Here is Tip #2 for you to begin implementing more self-care every single day. You can check out tip #1 here.
Laying Down the Mask and Other News
There are so many faces we can choose to show the world and often our online face is the most positive, brilliant, and empowering face of all. But I am realizing more and more that showing your true colors through all the ups and downs of life is what really allows us to connect, commune, and truly support one another. Just a few days ago I shared this on Facebook.
“Authenticity and vulnerability win out every.single.time. On days like today I remember that I don’t have to have it all together, slap on a smile, and pretend like I don’t have bad days, lazy days, or days when I’m not quite sure what the next step is. I don’t have to know it all, do it all, or learn it all right now to keep going. I don’t have to be the supreme, holier than thou coach to be of service to others. Nor do I have to get my hands all in the clay to end up with a masterpiece. On days like today, I can rest, relax, and give myself a day to just ‘BE’ and you can too. “
What I was going through in the moment was simply a day of ‘Meh’ and feeling a little guilty about it. The Dream Crushers were beginning to swarm and just as they were coming in for the kill, I realized I had a choice. I could simply be with the feelings, share them with my tribe, and try again tomorrow or I could try and power through, fighting the feelings I was having only to create more resistance and frustration. I chose the first of the two. More specifically, I took a nap and gave myself a break.
The truth is, I have these moments far more than I usually share with you and while I am not trying to ‘hide’ them, I prefer to share the inspirational posts and
high moments with you. (Don’t we all?) But, in doing that I am leaving out a HUGE piece of the story…my story, not to mention my expertise.
You see, I’m not just a life coach. I’m a mother and now a wife and with that comes a whole barrel of extra challenges, insights, and opportunities to share with you what I know, experience, and learn so you can learn from it too. It also gives me an opportunity to be real with you. To show you that life happens no matter what you do, but when you are doing what you love, you CAN support a family, have time together, and experience the FREEDOM that comes with creating the life of your dreams.
It is possible!
So, I want you to know that you aren’t alone and you certainly don’t have to travel this road without support. You can reach out to other business owners, mothers, wives, parents, friends, colleagues, and you can be REAL. You don’t have to wear the mask of ‘happy’ all the damn time because that is what people expect.
We are all human with good days and bad and I assure you that the only way it will hold you back, is if you fail to keep on keepin’ on. Show the ups and downs. Share them with your tribe. Let people get to know YOU…all of you. That is how we connect with one another in the truest, deepest way. That is how we learn from one another and truly support each other and know without a shadow of a doubt that we are all connected.
Together, we are entering new territory. Moving forward what I share with you will be more authentic, more balanced (with lessons, ups and downs, etc.) and my hope is that it will touch your heart in a way to inspire action for you to do that thing you have always wanted. Start the business, write your book, and share your expertise with the world.
Now is the time!
In that same vein of authenticity, I want to tell you about a change I am making. Last week I shared with you a vlog about my upcoming group coaching program. As I moved further into this week, I had some feelings come up about the program and have decided to postpone the start of the program by about a month. While I still wholeheartedly believe in the program and know that it is going to be magnificent, I wanted to take a bit of extra time to dig a little deeper and create even more goodness for you. I wanted to take some of the lessons I have learned in the last few weeks and infuse them into the program so they are ready to go for you. I also think the timing of it all was a bit off, so I am waiting.
And with that I am not judging myself for waiting. I am consciously making a choice to produce better content, better information, and a more rounded program for you because you deserve that. I want you to know without a shadow of a doubt starting today that this is the program for you. That you are not alone on your path and there are other women in the world (myself included) who have fears, doubt, confusion, and frustration about business and while others may only show you the power, joy, free-flowing happiness, I want to show it all.
My words for this year were Show Up and that is what I am doing, with ALL of me. The good days, the bad days, and everything in between. So, I hope you will continue to follow along in this authentic journey and as we get closer to the start of the Group Coaching for Business-Minded Women in July, I hope you will be ready to join us in an amazing and uplifting journey. A journey that includes ups, downs, and in betweens that we are all experiencing whether we choose to show it all or not.
I have also made some changes to the 1 month Jump Start coaching program. It is still a 1 month program, however instead of 2 coaching calls, I am now offering 4 coaching calls for the same $347 investment. This program is a great way to get a taste of what working with me is really like while still making progress toward your dream. This is not an accelerated program as much as it is a great first step for anyone who is interested in coaching but isn’t sure they want to commit to a 3-month program just yet. What is better than that is that by doubling the number of sessions you get in the 1 month program, you are getting 4 sessions for a really great deal. If you are interested in getting started, hop on over and sign up for your 30 minute consultation and grab your spot to begin in June. Since this program includes 4 weekly sessions, I am limiting how many I can take for June to 10 clients so if you are interested let me know asap.
With that said, I hope you have a magnificent long weekend and do something fun and as always thanks for reading!
<3 Lamisha
Dream Changer: Featuring Nancy Pigno of Creative Abundance
****Happy Hump Day Dreamers! Today we have a wonderful Dream Changer piece by the inspirational and very creative Nancy Pigno from Creative Abundance. This is one story that will make you dust off your own idea book and get busy. Enjoy!****
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” These words were spoken by Thomas Edison years ago, obviously, but they just reached my ears today. When I heard them I stopped dead in my tracks.
Yes.
These words spoke directly to me.
Not that I am a genius. That’s not it.
I get inspired though. You know the phenomenon. You get a great idea, right? And then, you let it go, for there is laundry to be folded and lunches to be made. Life demands a certain amount of effort or it threatens to fall into chaos. And it is easy to move your dreams and ideas aside to tend to your daily responsibilities. The idea is forgotten, until weeks, months, maybe years later, when you suddenly remember it. What a good idea that was! You wonder what would have happened had you followed it. More laundry. More lunches. Other great ideas come, too. You have lots.
Laundry. Lunches. Life.
We cannot act on all of our great ideas, of course. It isn’t realistic. So, we should not beat ourselves up for letting ideas go. I just read an article about someone who is trying to start a new business every single week for a year. I wonder about this experiment. It doesn’t seem a recipe for success unless he truly has vast resources and can delegate much of the work out. Seems like it would be hard to focus, hard to manage, hard to juggle it all.
We don’t have to act on everything. It’s okay to let ideas go or to store them in a special notebook labeled, “Great Ideas” or whatever strikes your fancy, so that we don’t lose them entirely. Collecting inspiration is good, but the genius is in the action: taking an idea out of that special notebook and bringing it to life.
I am doing a monthly theme over at my blog, the Creative Abundance Café. I have enlisted the help of other creatives and together we are dishing up helpings 
of Perseverance. Perseverance pep-talks are important because that ninety-nine percent of genius, the sweat-work part, is riddled with moments when giving up seems very attractive.
When I was invited to write this piece, my Dream Changer story, my immediate thought is that I would talk about my journey into becoming a creativity coach, setting up a business, or my book-writing aspirations. But that’s not the essence of it. Simply put, I am changing my life by the simple fact that I am daring to take ideas out of the “Great Idea” notebook and am taking action towards bringing them into being.
This is a big deal to me. It isn’t an easy road. It is full of moments of doubt and discouragement. It takes courage and it takes perseverance. This is the truth of it. It is universal. That is why so many people were eager to rally at the Café. We are cheering one another along because making your dream, changing your life, bringing something new into being, or following a great idea, is worth it.
It is worth every ounce of sweat, all ninety-nine percent.
Having a life of CREATIVE ABUNDANCE is about connecting with and believing in your CREATIVE SPIRIT, the part of you that dreams big and believes that you can do whatever you set your mind and heart to. Nancy J. Pigno brings her training as a Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, in Kaizen-Creative NLP and as a Modern-Day Muse Facilitator together with her Masters in Dance Education, Massage Therapy training and Certificate in Somatics Movement Therapy, to offer 1:1 coaching, workshops, and writings, designed especially for creative people with big dreams.
Website: http://www.creative-abundance.net/
Blogsite (The Café): http://www.creative-abundance.net/blog/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creativea
Email: nanodance@creative-abundance.net
Follow the Signs to Your Destiny
It’s a new day, a new week, and I am full of all kinds of ooey-gooey goodness for the week ahead. I have to admit last week ended with some information that boggled my mind, but after mulling it over for a few days and choosing to let it go, I am ready to rock this week!
I have had this post brewing for a few weeks and it is just now ready to be shared. With all the newness coming in the last few weeks, my content has taken a bit of a backseat to announcements and exciting free events. (Have you signed up for the Free Money Mindset Masterclass that is happening on Thursday yet? How about the Group Coaching Program starting in June? If not, hop on over and get signed up for both of these amazing opportunities.)
If you have been here for a while you know I am a huge fan of synchronistic events, messages, and signs from the Universe that let me know I am headed in the right direction. I LOVE getting little winks from the powers that be to tell me, “Hey girl, you got this…just keep going!”
One of the most recent occurrences happened a few weeks ago as I was driving my son to school. I was thinking about the group coaching opportunity I was creating and as I was thinking through the details, my vision, and the vibe I want to bring to the group, I began thinking about the specifics…which is always the point when any blockages or barriers come up. Before I could venture down the path of ‘Is this going to work?’ I came out of my thoughts and the first thing I saw was a sign that said “DON’T BLOCK the intersection”.
I immediately knew that was my sign from the Universe to stop my thoughts where they were and not to go any further with the terrible what if scenarios that were primed and ready for me.
Now, you must know that I pass by probably 10 signs just like this one on my daily commute, however I have NEVER taken them as a direct sign from the Universe. So what made this sign so different? How did I know that it was meant for me?
I have actually had clients ask me how they can recognize the signs from the Universe. To put it simply, you just trust your intuition. Sure, I could’ve written the incident off as a coincidence, thinking that I just happened to stumble upon the sign as I was thinking about some potentially negative stuff, but I know better than that. At least now I do. It has taken me a few years to really get into the flow of seeing the signs around me. It also helps to ask for signs when I feel uncertain or wonder what the next step is. Sometimes messages come in the form of tangible signs while other times it’s just a passing thought or a quote that touches me deeply. However they come, I almost always know for sure it was a message for me.
I have had other instances when I hear or see common themes in various conversations and after a few times I recognize it as a sign for me. Sometimes figuring out what they mean can be a bit challenging, but if you are really tuned into the moment and are open to receive the message, you will know without a shadow of a doubt what it means.
So today, as you begin your week I invite you to tune into your body, your intuition, and the spirit within that guides you. Is there something you need or have been wondering about that will lead you to the next step? If so, ask for a sign and then be open to how it may come. You may read a title of a book, hear a song, recognize a literal sign on the road and know that it was meant for you. Try it out! I can’t wait to hear how it goes. Feel free to share your experiences in the comments below. 🙂
Happy Friday: Inspiration, Community & Group Coaching Info
Happy Friday!!
I hope you all have had a fabulous week! I know I have been saying that I want to do more videos and have not been so great about it, but today I put one together to give you more awesome info about the Group Coaching for Business-Minded Women program. Check it out and get signed up if you haven’t already!
Also please note I have made a few changes to the program. Instead of limiting the group to 20 people, I am trusting that the Universe will bring together the perfect soul sisters with passion, vision, and purpose to learn, grow, and uplift together! We may have 5, 15, or 30 people in the program and whatever number will be perfect. I am also taking out the intake call because I want you to listen to your intuition and if the program calls to you, then you should by all means sign up. I have also made it very simple for you to sign up by utilizing the 1 or 3 payment options.
Don’t forget about the Money Mindset Masterclass on Thursday May 22nd at 8pm EST. It’s going to be full of awesome information and practices to turn your money beliefs upside down. Hope to see you there!
Have a wonderful weekend and as always, thanks for reading.
<3
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