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My notes from OPRAH’S LAST SHOW yesterday.

25 years of Oprah changing lives, hers and millions of others worldwide. Did you see it?
 
My TV doesn’t work so I went over to my apt. mgt office and watched in the conference room all alone! Worked out great!
 
If you didn’t see it, here are some highlights of the notes I took while watching Oprah’s last show:
- “You’re real ‘job’ in life is to find out what your joy is in this life and to live it.”
- “Live from the heart of yourself.”
- “What sparks the light in you so that you can illuminate the world for others?”
- “Use your life to serve the world.”
-  “What’s your ‘platform’? That place from you speak, work, offer your special service to the world? It’s wherever you are. That’s where your power is.”
- “Please be responsible for the energy you bring into a space.”
- “You are responsible for yourself, for your life.”
- “The common issue we all have that keeps us lost is the root of ‘unworthiness.’”
- “You were born ‘enough”; you alone are enough.”
- “We all want validation: to be seen, to be heard, and to know that what you say matters to someone else.”
- “Your life is speaking to you, what is it saying? What are the whispers saying to you? Be still and learn and listen.”
-  “Be grateful for everything.”

Thank you for you Oprah!

See you on OWN!

Photo from: http://www.oprah.com/oprah_show.html

 Here is a really great idea if you’re tired of a room in your house, or lots of rooms!, or have some tired areas in your home with which you find yourself frustrated.

When you use this method of itemizing you’ll give your brain a rest and release a lot of stress too.

You’ll need a notepad, pen and tape measure. Walk from room-to-room jotting down

- things that bug you (your spouse may be on this list!! )

- things you want to change

- items you’re ready to get rid of (but are still sitting there though you’ve been complaining about it or thinking about it forever)

- things that are broken or need repair

- etc.

Make this list for each room. The tape measure is for items that may be missing, like a bookcase, or to be replaced and you’ll need measurements.

Don’t get distracted and sidetracked – don’t do any of the jobs now, just walk and make the list.

BECOME YOUR OWN PROJECT MANAGER

Each of these rooms and/or items on the list now becomes a “project.”

Projects are now ready for a plan: decisions, time tables and action.

Decide which room or project needs attention the most and get to it! 

I love movies, and had not heard of this one when it came out. Well, “Two Thumbs Up” is for sure!

If you think you know what you want in a mate, this movie will remind you to think again, in the best of ways!

I loved it!

Buy it, rent it, see it soon! It’s got everything, and it’s great.

Did you know that you can simply use the tapping of your finger tips to change your life for the better?

We all have places in life where we wobble, where we feel stuck and blocked from living our best lives. One of the easiest methods to help release those blocks is EFT.

What is EFT?
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is a 21st Century Energy Psychology, providing an easy-to-use bridge between two well known healing concepts:
(1)  Meridian based therapies such as acupuncture & acupressure
wherein the stimulation of certain points on the body provide healing benefits, tapping into and releasing stuck emotions, beliefs and traumas, and
(2)  Mind-Body therapies
wherein achieving proper mental and emotional states point to enhanced health.

How does EFT work?
It is administered through gentle tapping or rubbing of acupressure points and polarity statements.

EFT:
- Releases resistance in your energy systems.
- Releases vibrational blocks in your thoughts, mind and body.
- Dilutes and deletes the reasons for sabotaging yourself.
- It releases caps on your emotional and belief thermostat, comfort zones that lead to stuckness and self-sabotage
- Collapses the “yes buts” and conflicts, blocks and limitations in your way.
- Changes energy which changes vibrations (emotions) which change the Laws Of the Universe connection to the new vibrations and realities.

In EFT work: I want to / YOU want to, get aligned with your 100% YES to your best choice and outcome.

FREE EFT SESSION

Jonathan is a colleague of mine who wanted to learn EFT and volunteered to let me record our session. His issue was ”not feeling good enough,” widely problematic area of our very human lives and minds.  

I’ve made this recording available free to you so that you too can learn how to use EFT for yourself on a daily basis, or to contact me to schedule a one-on-one session to help you dig down and tap out old stuff that’s keeping you in the dark. Schedule your session today – kim@drdeclutter.com

Listen to this session here, or download as it’s an mp3. http://www.drdeclutter.com/organizer/eftcoaching 

I look forward to helping you tap your issues away!

Join the EFT WORLD TAPPING SUMMIT – LEARN FROM THE MASTERS!  http://www.thetappingsolution.com/cmd.php?af=1309749 

You don’t need a New Year to remind you to set and take action on goals. If you’ve already gotten back into old ruts, jump back on that horse and refresh your choices once again! Keep all movement going toward the BIG PRIZE! Whatever that means to you.

“What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple.
Whether you are willing to do it is another matter.”
~ Peter F. Drucker,
“Father Of Modern Management”

Here are the simplest 6 Steps to Get from Here to Your Ideal There for everyday projects and completions.   

1. Write a short list

When we have too many TO DOs on our plate, our brain gets overwhelmed and we do what I can “trance.” We stand and stare at it but don’t do anything to get the action going and jobs completed. Has that happened to you?  

So, write a short list of doable projects for the day.

  2. Time block your short list

If you feel overwhelmed and then look at your TO DO list and hear yourself thinking, “This will take all day! This will take forever!” you’ll never get started. You probably start feeling tired and then distract yourself by doing something else meaningless, or eat.   

Realistically time block each item on your list. Some may literally only take 5-10 minutes to do. Others may take a few hours. When your mind knows the time structure the project can be completed within, it relaxes into “doable” mode. There’s now a start and a finish to your task, making it much less stressful.

 3. Break down the big jobs

If a project is going to be 2-3 or more hours to finish, break it down into parts and each part into a smaller time block. Again, this will keep your mind from feeling overwhelmed. It’s easy to do small chunks at a time and then feel accomplished and good about yourself when they’re done too! 

4. Start!

Don’t let yourself distract yourself further by playing around with this list and time blocks! Get going on the first one and see great results quickly. 

5. Prep Tools

Some projects may need tools to get them done, for example plyers, screw drivers, nails, hammers, trash bags, trash cans, sorting boxes, bins for storage, etc. Plan this time in too and get your tools ready so that you can jump in and “stay in the room” to get the work done — not leaving to get the tools and then not coming back! 

6. KUDOS!

It feels great to check mark and cross off projects when they’re finished. Give yourself a pat on the back for each project you complete. Don’t let it go by without feeling good about yourself, especially if you live and work alone, like many people do. You need to feel good about your accomplishments, no matter how seemingly small, so that you can remember that feeling for motivation to do the next, next and next projects! 

“Winners take time to relish their work,
knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes
the view from the top so exhilarating.”
~ Denis Waitley, Corporate Trainer   

Even if your daily mountains are molehills, be a winner in your own life! 

Tomorrow we can celebrate another New Year… the Chinese New Year. February 3rd is the beginning of the lunar year. It will be the Year of the Rabbit!

The Chinese mark the occasion with parades and parties and a long list of traditions intended to bring fortune in the months ahead.

To bring your own luck into the Year of the Rabbit and months ahead, here are a few customs to observe:

 1. Sweep for success.  Clean your house from top to bottom to expel the dust and disappointments of the past year and usher in a bright future. (I think we should do this every month!)

2. Decorate with plants or flowers. These are symbolic of rebirth.

3. Dress for the occasion. Buy new clothes to wear on New Year’s Day; they represent new beginnings. Even better, get something red – it’s considered a lucky color.

4. Add luck to your menu. Have dinner tonight, on Chinese New Year’s Eve with your family, consuming fortune-boosting foods like nian gao (sweet sticky rice cakes), dumplings, and a whole fish, symbolic of progress, togetherness, and abundance. For these recipes and other traditions, visit Parade.com!  

But remember, all work  in #1 and #2 must be done by midnight tonight to usher in the New Year! So, hop to it!!

 “One can’t believe impossible things.”

“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen.
“When I was your age I always did it for half-an-hour a day.
Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
~ Lewis Carroll,  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

This time of the year, the beginning of a New Year, is always one that is laced with thoughts of big changes and shifting gears in our lives. Usually it’s about weight loss and exercise! But, in order to live a different life in a year from now, we need to think thoughts of change throughout the year too and then, actually do something about it!

One sure way to get out of hum-drum thinking and living is to think and believe impossible things. If people before us didn’t think impossible thoughts, we absolutely wouldn’t have all of the inventions and technology we have today.

If you have the idea, you can act on and towards its reality.

Please understand however, that if you have the idea, others have it too.

If you have the idea and don’t act on it, don’t be surprised or angry if and when you see it “on the market” and “out there.” “Hey, I thought of that!” Yes, but you, and thousands of others, didn’t “act on it!”

Don’t let the “lack of” anything keep you from acting on impossible ideas, especially when they keep bugging you to pay attention to them!

If we want positive change in our world, it will come from what today seems “impossible.”

If you need help fleshing out your idea and guidance, project management and accountability to get it into form and “out there”, I can help you with that. Visit my site for project development and let’s make you the first one with that great idea out there.

We all have dreams and goals and wishes. And, many of them, no matter how small or grandiose can come true. Making them your new reality has everything to do with following a formula that will get you from here to there. Here’s the formula in 3 easy steps:

     1. Decide: What do you really want?

     2. Plan of Action: Create a path of doable steps to get there.

     3. Start: Do the steps!

Easy, huh!? Then, why do so many people live day-by-day without doing these 3 Simple Steps?

#1: Because part of our very human condition is that we get distracted by so many things our amazing world has to offer. Too many choices. Our dreams get way-laid.

#2: We each have a very personal history of conditioning, a blueprint imprinted on our minds as children. We received these beliefs, fears and habits from our families and culture, society, church and school, etc. that over the years have built a wall of beliefs telling us one thing when we want something else.

#3: We don’t always know how to create our plans and to think bigger than we’ve ever thought before to get what we want. It’s like we have a mental/emotional thermostat that is preset and stops us when it hits is ceiling temperature, backing us up, safe and sound.

#4: We lack the focus to stay with our action plan and keep the persistance going when needed.

If you wanted to buff up your body, you’d hire a physical trainer and, though you’d complain and balk at times, you’d do that extra sit-up or crunch and “s-t-r-e-t-c-h” yourself into your new body that you want and have dreamed of. It takes consistant, persistent movement, risk, challenge and change. And, you can do it!

The question is not, “What if I die tomorrow?”
It is, “What if I live another 20 or 30 years the way I am?”

I’M EXCITED TO BE YOUR PERSONAL LIFE COACH AND TRAINER — STARTING TODAY

I want you to realize your dreams. As your Lifestyle Coach, I want to help you realize your ideas, decisions, dreams and desires. I want to work with you and your goals to see them through to completion.

• Stop settling for what used to work, but doesn’t now.
• Stop settling for less than you know you can be, do and have.
• Stop stopping yourself from the life you know you deserve and that will bring you great joy and use of your unique talents and abilities.

No one else is like you — ever has been and ever will be again. You have dreams and goals that are yearning to become real. I’m so excited to help you get there! Let’s get started. Click here and see the many ways I can work with you, and gather a team of resources to help you where needed.

The same holds true for any other goal you want to attain or dream you want to manifest, whether it’s a new job, write a book, become a speaker, sing on stage, get married, get single, change you hairdo! Big or small dreams are all the same… they are ours and they want to be experienced.

What do you need to realize your dreams?

• A brainstorming session?
• Ideas and resources to help you forward?
• The necessary action plan and steps to get there from here?
• A Task-Master to keep you moving on your plan?
• Help through the challenging times where big and small s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-s are required?

I’m ready to help you today and very excited to support you in realizing your unique dreams, the one’s yearning and aching in your bones for far too long.

Question: What stops you from being, doing or having what you want?

     – Money?
     – Health?
     – Others?
     – Education?

Answer: None of these.

The Number One only thing that keeps us from what we want is our beliefs and thoughts about it. Or, as I call it, “Inner Clutter.”

What do you want?

Do you believe you can be, do or have “it?”

Change your beliefs… change your life!

“Success is to be measured
not so much by the position that one has reached in life
as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
 ~ Booker T. Washington
1856-1915, American Leader and Educator

No matter what you desire, what you want, there will be risks involved. You will be challenged to change, to grow, to master new thoughts, ideas, skills and behaviors… you will have to declutter the “old you” identity and beliefs about who you think you are, and reorganize your thoughts to match the “new you.” 

Exercise:

Make two columns. On the left side, write a list of all the things you want to be better and/or different in your life. On the right side, write what changes in your beliefs and lifestyle, skills and routines you will have to change to get from here to there.

These will be your only obstacles! They are illusions!

You can change them! You can do it! One day, one step, one new action at a time.

If you need help staying focused and on-task to get from here to there… I can help you. I will work with you one-on-one by phone as your Focused Life Coach to help you stay on track to your prize! Click here to find out more.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!