by Erin Owen | Apr 19, 2012 | Events, Ezine, General, Invitations
If you’re self-employed or run your
own business, your days are probably
packed with such activities as:
Getting that important document to your client on time.
Creating new products or services that help solve your clients’ problems.
Going the extra mile to make your customers
happy.
On top of all that, you have a life, too.
I know, balancing a business, family, health and
friends can feel overwhelming. I used to feel that
way all the time.
The thing is, when you have a lot on your plate,
you have to make choices about how you are going
to invest your time.
And, if you’re like most
people who want to make a difference and be
successful, you spend the majority of your time
working on your business.
And even though you
truly value your family, health and friends …
well, they get put on a permanent backburner. As
a result, you are overworked, stressed and maybe
a bit resentful too.
But there is a way out of this, and it doesn’t involve
moving to a deserted island.
To live the life you really want, you have to
change the way you get stuff done.
For starters, one thing you can do is to get rid
of the “time-sucking vampires.”
That’s what I call those activities that suck
your energy and detract you from achieving your
big goals and living the life you want to live.
In my
7-week Clutter-Clearing, Performance-Boosting
program, I share my simple strategies for getting
rid of wasted time, and finding hidden pockets of
quality time, so that you can become more effective,
more successful and more aligned with how you really
want to live. And without the typical burnout
most people experience.
Imagine, what if you could get more done in less time?
What would you do with that extra time?
A little R&R, or perhaps start that big project that
would totally propel your business to the next level, or
simply have time to enjoy what you worked so hard for??
Not only will I tell you how to achieve this, I’ll show you.
I purposely designed the 7-week Clutter-Clearing,
Performance-Boosting program so that you will
learn a great deal about how to improve the way
you work in a very short amount of time.
We’re not
going to spend hours and hours talking about how
you can boost your performance.
Instead, in just
30 minutes a week for seven weeks, you’ll witness
first-hand how a lot can be accomplished in very
little time.
The result? You
will feel lighter and in charge of your
business and your life.
If that sounds pretty damn good to you, then
click here to join me today.
Erin
PS – There are 5 days left to join me. And
trust me, just making the decision to see a
positive change in how you use your time, will
have you feeling lighter, more positive and in
charge BEFORE we even get started.
by Erin Owen | Apr 16, 2012 | Events, Ezine, General, Invitations
Until about a year ago, my business was humming
along, and I felt pretty good about it. Then one
day I realized that I was no longer satisfied with
“humming along.”
It was actually beginning to feel a bit “ho hum.”
That’s when I realized that I needed to invest in
my business, and I needed to invest in ME. It
wasn’t an easy choice.
I mean, it’s hard to let go of the money in hand!
And hard to let go of the fear of losing money.
But deep down I knew that devoting some time and
money on my business was the only way I was ever
going to launch from ho hum to amazing.
And so I did.
I’ve been astonished by the results.
I’m not saying this to brag, but I’ll just tell
you that my business is flourishing like it never
has. My energy and passion for my work feel
unlimited, and I’ve earned back my investment
several times over.
I’ve also learned some important lessons along
the way that I’d like to share with you.
I’m talking about tips and tools that will help
free you up, redirect your resources and declutter
both your mind and your space so that you too can
take your work to the next level.
What would your work look like if the fog, fatigue
and burdens were lifted away, and you were more
productive and effective at what you do?
When your energy is free of clutter, you can open
yourself to new work, new income and new
possibilities. But you have to make space for it.
Now, I totally get how difficult it can be to let
go of something so that you can let something else
in. And money is a toughie, for sure.
So I’ve purposely made sure my new 7-week
Clutter-Clearing, Performance-Boosting program
includes tips related for saving money AND
free-ing up your energy to allow new abundance to
flow in.
And, in order to make it accessible to everyone
who is ready to let go of the clutter that is
getting in the way of living your life more fully,
I’ve made it the lowest price it can possibly be.
Instead of charging the full price of $397 for
seven weeks of guided, practical wisdom and
guidance, I’m offering the one-time introductory
rate of only $187.
If it works better for you, we can work out a
payment plan of just $67 per month for three
months.
Get ready to feel lighter, more energized and in
charge of your life.
Click here to get the details and
join me today.
by Erin Owen | Apr 2, 2012 | Events, Ezine, General, Invitations
It seems that whenever one of my clients is on a
verge of a major breakthrough, there’s a
teeny-weeny little breakdown that happens first.
I call it ‘teeny weeny” because it looks like
just part of life.
What do I mean by a breakdown?
You know, those annoying little tolerances like a
slow-dripping faucet, or a key that you need to
jiggle before it works, or a light bulb that needs
to be changed, or a dresser drawer that sticks.
Sometimes the annoying things you tolerate are
bigger and more draining, though.
For example, an attack of afternoon fatigue that
you fight off every day, or (if you’re honest with
yourself) the job you genuinely despise.
Putting up with these annoyances, though, is
actually like walking around wearing a heavy,
sagging backpack full of rocks.
Let me explain…
There are always reasons for why you put up with
things you don’t like.
One of things you might tell yourself is: “it’s
just not the right time.”
After all, there are so many other things to do,
right?
So you continue to endure these annoyances.
Believing that maybe they’ll just suddenly get
better.
But they don’t.
You might not realize it, but these daily
tolerances are costing you valuable energy.
Precious energy that you could be applying toward
being wildly successful and ridiculously happy!
When you carry around a big backpack full of
heavy rocks, you become so used it that you forget
what it’s like to live without it.
But, if you let go of the burden, you’ll feel so
much lighter — as though you could float with
ease and joy through your daily life.
Ahhhhh. Doesn’t that sound nice?
So, let me pose to you the question I ask my
clients who are putting up with such an
energy-draining tolerance: How long are you
willing to put up with it?
Will you be okay with things staying like this
for a year?
If that seems too long, then how about six
months?
Still too long? How about two months?
What if instead you make the choice to free
yourself of these inconveniences and problems?
What if you fix the faucet or change the light
bulb?
Or, better yet, what if you tweak your eating
habits so that you are energized all day long and
start working in a career that you love?
Now how different will your life be?
That’s what I’m talking about!
No matter what you are tolerating, isn’t now the
time for you to release your heavy burdens, clear
out the energy-draining annoyances, and live with
more ease and joy?
If so, then I invite you to join my
Clutter-Clearing, Performance-Boosting Challenge:
Take Back Control of Your Time, Your Energy, and
Your Potential by investing just 30 minutes a week
for seven weeks
Get ready to feel lighter, more energized and in
charge of your life when you learn my
East-meets-West secrets for improving your
personal performance FAST.
If you have a phone, you can join from anywhere!
Click here to get the details and
reserve your spot.
by Erin Owen | Mar 13, 2012 | General
Today I share 4 simple steps on How to Cleanse.
In Part I, I talked about the 6 signs you should
look for to know if it’s time for a cleanse.
But what I didn’t talk about was how to cleanse
or that you can cleanse by doing more than just
changing what you eat.
If you’re not sure why you should bother with a
cleanse, check out my first post then click the back
button to come back here and learn more.
How to Cleanse?
Step 1: Identify the areas of your life that are
cluttered and congested. In Part I, I focused
primarily on the body. But, maybe your performance
would benefit most by cleansing or decluttering in
one or more of the following areas:
- Your mind? Thought processes? Mindset practices?
- Your body? Exterior? Interior?
- You physical environment? Home? Office? Car? Work bag?
- Your digital environments? Email in box? File storage? Programs/software? Voice-mail?
- Relationships? Personal? Professional?
- Business practices? Back-office operations? Customer/client interfacing practices? Communications? Marketing? Sales? Supply management? Other?
- Your Calendar? Appointments? Type/location of calendar? Task management?
- Your “To do” list? Size? Location? Tracking?
- Other? You fill in the blank: _________ .
Step 2: Make a list of the top 3 things that are
draining your energy.
Step 3: Pick your top energy “drainer” and go to
work. Cleanse, declutter, delete, recalibrate, refresh,
organize… whatever is needed to shed the old
decayed, congested energy and invite in new,
refreshed, reinvigorating energy.
Step 4: Take a deep breath and appreciate all
your hard work.
Step 5: Repeat until you’ve tackled your top 3
things and experienced a boost in your
performance.
Not sure how to go about tackling Steps 3 and 4?
Stay tuned.
New Group Program
I’ll soon be announcing the details of my new
group program. By phone, you can join me from
anywhere. By investing just 30 minutes a week for
7 weeks you’ll experience immediate results. And
not by doing more.
I’ll show you how simple and enjoyable it can be
to boost your performance by decluttering key
areas of your life by DOING LESS!
In Part III of this series on Cleansing, I’ll
share simple tips for implementing a Springtime
dietary cleanse without starving yourself and
without spending hard-earned money on
unnecessary supplements or detox treatments.
Ready to achieve more without burn out, ignoring
your family or becoming a slave to overworking?
Then book your Performance Breakthrough Session
with me today.
Not yet received my free, 1-minute audio wisdom course
in your email in box? It’s designed to melt stress, refocus
your energy, and refuel your spirit FAST! And you can listen to
it anywhere, even on the go. Sign-up on the right-hand side of any
page of my website and receive a link to your first short audio
inspiration! It’s just like having me there by your side!
Looking for a speaker for your next event? If you
want to inspire your group to get better results
at work and at home (and get their Zen on too)
then I’m your gal. Email me directly to talk
details.
by Erin Owen | Mar 2, 2012 | General
When you are your own boss, when you run your own
business, your energy level is critically
important. But if you are feeling exhausted,
congested, bloated, sluggish, or foggy, then
these signs of imbalance can directly impact
your performance.
One way to hit the re-set button is to do a
cleanse.
The traditional time of year to cleanse is April,
with the transition from winter to spring. This
guidance comes from Traditional Chinese Medicine,
and the cleanse focuses on cleaning out the liver.
Why?
In the winter months, in order to stay warm, we
tend to eat foods with a higher fat content. This
is natural and healthy, because fat helps
insulate the body and keep it warm.
Once the Earth begins to warm up, we no longer
need that insulation, and cleaning up the liver
helps to lighten the body’s load. Eating in tune
with the season, means that you start to eat
lighter spring greens. And many of the spring
greens, you will notice, are more bitter in
flavor. That is perfect, because foods with a
bitter energetic quality help to cleanse the
liver.
Yes, there are other times a year to cleanse. The
second best time of year tends to be in the mid
autumn period. Again, this is based on the wisdom
and guidance of Chinese medicine.
(And, there are other ways to move stuck energy
that I’ll expand on in a future post.)
But ultimately, the best guide is your own body’s
wisdom. And with the strange weather we’ve had
this year, with warmer winter temps, your body
may be craving a cleanse earlier.
What signs should you look for to let you know if
it’s time to cleanse?
One, your body might feel heavy and sluggish or
you may be experiencing more congestion than
usual.
Two, your skin may be more prone to break outs or
other conditions that suggest the body is out of
balance.
Three, your bowels specifically may be more
sluggish or constipated.
Four, your energy level may be lower than what’s
normal for you this time of year.
Five, you may generally have the feeling of just
being stuck in life.
Finally, you just might have this idea that a
cleanse is the right thing for you, and that’s
enough.
And while there are other reasons, ultimately…
Follow your body’s intuitive guidance. A cleanse
might just be what you need to get back on track,
improve your focus and productivity, and improve
your performance.
Stay tuned for another blog post soon about how
to cleanse.
Join me for a FREE event by telephone from anywhere in the world:
March 19 at 12:30 PM EST
Join me at an upcoming FREE event in Philadelphia:
April 11 at 7:30 PM
Ready to achieve more without burn out, ignoring
your family or becoming a slave to overworking?
Then book your Performance Breakthrough Session
with me today.
Not yet received my free, 1-minute audio wisdom course
in your email in box? It’s designed to melt stress, refocus
your energy, and refuel your spirit FAST! And you can listen to
it anywhere, even on the go. Sign-up on any page of my website
and receive a link to your first short audio inspiration. It’s
just like having me there by your side!
Looking for a speaker for your next event? If you
want to inspire your group to get better results
at work and at home (and get their Zen on too)
then I’m your gal. Email me directly to talk
details.
by Erin Owen | Feb 17, 2012 | General
You know…
“I should make “x” dollars by the time I’m “y” years old.”
“I should wear this so he is impressed with me.”
“I should buy that and then I’d be truly happy.”
“I should have a baby by now.”
“I should weigh “z” pounds.”
Living in the world of shoulds can be exhausting,
unfulfilling, self-critical, and often makes you
beholden to what others want.
And is most often not based in reality.
When you live in the world of shoulds you
consciously and subconsciously give away the gift
of appreciating what “is” in the now.
And, as a result, you unintentionally drain your
energy, which undermines how well you perform on
the job, how you show up in your relationships,
and negatively affects your health.
Practicing gratitude for the present moment and
all that is in your life now can be both
liberating and challenging.
However, it will release
all that energy that has been tied up in your
stories — in that false reality that most likely you
don’t really want anyway.
In order to make most efficient, effective, and
enjoyable use of your PRANA (your life force
energy), and to take steps toward boosting your
performance to its optimum level, how about trying
the following…
First, simply begin to notice when the words
“should” or “should not” show up. Even notice when
you feel the obligatory emotional hook related to
those words.
Second, make a conscious choice whether to be
passively guided in the direction of those shoulds
(or should nots)
… OR instead …
… untangle yourself from the shoulds and ask yourself:
“What do I really want?”
and — perhaps most important —
Allow yourself to HEAR your inner most wisdom
AND
heed that wisdom!
Third, begin a daily practice of appreciating
in the moment
all that is now.
It’s like a gratitude practice for the present moment.
Appreciating all that you are
and all that you offer the world.
Appreciating all the opportunities and challenges
that come your way, for what each has to teach
you and how each helps you evolve.
Appreciating everyone who is on your team.
And, yes, appreciating even the material
comforts that you have now.
Try these ideas out,
by taking a trip outside of the land of shoulds,
and see what effects this has on your energy
levels and on your performance
at home, at work, and out in the world at large.
Ready to achieve more without burn out, ignoring
your family or becoming a slave to overworking?
Then book your Performance Breakthrough Session
with me today.
Not yet received my free, 1-minute audio wisdom course
in your email in box? It’s designed to melt stress, refocus
your energy, and refuel your spirit FAST! And you can listen to
it anywhere, even on the go. Sign-up on any page of my website
and receive a link to your first short audio inspiration. It’s
just like having me there by your side!
Looking for a speaker for your next event? If you
want to inspire your group to get better results
at work and at home (and get their Zen on too)
then I’m your gal. Email me directly to talk
details.
