If you are taking all the right steps, saying all the right affirmations, thinking positively and still not manifesting your desires, there may be a few things blocking your progress. First, you may feel “unworthy” on some level. Confidence and self-love are crucial to manifestation. Second, you may be holding on too tightly to a certain outcome. The law of “non-resistance” and “non-attachment” play a big role in how quickly you manifest what you desire. A Course in Miracles states, “infinite patience is the only thing that gets immediate results.” Third, it may not be the right time for you. I strongly believe in “divine timing.” More often than not, however, the reason for delayed results in your manifestation is from some sort of physical or metaphysical clutter, habit, person or situation you are tolerating which is blocking your good from flowing into your life.

I encourage you to take a good look at your life; physically, emotionally, mentally, and in your relationships. Do you have something that is not aligned with your higher aspirations? If so, let it go. The results will be more than worth it!!

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exiting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power” ~Alan Cohen

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Now you definitely don’t have to keep as many different journals as I do. One main journal works really well for most people. I have been keeping a journal since I was a teenager. Well, even longer if you count the childhood journals I threw away:( This practice is a beautiful way for me to connect with my core, learn from my past, and track my daily progress. If you are wondering what you can write in your journal, I have made a list of what I believe are the most important aspects of your life to record….

1. Your Goals. Anthony Robbins, in his book Unlimited Power, records: “A study of the 1953 graduates of Yale University clearly demonstrates the power of goals. The graduates interviewed were asked if they had a clear, specific set of goals written down with a plan for achieving those goals. Only 3 percent had such written goals. Twenty years later, in 1973, the researchers went back and interviewed the surviving members of the 1953 graduating class. They discovered that the 3 percent with written specific goals were worth more in financial terms than the entire other 97 percent put together… The interviewers also discovered the less measurable or more subjective measures, such as level of happiness and joy that the graduates felt, also seemed to be superior in the 3 percent with written goals.” This clearly demonstrates the power of writing down your goals!!

2. Your Feelings. When you share your feelings with others, you paint a picture of who you are to them. Your essence is then filtered through their individual judgements and opinions which can color your own clarity. When you choose instead to write your feelings down, “good” or “bad”, you always have an unbiased listener and may feel truly “heard” for the first time in your life. In my opinion, this is one of the best therapies available.

3. Your Memories. Record all the good in your life… your travels, your brags, and the most precious moments you experience. This will turn out to be invaluable to you as the years pass.

4. Your Favorite Quotes and Inspirations. As I pointed out in my video, you retain 75-90% more when you write something down. By recording your insights and what you learn, you will create an amazing source of knowledge at your fingertips. I love to re-read my journals on my Birthday and get re-inspired by all the gems contained inside.

5. Your Gratitudes. Gratitude is a high vibrational state to be in. Recording what you are grateful for on a daily basis will keep you focused on how amazing your life is!!

6. Your Questions. How do you receive what you desire? Ask! Richard Bach wrote in Illusions, “Isn’t it strange how much we know if only we ask ourselves instead of somebody else?” By writing down your deep questions you are in effect asking your superconscious mind for the answer, and trust me, you will receive the answer. Be prepared!

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E.J Gold, Author of The Human Biological Machine as a Transformational Apparatus, writes, “Originally, the meaning of virtue was that the noble aims and aspirations of the essential self had reached down through the mental apparatus and rooted itself into the deepest part of the machine and that the aims and aspirations of the deepest darkest part of the machine had in fact become the same as those of the essential self.”

Before we can reclaim the energy of our pain body and transform it back into our light and life force, we must surrender to it. We must allow ourselves to fully experience and express our pain in a very present and conscious way. We must learn to celebrate our darkness. This may seem counter intuitive, yet, the more we avoid our pain and push it away, the larger our pain becomes and the more control it has over our life. Many people who are aware of this will try to just observe their pain consciously when it comes up, thinking this will transform it. The drawback to this theory is that they are not really embracing their emotions. They may be allowing them, but are they really saying YES to how they feel?

For those who have years of built up longing, suffering, sadness and despair, I suggest another technique. I suggest you dance for your longing; dance for your pain. Give your shadow expression by moving it into being… scream, rant, rave and roll around, allowing yourself to fully express your deep despair through your physical body. Allow your feelings to flow through you with every movement you make while playing music which expresses how you feel inside. Real change doesn’t happen in your head, real change happens through love and when we are rooted in our body. Dancing encompasses both of these things and will help you experience a true pain body release.

Music and dancing help you access your right brain. According to Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor author of My Stroke of Insight, “our right mind is spontaneous, carefree, and imaginative. It allows our artistic juices to flow free without inhibition or judgement. The present moment is a time when everything and everyone are connectd together as one. To the right mind, no time exists other than the present moment, and each moment is vibrant with sensation.” By embodying, through your dance, and accepting your feelings completely in the present moment, you will naturally transform. It is at this moment you will become an alchemist. You will see the divinity and perfection in all that you experience. Once your feelings are seen, loved, expressed, and acknowledged, they will melt back into you and shine through you as your light and life force. You will feel enthusiasm for your life again and peace in your body.

“Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.” ~Jaques D’ambroise

p.s. Click Here for a preview of a few songs I love to dance to when I am in my swamp….

p.p.s. And click here to view some songs I love to dance to when I am coming out of my swamp (which will happen if you dance long enough)

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It’s all a simple matter of like attracts like. When we feel good, we invite positive people, places, and events to come into our life. It is very difficult, for example, for a negative complaining person to be around a happy smiley person. They just don’t vibe on the same level. Healthy people are full of life and energy and wealthy people are usually passionate about what they do. If a=b then b=a. If to be healthy, wealthy, and loved means being happy and following your bliss, then choosing to be happy and follow your bliss means you will be healthy, wealthy, and loved. This is why some of my most important breakthroughs in my career and life have been after I did something that made me feel alive, grounded, loved, and happy! When we make pleasure a daily priority we keep ourselves inspired and powerful. It works even better for me when I only take action while I am feeling turned on and tuned in. Anything I do from that space always produces AMAZING results! On the other hand, anything I do when I am feeling grumpy or forced turns out less than ideal to say the least;)

So today I recommend we all make a list of about 10 things that turn us on and make us smile. Then everyday do at least one thing on our list. I look at this as a daily vitamin, a daily dose of pleasure to keep us fine tuned and at our peak. For me, I love to get massages, take walks outside, enjoy warm baths and showers, read good books, eat delicious nutritious food, play with friends, do yoga or belly dancing, cuddle with my man, write in my journal, and live in a clean home.

Bryan and I at a superfood party, enjoying good food and fabulous friends!

When we pay attention to what delights us and excites us, we stay in touch with our passion, intuition, and strengthen our love for ourselves and our world! When we live in a state of pleasure we remain open and receptive to new and fun possibilities. Miracles tend to flow into our lives quickly and easily. And once we fill ourselves up with joy we will have more than enough to give to others. And this, my friend, is the basis of all attraction marketing! Remember, when every day is play, you will never work another day!

Please leave a comment below letting me know the top ten things that rejuvenate and inspire you. I bet you have some great ideas!! Oh, and please share today’s post with your followers on twitter and facebook to help spread the word that self-love and feeling juicy is truly the foundation to our success.

Live in Bliss,

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