It is time to do a joy audit. A joy audit is very simple: all it takes is answering one question:

What brings you joy?

You know what it is.

And, whatever it is, you NEED TO be doing it – often.

The “audit” part is to look at your life and determine how much time you are spending doing what brings you joy… that will reveal how much of an ACTUAL priority you are making it in your life.

Reason One To Do What Brings You Joy Now:
Don’t put it off until “some day” or “when I’m retired” or “when I make my millions.” Some day, retirement, and millions may never come.

The only thing that is certain is NOW.

Reason Two To Do What Brings You Joy Now:

You are certain NOW that your joy thing brings you joy now. It may not bring you joy some day, when you are retired, or after you’ve made your millions.

You may very well find that different things bring you joy then.

Reason Three To Do What Brings You Joy Now:

The most important reason is this: joy is a signal that you are on the right track, that you are in The Flow and doing what you came here to do.

Why waste time doing much of anything else?

Joy is where it is at.

Summary:

• Ask yourself (really, remind yourself) what brings you joy.
• Look at your life and see how much of that you are doing.
• Incorporate as much of it as you can into your life NOW because:

1) There is only now.
2) You may find that other things bring you joy at a later time.
3) Joy = being in The Flow and doing what you came here to do.

Flower tip: all flowers broadcast joy, and cherry blossoms are particularly joyful; so, add cherry blossoms to your life – in art or in actuality. (I am lucky to have a cascade of cherry blossoms blooming right now outside my bedroom window on my weeping cherry tree.)
Law of Attraction tip: Do what you love. Do what brings you joy. That simple. When you do, you are at your most Universally Attractive, and the powers of the Universe are YOURS!

In my next blog, I’ll tell you the results of my own most recent joy audit.

Love and Success,

Katherine.

Katherine C. H. E.

Author, Be True Rich

Be True Rich: Live a life you absolutely LOVE. (Order a signed, first edition copy of Be True Rich here.)

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“So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents’ wives. Of course, you’re talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you’ve had pain in your heart.” ~ Tina Turner

This is the one I had over my desk.

I used to have a picture of Tina Turner (from an ad for Hanes pantyhose — one of the most inspired spokespeople EVER) pinned up on the wall of a cubicle I worked in. On the picture, I had scrawled: “If it does not kill you, it will make you stronger.”

I really hated that job, and that picture helped me through some tough moments for sure with just enough inspiration to keep me moving forward.  Doesn’t she look triumphant in that picture!

But, “if it does not kill you…” is only half the story.

The other half is what you do with your story.

Do you use it for “just enough inspiration” to move forward stronger but really no different?

OR, do you truly transmute that difficulty into something that propels you into a new level, a new orbit, a greater success?

I love that Tina Turner GETS the power and the beauty of her difficulties and how that makes her a better singer.  How do YOU look at the difficulties you have experienced in YOUR life???

Take a page from Tina’s playbook, and turn them into beautiful music! ♥ ♪ ♫ ♥

Love and Success,

Katherine.

Katherine C. H. E.

Author, Be True Rich

Be True Rich: Live a life you absolutely LOVE. (Order a signed, first edition copy of Be True Rich here.)

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After my last blog about doing what you love, I got a bunch of requests to hear my singing…  So, here are two videos I put together.

The first is based on the tune to Greensleeves with lyrics I wrote… seasonally appropriate for me as I can see snow from where I sit but daffodils are blooming, too!  I call it Spring!  Spring!

I just finalized this arrangement and recorded this version yesterday.  It is part of what I’m calling my “Living Room Sessions” CD of my own songs (with two traditional songs like this one that I put my own stamp on).

The second is a song I wrote and recorded a while back.  I posted this video about nine months ago.  I have since re-recorded the song in a slightly different version with adjusted lyrics.

So, that should give you a sense.

As I complete videos from my “Living Room Sessions,” I’ll post them for sure on my YouTube Channel:  http://www.youtube.com/user/KatherineCHE, and I’ll try to remember to post them in my blogs, too…

I’m reading a great book by one of my favorite people, Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap.  He and I share the belief that life can be fully fulfilling and joyful ALL THE TIME.  This book is his recipe for getting there.  I always learn from Gay; so, I’ll share some tidbits as I move forward.

His theory is that we have been trained to be vigilant and fearful, but that we have evolved beyond that being a daily necessity for most of us.  His tip for letting go of fear when it arises:  breathe.  You can turn destructive fear into productive excitement by simply breathing.

He is also all about doing what you love.  He calls that being in your Zone of Genius.

Pretty cool!

Law of Attraction Tip:  Find your Zone of Genius and live more and more in that Zone, delegating everything else — even things you are excellent at.  It boils back down to doing what you truly, deeply LOVE doing.  Perhaps it is a hidden dream.  Life is short don’t waste another moment living outside your Zone.  Life is easier in The Zone.

Flower Tip:  Flowers represent the Zone of Genius, they are the fullest creative expression of their plant.  They are joyful reminders of the beauty that comes in that zone.  Open yourself to this message from ALL flowers.

Love and Success,

Katherine.

Katherine C. H. E.

Author, Be True Rich

Be True Rich: Live a life you absolutely LOVE. (Order a signed, first edition copy of Be True Rich here.)

CEO and Founder
iaLOAp ® — international association of Law of Attraction professionals ®

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As a coach, I can be very annoying, and that’s OK.  I’m fine with it, and my successful clients are fine with it, too.

I do not intentionally annoy, but the process of change itself can be annoying.

People come to me seeking significant changes in their lives – shifts into better health or more money or deeper love, etc.  They come to me seeking to shift from one state of being to another.

It involves change.

As much as we crave change, it can be unsettling and challenging. 

At a minimum, it requires challenging your old way of thinking and being and doing.

It also requires being different and doing things differently.

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” ~ Albert Einstein 

Yep.  Einstein was a wise man.

To get different results, you have to try different approaches.

As a coach, it is my job to keep you on track toward the solutions you desire, to help you create a new mindset and new habits, including how you assess what is going to help you.

My clients all know and understand that everything I say and do in our work together comes from a place of love.

Even the gentlest, most loving statements can seem threatening when they suggest change.

“The Truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”  ~ Gloria Steinem

So, here’s a guide to how you can choose the right person to help you make the changes you desire in the form of a list of popular statements people use to make decisions about coaching – are they true or false:

1.   When the student is ready, the teacher appears.

Absolutely TRUE!  So, if you want a change and you feel drawn to a particular person to help, there is probably a reason for that.  (This is probably the single most important piece of the puzzle.  This is your intuition guiding you to where you can get the help you need.)

If you “know” who can help you, you are probably right.  That is guidance of a solution-oriented, positive, love-filled kind.  (See #2 for more on this and #7 for descriptions of what is not guidance.)

2.   I should choose my teacher based on my budget.

FALSE.  You should choose your teacher based on the results you want and if you think that person can help you get there.  THEN, you figure out how to pay for it.  I have clients all over the financial spectrum.  In many cases, I help my students create a plan as to how to pay for the program that is a good fit.  Do you choose a doctor based on price?  Probably not, you choose a doctor based on the results you want that doctor to get you.

In many cases, clients find that first step of claiming their own worthiness to receive the change and to spend on themselves is one of THE most important steps in the entire process.  It immediately causes a shift.

Ask yourself: “Is the transformation I am after worth it?”  And:  “Do I believe this is the person who can help me get that transformation?”

I am working with a woman who wanted a very specific set of uplevels in her business and was considering which business coach to hire.  She knew who would be the right coach but figured that coach was too “high-level” for her, that she should maybe work with one of that coach’s students first.  I asked her why she’d want to waste a year working with anyone other than “her” coach when she already knew who would be right.  She was afraid.  She did not feel ready or worthy… these responses were all a part of her old wiring.  I helped her see that she should go for her coach immediately, and she did.  She’s doing brilliantly and getting exactly what she knew she would get from her coach.  She could have gone way off track if she had worked with the “starter coach” instead.

 3.  I should choose a teacher or coach with whom I see eye-to-eye.

FALSE.  If you already see eye-to-eye, there’s not really anything you can learn from your teacher.  You want a teacher who sees things you can’t yet see, who can bring you new (and potentially initially uncomfortable) perspectives.

4.  I should choose a coach I like.

NOT NECESSARILY.  You need to share fundamental values, but you are not hiring a friend.  You are hiring a change agent.

Are your friends already getting you where you want to be?  If so, you probably would not be thinking about hiring someone to help you.

Values are important.  If you have a family and value your family, you want a teacher or coach who understands that and values family, too, or you could get some advice that could lead you away from your family.

Lovingness is important.  You never want someone who will put you down.  You want someone who can hold a vision of the best version of you and help you achieve that vision.

But, you do not want a person who will support you in staying in your comfort zone – not if you want change.

5.   I should pick a coach who has and/or gets the results I want.

YES!!  You would not pick the most brilliant physicist in the world to solve your love relationship problem because you want a different kind of brilliance.  You want to pick someone who knows how to help people make the kinds of shifts you want to make.

 6.  I should pick a coach who will work the way I want to work.

Refer back to the Einstein quote and #3.  If your coach has an approach that works, and you want the results that coach offers, then – if you truly want the results – you need to be ready to try your coach’s approach. 

If it doesn’t fit with how you have done things before, then you need to ask yourself Dr. Phil’s famous question:  “How’s that working for you?”  Are you already getting the results you want?

 7.  It should all flow easily.  If I am feeling resistance, I should pay attention to that “sign” and not work with that mentor.

FALSE.  Spirit never communicates through fear or resistance.  Your subconscious mind (the part of your mind that wants to keep you exactly, precisely where you are right now) is what offers you resistance. 

So, if you want to create change in your life, and you are considering working with a coach or mentor of some kind, and resistance comes up, ask yourself, “What is the truth?”  “Do I really want this change?”  “Where does this resistance come from?”  “Where has it appeared before?”  “How has this same feeling that is coming up right now, how has it served me in the past by keeping me ‘safely’ where I am (NOT where I want to be)?”

You can also use Katie Byron’s questions from “The Work” to help you regain your footing:

1.  Is it true?  2. Can I absolutely know that it’s true?  3. How do I react, and how do I feel when I believe that thought?  Does it feel good and serve me to think it?  4.  Who would I be without that thought – if I could NEVER think that thought again?

There are people much more immerse in the Katie questions and work than I, but basically what they do is challenge the Truth of your thoughts and reactions.

Truth always comes in the feelings of love and joy and thrilled excitement.  When you are being “guided” by feelings that are not those feelings, then you are not operating from a place of Truth and will not necessarily make the best choice for yourself.  (Check out this video for a tool to shift back into the “Power Zone” when you get off track.)

Picking a coach, mentor, or teacher is a very important; so, be sure you are aimed for your solutions and not making choices with energy tinged in fear or reaction.

Try a perspective shift, that you are an explorer on a journey of exploration, discovering your own untapped potential; think how exciting it is to discover new lands.  The explorers who consider the process of exploration to be exciting and fun are the ones who find the new lands.  The ones who listen to their fear stay safe at home and never discover the new lands within yourself.

If you feel drawn to working with me, you can send me an e-mail at info at ialoap.com, and we’ll take it from there.

Love and Success,

Katherine.

Katherine C. H. E.

Author, Be True Rich

Be True Rich: Live a life you absolutely LOVE. (Order a signed, first edition copy of Be True Rich here.)

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In honor of this inspiring man, I am posting some of my favorite quotes of his…

“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr

“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”   ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“If  any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. Every now and then I wonder what I want them to say…I’d like somebody to mention that day, that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others. I’d like for somebody to say that day, that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody. I want you to say that day, that I tried to be right on the war question. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to clothe those who were naked. I want you to say, on that day, that I did try, in my life, to visit those who were in prison. I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity.”  ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid….You refuse to do it because you want to live longer…..You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab you, or shoot at you or bomb your house; so you refuse to take the stand. Well, you may go on and live until you are 90, but you’re just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90. And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.”   ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Here’s a link to the FULL “I Have a Dream” speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

Here’s a link to his “I’ve Been To the Mountaintop” speech, the last speech of his life, given the day before his death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixfwGLxRJU8

And, here’s a TED talk about the structure of inspiration which uses the “I Have a Dream” speech as an example, illuminating the brilliance of King’s oratory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nYFpuc2Umk

“Martin Luther King wanted a loving change in his country.  He wanted acceptance and equality.  He embodied and lived that lovingness, acceptance, and equality.” ~ Katherine C. H. E. in Be True Rich

Please share your favorite Martin Luther King, Jr., quotes in the comments section.  Thank you.

Love and Peace,

Katherine.

Katherine C. H. E.

Author, Be True Rich

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A while back I caught myself at a very low emotional point, and I somehow had the wherewithal in that moment to realize it was an incredible teaching opportunity; so, I grabbed my camera and videotaped myself.

This footage is raw. I did not pause for makeup or hair or wardrobe. I did not dress it up later. I did not edit.

It is real. I was feeling DOWN.

I had never taped myself when I was down before, but I know how to feel better; so, I thought I’d give it a shot on the chance something good could come out of it, and something did.

I am the kind of person who rarely leaves the house without full makeup and a carefully considered outfit; so, it is a huge stretch for me to share this video with you – and the world by posting it on YouTube, but I believe in the value of it; so, I am going for it.

I had no idea how much better I would end up feeling when I started. I might not have shifted much at all.

Turns out, I went from the very bottom of my list of emotions all the way to the top.

Check it out:

This is seriously one of the most powerful Law of Attraction tools around.

A list of emotions may just seem like nothing — just a list of words.

BUT, when you know how to use it, your life changes forever for the better because you know that you don’t EVER have to get stuck feeling bad EVER again!

AND, from a Law of Attraction perspective, the better you feel, the more you attract the things and the experiences you want into your life.

To use this tool, you need your own copy of the list of emotions I reference.

You can get a handy bookmark with this list and other goodies right here:

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Love and Success,

Katherine

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Author, Be True Rich

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