Finding Your Purpose

The Michelangelo Method for Creating Great Work

When most people think of Michelangelo, they think of the prolific, amazingly talented Renaissance artist who sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel Ceiling.

But did you know that Michelangelo did not want to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling? He didn’t feel qualified. Read the rest of this entry »

Sleep Your Way to Riches and Other Practical Advice

Several years ago I was at a crossroads. I liked my profession, but I desperately needed to breathe new life into what I was doing. My work had lost much of its meaning, but unfortunately the next step eluded me.

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Create a Great Lifework Plan

In this post I share how I create my annual Lifework Plan, and give you tools you can use to create one for yourself. It’s a simple process of setting intentions which makes it easier to create a holistic life that includes mind, body, soul and service.

Throughout the year you will undoubetdly be presented with opportunities. Your Lifework Plan gives you the clarity you need to confidently let go of the things that don’t serve you, freeing you to choose with confidence the life-affirming opportunities that makes you say, “I love my life!”

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Turning Bronchitis into a Blessing

what_would_love_doTwo weeks ago I started coughing a persistent, dry cough. Uh oh, I thought. Bronchitis? Yikes. I rarely get sick. What’s this all about? Little did I know that my bronchitis was a Divine messenger delivering timely information!

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How to Make the Leap of a Lifetime

roxyA few weeks ago I put a gate in our hallway to keep my cats in the living room. Every day they poked and prodded trying to find a way through it, over it or under it. No such luck. Eventually, they gave up and resumed their daily affairs.

So today when two delivery guys came to deliver our new dryer, I closed the bedroom doors and put the cats in the hallway. I simply assumed the gate would keep them safely out of harm’s way until the delivery guys left. Read the rest of this entry »