Thanks to those of you who are in my life that help me stay accountable to things I commit to! I am not always a detail person (yes…I know…) and as you can see..I got so excited about the past few weeks that I forgot to blog post my updates. So, thank you for holding me accountable and I decided how fun it would be to offer a wrap up from the past 3 weeks. There are just too many great things to share!
First and foremost, I am just so grateful and inspired by Alicia Dunams, Karen Roy, Kim Hasselman, Krista Sloan, Linda Roy and Rima Maamari for supporting my journey to hitting the amazon best-seller list for 2 categories. What a wild and crazy ride and so much to share for those of you who want to self-publish a book:
1) Consider contacting Karen and Alicia to get you on the right path!!!
2) I just found out about Balboa Press (a division of Hay House) for self-publishing. Wow!
3) Get hyper and excited about your book!
4) Do a video to launch your book
5) Learn what a squeeze page is (Thanks Alicia!!!) 6) Rock it on twitter, facebook, linked-in and youtube. Check out Tracy Matthewman’s Site for Coaching Options.
7) Register for HootSuite and Nutshell to help organize your social media life during the launch Have an amazing team to support you and hold you accountable
9) Celebrate your launch with a dinner party!
10) Have Alicia teach you about live video chatting on your 1-day Campaign
11) Absolutely do a fun 1-Day Campaign! You will learn so much!
So, yes…we did it! Thank you to all of you who supported my journey! Now back to my 365-Days of Health…
It’s actually sort of wild and crazy how self-aware I’ve become of my habits, mindset and ways. It actually becomes quite humourous when you are truly aware of your habits that you are frustrated but can smile about it. I will admit that over the past few weeks, I’ve jumped into my old ways of packing too many things into a day. My ability to produce has taken over my body…eek! I had a fabulous dinner with my friends Tracy and Stuart this week (and two of the most influential mentors I’ve had). Stuart shared a great story about being in Japan and walking down a set of stairs while drinking orange juice. He didn’t realize that he had broken a fundamental zen principle by drinking and walking. A simple reminder to practice daily zen principles. This story has helped me stay mindful over the past 24 hours to not walk and text, talk and text, email and talk, email and text….aaaah! Seriously…Who is controlling you? Is Technology your master?
My highlights from the past few weeks:
1) It’s fun to challenge yourself to be as healthy as possible over the holidays!
2) My many visits to www.elementaltherapies.ca to keep me healthy over the holidays
3) I just LOVE Avocado Oil!
4) The best Digestive Enzymes on the planet help keep your body smiling over the holidays!
5) Avoid Retail during the weekends and evenings if you can in December!
6) Take the next 3 Days to drink as much water as you can to get that skin beautiful and body glowing
7) Create your magical recipe for 2011. What will you be cooking up? 3 Key Goals is my philosophy! What makes your heart sing? Yoga, Dance, Friends and Family, Pets, Music, Creativity? Do it daily!
9) Supplement with Vitamin D during the holidays to get some internal sunshine for the body, mind and soul
10) Check out Laura Hollick’s beautiful website and programs at Soul Art Studio
11) Check out Kate’s most amazing Blog Ever http://katemoller.com/glimpsetv/. Her road trip starts in 2011!
And leaving you with a great interview with Bindu Wiles on Glimpse TV with Kate Northrup-Moller. Just signed up for Bindu’s newsletter!
This is a fun week! I’m writing today as my 24-Hour book launch campaign goes live. It’s so out of my comfort zone to be doing a ‘me’ campaign but I have been challenged today to put myself out there and talk about my book online everywhere all day today. Yikes! My book 30 Days to Wealth has been such a fun journey as I wrote my experiences and strategies over my first few years in business as a new entrepreneur. The book shares a 30 Day Program to improving cash flow, success and wellness. I stayed up last night until 1am with my amazing friend and online guru Alicia Dunams to do our video. Alicia is an amazon best-seller, mother, entrepreneur, social media guru, speaker and just so much more. She also taught me about squeeze pages and twitter handles?! The cool thing is that I found out about her years ago when she was doing an online twitter book launch party for a friend of hers. Here we are today doing one for 30 Days to Wealth. So cool how the universe works. Here’s a peak at the video we did last night. If you’re reading this post today (Dec 8), we’re having an online book party which you can join at: http://www.thirtydaystowealth.com/stocking/
Back to Week #4… I thought it would be a great fit this week to share some of my personal thoughts on the link between wellness and wealth. One of the most exciting things about being an entrepreneur and learning how to build financial independance is the concept of time freedom. What drives me more than money is freedom. Imagine if you could wake up and just choose to do nothing but watch movies, hang out with your family and play all day any day? I wouldn’t even consider the concept as it was so foreign to me 5 years ago. We are programed not to imagine and this is just not right. A beautiful read that helped me re-connect with the visionary process and creative thinking is Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (www.shaktigawain.com). My personal message to myself this week is a quote I wrote down 3 years ago in the back of my book ‘Stop being driven and be carried’ -Vernon Howard. Mystic Path to Cosmic Power…hot book! This one challenges me daily but it is a beautiful reminder to live in the Tao. It is my personal belief that there is a direct correlation between sustained business growth, success and wellness. Self-Care is where it’s at ladies and if you’re in business for yourself it is absolutely essential! Plan a daily self-care ritual, put a great wellness team in place to support you and have a checklist for those days when you fall off the wellness wagon. Entrepreneurship is a wild and crazy ride but so so worth it! My beautiful friend and colleague Michelle Froats (www.michellefroats.com) is running a 4-Week Self Care Telecourse that I cannot wait for. It’s starts in January so it’s a perfect gift to yourself for Christmas.
Finally for this week, my two key words of the week are Deepak and Vitamix. The first book I read by Deepak and still my favorite is Book of Secrets. I saw Deepak Chopra (www.chopra.com) speak this week in Toronto and he shared that 80% of people don’t like what they do for a living (how sad is this?). I do think people are waking up though and shutting off that autopilot button like I did 5 years ago. Deepak also linked consciousness, energy and spirituality with health. I recently asked my friend, nutritionist, and biz partner Katie Compton (www.kateandthekitchen.com) if she would suggest juicing or blending (using a vitamix). A great debate and question! Katie suggested blending to increase your fiber intake from the flesh of the fruits and veggies. Although juicing is amazing for digestion and for health, it does increase the sugar and glycemic index vs blending. I spent a few hours this week trying to find a vitamix (www.vitamix.com) at retail with no success. As much as I love online shopping, sometimes instant gratification is still more fun!
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