Are you experiencing confusion, uncertainty, and stress as you seek new clarity of purpose?  Looking for a way to get a new perspective, lift your spirits and enjoy the journey more? 

Consider an unexpected source of enlightenment:  HUMOR.

Listen to our conversation with Jollytologist, Allen Klein – author of Mom’s the Word and The Art of Living Joyfully at The On Purpose Show

Through his books and his presentations, Klein shows people worldwide how to deal with everything from traffic jams to tragedies.

Allen got into this unique line of work after his wife died of a rare liver disease at the age of 34. He saw how humor helped her, and those around her, cope. He also saw how humor helped him get through that loss. After her death, left his business, went back to school and got a Master’s Degree in Human Development, after writing a thesis on the therapeutic value of humor.  He now teaches others, around the world, how to access humor in trying times, and get a new perspective on their situation to deal with everything from traffic jams to tragedies.

Gem of Wisdom:

“Lighten up and let go. ”

One Small Step:

Surrounding yourself with personal things that remind you to lighten up.  Photos of family and friends that make you smile, a feather that reminding you to take things lightly and toys that connect you to the child in you.

Favorite Quotes:

“When my wife was in the hospital, I realized that there wasn’t a lot of laughter, maybe five or ten seconds, but it helped us rise above the situation, gave us a new perspective and helped us get through what we were going through.

“What’s the positive in the negative situation you’re facing.  I bet you can come up with 10 things.”

“When we listen to our gut it will tell us our purpose and what we’re supposed to do in life.”

“What is your intention?  How do you wake up in the morning?  If you have no intention for your day or your life you flounder.”

“I totally believe the world is perfect.  Sometimes it doesn’t seem that way.  Time and again I see it is.  I didn’t want my wife to die, but if she didn’t I wouldn’t be doing this work.”

“I believe in the power of words.  The words we feed ourselves and the words we surround ourselves with are so powerful.”  

Tell Me More… Resources:

To learn more about Allen’s work  on his website:  http://www.AllenKlein.com

Allen Klein’s Books:

• The Art of Living Joyfully
• Mom’s the Word
• Click Here to see all his books

Listen to our conversation with Allen at http://bit.ly/0516Klein

Is purpose a burning question for you currently? Are you seeking to go beyond the surface and live from the depth of your Soul?

“You were born with everything you need to create the life of your dreams and live your soul’s purpose.” Says Shellie Nelson, our guest on this week’s episode of the On Purpose show. “Unfortunately, far too many of us have accepted programming, adopted beliefs, and embraced limitations that undermine what we’re really here for. This makes your life a struggle and sucks the joy out of your days.”

Shellie Nelson is highly intuitive and has been seeing energy and ghosts her whole life.  She has the ability to see the soul of a person. It is her desire to help people bring the greatness of their soul into their human awareness and physical life.

Listen in to hear Shellie share her own story, and learn about how she uses her unique intuitive abilities to assist others give to their life a spiritual make-over and really show up in life as the Soul they truly are –  living their soul’s purpose.

Join us on Thursday May 23rd at 10:00am pacific time on the Linked Local Network at:  http://bit.ly/0523Nelson

Every Thursday at Noon Central

Join the On-Purpose radio show on the Linked Local Network with Susyn Reeve and Rikk Hansen as they open doors to discover & live a lifework that’s alive with purpose.

Susyn and Rikk share compelling conversations with midlife professionals, entrepreneurs, experts, and authors successfully doing work that expresses their purpose & passion. Learn the secrets and resources from their stories and experience to inspire your on-purpose success. 

Join the conversation on the show’s Facebook page: On Purpose Show

And to listen anytime via iTunes or subscribe to the weekly podcast click => http://bit.ly/PurposePodcast

 

 

Are you experiencing confusion, uncertainty, and stress as you seek new clarity of purpose?  Looking for a way to get a new perspective, lift your spirits and enjoy the journey more? 

Consider an unexpected source of enlightenment:  HUMOR.

This weeks guest with Susyn Reeve and Rikk Hansen on the On Purpose radio show is jollytologist, Allen Klein – author of Mom’s the Word and The Art of Living Joyfully.

Through his books and his presentations, Klein shows people worldwide how to deal with everything from traffic jams to tragedies.

He got into this unusual line of work after his wife died of a rare liver disease at the age of 34. He saw how humor helped her, and those around her, cope. He also saw how humor helped him get through that loss. He now teaches others how to find some healing in trying times.

If you’re ready to find out how to use humor to deal with changes, challenges, and not-so-funny stressful stuff on the way to renewed purpose. then join us on Thursday May 16th at 10:00am pacific time on the Linked Local Network at:  http://bit.ly/0516Klein or listen to the podcast at http://bit.ly/PurposePodcast

Every Thursday at Noon Central

Join the On-Purpose radio show on the Linked Local Network with Susyn Reeve and Rikk Hansen as they open doors to discover & live a lifework that’s alive with purpose.

Susyn and Rikk share compelling conversations with midlife professionals, entrepreneurs, experts, and authors successfully doing work that expresses their purpose & passion. Learn the secrets and resources from their stories and experience to inspire your on-purpose success. 

Join the conversation on the show’s Facebook page: On Purpose Show

And to listen anytime via iTunes or subscribe to the weekly podcast click => http://bit.ly/PurposePodcast

 

 

The Secret to Success!!!

People are always looking to the “Secret” to success, that “Magic Pill” that will transform you into something great! The success you want can be anything; losing weight, growing your business, being a great partner or parent, anything. So, where is that “Magic Key” where do you find it and why is it being hidden from you? They say the greatest place to hide something is right under a person’s nose and that is exactly where the key to your success is. The key to your success, all your success is already inside of you. Every resource and skill you need to be successful; confidence, discipline, hard work and all the others, you are already using in some area of your life, you may not even be aware of it. Once you become aware of those skills in your mind, you can move them over to the other areas of your life to accomplish all you dreams.

Here is an example: I had a client once in her late forties. She came to me because she claimed that all her life she had no confidence or self-esteem. She had been telling herself this all her life. I noticed that when she was telling me her story of despair, she was sitting tall and erect, she was projecting her voice with power and force and her body language was very commanding. She was telling how little confidence she had, very confidently. I told her that and she didn’t want to believe me and she became even more forceful and more sure of her story of no confidence. I had her freeze and look at her body language, her voice and her words. It was the first time in her life that she made the connection to herself, that she really did have self confidence. Once she made that connection all she needed to do was move confidence she had in telling her story to the other areas of her life. She was able to do that and she is now a very successful salesperson and has taken back her power in all the areas of her life.

So how do you capture your powerful success skills you already have and apply them to the other areas of your life? The exercise below will show you how to do that.

Homework Exercise

“Circle of Power”

Close your eyes and remember at time in your life when you were successful doing something (it could be anything) or something that you know you do really well. Now explore it: see the things you see while doing it, hear the things  you hear while doing it and feel the things you feel while doing.

Now imagine a circle on the floor in front of you big enough so you can step in it.

Take all the skills, resources and feelings you are experiencing doing this thing you do well (successfully) and take all those things and put them into that circle. You will notice that the circle will change color and you will begin to feel its powerful energy of your success traits coming from it.

Now step into the circle and feel all of your success from that thing you do well. See that way again, hear that way again and feel that way again. You will notice how different you feel. Standing taller, more focused in thought and confident in your ability.

Every time you need your success, power, strength and confidence…Close your eyes imagine that circle in front of you again, it beautiful color and powerful energy and then step into it. You will feel that way again and experience your success….Because….You are Amazing!!!

Scott Schmaren’s Bio

Scott Schmaren is a nationally known speaker, coach and author. He has spent over 20 years learning powerful success technologies. He has used what he has learned and created to transform his life, losing 180. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Scott’s techniques are being used for business, weight management, overcoming obstacles, achieving goals, stress management and many other things. Scott is co-author of the book, Stepping Stones to Success, along with Jack Canfield , Deepak Chopra and Dr. Denis Waitley. Scott’s forthcoming book is titled: “Your Ultimate Visionary Mind: Transforming Life in 30 Minutes a Day”.

Has the rug been pulled out from under you?  Have you lost a hard-won dream, or had a core part of your life crumble unexpectedly?  How do you find new purpose after a major loss?

Listen to author, Carole Brody Fleet. And discover how loss can be a gateway to finding LifeWork purpose – a journey to find a new answer for the question, “Who am I NOW?

Click Here to listen to the Interview

Carole Brody Fleet is the award-winning author of the critically praised national bestseller, “Widows Wear Stilettos” and the Books for a Better Life Award finalist for her new book, “Happily EVEN After: A Guide to Getting Through (and Beyond!) the Grief of Widowhood“.

Widows Wear Stilettos is proud to welcome the widowed community in its entirety, regardless of age, gender, technical marital status, sexual orientation or the circumstances that surround the loss of a spouse or partner.  It was her personal experience of being widowed in her 40’s that led her to this purpose when she was faced with the questions, “Who am I now?” and “What do I do?”

Hear Carole’s powerful story of discovering new and fulfilling purpose after the illness and death of her husband. Listen in on a compelling conversation of how loss can open up a new door to a next vital lifework chapter.

Gem of Wisdom:  “Make the choice to heal.”

One Small Step:  Carole identified 5 small steps that are essential to healing and finding purpose after loss.

1. Make the choice
2. Reach out for help
3. Make time for grief
4. Reactive vs Proactive coping – what are you reacting to and what can you take control over?
5. Take conscious ownership of your healing journey

Favorite Quotes from this Interview:

“Creating a routine give you a sense of control when there is so much that you can’t control.”

“When you’re widowed at a chronologically younger age you have different issues than someone who is widowed at an older age.  It’s not harder, the issues are different.”

“I had the opportunity to model for my 11 year old daughter that we could get knocked down hard and that we could get back up.”

“Death makes everybody uncomfortable, talking about it, dealing with it, acknowledging it.  And the fact is that if we don’t talk about it, death is not going to go away.”

Resources:

Website:  www.WidowsWearStilettos.com

Carole’s  Books:

• Widows Wear Stilettos

• Happily EVEN After: A Guide to Getting Through (and Beyond!) the Grief of Widowhood

Have you been hitting your head against a wall with some large life problem or issue? Money issues, relationship problems, mental and physical suffering…

Looking for a new way forward?

Sometimes on the way to lifework purpose we feel really STUCK. And this doesn’t necessarily mean we’re off track… Join us Thursday, May 9th at Noon Central for the On Purpose radio show when we talk with the Rev. Leslie Nipps about the topic, “When Being STUCK is a Good Sign”

She’ll share some unexpected approaches to getting to the root of old painful issues, and even how your ancestors might be able to help…

The Rev. Leslie Nipps is a Masters Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Family Constellations Practitioner. She has also been an ordained Episcopal minister for almost twenty years.  She works with people who are intelligent and heart-based, but who sometimes wonder if they are going crazy (even though they know they’re not) because of the painful issues that keeps coming up in their relationships, work or health – and helps them to finally have the life they want.

To listen live, or to hear the replay click => http://bit.ly/0509Nipps

And we’d love to hear your experience with feeling stuck, and getting unstuck on your path to lifework purpose. 

Every Thursday at Noon Central

Join the On-Purpose Blog Talk radio show with Susyn Reeve and Rikk Hansen as they open doors to discover & live a lifework that’s alive with purpose.

Susyn and Rikk share compelling conversations with midlife professionals, entrepreneurs, experts, and authors successfully doing work that expresses their purpose & passion. Learn the secrets and resources from their stories and experience to inspire your on-purpose success. 

Join the conversation on the show’s Facebook page: On Purpose Show

And to listen anytime via iTunes or subscribe to the weekly podcast click => http://bit.ly/PurposePodcast

 

 

“What Do You Say When You Talk to Yourself ?” 

All day long we talk to ourselves. Are you even aware of that and what you say to yourself? Most of us aren’t. Yet at least several hundreds times a day we say things, comment, compliment, criticize and sometimes put ourselves down. The conversations we have in our head are important. They help define who we are and what we are? They are an important part of creating the self-image we have about ourselves. Unfortunately, if you are not aware of your self talk then most of it is probably negative. You know what I am talking about, you are doing something and you make a mistake and the little voice in your mind says to you, “How could you be so stupid?”. This self talk and commentary we have is happening all day long and until you become aware of it, you can’t change it. We become what we say to ourselves all the time. So if we are saying negative things to ourselves, our lives most likely reflect that. Where did it come from? Many times it comes from our childhood, growing up. We hear things like; Your… Stupid…Dumb…To Fat…Ugly…Not Good Enough…Worthless…Unlovable…and there are many more. Our subconscious minds are very powerful and if you tell it something enough times, it will believe that it is true…even when it isn’t. When we hear those negative words enough times, we start acting that way and the world starts treating us that way. Fortunately, if we say great things about ourselves over and over, we believe that we are great and the world treats us that way. Positive or negative either one is and can become your reality.

How do we change our self talk? The first step is to become aware of it. You cannot change anything that you are not aware of. Being aware of who you are, what you are and what you think are the most powerful tools of change. Without them you are forever destined to live the current life you are living. Today’s Success Homework will allow you to become; awake and aware of your internal dialogue and then be able to change it. What should you be saying to yourself? Look at the picture in this article, “Strength” read the words surrounding it, those are great examples of what you should be saying to yourself, all day long, everyday. You are Amazing…accept that about yourself.

Your Success Homework

Every time you catch yourself saying something negative to yourself, freeze, stop what you are doing and repeat these words: CANCEL, CANCEL, CANCEL…and then replace your negative statement with a positive one. Here is an example: You make a mistake doing something and you say to yourself “Am I stupid”….Freeze…say: CANCEL, CANCEL, CANCEL…”I am learning new things everyday and getting wiser”. Does that sound simple, it is. At first you will not catch yourself that much because you are not that aware of your thoughts. Soon you will be aware and you will be “cancelling” yourself all day long. Eventually you negative self talk will subside and you will think more positively and you will be “cancelling” yourself  less and less.

Scott Schmaren’s Bio

Scott Schmaren is a nationally known speaker, hypnotist and author. He has spent over 20 years learning powerful success technologies. He has used what he has learned and created to transform his life, losing 180. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show.  Oprah said, “If Scott can do it, I can do it and so can you! Scott’s techniques are being used for business, weight management, overcoming obstacles, achieving goals and many other things. Scott is co-author of the book, Stepping Stones to Success, along with Jack Canfield , Deepak Chopra and Dr. Denis Waitley. Scott’s forthcoming book is titled, “Your Ultimate Visionary Mind: Transforming Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day”.

Join On Purpose Show co-hosts Susyn Reeve & Rikk Hansen on Thursday, May 2, 2013 Noon Central for a stimulating conversation  with Carole Brody Fleet, best-selling author and Books for a Better Life Award finalist for, Happily EVEN After: A Guide to Getting Through (and Beyond!) the Grief of Widowhood.  Join us for a stimulating conversation that proves you can discover your purpose after loss.

From Happily Even After, Carole writes, “I fondly recall the first three-quarters of 1998 as a wonderful halcyon time for our family.  I had just retired from a fifteen-year career in the legal profession to embark upon a career in the cosmetics industry, a career to which I felt ‘to the manner born.’  If anyone had any doubts as to my potential for success in this industry, a quick glance at either my face or in my cosmetics drawer (yes, that drawer, not ‘bag’) would put hos doubts immediately to rest, and happily, I realized the very success that I use to spend nights envisioning.

After a phenomenal twenty-eight-year career as as a police office and narcotics investigator, my husband Mike was look forward to his retirement with a mixture of wistfulness and anticipation. . .  Exactly two weeks after his much-celebrated retirement, Mike was diagnosed with amyotropic lateral sclerosis (also referred to as ALS, or what is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease).  With that diagnosis came the beginning of a new journey; one that we always referred to as the journey of our lives.

Mike’s valiant battle with ALS came to a peaceful end on December 19, 2000, and with that ending came a new beginning; a scary and uncertain beginning called ‘widowhood.’”

This loss opened a new path for Carole, in which she is a model and guide for anyone facing widowhood, for anyone ready to discover their purpose after loss.

Is fear blocking you from discovering you LifeWork purpose?  What if fear was actually a call for you to explore and discover your purpose, would you answer the call?  Listen to our inspiring conversation with Davina Kotulski:  Find Your Voice:  From Fear to Fulfillment at:  http://bit.ly/0425Davina

Davina Kotulski, PH.D., is a psychologist, life coach and internationally known author and speaker in the field of Marriage Equality.  Davina works with clients to live authentic lives in which their dreams come true.  She leads live and on-live writing workshops to help people who have a positive message to get their books written and to make a bigger difference in the world.  She is the author of Love Warriors:  The Rise of the Marriage Equality Movement and Why It Will Prevail, Why You Should Give a Damn About Gay Marriage and the creator of the How to Come Out of the Closet & Into Your Power Program.  She is currently working on a new book, Courageous Heart:  From Fear to Fulfillment

Gem of Wisdom:

“Move past your doubt and connect with the message you want to give and the difference it can make. ”

One Small Step:

Your On Purpose LifeWork has to come from your heart.  Tapping into your heart is where your passion lies.  Use this exercise from Davina to begin to connect with your purpose.

• On a piece of blank paper draw a heart, about the size of your palm, in the middle of the page.
• Put your name in the center of the heart
• As though you are creating veins or arteries from your heart, draw lines from the center of your heart and write on them something that you love (for example, helping people, travel, nature, coffee shops, etc. . .)
• Circle what stands out for you
• Flip the page over, put another heart in the middle based on what you’ve circled what is it that you would like to either write a book about or focus your work on and put that in the center of the circle
• Create veins off of this heart, based on, “What would you want people to know about this?”
• You now have a heart-centered focus for a book, workshop or the work that you want to be doing.

Favorite Quotes:

“I always loved helping people.  I wanted to why people did what they did and to help them be their best self.  And obviously I wanted to be my best self, as well.”

“In my work in prisons I saw how beautifully people grow when they can begin to tap into their highest self and let go of old beliefs and old baggage and be able to share who they are.”

“Fear and excitement are two sides of the same coin.   It’s not being stopped by our fears but re-framing it as excitement that allows us to move forward.

“I found as a young person that we grow up in a society that gives us lots of messages.  I came out when I was about 13 years old and all the messages were very negative about gay people and that’s when I tapped into my spirituality and really look at beliefs and learn to turn them around.  If we allow to be held back by other people’s beliefs, other people’s fears we don’t get to live fully in the world and have the lives that we came here to live.”

Tell Me More… Resources & Gifts:

Davina offered a special 2-for-1 opportunity for our listeners for her workshop:  Writing as a Spiritual Practice beginning May 8, 2013. Learn more at:  http://bit.ly/DavinasGift(To receive this special offer, let Davina know you hear about it on the On Purpose Show)

• www.DavinaKotulski.com
• www.manifestyourmanuscript.com

Davina’s Books

• Love Warriors:  The Rise of the Marriage Equality Movement and Why It Will Prevail
• Why You Should Give a Damn About Gay Marriage
• How to Come Out of the Closet & Into Your Power Program

Subscribe to our Podcast and never miss stimulating conversation on the On Purpose Show:  Your Path to Fulfilling LifeWork

“Fear is a Liar”

Fears, we all seem to have them, don’t we? Most of the fears we have aren’t real. They are silly movies we play in our minds over and over again, making them worse and worse. They are usually things that have already happened from our past that we wished we had done differently or things that haven’t happened yet, in the future that we make negative assumptions as to how they will turn out. If we focus to much thought and energy on these “silly lies” we tell ourselves, guess what, they become our reality. Another name for fear would be stress. If you really think about it, all our fears are stress induced and all of stress comes from our fears. Not a productive cycle is it?

Did you know that as human beings we are only born with two fears. The fear of loud noises and falling, that is it. Every other fear we have, is learned. Now some fears we learn are good. I think it is wise to fear running onto a crowded highway or jumping into an open fire. If someone is holding a gun to your head, you should be afraid but most of the fears we have are not real and sometime the get in the way of us accomplishing our goals and finding happiness and every other great opportunity in our lives. Many times we fear the things we want to have in our lives the most because they area different and unknown. Our greatest fear we have as human beings is the fear of the unknown or another words we fear “Change”. The great psychiatrist, Virginia Satir said, “Man’s greatest and highest need is not survival, it is familiarity”. Think about that. We will choose to continue with a bad habit even though we know it is bad for us and sometimes can even kill us ( Obesity,drug addicts and alcoholics for and example) even though we know the new habit will improve our lives. We are afraid and fear the unknown.

So, how do we overcome our fears and move forward in our lives?  The greatest thing you can do is be in the present moment, focusing all your attention and energy on what you are doing at the time. If you are doing this you can’t be thinking  about the past or the future which do not exists at this moment in time. How do you do that? The  homework exercise I am giving you today will help you be in the present moment and focus all your attention on what you are currently doing. The exercise takes about 1 minute to do, that is it! It can be done anywhere and I do it anytime I am going to do something important like speaking in front of a group, writing or coaching a client. You can do it to improving your studying capabilities or before you go to work. Use it anytime or place you choose.

Your Homework:

“The 9 Breath Exercise”

Find a quiet place (Do not do this while you are driving)

Close your eyes and breath in deeply through your nose (if you can’t breath through nose, your mouth is fine)

As you exhale out, let go of all your thoughts of things from your past (Repeat that 2 more times)

Now, breath in deeply

As you exhale out, let go of all your thoughts about things you have to do in the future (Repeat that 2 more times)

Now, breath in deeply

As you exhale out, focus all your attention, energy, thoughts and skills on what you want to accomplish now in this moment in time (Repeat 2 more times)

Open your eyes and Be Amazing!!!

Scott Schmaren’s Bio

Scott Schmaren is a nationally known speaker, hypnotist and author. He has spent over 20 years learning powerful success technologies. He has used what he has learned and created to transform his life, losing 180. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show.  Oprah said, “If Scott can do it, I can do it and so can you! Scott’s techniques are being used for business, weight management, overcoming obstacles, achieving goals and many other things. Scott is co-author of the book, Stepping Stones to Success, along with Jack Canfield , Deepak Chopra and Dr. Denis Waitley. Scott’s forthcoming book is titled, “Your Ultimate Visionary Mind: Transforming Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day”.