps you can implement right away to jumpstart your next level move in 2012.</div>
<div align="justify"><strong>1. Commit to feeding your mind.</strong> Preselect a time of day that you spend at least 30-60 minutes reading, studying or listening to new personal growth content and information.  I call this time my Personal Growth University where I sit down and take notes while listening to my audio library and reading. I have most of these things downloaded onto my Ipod and Ipad and I carry them with me everywhere I go. My automobiles are all filled with powerful teachings that I can listen to while driving. Remember, the more you know, the more you grow.</div>
<div align="justify"><strong>2. Commit to taking better care of your body</strong>. This is an area that I have not been very faithful. But as I grow myself and my business, I understand that taking care of my body is a symbol of self love. Self care is one of the most important things you can do for yourself, your family, and your business. Not only does it represent self love, but it also provides you with a strong and healthy body  to carry your vision. Your body must be in good shape in order to provide the stamina needed to keep up with your business and personal growth. Commit to eating healthier, daily exercise, more sleep and stress elimination. Be sure to visit your doctor for annual pap smear, mammogram, eye exams, dental appointments etc. In addition,  adding things such as massages, Yoga and other stress relief techniques will help you create a great self care regimen.</div>
<div align="justify"><strong>3. Commit to valuing your time</strong>. Time is your greatest asset and we all have been given the same amount of time each day. It&#8217;s what you do with your time that makes the difference. Creating a time system that works well with your life is important if you are going to move to the next level in 2012. I teach my platinum clients how to make time an asset in their business to create maximum momentum and yet have time for play and relaxation.  Take a good look at your schedule and begin to eliminate the things that are non-essential, non-productive and non-necessary in your life. Things such as too much television, too much phone chit chat, running errands that can be outsourced and etc. You can cook big meals so that you don&#8217;t have to cook everyday, consolidate your outside appointments to one or two days a week, return phone calls a certain time of the day and limit social media activities. Whatever you need to do in order to free up more time, do it now.</div>
<div align="justify"><strong>4. Commit to getting a handle on your money issues. </strong>Many people have some invisible barriers around money which keep them in a struggle with their finances. It&#8217;s time to get a handle on your money issues,  once and for all. I have a Money Synergy 101 Program that will certainly do just that. Whatever path you choose to transform your relationship with money, it&#8217;s time that you do so immediately. When that happens, you will begin to see your money grow. Money serves as medium of exchange and having money gives you freedom and many options in life. Stop allowing your money issue s to prevent you from   exercising your  freedom of options in 2012.The above four steps are just a few samples of what will help you to jumpstart your next level move in 2012.  It is important that you understand that you will need the help of a mentor or coach. Stop trying to do it alone. If you could have done it, you would have already been done it.</div>
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<div align="justify">When I finally realized that I didn&#8217;t have the power to take myself to the next level, I hired a coach. When you choose to take your life or business to the next level, you need the helping hands of someone who has already been where you are going to show you the way. Not only does a coach help guide you toward your dreams, she will offer you accountability and a fresh perspective. This is not something you can do for yourself.</div>
<div align="justify">If you are serious about moving to the next level, then implement these four steps, hire a coach and watch your life soar!!</div>
<div align="justify">And remember, live authentically, laugh everyday and embrace love as a lifestyle.</div>
<div align="justify">Be sure to leave a comment below and let us hear from you.</div>
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		<title>Who Will You Become in 2012?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are all hearing conflicting predictions for the coming 2012 year. Some people are saying that is it going to be one of the worst financial years ever. Others are predicting it to be the year of newness and rebirthing. My question to you is, &#8220;who&#8217;s report will you believe?&#8221; Will you believe the doom [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;" align="left"><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/image3.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1472" title="image3" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/image3.jpg" alt="" width="117" height="97" /></a>We are all hearing conflicting predictions for the coming 2012 year. Some people are saying that is it going to be one of the worst financial years ever. Others are predicting it to be the year of newness and rebirthing. My question to you is, &#8220;who&#8217;s report will you believe?&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">Will you believe the doom and gloom or will you believe the sunny, pie in the sky? I have chosen to believe what I know for sure. I believe 2012 can be the kind of year I choose it to be. Yes, each of us have the power within to create for ourselves the kind of life we want regardless of what is going on around us.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">Most millionaires are made during a downturn economy. People will still get rich, people will still fall in love and get married. Babies will still be born, new businesses will still be launched, and people will still heal from sicknesses and people will still laugh and love!!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">YOU are the only one who can determine how your year will look. We may not be able to prevent unfortunate things from showing up in our lives, but we do have the power to transform an unfortunate situation into something very powerful.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">I would like to share with you 4  rituals that I have adapted in my life as I approach the ending of a year in order to prepare for the coming year.</p>
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<li><strong>First, I plan my days off from work.</strong> I decide how many weeks I want to take off for vacation, spiritual refreshing, or just to chill. I go through my calendar and mark off as many as six weeks. I also take a couple of weekends to attend few important networking and business events. I go through and decide what I want to do and where I want to go. I also go through the calendar and mark off all of my family&#8217;s birthdays, to be sure I don&#8217;t forget anyone because I want to celebrate their birthdays.</li>
<li><strong>I streamline my life</strong>. I take at look at what&#8217;s most important to me and begin to eliminate non-essential, non-meaningful activities that takes me away from things that are most important to me. That could be decreasing the amount of television and chat time on the telephone and increasing time with family and reading more. I ask myself &#8220;what are the time stealers that are robbing me of the things that are most important?&#8221;.. and I make the necessary changes and adjustments.</li>
<li><strong>I decide on my &#8220;Bold Mo&#8217;ney Goal&#8221; for that year</strong>. How much money do I want to earn in my business as well as see come into my life. I don&#8217;t just base my goal on mo&#8217;ney that I can physically earn, but also on what I can manifest through my own giving and vibrational attraction in the Universe.</li>
<li><strong>I develop my business blueprint.</strong> I create a blueprint  to match the  portion of my bold mo.ney goal that will be generated through my company. I have a detailed, step by step blueprint. I know exactly what I will be doing in my business the 3rd week in September 2012. I use a unique system that I created to do this and I will be teaching it in many of my workshops and coaching programs</li>
<li><strong>Finally, I spend the final 10 days doing a daily ritual.</strong> I meditate, write,pray,  study my sacred texts and listen to God. Then I ask these  questions, <em>&#8220;Who am I becoming?&#8221; &#8220;Who is trying to emerge through me?&#8221; &#8220;Who do I need to</em> <em>become in order to reach these goals?&#8221;</em> It always amazes me of the answers I receive. As I get clarity on who I am needing to become in order to accomplish my goals, I listen also for what it will take to become that person.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">It&#8217;s never what we do that keeps us stuck, it&#8217;s who we are being. Who do you need to become in order to generate more mo.ney, more love, more happiness, more health? How do you expand and grow? You need these answers. Because the same person who created the life you are now living will create the same thing next year if you don&#8217;t expand and grow.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">I hope you have enjoyed reading this, and I know it may appear to be a little &#8220;woo woo&#8221;, but it has worked for me and I get to experience such an amazing life by allowing God to direct me and my path.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">Remember, Live Authentically, Laugh Everyday and Embrace Love as a Lifestyle.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" align="left">Let me hear from you, what are your rituals you use to prepare for the coming year? Who do you need to become? Share with us below!</p>
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		<title>Are You Ready for 2012?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The quality of your entire life is directly proportion to your ability to effectively communicate with yourself first. Creating a seamless alignment between what you say you want and what you believe subconsciously.  Learning the close the gap between what your intentions and what actually shows up in your life. If what you desire or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1-freedom.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1373" title="1-freedom" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1-freedom.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="142" /></a>The quality of your entire life is directly proportion to your ability to effectively communicate with yourself first. Creating a seamless alignment between what you say you want and what you believe subconsciously.  Learning the close the gap between what your intentions and what actually shows up in your life.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">If what you desire or intend to manifest is not in total alignment with what your subconscious beliefs, values and identity&#8230;what you desire will not happen. Because you will do something called self sabotage. Haven&#8217;t you been where you&#8217;ve taken 2 steps forward and 3 steps backwards?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">My question to you is, &#8220;Are You Ready to Change this Pattern of Living?&#8221; If you want 2012 to be different from 2011, something has to shift. That something is you.</div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I speak to many women all the time who begin to think about how their lives are going during this time of the year. I witness them make promises to themselves about how they are going to make the upcoming year different. But if you don&#8217;t know anything different, how will that happen?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But the good news is that you can embrace the new knowledge needed to make the transformation. And the other good news is that when you change, your environment and  circumstances automatically changes. I want to share with you 3 things you can do to start the communication needed to bring yourself in alignment with the truth of who you really are.</p>
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<li><strong>Stop resisting</strong>. when you resist something, you are placing energy there. If you&#8217;re placing energy there, what do you think is going to happen? It&#8217;s gonna keep showing up in your life. Whatever you resist in your life will persist.</li>
<li><strong>Believe that you are connected to God</strong>. The God that causes the entire world to function, that same God that makes planets revolve around the sun&#8230;that Life Force is flowing through your right now. All you gotta do is align yourself with that Force and when you do that, miracles happens.</li>
<li><strong>Get yourself a life coach</strong>. Not just any life coach, but one that can help you create results in your life. If you think you are going to be able to make the shift that&#8217;s needed in your life alone, you are mistaken. It wasn&#8217;t until I was able to swallow my pride and admit that I needed help, that my life began to change. A coach will help you see things differently, help you eliminate those sabotaging thoughts and behaviors that are keeping you stuck and help you create a plan of action to move your life forward in the direction you desire.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">If you want your life to remain that same, then do nothing.  But if you want something different in 2012, these three steps will help you on your way.</p>
<p>Remember, live authentically, laugh everyday and embrace love as a lifestyle.</p>
<p>We would love to hear from you. What are your plans to make the new year different? Leave your ideas below.</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time to Get Started!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Love Lifestyle Coach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giving birth to your ideas, to a  business, to a relationship or a vision is like giving birth to a baby. You dilate, then you contract. You dilate, then you contract again. As painful as it may feel, it&#8217;s a necessary rhythm for reaching the ultimate goal of openness. The pain of childbirth is more tolerable when we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2-cocreator.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1179" title="2-cocreator" src="http://www.thelovelifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2-cocreator.jpg" alt="" width="163" height="191" /></a>Giving birth to your ideas, to a  business, to a relationship or a vision is like giving birth to a baby. You dilate, then you contract. You dilate, then you contract again. As painful as it may feel, it&#8217;s a necessary rhythm for reaching the ultimate goal of openness. The pain of childbirth is more tolerable when we realize where the pain is leading us.</p>
<p>Giving birth to ourselves, to new ideas is a lot like giving birth to a child. The idea is conceived, then it incubates. But after the incubation period is over, we must give birth. If we don&#8217;t give birth, then the baby dies. The ideas are aborted.  What are you holding within you that you are refusing to give birth to? I realize that it can be difficult and it may even be painful, but you&#8217;ve got to push anyway. As you push, know that at end of that experience will be a vision of beauty for everyone to behold.</p>
<p>Our visions and our ideas are not just meant to only serve us, but they are meant to serve the world as well. Stop waiting on someone to help you or for the perfect time to arrive. Start pushing and as you began to push, God will send you the appropriate midwives needed to help you complete the birthing process. I want to caution you however, that the same midwives who helped you during the birthing process, maynot be the same people who will help you nurture, develop and mature that vision or idea.</p>
<p>Many times, we become discourage because people leave and only stay with us for a short period of time as we are building our visions. But it is important to know that not everyone will remain with you throughout the entire journey. So stop allowing shifts, changes and transisitions to challenge you. Flow with them, knowing that they were all a part of the process and a divine plan. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s time to get started. So PUSH!!</p>
<p>Remember, Live Authentically, Laugh Everyday and Embrace Love as a Lifestyle.</p>
<p>What did you think of this blog? Let us hear your comments. What vision or idea are you holding within and afraid to give birth to?</p>
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