Twitter amazes me. I’ve said it before: Prior to joining Twitter and tweeting, NO ONE could convince me that it was possible to forge a relationship 140 characters at a time, let alone make a difference in people’s lives. Further, I would never believe it could be such a vehicle for the Law of Attraction to play out. Nor could I imagine how it would let me make a difference in other people’s lives just by being who I am naturally. Yet, everyday, I receive tweets and direct messages thanking me for sharing something that made a huge difference in another person’s life.

Take Melody Campbell (@SmBizGuru) for instance.  She observed one of her followers tweeting me on #MaMo (Manifesting Monday, the virtual manifestation circle on Twitter) about a subject that appealed to her. She retweeted that message (sent it again so her followers could read it), asking to be included in the process.

I know from teaching|mentoring|coaching my clients that there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all quick fix. Every client must follow their own path to success. I know that many times people ask for something, but don’t really think they can actually have/create what they are asking for. The lack of belief is the real stumbling block, not what they are asking for! I also know that asking powerful questions can get a client to look a little deeper than they have before, which helps them develop a deeper awareness. Every drop of awareness helps as we grow in consciousness and personal power, which is then reflected in everything we manifest into our lives.

So, when Melody tweeted me, I started by asking her a few questions to help her decide how commited she was to experiencing positive change. Each time I asked a question gave her a chance to go a little deeper.  She replied, and we went back and forth a number of times. At one point, she seemed resistant so I teased her a bit about whether she really wanted to know the answer. She insisted she did, and after that really tried to answer the questions honestly.

When I could see she was serious about wanting the answer, I intuited that one of the videos I tweet about often would be of great value to her and sent her the link. Turns out, the information I was providing was completely new to Melody even though I had been tweeting about it for the past 6 months! This was not only all new to her, but with the new awareness from answering my questions, she was now really *ready to hear* the message.

Unbeknownst to me, prior to our intweraction (OK, I just made up that word to describe interaction on Twitter), Melody had been praying for some answers to her deeper questions. So, on that day, she was finally *ready* to hear the answer to her prayers, and that’s when she saw my tweets with one of her followers. I see this as the Universe delivering Melody’s request in the most expedient way. She asked, and when she was ready to recieve the answer came to her…while she happened to be on Twitter!

The next day, Melody sent me these two Direct Messages: (read bottom one first)

…and sent me this testimonial:

Thank you for connecting with me on Twitter!

Our encounter was brief, but right on target. Nancy and I connected on Twitter with a few succinct 140 character exchanges. Her comments went right to my heart issue like a magnet to steel. She shared a tiny nugget of truth that has played a very large part in a major breakthrough within 24 hours of our exchange. Nancy is not only knowledgeable but she’s “in-tune”. She was a channel for the answer that I had been praying for. I am blessed to have shared this important exchange with her.

Melody Campbell, Conrad, Montana   www.TheSmallBusinessGuru.com

So, by being who I am naturally whilst Twittering, yet another person was able to experience an amazing breakthrough. That’s pretty amazing to me and further proof that not only is the Law of Attwaction *alive and active* on Twitter, but we live in an *amazing Universe* that is constantly seeking ways to deliver what we have to offer…and what we need to receive. Are you ready to hear the message?

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UPDATE: I posted this in the early hours of 6/19, and later that morning logged back onto Twitter just 5 minutes before Melody’s live weekly Get More Business BTR show. Her guest was unable to join the call, and she was asking for folks to call in. I did, so here is the recording of the impromptu show we did entitled, “Law of Attwaction”. Please submit your comments or questions below or at TheSmallBusinessGuru.com.

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Embracing Whole Life Wellness with Guest CindyKirchhoff

Cindy Kirchhoff is a holistic wellness coach who works with people who are sick and tired of being sick and tired. She supports and motivates them as they transform their health by learning how to re-tune and re-balance eight key areas of life. In our call, you will learn what those 8 key areas are, and Cindy will share her tips provides tips on navigating your way to whole life wellness.

Listen in to hear how you can take control of your own health and move forward in an empowered way!

To listen to the call online or download the MP3 file, visit:

AffirmingSpirit.com

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To learn more about today’s guest and Wellness Coach, Cindy Kirchhoff, please visit her site: LivingInRhyme.com

To comment on this call or submit your questions, please visit the Co=Creation Cafe Blog.

Enjoy!!

WOW! I just found out that I was nominated as the June 2009 Diva of the Month by FoundationCoaching.com. I feel very honored to be included with such a great group of inspiring, motivating, and powerful women.

Previous Divas include Corrie Woods, Laura Rubinstein, Jill Bertelli,  Jeannette Maw, and Sheryl Brown. You can see why I feel so honored to be included in this list! Thank you, Lori, for considering and nominating me for this honor.

What’s a Diva?
Diva is the Italian term is used to describe a woman of rare, outstanding talent. The basic sense of the term is “Goddess” or “fine lady” and it derives from the Latin ‘divus’ meaning ‘divine’. 

Foundation Coaching’s Main Site focus is on Divas from the “helping” professions such as coaches, therapists, counselors, etc. The Divas are nominated by Twitter’s @ThePassionDiva, aka Author, Mentor and Publisher, Lori Lynn Smith.

Please read more and comment about the June Diva of the Month nomination at the site’s feature page.

As I teach, mentor and coach my clients, I’ve discovered that many folks need extra help dealing with their negative thinking patterns. Even people who consider themselves optimists sometimes find themselves sucked into negative thinking patterns. For instance, some of the most positive people I know have rather negative thought patterns about money. Those patterns tell them that good people can’t earn a decent living, that financial struggle is a necessary part of life, that only cheats and crooks get away with making money. If I was money, I wouldn’t want to have anything to do with a person who thought that way about me!

What I’ve also discovered is that all un-challenged thoughts eventually take root in our bodies as feelings. Eventually, we don’t bother thinking the whole thought—we just have the feeling in our body and know what it means. Every thought we allow to enter our mind and set up shop is contributing to our experiences. When it comes to negative/challenging thoughts, this is a BIG problem. Long-term negative thinking patterns cause the body to habitually release related chemicals/hormones that can begin causing physical challenges that morph into full-blown dis-ease.

Therefore, it’s really important to check in with yourself and notice how you feel throughout each day. When you begin feeling tired or negatively, notice what you have been thinking about prior to the onset. Determine what thoughts took you from feeling good to not feeling good. Then, begin to ask yourself whether these thoughts are really true.

Byron Katie (known as Katie), author of Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life, has developed a process she refers to as “The Work”. The work is known as an “inquiry” process: Once you identify a thought that upsets you (anger, fear, sadness, worry, etc.), you open yourself to honestly answer these questions:

1. Is *this thought* true? (If no, this realization usually stops the thought. Either way, continue on…)

2. Can I absolutely be sure *this thought* is true?  (Either yes or no, continue on…)

3. How do I react when I think *this thought*? How does it affect me? (consider what this thought is doing to you and your life)

4. Who would I be without *this thought*? (how would life feel if I let go of this thought and chose a different one that felt better)

Then, do a turnaround: What is the opposite of *this thought*? The truth is usually that we were inflicting the pain on ourselves, not the other way around.

It is amazing how quickly this process helps us identify and become clear in our thinking. Once you do it, you’ll realize how powerful these four questions can be in helping you to quickly release thoughts that are no longer serving you! To learn more, and watch any of the 12 videos of Katie walking people through The Work on her site: TheWork.com.

Today, I was thinking about a client of mine. I know she believes in a higher power, but I realized it would be good to know how she *defines* that higher power in her life. That way, I could honor however she *sees* that higher power in our discussions. Does she call it God or Divine Source or All that Is or does she see it in a non-religious/spiritual way preferring the terms the Field or Quantum Matrix?

Then, it hit me: Beyond the words she uses to refer to this higher power, what is her *belief* around that higher power?

Ultimately, how we see our connection to God or Divine Source or the Quantum Matrix is an indicator of how our life experiences will play out. If we feel we are at the mercy of the higher power in our life, we often feel helpless, fearful, and that we have no control over our daily experiences. We’ll feel that someone else always had full control and we must tolerate whatever comes to pass. Folks who feel this way have thoughts and prayers that resemble begging (please, please, puleeeeeeeeez!!!), tend to be fearful that they won’t be heard (by others and by their higher power), and rarely expect their needs to be met by anyone—let alone their higher power.

However, if we see ourselves as *part* of the higher power, a Divine spark actively co-creating with itself—we feel that nothing is impossible because of that constant Divine presence, and begin to take 100% responsibility for our role in the co-creation of each daily experience. Knowing a spark of the Divine lives within us and goes wherever we go, fills us with a sense of peace, safety, and the freedom to be who we are knowing that our needs will always be met. Those who embrace their responsibility and role in creation, trusting the deep connection to Divine have thoughts and prayers (affirmations) that resemble declarations of intent (I am, I trust, I know…), and are constantly trusting that whatever is happening is for the benefit of all concerned. What others might label a frustration, they recognize as the Divine at work in their life. As they trust, they receive—again and again.

The words you use and the name for this higher power is much less important than the relationship or connection you feel with your higher power.

What is your belief about your higher power? How does that affect the way you experience your life? Is there anything about you belief that you would now like to shift?

Coaches are trained that the client knows everything. Seriously. We’re taught that only *you* have the answers to solve your own problems. So, if you already have your own answers, how is a coach of any value?

The value is in the mirror: One of life’s major ironies is that hardly anyone alive can *see* what’s truly blocking them. OK, *maybe* the Dali Lama and *possibly* the Pope. The rest of us need others to help us see what is standing in our way. Gregg Braden described it this way: When riding on a bus to see the great reflecting Buddha, he was able to see the reflection of the Buddha in the still lake before he was able to actually see the statue itself. Life is like that if you are paying very close attention: You’ll see your blocks reflected by those around you.

Most people don’t want to know that other’s problems have anything to do with their own—they feel as if they have enough of their own problems. They miss the point that the problems they have ARE the ones reflected in those around them.

Is there a faster, more expedient way to see those blocks, process their release, and get support moving forward with new energy? Yes. It’s called Life or Business Coaching—which differs from Counseling in that it’s future-focused, only delving into the past so that blocks can be revealed, then it resumes being future-focused. Working with a life or business coach will help you gain clarity, define your focus, release blocks to receiving, and stay on course. Coaches are partners in your success who help you see your own thinking in a way that shows you what is working and what is not working.

Coaching is so important to personal and professional growth that fellow coach and so0n-t0-be Counselor Melissa Quiter and I devoted one entire Co=Creation Cafe call to the discussion: What is coaching? How can it help you? How do you find the best coach for your needs?

You can listen to this Co=Creation Cafe call online or download the MP3 file.

For me, personally, there have been major AHAs and breakthroughs in coaching that I simply wouldn’t have experienced had I been slugging it out on my own. These blocks were in my blind-spot, so I may never have found them if it hadn’t been for working with my coach.

Have you benefitted from Coaching? Please take a moment to share how coaching was beneficial for you.

I just saw this award-winning documentary, “Man On Wire“, and it was SO powerful on SO MANY different levels—it touched me as a fellow artist, as a passionate manifestor using the Law of Attraction, as someone who respects those who follow their dreams, as someone who prefers walking on the *ground*, as a human being, and as a person who remembers when this event took place in 1974!

If you haven’t heard of this movie, first watch the trailer:

This movie delves into the passion of Phillippe Petit, a frenchman who walked the tightrope in circuses and performed in the streets…and oh, yeah, he was the first to walk between the two towers of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, AND the Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia, AND the World Trade Center in NYC!!! The documentary centers primarily on the last event, but shows how he prepared for it (even before they broke ground for the WTC), as well as the many people involved. The man himself, along with his accomplices, talk about the experience. The resulting documentary is *amazing*, jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring, uplifting…unbelievable!

I remember the news stories about this event in 1974, because I was living at home in Upstate NY at the time. The TV and newspapers portrayed him as a crazy publicity-hound, but this documentary showed me that was simply *not true*! This man was, and still IS, incredibly passionate about the *performance art* of tightrope walking. This walk was an ultimate dream-fulfilled, and I now wish I had witnessed that power in person!

This documentary is *AMAZING*, uplifting, heart-warming and shows you that with true passion, *anything is possible*! I just cannot say enough—it is a *must-see*! It is also searingly poignant: What an amazing *gift* this man has left the city, and the world, now that those towers no longer exist!

During his off-hours from working in the circus, he performed in the streets to make money for his dream of one day walking between the twin towers. When he ran out of money, he bartered his entertainment services for needed equipment. Watching him dedicate himself to his craft, the intense concentration, and the ease with which he walks, dances, kneels, salutes, and lays down on the wire is nothing short of breath-taking. I kept feeling I was watching pure *Christ-Consciousness* (aka highly evolved being) showing the rest of us how to step into the impossible and make it *POSSIBLE*!

When I see how incredibly uplifting it is to watch a fellow human, so filled with passion and the purpose to fulfill his dream, it makes me wonder: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if cities around the world allowed such professionals to *uplift* their population rather than make such activities illegal? He didn’t approach the builders/owners, or the city for approval because he expected them to say “No”, citing safety and liability concerns. How different would it have been had he been allowed to do this, rather than having to plan it in for 6 years in secrecy and then commit a crime to accomplish his dream? Some bureaucracy truly is pointless.

If you haven’t seen this thrilling documentary and are a member of Netflix, you can watch this one online. If not, see if it’s playing in your area or at your local video store. I can tell you, this is a DVD I plan to purchase purely for it’s vibrationally uplifting power!!

Then, ask yourself: What *impossible* experience will I now make *POSSIBLE*?

It’s no secret that I resisted joining Twitter for a long time. While I’ve shared this fact a number of times, I probably haven’t shared how it has proven to be an amazing connection tool for me. If you told me that I would be forging great friendships 140 characters at a time on Twitter, I would have been slowly backing away and scanning for an exit. Frankly, I probably wouldn’t have been alone in that assessment. The web is filled with time-wasting options.

Yet, forge great friendships and connections is what has happened in the last four months…in the midst of typing 4,900 updates and gaining 1,840-ish followers…I’ve met some really great like-minded people!

Some of the great folks on Twitter have asked me to write guest articles or guest posts for them. I’d like to share a few with you now, and recommend you check out their sites and, if you aren’t already doing so, follow them on Twitter:

CHIP ENGELMANN   •   chipeft.com   •   Twitter ID: @ChipEFT

Chip is an EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Practitioner and I tweet a lot about deliberately applying the Law of Attraction.  Having learned about EFT six years ago, I not only appreciate it, I use the technique often. So, when he asked me to write an article about combining EFT with the Law of Attraction, I was happy to do so. You can read the subsequent guest article here:

http://www.chipeft.com/Articles/IntegratingEFT&LOA.html

IVAN CAMPUZANO   •   ivancampuzano.com   •   Twitter ID: @IvanCampuzano

Ivan is Personal Development blogger and author. We connected on Twitter re-tweeting (Twitter term for forwarding someone’s posts on to your own followers) each other’s messages about the creative power of human consciousness. Despite his youth, Ivan has an incredible grasp of personal development knowledge. Ivan asked if I’d consider being a guest blogger, and while honored I was stumped about what I could share that would be of value to his readers (of which he has *many*). Finally, I realized I could share the Top 7 Myth’s about Affirmations. The article is so long, though, that we decided to break it into a 7 part series that would publish one myth per day for a full week. He posted the first of the series on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 here: 

http://ivancampuzano.com/top-7-myths-about-affirmations-myth-1/

(keep returning to ivancampuzano.com to read all 7 posts and submit your comments/questions)

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Twitter is a phenomenal tool for connecting with like-minded folks, and an excellent way to network. I encourage you to check out each of these folks websites, read my guest articles, and if you like…follow them on Twitter.  You can also follow me (if you don’t already): @AffirmingSpirit. Don’t have a Twitter ID yet? Well…no better time to begin cementing great friendships 140 characters at a time!

A week ago, I found myself quietly picking lint balls off of freshly clean linen. After a while, I realized I was surprisingly happy doing this rather mundane task. A thought came to mind that one can be happy no matter what they are doing (must be what all those Buddhists have been telling us for centuries), as long as we have chosen a supportive mindset. With that thought in mind, I sent this tweet:

Fast forward to this evening. I just finished watching the BBC’s 1985 adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play “The Millionairess” starring Maggie Smith. At first blush, the plot was convoluted and bizaare. I kept checking and rechecking the Netflix movie synopsis to make sure I had the right movie because they didn’t seem to match. Eventually, the plot manages gets to the point, but at the end of the movie I found myself *enlightened*. Quite unexpectedly so, I might also add!

The play’s main character, Epifania, is a truly obnoxious millionairess with little-to-no social skills living in 1930s London. From a long line of banking magnates, Epifania the millionairess is stingy with her own money…but deep into the play, and almost at the point where I lost all interest, she decides to divorce her current husband to marry a Muslim doctor. Before they can do so, and in order to fulfill parental wishes, she must live as a pauper for 6 months, during which the husband-to-be must take $150£ and turn it into $50,000£. They are meet to again in 6 months to prove they have fulfilled the bargain.

Whether you intend to see this play or not, I don’t want to reveal the full plot except to say that it is quite revealing. Even when left to fend for herself with very little cash, she immediately discovers ways to make more money for her employers or even take over their businesses entirely. She makes bold decisions that turn out to be very savvy, proving that while she doesn’t have to work, she has learned a tremendous amount from her family’s banking business. Let’s just say, she doesn’t spend very much time being a pauper.

It reminded me of the real estate investment guy who claimed you can drop him anywhere in the U.S. with $100USD and he’d find a way to turn it into a fortune. Some people are like that: They see income opportunities where the rest of the world is counting up all the debt. Come to think of it, we need some of those people in the world right now!

What does this have to do with my tweet?

How you view your life is truly a metaphor for how you experience it.

If you believe life is hard, that’s how you will experience your life. If you believe your health is bad, that’s how you will experience your health. If you believe that you will always have to struggle to have money, that’s how you will experience money.

Choose to experience your life as easy, feel it in your heart, then it will morph into that experience! Choose to see and feel yourself healthy, and your cells will respond! Choose everyday to count your blessings, feel yourself as wealthy, and your bank account will mirror that shift!

In all the examples above, nothing has changed except your heart-centured *attitude*. Embrace an attitude that your life is blessed, and you will soon see evidence showing up all around you. Gregg Braden has explained this in terms of Quantum Possibilities. Western Science is now catching up with this knowledge, which indigenous and tribal cultures have known for centuries. Watch this video excerpt with Gregg Braden to understand how your heart-centered attitude creates your experiences:

If the above video interests you, you might also be interested in these clips of Gregg Braden from the same movie:
The Union of Thought and Emotion and The Language of Compassion.

with Special Guest, Nancy Sutherland, the “Direct Sales Marketing and Mentoring Queen”.

Nancy Sutherland, who I met on Twitter (@nancymk) has more than 20 years experience inspiring and mentoring women to become leaders in their own life.

Now, she shares some of her time-honored secrets with our listeners. Nancy believes the essentials to leadership success include awareness, courageous decisions, and legacy.

To listen online to the call or download the MP3 file, visit

http://www.affirmingspirit.com/Co=CreationCafe/ccc_archive.htm

After the call, check out the call resources, submit comments and questions at the Co=Creation Cafe blog: http://cocreationcafe.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/be-a-leader/

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