Wake Up Goddess

One of the ways that I’m able to stay in the flow of my personal and professional energy and stay out of overwhelm (well, at least most of the time ;) is by staying in rhythm with the phases of the moon.

In fact, I strategically create my marketing schedule with a conscious intention of harnessing the moon’s energy to give my marketing copy and campaigns a mystical edge that sparkles with the magic of my sacred marketing message.

This is one of the things that sets my marketing and coaching practice apart and one that my clients say gives them an intuitive advantage when they’re planning their own marketing efforts.

Since this week we’re in a Waning Moon phase ~ this when the moon appears to be decreasing in the night sky ~ I thought I’d share some tips with you about how to align your personal and professional energy with the energy of the moon today.

Waning Moon Marketing Tip #1 ~ Reflect:
Reflect On What Worked… And What Didn’t

I’m a big believer in the idea of reflect, regroup and retry. So I use the energy of the Waning Moon to look back over my actions ~ both personal and professional ~ to see what worked and what didn’t.

Professionally, I look over my marketing copy ~ blogs, newsletters and social media entries ~ and see what resonated the most with people in my spiritual tribe. What blogs did people comment on, what tweets got the most views and what programs were people really excited about?

If I’ve given people something they like, I want to know so I can keep creating material that engages them, challenges them and gets them thinking about what’s possible. If people didn’t respond, if they weren’t interested in a topic, then I need to be able to recognize that and to realign my message to meet the needs of the people I’m here to serve.

But the only way that I can stay in rhythm with the people in my circle is to reflect on what worked and be really, really honest about what didn’t.

Waning Moon Marketing Tip #2 ~ Release:
The Waning Moon Is A Time Of Letting Go

As the light in the nigh sky continues to decrease with the energy of the Waning Moon, this is the perfect time to go within and be willing to let go of anything that’s not serving your soul’s highest potential.

The Waning Moon lends energy to help you release your limitations, especially around money or worthiness issues. As spiritual practitioners who are always growing and stretching into new possibilities we’re also always bumping into our insecurities and fears along the way. (Yes, this really does happen to ALL of us.)

Perhaps this is the price of moving forward. But it’s also a great opportunity to overcome your obstacles and let go of the old, outdated, dare I say… false, limiting beliefs we have about ourselves, our businesses and our self-imposed limitations.

The Waning Moon will help you notice these fears, myths and limiting beliefs and consciously LET THEM GO so that your business can soar. You can also tune into the needs of your spiritual tribe and challenge them to let go of their obstacles as well.

Waning Moon Tip #3 ~ Rest:
Take Some Time Off

Take some time to rest and regroup during this phase of the moon. No seriously, no matter how busy you are, there’s no way you can convince me you can’t take at lease 1 or 2 days off.

Now, this doesn’t mean that you should halt your forward motion or slow your growth. But believe it or not, taking a few days off can actually help keep you on track because it keeps you from burning out!

Bottom line: Keep making positive strides toward your goals, but also take time to rest and reflect. Remember to let your old limits and fears decrease with the diminishing moon.

Ladies,

Are you still basking in the energy of this week’s Full Moon? I know I am!

For years I’ve been striving to live my life in harmony with the cycles of nature… the seasons, the moons and even the tides. And why not? Life ebbs and flows, so we might as well learn how to ride those waves instead of being knocked off our feet by them.

But this Full Moon brought me a special gift ~ the opportunity to shift my perspective (and my bad attitude) in a BIG way.

So here’s the deal… Lately, I’ve been dealing with massive changes, shifts and transformations in my life on every level from personal to professional. Some of these changes are “good” (like my son’s upcoming graduation from high school ~ go Tyler!) and some not so “good” (like my Grandpop’s recent passing).

And although I am a self-proclaimed “change junkie,” too much of anything can overwhelming. The result? One bitchy high priestess!

For the past several weeks I’ve been cranky, reactive and at times outright aggressive. Not really the energy I’m going for in my life. And with the energy of the Full Moon, intensified by my own internal Moon Flow… Well, let’s just say I was not somebody you wanted to piss off this week (just ask my husband).

But with my awareness of the energy and the rhythms of the planet and my own body, I was also aware that I had the power to change myself. So instead of giving in to the crazy, chaotic energy that had been swirling around me, I decided to harness that energy and channel it into something more positive.

So I gathered a group of my Ladies together for a little Moon-itude adjustment.

There we stood, in my back yard with candles lit, incense burning, and the light of Lady Moon, full and in all her glory, shining down on us. And under this light I took a good, long look at myself ~ flaws and all.

Some of what I saw I liked, other parts made me feel uncomfortable and even a little scared. Under the light of the Moon I saw my whole self and I made no apologies. I decided that instead of judging myself I would simply honor myself and all my imperfections while still striving to be better ~ to be a more complete expression of my divine self in spite of my human ego getting in the way sometimes.

So today I’m a softer, gentler version of me… Less reactive, less agitated, less bitchy. And a whole lot more content. (But just to be safe, I still wouldn't piss me off ;).

Early to bed, early to rise.
Makes a Goddess healthy, wealthy and wise.

Since starting my own business I’ve enjoyed the freedom of allowing my body to wake up whenever it wants. No schedules, no alarm clock, no clients until 10 am at the absolute earliest.

And, I’ve loved it!

But as a result of my relaxed mornings I’ve become quite the night owl… up late working on creative projects for my business and burning the midnight oil night after night, sometimes into the wee-hours of the morning. 

This worked for me for awhile, but lately I’ve been feeling a little burned out… Like I’m working all the time, like I’m playing catch up to meet deadlines and finish projects. And I realize this is not the energy I want to create I my business or my life.

So this week I’ve made the decision to reclaim my mornings by waking up early. I mean really, really early. I mean like 5 am early.

Call me crazy, but I actually like it.

Sure, the first couple of mornings I rose from bed on sheer will, cursing under my breath as the sound of my alarm clock jarred me out of my restful slumber. I stumbled out of bed in a fog, fumbling to start my morning with a little yoga or strength training (and foregoing my sacred cup of coffee until after the morning workout). Yeah, it was rough.

But by the third morning, I was actually starting to enjoy it. Not only am I finally honoring myself by making my workouts a priority (no more making excuses about how “I don’t have time to workout” because my day got too busy!), but by getting my body moving so early I’m able to kick-start my day into action.

After my workouts the rest of the day just seems to flow effortlessly. I’m starting work hours earlier than I was before and burning through my daily tasks with a keen and attentive mind. In fact, it amazes me how much a girl can accomplish by noon when she starts working at 7 am.

Not only that, but I’m finding that by 4 or 5 o’clock in the afternoon I’m actually in a pretty good position to put down the laptop and enjoy the rest of my life! Wow ~ who knew. Temporary balance attainted!

So yes, I’ve given up my alarm clock free mornings and my late night television (I miss you Chelsea Lately), but I’ve gained so much more. I’m enjoying the simplicity of greeting the rising sun with a sun salutation. I’m tapping back in to the endless opportunities of the day ahead. And I’m realigning myself with the magic of the dawn ~ that in-between time that’s neither night nor day, that time when anything seems possible… because it is.

So from here on out... Good morning Universe!

It’s hard to believe that just a year and a half ago I was brushing up my corporate portfolio with a grim expression and a heavy heart, wondering if I was going to have to abandon my spiritual business and return to a soul-sucking 9 to 5 job.

I knew that it was my mission and my purpose as a spiritual practitioner and metaphysical minister to share my wisdom and my gifts with others. But the prospect of abandoning that mission for a full- or part-time job was looming like a promise about to be broken.

The clients I was working with loved the results they were getting. But I simply wasn’t reaching enough people on a regular basis to sustain my practice.

Then it struck me… I had the ideal vehicle for getting my message out into the world in a way that was authentic and in total alignment with my spiritual path.
For years I’d been hosting live local workshops in my community and I was meeting some really amazing open-hearted, open-minded woman as a result.

I knew that I needed to reach out to these women and invite them to take the next step along their spiritual path with me, but I didn’t know how to do that without feeling “salesy” or pushy.

So I began experimenting with ways to introduce people to my private services. I tried everything from pitching my services from the floor (which felt forced and uncomfortable) to printing dozens of flyers (only to find them left behind or tossed in the trash). I even tried sending out e-mail "specials" after each workshop, but the results were still disappointing.

Not only did these approaches not work, they just didn’t feel good to me.  Finally, I came across a simple, effective and totally genuine approach to share my services in a way that was authentic AND had people raising their hands to work with me ~ the client Breakthrough Session Strategy.  And almost as soon as I began to implement this strategy, I more than tripled my client base, and my income, without ever feeling “salesy” or pushy!

Within 3 months my income was matching my husband’s and I was fulfilling my soul’s obligation by helping more and more people with my spiritual gifts.

So if you’re a spiritual practitioner who’s struggling to fill your practice with paying clients you LOVE working with. I invite you to listen to my FREE training call today, Insider Secrets To Create, Market & Sell Powerful Spiritual Workshops That Generate Long-Term Income in Your Spiritual Business.

Click HERE to listen now. (And, if you like what you hear on the call, scroll through the rest of the page and check out my upcoming teleseminar, Spiritual Workshop Secrets ~ there’s still time to register!!!)

As the Wheel of the Year turns yet another notch, we find ourselves at the Winter Solstice. This is the longest night of the year & a time to turn inward to reflect on our shadows before emerging into the light again.

At times, it feels as if the darkness of the winter months is overtaking us. But the Solstice offers us the promise of renewal. After tonight, the long darkness is behind us as our days become longer & brighter from now until the time of the Summer Solstice.

To herald in this change from darkness to light, the Oak King battles his mortal enemy – his own shadow – the Holly King, to reign supreme until Midsummer. This is an ancient battle in which the Lord of Light overtakes the Lord of Darkness that dwells within us all.

In this legendary myth, the old King is slain & the new King – or Sun – is reborn from the womb of the Virgin Mother Goddess. It’s a familiar Myth we see reflected in the story of the Roman Sun God Mithras & again in the Christian story of Jesus’ birth.

In the Pagan faith, each King/God knows that there is a time for light & a time for darkness. But like us, they fight the change even though they know in their hearts it’s futile. Change WILL come. Each will ebb & flow in its time & balance will rule.

Eventually, each King/God succumbs to his own death so that the other aspects of his personality can be explored through the filters of light & dark. But in truth, when one King is defeated he’s not really gone, but merely taking some time to heal, think & learn before returning again. And so the cycle continues…

We see this eternal cycle of birth, life, death & rebirth symbolized in one of the oldest Yuletide decorations – the wreath. The wreath represents the Wheel of the Year, which has no beginning & no ending. It’s the Wheel that we all find ourselves spinning on as we learn to honor the light & darkness within us. 

On this day, we light candles as our ancestors once did to lure back the light of the Sun. This is a form of sympathetic magic which dates back thousands of years. Tonight, as we add our tiny flame to the world, we feel the light gather & move within us & without as we work with the natural rhythms of nature to bring back the light!