by Erin Owen | Dec 12, 2012 | Events, Ezine
Click on this audio link to learn 3 Quick Tips to Melt Stress, Boost Energy, and Enjoy the Holidays even more!
My gift to you this holiday season is the opportunity to receive my warm & wise guidance and undivided attention for a full hour for as little as $66. During our time together on the phone, you will create and successfully move forward with your New Year’s Resolution.
“What is a New Year’s Resolution Strategy Session?”
During this hour-long phone call, you will:
(1) Clarify your resolution so it’s Clear, Meaningful, Achievable, Exciting, and Beneficial for You and Others in your life!
* Getting the wording just right can make a powerful difference in your ability to be successful in realizing your goals and dreams!
(2) Identify AND Cultivate Support from a Team of Personal Cheerleaders (not Naysayers!)
*Having the right people on your side, supporting you along the way, can make or break your ability to move forward consistently with joy in your heart!
(3) Create a Mini- and Manageable Action Plan that includes 3 Supportive Actions you can Move Forward on Right Away
*These specific, tangible next steps will show you the way to manifesting your goal!
“What Kind of Resolution Can I Create?”
What has been calling to you?
Where in your imagination wandering off to these days?
Follow your intuition and schedule a New Year’s Resolution Strategy Session to receive my support in one of the following areas:
- Health, Weight, and Fitness
- Relationships and Love
- Time Management, Getting Organized, and De-cluttering
- Money Management and Financial Prosperity
- Career Direction or Business Growth
- Spiritual Growth and Connection
- And more…
Know this would be the perfect gift for yourself (or someone you know) to get started on the right foot in 2013, focused and with a clear path to bring your dream to life?
Only $66 if you Sign-up and Pay by Friday, January 4, 2013
(A savings of more than $70!)
NOTE: All strategy sessions must be scheduled between January 1 and January 31, 2013.
by Erin Owen | Dec 11, 2012 | Events, Ezine
My gift to you this holiday season is the opportunity to receive my warm & wise guidance and undivided attention for a full hour for as little as $36. During our time together on the phone, you will create and successfully move forward with your New Year’s Resolution.
“What is a New Year’s Resolution Strategy Session?”
During this hour-long phone call, you will:
(1) Clarify your resolution so it’s Clear, Meaningful, Achievable, Exciting, and Beneficial for You and Others in your life!
* Getting the wording just right can make a powerful difference in your ability to be successful in realizing your goals and dreams!
(2) Identify AND Cultivate Support from a Team of Personal Cheerleaders (not Naysayers!)
*Having the right people on your side, supporting you along the way, can make or break your ability to move forward consistently with joy in your heart!
(3) Create a Mini- and Manageable Action Plan that includes 3 Supportive Actions you can Move Forward on Right Away
*These specific, tangible next steps will show you the way to manifesting your goal!
“What Kind of Resolution Can I Create?”
What has been calling to you?
Where in your imagination wandering off to these days?
Follow your intuition and schedule a New Year’s Resolution Strategy Session to receive my support in one of the following areas:
- Health, Weight, and Fitness
- Relationships and Love
- Time Management, Getting Organized, and De-cluttering
- Money Management and Financial Prosperity
- Career Direction or Business Growth
- Spiritual Growth and Connection
- And more…
Know this would be the perfect gift for yourself (or someone you know) to get started on the right foot in 2013, focused and with a clear path to bring your dream to life?
Only $66 if you Sign-up and Pay by Friday, January 4, 2013
(A savings of more than $70!)
NOTE: All strategy sessions must be scheduled between January 1 and January 31, 2013.
by Erin Owen | Dec 3, 2012 | Events, Ezine
Are you living your life more like an Incandescent light bulb?
You know, able to keep up your intense pace, running around the clock, for a month or more before you collapse or burn out and need to call-in sick for a mental health day – or worse, take a stretch of real sick days to recover from the latest bug that’s tackled you to the ground.
Or, are you operating more like a LED bulb?
Moving forward at a steady pace, taking breaks and vacations on a regular basis, nurturing your mind, body, and spirit at work and at home, with need for a longer sabbatical only once every five years or so.
A small group of students who attended The Sustainability Workshop last year designed a business plan to replace traditional incandescent bulbs in the homes of consumers with longer lasting LEDs, at no cost to the homeowner.
This was one of many sustainable/green projects intended to have a positive impact on the community and environment, as well as serve as phenomenal learning experiences for the students.
And in this case, the intended result was to save the homeowner lots of moolah in energy costs and bulb replacement expense, while using less energy and thereby lowering carbon emissions.
(Now, before you all blast me with emails asking for how you can sign up, here’s the update: they just completed a pilot program and are currently analyzing the data from their findings. If you want more details about the Bright Ideas project, click here.)
For the pilot, the students used a sensor on each floor of the homes that replaced old bulbs with the LEDs to assess how many hours a day, and at what times of day, the lights were on.
I have to admit something quite geeky. I’ve been fantasizing about how to create a similar (but slightly more complex) energy-monitoring device that I could wear around.
Ideally, it would measure when I expend energy and in what areas of my life it is used, as well as what gives me energy. Then, I could determine if there’s a balance between “output” and “input” overall, and allow me to determine if the areas of my “output” are in alignment with my vision for how I want to be living and working.
With my private clients, I use a different approach to assessing how their energy aligns with their vision. And I also guide them through a visualization to observe and alter the output of energy into relationships, activities, and more. This work can be quite empowering and I’m always amazed at how quickly my clients experience a positive shift in their energy output, back to a place of more balance.
But, if we had a personal energy-ometer to help with the process, it would be less biased and perhaps even more illuminating. (Pun intended!)
What if You Want to Switch from Incandescent to LED bulbs?
If you plan to actually switch out the lightbulbs in your home from Incandescent to LED, it honestly can be quite expensive. Even though the LED bulbs last up to 60 times longer than Incandescent bulbs and use less than 20% as much energy, the initial cost can be around $30 per bulb. But, combine the long-term cost savings and energy savings, and it’s an investment that makes sense.
What if You Want to Switch Your Lifestyle and Workstyle from Incandescent-like to LED-like?
The good news is making the switch to a LED way of working and living does not have to be so expensive.
In fact, learning how to slow down your body and mind to a more sustainable pace yields tremendous near-term AND long-term benefits in your health, happiness and productivity. And in most cases, the resulting boost in your outlook and performance translates directly into spiritual and financial prosperity.
Yes, there is usually some upfront investment of time, energy, and money, but the payoff begins immediately and builds over time.
If you’re ready to make the switch and know you’ll be more successful by working with me for accountability, knowledge, and guidance, please use the “BREAKTHROUGH” discount code when signing up for your initial phone coaching session with me. You can do the call from anywhere in the world so long as you can access a phone or a Skype connection.
Don’t hesitate if you’re seriously considering working with me: I currently have only 1 spot left for a day-long breakthrough retreat in 2012 and 3 private coaching slots left for my private coaching programs that begin in January– and these fill-up fast with folks starting to think about resolutions and starting off the New Year on the right foot.
Email me if you have any questions, need to schedule a special time to accommodate your schedule or time zone, OR… go ahead and sign-up now to receive my undivided attention in transitioning into the bright new world of LED living and working.
by Erin Owen | Nov 27, 2012 | Events, Ezine
Your Performance Breakthrough
Just when you thought you were being pushed past your limits, along come the winter holidays to add an extra layer of complexity.
You have more events to manage, more things to buy, more people to see. The extra strain on your time and your pocketbook from your longer “to do” list causes you more stress that you certainly do not need.
Rather than allowing yourself to enjoy the real reasons we celebrate the holidays, the last thing on your list is you or doing anything to make things easier on yourself.
With a tongue-in-cheek approach, a wink of my eye, and just for a little fun, I’m here to remind you of what doesn’t work. So, take a look through my Top 7 Ways How to Invite MORE Holiday Stress and enjoy a little laugh at yourself. You are human, after all!
(Or, if you’d rather be reminded of how to actually melt holiday stress—and be inspired by some of my Eastern-influenced ideas—then join me for one my upcoming events! Details below…)
Top 7 Ways to Invite MORE Holiday Stress
1. Keep piling on MORE. That’s right. Say YES to every request to bake more, donate more, take on the office holiday fund drive, and attend more parties (especially the ones hosted by people you don’t really know or like that much). Be sure to include all members of your family in every gathering—especially those individuals you complain about up until the minute they arrive, then curse the moment they walk out the door. And, whatever you do, don’t say NO.
2. RESIST nature’s call to slow down and go inward. IGNORE the fact that the days are getting shorter and the temperatures (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) are getting colder. Turn those lights on longer, heat the office and home more hours, and keep burning that midnight oil! Bless these modern inventions that allow us to do more and more and more.
3. Tell yourself “I CAN MAKE IT through New Year’s”. Just because you broke down last year with a horrible string of colds does not mean it will happen again. This year will be different—and you don’t need to do anything different. Just keep plugging along and promising yourself you’ll make it through midnight on New Year’s eve. You can do it!
4. Use Caffeine to STAY AWAKE and Sleep Aids to FALL ASLEEP. When your energy wanes or you struggle to get out of bed, add another shot of espresso in your coffee—and be sure to have more caffeine mid-morning and again after lunch when you begin to nod off. Then, about an hour before you realize you’d better get to bed so you can get at least 4 or 5 hours of sleep before your alarm goes off, enjoy a drink or two or take your latest sleeping medication of choice. And be sure you say a prayer before bed to thank god for inventing these sleep aids!
[Remember, I’m writing this tongue-in-cheek! Are you laughing at yourself yet?]
5. Keep it to yourself. The holidays are a time to follow tradition and to do exactly what your parents or spouse/partner or spouse/partner’s family did before you. For goodness sake, do NOT express your honest opinion about ANYTHING. The last thing anyone wants to hear is what you think should be done differently, and your agonizing and suffering is for the greater good. So, keep it to yourself!
6. Whatever you do: don’t give yourself a break! The sacrifices you make and the hardships you take on are an example to us all. You are a role model to your employees, your colleagues, your children. You must single handedly take on the burdens of the extra holiday activities, without even a thought to your own physical or mental well-being. In fact, don’t even think about scheduling a massage or taking off an afternoon, let alone sneaking in a nap on the weekend. You are super wo/man!
7. Wait until 2013 to start making improvements. Whatever it is that is bugging you, it can wait. That pain in your side, those extra pounds, the headaches, the leak in the roof, the nagging feeling you should make a change… Wait, wait, wait. It can’t possibly get worse before it gets better, and it can always wait. Just weave it into your New Year’s resolution and I’m sure you’ll make those positive changes in 2013.
I hope you found at least a few things to chuckle about. Even though I’ve made tremendously positive changes over the decades, I know I still see glimmers of myself in all of these ideas!
But, if you’re NOT actually interested in continuing to burn the candle at both ends or suffer silently through another aggravating winter season, I INVITE YOU to take a deep breath (ahhhh….) and step forward into a new way of being.
Top 3 Ways to MELT Holiday Stress
I’ll be sharing my simple, Eastern-inspired ways to MELT holiday stress and everyday stress at these upcoming events. Please join me to learn about a new way of living and working that is sustainable and enjoyable!
Tomorrow (Wednesday), November 28 at 7 pm
In-person at The Spiral Bookcase, a sweet independent bookstore in Manayunk.
Read more about the event here.
I’ll be reading from my new book, sharing ideas on how to melt stress so you can enjoy life more and perform better, and signing books.
Monday, December 3 at 7:45 pm
Melt Stress, Refocus Energy, and Refuel Spirit: Eastern Secrets for Getting More Done Without Doing More at Wake Up Yoga South
REGISTER NOW!
December 14, 9 AM to 10 AM
Erin will be the featured speaker at the December meeting of the National Association of Women Business Owners in Doylestown, PA. This networking event is open to women and men. No need to be a member, either! Join us at 2003 South Easton Road in the conference room inside the offices of M&T Bank on the 2nd floor. Any questions? Call event host Mary Ann Robinson of TransAct at 267-968-6232.
If you’re not located in the area or have a scheduling conflict, you can schedule a private initial coaching session with me by phone. Click here for more details.
Just as in yoga, when the hardest thing to do sometimes is to get to the mat… sometimes too in life the hardest thing to do is respond to a long internalized call to do the right thing for your own well-being.
I’m here for you, and I want to see you live a healthier, happier, more successful life. I promise to lend you some courage and be here for you in making the choice that supports what is in your best interest!
Until then, I hope to see you at one of these upcoming events and hear how your holidays were more enjoyable this year!
by Erin Owen | Nov 19, 2012 | Ezine
I am grateful to be living in our world at this time.
Yes, in spite of all the darkness that surrounds us.
Collectively, we have had enough of polluting our planet and political corruption. We are tired of a select few manipulating our financial systems and supporting wars to fuel personal profit. It is time to end social injustice, child slavery and abuse, and abusive work conditions.
I am grateful to be witness to an exponential leap forward in our collective consciousness. All around me I see people experimenting with new ways of living and working, engaging in new and more environmentally friendly ways of constructing homes and buildings.
I see a strong movement toward better ways of creating health and preventing illness, and a desire for unbiased and positive media, along with new approaches to government and education and social support systems.
If you don’t see what I see, then I invite you to examine the thoughts and experiences that influence the way you view the world.
What are you ready to let go of? What are you eager to welcome in?
As I teach all my clients: wherever you direct your attention, energy follows.
And as Gandhi taught, we can each BE the change we want to see in the world.
So, what change do you want to see in the world at large? What change do you want to see in your daily life and work?
It all starts with your mindset. And a huge dose of gratitude thrown in.
I invite you to be inspired by the Thanksgiving holiday to be grateful for what you want more of in your life and in our world.
And if you just can’t get your head around how to do this, then drop me a line and let’s see if we can find a simple, enjoyable way for you to move forward.
