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Sharing Love and Letting it Go

Art by Elisa BalabramFor the past few years, as long as I have time available, I have created gifts for friends and family, instead of buying them something. I started a little over two years ago, by drawing the flower that is shown at the top right of this post’s image. At the time, I was taking photos of flowers and trying to draw them. This was the first time I actually created a gift - I printed the photo, and drew the flower, put them both in a picture frame, and gave it to Robert Baker, a friend/spiritual teacher/mentor, who sadly passed away a year ago this Sunday. It meant a lot to me that he received it graciously, and displayed it right away. In most situations, I don’t receive the same response though.  Out of all the picture frame gifts I created for friends, I’ve only seen one displayed at another friend’s house, and it warmed my heart when I saw it. The others may have kept it somewhere hidden, or they may have thrown it away for all I know.

One of Robert’s lessons helps me to let go of any attachment to the response I may receive regarding the gifts I create:

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The Impact We Have in Each Other’s Lives

MayaAngelouI’ve been reflecting on this quote by Maya Angelou: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will not forget how you made them feel." for the last several weeks, after two dearest people in my life passed away unexpectedly within 30 days from each other. All I keep thinking about is what they meant to me, even if for only the four years we knew each other in one case, and twelve years in another.

Both of them in their own unique way made a big difference in my life. In addition to the tangible help I received from one of them, which inspired me to pursue my entrepreneurial and writer’s endeavors over the years, the most important impact they had was how they made me feel. They made me feel that my life mattered, that I could achieve anything, that I was loved, and that my presence in their lives served a purpose and that it brought joy to them.

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Choose to Make a Different Choice

ChoicesDuring one of my meditations a week ago, I was thinking about the fact that I had been stuck with one of my projects once again, and was trying to find answers. The project is the short story I wrote a while back, and I have been adding to it and editing for several months now, as I intend to publish it this year. During the meditation I sought answers of why this was happening. I asked why I was procrastinating and not working on it, while time was passing and I wasn’t making anything happen.

I didn´t receive clarity on the reason, but got something much better. The message I received was to start making different choices. Instead of dwelling in the past, and regretting the wasted time, I could make a different choice in this moment and in every moment that  I feel like what I intend isn´t happening.

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Moving from Struggle to Ease with Conscious Steps

ease1After having a day of unfortunate events, I hoped for some good news, or at least to get home and have a book I had ordered by my door. I had checked the tracking number and knew that it was going to be delivered that day, but I couldn’t stay home to wait for it. Late in the evening, when I got home and checked my mailbox, I saw the box with the book stuck in it, in a diagonal position. I had a split second of happiness and excitement for the book’s arrival, and relief for not having to go to the Post Office the next day; only to realize that the box was stuck. I removed the rest of the mail that was easy to reach. Then, I tried to remove the box by folding the edges on both ends, and nothing. I took off my coat, so that my arm would fit inside the mailbox and reach the end of the package, and I started pushing it. It didn’t work either. I kept trying to use strength for a while, without success. I tried to use the string that helps open boxes, but it was facing down, and I couldn’t move it too far. The thought of going upstairs to pick up scissors crossed my mind, but I didn’t really feel like it.

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Keep Moving Forward or Simply Start Moving Again

moveI keep getting this image of taking the first step to achieving something, and then taking the next one, and the next, and the next. The first step simply isn’t enough anymore.

A few years ago I decided it was time to get in shape. One of the things I did was to go for walks and runs on weekends. I started really slow, walking for 5 minutes, running for 30 seconds, and the running time increased after a while. It didn’t get great since I was only practicing on weekends, and my best run was 12 minutes non-stop at my pick. Life got side tracked by a relationship, and I stopped my weekend routine. After it ended, I didn’t feel like doing it again, and several months later, I slowly started walking as a means of commuting, and that made a huge difference. I lost so much weight (can’t pinpoint the exact reason, but walking, releasing old emotional wounds through meditation and energy work, and making better food choices helped), that people were asking me if I was sick. I wasn’t, but part of me felt worried, and I stopped exercising/walking/eating carefully. Needless to say, with time, I stopped fitting in some of my clothes again.

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The Words Unsaid – We are not alone

wordsunsaidEarly in February, I wrote in my journal “The words unsaid”. I had attended an all-day women’s workshop and was touched by the bravery of those willing to go on the “hot seat”. It turns out that we had more things in common than we could think or imagine. When we share, and don’t keep words unsaid, we learn that we are not alone, and we serve as an example and support for others. Your sharing may give someone else the permission they need to speak up, and to ask for support.

In my journey as a teacher and coach, I pay attention to what’s being said and what’s not. Usually, in the classroom, if someone shares something about themselves, and they start telling their story with this is weird, but… or a version of it, I usually ask the whole class if they had gone through something similar, and I’m yet to encounter a time that no hands go up.

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Blockage to Transformation

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The other day I had dinner at an Indian restaurant with a client, and on our way out, we each picked a saying from a bowl. The one I picked said “The main block to transformation is the thought that we shouldn’t be where we are, that we should already be further along in our growth than we perceive ourselves to be.” Does it resonate for you? It did for me. I also realized that it is one of the blockages I address with clients.

The interesting thing is that once I read it out loud and I acknowledged it, the energy shifted. It felt as if a dark cloud was moving away, and there was space for new things to happen, and to be created. I also got inspired to remind myself of what one of my teachers used to say: you are where you are supposed to be.

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Stick to your soul’s purpose, no matter what!

blogA few weeks ago I wrote an article inspired in part by a Creative Writing course I was taking, and the not so positive feedback I received on my first homework. Each week we got different assignments on non-fiction and fiction, and we were required to focus on the many aspects of creative writing. I could easily have decided not to come back, but I really wanted to go through it, especially since some of the writing exercises were outside my comfort zone.

The course gave me the opportunity to learn from a great and experienced writer, and she shared different processes, methods, writing styles, and techniques. My teacher and I had some things in common, and I enjoyed her energy, which made it easier to decide to continue taking the course. It did help that I dedicated the time necessary to attend the course and do the homework, and the feedback I was receiving improved each week.

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The Only Bullet Proof Strategy I Know

Ask Others, Trust Yourself: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Key to SuccessI wrote Ask Others, Trust Yourself a few years ago out of my desire to help clients who had been stuck for many years, or who were afraid of pursuing their business for whatever reason, or who specifically became stuck due to negative feedback, or who thought they had to do it all and never asked for help.

The points I made were to ask for help (and I showed how); and to then go back within and check in with oneself, trust one’s intuition, and then make a conscious decision of the steps to take. Only to recently realize that I had to learn this same lesson again myself.

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Beyond Stuck Webinar March 11th

handsandheartAre you feeling stuck in your life/business/career? Would you like to get clearer on why you are stuck? Have you taken the first few steps to make your soul purpose and project happen, only to get stuck again?

If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, register to attend the Beyond Stuck Free Webinar hosted by Elisa Balabram.

We will go deeper in revealing if/when/why/how you are stuck, and we will discuss ways to move beyond the stuckness into gentle action and with self-love.

In this webinar, through guided exercises, you will go within to learn some of the reasons you are stuck, why you may keep perpetuating old habits; you will get crystal clear about the distraction methods you use to avoid taking steps, and about the feelings you would prefer to avoid; and you will learn how to start creating changes that last.

If you feel you have taking some steps to pursue your soul purpose and project, but still feel stuck, sign up for this free webinar, and gain insight on how getting unstuck is possible. Join us on this journey of self-discovery, self-acceptance, self-empowerment, and self-love.

Online webinar: Tuesday, March 11th 2014 at 8pm EST

Follow this link to register: https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EA53DB82884B30

Investment: Your Time.

Here is some of the feedback we received after the webinar we hosted in February:

"Thank you so much for offering this free webinar, I really enjoyed it!"

"I'm impressed and very thankful that I participated in this great webinar.
Thank you for  your generosity and uplifting energy!"

Elisa Balabram will share her own struggles with being stuck, and will provide the steps she uses to overcome it.

Attendees will receive a 60-min individual intuitive coaching call with Elisa Balabram during the week after the webinar. Sign up today!

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