Pick a day, any day. Point at the calendar and pick a day this week to celebrate the amazing, magical, mystical, talented being called you.

The simple choice to love and celebrate yourself will change your entire life.

You are perfect

A lot of people have issues with perfection. Their drive to be perfect drains their lives of joy. I have read countless articles about the corrosive affect the drive to be perfect can have on our lives.

We can have a conflict with perfection or realize we are already perfect just the way we are.  You already are perfect you know!

You are perfect just the way you are, right now no changes necessary.

What we can perceive ourselves as being full of flaws, defects in our character and things we need to change in order to be perfect or we can see all those things as being part of our perfection.

How can flaws be part of perfection?
If we are too fat or too thin, how can that be perfect?
If we are drunk all the time, how is that perfect?
If we have hurt other people how is that perfect?

Perfection is all a matter of perspective. Change yours to one of love.

So, pick a day

Give yourself permission to really celebrate who you are. Take time to feel your perfection. Allow yourself to love yourself unconditionally, release any and all judgments you have about yourself and watch your life transform.

No matter what the question or the problem love is always the solution. You are a limitless being of love and light and laughter.  The more you embrace your true nature the more magical your life will become.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Love them, hate them or never having met them

I remember when I was younger I blamed a lot of  my problems on my mother. She used to jokingly say, “I know it’s my fault.” We had issues. The funny thing is the day after she died I couldn’t remember what those issues were. The fact that I would never see her again erased all of those issues in  a second.

Of course, now I know all of my limitations are created by my filter system: my beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes. We all pick our parents and they are perfect to help us see and if we are willing release our limiting beliefs.

So if you have issues with your mom – let them go! Love is always the answer no matter what the question. I am so grateful that my mom and I talked the day she died and it was a loving conversation.

Life is a fatal disease, we all die eventually. A life lived in love far surpasses one lived in judgment and fear.

So Happy Mothers Day = celebrate the love!

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Why do they do what they do?

I remember watching the news after the Oklahoma City bombing. I sat there stunned, in shock and horrified. I spent countless hours wondering why, why would someone chose to hurt so many people?

I prayed, meditated and opened my heart to love and forgiveness. The more I moved into a place of love the more I began to understand. Unfortunately there have been many more terrorists and more opportunities to practice love, acceptance and forgiveness.

Over time I realized we all do things for a simple reason – to feel good, including terrorists. It is just that we all have different definitions and reasons to feel good. “Feeling good” is based on our filter system: our beliefs, agreements, attitude and assumptions.

I must admit the idea of hurting other people in order to feel good makes very little sense to me on one level, but on another level it is the only thing that allows me to make sense out of this world. We defend our beliefs at any cost, even our own misery. People who were once in love learn to hate one another, often based on conflicting beliefs and judgments. Other people use drugs and alcohol to feel better while ruining their lives in the process.

Look at what we know about the beliefs of the Boston bombers. They seem to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam. They were angry at the actions of the United States in Iraq and Afganistan. They believed their actions were right and they would some how feel better by blowing up other people. Timothy McVeigh wanted to get even with the United States government. Those ideas don’t motivate me but obviously it motivated them.

Judgment just doesn’t work

When we judge ourselves or others it seldom if ever leads to happiness. In my opinion judgment, the concept of I am right and you are wrong is what causes most of the conflicts we see in the world. Love expands while fear and judgment causes us to contract. When we expand into love we deepen our connection with our spirit. When immerse ourselves in judgment and fear we are disconnected from who and what we really are.

When I finally let go of my judgments and expanded into love I could see other people’s choices differently. I began to see people’s choices to hurt others as a result of their disconnection from their spirit. My judgment of them in no way helped me to deepen my connection to my spirit or to expand my capacity to love myself or others.

So how does letting of judgment help?

When I look at the world in broad emotional strokes I see two choices, love or fear. Fear causes us to make choices that don’t really serve us and often allow us to hurt ourselves and others. The more we judge ourselves and others the deeper we move into the world that fear makes. When we accept life as it is we can embrace love and move beyond judgment.

After 9/11 I wrote a letter to the editor explaining my concept of love, judgment and fear. After a rather lengthy explanation I suggested we pray for the terrorists as well as all the people who were injured and died that day. I got lots of angry phone calls because the paper left out the explanation and only my suggestion to pray for the terrorists.

What if as a species we focused on love and forgiveness rather than judgment and fear? When we are harsh and judgmental to ourselves and others we become the terrorists in our own lives.

What is it you want more of in your life? Love or fear?

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Ever wondered why people chose to hurt one another?

I have pondered that question over the years. As a child I was profoundly distressed by violence and what I perceived as cruelty. I often get e mails from people asking me the same thing. 

I have come to the conclusion that we can only hurt one another when we are disconnected from our spirit. Our mind, our filter system is often very fear based and fear motivates actions not based in love. From our mind we can rationalize unspeakable acts. I am pretty sure whoever planted the bombs in Boston thought it was a ‘good’ idea.

Our spirit can only chose love. God, Allah, Great Spirit, whatever we choose to call that energy of creation knows only love.

If I start to judge others I have disconnected from my spirit

As I watched the images this week of Boston or in other weeks of school shootings or bombings or of war – how do I stay in a place of love? How do I love the bombers? How do I love the shooters?

Spiritual practices take practice. As Jesus said, “Turn the other cheek.” Do I want to add more love or fear to this world/ Has all the centuries of judgment, laws and trying to control others worked? I think not.

Maybe it is time we give love a chance. Maybe it is time we practice love rather than judgment and fear. I sure hope so.

Today I am practicing allowing love to erase my judgment and fear. Spiritual practices take practice. Care to join me in practicing love?

With love and some judgment and fear,
Susan

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I got a new knee last week. Saying that still feels like science fiction to me! Old knee gone, I assume burned up  as medical waste and a new knee in its place. Once the tissue around the new knee heals I will be able to hike again. I can already walk, swing my knee smoothly and there is no more crunch and munch in the joint.

Change is awesome …

We live in a universe that is incredible. It is constantly growing, expanding and changing. The thing we so often forget is that in order to change our life all we have to do is change our filter system. All we really need to do is let go of our limiting beliefs and poof … our life changes dramatically.

Since I got my new knee I have been having a series of powerful dreams. I have seen images of beliefs that have limited me since I was a young child. The neat thing is I have also awakened with the willingness to let go of those beliefs.

The willingness to be willing

Change = making new choices

Making new choices = becoming aware of our thought patterns

Once we are aware of our thought patterns we need to be willing to change. I once realized deciding to be willing to be willing to be willing made change a lot easier. Practice being willing to let go of what doesn’t work in your life and watch the magic unfold in your life.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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The list of reasons not to be happy just go on and on. And happiness is always just a thought away.

Life is and then we tell ourselves  a story. Our emotions are dependent on our stories not the events in life.  At times that is a hard pill to swallow but it is true none the less.

Connecting with our spirit makes all the difference

All of our emotions, each and everyone of them are generated by what we tell  ourselves about what is happening. When we connect with our spirits we see a totally different reality. From the perspective of love there is a perfection to everything. From the perspective of our spirit we can see the how love creates a beautiful tapestry in life. As they say in the Course in Miracles everything is love or a cry for love. Anything but love is an illusion.

When we live life from that perspective it is an all together different reality. When we listen to our stories and argue for our limiting thinking life is a struggle, hard and a battle ground of right and wrong, my version of reality is right and yours is wrong, victims and victimizers.

So which world do you prefer? Dominion or domination?

Spiritual practices do take practice. Leaning to see life through the eyes of love, releasing judgment and our need to be right takes practice. Practicing this skill will totally transform your life. I find asking yourself these questions help.

How can I see this through the eyes of love?

What would love do?

Do I want to be right or happy?

What can I do to deepen my spiritual connection?

Am I making this choice from my spirit and love?

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Today is Friday and we’re heading into the weekend. I was thinking about some of the most common problems that I see people having when it comes to finding joy and happiness. I’d like to share the top three issues that seem to stop all of us from feeling the natural joy we could be experiencing otherwise.

There’s a funny thing about changing your life. While on the one hand, it’s hard at times and takes dogged determination to stick with it, it’s also as simple and instantaneous and easy as pausing to take a deep breath and smiling in the moment of difficulty. Change can actually be fun, rather easy and enjoyable once you know how to change.

One: Making Mountains Out of a Mole Hills

I once had a poster that said, “When you are up to your ass in alligators it is hard to remember your initial objective was to drain the swamp.” It was a wonderful reminder when I was down and looking at the shadows in life instead of feeling the love. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that things aren’t what they seem.
Mole hills aren’t mountains. There’s always another option and another way to see what you’re seeing and shrink mountains into small challenges.

Two: Change is Not as Hard As We Often Make It

It’s easy to look at what can seem like a huge project of changing your life around and feel utterly demoralized by it. This is a common mistake we make in so many areas of life. The truth is, life and change and goals and everything is only as hard as you decide it has to be.
The secret? It’s fine to look at the big picture once in a while, but don’t get stuck staring at it. Identify the next small steps you can to take and just take them. Suddenly you’ll find you’re making more progress than you ever dreamed possible.
Small, manageable steps will get you where you want to go. While staring at that unmoving mountain will only fill you up on despair. I found using the mantra, “easy and effortless” instead of, “this is hard” to be amazingly powerful.

Three: Focus on the Future is Undermining Everything

This is the tricky one and it gets all of us when we’re not present. When you spend all your energy focused on where you want to go, you can’t live in the present moment. The only time we can change anything is now, in the present moment.
In the present moment you can see how far you’ve come and appreciate your journey. Staying present can be challenging though and that’s why we need to practice it daily. Take a deep breath, relax completely as you exhale and feel the presence; let joy bubble to the surface and take that with you into your next step. If you’re staying present, you don’t need to worry about the future; it will take care of itself.

Why I Opened The Mentoring Program So Briefly This Time

I know that I haven’t given you much notice for the current Mentoring Program application opportunity process. I had actually not planned to open it up again for another couple months, but a few spots were available and I thought, what if NOW is the moment that someone really needed or wanted to get started changing their lives?

And so I thought that even if it was just a short notice I’d go ahead and let you know about it in case this was the best time for you.

Here’s what to do next…

So here’s your reminder. The application process is open until Sunday evening and I’ll be reviewing applications between now and then. Every person whose application qualifies will receive a free, 1-hour phone session with me and if you DO qualify, you’ll receive an email with instructions sometime after your application is sent.

Click here to apply for the mentoring Program and qualify for a free 1-hour phone session…

And of course, if you have any questions at all about it, please just reply to this email, or post a comment on the latest blog post and I’ll be sure to reply and answer all questions.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and helping you on your journey in any way I can.

With much love and aloha,
Susan

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Aloha! Can you believe the first month of the new year has all but completely left the barn?!

I was thinking about 2013 recently and all the potential and possibility that’s wound up tight inside these next 11 months—so much joy and positive energy and action just waiting to unfold.

But of course, depending on the thoughts we choose and the actions we take, all manner of things can unfold; not just the “good” stuff.

There are so many possible paths and so many possible choices leading from one path to another. And every day we’re asked again and again to make the best choice we can, usually in the “worst” possible moment.

The funny thing is, these so-called worst moments can become the best moments with the mere “flick” of a thought.

It’s all in how we choose to perceive what’s happening around us and within us that determines the action we’ll take and whether or not we stay on the best possible path our higher self has already figured out is perfect for us.

You know, the path that is filled with joy and gratitude and happiness instead of worry, fear, anger and lack.

That’s why it’s SO important to train your mind when the pressure isn’t on so that when things DO get crazy, you already know how to compensate and automatically make the best possible choice for your present and future life.

You really do have the power to create the reality you want to experience!

It just takes practice and some help from someone who’s already been down a few of the best (and worst) paths…

Today I’m announcing the opening of a new session of my Mentoring Program and you’re invited to apply for a spot if you think you’re ready to get serious about filling your life with more happiness, joy, gratitude, peace and abundance.

There are only four slots available for this session and the window of opportunity is a small one this time.

I’ll be accepting applications starting today and closing applications on Sunday, February 3^rd.

Everyone whose application is approved will receive a free, one-hour private session with me where we’ll work on anything you’d like to focus on. This is the same $225 private session that is always available, but we’ll also be checking in to see if we’re a good fit and whether the Mentoring Program will be right for you.

With mentoring, I find it’s important that we both are committed and excited about the process and that you’ll be in it for the long haul. While a 1-hour session can often be a powerful quick fix for a current problem, it’s the commitment to consistent lessons and practice over time that really create the kind of life-changing results that we all want.

What to do next…

Fill out the Mentoring Program application and start the process now… I will only accept four students during this next session and there is a limit to the number of free sessions I’m offering as well. The earliest qualifying applicants go to the front of the line and will receive their 1-hour session first. I’ll let you know via email whether you qualify and I’ll send you a special link to sign up for a session time with me then.

I absolutely look forward to joining you on your journey into a brighter and joy-filled future!

With much love and aloha,

Susan

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It is simple really, but not necessarily easy.

You can accomplish it by just spending a few minutes once a day or even better several times a day.

Chances are you already have all the necessary tools.

So what is it?

Looking in the mirror, looking directly into your eyes, connecting with yourself, saying I love you and REALLY meaning it. I resisted doing this simple exercise until I was tired, really tired of being unhappy.

Life is after all an accurate mirror

Life accurately reflects what I call our filter system: our beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes. When we love ourselves unconditionally we create a life filled with happiness and joy. When we don’t value ourselves, when self acceptance and love are elusive life is often harsh and to say the least difficult.

Give yourself an incredible gift. Change your inner dialog from one of judgment and fear to one of acceptance and love. Several times a day look in the mirror and say I love you. As you come to believe that you will see your life change.

Have a love affair with yourself and see what happens!

With love and aloha,
Susan

In the next week or so I will open up my mentoring programs so watch for the announcement.

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I adopted this mantra a number of years ago and my life has never been the same. It just keeps getting better and better. I love allowing life to unfold in an easy and effortless way. That certainly doesn’t mean I don’t take action, I do but in an easy and effortless way. I follow my spirit, bliss, joy or happiness however you want to think about it.

What does that look like?

To me, more accurately it is how that feels. I get a sense, an inner knowing before I take an action and the actions have a powerful result in my life. Easy and effortless has erased fear from my life. All I have to do to experience what I want in my life is to follow the cosmic breadcrumbs.

What are cosmic breadcrumbs?

They come in many shapes and sizes. Cosmic breadcrumbs are definitely not one size fits all. They do always lead you closer to your spirit, they are loving and expansive although following them may seem to fly in the face of logic. Making the leap to follow our spirit may actually cause fear to roar to the surface but fear is after all an illusion and only the love is real.

Why does fear seem so VERY REAL?

I have spent a lot of my life either running from fear or making choices based on fear. That is until I began to focus on changing my point of creation from my mind to my spirit. When I’m in alignment with my spirit fear truly has no meaning, I am surrounded in love and life becomes easy and  my choices evident and effortless.

It is amazing what a difference that simple change in perspective makes. My spirit leaves wonderful cosmic breadcrumbs while my mind has me going round and round like a hamster on a wheel.

Hope you decide to shift your point of creation and enjoy the world that love builds. Stay tuned for some awesome new classes and opportunities to work with me.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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May 2013 be absolutely awesome and filled with magic, wonder and grace.

Aloha,
Susan

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Have a question you’d like me to address? Let me know in the comment section below.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Here is the first of many. This video is about how to decided what to focus on in life when so much needs to be changed. It wonde up being about the 80/20% rule.

If you’d like your own personal video on something that is bothering you leave a comment or send me an email.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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A man of peace is not a pacifist; a man of peace is simply a pool of silence.
He pulsates a new kind of energy into the world, he sings a new song.
He lives in a totally new way, his very way of live is that of grace, that of prayer, that of compassion.
Whomsoever he touches, he creates more love-energy.
The man of peace is creative.
He is not against war, because to be against anything is to be at war.
He is not against war, he simply understands why war exists.
And out of that understanding he becomes peaceful.
Only when there are many people who are pools of peace, silence, understanding, will the war disappear.

OSHO, from: ‘Zen: The Path of Paradox’A

With love, peace and aloha,
Susan

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What if you could stretch that last bite out; really extend the experience? What if you could expand all the wonderful experiences in life and erase all the ones you’d rather not have?

This is a short video I made about the importance of savoring life. Enjoy!

We never see life directly, we see it through what I call our filter system; our beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes. When we learn how to let go of our filter system, life expands exponentially. The sun becomes brighter, colors more vibrant and creating what we most want in life becomes easier.

You can change your filter system once you become aware of it. If you are serious about changing your life, my latest class, Creating What You Really Want is open for registration until Friday. I’ll be teaching you all about your filter system and you’ll walk step-by-step through exercises that will empower you to take the next step toward your dreams. I hope to see you there!

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Instead of  a tool, today I’d like to tell you a story, or two, about some folks who have used the same tools I shared with you last week… I think they’re pretty amazing and great examples of what to do with those tools and what kinds of things you can expect from using them regularly.

Also note, registration for the 6-week class, Creating What you REALLY Want is finally open and you can check out the page with all the info and more here…

Create What You REALLY Want Registration

This is going to be such a great class and I’m so excited to be teaching one like this again!

There’s also a special little bonus for the first 100 people who register. (Details on the registration page.)

I want to mention briefly that I’ve added all the bonuses and extras to this class because it makes me feel good to give you extra things wherever I can.

But it’s also because I think of  this class on the whole as a sort of Christmas present to everyone who has been traveling along with me on our shared path.

By being a member of any course I’ve done before, or even just subscribing to Daily Reflections, you’ve made a choice and gone out of your way to do it. I want you to know how much I appreciate you and I want to encourage you to keep doing the great work of creating joy in your own life.

When we learn to create joy within, it’s amazing how quickly that joy can spread to others and, before you know it, the whole world can experience a shift. I absolutely feel that the world can change with as small a thing as one person learning to cultivate joy.

I know the value of this course is a lot higher than the final price I’ve set for it and I hope it’s something you can say yes to without hesitation as I KNOW it will make a huge difference in your life. If you commit to signing up and really following through with every step we’ll take, I think you’ll be pretty amazed by the profound shift you’ll be able to create.

2013 is coming and now is a GREAT time to get a jump on it to create the happy, joy-filled life you’ve always wanted and can have.

Registration for Creating What you REALLY Want…

See you in class!

With love and aloha,

Susan

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You already do have that magic wand. I call it your filter system: your beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes. Your filter system creates your experience of reality. When you change your filter system, you can profoundly change your life for the better.

When I say change your life though, it’s easy to feel like that sounds too vague or even impossible.

What do I mean by a better life? Obviously it’s different for everyone, and at the risk of sounding materialistic, I feel that creating the life of your dreams is not necessarily just about blissing out and never feeling pain again.

Truly, when you learn to control your thoughts, feel your true emotions and understand the way you perceive and respond to the reality you live in every day, you really CAN have things like peace, joy and understanding.

And when we are grounded in a more accurate view of our life and the energy systems we live in and are, it makes it that much easier to “create” the things we need and want, even the more material things like a better job, more time, the perfect relationship, the waistline we always wanted, or the happiness with our waistline just the way it is, etc.

But throughout my life and personal journey on this path, I’ve found that I was never quite able to do it by myself and there were many times I’d wished for a mentor and didn’t know where to look. I hope that if you’re at that stage in life where you could really use a little help, you’ll take that next step and begin the mentoring process, whether it’s with me, or someone else. It’s really the secret to amazing growth and change!

I have been helping people change their filter system for over 25 years now and one of the things I love most about my work is watching people’s lives change for the better.

Last week I started sharing a series of videos where I teach you some of the fundamental tools that I’ve used to effect powerful change. These exercises can easily be underestimated though because they really are so simple and easy to do. Do them anyway and see what happens!

The videos are short and you can start using these tools right now to change your world. Here are three of the them to get you started:

Don’t even go there

One of my mentors gave me many wonderful gifts and this is one of my favorite. It helps you change those limiting thoughts and get off the emotional hamster wheel.

Random acts of kindness and gratitude

I think one of the most powerful spiritual practices, guaranteed to change your life is practicing gratitude. I also love the idea of random acts of kindness. In this video I talk about both and how to use them to change your life.

Learning to love yourself

This is SUCH an important tool and I really hope you’ll give it a try.

I’ll be posting more videos in the coming days. If you have a specific topic you would like to see me talk about in a video just post your question in the comment section. If you aren’t currently receiving these new videos, but would like to, all you have to do is subscribe to the Daily Reflections (in the sidebar to your right) and you’ll not miss any.

My six-week teleclass, “Creating What You REALLY Want” will be starting Tuesday, November 13th. I can tell you without a doubt that it will be amazing, life changing and incredibly powerful. Subscribe to the Daily Reflections and you’ll also be notified about new videos and get great daily inspiriational email messages.

The class is now open for registration! Click here to learn more and register…

With love and aloha,
Susan

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I remember as a little girl reciting this poem and really hoping my dreams would come true.

Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.

I am sure sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t. Whatever we focus our attention on we get more of so if you wish for something, focus your attention on it lovingly and give thanks for already having it you’d be amazed at how quickly it shows up.

The key to having what we want is how we focus our attention and the emotional environment we create. If we worry and are immersed in fear trauma and drama is the most likely outcome. Trusting the process, love and gratitude create very different results.

That is one of the reasons I so often suggest focusing on gratitude. When we are grateful we surround ourselves with love. When gratitude is our main focus magic and miracles become a part of our everyday life.

So what are you wishing for? How long is your gratitude list?

With lots of gratitude,
Susan

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Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Napoleon Hill

Getting in touch with your passion makes a huge difference. Deciding to live that passion is the key living the life of your dreams.

What is your passion?

I had no idea at first. I started by making a list of nurturing things. Initially to create that I had to experiment. I would try something and if I enjoyed it I’d add it to my list.  I found curiosity very useful.

I’d think about doing something nurturing and then I’d mull it over.  I ask myself some questions.

Is that expansive, healthy, or in short good for me?
Will I have fun?
How will I feel afterwards?
Will it add to the quality of my life?

When my first thought was no found I’d have to ask myself if I had ever tried it. Often, after experimenting I would find myself adding it to my list.

I found there were things that just felt good and things that helped me define my passion. The more I explored the better my life became. I actually began to define and follow my passions.

What is your list of nurturing things?

For a number of years I put my list of nurturing things in the back of my journal. That way I always knew where it was and could easily add something new. When I begin working with someone I often suggest they start their own list. They response I often get is, “Why bother?”

A list of nurturing things is a list of things that feed your  soul. Passion, true passion comes from your soul. It is related to the essence of your being.

True desire comes from your soul. Doing one thing that feeds your soul every day will set you free!

With love and aloha,
Susan

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What! All of our emotions are self inflicted? Yes, indeed they are, not intentionally and often not even consciously. All of our thoughts are either conscious or habitual. It’s the habitual thoughts that will get you every time!

What to be happy for the rest of your life?

That might actually be rather boring. Emotions are fun. When we watch movies and TV because we get to experience a whole range of emotions. If we don’t like the show we can always change the station or go to another movie.  I avoid scary movies but enjoy dramas, love stories, comedies and documentaries. If I don’t like the show I am out of there.

Changing the station in life

Consciously choosing your thoughts takes a bit of practice but it is possible and what a difference it makes in life. What are your thoughts as you read the previous sentence? Is change hard? Are beliefs really engrained and I am not really sure what I want to think instead?

I remember when I first ran across the idea of changing my thoughts. It seemed impossible but thought by thought, moment by moment my thinking changed and so did my life. I starting listening to the voice of my spirit rather than believing and reinforcing my fear-based filter system.

It is simple: embrace love, practice loving yourself, think loving thoughts and focus on gratitude. Love and gratitude will change the station faster than anything else I know of.

Until next time ….

With love,
Susan

How can you really be happier

Some of those obvious truths

When life gives you lemons

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Whenever I work with someone I suggest they create bookends, something they do every morning and every night to remind themselves that life is a journey of love. I suggest one of the bookends is meditation.

I have taught people how to meditate for almost 30 years and have watched people make it so much harder than it needs to be. They say they are going to meditate and then they put it off. They say I don’t have the time. I have found in my own life I don’t have the time NOT to meditate!

Here is a very simple guided meditation that will show you how to meditate. Listen to it and then allow the magic of meditation unfold in your life.

Click here to listen…

Enjoy!

With love,
Susan

Here are some more guided meditations.

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This year was wonderful. I had no conscious plans to go yet at 4AM I found myself getting dressed and driving to the mountain in the pouring rain. I decided to take a different path to hike in. It was very cold 34F (1C) but as the sun rose the warmth was welcome.

So I decided to give a gift to you ….

If you buy either my Art of Allowing Program or my Guided Meditation Series before Monday, September 30th you will receive my upcoming 6 week teleclass FREE. This 6 week class will start in late October. It will include an e book, 6 hour long classes, mp3 downloads and Q&A sessions. The cost will be $129

Having What You Want, Now.

It will show you how to:
Be clear about what you do want
Manifest you deepest dreams while you learn to dream big
Give you tools and techniques you can use for life
Go from wanting to having
The sky is the limit.
Love, money, time, a career you love, an amazing home.

Join me while you remember the magical being you are.

Happy Birthday to me and you!

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Some people report quitting  smoking effortlessly after many years of unsuccessful attempts. I  have been meditating for over 30 years and I could write a book about all the wonderful things that have happened as a results of taking 15 to 20 minutes a day to meditate.

An easy way to meditate

This simple 3 step process works. As with anything the more you practice the easier it gets.

1. Find a comfortable place to sit with your back straight. Take a few long, slow deep breaths and focus your attention on relaxing and quieting your body.
2. Allow your thoughts to fade into the background and keep bringing your attention back to your breathing. Sometimes I imagine my thoughts written on the surface of some water and run my hand through them, watching them blur and then disappear.
3. Imagine opening a doorway that leads directly into your heart or spirit,open it, walk in and allow yourself to bask in the love.

I find it helps to have a clock near by that I can easily see. When your fifteen or twenty minutes are up take a few minutes to ‘awaken’ and then ease back into your like.

Enjoy! In my next post I will share a short audio that will help jump start your meditation practice. If you have any questions feel free to post them in the comment section.

With love,
Susan

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So Why Bother Meditating?

5 Physical Reasons:

1. You’ll feel better
2. Releases stress
3. Fall asleep quicker
4. Addictions fall away
5. Look younger

5 Mental Reasons:

1. Think clearer
2. Improve memory
3. Create new neural networks
4. Feel an increased sense of inner peace
5. Begin to use more of your brain

5 Spiritual Reasons:

1. Deepen your connection to your spirit
2. Connect with the divine (However you define that)
3. Expand your ability to love
4. Be more compassionate
5. Know you are one with everyone and everything

In the next post I will show you an easy way to meditate. In the meantime you can check out some of my guided meditations.

Until next time ….

With love and aloha,
Susan

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I was lucky enough to have a series of wonderful mentors. One of my mentors was a crusty old man called Tony. He willingly imparted much of his wisdom to me. He had me do research on the meaning of principles, I read voraciously and he emphasized the importance of feeling a profound connection to my spirit. I had meditated for years so I redoubled my meditation practices and spirituality became the main focus of my life.

I moved to California and through a series of coincidences I met Don Miguel Ruiz and his mother Sister Sarita. Miguel asked me to become one of his student and I studied with him until he told me to go and teach in my own way.

The mentors I met as a result of my spiritual journey totally changed my vision or version of reality. I moved to Hawaii with a belief, a conviction and with $800. I didn’t know a soul and didn’t have a job. Ten years later I bought a wonderful home and three acres of land on the Big Island of Hawaii. I’ve had 9 books of mine published and travel the world helping people create a life beyond their wildest dreams. I do what I love on a daily basis.

I tell you that not to brag but to remind you that you too can transform your life. You can create whatever you want when you want it. You are a limitless being. All of your limitations arise from your filter system: your beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes.

When I stood in that courtroom in Vermont all those years ago and the judge declared myself and a number of other people bankrupt I thought my life was over. Had someone given me a glimpse of my current life I would have declared it impossible yet here I am. If it weren’t for the wonderful mentors in my life I never would have gotten here. Part of the magic and wonder of my life is that I get to help people do the same thing to their lives.

I was talking to a friend the other day trying to describe what I do and he said you are a listener. I’ve long known that I was a storyteller but now I realize the other half of my gift is the ability to listen. It feels like I listen until I find the thread that holds the person’s limiting story together and then I help them unravel it. My mentors could see my limiting beliefs long before I could.

Do you struggle trying to get your life working?
Is your life all you want it to be?
Are you living the life of your dreams?

This post is one of a series about changing your filter system and creating what you want when you want it so stay tuned …..

I am taking applications for my mentoring program until August 10th. Just answer a few short questions, I’ll send you some information and you may just get a free one hour session with me that may just jump start your process and help you see more clearly what your next step is. As one of my students said,”An hour with Susan is like the icing on a delicious cake.” During this one hour session we can address the most challenging issue in your life and come up with some concrete actions you can take to overcome it. I will also tell you about the mentoring programs I have and see if any of them might be a good fit for you.

I will l be giving away 8 free sessions so click the link and sign up now.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Aloha!

In this video I talk about how we can use altered states of consciousness to make real changes in our lives.

Using the power of guided visualization, you alter the way you respond to events in your life by practicing in your mind beforehand.

Guided meditations help us practice visualization and the better we get at visualization the more effective it is in helping us change our brains and, ultimately, our lives.

I know you have probably heard it a million times by now that meditation is good for you, etc. Etc., and maybe you’ve wanted to learn how but thought it was too time-consuming, or difficult because you thought you couldn’t visualize.

Here’s the thing: everyone can visualize. Even if you feel you’re no good at it; even if you tell me you think you “couldn’t visualize yourself out of a wet paper bag” I say pshaw.

The truth is, you CAN do it. In fact, the very act of attempting to visualize actually switches on areas of your brain that were dark and unused before you made the attempt. Over time, as you continue to practice, you will find that no matter how bad you thought you were at it, you become very competent. Eventually you’ll find it hard to believe you ever doubted yourself even the least little bit.

So watch the video and try it for yourself. See how it works and let me know in the comments how you did and whether it brought up any questions for you. I’d love too hear how it went!

And in the mean time, I’m very excited to tell you that I’ve re-opened the Monthly Guided Meditation series and it will now stay open for good.

I’ve gotten wonderful feedback from the first subscribers who got started a few weeks ago too and I’d like to share a couple of their comments:

“… I am a single working mom of a teenage boy. This week, I have been juggling work, jury duty and…[a lot more]…so amid all that is going on in my world, your meditations are something I am dearly looking forward to. I am so grateful that I was able to be counted in the initial group at such an affordable cost.

Your daily reflections are such a main-stay for me and most definitely are food for my soul.”
—G

“I enjoyed [the meditations] quite a bit, especially the sunflower one. My goal is to truly do this every day, I’ve known intellectually for years that meditation is helpful but the “just do it” hasn’t happened. I’m looking forward to some peace and pleasant feelings…”
—B

“I have been doing this work for 2 1/2 years now, mostly on my own. Last weekend was a particularly dark time for me and your meditations and the Art of Allowing videos helped me a lot. Thank you so much for getting it to me.”
—J

Additionally, the introductory price for the Monthly Guided Meditations will still be good for another week or so.

If you think you’d like to give it a try, I really encourage you to see how they work for you. I’ve made the first month an extremely good deal with extra meditations and a great ebook to help you get even more out of the monthly series—all part of the first month’s price.

Check out the Monthly Guided Meditations and see if this special program is for you…

With much love and aloha,
Susan

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Aloha,

You may be familiar with my guided meditations and the fact that I include a short guided meditation in my free, bi-weekly podcast, Food for the Soul.

What you may NOT know is that I get a lot of requests for more meditations than I have available on my site as well as for more specific types of meditations or longer ones that go deeper and address specific issues.

So, based on your requests, I’ve created a brand new program that will give you exclusive access to new and better meditations.

I’ll be officially opening this new program to everyone very soon, but in the mean time I wanted to let you know about it and offer early access to you because you’re a reader and member of the community.

I’ll only accept a few new members at a time for this new program.

So here’s how it will work…

Because this is a brand new program, I’m only accepting 10 subscribers at a time to be sure I don’t overwhelm the system.

Once I’m sure that everyone is completely thrilled with the program, I’ll send out a few more invites.

While I’m limiting enrollment, you’ll be able to subscribe for a lower price than when I finally announce it to the world.

As of today I’m accepting the first 10 members and you can read more about it and sign up at the link below. If you try to sign up and it says “not working” or something similar that just means the 10 spots are taken.

But don’t despair. You can get on the early Monthly Meditations notification list and I’ll send out new invitations in the order that each person joined this list.

All the details and the subscription buttons are here though and you can email me with any questions you might still have after reading about it:

Click here to learn more about the new Monthly Guided Meditations…

With love and aloha,

Susan

PS – Don’t underestimate the power of guided meditation to heal and help you create a completely different and happier life. When the mind and body are in balance, your overall health can improve.

Meditation is one of the most powerful ways to achieve mind/body balance and by using guided meditation, you can quickly learn to use your imagination and the power of visualization to accelerate your ability to enter a balanced and peaceful state. The more time you spend in this state, the more healing of all types is possible.

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Plant a seed and watch it grow

I saw this video on CNN world here in Tokyo and thought about guided mediations and spiritual growth. Watch it and then plant thoughts of love in your heart and your mind.

With love,
Susan

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Fun idea isn’t it? What do you suppose would happen to your life if you walked around with the thought that bliss is haunting you, dogging your every step. No matter what you do you can’t avoid bliss. It slowly and unavoidably becomes your predominate feeling.

Interesting mixture of metaphors. Play with it for a while. See what happens.

Happiness,  joy, abundance and carefree abandon are part of your birthright and are always just a thought away. Play with idea that bliss is stalking you. Imagine that bliss is absolutely unavoidable and watch some of your limiting beliefs fall away.

Change can be as simple as shifting the way you think about something like bliss.

I am currently in Tokyo. I do a lot of private sessions here and always start by asking the person, “How can I help you?” One woman said, “I want to experience enlightenment.”

I told her she already was enlightened and surprise filled her face, then confusion. As we talked her definitions and desires slowly changed. She began to allow herself to feel joy and ease. Suddenly the light came on and she said, “I could use this (changing her definitions and beliefs) to change anything in my life!” I agreed full heartedly. She had really seen the light, she was indeed enlightened (filled with light).

Be prepared to let bliss attack and see what happens.

With love, aloha and bliss following me,
Susan

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As I played with the surface of the water I began to realize my emotions, how I was feeling dictated the next set of images. I could change my life with my emotions rather than have the events in my life control my emotions. What a switch! The more I played the easier it became to create what I wanted and erase events I didn’t want. I could easily control my life!

Using conscious thoughts to create an amazing life

When I woke up I realized once again the power of  our thoughts. Whatever we focus our attention on we get more of but my dream took it to a deeper level. My dream made it clear that my emotions played a key role in what I created next.

It was like there was a huge grid that magically filled in based on whatever emotions I was emitting. Love expands while fear contracts. If I feel joy the next creation is joyous. If I am fearful and judgmental the next creation is unpleasant at best.

A wonderful practice

Take some time to focus on joy. Think about beautiful sunrises or sunsets, walks on the beach, a snuggle from a puppy or a purring kitten, a laughing baby or being in the arms of your beloved. Think about things that bring you joy no matter what is happening in your life and watch the magic unfold. Suddenly your life will get better.

Just like ripples in the water your life will change. Consciously choose what emotions you allow yourself to have. When you feel anything less than joy make a new choice. Consciously think thoughts of joy, relax and feel joy.

If you do that on a regular basis  your life will improve and magic and miracles WILL become part of your daily life. Enjoy your wonderful new life!

With love and aloha,
Susan

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With love and aloha,
Susan

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I love writing a gratitude list. I love making a list of the things, large and small about my life and being grateful for all of them.

That wasn’t always the case. I used to think in terms of what I wanted. If I just had this then I would be happy. In hindsight, I realize that I always moved the goal post just before I got there. Since my happiness was external it was fleeting.  Once I redefined my sense of happiness I began to realize that happiness was always only a thought away.

Today what I love most about my life is my ability to change my thinking so I can be happy no matter what is going on.

How do you define your happiness?

Is your happiness dependent on external things?

Would you be happier if:

You had  relationship?
More money?
A job you loved?
More time?
A larger home?
More friends?
Were thinner or taller or younger or older?
Healthier?

If you answered yes to any of those questions you are limiting yourself and curtailing your happiness. Happiness is an inside job. It is totally dependent on what you are telling yourself and independent of the events in your life or the world around you.

Are you willing to be happy no matter what?

When I ask that  most people respond, “Of course.” But are you willing to change your beliefs,agreements, assumptions and attitude?Are you willing to see all happiness or lack of happiness as a result of your filter system?

We never see life directly, we are always seeing our filter system. Are you willing to let of that old limiting version of reality? Are you ready to see life through the eyes of love?

Only the love is real everything else is an illusion.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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What do you choose on a daily basis?

Sometimes it feels like life dictates how we feel or the news or events around us control our emotions but ultimately it is our choice how we feel.

So what if you practiced allowing yourself to feel:

Vulnerable – and know you are safe

Open to love – and know it is always available

Touched to the core of your being – by the magic of life

Loved – really deeply loved by yourself and the universe

Loving – to all beings

Soft – with no need to protect yourself

Easy – knowing effortless is not far behind

Fluid – accepting what is and whatever shows up next

Open to the possibilities – the infinite possibilities of life

Filled with wonder and awe – seeing life through the childlike eyes of love

Supported by the universe – knowing all your wants and needs will always be met

Enfolded in the arms of the angels – and feeling their soft embrace

With love and aloha,
Susan

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How do you decide whether
you will have a good day,
a great day
or an awful day?

At times it sure feels like life just happens and that we have little or no control over it or at least that is the story we tell ourselves. The more often we tell ourselves that we have no control the more thoroughly we believe it. But beliefs have very little to do with reality and everything to do with our filter system.

Are you a victim or the creator?

That can be a very dicey question, especially if you are facing a serous challenge in your life. If you have read any of my writing you will have heard this before: Everything is in our life by invitation or not in our life because we haven’t invited it yet.

Our invitations are not conscious. They are based on our filter system  and our habitual thoughts. We choose the events in our reality based on our filter system. When I was a young girl I was abducted. I certainly didn’t wake up that day and say, um today I will find two boys to abduct me but that event was consistent with my beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes. That event was consistent with my filter system and the gift it brought me didn’t show up until years later. After years of feeling like a victim it assisted me in not only seeing my beliefs but in helping me release and change them.

How can you consciously decide what you want to create today?

Paying attention to your inner dialog, consciously choosing what to think and most importantly how to think about life are the keys to creating what you want. Thoughts are like trains, we can jump on them and go for a ride or stay at the station and make a very different choice. We can choose our thoughts based on how we want to feel and what we want to create.

The world is a vast energy system, our thoughts focus our energy and then we magnetize events into our life. Your life is the sum total of all your thoughts. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for you, after all you may actually get it.  A more accurate version is, be careful what you think about habitual because you will eventually get to experience life events that resonate with your thoughts.

An easy solution: choose love, focus on gratitude…

My life changed dramatically when I made the choice to see life through the eyes of love and habitual focus on gratitude. Gratitude and love dissolve judgment and fear. Gratitude can transform anything into an awesome gift. Practice gratitude, practice seeing everything through the eyes of love and watch your life transform.

Try it, I know you will really like it.

With love, gratitude and lots of aloha,
Susan

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A few steps that will make a HUGE difference

I am not talking about positive thinking I am talking about training your mind to see, hear and feel differently about life. Once you do that your life can become amazing! The Toltec Tradition talks about three masteries: awareness, transformation and intent. Fully harness them and anything is possible.

1. Expand your awareness

All of our emotions are created by what we tell ourselves about what is happening. We never see life directly, what we see is our projection of what we believe is happening. The first step is to allow yourself to be aware of that fact and practice consciously choosing to expand your awareness of your inner dialog.

Life is and then we tell ourselves a story. It is the story that creates our emotional response. We are constantly reacting to our story about life, not life itself. The more aware we are of the story the easier it is to change. Once we consciously choose our story we can choose happiness instead of misery on a regular basis.

2. Now ask yourself a few new questions

Habitually we tend to ask ourselves questions like:

Why did this happen to me?
What did I do to deserve this?

Or we make observations like:

Life isn’t fair.
That is so wrong!

Start asking yourself questions like:

Do I want to be right or do I want to be happy?
How can I see this differently?
What can I tell myself that will create a sense of joy and ease right now?

3. Decide how you want to feel

Happiness is simply a matter of deciding how you want to feel and telling yourself a story that will produce that feeling.

But isn’t that denial? The truth is the truth!

Actually the truth is relative.  I suggest you adopt a new paradigm in life, one that allows you to feel peace of mind, loved and makes it easier to create what you want when you want it. I’ve talked about it before. For a lack of a better name I call it dominion. If you go to my website and type in dominion in the search box you will find podcasts and articles galore.

In the paradigm of dominion our vision of life becomes expansive. In dominion, everyone is part of a greater whole, everyone is an equal and integral part of the circle of life. We are no longer residing in an either/or situation; the whole and the person become one. A person truly living in dominion cannot make a choice that will harm another. Rather than being fear-based, dominion is based in love, unconditional love for the self and all other beings great and small.

So happiness is simply a matter of retraining your mind to see the world through the eyes of love instead of fear. And what an amazing difference that makes. Thankfully you really don’t have to change your entire life in order to be happy you just need to retrain your mind.

Bliss is your birthright and it is just a thought away.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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