One of my favorite things is collaboration.  Connecting with other like- minded, like- hearted and like-spirited people who share the energy of love, service, and appreciation inspires me to reach higher and hang on when it would be easy to give up.  I have teamed up with some amazing  inspirations this month and want to share that with you!

On Monday, January 16, 2012 I joined Kiva Leatherman from Wise Women Network, on Contact Talk Radio where she hosts a weekly show, “A Woman’s Worth.”You can listen to the podcast where I shared with Kiva and her audience:

• Discuss how to have inspired relationships at home and at work
• Reveal my process to turn on your love switch.  Without this, you will not get the results you want in your relationships.
• Explain how you can avoid the same relationship mistakes from your past
• Disclose the most effective way to clear the hurdles you have to love

Sunday, January 29th, 2012 I will be a guest with Joe Gandolpho on his weekly radio show. Joe Gandolfo is a conveyor of powerful ideas and principles that change lives. He is the author of “The Great Teenage Myth, Quit Living That Darn Lie” and I am honored to be joining him.  I will be exposing my secret ingredients to create and cultivate relationships that sizzle and last.  We would love to have you join us!

My good friend and colleague, Alan Hickman is offering you 2012 Perfect Mate Attraction Planning today.  Even though we wish for love, most of us are anchored in limiting beliefs from outside authorities about the possibility of truly having a great relationship. As a result, we show up in our lives in ways that push love away—without even realizing it.  When you’re able to identify yourself as the true authority in love, you’ll become magnetic to the love of your life.

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Please mark your calendar for February 1^st when I will be presenting Secrets to Passionate Partnership – Getting it RIGHT this time!

In this presentation I will:

• Reveal my process to turn on your love switch.  Without this, you will not get the results you want in your relationships.
• Explain how you can avoid the same relationship mistakes from your past
• Disclose the most effective way to clear the hurdles you have to love

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Hope to see you on the series!

Well folks, you’ve got a few options here to decide to honor your desire for love, commit to yourself to take some inspired action and create the energy of invitation to your soul mate.  This can be your last year without that special someone to share you life.

Much love,

I hope it inspires, uplifts, and gives you hope!  You are exactly where you are meant to be.  Your life until now has been preparing you for the life you are to create and live.  Love is your guide.  I am here to help you navigate your journey to true love and passionate partnership.

I’d like to suggest that you try something new.  Let him find you.  Put the Law of Attraction to work for you. Wake ten minutes earlier each day.  For those ten minutes, breathe slowly and deeply.  As you do this, smile and feel the pleasure in your body and mind.  You are giving yourself several gifts in these ten minutes.

You are filling your body with nourishing breath, releasing tension and relaxing your body and mind. At the same time, you are also energizing your cells bringing the deep fresh oxygen in and taking toxins out.   You are also setting your day in a positive way.  You will be centered, relaxed, and energized from a sense of calm rather than a frenzied mad dash.   You are creating healthy cells for a healthy body.  You do want to feel great when you meet Mr. Right, don’t you?

‘This is all well and good, but how is breathing deeply at the start of my day going to help me find Mr. Right?’ you may be thinking.   The answer is simple.  While you are breathing you will be focusing your attention on that which you are creating, in this case a loving and healthy relationship to enjoy. You will be feeling how wonderful this is and expressing gratitude for the opportunity to invite love into your life.  This will trigger joy in your body, and you will begin your day in a happier state.  Over time you will experience this happiness through more of your day.  Happy people attract happy people.

More importantly, by deep breathing and focusing on your breath, you quiet your mind from the constant chatter of thoughts that reside there.  So your mind is receptive to new thoughts, which translates into a newer energy.   You are less resistant to holding onto the old non-supporting thoughts that go unnoticed most of the day, yet take up residence in your energy body and mind and create your experiences.

You will program your sub conscious with loving thoughts of being ready for love. After several slow, deep breaths, begin repeating, “I am love.  I am ready for love.”  As you exhale repeat, “I am love. I am ready for lasting love.”  Use any affirming words that resonate with you.  Do this for ten minutes every morning, and raise that energetic flag to the universe to send this message of readiness to your soul mate.

You are engaging your energy in a positive and loving way.  You are speaking to your subconscious mind and creating a new thought pattern, which will create new pathways in your brain. These pathways create a network that spreads into your cells, creating new cellular memory. In addition, activating all of these energies in your mind and body raises your vibration and this energy is felt in the universe.

That’s why it is so important to be mindful of our thoughts and feelings.  What we put out is what we receive.  By activating the feeling and visualizing being in love and happy in a healthy relationship you begin to create that reality by design.  Beginning each day in stillness, breath and visualization meditation is one way to do this.

So stop chasing after Mr. Right and start activating your energetic attraction tower to invite him home to you.

You can check out the many benefits of deep breathing in the article, “18 Benefits of Deep Breathing and How to Breathe Deeply?”.  Another more in depth article boasting the health benefits, is Deep breathing — the truly essential exercise.

to your love,

I absolutely attribute using EFT in finally releasing the blocks that kept me from letting the right man into my heart, mind and life.  Using all the other steps in my 6 step blueprint also made the difference, but it was in doing all the other steps that I was able to see where my blocks were, where healing and release was needed, and tapping has moved me forward and continues to do so.

So what is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)?

EFT is a gentle coaching technique that helps you to release the past and create your future.   A “unique form of acupuncture without the needles,” that uses the ancient Chinese meridian system combined with energy psychology, EFT can offer relief from negative emotions, trauma, fears and many physical symptoms.

EFT balances the energy system with a gentle tapping procedure on the face and body, which stimulates designated meridian endpoints to increase the flow of qui or energy.

EFT is a highly effective method of reducing the impact of trauma and stressful events from our lives eliminating doubt, fear, and beliefs that are a result of the unconscious patterns in our life as well as the conscious experiences that have contributed to the thoughts that cause these beliefs, ideas and concepts that often keep us stuck from moving forward.

EFT is very powerful for eliminating unconscious emotional distress that gets in the way of your being happy, moving forward, and making choices that support you.  You can tap on any emotional, feeling, belief or thought that causes you distress – anger, sadness, doubt, fear, being stuck – contraction in any state. It will move you toward expansion, joy and freedom – to LOVE.

Gary Craig, a Stanford Engineer, ordained Minister and Personal Performance Coach founded EFT.   It is because of him, and his visionary gift, that we are able to practice, teach, and share EFT worldwide today.

Ingrid Dinter had the honor to film and train with Gary in many workshops all over the United States, and to witness his amazing gifts and generosity first hand.  I have had the privilege to be coached and trained in EFT by Ingrid and I am eternally grateful to her for the loving and intuitive guidance in my personal and group tapping sessions, and  for her passionate teaching of EFT to professionals so we can share our expertise with the world. I am in her year long VIP Mentoring program for EFT certification with AAMET.

It was through Ingrid’s love, friendship, mentoring and support that I was able to move through the pile of S#@T inside of me that was stopping me from loving myself and letting others love me too.  She showed me how powerful tapping and EFT can be and that I had a gift to share not only with EFT but with my relationship and love coaching.  She has been my loudest cheerleader and special friend. Thank you Ingrid!

I also want to acknowledge and thank Pamela Bruner and Margaret Lynch,  two other amazing EFT experts who have helped me in my personal journey.  Although I had the love and personal relationships piece conquered, two issues were roaring for my attention – my relationship with sales and marketing and money.

Pamela Bruner, is my business coach and her intuitive and gifted expertise in EFT has helped me in ways I can not even describe.  I am truly grateful to her guidance and support.  Being one of her private clients and members of her mastermind has provided me much needed support in bringing my gifts to the world of single professionals who are single and sick of it.

I have participated in group tele-classes with Margaret Lynch and two of her home study courses.  Being an energy healer myself, and incorporating chakra work into my tapping for love, I gained tremendous value with Margaret focusing on money and the chakras.  I love Margaret’s work and hope to someday co-create workshops with her.  Money and Love – 2 biggest challenges!

Another source for me in my own personal growth, healing and success as well as sharpening my own coaching and EFT skills is The Tapping World Summits hosted and created by Jessica Ortner and her brothers, Nick and Alex.  I have joined in every year and purchase them each year.  There is a wealth of information provided and the spectrum of professionals and applications for tapping is phenomenal.  The Ortners are pioneers in the vast exposure of EFT.

Why have I shared these resources with you?

Because I am so grateful for the results in my life and with my clients incorporating EFT into my full spectrum programs, it is important for me to acknowledge and thank them and also to share them with you.  We all have different needs and challenges. Healing and  growth is not a one time only deal.  It is life long, and finding the right fit is instrumental in achieving your goals.  Having support is also vital to your success.  As you can see I have support in many ways, and these are just the ones I am sharing in regards to tapping and EFT.  I would  not be who I am or where I am without the supportive communities I have chosen to be surrounded by or if I had not invested in my happiness and love.

I feel it is important to offer the following disclaimer about EFT:

While we have received many reports concerning the benefits of EFT, we do not claim that the results described in the many testimonials and other success stories included on this website and on our videos and other recordings are typical of what EFT users experience, and we do not represent that you will achieve the same or similar success. Indeed, you may receive no benefit whatsoever.

If you are to practice EFT on your own for major trauma or issues, please make sure that you are in a safe and supportive environment and that help is nearby should you need it.   Ideally seek the guidance and expertise of a trained EFT professional.

The best way to understand EFT is to experience it.  Click here for a complimentary session to discover how Cheri and EFT can benefit you 

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What fears could I possibly have – me who can speak so easily and has strong opinions? I stand in front of audiences and easily share my stories, advice, and questions. I have been a guest on radio shows, and even had a weekly and monthly spot on The Sisters of Sizzle, and yet I have been reluctant to write. This blog has been lonely, and Sadie Jackson, my fictional character has not been seen for months. The first two weeks when I would sit to work on my book, the words did not come. This was perplexing to me. Even when I tried using Mac Speech, the thoughts got stuck.

I have been on a personal quest to find what has been blocking me from moving forward in my business, where am I stuck? My personal life is amazing, and I am so enjoying all that is happening there. I have needed to experience this joy in my heart and in my life; it was a personal mission for me. I want to keep it, so there is one fear that shows up again and again, when I allow myself to be honest, and although I have tapped (EFT) on this issue, I have not yet truly hit the source of it. I fear that I cannot be successful in business to the degree that I see it and still have harmony in my life. There I said it. I wonder if anyone else suffers from this.

And now that I have given it a voice, I wonder if I have put that fear to rest, and for right now, I am choosing to be put more attention in creating my personal life, trusting and knowing that everything happens in its right time, and when I am ready, then things will change. That feels so much better to me, and also more empowering. It took courage for me to admit that I am making a choice rather than blaming it on fear.

So what else have I discovered in this search and what could I possibly fear to keep me from writing. This is a big one and I was consciously unaware that it was even an issue for me. I have been afraid to speak my truth from my heart in the printed word. I feared what people would think, especially those who know me. I feared putting myself out there in such a public way. I am told by those who have worked with me, and met me that what draws them to me is my honesty and openness. So, now that I am aware I have been harboring this fear, it is time for me to release it and step into my truth which is a sincere desire to connect millions of people to their own joyful hearts and to love. How can I do this if I hide behind my fear? How can anyone step into his or her truth with fear?

Fear is just a belief. We can believe what we want. I want to believe that I have what it takes to sit at computer each day and share my heart with you. I want to believe that I can easily and effortlessly write my book, and gracefully share it with the world, which brings up another fear. What if after I write my book, I am disappointed with the results? I worked through this fear last week. What I had discovered is that I have a habit of disappointment – letting others and myself down, and well as being let down. Whew! That was a great discovery. We cannot clear or face the fears that we don’t even know we have. That’s why I love energy work and EFT – it helps me see what has been hidden so deeply in my subconscious.  I also find that the more I connect to the love in my heart and my passion behind sharing my message that the fear dissolves.

There was another glimpse into my deeply hidden unknown through this process of what was keeping me stuck from writing. An emotional memory of not being allowed to speak about what was going on at home when my brother and I were children. Even though I have come to blab about almost everything through face-to-face interaction, somehow putting it in written word for the world to see resonated with that fear from childhood. It is amazing what we store in our bodies. It is even more amazing to bring to light what is there and release it!

Once we shine a light on fear, it has nowhere to hide. We can replace it with courage, action, and love.

Where in your life can you shine a light on your fear so that you can release the fear and step into love?

Want some support in shining your light on love?  Click here to apply for a complimentary session.

I was intrigued with what I saw – a dark shadow of a man in a cowboy hat leaning on his side and tipping his greeting towards me – “Interesting, and WHAT?”  were my  reactions.  I stayed with it.  Then I saw the majestic beautiful elephant which I have been so drawn to in the past months, especially since reading “Water for Elephants.”  The intelligence and especially the emotional intelligence of this beautiful animal just spoke to my heart in a way it never has.

In my mediation vision, the elephant appeared raising it trunk and placing a foot on the dark figure of the man.  “Okay, now this is intriguing and WHAT?”  I questioned again.  I have learned to sit with my visions, ask my questions, and trust the answer and message will unfold if I it does instantly makes sense or reveal itself to me.

I immediately googled, “Elephant Symbolism” and settled on the post I will share with you.  I just read it, and so many answers are clear to me.  I will do my best to briefly describe my own connection and awareness of what seeing the elephant and dark shadow of man were revealing to me when I asked, “What is the integration of the body, mind, and spirit creative rings expressing?”

First, confirmation of the personal and professional journey in which I travel.  My path has been one of connection with true highest self and highest power.  This has included:

1.  My own healing from complete disability from Lyme Disease and Fibromyalgia (which continues)

2.  Attracting the partner in life who is perfect for me in a way that I consciously spent creating and cultivating after 2 divorces.

3.  Reviving my relationships with my children, and family members and truly being a loving energy that is mutually supportive and serving.

4. Holding the space and connection for my extended families and core family.

6.  Offering my experience and wisdom to those who are ready to invite love into their lives in all the glorious ways that it exists, and especially to share enjoy their life with their idea of a soul mate, while also enjoying empowering relationships in other areas of their life, and to find and stay in their own power.

7.  Making a difference in the lives of children by teaching them what powerful creators they are, and helping their parents create the foundation for modeling healthy, loving relationships.

What all this has in common is me – knowing and understand me – what is important to me, what is my purpose and my passions, what makes me tick, who am I am here to serve, and what messages am I to share.  What is right for me, so that I can be centered and fly at the same time and live my highest truth and allow others to do the same.  I wanted to make sense of my life so that I could allow it to unfold more purposefully, powerfully, passionately and to manifest what I desire.  I love to teach, to speak to collaborate to share, to bring people together in love.

When I am strong in ME it makes for a powerful WE!  This is true for everyone!  We are connected and one.  When we stand firm in our individuality

we offer more to the collective

partnerships complement

relationships thrive

What I understand in the image I saw and in reading the following article,  is that I am on the right path, and I am also reminded where I still have work to do.

In another post, I will share with you more of my personal growth and areas where I have been working in the energies of the feminine and masculine – a favorite topic of mine.

I hope that you enjoy the following article as well as my post, and that if either resonates with you in any way, you will share that with me, on facebook, or with your friends – together we reach higher.

http://speakerfortheanimals.blogspot.com/2006/04/elephant-symbol-of-highest-true-self.html

With love,

The overinflated emphasis on gifts becomes a chore and takes away from the pleasure of the connection, love, and appreciation for many people. For some, there are so many things to do in addition to the already overloaded responsibilities.  And for many more, the stress of facing another holiday alone feels unbearable.

Doesn’t sound too Happy or Merry, does it?  Yet I know from experience having been on both ends of the spectrum that you can create holiday bliss while honoring what you want and need during this time. You don’t have to straddle the tight rope between sacrifice, obligation, and strain and total seclusion or intense loneliness.

I have one client who has spent almost every year of her life at family gatherings that left her lifeless because she absolutely did not want to attend.  She felt so out of place and hated being the only single adult no husbands or children. Yet she went year after year traveling to be there because it meant so much to her mother.

I have a friend who compared having to choose Christmases between her mother or with her mother-in-law preferable to choosing between having a knife in the eye, or an ax to her head.

Another client cried at the thought of his first Christmas morning in 30 years without waking up to the chaos of his children and grandchildren as a result of his recent divorce.  Another young woman is devastated at thinking about having to deposit her two children off with their dad at noon for the second year.  Last year she just went home and sat in her dark house after leaving them.

Okay, you get the picture and some of you may have no idea of what I am talking about while others will relate too much.

So what is one to do when faced with options that are so unappealing and seem like you have no choice?

First all of understand that you DO have a choice.  So you may not necessarily love the situation and feel like you don’t have a choice in it, you do have a choice in how you view it, how you react to it, how you think about it.  This one fact alone offers you such freedom.

That’s just one of the secrets and how to make it work for you that I share in this FREE audio.

I sure hope it will help you enjoy a happy holiday regardless of your relationship status!!

Click here for access to the audio:

Another sensory experience yesterday was the warmth of the fire in my office.  Recently I switched my office to a room in our house which I had envisioned being my office when we bought the house two years ago.  Hold those visions, folks, breathe life into them, put attention on them, and then let go of the tension until it is seamless and right.  So as I was enjoying this space, not only was I filled with gratitude for finally seeing this piece of the puzzle come into place, I felt even more appreciation for being able to build a fire in the large fireplace, listen to the crackling sound, smell the sweet smoky scent, and be wrapped up in comfort.

I also appreciated that the new set up allowed for my son and I to sit side by side at my desk comfortably as we tackled his homework.  I reclined and rocked in a favorite chair as I was guided through a meditation by one of my support team.  Sunday I sat on the floor as a mom and her two children enjoyed a session where they learned their top passion and tapped with Tappy Bear as they told Tappy how much they missed their dad who is in Afghanistan.   Many pictures were drawn on the chalkboard, pictures were colored, puzzles were assembled, and my heart jumped when the young boy spelled out, “tappee bear is fun” with letters from Bannangram.

Why am I sharing all these pleasant experiences with you?  Because each moment that I sit in appreciation fills my mind, body and consciousness with joy.  It raises my vibration so that what I am sending out to the universe and to my highest power is letting them know to send more my way.  I much rather be receiving more joyful experiences in my life, and as I notice, feel, allow, and appreciate – I fill with peace and presence.  I remind myself and I invite you to take time to be present in your life, in all that you do whether alone or with others.  It is one of the greatest gifts you can share.  As you pay more attention to and savor moments, you will notice that you are experiencing peace and love more regularly.

Take a deep breath in….. hold it………and release it slowly.  AAAAH – now doesn’t that feel wonderful?

Love is all around you, and we often do not even notice.  Yesterday, one of my cousins sent me a text asking if I wanted to take advantage of the gorgeous day we were having on the NH Seacoast, and go for a paddle.  The sea was flat, the water was warm (well for this area) and the sun was shining.

As much as I myself had wished earlier in the morning that I had time to go out, I felt compelled to focus on the list I had in front of me for the day. As I was replying to her, “Oh don’t tempt me.  I am very focused on work.” I had a sense that there were many opportunities here, so I finished the text with, “However, I am sure I will be ready for a break by 4:00.”

As it turned out we went out about 5:00.  It was amazing.  We paddled on our boards and talked for over an hour on the stellar ocean with the sun preparing to set.  Another cousin had come by, and she enjoyed a walk on the beach with her dog and break from her everyday stressful life.

This was love, folks!  I connected with people who are important to me.  We all enjoyed the time, and basked in the abundance of the moment and the appreciation that we could do this.

So, I have still have things on my list, and I will do them from a much better place.

My question for  you:

Where in your life can you give yourself even a 15 minute break to notice and  experience love?

If you are not doing this now in your life, is it possible that for some reason you really are not ready for a relationship – are you slamming the door shut?

Yet, we both checked in with what is important to us – our passions, and our ticks – and this helped us to make the decision that was in alignment with our being. So of course, we attended.

I allowed my fears, doubts and objections to surface, allowed them their voice, and even thanked them for their attempt to protect me. Then I chose to connect to love and making a choice from there. I love to ask the question, “What would love do?” In this case love was being supportive to our family. Our son –in-law is our family and had an opportunity to meet his family and experience the culture in which he was raised. That was important to us.

Love was choosing adventure, something new together, and being open to experience and possibility. It was absolutely the right choice for us! We were so embraced community. Burt and I were wrapped up in the arms of love in every moment we were in Brazil with his daughter, her husband and his family. Our hearts and mind were open to receive without judgment or expectation, as well to offer our attention and sincere appreciation at being included so warmly. Had we listened to our objections, doubts, and excuses – all examples of fear, we would have missed an experience that we will both cherish forever.

• Where in your life are you letting the voice of fear stop you from being open and present to the wonder that is waiting for you?
• What relationships are you holding expectations and judgments that may be preventing you from receiving love?
• What situations can you ask yourself, “what would love do?”

Karen Drucker on her album, All About Love, sings “What Would Love Do” – I find it very inspiring.