I hope you’ve been enjoying the bright sunny days of summer. In the Pacific Northwest, we are blessed with long days where sun doesn’t set until 9:30. I see this as an opportunity to get more writing done in the evenings.

Another thing I’m excited about is that I’ve been working together with seven smart and powerful women for the past six months. We met weekly and encouraged each other to create gifts that inspire, encourage and support our community.

Our gifts are done! I’m proud and excited to say that we’ve pulled together a great group of offerings for you to enjoy.
We are offering them free for one full week (July 29 through August 5). You can find them here: Transform Your Life Giveaway

I really think you will love these gifts as much as I do. Whether you are an artist, a busy professional, a business owner or a person who is going through transition, you will find something that will delight and inspire you.

Here is what we have created for you:

1. Trust your Gut, 3 Steps to make more aligned and confident choices!. Learn to trust your intuition and feel empowered to follow your truth! No more waffling about decisions. (FYI – This one is mine) 

2. Be Mindful, 7 Days To A More Fulfilling Life. Gain awareness & insight that will gently lead you to more peace and joy. The daily journaling prompts are powerful.

3. Re-calibrate: Client Attraction Made Easy. A step-by-step process to create an energetic alignment with your favourite types of clients. Do this and things will begin to shift for you.

4. Creativity Cure For The Cluttered Mind, Daily Focus Project. Say goodbye to frustration and overwhelm with this elegant and artful focusing project. This is SO unique!

5. Magical Mindshifts Workbook, Creative Ways to Ignite Your Inner Power. Got a giant to do list or nagging self-doubt? This magical mix of inspiring words, true stories and original artwork is the cure. (FYI-This is mine!)

6. Clutter Clearing Secrets: let go with greater ease and confidence . Avoid overwhelm, give perfectionism the boot and finally love your home again!

7. Transformational Pattern Buster Process. Don’t give up on your dream – there’s a way to SHIFT that pattern and it’s easier than you think.

8. Circle of Allies, A guided process to access intuition.  Don’t try to figure it all out yourself, ask  the Allies: The Leader, The Mystic, The Magical Child, The Shadow, The Lover, The Fool, The Wise Elder and The Warrior.

You can download each of these gifts free between now and August 5.

Transform Your Life Giveaway

You won’t be disappointed. They are all brilliant! And the cool thing is, you don’t have to pay for them, they are free.

Check out all the gifts now!

P.S. Don’t keep this a secret. I’d be thrilled for you to share this link with colleagues, friends, and clients. As always, I’d love to hear how you liked the gifts.

I believe that a powerful energy emerges when we learn to translate everyday words to pictures and new meanings. This is a skill that we need to learn to survive through our journey whether we are building a business or life that you love. Please view my video below.

The story I shared in my video came from my book, “Sheer Determination, Swimming Upstream in a Downstream World” Chapter 29: ONE STEP AT A TIME, WITH A STOMACH MADE OF IRON. Here it is for your reading.

One year, I attended a conference sponsored by the Small Business Administration. I sat in a room with 40 local business owners and listened to presentations on topics such as human resources, marketing, and finance. The shock for me came at the end of the presentation on finances. The instructor pointed to the four corners of the room and said, “Now, I want to see how many years each of you has been in business. Please go to your area as I call out the years.”

I wondered what he was trying to prove. I didn’t like being singled out and felt very nervous.

“Everyone, please listen carefully. Everyone who has been in business for three years or less, please move to this corner of the room,” he said.

Around 70% of the people moved to the corner of the room he pointed to.

He continued, “How many of you have been in business for three-to-seven years?” A hand-full of participants moved to their designated corner.

“All of the people who have been in business for seven-to-twelve years, go to that corner,” the instructor instructed. Only two people went to that corner. By this time, I was the only one not standing in a corner.

“The last corner is for people who have been in business for 18 years or longer. I see that only one person is left,” he said as he looked at me, “So how many years have you been in business?”

I was a bit self-conscious, but said, “I’ve been in business for 28 years.”

“Wow, that is a record-breaker!” the instructor exclaimed.

“Everyone, please give this woman a big round of applause. She is a survivor!”

I must have looked stunned, as the whole room clapped. People came up to me wanting to know my secrets for longevity in the business world. 

That moment was when I realized that there are no winners in small businesses; there are only survivors. Many of the trendy, small business owners whom I had envied in the past, had gone by the wayside. And yet, here I was, still standing. 

Now, when people tell me I’m successful, I always reply with, “I don’t know if I consider myself successful, but I know for sure that I AM A SURVIVOR.”