STRENGTH N Body. Mind. & Spirit. has Renée UNPLUGGED!

We like to think we are tough right?

2012-01-25T08:24:00.000-08:00

Try being still without distractions!

You will be AMAZED at what thoughts arise in your head AND the emotions that will come full surface!

As a teacher I hate sit and get teaching; however as someone whom values life and knowing how we are intricately designed with tangles of needs, that our best laser beam learning comes from being still 'Sit and get' :-).

Mental muscle push-ups are tough but for the true tough!

Try it!

Simply be still. Tap into self by feeling, and also listening to your inner self talk to you about what it needs, it's custom designed fears, it's deep rooted anger, and yes its deepest gravest hopes.

You will also be amazed just how difficult it is to do even for 20 minutes!

So are you tough enough? 'Pain is weakness existing the body' :-P.

Always simply Renee

Recycling does the Mind. Body. Spirit. very good!

2012-01-18T07:59:00.000-08:00

When was the last time your felt freakin' on fire amazing??

When was the last time you were more vibrant, where you had more energy, where you felt completely whole and completely alive?

When was the last time you went into a time warp, and time simply did not exist? When the activities you were doing did not feel like doing at all?

Well, what were you doing?

First remember the feeling, then take the time to look around that feeling with answering who was with you, what were you doing, how were you doing it, why were you doing it, where were you doing it. These feelings along with seeing the factors that went in to create that feeling within you and from you is what we need to bring back, recycle if you will, to bring back that freakin' on fire amazing feeling in your life!!

Today may be Wednesday for some, but for those whom want to feel freakin' on fire amazing in their lives, well today is recycling day!!

Join me, for another amazing work in progress day!

Always simply Renee!

Jump for joy!

2012-01-16T06:39:00.001-08:00

What?!?!

Sound great but first must do some things that make that jump for joy feeling. Doh!! :-).

And to make it even more challenging, we must know the things, activities, and people perhaps that even generates that joy feeling.

Last week I mindfully joyfully planned such. This week I will be putting together some amateur video and jargon to capture my mind. body. spirit. MIA getaway, and hopefully inspire you with some Jump for joy navigation!

We are all on the same road, which is pretty freakin' cool, and this week I would like to take you on my road - Destination - Jump for Joy!

Until then, let's continue to tune into self and activate our joy! Find our people. Find our passions. Put both together, fasten our seat-belts, and I'll be seeing you as I drift down the road of your life! :-)

Always simply Renée

SUPER ordinary is exquisite living!

2012-01-14T08:11:00.000-08:00

I am having an amazing morning here with my boyz.

My husband Mark is a powered paraglider, which is a 60 pound engine strapped to his back much like a backpack, and a massive kite which he holds somehow to fly and navigate in his hands; the combination of the two and hopefully all the other great flight requirements, he can actually fly well into the clouds. His landing is not so pretty, very much like super-grover, where finesse is not his strongest feature.

Right at this very moment he is planning on taking this engine and strapping it on his back while sitting on the GT cruiser to jet across the farmers field which is cover in snow with Hunter (13) and action Jackson (10). With pride I know this is insane! With pride I also know this rocks! They will have bucket list fun, and will talk about it for days to come and withdraw the memory from the bucket when they are not so young anymore. Creating these moments where my kids will draw on later in life when they need them is Marks strongest feature and one his heart carries through with the greatest finesse. I will enjoy from the safe distance of my warm fireplace, my bootie slippers, my joe and enjoying reading while at the same time just sponging in my crazy wild boys being crazy wild boys! I just love this quote and it is my today's favorite, which captures my big guys hearts intention regardless if it is insane, 'as you surge through another ‘ordinary’ day, leave something exquisite'.

Let's have a day where we fly, and figuring out how to land en route for an insane exquisite Saturday! I will not be jumping on the GT with an engine strapped to my back, but I will be Renee, moving like jagger, doing something somewhere my way 'ordinary' :-).

Always simply Renée!

What will be your word for this year?

2012-01-12T07:25:00.000-08:00

What word will you own? You will define it and it will define you daily!

I have a few clients whom have handpicked theirs with excitement. One has claimed their word and that word is enjoy; hence they have declared this is their year of enjoy. Another has the word stripped! She wants to strip off all her layers in mind. body. spirit, and in her year she plans on doing a naked photo shoot to capture her journey.

What will be your word?

Think on it!

Create a shirt with the word on it!

Let it fit through your purpose funnel and do share it!! :-)

Savor the flavor, your flavors, for your soul enriched day!

2012-01-11T06:08:00.000-08:00

Sitting in a beautiful room full of endless soul, a candle of my favorite scent reminding me of a soul enriched moment, with background music with a lady of soul that is sending direct messages and feeding my soul...and yes, my morning black Joe has a soul enriching flavor..I am blessed....I am beyond blessed. This is my morning ritual, to set myself in the middle of reminders of that which I love, to remind myself how to be my best holding hands with that which fills my soul, so that my soul leads my work and my play today.

What makes you 'your YOU best'?

What reminders do you need to set in place to stimulate your soul, and fill your spirit, so you have a day of smiles within? A day where time does not exist? A day where you dig deeper and are more productive and have a sense of well being and satisfaction because your actions are charged from a place of heart?

I have a day of awesome clients, some research and continual learning, a brainstorming meeting, a shoulder workout, and an amazing dinner with an awesome friend at a new place to explore; all which feds my soul and I am motivated to dig deeper, to begin with filling up, as I want to give my able best to each in my day for each is worthy of my best, and I am worthy also to give to myself my best for I am worthy of the gain - energy out and energy in.

A sip of tender reminders cup of joe warms the soul and chargers our actions to do better with our lives, to feed our souls with further wonderful memories, and to share and give our best with our others in work and play; mixing flavors, self infused with our others, is a lingering sip to the soul that nourishes, soothes, and stimulates

Let's raise our mugs to know self. To give to self. To unleash self. To give self...purposefully from a place of soul to soul :-).

Cheers to that which makes us awesome! Cheers for using our awesomeness to generate more in all parts of our lives that ripples into other lives where we all share the same blue sky, the same sun, the same moon and the same stars.

Always simply Renée

Taking a sip with a James Bond flare!

2012-01-10T04:15:00.000-08:00

Black morning Joe's adding only good thoughts of how crazy wonderful my life is right at this very second, the kind where the wonderful is more about relationships than actual things, is the essential warming flavor to my killer joe to infuse my thoughts, actions and direction into a killer day! I so do love my morning OCD ritual, this is one where I use my OCD for goodness gravity and guidance!

Sip with me!

It's going to be another amazing life changing going viral feel good day...and remember a little sip feels tender and amazing, so does each little action for self or for others feel tender and amazing! Little things go a long long way! Open a door literally for another, opens a door within another; a door perhaps that needed to be open at that moment by you, and one that opens an opportunity for you both!

Enjoy your Joe! Think about your blessings and then think hmn, what kind of simple yet applied actions can I do today, become James Bond, to shaken not stir lives!! Easy peasy!! :-)

Always simply Renée

The word fine is a mask, it is a lie; however it is also an opportunity for awesomeness!

2012-01-09T06:31:00.000-08:00

The word fine is my always on my radar as a life design coach, as a friend, a mother, heck just as a human being whom has experienced first hand many 'fine' dents.

Fine is a poison word. Fine has no passion. Fine is a give up word. Fine is in the walking dead.

I have been there and thus I am hyper sensitive to the word. I loathe the power of that word as it is one that stripes away ones hope I having a better life based on tangles of lies that has fogged our viewing and thus fogged our feelings. The truth is fine is not a permanent sentence for anyone of us. Sometime the environment changes and then the feelings change on it's own. Most times though it requires mindfully making changing. It requires choice. It requires being starving for more out of life and purposefully. All my clients are quite successful in their lives but there are parts of their lives that are fine, and it those parts they have been living ground hog day; however they do not choose to accept fine, but use that word as a tuning fork to go 'ah ha!'..I am not happy in this part of my life and I want to figure out why and at the same time change it by igniting a purposeful fire in their lives that happens by changing that part of weakness in their lives. I love to ask the question to people randomly or at the beginning of a seminar prior to telling them what was the purpose of the question, and then afterwards they go 'how did you know that' or 'how can you see my truth inside'...and the how came by knowing intimately that word in my life, and then knowing intimately the hunger for change...and being the change...and helping others do the same mindfully and skillfully. It is a word that comes and goes for all of us; however after changing it the first time it never quite has the same debilitating power again, and with time we 'embrace' that feeling knowing it is a gateway to learn more about how it was formed and a gateway to make some amazing changes in our lives where we become alive by the doing!!

If this is you, then this does not have to be you. If you are reading this and your heart is doing a rapid beat, then ask...believe...and receive.

If this is not you, then do remember the word. We have all felt it at different points in our lives. Let's remember whom plugged into us to help us move from fine to on fire. Let's never fail to remember how they did it. Let's always remember how they choose our language, how they seen us on the deepest levels and from there they helped guide us to change on the deepest levels. Remember moving from fine to on fire is a process of doing; it is a process of real meaningful change on a very personal level.

Speaking of the word fine and using it as a tuning fork, I love how this quote sheds a light on the tuning fork word fine - There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen

The word fine is a word I love to hate! Our Mission is to seek and destroy it in self and all the other people we met!

Easy peasy!!

Let's be the change! Let's be on fire and let's extinguish the fine lie, by helping ignite the on fire that is truthfully able for each one of us!

Awesomeness is seeing the opportunity. Awesomeness is creating the opportunity. Awesomeness is living the opportunity, and awesomeness living is no lie :-).

Always simply Renée

This self awareness fluffy crap, is it really BS, or is it really the best tool to use to create day to day best living?

2012-01-08T06:00:00.001-08:00

Actually I would go as far as to make the bold no BS statement to say that stepping into self awareness is for the very serious whom are serious about living their best lives which happens as a result of doing, and the yield is amazing joy infused in their veins! Yes, that was a bold statement mouth full, but my heart is full with passion when the topic is about living our able best lives!! I have learned through studies and experience to untangle life by allowing the heart to live fully unbridled! The following is a copy and past from the Idea Engineer, whom takes the fluff BS out of self awareness and infuses it to a Bold Satisfied life!

Let's step, into self awareness by first listening....

"Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority." -- Tom Hopkins
Here are some different aspects of self-awareness:

- Know yourself - Explore who you are: your defences, your blocks, your talents, your aspirations, etc.

- Accept yourself - We are at war with ourselves when we resist or deny certain aspects of who we are. Acknowledge the truth of who you are right now - the positives and the negatives. Only when we own our present reality can we change.

- Control yourself - Set clear, conscious intentions and discipline yourself to meet them.

- Express yourself - Go to your heart to identify what has meaning and purpose for you. Live your truth. Identify ways you can give back to life and be in service.

We work on each of these aspects all the time. But as our lives go through cycles, we predominantly work on one of them more than the others. Which aspect are you more conscious of lately?

"Our lives improve only when we take chances ... and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." -- Walter Anderson

"Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient that fuels daring." -- Grace Lichtenstein

High fives Idea Engineer! This summary not only explains much, but also gives a guide on how to change our lives for the better and with purpose!!

Let's go and listen, and let's go and activate our awesomeness and listen to how by doing so feels epic-ally different!!

Always simply Renee

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Out with the old and in with the new...well, for new yes??

2012-01-05T06:35:00.000-08:00

New years resolutions are not new, and I will take a firm stand that they don't work for most. There are reasons why which I will not get into here and now.

So take my word and toss New Years resolutions if you want a new feel good year...let is be 'out with the old'.

So in with the new now.

Let's tweak the word benediction.

ben·e·dic·tion - an utterance of good wishes.

New year is living it New. It is being New. It is New thoughts that create New actions, and the results of these New actions are a New you which feels New (of course it is assumed here that the New referred here is a 'in with the new feeling that is awesome', and out with the old feeling that lacks that awesomeness feeling').

"When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behaviour by his attitude towards the result of the behaviour arranged by himself, we can be influenced towards behaving in the same way."
-T.S. Eliot

Make a REAL wish for a New year that feels New because it is indeed a result of New!

Write it down! (serious green eyes here).

Light it daily, and together let our combined benediction be the NEW purposeful feel amazing candle with an eternal flame!

Always simply Renee wishing you and I the best life ever by being FULLY charged for the fully feel good feeling alive feeling!

Top Five Regrets of The Dying

2012-01-05T05:28:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Bronnie Ware for posting this awesome easy read, yet easy centering, article about exposing our truth where we are at this moment if we were to die.

There are 5 areas to quickly scan to see the area or areas that pop out and say 'please change' me, as those parts are parts within ourselves that are truly dying right now (our weakest links if you will).

Remember we are only as strong as our weakest links, so to live fully with no regret, is to live a strong life; not a life where parts are strong and fully viral, but ALL parts. Do a self inventory with me to discover our weak links.

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.

People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.

It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.

2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.

This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.

By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.

Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.

We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.

It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.

When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.
Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.
By Bronnie Ware on November 30, 2011

This is the year of the verb! The year of action! Where love is not a noun but a verb! Let's apply all to demolish regret, live our truth, live a life where as Kahil Gibran sums '“To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice”

Let's go and be awesomeness with activating all parts of self, and then give it in as many ways as we are gifted to others...let's be awesomeness unleashed gone viral!!

Always simply Renee

Full article Top Five Regrets of The Dying

Sip with me!

2012-01-03T06:42:00.000-08:00

I am loving my morning Joe, and enjoying the morning sunrise!!

My mornings are my time. The rule is that it must be dark, and I must be alone for my ritual of 'my morning time'. No matter what I have planned in my day, no matter what city I may wake up, I always factor my wake up accordingly to get this time.

It is my time where I have my morning coffee and my morning thoughts.

My morning thoughts are written on a slate that is perfectly clean; a fresh slate awaiting fresh thoughts. It is very important for me to feel my morning, where my black Joe is more than a joe. It begins with a warm coffee which warms me. I hand select my favorite mug which was given to me by one of my favorite people. Then my brain goes all crazy an nonlinear thinking just how amazing this world is and all the deep wonderful connections I have been blessed to have made where I may never actually see the face of all these amazing people in my life, but most importantly we feel the value of one another.

My morning joe is more than a morning joe. On it's own I completely enjoy it; however with each sip I actually sip in my amazing life as I am blessed with wonderful connections that put a purposeful bounce into my step, and a spark in my eyes.

Sip with me and enjoy how your day continues to be warmth that generates by giving out and receiving in, by first drinking a cup of warm Joe, one that fills the cup within, a cup that overflows :-)

Go and be awesomeness and feel it returned!!

Always simply Renee

Standing Strong Feels Amazing!

2012-01-02T07:47:00.000-08:00

Today I am standing on a wall, and it feels amazing as it was a climb where not only did I sweat, I often bled; however I used the tuning fork of feeling to guide me here with solid steady footings; a day I where I with emotion celebrate my personal achievement.

There are days we climb 'the wall'.

There are also days we stand on a wall; a pause point after a climb has been completed let's say.

Amazing is a derivative of awesomeness, it is my first descriptive word, and a bi-product of my action for my 2012!

Are you climbing today or are you, like I, standing on your wall?

Take the time right this very moment to enjoy the view around you, and within you by tuning into feeling strong, to feeling amazing, to feeling all the wonderful descriptive words that are yours that you collect with each step within your climb, and with each moment you taste as you stand on your wall :-).

Always simply Renee

Love is a muscle word!

2011-12-31T07:16:00.000-08:00

Love is an verb not a noun. Love is all about action, and it is the beginning of everything and the 'end' of everything.

So a new year is about to embark, then how can we make this year new?

We 'be' the new!!

We become the new by rolling up our sleeves as we roll our year of defined and refined awesomeness.

We become the new by being an action word in all we do.

Let's better love ourselves in every moment with every thought, and every action. We got things we want to do? Then let's do them, as what better way to self love, to do the things that better our lives!!

Let's also better love our others with every thought and every possible opportunity to action. We are very blessed to have wonderful people that in part have been cookie cut to help us feel our best with heart and intellect. Countless times I have seen where people push aside their people whom help them be their able best, an action of hurt, that directly hurts themselves. To action our thankfulness of each significant person, is love, but an action also of how we self love.

Loving ourselves, in action, is how we create that feeling of awesomeness in our lives. Making better choices for ourselves is also how we self love, and also how we generate that awesomeness feeling daily in our lives. Loving our others with our best awesomeness self, is also how we love ourselves. If we can improve, our 'new', how we love as a verb, we directly impact our bottom line - which love out is love back in - awesomeness going viral from us, to our others and pumping back again! There will be no more ground hog day in this new year; there will be however days of cause and reaction awesomeness!

It's a new year! It is the year of the verb! Let's be the action word, a new action word; an action word that is a walking talking feeling adjective of awesomeness that begins with love.

I tip my metaphoric hat to you to celebrate life! Let's salute a year of champagne and red velvet living!

Always simply Renee

Adjectives are the keys for an awesomeness flight in year 2012!

2011-12-27T05:23:00.000-08:00

My cousin, could be my twin as we are both slight 'gifted' in the fun side of our brains; however he certainly tips the scale on pure wreck-less abandonment awesomeness!

Yes, 2012 we move from awesomeness to customizing our awesomeness.

How?

By polishing with intent our awesomeness. By adding personalized descriptive words that lead the path in front of our awesomeness!

I want you to feel it's your year!

It's your year to personalize your awesomeness flight where you get to pick your words to carve, unleash, polish by living, by planning your flight of awesomeness!

It is also my year, and it has begun. The first few pages feels much like a bright blue sky, that smells like the Atlantic ocean :-) It is about first class living by plotting a course, and engaging mind. body. and spirit with synergy en-route.

Envision it.

What will you be doing? How will you do it? When will you do it? Why will you do it? Whom will travel with you?

Feel it. Feel it has happened. See your life around you as a result of 'it' happened. See you as a result of 'it' happened. Feel the upgraded version of you inside as a result of achieving your awesomeness vision.

Then plot the timeline and plan the step by steps to achieve it.

‎2012 let's get down and dirty, life design, and gain our descriptive living. Our keys are our adjectives where we can smell, taste, hear, and touch it as illustrated by my pure unadulterated free spirit, quality with every fiber, slightly borderline insane, otherwise a poster walking, talking, living and breathing example of capital A=awesomeness cousin!!

A metaphor perhaps for most, however a direct flight to awesomeness feeling by awesomeness doing, as I am certain my cousin would agree!

Ready, set, go, and lift off! Enjoy your descriptive flight enjoying your awesomeness leading your life!
Always simply Renee

The tuning fork of a Mirror to play a jingle with our lives this holiday season!

2011-12-24T06:01:00.000-08:00

Love the message via this video, and though it is serious, it may be timely and necessary for many of us at the eve of a holiday where many of us will be mingling and jingling with people that may make us otherwise feel less than jolly.

Mirrors are everywhere. I have talked about it much in this past year, as well as many others. Go into this holiday with a cup half full knowing that if there are any moments that we literally feel weak, that we are only as strong as our weakest links, AND that we WANT to find them so we can strengthen them, strengthen our being, so we can achieve our best able lives!

Have a merry day, and if a moment feels less that merry, remember it is indeed merry as you have found your next door to enter as you enter into a new year of new opportunities and new growth to best life ever!

With full heart, a place of warmth, to you and yours; let's have a safe, humbled happy holiday. Let's look beyond the surface of every gift to receive something far more wonderful than the tangible, by knowing our presence is the greatest present that requires an open hand that warms the heart.....and that feeling, well it's undefined awesomeness!

Author of 'A thousand gift moments', poetic like sums it best, 'Be blessed and be the blessing'..

Season Greetings from my home to yours, be kind to you in mind, body and spirit by looking into the mirror to tune up your amazing life; one that makes music every holiday, and all the days to follow :-)

Always simply Renee

Life design is listening, and feeding the hunger deep within for an amazing enriched substantial life!

2011-12-18T06:21:00.000-08:00

Another quote nab, but this one is totally worth the five finger discount as it centers, focuses,and it navigates us how to live our best ables lives simultaneously! It is about life design and life design is exactly about listening and feeding the hunger deep within for an amazing enriched substantial life!

"Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever." -- Nancy Lopez

A strategy that I must use daily and one that I strongly recommend with serious 'Renee eyes' is to spend time alone daily without distraction to listen. I just heard somewhere recently that the same letters to spell listen are the same letters that spell the word silence, and all people hear, but not all people listen.

Starving for your best life? Having some ground hog days? Some bitter tasting meh days?

The key then to begin change, to fed this inner hunger is to listen, in silence, to your own voice. To be ones best self first begins with knowing thyself!

I could not refrain from smiling, and I simply cannot refrain from sharing this truth!

The truth is that we all want to have joyous lives; the truth is that we want to put goals into our life to design our best lives that reap this amazing kick butt joy.

The truth also is that it is not easy, as we have many things tangle around us that often make us derail. Some stem from eternal influences, and some stem from internal influences.

The key though is listening to the sound of our own voices, as our own voices are our tuning forks. From silence then to daily movement we then become in tune to when we feel amazing and having moments where we feel we have landed in a time warp, to moments when we feel icky and grh.

Bottom line we keep doing what we love in the specifics that make us love what we are doing, and we must at the same time halt doing the things that we loathe, the actions that make us icky and grrh actually dim our light (eyes), take us of course, zap our energies and we are exactly 'not ourselves'.

Be patient.

This is very difficult to do at first; however I promise you with the most serious Renee eyes, that the most difficult is the most rewarding. Listening to your voice, and allowing this voice to be unleashed, leading and fed is the essential ingredient to picking the right goals, with the right rooted motivating that moves us towards our north star, and a star that shines brighter as we listen more, release more, give more to self and wer will achieve each goal!

It's kinda like having a ice-cream cone vs a ice cream cone with many flavors of ice-cream, all the yummy ooey gooey toppings, with all the sprinkles, chocolates, and candies imaginable, the real whip cream and yes the cherry on top...there is achieving and then there is exceeding; both are able options, one taste significantly best.

It's also kinda like being hungry, but at first not sure what will be substantial to hit that deep hunger spot. Tuning in is part of it, and using not the traditional utensils that got us in this hungry state, but using a custom design utensil that is neither a fork or a spoon to eat is the necessary tool!

This is a holiday season that we celebrate the story of the brightest star; let's be our best by listening to our inner voice, activating it, and becoming our able brightest star...one that shines joy from our eyes for the world to see as a result of planning and achieving 'cherry on top life design'.

Always simply Renee

A pure awesome boy whom has made up his mind and by doing so is blowing mine!!!!

2011-12-07T07:03:00.000-08:00

I COMPLETELY got the shivers ALL over my body when I instantly plugged into this guy.

Plugging into 'essential Jackson' allowed me to plug into 'essential Renee'. I am reminded of the things I LOVE to purposeful do AND I am reminded of how I might be able to do them better by listening more to my body (subconsciousness) language, and to give myself liberty.

Jackson’s goal is to write songs that follow his personal journey through life, with the hope that others can relate to and find meaning in his music. Positively Positive.

What meaning did I find in Jackson's music?

When my mind is the master I am not living my best life.

When my mind is my servant then I am living my best life.

Why is this so important?

I talk much about life purpose here. To obtain our best life, it is is essential to choose goals watered with the right motivation. Knowing our life purpose is the essential glue to achieving no matter the shape and size of our goals.

I have learned first hand that listening to my body cues to know myself on an essential level are my pathways to living my best life. For example, when my social self is leading, I am not near my best; I store pain in my body, I disconnect often by numbing parts of my body to 'protect' myself from the frozen emotion that I am not processing because of the heavy hand of my social self. I get sick more often, injuries more often, headaches, sleep issues, frustrated, short tempered, tired, poor sex drive, and the list goes on and on.

In short when our social self is leading we are 'the walking dead'; HOWEVER when our essential self is leading, we are in the flow, we are purposeful, we have an AMAZING energy that cannot be contained, we thieve, we seek, we have peace, and our eyes are very bright as we are 'doing without doing'..and we are damn good at what we do...

Ultimately to obtain our best lives we must allow our best self, essential self, to navigate.

So High fives J!

It indeed is all about 'Making up OUR Minds' and choosing best life ever, by giving more awesomeness to ourselves by letting our essential self purposeful lead, so that we can be more awesomeness to give, guide, extend to our others!

Best life ever from 15 year old Jackson, to my home, to yours. Same sky. Unplugged! to your strum!

Let's strum into self as we plug into this universe to make it hum unimaginable essentially brighter! :-)

Always simply Renee.

It's all about the climb and raising the roof with our lives for maximun step by step success!

2011-12-05T05:58:00.000-08:00

Recently I felt compelled to seek out the author Bill Nippard behind the book-cover, the Teamwork ladder, 4th international best seller that is literally raising a roof!

What I most like about Bill is that he is humble and REAL, which in my travels is what people no matter their age, sex, pedigree, demographics, vocation, paycheque, etc...are starving for those attributes and will only pay attention and 'listen' if the messenger are those things. Vulnerability is magically! Vulnerability is ones mega strength, and one that lights meaningful change in others that are starving to move forward in their lives.

So I asked Bill to show me 'the heart behind the book'. I wanted to know what his book meant to him on the deepest level. How long has this book been within him, and what does it truly mean to Bill at the core level to write it, to birth it, and behind all the words he handpicked, what 'life altering spark' did he want to ignite in other peoples lives (that are real and raw like you and I) that would transcend in any facet of our lives that we need to 'climb'...as we all need ladders everywhere...and we all need to climb...

My goal as a life coach, a parent, a peer, a teacher, a friend, otherwise as 'Renee' is to give my very best to help navigate 'my people' achieve their very best lives from a rooted grounded place; one where we develop and unleash our best able selves so we can give our able best to help others do the same. It is about climbing in our lives but a ladder to get us from point A, to point B, and so on and so on. It is also about learning how to climb, and how to climb better. If is also about checking blind spots on our climbs. It most certainly is about achieving concrete where we change to change our bottom line; however the bottom line is more than a title or our income; our bottom line is developing our best lives that gives fully and freely to others. The dots do connect and here with full heart I am shining the spotlight on the teamwork ladder, a 'super food' resources guides the climb to raise the roof with our lives!

Good morning Renee!

Thank you once more for your connection to the message within The Teamwork Ladder. You have a magnetic energy that radiates from even your words. I love your spirit! I am more than pleased to share a few thoughts with you this morning while I sip away on a hot cup of mint, green tea. I have a radio interview later this morning so maybe this will get me into the proper gear for that chat.

The creation of the book was likely birthed more than 20 years ago as I entered the workforce and soon realized that, within the same professions, some organizations outperform others by a landslide. I was quick to notice that while one staff was bathing in an atmosphere of high morale and job satisfaction, another staff performing the same tasks and offering the same products or service, seemed crippled and fatigued by strained staff relations. While one worker was emotionally drained and taxed at work, her colleague across the street in another office had her proverbial morale tank filled while performing within her specific role. My curiosity would not rest until I had explored the reasons behind this disparity. In my quest to seek answers, I learned so much ...I soaked up all I could read and learn about the systems through which we as humans interact with one another. If there was a way to maximize the results I get from any endeavor, if there was a proper way to work with others as opposed to compete with them, or a means to achieve optimal staff unity and improve the quality of working relationships, I wanted in. I was fortunate to connect with many great leaders, including renown masters like Zig Ziglar and Toronto Raptor coach Jay Triano, whom I learned so much from. The more I learned and continue to learn, the greater my desire grows to share and lighten the strain from anyone who desires to grow and surpass mediocrity. As I began to formulate my own theory around success and present it in a manner than was both easy to understand and simple to apply to organizations both large and small, people began to ask for something to take home to read. At the last national convention I spoke, there was a huge demand for take-home materials following the seminar. It was then I realized I had to step back from the speaking circuit and write. Having read hundreds of books, gleaned from thousands of interviews and consults, grown through personal leadership experiences ( both positive and negative), having tested of the theory and finally the completed the editing process of the book, here we are with The Teamwork Ladder: 8 Steps To MAXIMUM Success.

The book teaches eight of the most powerful principles of teamwork by using the analogy of a ladder, where each side and rung represents a law that must be in healthy operation to prevent or solve the most common workplace and relational struggles and frustrations. It teaches, not only eight vital principles of working with others (teamwork), but the precise order needed to master before expecting optimal results. People are loving the analogies for understanding and the relevant application of principles to daily living. I believe the book is doing so well because it is real-life material. Anyone can plug in to their current existence, and see precisely what is missing to get them where they deserve and desire to be.

You mentioned authenticity. This topic of being real in all we do and become is dealt with immensely throughout the book. It comes as a warning early in the book ...a warning to not be manipulative in our interactions with others. The decision to sign up for teamwork is a decision to first of all shift our focus from ourselves to others. This is critical and an absence of realness in who we are and our motives for interacting with others is a recipe for strained relationships and underachievement. Here is an excerpt from that first chapter dealing with this .
" If you attempt this teamwork creed with a manipulative mindset, you have missed the entire point. Setting out to help others achieve their heartfelt dreams should be motivated simply by the rightness of it. Your genuine love and empathy for people who share your life’s precious moments is the fuel that fires your daily actions of kindness and support. Be real in all you do, including relationships with teammates. If you set out with a selfish mindset, concentrating on manipulating your team for self-centered desires, bring a cloth because I guarantee a pie-in-the-face future straight ahead.

Scientists have discovered that 10 per cent of the one hundred billion neurons in our brains are “deceit detectors.” Your teammates will spot insincerity in the blink of an eye. Today’s society has had it with phonies. From political scandals to the hypocrisy of religious leaders, people are sick to their stomach with fraudulence. As never before, we want to see, hear and associate with authentic people. We all embrace compassion, but detest insincerity. We are attracted to integrity, but reject deceitfulness. If you begin this journey with a mindset of playing games with people to meet your own agenda, don’t bother to pack much because your trip will be a short one. If however, you lend this kind hand and wear this new lens with an honest and principled intention, truly feeling empathy and sincerely acting out of a genuine spirit, you will be loved and respected by all who enter your sphere of influence. Your new lens is not a tool to build loyalty so that others will better cushion your seat in life. Ironically though, this lens when used whole-heartedly, will return others to you with tools that will give you a greater level of success that you could have ever attained on your own. As Socrates so wisely stated, “The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be”.

I believe the tag attached to your gift of life beckons you to take responsibility for gaining knowledge and understanding through personal growth so your actions will lead to outcomes that are beyond even you!"

Hopefully, this e-mail hasn't been too long but I wanted to capture the essence of my emphasis on authenticity. I believe we are on the same page there. :)
Thank you for who you are and what you represent! I mean that ...Continue to be that example for positive change both personally and professionally. Your leadership and influence makes our world a fresher place to interact, grow and have fun! A complete life awaits us all, but it is our responsibility to discover it. It is evident you are determining your own fate and leaving your positive mark on all who enter your sphere of influence. For that, I smile! Thank you!

Bill

If you are like me and are hungry for more, then click here full the full interview which is loaded which exceptional researched based nuggets that are golden to create better steps in our lives at this very moment! This Christmas Bill and his family are traveling to a country of need to give their hearts and skills to help others whom basics are neglected. We ALL can extend a helping hand as we strive to better our lives; in fact by doing so we immediately better our lives. Right now if we buy this amazing book, 100 percent of the proceeds are going to this Christmas project to raise a roof for a needed family!

Little steps go a long way!

Buy a copy of a book with a heart!

Buy for your family members, your friends, your peers, and your circle; let's climb our able ladders from a place of giving to self and others with full heart!

I tip my black Joe to your morning black Joe!! Have an amazing day. Take some time to unplug. It is essential. The world needs you to do so, so you can truly be the hand extended for all whom need you to be all that you are capable of becoming 'for the bigger picture'...and by the way, I am one of them...nothing is every what it seems at surface level, and you have inspired me on many levels..and your fingerprint is now also on the things that I do for others...which is what life is all about...connectedness for 'the goal'. :-)

Always simply Renee

Appropriately inappropriately cranking up Joy to the world!

2011-12-04T04:57:00.000-08:00

I just LOVE fun.

Perhaps that is an 'appropriately inappropriately' understatement.
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In fact when I am in full fun mode, I may appear to be inappropriate at time from the first glance viewer, but at a second glace people know that my heart is just good free spirited east coast DNA nature; we simply love to laugh, we love to make others belly laugh, as we have learned that laughter is the strength and the premium fuel in work hard moments of our lives.

If I did not activate fun, you most likely would not want to be in the same province as I; I become someone else, and that person is not fun to be around! Fun simply grounds us. Fun also 'in appropriate' dosages actually slingshots us within our work hard goals. Its the yin to the yang; the balance, and to neglect one is neglecting indirectly the other, as one fuels the other.

So I hope you agree with me that fun is important, and that fun is actually seriously purposeful. Fun is a covertly cleverly fundamental key component to unleash our best essential selves so we can unleash our able best in everything that is important to us such as relationships, such as professional development, unleashing our creative selves, our spiritual selves, our health, certainly body goals; actually all goals in mind. body. & spirit. Period.

I know Fred agrees with me; he in fact may be my twin as I sooooooooooo would be 'appropriately inappropriately' cranking up those tunes, bring out some silly mad moves, create some necessary madness, so we could generate more fuel to get more done from a place of heart, to give in ways using our gifts and skill sets so our others would receive our able best infused in their lives and hopefully hearts.

It's all about the big picture and dialing back to center; the target is ground zero and within our targets we need to work hard to have rich fulfilling lives but we also NEED to play hard to have the most amazing rich fulfilling lives. Give 'in' to be better to give 'out' and inst that what this season is all about? The gift of giving that comes from a place of heart to be opened in other intended hearts?

So high fives on fun!
High fives to you to making some fun today!
Let's get appropriately inappropriately in our giving; after all tis the season to crank up the gift of 'joy' where the beats we create go on and on and on :-)

Always simply Renee

Hey, music, let's pull up a beat and 'talk'!

2011-12-02T07:21:00.000-08:00

Music is AMAZING!

I mean it truly is amazing!

Some say it is medicine for the soul and I am incline to believe it is so because it is a pathway to our souls. To find a way to capture or release that which is very deep within us is the right medicine, and in part also the right kind of food.
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I have learned that music is so laser beam alluring because it is the language of our spirit, and our spirit is our true self. If you feel there is a strong emotion within you but you can't put into words, well there is a way to do so. Take a second to think about the kind of music you are gravitating to right now, the song or particular kind of beat that you just want to crank up and hit repeat a bizillion times, then there is a reason. A great amazing reason actually. More pointed your essential self is bursting out inside say 'pay attention' and please address immediately.

I have attached a song here that one of my clients recently found their essential messages.

Why is this important? Well we want to pay attention to these clues and address them so we can be our best, and no energy is wasted or lost by repressing.

Songs can range from happy tunes, to anger aggression tunes, to sad tunes, to even highly sexual arousing tunes. After all we all have those emotions by design; when you begin to feel by using music as a tool, then you can listen to what the essential you is trying to tell you. Then you have the choice to do something about it for your betterment, and the more you give to yourself..the more sparkly you become...the more energy you have released to do the things that you want to do and the things intended for you to do...and the more this world and all the people you circle will benefit.

Our bodies are amazing machines. I get beyond giddy the more I learn about how wonderful and resilient we are by design, and to learn better ways of giving more to ourselves. We just got to turn up the volume to tune 'in' so we can turn up the volume of our lives!! :-)

Have the most amazing day my friends!! I will be listening to some music today to free self, so I can give more of myself! I will also be learning more about how our bodies give us more clues about it's needs and dislikes...I may or may not be learning about how our bodies actually has a built in lie detector! I know right!! On it, and I will sure let you on my great findings...it's all about playing the beat'best life ever'! :-)

Always simply Renee

Feel the rain on your skin! In your pores! In your soul, drenched, quenched and growing awesomenes!

2011-11-28T06:07:00.000-08:00

Freakin' love this for too many freakin' best Mind...best Body....best Spirit reasons.

These dots do connect, and the topless reasoning is BEST life EVER!

Rainbows are freakin' fantastic! Did you ever consider how one was even formed and all the requirements behind the scene that had to happen in unison to even create that scene??
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Look at our lives, then really look at our lives beyond the obvious; if a rainbow is freakin' awesome, how much MORE awesome is our life and it's forming!?! :-)

Feel the rain...dance in it....in the dancing the beat goes on! :-)

The precursor!

2011-11-24T05:52:00.000-08:00

Across the backside [of the scrap paper], on a whim, a dare, I scratch it down: Gift List. I begin the list. Not of gifts I want but of gifts I already have.

1. Morning shadows across the old floors
2. Jam piled high on the toast
3. Cry of blue jay from high in the spruce...
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They are just the common things and maybe I don't even know they are gifts really until I write them down and that is really what they look like.

This writing it down — it is sort of like ... unwrapping love...

Writing the list, it makes me feel ... happy. All day. I can hardly believe how it does that, that running stream of consciousness, river I drink from and I'm quenched in, a surging stream of grace and it's wild how it sweeps me away ... I can't understand why it does that...

Well, if all these were gifts — then wasn't my writing down the list like ... receiving. Like taking with thanks...

I look down at my list. This thanks that I am doing — it seems so ... crude. Trivial. If this list is the learning of the language of [gratitude,] this feels like ... guttural groanings. But perhaps the "full of grace" vocabulary begins haltingly, simply, like a child, thankful for the childlike...

-One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, by Ann Voskamp. Learn more about the new One Thousand Gifts App for iPhone/iPad and for Android.

(Zodervan, 2011).

I love the thoughts from Zodervan and Ann regarding thankfulness!

I have learned so much from both that thankfulness is the precursor, and one that cannot be abused, and one that is fundamental in a life of pursuit, and gain; we must fully see what we have in order to fully plan what we need and want.

Thankfulness is the key that turns life.

Thankfulness is the essential vitamin to a vibrant life.

Thankfulness is the beginning, and it is the infinite sky ending :-).

Thankfulness is the ticket to get on and climb our given Jacob's ladder.

Have another amazing Mind Body Spirit 360 elite day my friends!
Find time to unplug to assess your blind spots.
Find time to plug in to self, and to others to map out an effective plan for 'you' that you can action, so you can be your best; a new version best that you can then give to others as you travel.

Apply all, and I promise you that you will have the best day ever because you opened your eyes with your heart to 'see', and it began and ended with thankfulness.

Rock 'it'!
Always blessed..
Always the blessing..
Always simply Renee Unplugged!:-)

Got my Dream! Got my goal! Got my mind! Got my body! Got my spirit! Now I need a deadline!

2011-11-19T07:39:00.000-08:00

Goals are well-defined dreams that are measurable. Getting in shape is not a goal; it's a wish. Running a half marathon, however, is a goal because you know you've accomplished it when you cross the finish line...

Goals are dreams with deadlines. And these deadlines, especially if your personality is anything like mine, are really lifelines. Without a deadline, I would never accomplish anything b...ecause I'm both a procrastinator and a perfectionist. And that's why so many dreams go unaccomplished. If you don't give your dream a deadline, it will be dead before you know it. Deadlines keep dreams alive. Deadlines bring dreams back to life. (Zondervan, 2011).

Best life requires goals that are dreams with deadlines.

Best life requires goals of the mind, of the body, of the spirit with deadlines. Factoring to improve one improves 'all'.
Factoring to push one to extreme, we must also bring along the other two.
Factoring to neglect two will affect the outcome of the one.

Able best goal is not one in isolation; able best goal is the three in unison :-).

Goals with deadlines put life in our lifelines :-)

Amazing Sat..
Always amazed..
Renee

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's supergrover! Nope! IT is though Interesting!

2011-11-18T06:47:00.000-08:00

We're all kissed by angels but some of us never think to pucker. ~Terri Guillemets

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ~Luciano de Crescenzo

I find the premise behind all here quite interesting, as I plant my feet here this morning mapping out my Mind Body Spirit 360 Custom to 'Renee' Day', I already know it is going to be a fantastic travel!

The' premise behind the premise' this morning (and every morning) I am wishing everyone a higher level of Mind Body Spirit 360 Custom to 'You' Day!

The runway is ready.
You are not alone.
Map your course by plugging in your mind, body and spirit.
However today...today lead with your heart to see your life take a new flight, and this new is 'everything' :-).

Not sure how? What things do you love to do? What activities do time pause? With whom do you love to spend time with, doing these things which innately unlocks your passion, and time fails to exist? Your body feels different because you are aligned, your are in synergy with self and within this world.

Essentially when your heart is taking lead, it is your essential self navigating your social self to take the correct course for your life; and that folks is how we create a sonic boom with our life for a capital I, in the sky, (feeling a 'high' because you are living a HIGH)Interesting purpose!

Catch You in the blue sky my friends:-)
Always simply essentially Renee

Our lives really begin to change when we learn to shift our perspective on 'fears.'

2011-11-15T09:56:00.000-08:00

When I have a purposeful goal for my life, it is one that for sure I am going to have to face many fears en route. I don't EVER like the fear feeling, but I know that in those moments I am a hair thread away from something amazing and purposeful coming to me on the other side.

To be completely honest, often en-route to my purposeful goal, there are moments that those fears are more heightened and... often feel debilitating; I have learned first hand and also through each one of my clients, that those moments are essential as a lessor door is being shut, so that a greater door can be open in my life. However first in this interim hallway I must learn something/s essential, and the learning comes from keenly facing my fears of trust, learning patience, the handicap of control, and yes love specific to the product 'me'.

To purposeful change in any part of our lives whether it is a body transformation, relationships, or professional development, we can all agree there are scary moments en route, but the thought of allowing our social self to dominate and choose to NOT transform by repressing our essential self is the heavy hand of real fear. As to make this choice to not live fully is indeed to choose to not live our life purpose, which, essentially is 'living without living'.

It has been said many time and in many ways...

'fear not'...

So, let's put on our pirate patches. We know we fear. We know fears are lies. We know fears has an intended purpose. Let's now use our knowledge to drive meaningful change in our lives.

Let's follow the light in the dark (It's always there)! The moon will rise and those who limp know how to see. Who can live with hand wide open? (Voskamp, 2010).

Let's also gain our treasures that awaits each one us by knocking down our individual fears, where we receive ultimately our freakin' amazing shake our booties with rockin' joy untold living!

Have the most amazing day maties!!

I am enjoying the comment thread below! Check them out where there we dig more into fears, and do feel comfortable to join in the conversation! We ALL learn from one another, which is pretty freakin' awesome!
Always...
Renee

Who is leading your life?

2011-11-08T10:17:00.000-08:00

To live our best now is to allow our essential selves full liberty, and to teach our social selves to align with our essential selves.

You want to know your truth?
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Do you want to take a boo of your essential self in how it talks to you?

Well it takes a lot of energy to push your essential self from taking the led (our emotions tell us, our energy levels tell us - when we are allowing our essential selves lead, and when we are denying).

There are many ways of examining our essential selves; however very quickly we can get a more radar snapshot as our essential selves 'speaks' through parts of our being that are not under conscious control. These are commanded by the deeper, more primitive layers of the brain, the parts that manage our emotional responses and basic body maintenance functions like respiration, sleep and waking and sexual desire. (Beck, 2001).

It's all about best life ever folks!

Why?

Because we are entitled to live a full life, and when we are full we are our best to give our best.

Find your essential selves! Let it take lead to lead your best life!

a lesson from Coach Renee Willis, an exercise in bullying .... at any age!

2011-11-08T10:14:00.000-08:00

As a teacher, a life coach, heck as a human being, my spirit is dong the booyeah dance after reading this one for so many reasons!

Please do take the time to read.

Before I jet here I would like to extend the idea, to this already amazing powerful message, that this message is not exclusive to children, but also applies to people of all ages, shapes, sizes, education, vocation, demographics and ...gender.
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To extend this idea even further FURTHER, this amazing message also applies to even how we wrinkle ourselves by the negative choices we make for ourselves and the negative voice that we program inside our thoughts.

Please do read and allow so that it wrinkle us in the RIGHT way; let's always remember, 'people will forget what you say, people will forget what you do, but people will never forget how you made them feel'.

Powerful words yes, let's be the right kind of words that iron these wrinkles for self and others!!

Paula - A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stamp on it and really mess it up but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty is was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bully’s another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home. StopBullying

Teaching- your doing it right

Got stress? Get KISSing!

2011-11-07T06:37:00.000-08:00

I love to blow a kiss of truth on stress!

The truth is our stresses are camouflaged fears that are simply high functioning lies that tangle us up from achieving our best and living our best.

Yes, we do have two legit fears that are DNA programmed into us for our betterment. The fear of loud noise and the fear of falling are the only two legit fears.

All other fears though are self created, and are fear posers!

When I think of a posers I visually see this dude at the gym working out in his jeans that are half way down his bottom, with his hat precisely placed to make him stronger, his cell phone in hand, and of course the legendary shoes with the laces opened to prevent support, untied to tangle. Your stresses, and your fears, well they are that poser guy; there for no intention other than to take up space, distract, and tangle you from actually working out to achieving results!

Got stress?

Don't want it?

Dear stress, right now, it is time to break-up!

I must interject here that a great kiss can stop time, and shake our world in the right kind of way! :-)

Simple. A good-bye kiss to hello passionate living!

The power of 'I will'!

2011-11-03T07:11:00.000-07:00

My clients and I when goal setting, will together scaffold their plan to achieve their goal.

Before assuming all is well and they are ready to 'rock it' to achieve it, I will ask a few questions that we find very effective.
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1) Do you know what you set to do to achieve your specific goal?
2) Do you know how to do what you set to do to achieve your specific goal?
3) Can you do what you set to do to achieve your specific goal?
4) WILL you do what you set to do to achieve your specific goal?

These have been highly effective question to ensure the ready, set, go and lift of achievement process!

The easiest thing in the world is to come up with an excuse not to do something. I found that the most important thing in my life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’
- DAVID COPPERFIELD

Even clients whom want more for their lives will often fight themselves on achieving it. These questions expose wrinkles that are essential to be ironed out to achieve their goals, but also strengthen whom they are in all parts of their amazing lives!

It's Thursday! Another SUPER amazing day to peel and enjoy!
Let's find our strength and use it to better ourselves and to give it fully and freely to help other find and develop their own!
Always..
Renee

"They told me that I did not understand the assignment. I told them they did not understand life!'

2011-11-01T06:51:00.000-07:00

Dare I say it?

I SO dare!!

Another booooooooooooyeah!

Love it! Why? Two-fold actually!
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Music is the language of our spirit. Want to know what it wants or needs, then listen to the type of music it is gravitating. Music let's us know where are our emotions and our emotional needs. Needs are the gateway to happiness.

Secondly is a standing ovation, as life is intended to be lived with happiness. That is the goal for our lives and every goal we bring to our lives should also bring us happiness. Happiness in the process of achieving the goal and happiness in the result of achieving the goal.

Easy no?

Well the sticky part for each one of us often is 'what do I want to bring into my life, or empty from my life' to make me happy?

It's one of those life coaching kind of direct questions to turn the key 'achieve and EXCEED' happiness.

Have an amazing Tuesday!
It's a ripe one!
All you have to do is peel 'it'! :-)

Learning Grace,
Renee

Available immediately!! Please take ONE, TWO, as many as you need!

2011-10-31T05:33:00.000-07:00

Love this advertisement picture!!

Again a picture is worth a thousand words, and I am sure everyone reading here can add more words to my words.

The truth is that I have needed many if not all of these at different points in my life.

Needs come.

Needs go WHEN we identify what we need and the means to meet those needs.

I am very grateful to have quality people in my life that knew AND gave me those 'options'.

Let's know ourselves and better ourselves by knowing our needs, and filling our needs; let's be our best and better ourselves by also knowing others needs and be able to fill those needs.

As Ann Voskamp coins it perfectly, 'we are blessed AND we are the blessing'; it's the cycle in and the cycle out to create joy!

So, let's advertise everywhere!

Let's KNOW needs.
Let's also fill those needs.
Above all, let's be the hand to extend with a heart filled for others using all our intellect and gifts as NOW is exact time to look at lives EXACTLY as they are as EVERYONE has an underlying need, and we are simply the need.

So what does UNPLUGGED! recommend?

Just open our eyes, advertise and give freely often and everywhere able with our hearts.
Think less.
Do more and apply simple things, gestures, and time go a long long long way with others.
How do we know?
Well, we know what goes a long way when we receive either of these by another. A little often is everything, and by doing so we will taste a - cycle in cycle out - immeasurable 'joy untold'; the kind of nectar mouthful that is pure strength in MIND BODY SPIRIT UNPLUGGED! 'meaning of life' sweeeeeeeeeetness :-).

So what do you need?

What do others need from you?

Take....and give :-).

Fear is a liar liar pants on fire!

2011-10-28T05:39:00.000-07:00

Remember being a kid and yelling out to another kid, 'liar liar, pants on fire'?

We could be emotionally brutal as kids to each other.

However we are also emotionally brutal to ourselves as adults with the lies we tell ourselves that prevent us from being all that we are able and want; and receiving all that we are able and need to be whole.

The truth is we all have fear of something, and if we are brutally honest it usually holds us back from living our capable. In essence our fears holds us back from receiving all that we are able, and likewise having that full capable joyous life.

To begin to take away the power of our individual fears we need to upgrade our knowledge about fear.

How?
...
Well, we are only born with two fears.

We are born with a fear of loud noise (when we hear a loud unexpected noise, we are naturally startled, our heart beat intensifies, and we normally 'jump' without thought.

We are also born with a fear of falling (think when you are walking down a dark hallway / stairs, your arms automatically go out to 'protect' you / think when you slip on a piece of ice your arms instinctively go out to help land / protect you).

What about the others? We all have others, so let's briefly look at how we get them.

All other fears are birth through difficult moments (that are real) and we internalize something negative about life and usually about ourselves as truths, yet they simply are not. This is why when we want to move forward in our lives with having goals and allowing great experiences, achievements, and even relationships to come in our lives and through our lives is often difficult and sometimes impossible. It is because we have a tangle of a fear inside, that is not a truth, but needs to be untangled so our footsteps are free to do, to achieve and yes, to receive all that goodness we want and need to be whole :-).

Happy Friday! Work hard! Play hard...but fear not UNLESS there is a loud noise and you are about to literally fall :-).

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue!

2011-10-03T12:42:00.000-07:00

It's me!!

No I am not getting married!

I am already married.

Well what do I mean?

UNPLUGGED! is going unplugged!

Today UNPLUGGED! launched it's sister site. Unleashing Heart>

The sister, is the softer side, to Renee UNPLUGGED!

At Unleashing Heart I am simply Renee.

I am not wearing any hats.

It is most definitely my morality roots. (OLD)

It is indeed new.

There will be many concepts discussed that have been trigger by conversations and readings (thus borrowed).

And yes it will be blue; which means bruises in life, which heal, and also means blue sky's in life. Give me a bruise and I'll give your a blue sky!

At Unleashing heart there is no time to dance around the BIG questions, and there is no purpose for pretend. It's purpose is for REAL life; it's purpose is about RAW life.

There are some things that will remain to be the same. It will always be about living FULLY, mind - body - spirit; the common heart behind both UNPLUGGED! and sister Unleashing Heart!

I truly hope it becomes a place where lives connect to lives, we warrior together, we examine each other wounds, we heal, we learn, and yes we celebrate all moments together!

So something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

Unleashing Heart, Quenching Quest, is something for me, and with heart, hopefully something also for you.

Ready to move from fine to on fire?

So come, let's grab our cup of Joe, and let's together Unleash heart :-)

Please bare with me with the birth of this site as it is truly in the infancy stage, and may be for while; however here is my first 'beat' to this heart :-)

It's not about the coffee!

2011-09-16T05:43:00.000-07:00

I'm just about to embark and have a bowl of coffee day!

I declared it to be so as soon as my eyes opened this morning.

So I began by putting on my favorite comfy feel good sock slippers.

I brewed a big pot of coffee.

I enjoyed the sun rising and sneaking a boo into my kitchen as I filled the kitchen with the smell of pumpkin spiced pancakes to fill me with nutrient goodness!

Yep, all things are in themselves a bowl of coffee, and yet the day has merely just begun!

Now you may be sitting there scratching you head thinking Renee what in the heck are you talking about?

A bowl of coffee?

A bowl of coffee day?

Yep, a bowl of coffee and a bowl of coffee day!

Allow me to explain.

A few months ago, I was capping off an adventure weekend seeking a cup of coffee in Niagara on the Lake. It was a bit of a task and somewhat work to actually find a place that served coffee. However, I do not give up easy and eventually I discovered a place where I was to discover much more.

I asked for a coffee.

I was given a coffee.

However this was no ordinary coffee.

This coffee was served in a bowl

Hmn. I thought this was interesting. I actually found it very intriguing.

I mean I had never seen such. I had never heard of such. Yet, I was looking at such!

I then proceeded to find a nice quaint quiet table with the right amount of sunshine, and there I sat and I observed the bowl of coffee.

I then picked up the bowl of coffee. It nestled perfectly between both of my palms. It's warmth not only infused my hands, but it's warmth infused my entire being.

It's taste was wonderful; however it gave me more. It also felt wonderful!

I was immediately delighted!

I was even giddy!

With the first sip I got it! I got 'The coffee in a bowl'!! It was brilliant! I mean anyone can have a cup of Joe in a mug; however to have rich coffee beans in a bowl was a completely different experience. It was a rich experience. No it was more; it was an enriching experience!

Those types of experiences are oh so rare yet oh so important to the value of our life! We need to serve ourselves more often with more warmth and enriching experiences so that we are indeed able to be our able best.

We give.

We do.

We seek for more to give and to do with the honorable plight to be our capable best and to help others in life to be their capable best; yet hours often roll into days and days weeks to months. Yes we are so capable of doing much. We should all work continually on being better in our lives and with out lives; however we can get lost in our capable, and we can forget about the oh so importance of balance with spirit filling experiences on the other side of the pendulum sweep.

I know better. I navigate my clients all the time to apply such as they work hard on each one of their goals from transforming their bodies, to writing a book, to performing on stage, and especially with their professional development.

This week however I had forgotten to apply to myself which is the enhancement advantage to achieving my goals.

My minutes had turned to hours, and my hours turned to days. My essential list was all about work, and I forgot the importance of 'play'.

I was getting tired. My body telling me to pay attention as it began to break. I injured myself through training by not listening to the warming signs. I ended up in the hospital with pain that I did not know previously existed. My skin looked drained. I was feeling cold. I was not feeling like sparkly fun intense me.

I needed something. I thought I needed to get my list of to do's done, and then...and only then could - should I restore and replenish with 'play'.

However what I really needed was to stop. I had already worked hard, and I had not done the balancing of filling ME up.

Realizing again that work is never ending as it is creative, it is evolving, and it wonderful. Realizing again NOT to feel guilt to stop, to pause and to give myself full permission to indulge into simple and decadent life pleasures!

What did I need?

I needed a bowl of coffee.

I was so depleted that I actually needed a bowl of coffee day!

So today started with warm socks, endless cup of coffee, delightful pancakes, and it will now continue where 'time does not exist' yet I exist fully as ME.

Needing a little something something in your life?

I know I do!

I need a bowl of coffee day; which may involve..

a pumpkin spice latte
a massage
lunch with a friend
a workout with another
getting lost in a bookstore
a vintage bottle of red
a sunset
a night sky

What shall you add to your cup?

What does your spirit need from you today, and everyday?

Learn from my experience.

Serve you.

Lets fill our 'bowls' so that our 'cup runneth over with joy'!

My travels - My thoughts - My feelings - My finds

2011-08-16T09:13:00.000-07:00

Last blog entry I mentioned I was going back in time.

Yes, I was going to take the time travel and go way, way, way back.

I'm talking before the free spirited 60's, and 70's where fashion smashed colors!

I am even taking about travel before the 1800's.

I'm took the time travel before B. C.!

Yes, I absolutely meant Before Christ, which is also known by some as Before Common Era in some circles, though I am a fan of the acronym B. C.

My goal was to find the best philosophies to truly live a fulfilled honorable life personally, and then extend these ideals into my life coaching practice. I am in a season, like most life coaches, of fine tuning, replenishing, and planting seeds.

So on my quiet quest to fine tune and plant seeds, the first step on my travel agenda was to handpick my seeds. These seeds had to be able to bear fruit, and I am not talking about just any fruit. The seeds had to be able to bear enrichment to our lives, as we fine tune our next steps with precision calipered goals, and achievements yielding a joyous life. A joyous life is not a new idea. In fact no idea, philosophy, strategy, ah-ha, or any modern 'new' word is new! Ecclesiastical writer declared it in these few words, 'there is nothing new under the sun'.

I grabbed onto this truth. It was both old and new to me.

So, then I opened up myself to listen.

I also opened myself up to feel.

I sought out new people that feel life the way I feel life. These people have a quiet humility power about them that can be seen by looking into their eyes. They had a firm grasp of what life is all about and they do not need nor do they welcome affirmations and validations. I asked them to define their heart. I asked them to define their moralities. I asked many questions where I got vulnerable. I also got emotionally naked. I then asked for help as I am on a quest to unleash heart.

Now there are many many many books, seminars, and discussion boards that are readily available today. I use them. I enjoy them. In fact to be completely honest, part of my travels with a mission was based on such. I see people every day doing amazing things by giving their lives in very creative means to help others live amazing lives. This excites me and feeds my soul. However I was hungry for more, I knew that I have been holding back with my own growth, and I knew I was ready.

A few weeks ago I was sitting a listening to a speaker and his first few words gripped me. Previously I may not have heard them if the truth be told; however at that moment my quest had begun, and I was open to hearing and feeling words.

He said a person can go 40 days without food, 3 days without water, 8 minutes without breathing.

Wow right?!

Well, what he continued to say was the gripping navigation moment for me. What he said next I heard the reasoning to my quest. I heard the purpose. I also knew I had to trace back many sunrises and sunsets.

He said that a person, we, cannot do any of those things without hope.

Hope is the belief in possibility.

Hope is life going viral.

As my clients and I carve out their ground zero, I have seen hope robbed. People daily rob hope from others to feed their need to control, and have left many wounded. I often see 'wolves in sheep clothing' even in the industry of health, wellness, mentor-ship and coaching. There is brokenness in many, and if not addressed and properly healed, then one will continue to be oppressed or become the oppressor; which makes many that help others potentially great at helping others, yet also potentially dangerous as well. Often we do not allow our wounds to heal. In fact often we make our wounds deeper,continue to bleed because we believe we are not worthy, and we have lost hope of being worthy.

Serious no?

It is indeed serious; however the focus still remains on how to live a joyous life, which is achieving goals that previously were believed to be impossible. To do so hope must be restored, and to do so I feel strongly that we have to go back into time to see when hope was broken into pieces and eventually lost. The truth is when hope is lost we lose ourselves.

However the great news is that we can find ourselves!

Rebuilding ourselves requires the plantation of enriching seeds in rich soil. Ones that can untangle any weeds within, and one where a strong mind, a strong body, and a strong spirit are the fruits.

It requires heart.

It actually requires an unleashed heart.

I am thrilled to have found the seeds.

There are four seeds in total. I will be discussing them more within the weeks to follow. They will also be tied into my own personal growth and professional development, as 'the best example is to be an example'. Unplugged! is about to unleash the heart behind unplugged. Yes, I am about to unleash my heart to you. However, I do not take this task lightly. This is an important next step for me, and potentially for you. However 'there is a season for everything. A time to plant. A time to sow. A time to reap'.

We here at Unplugged! are in the season of planting.

Let's together dig into ourselves and plant the following four seeds that were initially derived from Plato!

Let's also note that these very same seeds have since been adapted by many Saints AND have been since coined the cardinal virtues 'because they are hinges upon which the door of the moral life swings'.

Those final summary words give fire to my eyes as they feed my spirit, stimulate my mind, and will move my own body into new adventures!

I also want you to note with me that these seeds have also been summarized as ,'the flawless basics for morality'. I will be now adapting them to unleash a warriors heart!

Read them slowly.

Handle each with the respect of what they are able to do to transform your life!

1) The seed of Prudence - able to judge between actions with regard to appropriate actions at a given time.

2) The seed of Justice - proper moderation between self-interest and the rights and needs of others.

3) The seed of Restraint or Temperance - practicing self-control, abstention, and moderation.

4) The seed of Courage or Fortitude - forbearance, endurance, and ability to confront fear and uncertainty, or intimidation.

I find it both interesting and exciting that as I continue to dig that the artwork the Cardinal Virtues are depicted with symbolic items that effortlessly 'fit's my quest of unleashing a warriors heart'. Did I mention this excites me?!?

Justice – sword, balance and scales, crown.

Temperance – wheel, bridle and reins, vegetables and fish, cup, water and wine in two jugs.

Fortitude – armor, club, with a lion, palm, tower, yoke, broken column.

Prudence – book, scroll, mirror (occasionally attacked by a serpent).

This is an exciting time! Time travel, seeds, digging deep, planting with hope being restored as we achieve and exceed unleashing a warriors heart a joyous life!

Without hope, no matter of our surface achievements, inside we yield emptiness.

Restoring hope we achieve 'everything'.

Parts of information used for this blog entry were retrieved via the Bible, and also retrieved via google searches from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_virtues, August 16, 2011 and from http://www.debate.org/debates/Temperance-fortitude-prudence-and-justice-form-a-flawless-basis-for-morality/1/, August 16, 2011

Ararat

2011-07-25T05:05:00.000-07:00

There are messages everywhere all the time. Often it is a matter of opening our eyes to see them. Often it is a matter of opening ourselves so our eyes can see. We have to get to a place of readiness. We have to get to a place of starvation for a particular kind of 'nourishment' to feed our inner self. Nourishment to fuel our thoughts, to map out our course, and then strengthening our achievement by infusing our actions.

We are essentially talking about LIFE on an abstract level where all that has breathe has impacted.

Here, we get to a place of seeing what life is all about, and then we seek our role within this glorious picture.

Here we acknowledge the clouds.

Here we know that the clouds are more than essential learning moments; in fact here we know the storms we have weathered are essential building steps to 'strengthen a wimp muscle to a warrior muscle' that is needed in our steps yet to come.

Everything has significance, and the video you are about to see captures the beauty in everything.

When we are able to see the beauty and the purpose in everything, especially the darkest moments, then something super happens.

Ararat happens!

It is a conquer moment. It is an awareness of the moment within a higher purpose moment.

Ararat is an Hebrew word which essentially means the 'curse has been reversed'!

What I personally love about this word is that it ties into the combat that was previously discussed here at UNPLUGGED where we have an battle within between a dark wolf and a light wolf.

To extend this word further along this premise, Ararat is THE WORD to capture the win of our white wolf. Ararat is the highest trophy for conquering the greatest of all mental battles!

What an amazing powerful word to add to the prescription of 'our lens' that we wear as we look at our lives that has culminated to this moment, the trails we have taken, and yes most importantly see how those colors infused the bigger picture of life that is being formed. Here we set our footings strong as we climb with clarity the direction that is uniquely ours knowing we are creating a legacy. Here, knowingly, we are impacting lives! Our journey is strengthening not only our lives, but also the lives of others simply because we have warrior-ed there before them, and we have achieved Ararat; we are able to extend with our warriors' heart - soul - intellect, to others as they make their critical steps, steps of impact, on their own achievements climb.

Here we have an abstract knowledge that ALL that is concrete forms the UNITY of the abstract.

We talk often about the importance of rich dense nutrients to feed our bodies for our bodies to transform to their able best. Here is a video that is full of rich dense nutrients to feed your spirit, to infuse your intellect, to take your body to a higher level of transformation.

In all moments, find those in your life that are your foundation and your pillars, to strengthen your sight in all moments of life....'seek and your shall find, knock and the door shall be open onto you'...your '1000 gift moments'.

Next blog posting I am taking the time travel before B.C.

Yes, I actually did mean BEFORE B.C..

What were their thoughts back then?

It's time to go back..

It is time to remember...

It is time to learn from those whom traveled before us, and then it is time to apply!

Until then...

God speed...

Until then, UNPLUG your life and plug into LIFE!

Two wolves within. Which one are you feeding?

2011-07-18T07:28:00.000-07:00

The dichotomies that exist within each one of us are very powerful.

When we set a goal for ourselves to achieve, and we choose our resources to set ourselves up for success, we often derail and we often have patterns of ground hog day.

The question then to pose is why?

The proceeding, is a Cherokee Legend, which links this reasoning that many have coined in different languages, yet the premise is coherent among all.

Two Wolves
A Cherokee Legend

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.

"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Here is the same story, but it is called "Grandfather Tells" which is also known as "The Wolves Within"

An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, "Let me tell you a story.

I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.

But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times." He continued, "It is as if there are two wolves inside me. One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way.

But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger,for his anger will change nothing.

Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."

The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which one wins, Grandfather?"

The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, "The one I feed."

The reasoning as to why we may slide, derail, and yes even fail for each one of us falls under this scope; however from there our next steps then is a process of identifying and naming how our dark wolf was birthed and feed to date. To achieve our concrete goals, and also our meta-view goals, we must face our dark wolf. To do so we must go through the process of starving it by feeding our light wolf. Of course these terms are character terms, but they do frame the inner conflict within and it also exposes why a previous plans to achieve should have been easy to achieve, yet often felt difficult or even impossible.

Knowledge is indeed power, and we must acknowledge a goal is never just a goal. To achieve the concrete we must become warriors en route and fight the battles within, and the reward is no more ground hog day; the reward however is achieving at a higher level. Each achievement of a concrete goal, by applying this new knowledge, is adding the bonus of building blocks to a new passion for self and life!

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens." ~ Carl Gustav Jung

2011-07-12T09:06:00.000-07:00

"When emotions are managed by the heart, they heighten your awareness of the world around you and add sparkle to life. The result is new intelligence and a new view of life." -- Doc Childre and Howard Martin

The following is poem written by one of my clients whom I am blessed to be her life coach; it reminds me of Robert Frost poem, 'The road not taken'; both linguistically captures emotions deep within, and both carves words to bring that which is true and deep, to the surface. At surface depth we can then concretely analyze, and we can then concretely create goals that are individually purposeful to achieve; ones that are the primary building blocks for their meta-view goal of fully living a joyous life.

She has done much 'diving', and captured her travels via this brilliant poem; which is an icing on the celebratory cake to showcase her culminating achievement to date. There will be many more celebrations to come on her road of 'work hard play hard achieve much'.

"Naked"

Naked
I stand on a ledge.

An Abyss of Potential before me.
An Abyss of Memory behind me.

Unseen
The Weight of Memory draws me backward.

Yet
I step Forward and Sever the tie.

"Learning to be aware of feelings, how they arise and how to use them creatively so they guide us to happiness, is an essential lifetime skill." -- Joan Borysenko

Further active reflection from the same client, whom wears many many hats where she is finding her gifts within her caves, where she is exploring her gifts and where, which personally excites me as her coach, she is using her gifts for self and others.

I have been tasked with an assignment, and this post stems from that. As many of you have no doubt come to see, our struggles with our weight originate from places in our lives we had just as soon leave behind in the dark recesses of our minds. Our journeys to healthy, happy bodies, however, cannot truly move forward without first exploring those recesses. Each person's introspection reveals different secrets. For some, it is abuse from which the mind protected itself by stuffing the memories away. For others it is a lack of self-worth. Still others are forever stunted in their personal growth by their not having truly formed their own identity. And the list can run forever. Some of us (maybe many of us?) fall into multiple categories, a virtual cornucopia of issues holding us back from our ideal physiques. With our dear coach's guidance, I realized several months ago that my biggest hindrance to my weight loss was hidden somewhere in my brain, and without some serious self-evaluation, reaching my physique goals would be even more difficult. Fast forward through the scratching and clawing my way through my brain to my realizing that I have very little idea who I am. I know who everyone else sees when they look at me, but I have little idea what I see. Right now I am simply a vague shadowy figure lurking on the edges of life, but we are working on giving form and purpose to that figure. My life coach and I have been exploring the deep, difficult things for a while now, and we have decided to take a break from the difficult for a little while and work on something a bit easier and a lot more fun. As a beginning of embracing myself and accepting myself inside, I have been asked to put on the wrappings of worthiness and acceptance outside.....to be sure to "put a bow on the package" each day. And yes, this includes matching undies.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's not supergrover; it's actually 2 real living breathing superheros! Super powers? Humility! The greatest of all powers!

2011-07-12T08:11:00.000-07:00

This is probably the most inspiring video I have seen and infused an immediate response to date.

Regardless of your spiritual perspective, your spirit will unite with the spirits within the lives of these taking lead in this very powerful video.

Who told the sun where to stand in the morning?

Who told the ocean you can only come this far?

Who showed the moon where to hide until the evening?

Whose words alone can catch a falling star?

No matter your spiritual north star, allow your spirit be guided to seek your next steps and actions by the steps and actions of two true superhero's racing among us.

2011-07-10T06:34:00.000-07:00

Superhero OR a superVillain? A great read regarding the power - the posion - of being judgemental

2011-07-08T08:34:00.000-07:00

Judgment creates ...

We know the power of thoughts to create. Consider, then, the impact of our judgments. When we judge someone critically, those judgments have the power to affect the one being judged, if they are open to our perceptions. This is the case even when we don't say what we're thinking.

For example, if I judge someone to be fat, and that individual perceives him or herself to be fat and is sensitive to the opinions of others, my thoughts will reinforce their 'fat' experience.

Being aware of the impact of our judgments helps us let go of our tendency to judge.

"There are three kinds of violence: one, through our deeds; two, through our words; and three, through our thoughts. ...The root of all violence is in the world of thoughts, and that is why training the mind is so important." -- Eknath Easwaran

Until next time,

YOUR SUPPORT TEAM
Certified Coaches Alliance

24 / 7 Mind - Body - Spirit Synergistic Action is the Critical Pathway Everytime All the Time!

2011-07-06T13:10:00.001-07:00

A MUST Read that about covers 'it' !

2011-07-06T05:29:00.000-07:00

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. - by Unknown, Source.

2011-07-02T07:09:00.000-07:00

Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. - This may very well be one of the most incredible auditions I've seen since Paul Potts and Susan Boyle -- on any show. Here's a guy who came out chewing gum, works at a car wash, and had never auditioned for anything in his life!

No matter your ground zero, your travels, your story, every accomplishment has a beginning, and 'every accomplishment starts with the decision to try'.

"the difference between the unattainable and the attainable lies in the person's determination"

Find inspiration everywhere to fuel your decision to try.

Find inspiration to fuel your decision to accomplish your goals, and live fully with passion in your life!

The following are a few pictures that I personally thought were inspiring. The first one is a reminder to ourselves that we 'have accomplished new goals' right from birth, and somewhere along the way we have disconnected our belief in our power to continually accomplish the goals.

We can do much.

We are able to do much.

We must begin with the decision try and try leads, step by step, to accomplishing.

Enjoy. Be fed. Be fueled. Make the decision to try, and then achieve and exceed.

Open to trust

2011-06-28T09:06:00.000-07:00

"When I grip the wheel too tight, I find I lose control." -- Steve Rapson

WE SEEK TO CONTROL OUR LIVES WHEN WE DO NOT TRUST, WHEN WE DO NOT LOVE. Our ego, perceiving itself to be vulnerable and insecure, uses control in an effort to protect itself.

At the root of our need to control, we find FEAR. It may be fear of the unknown. Fear of not coping. Fear of loss. Or possibly even fear of looking stupid. And as our efforts to control other people and events invariably fail, our fear increases.

Trust, on the other hand, is a quality of the soul. While control is a tool of the mind, TRUST AND FAITH ARE ASPECTS OF THE HEART. Trust comes with the deep knowing that we are spiritual beings in physical bodies. When we trust enough in life to give up our need to control, we can relax and open to the flow of energy in our lives. This brings peace of mind.

"The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity." -- M. Scott Peck

"Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are." -- Wayne Dyers

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Eckhart Tolle, not reacting to content, www.soundstrue.com

2011-06-28T09:04:00.000-07:00

Be Enchanted by Wonderful Wonderment

2011-06-20T13:51:00.000-07:00

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions....

"We live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life wants to lead you from crumbs to angels, but this can happen only if you are willing to unwrap the ordinary by staying with it long enough to harvest its treasure." -- Macrina Wiederkehr

C.S. Lewis wrote: “Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see”.

Be enchanted!

Change your heart, mind and actions by looking for the miracles around you.

Be enchanted!

Be the miracle to the hearts, mind and leading actions to those awaiting the necessity enchantment in their lives.

Got trouble?

2011-06-15T19:08:00.000-07:00

One of my most favorite enjoyments in this life is live music with soul.

This song I dedicate to four of my clients, whom have tasted the poison of trouble.

Their stories are unique, and in many ways nothing to do with this song; however this song is daunting to the spirit and one where there is beauty and peaceful solitude even in the midst of trouble.

“Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.” Sydney J. Harris

“If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'” Ann Landers quotes

So here I extend this song, to feel the music sit on your skin, to allow it into your pours, to open you up, and to breathe in peace and solitude in your purpose of a trouble season.

Why trust your struggles, and the truth behind peace.

2011-06-13T16:49:00.000-07:00

And why trust your struggles?

A client of mine shared her thoughts today on this concept, and they were poetic and brilliant. As I am a few days away from competing, it was very timely for me as my body is tired, my spirit is tired and my brain was yes, struggling. Framing 'it' empowers self, and we have a stronger version of self as we take the steps to becoming, as she coined it, our true version of self.

This year I have learned a lot about struggle, and why we have to struggle. When we are having tough times, these are the times when we are learning the most about ourselves, the times when we are truly growing into the "True" versions of ourselves. That is why we have to trust in our struggles - they will bring us closer to greatness.

Struggles are struggles.

Change the lens changes everything.

Peace :-)

The BEST Motivation on SUCCESS - the successful mindset!

2011-06-09T18:01:00.000-07:00

I want you to find some alone time to watch this video first. Listen to it a few times. Do not miss a word as each word is a potential heart beat.

Now apply and assimilate to your thinking, and actions.

Success

In life.

By being true to self.

Learning what that means.

Then doing.

Truly doing.

Which is the pathway to truly living and applying brilliant of brains to making a brilliant life.

I currently listen to this video every morning as it taps into my mind, body, and spirit that fuels me to propel concretely and abstractly. When looking at goals, we must look beyond the surface as nothing is as it appears at first glance; beyond the surface is the living IF we release and use the truth that we find. This is the critical pathway. Truly living is truly achieving by being whole living our truths. By being whole we can give our all, achieve our capable all, as we have become our true selves in this process.

As a physique competitor the stage means many things. Broad spectrum, 'the stage' are achievement moments in our lives. The stage that we plant our feet may mean many things on the surface level; beyond the surface it holds the deepest meaning and potential added value to our lives. How we choose each moment is reflective of the outcome, and yes the stage that holds the performance of our able successful life.

Everyone has to begin from a place that they are uncomfortable with self to become ones true self.

2011-04-26T17:32:00.000-07:00

Find yourself in her video story, set aside differences as an excuse, and transform from the inside out!

You can do anything

2011-04-26T04:01:00.000-07:00

My friends and I have what we call the video of the day or the song of the day.

This AM however, as I was having my morning cup of joe in my adorn solitude, this 'one' made me smile a little deeper AND my day will for sure be fueled because of what I gained from the messenger's example and her message!

Kids are amazing and they are full of wisdom if we stop and take the time to listen to what they have to say. In this particular case, this kid has something she wants us to hear and she it taking the means to ensure we hear her!

So check her out and check out her take home message!!

She is beyond adorable.

However she is also very wise, and I am wondering if she is a 80 year old trapped in a little girls body.

Maybe....

OR maybe she is a superhero helping us to unlock our inner superhero!!

My spider senses are most definitely tingling on this girl, and my radar is saying this girl knows what she is saying!

You can do anything.

I can do anything.

Collectively we can do everything!

I would event infer she is saying collectively we should do everything.

What is so brilliant is the each one of us will infer our own direct individual message or messages.

However we are not so brilliant IF we choose not to activate our messages.

We just got to believe...and of course do :-)

Have goals? Dreams? Yet bombarded and stuck with achieving because of patterns of self sabotage and delusions?

Beliefs are powerful as they can disarm the negative voices and fuel the true voice within; a necessary clarity to bring joy into our lives. For it is not just achieving goals that bring joy to our lives but also the process of doing better en route to the achievement also brings joy to our lives.

Spider senses are still tingling and I BELIEVE the little superhero that is quite the artist, would make an awesome addition to the 360 elite total transformation team, helping others create and see the beauty in their lives by seeing its totality.

What are your goals?

Believe.

Know that you are not alone 'in your stuff'.

Create a plan.

Do.

Enjoy.

Name a song that brings meaning to your life

2011-04-22T04:13:00.000-07:00

The following song is very powerful and on the eve of a weekend that celebrates rebirth globally, I want to take the essence of rebirth to each one of individually. This thread is a continuation of a previous response, and one also inspired by a client of mine. This client was terrified of vulnerability and her first time posting here on PN she actually felt violently sick to her stomach, yet shortly afterwards when 'others' like herself began to surface and find their voice because she shared her voice, the dots began to connect for her, her life and she even her body. Her 'next steps' then was multi-faceted as on a general platform it is her goal to change lives; on a concrete platform we sit down and plan concrete steps for her that will stretch her, develop her, and essentially achieve 'be the change' on a personal and professional level. Her vulnerability was beautiful and powerful which inspired me to articulate some of my own for my edition of a similar purpose.

Walk with me.

Allow this song and some of the abstract details of my personal story challenge and inspire your thinking. Then allow it to permeate and fuel the actions you make to improve your life.

Each word truly represents the breath of who I am, and the ashes that I had to walk through to feel heat back into my life.

Was it difficult?

At moments it was beyond difficult; however I did the work, I checked my blind spots, I reached out to my bookends, I made the decision to take the life that was awaiting for me by doing the work, by forgiving self, by forgiving others, by seeking truth, by detoxing from poison relationships, by filtering the great out of moments that felt far from great, by giving my all to my self, by giving my all to others, by learning my triggers and using them for empowerment and not self destruction, by reprogramming my thoughts based on truth and removing the attachment of believed lies, seeking my worth and knowing my worth, by never accepting the word 'fine' in any part of my life, to live boldly, to laugh deeply, to smile often, to have fun, to walk a course that is only mine and one that has never seen a footprint by another, to live a life without boarders, to love self, to learn to be still, to feel peace, to know peace, to be kind to self, to empty my tank in life, to take down walls, to trust, to know my needs, to fill my needs, to free fall in my life, and to have my wings to fly in my life by being fully whole so I can truly fly and truly be all that I am capable and all that I am intended.

Rebirth..

Reborn...

Such abstract words with definite meaning.

Strangely my name Renee actually means 'born anew' and 'born again'.

This song truly represents the heart of who I am. Life happens, but we also make the life we want for us also to happen.

It remains to be simple.

We have choices.

We can choose to fly or we can choose to wonder and watch those who do.

One is a process of the walking dead.

The other choice is the process of rebirth. Fully living a life of untainted passion and success.

You are writing the story of you.

Stop and think about that.

You are writing the story of you.

What is it saying?

What do you want it to say?

I have shared some of my story here today to help your think about yours and the chapters of detours and adventures that await the author you.

Find your song.

Find your wings.

What will yours say about you?

Choose to fly in your life by orchestrating the melody of your life.

Fire and Ice Photo SUPERshoot with the appearance of The Phoenix!

2011-04-11T05:14:00.000-07:00

Renee vs. Marvel's Phoenix

Best shoot ever!

Why?

The concept was super hero's and within this concept we not only brought out our inner superhero, we had much fun doing so!

Life is about working hard and playing hard! All those that participated and contributed to the outcome of the shoot know how to do both quite well!

Our people put the super in front of the hero. Standing ovation to the following superhero's!

Salon Profilo had been working on my hair for weeks prepping it with colors, extensions, and brainstorming the vision with their natural ability for creativity. They have a good grasp of 'my personality', so I just sit, as they are the alpha's of their domain and craft.The outcome of what they do is always beyond my expectations! Tony and Katie, an infinity of 'thank-yous' to you both individually.

Scott, Sun to Earth Photography, has exceptional talent. Scott wears many hats, a photographer, an artist, a poet, and the list goes on and on which makes his services unique and the entire experience rare. I am a bit of a challenge, as I like to move and be constant motion in my shoots taking on the planned persona; Scott 'eyes' through the camera found the worthy moments within the moments, and what he captures is beyond outstanding. I also have to note that the atmosphere he creates is not of the norm; there is a strong connection between all in the room that sets up the creative comfort to 'just be' which is also rare, but if every experienced is wonderful.Each artistic picture speaks of this wonderful free spirit evidence. Did I mention the fog machine and bad a@@ fan? Yes, it was a personal playground for THEE Phoenix to make her appearance ;-).

Thank you also to ICE, Krista, for for doing my make-up! How you do what you do is beyond my understanding, but I truly reap the rewards of you eye and ability to transfer a face to art. Fire is fun, but Fire and Ice is 2.0 magical fun!

A picture is indeed worth a thousand words! Work hard, and yes play hard to live a life to its fullest. A shoot is a great way to celebrate an achieved goal, and it is also a great strategy to achieve a physique goal by setting a shoot day to target.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.- Robert Frost

Bring out YOUR superhero, and your pictures will tell your travels of work hard - play hard; take the road of inner and outer transformation!

Quality inside and outside

2011-04-09T04:52:00.000-07:00

Ashley Horner- My Journey

This video of Ashley sharing her vulnerabilities is an example of inspirational truth. It is difficult. Difficult changes. Rewarding is on the other side of the difficult. You have to decide. You, and only you. You must want 'it' for you. Yes the body, but so much more than the body. It is about listening to that burn within. It is about finding self and releasing self. It is about putting passion back into your life by putting all the pieces of you together..by doing the work, about learning about who you are, and about enjoying your success...and enjoying and loving you...and your life....and your life in the big picture of life...

An example of the journey, and moving upward and forward by walking through difficult-difficult.

An example of having the right rooted motivation.

An example of having the right specific goals for the right rooted reasons.

An example of quality on the inside represents the quality on the outside.

Ashley talks as does her body, AND her body has much to say .

Be inspired and find yourself in her journey. Feed your thoughts and actions by her truths. Find your own truths and use them to fuel your travels,"to keep walking until the day that I / you expire".

Take a Nap! You will thank me in the 'long term'.

2011-04-04T07:38:00.001-07:00

There are always means and methods to improve all that we currently do to make all currently better. Most people struggle with in the concept of knowing what changes to make and the reasoning behind simple concepts. However little finds partnered with application goes long long way on the road of self improvement!

I am going to ask you to take a nap today to increase your potential gains with each of your current goals on your quest to seek and destroy life.

First let's ask why do we even want to improve our sleep?

Well for one thing we do not want to be tired when it is time to be the captain steering our day.

However the importance of great sleep does truly improve the broad spectrum of our minds, bodies and spirits, and the goals we have for ourselves within each of these facets.

Hmn, let me ask you the question why is it important to have a great sleep when you are trying to build muscle or trying to lose body fat?

Let me stretch your short term memory by asking you the question of what happens to your cortisol levels if you have a great sleep or, what happens to your cortisol levels if you do not have a great sleep? Extending this questioning then why should you be concerned with cortisol levels, and why are cortisol levels important to achieving your best performance or best physique?

Hmn, dare I ask one more question? What happens to our hormones if cortisol levels are higher due to poor sleep that are linked to many negative outcomes where the body does the talking of inner imbalances?

Allow me to propel your thinking in another direction. When on a quest to propel your intellectual self, taking a nap of about 30 minutes moves information from short term memory to long term memory. This one I have tried, tested and proven true through my many years of improving my retention of new knowledge.

Much happens behind 'the eye lids'!

Open your eyes, and see the life you envision for you. Know simple changes go a long way if applied, and if you know which ones to take to strengthen the results to your goals.

Take a nap to dream about the life you envision for you, but also to live that life you have mapped out for you!

It's a simple strong truth! Simply add elite sleep as an ACTIVE ingredient to strengthen the development of your able elite!

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The secret to true inner peace which is the ultimate indicator of success

2011-03-31T14:56:00.000-07:00

Are you seeking inner peace?

Do you feel your life is out of balance?

Are you unsure what direction to turn and what steps are necessary to move in your life?

It takes inner strength to find your balance and to have untainted peace in your life.

To gain ultimate peace you will acquire inner strength that is manifested in your physical strength, emotional strengthen and intellectual strength.

To truly gain such strength gains you must take your unique pathway of naming and intimately knowing your current weaknesses. The next steps then for you to gain your inner peace is to make your weaknesses become your strengths.

What you gain from this process is one of advancement in all areas of your life. Through this essential process you will gain success, and achieve the specific goals you project to enhance the quality of your life. Goals such as further financial success, a physique transformation, and advancement of self by upgrading your intellectual platform; the potentials are endless and unique, as the capabilities within you are also endless and unique. However the pendulum in your life needs to move to your areas of neglect. It is crucial to fill all areas of you, so that you gain true fulfillment in your life. True fulfillment fosters inner peace.

Looking for the strength gains of inner peace by achieving your balance?

It might be time to do your mental push-ups to strengthen the pathway of peace to your life :-).

Perfect. PERIOD!

2011-03-17T07:25:00.000-07:00

This is such a powerful song!

It is so powerful because first and foremost music is the language that our spirit speaks.

To magnify its power the artist rips off the bandage and brings out the raw truths embedded within our spirit. Through the means of music and linguistics, she brilliantly exposes the necessary vulnerabilities that exist, with varying degrees, within each one of us.

The question you may be asking is why is it so important to expose such difficult truths?

Why is it important to expose that we are all dichotomies of self love and self hate?

Why not build walls?

Why not pretend?

Why even discuss something that may of been formed by the past when we have not control or ability to change that which is the past?

The key is the now.

We must know the now before we can truly move forward and make meaningful steps; better steps....more effective steps. Without knowing the now you can never truly achieve any of your goals.

We must carve our our ground zero, and address our ground zero or otherwise we will continue to live ground hog day in our lives.

You are perfect.

The day you were born you were completely perfect.

The day you showed up this world was a better place. Period.

In order to set your spirit free to believe this truth, you must examine those lies that you have inherited that is currently tying down your spirit; which is the essence of you.

You are perfect. You can achieve all your goals, dreams, but first you must remove any delusions.

The past forms you; however it does not need to forever imprison you.

From this significant to the somewhat insignificant, moments and events can poison the today until we remove the root of it and seek and destroy it. The great thing about this process is not only is it freeing, it is also empowering.

Truth.

Empowerment.

Fully living.

Fully achieving.

The music of the spirit, to the music made by your life.

You are perfect.

If you feel less than perfect it is time for you to carve out your ground zero, to remove these delusions that are unique to you, to free your spirit to fuel your mind and your body, and by doing so you will live fully your perfect life without boarders!

This is the first day of the rest of your life!

2011-02-21T08:04:00.000-08:00

Love this song!

It was given to me yesterday by one of my favorite people. It was 'THEE song!' for me, for 360 elite, for the essence of everything I have ever done, and the premise for the travels I am yet to make!

I loved it!

I still love it!

I get an automatic smile, that I cannot control, because this is what life is all about for me!

However, no matter how much I love it, I love sharing it with even more in hopes that it too makes you smile, shines light on your path, and that you too will help navigate others to find their own light!

The messages within this song are truly the heart and soul of who I am.

It is about giving the best of ourselves to help others be their best selves.

It is about creating joy in moments that feel far from joy.

It is also about spreading joy, for joy without exception, is for each one of us!

This is the first day of the rest of your life!

What a wonderful concept!

No matter the past, we are able to create new beginnings!

No matter the detours, today we can set a new course!

Feel it.

Always Believe in it.

Begin it today.

All you need is love

2011-02-14T06:10:00.000-08:00

All you need is love.

What does this even mean?

It means we need to Self love.

Each one of us needs to know how to self love.

Each one of us needs to be able to articulate our basic needs, embrace them without guilt these needs, so that our needs are able to be met.

Self love is being kind to self and allowing you do give to you in a meaningful essential way. It could mean how we eat, how we exercise, how we feed our minds, but also very key is how we love our spirit; it is the people in our lives that feed, nurture, stimulate and nourish our spirit. Our people love us by doing what they unique do, and we love ourselves by recieiving what they unique do for us.

When we self love, we not only know our essentials, but we open ourselves to allow our essentials to be met daily.

So today on the day that celebrates love, celebrate it by being kind to you, by filling your need to be loved.

Love you by knowing that to love yourself you must also love others.

Love you by knowing, that all you need in life, we also all need.

Celebrate love today by loving uniquely your way.

Celebrate love today by receiving uniquely your needs of love today.

All we need is love people. We need to love our people. We need to be loved by our people.

It has been written. It has been sung by many. It has also been deeply inscribed within our being.

We must read it, we must listen to it, but most importantly we must do it. Without action we have nothing; action determines our everything.

Love is wonderful as it is primitive; it is the essence of life.

Fill your essence with all you need.

Need clarity with the balls you should be juggling in your life?

2011-02-12T06:48:00.000-08:00

Though my professional self is very important, it pales in importance to my family, my friends, my health, my spirit.

Sometimes we need to do an audit on our proclaimed priorities. If we say that our family is important to us, yet there is a gap in our actions and our proclamations, then we need to do some changes.

I will be doing my own audit today, and as I do, I challenge you to adapt the short and sharp philosophy above to do the same.

Let's bridge gaps within ourselvs and bring success, integrity, and clarity to the balls that we, with purposeful TLC, put in active 'play'.

GIVE JOY to people's lives...EVERYday!

2011-02-11T05:36:00.001-08:00

Raise our glass with Pink, to the people whom give joy to our lives everyday!

Raise our glass to the idea that each one of us, like Ellen and Pink, in our own very unique wonderfully sparkly way also have the ability to give unique wonderful sparkly joy to other people's lives daily.

Oh, better yet, let each one of us raise a glass today after putting that brilliant simple idea into practice!

Brilliant simple ideas + your action = joy to peoples lives, including yours, everyday!

Today's idea was inspired by an email that I received this morning from a friend who choose the means of email to convey our relationship, the value of my life to her life, and for me to hear the "spoken and unspoken" value of my life to her life. Her life brings a unique joy to my life. Her life simply makes my life better by the simple things we do, plan and discuss together. However her words today in a simple email, brought unexplained joy to my life. There are many ways we can do this for each other. An email message, a cup of homemade tea, a tea at a favorite coffee lounge, and the list can be endless of opportunities how to be creative and bring all kinds of joy to lives either from a serious hand, or a fun hand.

If you need any ideas, contact me, as it would give me personal joy.

Earn your glass tipping, and have fun putting this brilliant simple idea into action, and create joy your unique way within others in your travels today!

Life is amazing! Get your hands dirty, spread the word, by spreading joy!

Joy can be serious.

Joy can be fun.

Joy can be serious fun.

Cheers!

Connecting HeartBEATS Connects YOU to fulfillment!

2011-02-10T06:14:00.000-08:00

I challenge you today to put your heart in your actions, place a heart of another in your hands, to synchronize heartbeats.

Handle with care

Their mind...

Their body...

Their spirit...

Handle with care

Your mind...

Your body....

Your spirit...

Today I received this wonderful present from a very wonderful rare friend, it represents the spoken and the unspoken to my life.

Today I challenge you to truly give the heart of you to another, to change your life, and to change the life of another.

Give the heart of you to the choices you make for you today, to improve your life, and to improve the life of another.

The how is simple.

Just listen to your heart in all you do.

As you do, I challenge you, to listen to your heartBEATS in all you do.

The results are far from simple. The results are spoken and unspoken rewarding.

Connecting heartbeats changes lives.
Connecting heartbeats changes the life of another.
Connecting heartbeats will change YOUR life.

We have two hands, one where we can reach for another, and one where we can be guided by another. There is a time and place for both beats.

Connect heartbeats of others today and everyday, and you will connect fulfillment to your mind, your body and your spirit.

A special shout out to my dear friend, The Pegway, the gold underneath the rainbow.

The importance of acknowledge 'ground zero' before we can scaffold steps of upward movement.

2011-02-07T08:02:00.000-08:00

The previous post acknowledged the purpose of struggles and internal / eternal battles using a song.

This particular song acknowledges that in order for us to truly help anyone in our circles to move forward, we must step outside ourselves and step inside to see, taste, touch, and listen where they are coming from. Once we have a great grasp of their ground zero, then we can truly help them scaffold forward steps of movement.

Everyone has a story. Find out the true story of those you love and those your truly want to help. If you are on the other end, open up your vulnerabilities, if you seek movement in your life. It is hard for both parties, but if Superman can do it, then we can too.

The best example is to be an example. Superman is the best example. If Superman can show his two sides and still fly, then we can too. Our feet need to touch the 'ground' to lift off. Superman's best example was to link his vulnerabilities to his strengths; a man with a red cape and a red heart.

Extend a shoulder to learn, a hand to pull, and a heart to push from ground zero.

Making YOU a mountain that cannot be moved!

2011-02-07T06:57:00.000-08:00

I felt compelled to listen to this song this morning; a very strong compulsion.

Someone today visiting my blog needs the hear this song.

If your heart is beating rapid, know that this someone is you.

This song has a special message for you that you need today to fill your depleted tanks with hope.

I feel also compelled to let you know that we all get tired. I get tired.

I need you to know also that it's ok if you are tired. Allow this song flow through your veins, to taste 'to be free'. Do not deny your tears; you have to hand over your pain to fill back up with peace, hope and perspective of clarity.

Know you are not alone. This is perhaps my strongest compulsion to let you know 'Alone is a lie' to distract. Lies makes islands. Truths make us into mountains.

Know truth. You are a mountain that cannot be shaken-ed :-) 'Be free'.

Words of Wisdom to navigate you on your Road to Wisdom

2011-01-27T07:52:00.001-08:00

Generations of the past have had the same battles and struggles to live life fully and completely as we do today.

We all fall. We all fail to remember. We all fail to forget. We all fail others whom we love. We fail ourselves in the process.

However the answers are simple to navigate us back on course.. The compass have not changed today for us from those that have traveled in the past.

Truth does not evolve.

We evolve complications.

To untangle ourselves, to release ourselves, we must return to truth.

Use the words of a Taoist below to untangle, to navigate, to seek your truth, and ultimately live a life fully and completely.

"To be whole, let yourself break.
To be straight, let yourself bend.
To be full, let yourself be empty.
To be new, let yourself wear out.
To have everything, give everything up.

Knowing others is a kind of knowledge;
knowing yourself is wisdom.
Conquering others requires strength;
conquering yourself is true power.

To realize that you have enough is true wealth.
Pushing ahead may succeed,
but staying put brings endurance.
Die without perishing, and find the eternal.

To know that you do not know is strength.
Not knowing that you do not know is a sickness.
The cure begins with the recognition of the sickness.

Knowing what is permanent: enlightenment.
Not knowing what is permanent: disaster.
Knowing what is permanent opens the mind.
Open mind, open heart.
Open heart, magnanimity."~ Tao wisdom

Affirmations to FREE and fuel your 360º elite

2011-01-25T09:59:00.000-08:00

I am a self diagnose quote-aholic!

I simply love finding profound quotes to feed my thoughts to fuel my actions!
When I hear a great quote, I do one of three things.

1) my spirit does a standing ovation.
2) my body does chest pound.
3) my mind goes 'ah ha'!

Today I had a most enjoyable 'food for the soul' chat with my great friend, and her thoughts fed my actions; actions which I am now going to fed yours immediately by giving you monthly free affirmations computer desktop wall paper down loads like the one sampled above!

First allow me to share with you 'the why' to the birth of my actions to you.
The conversation between my friend and I was at our favorite coffee lounge where we have many great soul filling latte conversations.

This one was regarding meditation versus affirmations.

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Renee Lying Pulldown Parallel Grip

2011-01-22T06:00:00.000-08:00

One of my favorites from 2010!

Always great to find new ways to target a muscle.

This one I do not take credit as it was friend and peer Krista Schaus.

It is important to find new ways to target all areas of our life. Our body yes, but also our mind and our spirit.

My back appreciates that I found Krista's invention and I was rewarded with new growth!

Find new inventions of others and self with your mind, your body and your spirit and you too will be rewarded with new growth!

Life 'Rocks', and there is a picture to prove it!

2010-12-30T08:32:00.000-08:00

Not all of us are gifted artists that can create beautiful paintings, but we are all gifted and we are all painting the pictures of our lives

A Painting of a rockstar friendship, Krista, whom has painted colors into my life.

Examine the colors in your life.

Whom brings colors into your life?

Which color do each person bring?

What color do you represent to life, other lives, AND your life?

What picture are you painting using your life?

Live vibrantly, unlock your inner rock-star and paint the world!

I will be putting in my order for a painting of the painter, Angela does not know this yet, but one wants what one wants, and I want the face of the hands of the very talented, gifted, insightful, warm, extremely beautiful and fun, Angela Hardy, whom I have been blessed to circle to enjoy AND 'to be reminded' in my sanctuary; her eyes do tell 'all'.

Check out samples of the results of her rare talent at http://www.angelahardyart.com/

The purpose of Christmas; 'the prayer'.

2010-12-24T07:04:00.000-08:00

This post was inspired by a Merry Christmas to a wonderful client that has brought the essence of Christmas to my life throughout the year.

On the eve of Christmas, I want to wish you, and those that are your circle, a wonderful rooted holiday.

Remember.

Know.

Feel.

The pendulum lands center.

Be still.

For a moment.

Be blessed friends,
Today, tomorrow, and always...
Tonight, it is my personal prayer that I will do the same, and in my quiet moments I will also carry you within me.
Renee

Two sides to the Moon...in every capacity

2010-11-24T08:18:00.000-08:00

Each one of us has a moon personality. We represents opposites, and we want to represent opposites. We expect people to understand and embrace our dichotomies.

As we have these expectations of others we need to have the same expectations of ourselves regarding others.

Do not discount on side.

Embrace both with everyone all the time; as with ourselves it is the two sides that make each of us a whole.

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Day!

2010-10-23T13:56:00.000-07:00

Just got a great txt from a great friend; a friend whom kicked my butt on stage, and one that I am plotting to kung fu her hinne all over the stage some day because that is what propelling friends do for each other :-)

Great text. Great friend. Great idea.

Today is a "R" Day!

Restore
Repair
Rebuild
Renew
Redeem

oh yes, there was one more...

and rock on :-)

If you feel Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr which is cousin of grrrrrrrrrrrhhhh, then it is time for a "R" day.

Your stage, your hinnie; kick it Rockin"RRRRRRRRRRRRRR"rrrrrrrenee style :-)

Image retrieved via google search October 23, 2010 from, http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/6056599/2/istockphoto_6056599-letter-r-in-sand.jpg

Ingredient 'Unstoppable'

2010-10-13T06:38:00.000-07:00

People often assume that if you look 'good', then it is easy for you. Nothing 'good' ever comes easy.

My pictures I show here are ones that tell a tidbit of my story. The first picture I actually loathe as it represents a time in my life when I was 'the walking dead'. The reasons why I was the awakened dead are many, and they ran deep as I am deep. The point in my sharing however is to extend an understanding to you, that no matter the goal or the starting point, that we all have demons, they are many, they are strong, but to battle and win these demons is a process, one where you must flipped the switch to choose to truly live in your life. I did it, and you too can do it.

The pictures that I am sharing in this post is intended to show you moments in my life where effective action was rewarded. I want you to know that true transformation goes beyond the db's and nutrition. True effective transformation that you envision for you requires a 'glue like' ingredient. With this ingredient in the mix, you will become more than a physique; you will become the 'unstoppable' you.

Nothing is easy; however everything is obtainable if you have all the right ingredients to create success.

First and foremost the key to success is to stop thinking linear, but
to think about self abstractly. Yes, this is a physique driven goal at
first glance, but when we honestly look at the goal under the
microscope, we see that it is MUCH more about that; it is that view
that each one of us must eventually take to walk through the critical
pathways with each physique goal, and yes all goals.

We all go through moments where the difficult just seems more
difficult; in fact if we were all honest we would all throw on the
table that we all go through moments when the difficult feels actually
impossible. This is a given for each one of us regardless of age,
regardless of weight, regardless of education, pedigree, etc. So,
let's admit it. However we do not need to use it to enable our
weaknesses; actually we need to use it to empower ourselves to be stronger
and be more successful.

How?

Work Hard!

Play Hard!

In order to build you must have a solid foundation. In order to build
a solid foundation you must 'go there' in your mind and spirit to know
who you are today, and feel all that is you. You must get hungry and
taste the you of tomorrow. You must also be honest with yourself
knowing that this you of tomorrow is worth the hard work and honestly
of today. You must know that it requires pushing yourself in all
facets of you to make you more whole, and yes to transform your
physique. Do not handicap yourself with linear thinking that this is
just a physique goal; this is truly a transformation goal that works
from the core and spirals to your skin folds.

How do I know?

I am writing only about what I have done. I write only about what I am
doing. I write only about what I will continue to do. My body has
transformed; however it is only telling the story of my inner
transformation. I get tired. I have haunting s inside my head; voices
of doubt, voices that have been programed into my DNA; however I also
have a strong voice that is gets stronger as I feed it truth, and that
voice is that I am worthy to push myself to become my essential self.
I will not live disillusioned. I will partner my success. I will
transform; I 'will' is the beginning, it is the middle, and it is also
the continual 'end'.

Keys for success?

Acknowledge your foundation.
Know your worth.
Partner success aka right resources, team, community, etc.
Work hard all the time.
Be honest.
Move forward.
Know your patterns of self sabotage.
Know the power of rationalization.

Know that you are no different than anyone that has 'achieved' their
goal; the only perhaps current difference is that they have pressed
the 'I will' button within, and you perhaps have not yet.

Everyone begins; not everyone continues. Be 'one of the many, and not one of the few'.

Know to be successful with any goal, and specifically physique, you
must work on all parts of you WHICH is 'the BIG secret ingredient'; use it to
empower you to be fully you, to be fully charged in your life, to
fully breathe, to fully exhale. Use it to become the envisioned you.

I have 'reached' many goals, and as I do that target keeps on moving.
Many think at first glance it is physique driven, and though I do
enjoy this process, it is not about the physique. My goal is to become
all that I am capable of becoming and not to limit myself by self
sabotaging, but to test preconceived boundaries simply for me because
I am reprogramming my DNA that I am worth it. There is much I can say here. My soul is deep as it is always heavy. I have done a lot of work inwardly and as I do my physique changes to correspond to my continual story.

I challenge you to flip the switch. To know that you are worth it. To
know also that it is at moments 'impossible difficult', but know
within that moment that you are a hair thread away from an amazing
inner transformation that will take your body to new levels.

Do the work.

Get vulnerable with self and with others; empty the tank in your life,
and no current goal can stop the 'unstoppable version of you'.

To learn more about where I began, and the road I took, click on Figure Athlete - Secrets to Building a Sleek Physique.

To learn the 360 why I took my next steps into the sport of physique, click here to find the heart and soul behind the physique.

The Things that Truly Count; the lovely Nina Luckka kicking off her shoes and unplugging Renee Style

2010-10-05T05:44:00.000-07:00

Nina Luchka, IFBB Pro Figure, is a pro in life. Nina is beautiful outside, but her inner beauty which is transposed with her awareness of self and others, and how this awareness is continually changing and propelling also propels her outward beauty. Nina is one of those people that no matter the direction of the conversation, you are sure to smile.

Nina and I have shared a few conversations within the past year, and though I do not know her relatively, I sense that we both share very similar philosophies in life; I suspect we compete for the same reasons as we are in the industry of health and fitness for the same reasons and that is to change lives. To change the lives of others creates a boomerang of change that spirals back to our own. As we give we gain. It is a process that continual peels back new awareness and a new appreciation; life is truly a gift that has been wrapped in may layers. Each layer requires an unknown, work, an then a gift moment. We never arrive, but we are on the road of arriving. So we keep working, learning, and yes we keep smiling.

It is cool to meet quality people on a similar road.

It is super-fly cool to meet those who are more alike to self than different.

Nina is many things; some would say there are many hats that she wears, and yes there is a pun there behind the word hat also as Nina is known to support the trendy hat very well. On a serious note though, we all wear many hats. We are all on the road, some are moving at different paces and those different paces are the perfect speed for each traveler. There are learning moments continual. We learn from each other. Nina has taken the steps into the pools of vulnerability to articulate some of her life learning moments on her travels. We all can learn from each other. Let's learn from Nina about 'the things that truly count'.

Let's tip our hat to the Nina Luchka.

This following writing is from the book by Robin Sharma. I read all his books during my training for shows in 2006...after i did the Arnolds i lost my motivation and ended up coming across Robin's books. His books got me through my cardio sessions leading up to the Montreal pro show where i then qualified for the Olympia.

"Most people don't really discover what life is all about until they come to die. Then, facing their mortality head on, they awaken to life's deepest meanings and realize all that they have missed. Life's gifts all too often fail to appear until the very end. When we are young and have our whole lives ahead of us, we tend to put off living. "Next year i"ll spend more time in nature or laugh more or love more. Next year I'll spend more time with my kids and read the great works of literature. Next year i will watch more sunsets and build better friendships. But right now, I've got things to do and people to meet." These are the standard refrains of the age we live in. Well, I've learned that if you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. And the days slip into weeks and the weeks into months and before you know it, your life will be over. The point of wisdom is clear: stop living your life by default and start living your life by design. Get back into the game and take action to create the richer reality you know deep within your heart you were destined to create. Today, begin to live your life the way you will wish you had lived when you lay on your deathbed. "

This is something I see too much of in the sport that i am in and in many around me that live their daily lives....the sport, or work gets in the way of the things that truly count! I see athletes pass on engagements and parties and get together s cause they "can't" go cause they are getting ready for a show! Balance is key! You can enjoy all life's pleasures while still training for a show. I passed on too many engagements and i regret every single one. After I realized what was more important in life, balance become very easy. Getting ready for the 2006 Olympia I did not pass up going to my cousins wedding! I went and had a great time and still stuck to my meals and plan. And with balance things became a whole lot easier!! This can be a very lonely sport but it doesn't have to be. You don't have to avoid (sacrifice) parties, friends, family, life to focus on a show. Balance, balance, balance! I tell my clients and competitors this all the time. Because i have learned my lesson and I don't want them to go through the same thing.

The same goes for those who work work work.

Enjoy the small things. As Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, "The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of Right just before you. Do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweets things in life."

People have forgotten the little pleasures in life like the magic of a child's laugh or a beautiful sunrise. They have forgotten how to live with decency and love.

In my experience, i find that we end up doing what "society" does. Same thing day and day out... unhappy and unfulfilled. And not taking the time to stop and breath in that fresh air or really taking a look at how beautiful nature is around us or really spending and enjoying quality time with family and friends. I sometimes get "lost" and have to get "grounded" again from reading great inspirational books or reading great quotes (like the ones people put on their status) or meeting those special people who can teach us a lot if we just listen. Step out of the box of what everyone else is doing and create your own life and enjoy every second of it. I've done this for a few years now and i love my life! I have the best relationship with my husband and we can conquer anything that gets in our way! We keep each other inspired and grounded!

Just something i wanted to share with you so you can feel and live a great life!

Nina xo

For more on Robin Sharma, click here to get to hear Robin in vulnerability action.

Vulnerability unplug to the things that truly count.

Until next time,
Coach R

Images retrieved via Nina Luchka facebook October 5, 2010 from, http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=656720244&v=photos&viewas=1629476892&so=0#!/profile.php?id=656720244

How To Motivate Yourself: Lady Gaga

2010-10-02T07:23:00.000-07:00

The following is directly from Lisa Brown which she brilliantly addresses how to TRULY motivate oneself. I was hooked, and I am motivated without guilt, but with a solid healthy foundation. Know self. Be self. Perpetual love.

I tip my hat to Lisa Brown.

Tip your attention to her following words.

The key thing about your next athletic goal isn't WHAT it is.
It's WHY you want it.
What's your motivation for winning?
Recognition? Pride? Money?
All these things can get you going.
But one motive trumps them all.
Love.
Yes, I said it.
Somebody had to say it.
Love - for yourself and others - has more power to motivate you than everything else put together.
In Vanity Fair, singer Lady Gaga reveals what drove her to become the biggest pop star in the world.
"I love my fans more than any artist who ever lived, and I mean that so genuinely...It's about loving who you are. I don't want to people to love me; I want people to love themselves.
I have a relentless pursuit in me to give everything in me to make people feel good about themselves."
Gaga's prime motivation - to love people through her music - is typical of high achievers.
Outsiders assume achievers are primarily after money, fame, or recognition.
These things are the icing.
The cake is love, including self-love.
How does your sport make you love yourself and inspire people?
It's a powerful question that will remind you every day why you love your sport.
Most athletes and coaches aren't asking this question.
They are ruminating on their fears about losing.
My friend, it's not all about you and your fears.
It's about how you can contribute greatness to this world.
As an athlete, you're demonstrating a beauty, grace, and heroism out there that inspires people.
And you're loving yourself by expressing your passion for sport.
Don't forget how much the worlds needs to see you doing this.
Tapping into your love of your sport is only one mindset I teach in my Courage to Win in Sport ebook.
I created this definitive guide so you can wake up every day excited about competing.
Every day your mental toughness builds on the day before.
It's on.
No matter what your athletic goal, it can start today.
But you need to take the first step.
Fortunately, you can download my ebook free for seven days to check it out.
Go here:
http://www.thecouragetowin.com/sportebook.html
Your friend,
Lisa B.

Lisa Brown & Associates

#2 423 13 Ave NE
Calgary, AB
T2E 1C3
CA

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Watch out to live out!

2010-09-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits..
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Author unknown

Watch carefully and you will carefully see, learn, change; watch your life change in a very very good!

Painting the gift of friendship

2010-09-15T07:42:00.000-07:00

In this post you are going to get a peak into my life in a more intimate and vulnerable setting. To paint the picture a little more deeper, know that this gift comes from where brightness has been painting into my life through a wonderful friend giving the best of hers so that I can become the best in mine. It is my hope that this best then is given to many others following a similar pathway. We never journey alone in life. I am learning that even in the darkest moments in memories that have been faded and clouded, that I was never alone. I am learning also that there is beauty even in the darkest moments if I look for it. Often I am looking for things that are not necessary needed in my life and fail to see that I have all I need. Gifts are a beautiful thing. It it is indeed 'more blessed to give than to receive' when the giving comes from a healthy place of heart and understanding. Sometimes it feels it is impossible to find that perfect gift to capture what I want to say, or the emotion of thankfulness that I want to convey. As silly as I am known to be, I am also known to be very intense; my intensity is rooted in my grounded appreciation for my gifts in life. I first hand know the value of what I have gained because of what was previous dark and empty in my life. I truly thank God for giving me gifts through people that have been hand picked for my life to heal, to enjoy and to extend my life. I have been blessed to cross paths with a very talented woman that has character rooted in her own understanding of life, darkest moments, and beauty that is seen beyond the surface level; this woman is Angela Hardy, and she created a perfect gift to help me convey and capture the uncapturable.

There are many wonderful talented selfless people that I can honor that have been given as gifts to my life.

Today I honor two.

Angela Hardy; an artist that paints life with emotion, heart, passion and intellect.

Krista, 'the' friend; 'the gift' that has helped me capture what I had believed to be the uncapturable for my life; whom lives life with emotion, heart, passion and intellect.

Thank you Angela.

Thank you K.

Thank you for taking the tour of the gift of friendship, next tour guide, Angela...

This was a commission for my trainer Renee to give to her friend Krista. Both of these amazing women are certified personal trainers, coaches, and competitive body builders. While doing this painting I got to know a great deal about these women, about their friendship, their professional relationship and also about their journey in life. I was asked to write a little something to include with the painting... which I was honored to do......
Krista ....and Renee,
The last few weeks I have been introduced to the tools and drive that was missing in my life to work towards the dreams that I have been hunting down. Renee has done that for me... from that I have a great reverence for you, since from what I understand, you are the one who introduced Renee to those same tools and drive that she too was searching for. Through that you have both become bound to one another ..... "The Strength That Binds Us...Bound By Gravity And Light"

I think you both know that there are few people in our lives that you become instantly bound to... not by blood, but a true destiny and fate. True friends, comrades... whom you feel and sense, even when you are miles apart. You feel each others pushes and pulls, and you push and pull each other when needed... Like the sun and the moon.. and the earthly forces that ground us. You are those forces in each others lives and no matter where life may take you or you take each other... you will be truly bound to each other.

Painting this picture has also been a journey for me. Understanding your relationship in order to conceive the best imagery that would represent you both has been a joy. I can not paint a person with out thinking and wondering about them. I have to admit I'm strongly attracted to painting strong, bold, gutsy women who like to truly show their strength and diversity. I see that in both of you. Painting people is an intimate affair. People don't often realize that by the time I have observed multiply images of a person to try and understand their expressions, how they hold their body, the beautiful folds and creases of their skin, eyes, cheeks when they smile, I have uncovered a little more about them. How they naturally like to gaze or that saucy little flash of emotion that comes across in their more candid photos. To me when I paint a person it is almost like they are physically in front of me and I'm bringing out their beauty with each brush stroke, discovering their curves and skin folds! I know them quite well by the time I finish... even if words have never been exchanged. Our body language and the degree of respect(or lack of) that we give our physical and spiritual body's say a lot about us... and both of you show a degree and respect for your own and each others bodies and souls that is very evident... even without words.

For you both are truly "... Bound by gravity and light."

For you both...I truly give my best...
Angela Hardy

Patiently Impatient?

2010-08-27T10:02:00.000-07:00

I love quotes is an understatement. Here is one that happened to find
its way in my in box that has substance in ways that feeds and
challenges and yes, through the other side of challenge, I know it
will also again feed, nurture and nourish.

I was suppose to 'happen' to get this quote today as I continually
need to change my lenses sometimes day by day, and some days moment by
moment. I like to do, and to do things differently, and to do much
that connects the two. I am learning a part of this process is to be
still. Still goes against my grain, my natural fiber, my genetic and
environment make, or perhaps it has been my defense mechanism to keep
my very active brain entertained so that I do not feel. I must learn
to be still in moments of movement to truly move in the right
direction.

Hope this quote feeds something within you to see you, life,
circumstances, and perspectives a necessary different that so
'happens' to be needed in your life today :-)

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love
the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are
now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers,
which cannot be given to you because you would not be able to live
them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some
distant day into the answer."
- Rainer Maria Rilke.

Image retrieved via google search, August 28, 2010 from http://www.panhala.net/Archive/seek%20patience.jpg

Vacationing at My Life of 180 Degrees

2010-08-23T05:35:00.000-07:00

Summer is wrapping up and over this past weekend I am realizing that
with school about to start I have not taken any down time for myself
or my family. Down time is essential to refresh, refocus, and refuel.
I have been neglecting that part of my life far too long; it has been
an issue where I have been talking out of both sides of my mouth. I
preach it but I have not truly walked it. I am looking forward to my
week. It is important that I take it now as we can smell the school
season in the air, and with that my direction and required energies
will be allocated and weighted.

I apologize for such short notice as it really is such short and
abrupt notice. It feels great to be spontaneous actually, and I am
sure it will do great things for my mind, body, and spiritual health
as I am about to also turn a new corner in my life; a 180 degree
corner.

For those of you whom have your training protocols I suggest to empty
the tank and enjoy them; truly enjoy them. If you want to hook up with
a propelling training partner to train this week then I give you two
thumbs up. Enjoy your training this week, not so much about the goal
but rather enjoy the gym and the weights and the companionship.
Healthy companionship's help fuel true success in our lives

For those of you that have not yet joined a gym, this week might be a
great time to 'interview' a gym or two. Meaning? Drop in to a gym and
try it on. Drop into many gyms to find the right 'fit' for you. Go
with a great open minded attitude thinking next steps for you; find
your corner and begin to take your degree of spin. Again it is one
that is about being kind to you, and stretching yourself outside your
comfort zone is truly being kind to you..you body...you. Trust me, and
at some point you will feel the truth of my words as if they were your
own.

There is a book called 'Awesomeness' that has been creating much buzz.
Once I would of been hooked or trapped by such buzz. Looking at life
through a different lenses i would like it if each one of your begin
immediately writing your own book of true awesomeness. Yes, there are
many things at first glance that we can go wow about and say that is
awesome and we just get distracted and put a period after each event.
I challenge you to look at life differently. I normally do not talk
about my faith, and I am actually ashamed that there too I have talked
out of both sides of my mouth. However I believe in God, and I believe
HE has a purpose in each one of our lives; I also believe that we can
get distracted and fall of the tracks slightly but that slightly can
slowly become significantly. Awesome is finding a 20 dollar bill in
your favorite blue jeans, however TRUE awesomeness is finding how to
do something wonderful and amazing in another persons life as God
would ask of us, and equally acknowledging how someone has done
something amazing in your life. There are God moments everywhere. This
is what I truly believe life is all about. So saying all of that I
challenge you to write every day in 'your book of awesomeness'
something that you did for someone today and also reflect and write
about something great someone has done for you. It will both fill your
cup and ground you in a day and age where ego fights to dominant.
Change the lenses to see your life. Change the lenses and let these
thoughts of true awesomeness be your compass in life. let it be a
journal, a old note pad, or begin with a scrap of paper; the medium is
not important rather what is important is 'why wait for tomorrow when
we have today'; live today fully with the right compass and the right
lenses.

Music has always been medicine for my soul. I have said it in many
circles, and I have used it as a drug often. However this song brings
healing to MY spirit. Yes, I am getting very vulnerable with you;
however until now I have only been giving you half of my spiritual story and I
am learning that in actuality I have been giving you nothing without my full
story..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoezWBPGRAc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49BbfgJbto

Full story...

I have been giving and pouring into you as each one of you are worthy.

Each one of you are beautiful.

I want for each of you as I want for myself.

happiness....
life abundantly....
creating awesomeness everywhere...
and appreciating the awesomeness that has been given to each of our
lives as we are individuals that are unique and different and equally
special and our needs and wants are meet because we are worthy. Look
for it. Know it. Believe it.

What will I be doing this week? Training. Spiritual cleansing.
Cleaning my lenses so that I can continue to good things and keep my
spirit attached to my mind capabilities so my actions are one that is
truly propelling in any of my journeys, circles, family members,
clients, students, and friends that I am blessed to be able to be
touched and to touch.

My 180 degree spin is about speaking in unison using both sides of my mouth in
mind, body and spirit.

Until then,
BEST week ever...
Be blessed,
Coach R

Dirty Girl!

2010-07-27T06:05:00.001-07:00

Dirty girl?!

Don't be alarm as this blog is still generally PG rated.

Yes I am talking about getting dirty, and yes I am a girl; however nothing is what it seems at first glance, so take a peak with me and allow me to share lets say some dirt with you.

To get dirty, Renee unplugged style, I am challenging you to play a game of peak a boo; though this child like game is one where I am stepping up the rules. The unplugged version is a game with only oneself. Sounds dirty right?

Before we get to the 'fun and games' and get dirty; allow me to share something special with you.

A very special link to a very special video clip was 'given' to me and now, here at this very moment, I open my hand and place it in the palm of yours. Today I 'give' to you.

To play this game, you must follow the rules. To follow the rules you must first know the rules. The first rule is that you must fully receive.

What does fully receive mean?

To fully receive you must take the time to fully listen to each word, and the power that stems from each word. There is power in the word. There is unlocked power behind each word. There is a culminating power behind all chosen words.

To fully receive you must also take the time to feel what each word feels like for you. Your messages will be similar to mine, but as you are different that I, your feelings will also be different. There is significance hanging in the differences.

Within this time I ask you to reflect upon what particularly stirs within you. Ask yourself honestly what about this piece makes you sad, visible, and heavy. Within this time also ask yourself what about this ordinarily video makes your feel far from ordinary. What do you unveil that clears the fog where you see YOUR hope of quieting the restless voice within as you see what the necessary pathway to break those chains that are caging you.

The unleashing part is very difficult. The unleashing part is painfully difficult. It is difficult and painful as You must first let go fully. To do so, however, each one of us must first acknowledge our true ground zero that we are capably to see today. As each one of dig we will discover that we have buried pieces of ourselves that we did not even know existed. This is moment that is both sad stricken-ed as it is joyous. Sadness is riddled in the lost of self in past, but joy is the spark of connecting all facets of self within the present and the future. Putting the pieces back one at a time will be liberating and will bring ultimate joy into your life as it has for my own.

Do I have it all figured out yet? It will not service me well or any if I wore the hat of pretend.

I am digging.

I am learning.

I am finding new pieces.

I am feeling.

I am applying.

To take further steps into the pools of vulnerability, I feel all ranges of 'active reflection emotion' through this process.

This video evokes a response that I could not create via a face to
face interaction, nor could I articulate the essence of its
personalize intention through handpicking my own words.

So, here I open my hand, and here feel my palm now in yours; here I give to you
so that you are better to see in yourself what I see in you.

The rules have been established.

Click on the link below to begin your game.

It's time to unplugged the dirty girl :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcq_ELekscY&feature=related

Always, Strength in Body, Mind, and Spirit,
Renee

Image retrieved via google search July 25, 2010, from http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=106993576514069589

Eyes are Windows to the Soul

2010-07-06T06:51:00.000-07:00

The English Proverb, Eyes are Windows to the soul, with time and much active reflecting through personal life learning, has become a continual strength in my own life.

Herman Milville tweaks the premise in an equal strong hold ideology; 'The eyes are the gateway to the soul'.

Before I breath life into either of those equally powerful quotes, I too wrote a quote that has been a powerful to my life. It has been powerful in the sense I have to see my ground zero before I can begin to build. When I was in my early university years, I would sometimes write tidbits here and there to capture my feelings within. Looking back through the telescope of age and time, it was the only way I could express myself within and when I truly reflect, it was the only way I could release tears metaphorically ; it was my tool to release that which my body could not do physiologically.

I wrote...

'eyes are windows to the soul. Mine are concealed through stained glass. My heart is heavy, my eyes are dry, but deep within the contours on my inner being my soul doth cry'.

I was 19 at the time, and now that I am 38 I am only now able tofinally feel the weight of those words. To do so I had to look at the words as if someone wrote them. I would not previously give myself the ability to morn for the self buried within. Yes, I have to look at it and feel it as if someone else had written these words. If I looked at it as my voice then I would immediately dismiss, but if I listen to the words as if from someone else then my heart would open and I would feel it to simple feel. Yes, we are able to be more for others than we are to ourselves; perhaps this in itself is why at 19 I wrote these words as society and environmental situations program the very young to disconnect. However to every coin we have a flip side; eyes are indeed windows to the soul and today if you look closely you will see a fire that stems from deep within, and this is what I want most in life for everyone..this is what I want most in life for YOU. Yes today my eyes are looking into your eyes.

I am fortunate that I get to meet many people in the circles I travel. I travel as a physique competitor, I travel as a coach, I travel as a motivational 'sit on the stool and talk about life' kind of speaker, I travel the circles where my writing has the pleasure of reaching, and I travel to classrooms where I get to chill and hang as an elementary school teacher; my circles are all different however there is a common denominator to all of them and the common denominator that make them not so different. Through all my circles there is one thing that i hope to accomplish. I tend to share openingly based on my experience and heart, to hope heal and help bridge the gap that separates each one of us figuratively. It is my greatest joy to help build resiliency with a firy passion to live fully in another. The greatest hope then of my sharing is the hope that it then creates a movement of change; a snowball effect movement of change where others help others within their circles as we are not islands. The ultimate desired effect is to exchange darkness with a light beyond imagine.

My heart is truly passionate and full of affection for those in my circles; whenever I give of myself to them they give back to me more than my giving; my eyes are telling the story of the transformation from my inward.

The inward does speak. Our bodies talk when we are not able to talk. I see this often as a coach when training clients. Often many cannot look into the mirror when they are training; this is very telling. Not being able to look into the mirror essentially means they hate who they are inside. To extend this further posture is another telling feature; shoulders hunched forward essentially can be translated as 'my life has no quality and no hope for quality...i am a robot going through the motions and don't even know how to feel happiness. Belly fat translates generally to high cortisol when stems back to the brain which is connect to the spirit which aka life is not balanced, happy, lost, drowning in life and the list goes on and one and yes, on. Food intolerance's too can be traced back to yet again that active brain that causes a beating on the stomach which eventually breaks down the lining health, and boom food intolerance's that causes the body to swell and bloat...hmn, the body talks when we are unable to talk, but again it is all about acknowledging the ground zero, like I did for myself, and then moving forward...yes forward, forward is a gift of true life awaiting for each one of us. We must stop, pause, reflect, learn, forgive, and move forward. Just saying those words makes me smile for each one of you. I cannot truly articulate the happiness and legitimate excitement that I feel through my pores as a result of this process.

Is it hard?

Damn straight!

It it worth it?

The answer is simple.

The answer is...

YOU are worth it.

The you within that has been buried. The you within that is burning to be unleashed. The you within that is your essential self.

You do the work. You open your self to others in the process and your life will transform from the inside out. The physique changes will be the cherry on top of your transformation; however the prices most meaningful life altering transformation will be the one within. You will be doing things that you never thought imaginable, you will be gut wrenching laughing...imagine breathing deeply...and imagine exhaling at full capacity. This life, your life, well it is there waiting for you to grab it...it will never come to you regardless of the circumstances that got you here to this point in your life, and no it will not be easy, but from discomfort comes meaningful growth and from growth comes fire in your life and this fire will manifest in your eyes.

Eyes are indeed windows to the soul, and though still today do i have a personal appreciation for an artwork piece of stain glass, today my eyes are not hiding; today I visit the gateway daily and often moment to moment...today my eyes speak a story of a flipped coin..today I challenge you by my vulnerability...

How do you plan on 'spending' the rest of your life?

Flip the coin and become an inspiring poet of action :-)

Ripped and Ready II

2010-06-01T13:03:00.000-07:00

Did it once. Did it twice.

Higher level of performance and accomplishments requires a higher level of discipline and action.

Now the 'fun' begins...the smile will be the same...

Count down for pause moment III is on and enjoying the ride..the transformation....and my people who fill and fuel my spirit.

Imma be ONE Tribe

2010-04-19T04:21:00.000-07:00

Imma beBIG fan of the Black-Eyed Peas, (some may even roll their eyes at this admission as I have been know to beat to 'Imma be' as part of my regular daily speech) and this past weekend my husband knowing how much I love the Black-Eyed Peas surprised me with their current CD.

Sometimes you have to listen to a CD a few times to find messages, to find the groove within the groove.

My first glance I was not in the mindset to absorb. I was at the gym and I just wanted to find a grh song, a song to tap into the mind grh button to push harder...so I hit Imma be over and over again....that song I know....its fun and serious...a perfect combination.

However yesterday in my am training, which tends to be more zen fueled, I tapped out the world and plugged into the entire CD AND as a result I tapped into an amazing message. Actually it is much more than amazing; it is one that grounds, centers, remembers, connects, and projects. I find the message in ONE Tribe to be very powerful so much that I could not just sit on it and keep to myself; it creates a feeling that must be shared...a feeling that everyone should think...act...breath.....inhale....FEEL.

The lyrics are below, but if you click on the link in the title, you will get a more 'personal' tour...

Black Eyed Peas : One Tribe Lyrics
Songwriters: Adams, William; Ferguson, Stacy; Gomez, Jaime; Harris, Keith; Pineda, Allan

One Tri...
One Tri...
One Tribe, one time, one planet, one race
Its all one blood, don't care about your face
The color of your eye or the tone of your skin
Don't care where ya are
Don't care where ya been
Cause where we gonna go
Is where we wanna be
The place where the little language is unity
And the continent is called Pangaea
And the main ideas are connected like a spear
No propaganda, They tried to upper hand us
Cause man I'm loving this peace
Man, man, I'm loving this peace
Man, man, I'm loving this peace
I don't need no leader
That's gonna force feed a
Concept that make me think I need to
Fear my brother and fear my sister
And shoot my neighbor or my big missile
If I had an enemy to [enemy]
If I had an enemy to [enemy]
If I had an enemy, then my enemy is gonna try to come and kill me
Cause I'm his enemy
There's one tribe ya'll

One tribe ya'll
One tribe ya'll
One tribe ya'll
We are one people
Let's cast amnesia, forget about all that evil
Forget about all that evil, that evil that they feed ya
Let's cast amnesia, forget about all that evil
That evil that they feed ya
Remember that we're one people
We are one people
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]

One tribe, one tribe
One tribe, one time, one planet, one [race]
Race, one love, one people, one [and]
Too many things that's causing one [to]
To forget about the main cause
Connecting, uniting
But the evil is seen and alive in us
So our hopes are colliding
And our peace is sinking like Poseidon
But, we know that the one [one]
The evil one is threatened by the sum [sum]
So he'll come and try and separate the sum
But he dumb, he didn't know we had a way to overcome
Rejuvenated by the beating of the drum
Come together by the cycle of the hum
Freedom when all become one [one]
Forever

One tribe ya'll
One tribe ya'll
One tribe ya'll
We are one people
Let's cast amnesia
Forget about all that evil [evil]
Forget about all that evil [evil]
That evil that they feed ya
Let's cast amnesia
Forget about all that evil [evil]
That evil, that they feed ya [feed ya]
Remember that we're one people
We are one people
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]

One love, one blood, one people
One heart, one beat, we equal
Connected like the internet
United that's how we do
Lets break walls, so we see through
Let love and peace lead you
We could overcome the complication cause we need to
Help each other, make these changes
Brother, sister, rearrange this
The way I'm thinking that we can change this bad condition
Wait, use you mind and not your greed
Let's connect and then proceed
This is something I believe
We are one, we're all just people

One tribe ya'll
One tribe ya'll
One tribe ya'll
We are one people
Let's cast amnesia
Forget about all that evil
Forget about all that evil, that evil that they feed ya
Let's cast amnesia
Let's cast amnesia, forget about all that evil
That evil, that they feed ya
We're one tribe ya'll
We people, we people
One tribe ya'll
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]
One people, one people [One People]

Lets, lets cast amnesia
Lord help me out
Trying to figure out what its all about [what its all about]
Cause we're one in the same [one in the same]
Same joy, same pain
And I hope that you're there when I need ya
Cause maybe we need amnesia
And I don't wanna sound like a preacher
But we need to be one

One world, one love, one passion
One tribe, one understanding
Cause you and me can become one.

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2010-04-08T05:55:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

2010-03-22T06:41:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

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JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure | Video on TED.com

2010-03-22T06:39:00.000-07:00

JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure | Video on TED.com

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Art using only the tools of BLACK and WHITE

2010-03-21T05:51:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine brought my attention the passage below. As I read, every fiber of me, did a standing ovation.

This is a brilliant piece of art; the artist has captured the essence of life....of living....of purpose....of perspective...of connections....using only the tools of black and white to create an art that rises from hand picking meaningful words. It sounds simple, and the message is truly simple, but many times it is far from simple to be able to see these simple messages and to articulate them..but there is more....you must live it....thus the art.

To Be an Artist......

To be an artist, it is not necessary to make one’s living from one’s creations. Nor is it necessary to have pieces hanging in museums or published in books or praised by critics. What IS necessary is to live with your eyes wide open. To breathe in the colors of mountain and sky, cityscape and landscape; to know the sound of leaves rustling, the smell of snow, the texture of bark. It is necessary to rub our hands all over life, to sing when we get to the edge of the cliff. To be an artist is to notice every glorious and tragic thing. To laugh and cry freely. To collect experiences and shape them into forms that other people might recognize. It is not to whine about not having time, but to be creative with every moment – to create joy where we are, to dress colorfully, to tell jokes.

We are all searching for sustenance. We are all hungry for images, music, films, novels, poems and plays that wrestle with life’s complexities, fuel our passions and reawaken our drowsy imaginations. And as we participate in art by making it and by appreciating what others make, we are participating in the process of creating our culture. Let’s take it upon ourselves to re-imagine our world and reinvent it in a way that honors this brief but precious experience we’re sharing. Let’s support the artists whose work inspires us and do something with our imagination that adds light and truth to the world. As artists of life, we can heal ourselves, one another, our planet – one picture, one poem, one song, one act of kindness at a time.

-Author Unknown

Deep stuff but the message is very simple. Grab life...grab a friend....grab a moment....make meaningful memories....

What are you waiting for? The day has begun and so has it limitless possibilities. Live in the moment. Living art does not require an earning process, and living it truly is you being the artist of your life.

Have fun painting the 'town red'!

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Renee's Pendulum of SweetNESS

2010-03-01T10:11:00.000-08:00

My husband had me at 'his dimples'. Yep, they are sweet. They are a weakness. They are even perhaps evil as traditional sweets.

What's not so evil? Well, as the pendulum swings so does my taste for sweet things. Truvia is one that I am happy to give my 'two cents'. This product is new to me, and one that I give two thumbs up for two reasons. One reason is that it is a natural sweetener, and the second is that it is zero calories. The heavy weight on this sweetener is that it does not mess up with our 'internal wrings' as does many of the current artificial sweeteners; it is also heavy on taste!

What's Not so sweet? My broken foot! Crunches perhaps also can be a sweet thing; in the meantime I will not use it as a crutch not to train, but new training. The pendulum does swing. In the meantime I will find ways to enjoy my sweet crutches:-))

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Breaking MY law - The 'unwritten' Me

2010-02-26T10:14:00.000-08:00

"We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams." ~ Anonymous

It should be the law to take a vacation. I mean a full vacation to turn it all off. To do only what you want to do, and not do it because you should do it. A full vacation to enjoy the things that you truly love to enjoy. Food. People. Experiences. You cannot partly vacation; vacation needs to be in that full mode or you will not get the full mode results.

The results of Rejuvenation. Heck I could write a book on this one alone.

The results of Reconnecting. Reconnecting with the important people. Reconnecting with the essential self. Essential self? Lost? Take a vacation and you will find..well, you will find you.

So as I was doing both, I had to confess that I honestly have a hard time to turn off that mental switch. Relaxation does not come easy for me. Perhaps I feel it is an earned thing, or perhaps to truly relax I have too feel my life in a way that I do not feel worthy to feel. The brain is truly amazing, and I am learning that the brain is the holy grail to the health of our organs, and our hormones. The brain directly impacts our physiques as it directly impacts what we accomplish in life out side ourselves. We give, but until we give fully to ourselves then we cannot fully give all that we are able to extend outside ourselves.

Vacation mode you must do things differently. My vacation mode I did things very differently. This difference is why it worked. I trained less. I ate more. I ate more of all the wrong things and in those two weeks, it is the best that I have felt and looked for a long time because I turned off the stress, and I turned on reconnecting and rejuvenation.

Of course I do not recommend living and acting in vacation for long periods, as taking a break from life is not to leave life, and it does not do the body good to 'spoil' it figuratively and literally. Vacation has its purpose. Vacation has a time as it has also a time limit.

Vacation was great. No, my vacation to the quality of my life was priceless. I am not an island. If you are an island you NEED a vacation. By taking time to slip into vacation mode I am giving more of myself to my people, and they in turn give back to me. Truly it is rejuvenation in the purist form.

Take a REAL vacation. Its the Unplugged UNWRITTEN Renee law. It may not necessary hold up in the traditional court of law, but it just might be fun to toss a few socks, test drive a few stools to make you more lawful to yourself.

Sounds serious?

Heck no!

You got to have fun. You got to have serious fun.

There is nothing unlawful to give yourself permission to to that. Here again I could write a series of books, but there is a time to be respectfully abstract as there is a time and audience to be respectfully concrete.

WARNING: you must jump fully with two feel and free fall into vacation. This free spirited free fall is the only way to unlock your keys to true reconnecting and true rejuvenation...the true unlawful unwritten you...fully dancing....

Bucket of Fun

2010-02-05T11:41:00.000-08:00

Last night I felt the need to have fun, and I felt the need that my great friend needed fun too; together regardless of what we are doing the two of us is the right combination for unusual fun.

There was red wine and dark chocolate....chatting and laughing...

Then an adventure to a new restaurant for a new taste of red...and new nibbles of food...and again, much to say and much to laugh at.....

Then where?

Another food place to check out their sweet potato fries and of course THE dessert.

Through it all we had the opportunity to unload...to blow off our stresses....to throw off our many hats and just...well,just be ourselves without the need to be anything to anyone....

We were silly....I made driving a little challenging for her lets say...(insert giggle giggle here)....

We were very silly...aka...made a few silly prank calls to some friends...(insert evil laughter here)...

So from silly we began to plan more silly adventures; we planned real adventures. We planned short term and long term adventures. We both laid out our bucket list of fun things to do this year, and then we made the plan to make them happen so they would be more than words. Our list will be actioned. Between the both of us we will make sure our list will become memories, but each item will come at a point where either of us has been visiting intenseville too long and needs to check self....to be silly....to be self.....to be our essential selves...

Now we did steal the term bucket list from the movie 'bucket list' which the premise of the story was a list of things to do before dying. Here I am not talking about dying. Here I am clearly talking about living. I am talking about living fully. Heck we all work too much, worry too much and worry lends to many things not beneficial. Here I am talking about the perfect remedy, I am talking about having plain old fashion fun. The humor behind it for myself is that I am talking about planning fun. How in the heck did we get ourselves so messed up and distracted in our reality that we are at the point where we have to think about planning fun?. Regardless we are here. Let's agree that fun should be often, and it should be organic. Fun definitely should equate the serious if not take president over the time we give to our serious side. Tossing my socks here (aka getting vunerable; this personal phillosophy is one that is harder to personally live than it is for me to discuss.

So because doing is more difficult than discussing, then doing requires a strategy.

The strategy then is the bucket list.

The strategy is also two is always better than one.

My friend is a quality to the core and anything we do is always fun, stimulating, and totally 5 star blast! If I was to get fluffy I would say that she is a gift to my life. My life is simply better because of how she makes me think...how she makes me angry....and yes, how she makes me laugh. Fellowship of the rings...does this mean anything to you? People are rings in our lives. We should have rings that help us strengthen and develop areas in our lives. If we choose to have people that are very much like ourselves on every level, then we will not flourish. This chick, (which by the way I would NEVER call her chick to her face as that would not be safe...lol) well, this friend because of character, and the weight of her life to my life, earns the merit of at least two rings :-)

Life is a roller coaster folks. I think we can all agree on how life happens for all of us; our stories are different but we 'get each other' on the concept. We go up and we go down, and there are many bends along the way; we many times get lost in our tunnels, but with the right type of friend we will always stay on track....

So grab your friend, make a list and get kid stupid silly....PG silly...Rated R silly...whatever silly...it is your list and your life, and it is time to live. It is also time to laugh, because life will remain to be intense if we do not stop and pause. When we are too intense for too long, then we lose our essential self. So do it for yourself. Do it for your friend. Do it because you know I am right!

A great quote came my way the other day...

"If you're not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room."

The bucket is the new cup folks! Fill it! Heck, make it over flow! It is time to live. It is time to play. It is time to get edgy. Create the list! I double dare you!!

In honor of kick arse friendships, in honor in the medicinal powers of fun to enhancing life in our lives....I give to you PINK, Glitter In the Air; whom is clearly living and is clearly fun...and her in concert is clearly on my bucket list.

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Slaying Dragons

2010-01-31T05:49:00.000-08:00

Well, another week or two has past and on this end it has been very busy. In fact it has been more than busy; it has been very challenging.

Now what has made it very challenging personally is that what I was doing for the most part was new. New many times scares me. Yep, I do get scared. I get scared that my skills are not skilled enough, or what is required I am not able to give. I have discussed and chatted many times about the importance of pushing our self into new areas to grow, and to do that we must step out into the pools of 'the unknown'...the 'I am scared'...and that I must trust something within myself that I will move from being disjointed to becoming fluid. I laugh when I hear people say they enjoy a challenge. It has been scientific proven that people actually do not like a challenge. Why do we not like it? WE do not like challenge because it is indeed stressful as it is indeed scary. However, we do need it. We need it to grow, and that needs to remain the focus and the objective of challenge.

Ahhhhhhhh, when did life get so serious? It is indeed serious but to be successful, I have learned it is important to laugh a lot, AND I have also learned to admit that I do not know it ALL. Yes, laughing and making that admittance is a strength to becoming more effective! However there is more! Guess what? Making that admittance will make you more 'like able' by those around you that can help you. When you confidently articulate, with a sense of humor, that you need help then you will get more assistance than you requested. You will also learn very quickly, and you will be more effective to those that need you to be effective. This is key here! Knowing why do we do things and connecting the why with the means; the focus must be on the goal and the goal is to be most effective to those that need us to be effective. To be effective then we are successful.

So, without getting too specific on what I have been up to within the last few weeks, know that it has been very tiring and very stressful. Why has it been personally tiring and stressful? It has been tiring and stressful simply because I am still learning. Yep, I am still a WIP! A WIP you ask? To clarify, I am very much a 'work in progress', and saying that loaded statement, so are you! If we continually want to grow and become better in our lives and better in the lives of others, we have to get uncomfortable, we have to get scared, we have to ask for help, and we just dig our heads into the task at hand and we do 'our best'. What I mean my 'our' in this context is that my results will be different than yours given the same task AND that is both the beauty and magic of the outcomes. Your possible outcome will be different than mine, and both are equal and necessary.

Yes, life is indeed intense if we talk about it in those terms; however it is truly about the basics. Let's do as we would ask and demand our children to do. Simply do our best. Simply trust in others and trust in our own strength and by doing so we become stronger. Admit our areas of need; find the means and the people to help us ,with applied education, change our areas of need to our strengths. It really is THAT simple.

So, my weeks have been busy; if I was to kick off my socks and get really honest with you I would say that many times I wanted to get through it without being effective. Many times I wanted to retreat. I like being great, effective and in control. My new course I felt far from great, effective or in control. However, in these moments my phillosophy on integrity comes back to haunt me and bite me in my hinnie. My philosophy on life is to 'Do everything with integrity'. There is no sub clause with this philosophy. This philosophy is very much black and white. If we do everything with integrity we will not only do our best, but we will not leave a trail of regret behind us; our slate will always be clean, and it is this cleanliness that is the most challenging, it is often very scary, but it is what LIFE is all about.

My past couple weeks were indeed very scary, and I am OK with making that admittance. I have been 'there' many times. It is there that I learn my greatest lessons, and after wards I can say it was all worth it. It is those times that I have learned that I must walk the course of blind faith and that it indeed scary, but scary lends to security. As I walk with blind faith, I stick to the basics. The basics again are to trust in myself, to trust in others, to do my current best with integrity. It is also knowing that by doing so my current will constantly change seamlessly where my actions will eventually have no boarders.

As my weeks progressed, so did I progressed...ad did my sense of humor.

I became the Dragon slayer!

Yep, as I was dressed for success underneath my sense of humor came out full play! Each opportunity of challenge I began to embrace as a game of sorts where I became the 'dragon slayer'. No, I am not one who like to dress up in character (I am not even remote close to being a costume fan). My analogy here is truly an analogy. I just needed a little snap, a little fun to change my perspective to change the results of my actions.

The key here is that challenge can be scary.

The key is also that it is ok to be scared. Heck, if you are NOT scared, then you are not challenged! So don't fool yourself, and don't be a fool that cannot admit that you are scared. We want to be powerful in our lives, but we need to learn that it is empowering to articulate that we are scared when by doing so its purpose is to create effective strategies so 'this feeling' becomes a memory of a feeling.

The essential keys then to becoming a strong swimmer in our pools of change is that we must ask for help, we must employ our sense of humor, we must trust in self, we must trust in others, and we must go with the flow until we become fluid within our own flow.

Challenges...yep, they can be scary, but they can also be fun if you put on your armor as you dress for success...

Become a Dragon slayer....no socks required :-)

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Tis Friday!!

2010-01-11T09:42:00.000-08:00

Well, it is not Friday in the literal sense, but it could be friday in the figurative sense.

We all love Fridays. It means the weekend. It means turn off stress, shut down the work, and turn on rest and relaxation. Fridays may mean something different for you as it does for me, but you 'get me'.

So why do we have to wait for Friday to have and do the things that we enjoy? Seriously, I ask you why as I ask myself why. Yes, we do have to work and we have rules...regulations...and the other big 'R' word...we have responsibilities; however doing all the not so fun 'r's' can we still not have some fun r's...aka...rest and relaxation...in all our days?

I think we can. In fact I will go as far as say I think you should. Let's face it, the more fun we put into our days, the more balance we are in our days and in our lives. The more balance we are in our lives then the more productive we are in our lives. Let's break it down further, if we are having more fun from day to day we will work harder and more efficiently, we will have better relationships, and we will have healthier bodies. Our bodies will be less stressed, and the less stress we have the better health we have AND our physiques will also improve. We both could have a long discussion about the 'maybe's' and the 'if's' that could happen in our lives that is somewhat endless but all good, if we live a little Friday in each and every day.

The how is somewhat individual, but allow me to let you in on my new phillosophy on life. Be a free spirit. I am not saying be a gypsy, though if this is a fit for you then be one, however I am saying stop creating rules when there are no need for rules. Look at your rule life. What ones are needed and what ones can be tossed. Live a little..live a little right now. Meet a friend for lunch....or how about dinner? The house does not have to be perfect. No one likes perfect; everyone likes connecting, laughing and sharing moments together. Hey, how about bringing your kids 'somewhere' on a week night? How about taking a detour to stop to watch a movie after wards or a spontaneous late dinner out where you get to chat and laugh about each others day. My favorite is 'dinner' and 'coffee' moment. These moments fill the soul. They are fun. They require little or no planning. They do require however willingness to be a free spirit.

So let's be free spirit's!!

Others may live according to the 'day of the week'. When we are asked what day it is we secretly do not care?! A free spirit enjoys every day, and an enjoyed every day does every part of the body good.

Try it on!

Spread the word! There is a new calendar to create a new you; a calendar where everyday is Friday!!

I dare you to 'reclaim your youth'!!

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2010 - new year using wisdom

2010-01-04T09:01:00.000-08:00

Wisdom.

Not my words.

The words of an another.

The words of others.

The culminating words of us all.

2010 is a new year.

It can be fun. It can be intense. It can be be one where we laugh, cry and it is OK.

It can be one where we help change; it can be one where we help stem real change. One where we have to get real...one where we have to both laugh and cry.....one where we dig deep and enjoy fully.

This video is a must see. Smile. Enjoy. Think deeply. Action. Do. Make mistakes. Learn from all moments. Never give up.

Laugh. Laugh often. Laugh hard. Laugh with many others.

Enjoy...2010 as begun.

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Twas the night before Christmas

2009-12-24T05:13:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

Ok, that was not close to original, but you get me.

Also get me when I wish each of you in my inner circle the best of this holiday.

I celebrate Heart felt warmth of friendship, and family.

It truly is a day that is filled with magic, peace, and promise.

You are my definition of 'everything', and I will be celebrating 'you' on this 'greatest day' of the year.

As we celebrate our many blessings, I ask you to be reminded and to extend a blessing into another life that may not be so blessed...into a life that is more struggling than celebrating in their journey, and be mindful that 'there but before the grace of God go I'....

So as we celebrate, and I firmly believe that we should fully breathe in our many blessings without guilt, we can better celebrate this day by in some way extending the true meaning of Christmas by giving the gift of hope, promise, a little peace by making magic into the soul of another....

Twas the night before Christmas. Those words are magical. Lets enjoy the magic of the day, and perhaps offer Santa a little help and sprinkle a little magic and Christmas cheer....

Merry Christmas one and all...smile

Image retrieved via google search December 24, 2009 from, http://www.visualparadox.com/images/no-linking-allowed-main/silentnight.jpg

10 Reasons Why Female Body Building is the Greatest Sport

2009-12-02T06:11:00.000-08:00

Recently I was propositioned by 'thatgirlisfunny' to write about the top 10 reasons why female body building is the greatest sport.

This top 10 format was a challenge for me, as normally I 'randomly write', and here I had to create 10 meaningful points that did justice to the sport, yet personalized.

The additional reason why I took this challenge is that I support the challenge of 'thatgirlisfunny', and it is her challenge to inspire holistic change in ourselves; to help us look at life differently..so we to look at ourselves differently...for us to want more, for ourselves to want to do more, for ourselves to actually doing more, and to add even more to this challenge, 'thatgirlisfunny' is simply fun...and I believe that she is ultimately challenging us to do all of the above by having fun, or that by doing the above our lives will be more fun. How could I not support this challenge?

So, the following link you can read more about my top 10 as to why I personally believe female body building is the greatest sport. It may not make you giggle, but I hope it tickles something within you to take on elements of fun to your life.

Can body building be fun? Am I fun? Can I be seriously funny?

Hmn, perhaps we can debate that concept; however, there is no debate in my head about the benefits of my sport to my life. This sport has enhanced all aspects of my life, and that is 'fun' to know...to learn...and also for me to intently share.

So, on that note, if you are interested in learning more about my sport of 'body building', or learning more about my 'funny' brain....or perhaps a little of both, then do click on the link above.

Not sure if I will tickle your funny bone, but I hope to tickle something within you...something that we both share regardless of our sport....for you to look at self, others and the perspective of your life differently.

I 'seriously' hope you enjoy...

10 Reasons Why Female Body Building is the Greatest Sport

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Tune into your gut to tune up your body!

2009-11-25T06:03:00.000-08:00

Recently I have been doing a lot of thinking about a lot of things that affect my life and indirectly the lives of others from a holistic point of view.

I know how to use food as tools to carve and build a physique.

I also know how to use training, rest and recovery methods as tools to reach the targeted goal.

Though my goals, I am learning much about the body. I am also learning that there is still much to learn about the body. Most of all I am learning the importance of trying new methods, and also the importance of challenge current methods.

The body is an amazing machine. No one can argue this concept. We push it hard, and we demand for more. We often empty the tank on many levels, and often we fail to stop and fill that tank and then we expect and demand to get new results. Do we achieve? I would say at first glance the answer is yes. I am a walking example testament to prove that it can be done. However there is always a hidden cost; there is a fine print of sorts, and this fine print I want to navigate your attention.

The body is resilient, but it is not indestructible. You can push it to new limits, and I suggest that everyone test and challenged their preconceived limits..this is good for both you body and your mind...however there are limits, and we must value and respect our health as we push our bodies to extreme.

I have pushed my body to the extreme, and though it was most rewarding, I know now the importance of pausing to give back to my body. I know the importance of not looking at the goal from a tunnel vision. I know the importance of change, and I also know the importance of being continually active with our resources as we carve a goal from a holistic view and action. Holistically it is important to keep health as the over all objective as we push mentally, physically and also spiritually. Some people battle with not pushing themselves at all, while others battle with pushing themselves too much; both are equally dangerous. Holistically is a foundation to achieve all goals from being planted from all parts of self; it is both extremely difficult but extremely rewarding.

So how does this all filter into the tile? Tune into your gut to tune into your body? Well it is about active listening. It is about knowing your body and listening to the needs of the body. If you are truly tired, then truly rest. If you are truly hungry, then truly eat. If your gut is saying it wants a specific type of food, then feed it that specific type of food as the body is telling what it needs nutritionally, and is trying to provide for the body's basic needs holistically to restore balance and optimal health.

So truly here has a boxed definition. It means not to make decisions based on justifications, but to make decisions based on education, and based on our insight. If you feel like pizza, it is not because of a true need, and it does not fall under decisions based on education and insight. If you are craving fats, then eat healthy fats. To simplify, and tune into your body from a nutritional point of view, take a walk in your local grocery store and walk around the perimeter. The perimeter you will find the 'non-packaged/process foods'.....by walking near those foods, does a specific food scream at you? If so there is probably a deficiency in your body that that food will provide.

To take the message even further, I recently had a few health issues that were a result of my competitive goals and pushing my body to new limits....therefore the pendulum swing and therefore hormonal imbalances. It is to be expected even with the best planning. I tend to follow a plan to a T, and I tend to like a plan where I must follow to a T. Through my experience however I have learned to listen to the body, and trust the body beyond the print of the black and white. I must factor this into my planning, into my goals, into my progressions as i press towards my next target. My body recently craved oils, and one evening I came home and ate a large amount of salmon and countless amount of nuts AND within two days of following my gut to restore balance, one of my hormonal imbalances was corrected. Again, recently my body have been craving apples one day and then another day raspberries, and I use the analogy of being dehydrated and drinking water...when dehydrated the water is sucked into the body, and likewise eating those apples and raspberries my body was hydrated to restore balance nutritionally and holistically.

I challenge you to take a walk. I challenge you to take a walk with your gut taking the lead. Go the your grocery store, and walk the perimeter and use your gut as your radar to find foods that trigger a nutritionally deficiency in your body, and then use those foods to tune up your body with a holistic approach of knowing and listening to self.

Food, within the box of truly, can truly do the body very good.

Does your body need some tuning?

The body will tell you what it needs if you listen to it.

Pick up perhaps a variety of new nuts. I just recently added 4 new types of nuts to my diet and each night I had a g-flux as a result. Who knew that something as simple as a different type of nut the body would create a metabolic response? Again it ties nicely with the saying, 'the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting new results'...do new, get new.

Perhaps the fruits will be your section, or veggies that are dark green or maybe rich is color. What about the meat section. Red meat perhaps? Hmn, how are those iron levels? How about the dairy? Yes, even dairy. Cottage cheese is a slow releasing protein, and if you are one of those types that does well with dairy...take a walk in that section and check out kefir while you are there.

Listen....

Listen to your gut, and fill your gut by tuning it to tune up and restore balance, wellness and hormonal health that will fuel all your goals with a holistic success.

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Lift Heavy - Lift Often - Lifting does the body...the mind....and the spirit....very good!

2009-11-20T05:07:00.000-08:00

“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” ~John Andrew Holmer~

Love this quote! Love it so much that though I need to be running right now to get in an abs session and meet some people to do the dang stairs, I just had to stop and pause to share this quote with you.

Exercise I love. I love my sport because it is hard and in a weird way because it is hard it is also fun.

Heaving lifting in the gym fills my cup.

However, as many of you already know, that this sport that I do...or anything thing else that I choose to do...all ties back to my greater love of people and helping people at their core...to touch their spirit.....and this excites me in a way that literally gives me more to come back to the gym and actually lift more.

This quote captures it ALL. Truly when we put others above self, at the same time loving self, but extending a hand...an ear.....to help bridge the gap....so people move from feeling 'fine' in their lives to feeling fire in their lives....and by giving from the heart, the yield to our heart is always much greater than our giving.

So, on that note...I must indeed run...to lift literal heavy yes, but also figuratively that also has a very literal feel to it....as there is an action...an action to lend an ear, a hand....or a voice.....to provide a distraction.....to be an element of fun.....to hopefully provide something in another that comes from my gifts that are planted at heart.....

Exercise does feel great. Exercise does great things for the heart...of others...and of self.

Get active....a heart awaits.....yours ;-)

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Blog for a Cause - Fitness and Spice

2009-11-09T09:36:00.000-08:00

There is a great website that I would like each of you to check out.
The site is actually called, Fitness and Spice, and the link you will
be able to find at the end. However before you go there I would like to take you there mentally. Meaning? I would like to touch base with something within you before you go there on your own.

Two amazing women have teamed, and their teamed efforts have created
something great that affects you as it affects I.

However, do not take my word, but do yourself a favor and check it out
for yourself. I do however want want you to click on the link 'blog
for a cause' within the site. Please find this link. Within this link
what has happened is many bloggers, myself included, donated pieces to
create an e-book entitled 'blog for a cause' to raise money for breast
cancer. I am thrilled to be part of such an 'extended hand' out reach;
however my contribution is insignificant to this very worthy cause. We
all know of people in our circles that have been hit by this horrible
disease; breast cancer does not play favorites. It is important that
we all do a little that collectively will do a lot; collectively all
of our giving will touch each of us directly or indirectly within our
circles.

If you are curious, my contribution is on page 187, and the title is
'Check your engine light'; there are 200 articles within this e-book
and all I promise you that each read will touch the core of you 200
times or more.

Again, please take the time to check out the site. Please also take
the time to donate...a little, or a little more...as no amount is too
little and know that all amounts culminate, and let that culmination
goal be your focus if you are hesitant.

Know also that all giving always yields a higher return. I can
guarantee the stories within will fill something needed and necessary
within you. So take the time to give, and take the time to enjoy your
yield.

I would also appreciate if you click on the forward button and pass
these words and this request to all those within your circles.

The blog site is called Fitness and Spice; allow it to sprinkle your
day and ferment your life. Allow it to sprinkle the health in the days and ferment the lives of others.

Kindest regards,
Renee

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LIFE....sure looks good to me

2009-11-02T10:26:00.000-08:00

Hats off to the very beautiful, talented, insightful and articulate Alicia Keys.

This has been my song. It has been a song that has given me purpose and strength.

At times I have held on to these words and her message tightly.

Today I feel the need to share..

Enjoy..

Talent and insight come together to give you a beautiful strength...

Life...it indeed looks good...

When at points it does not feel so good...

remember always....

Your purpose...your journey.....and the significance of all moments....

Life...it sure looks good to me ; )

Enjoy the song...

Enjoy the messages...

Enjoy YOUR messages....

Most of all, hold on, and enjoy the ride....