Tami Close, EFT, Fun Coach, Speaker and Author

Recently, I picked up a card, and on the front of the card was a woman working out at the gym while listening to her Liepod.  She was really listening to her Ipod, but the creator of the card developed a new word as he had bubble thoughts flowing from her illustrating the thoughts she possessed about changing her beliefs of herself.

I thought this was very interesting as it fits right in line with Wayne Dyer’s, Excuses Begone, PBS series.  In this series he mentions a book, Virus of the Mind, which is about the beliefs we suck into our brains that are someone else’s, and then we live our lives in accordance with these beliefs.  Remember, a belief is only a thought that one thinks over and over again until it becomes part of us.

Are all beliefs true?

I have been exploring my beliefs, and it’s been blowing my mind…literally.  All these beliefs within me that I’ve accepted as my truth are now being looked at from a conscious standpoint, and I’ve been engaged in a process to explore the beliefs and blow a lot of them out of my head :).  It’s actually a very freeing experience!

So let’s go on a little exploration for a moment…..

When I was age 29 and age 32, I developed blood clots in my leg that were pregnancy related.  At age 29, I was six months pregnant, and developed blood clots, which resulted in pulmonary emboli and created a near death experience.  Everything came out okay and my daughter was born at 3 lbs. 11 oz.  Three years later, upon advice from doctors, I got pregnant again and at 3 months, I developed another blood clot.  That pregnancy did not materialize.

You can probably imagine that I had a lot of  “stuff” surrounding these experiences.  I’m very grateful that I had the doctors during this time and had coumadin, a blood thinner, which definitely aided me. 

Having said this, it was the doctors’ belief that I would incur major problems with my leg as a result of the blood clots, and I would have to stay on coumadin for the rest of my life.  They painted this bleak picture and it scared the bejeesus out of me.

If you’ve never been on coumadin, it means you have to be extremely careful as internal bleeding can be a harmful side effect.

Thus, every experience presented an “alert” action plan.  Whenever, I went on an airplane, I would have to get up and walk around every hour.  In the movie theaters, I would have to do the same.  I couldn’t go downhill skiing for fear of falling.  When I used a knife or shaved my legs, I worried about cutting myself.   And then I had to wear the support hose all the time--wear these or die!  On and on it went with scenarios that represented such anxiety within me.  Lions, and tigers and bears, oh my!

Are you getting this picture of fear?

This sort of lifestyle unfolded with major panic attacks about this existence, and projecting the image into my future as well.  I mean, I was only in my early 30’s so I had a long way to project when contemplating this lifestyle.

Fast forward to my late 30‘s, and I’m in my gynecologist office getting a routine exam.  She introduces her belief that I shouldn’t have to be on coumadin, and she recommends that I discontinue taking it.

Thus, I did accept her belief and took it as truth, and I went off of coumadin, but had to work through the process.  I had become so attached to the old belief system, and mentally removing myself from it took some time for me to relax with this new belief.

Now, it’s been 16 years later, and just a few months ago while flying, I suddenly had a thought, “OMG, I’m totally relaxed with my new belief surrounding the blood clots.  I don’t believe that I’m going to die any longer as a result of them or have problems with my leg.   I’m totally relaxed with my new belief.  Thus, this is what it must feel like when truth is really the core truth as there is no fear.

I had worked through relaxing with this newfound awareness and had incorporated into my life, and my new belief had been anchored without my full appreciation of it.  I had stopped taking on a belief that wasn’t true for me.

You can see how beliefs get so ingrained in us, and yet they’re not true.

Were the doctors wrong in their beliefs?  No, from their experience with all that is within them, that’s what they believe to be true, and give advice based on those beliefs.

Yet, we are to be conscious in every moment and decide if that belief is true for us or not.  We are not to blindly accept something as true until we honor ourselves in a process.

This is just one illustration of a belief that I took on, and there are many others that are being released as well.  One can only imagine the freedom that is experienced when one relaxes with life.   The truth will never feel anxious or fearful.  The truth only represents bliss, happiness, doing somersaults, doing cartwheels, blowing bubbles....WAHOO!

What’s on your Liepod?  The beliefs you took on from someone else and then adopted those beliefs as your own truth.

When I was in my jacuzzi the other day, I noticed something very profound.  I was very still and looked down in the water, and could see the reflection of me, the sky, the trees, and the clouds.  I hadn't really noticed this before as the view from my jacuzzi is very captivating, and thus I'm usually basking in the view "out there."  And yet, I was bringing this into my awareness to fully appreciate my reflection.

We are all reflections, mirrors so to speak.  And everything that we experience is a reflection of what is within us.  We are reflecting all the time, whether we are consciously aware or not.

Yet, the reflections can only be experienced and be seen and felt when we are still.  Likewise, reflections in water can only be seen and felt when waters are still.  The reflections are there in us and in the water, it's just we can't see them when the waters have waves present.  It is these "reflective" moments where we are to pause and feel our own sense of calm despite what the waves represent in our lives. 

And, like Masuro Emoto, the author of Hidden Messages in Water, says that we are 75-80% water, half of the earth is water, and we are an energy conduit that never rests.  We're constantly transmitting energy information to the Universe and receiving it back in return.  Everything is vibration, and when it's exposed to kind and loving thoughts, then it will transmit back experiences that are true reflection.  In addition, when it's exposed to thoughts of judgment and alike, it will also transmit back experiences that are true reflection.

With high speed photography, Masuro Emoto, takes pictures of water in its pure state of being, its pure form.  Water exposed to a vibration of kindness and love reflect an image that is crystal-like, similar to a snowflake.  Water exposed to harsher tones result in shapes that are murky, dull and fragmented.

You can look at it from this perspective....

In talking to a friend recently, she mentioned that her 16 month old daughter, Hannah, was hearing her tones loud and clear, and was reflecting back something very profound.  My friend expressed dismay to Hannah, and delivered a harsh tone, "Hannah, did you spill the juice on the carpet?"  Without missing a beat, Hannah pointed the finger at Hannah's dad.  My friend was captivated by this experience as she and her husband hadn't taught Hannah to lie.  But hearing the "tone" from her mom, Hannah immediately went into "alert" mode, and it got expressed to her in this way, "You're going to be in trouble.  Get out your ammo and point the finger at someone else".....and the closest person was her dad.

Funny picture, right?  Yet, how many times have you done this because of a perceived tone?

As a 54 year old woman, I've done this many times during my life time, and not just as a child.  Even in my adult life, I can still point the finger at someone else.  Taking 100% responsibility for my own vibratory tones can be like a big "Owie," so it feels good to point at someone else and make them the cause of my tone.  I like to point the finger and say, "You are the cause of my effect! :)

When you look at us, and the entire Universe as water, as a reflective mirror, everything only hears our tones.  Everything has points of consciousness, and thus, it is our "feeling" place that emanates from us.  In each moment, think about this:  "What am I feeling, and how is it being reflected out into the Universe, and what will I get back as a result of this feeling?"  Remember, the boomerang!  Invariably, you'll get the "right back at ya" whether you want it or not. 

I only want to feel good, and if I'm feeling anything that is in contrast to this, I'm changing my ring tone to play James Brown, "I feel good!"

What does your current ring tone sound like?

I am Appreciation

Wayne Dyer recently was on a PBS segment promoting his new book, Excuses Begone.  In this segment, he mentioned a different way of looking at the popular movie, The Secret.  In The Secret, many people espouse that you attract what you want by going through a process outlined.   Wayne’s belief is that you attract from that which you are.

I was touched by his message and fully appreciate his intent.  It is the vibration of appreciation that brings us what we want, and in order to do this, we must BE appreciation.  As we emanate appreciation for all that we are, we allow this flow of appreciation to us.  It is a natural law. 

We line up all our desires because we are one with the radiance of appreciation.

This is a very powerful illustration as I recalled a message from my boyfriend, Carlos.  Carlos and I met on Match.com, and when we first met, I was struck by his comment:  “If you show me appreciation, there isn’t anything I won’t do for you.”  And it has proved to be true!

Thus, this message can fit for our entire life.  Everything in the Universe has points of consciousness and points of receiving.  Having said this, when we exude a vibration of appreciation, we communicate with everything from this point of reference, and everything “feels” our message loud and clear.  From this vibration, we can’t help but attract all that we want.

It’s like the Universe gets slapped with our vibration of appreciation, and then says, “Right back at ya.”

When we’re not getting what we want, we only need to do a sound check with our vibration, and tune to a different frequency if we’re not on the appreciation wavelength.  We know when we’re not based on how we’re feeling. 

Begin by appreciating all that you are right now and the lessons you have learned.  It’s in the lessons that are the greatest gifts that the Universe bestowed as the higher order was configured to help you align with Source Energy.  We may not always appreciate the lessons because we didn’t want the experience in which the gift was revealed.  Yet, there is always a congruent equivalent with an “appearance” of adversity.  The hammer effect will be a little more gentle as we stay aligned.

Begin right now to appreciate all that you are, and in seeing everything that has been called for as that which emanates from you as appreciation. 

Cosmos means order, and when contemplating this word, we can expand on it, and use calm, harmony, balance.  Everything is in its place, and knows the order in each moment.

When you think of the Universe, you think of order, and that everything is arranged in the Divinely designed plan.  Each entity knows itself, and knows its purpose, and that it adds to this Divine plan.

You don't think of it as chaotic or disorderly.  You think of every star, every galaxy, every nebula, every planet serving its purpose in the higher order of things.

Now, since we human beings are part of the Universe, I thought it might be fun to see a perspective from this galactic presence peeking in on the human race, and "race" being the operative word.

Thus, you can imagine the giggles, the belly laughing, that the solar system experiences as this collective entity watches their own comedy channel, and tunes into their Reality TV show:  Humans Gone Wild.

 

 

Before we tune in, and just for kicks, let's see what it might be like to listen in to a conversation that the solar system might be having with itself if they mirrored us.

Galaxy to Nebulas:  "You know, the moon sure gets a lot of celebrity status, and I'm feeling a little inadequate.  I mean, look how the moons gets such vast notoriety:  Paper Moon, Moon River, The Cow Jumped Over the Moon, The Man in the Moon.  Humans even visit the moon, and when humans bare their buns, they call it "mooning."  I wish I could get some recognition.  Maybe, I could be like the moon, and then I would be able to have what the moon has.  I'll swing out of my orbit, and move a little closer to the moon just so I can be near him and learn all I can how to be like him."

 

Nebula to Galaxy:  "You are so right.  I never get any recognition.  But what about the sun....so many songs written about the sun, and even by The Beatles, who are so legendary.  Humans even set their day by the sun.  How about you check out the moon, and I'll check out the sun.  All I know is I need some rays...and I know the sun knows about rays."

Can you imagine if all the galactic entities acted like this, and even expanded on it?  What if they raced about to be like each other, each seeing the other has more brilliant.  How do you think we would be affected?

I can only imagine that our world as we know it would cease to exist.  It relies on order for its own sustainability.  Natural order....hmmm!

So really look at this for what I'm trying to say.....

Given this context, this is why the solar system thinks it's hilarious to watch Humans Gone Wild....racing around trying to get things, racing around trying to be like someone else, and the solar system doesn't understand this racing about. 

Where is the natural order in this?

When I played this scenario, I ran the race, and created all sorts of energetic chaos within the larger cosmos.  I was spinning out of my own orbit, and creating all sorts of gravitational pulls that were made of cyclonic matter.  WHEW!  Now, I know how I must have looked.  It's the race that can never be won!

Now, let's tune into the conversation the solar system has amongst itself while watching the comedy channel:

If the intent of the Universe, of nature, of the greater galactic system is to have order, and to just be all that is intended in knowing each Divine purpose, what happened to the human race?  Why do they feel less than instead of adding to the collective?

Always racing to the next thing.  Always looking for something else, someone else to make them happy.  Always thinking that there is something outside of their own power base that will give them what they think is missing.  Never stopping to realize that what they are racing to is all within each one of them.  They have their own batteries included, and they've forgotten.

Why aren't they content just BEing because that is the true design...they're human BEings for gosh sakes?  How come they're not following the natural order of existence?  They then wonder why life appears to be chaotic.  If they would just stop trying to be like anyone else, they would see that their natural glow would automatically appear.  It can't see its own glow because it's chasing others. 

Oh, heck, let's not tell them.  We have a front row seat to tune into the comedy channel, Humans Gone Wild.  It would be a pretty dull life without it.  They sure make us laugh, and we all know the benefits of laughter.

I embraced a truly powerful moment yesterday. I met with my wonderful friend, Catherine Foster, who draws soul pictures, and she gave me mine. I brought it home, and really got to look in the mirror through this picture, and experience the non-physical me–the CORE of who I am.

I took my picture in the jacuzzi, surrounded by water, and my breathtaking view. The feeling of water is the experience of connecting to my soul, and thus, I wanted this experience to be in perfect harmony just for me.

And so the experience unfolded with many revelations…..

What was very interesting is that I’ve seen this picture before as I had it done four years ago at an energy workshop where I was learning about energy work. During the workshop, I had the opportunity to experience my true portrait from a person who takes soul pictures, albeit with a different method. She revealed the non–physical me through interpretation of the colors.

Briefly, she mentioned that I have bright, illuminating light, but I may not be taking time to connect to who I really am so may not have experienced my essence at this level. At this time, this was a first experience in looking at my true portrait, and couldn’t quite grasp the magnificence of me.

Then I was led to open up my book, “The Universe” that has amazing pictures of the planets, stars, and galaxies. Guess what? I saw my true portrait in there as well. It is the same one as I experienced four years ago at the energy workshop, and the same picture that Catherine drew. And the same vibrating swirls of colorful lights that I experienced in the book are the same that are within me.

WOW! This is who I truly am, and now see how the design of my life has perfectly fit just for me. Through my own soul evolution, I have experienced many circumstances to illustrate contrast as a way to know who I am not. In my search for my true self portrait, I have looked at myself many times and seen “flawed” on my forehead. And carrying, “I am flawed” with me, I then set out the search to find people who are flawless. Then I could claim their true self portrait for my own.

I smile as I write this. Just writing it allows me to really see this beautiful picture for all that it is intended.

We will go through many lifetimes of experiences designed perfectly just for us. We will be hit with the Universal loving hammer many times, although it may not feel loving, when we’re allowing an experience to come in, and feeling something different than who we truly are as Source Energy.

And each time we will come back to center, to balance ourselves in loving energy to experience who we truly are. I couldn’t totally SEE and experience me because I was feeling something as missing, “I am flawed.”

Now, I see and feel my true self portrait, and thus, writing my story of MY LIFE as I can only know and experience it. I’m full of myself, and it feels wonderful! :). 

Will you experience the same thing? No!

Your experience will be what it is for you on your soul journey, and you are not to have the exact same experience. This is what gets us discombobulated as we want somebody else’s experience, and claim it for our own. We are to go through and only experience what is meant for us, it cannot be otherwise.

Yet, we can know each other and allow the conversation to BE as we know at our essence we are the same–we are light. And in this knowing, I don’t have to try and be like you, and you don’t have to try and be like me. Light = light, and that’s all we are to experience for the joy of being with our light.

Can you imagine this? Just BE because at our essence we are the same. Your swirls may be different as my swirls are better than your swirls :).  Yet, within all of us are massive explosions of light.

And the only way the light can be seen and felt is when we release anything that is not vibrating with Source. We are intended to “feel” good, and only open up into feelings that are connected with Source Energy. The only way I am now seeing it and experiencing my own Divinity is that I’ve chosen ways to release things that don’t serve me, and, thus, only appreciating with such immense gratitude all that I am.

This expansion serves me….

It is opening up channels, vortexes of energy that I haven’t realized. I’ve known of their existence, yet I couldn‘t experience them at the variations of frequency in relation to seeking outside of myself for any answers. Yet, it is coming through me because I’m opening more and more. And I only do things that are aligned with my core.

As I allow myself to experience this true illustration of my true portrait, I am allowing my communication at the core level to be one amazing enLIGHTENment. I am much more non-physical than I am physical, and resonating with myself and everyone at this core level is profound bliss!

And I’ve removed one letter from “flawed” from my forehead, which I thought was tattooed because it seemed like such a permanent thought, and we know how hard tattoos are to remove. So I just tweaked it, and now it says, “flowed.”

I am flowed, and it feels so great!
 

Thought you might enjoy this illustration of discovering my uniqueness, and taking a look at my journey.  Each journey is individual, and I'm so grateful to be on your journey with you.

It's interesting to note that we can be watching the same movie, and yet we will be watching all the scenes being played out for our individual awareness.  Beautiful, isn't it?

Here we go....

Loving my i...with a circle on top!

Embracing dialogue this morning with a friend, who is truly a soul connection, allowed some memories to flow through me. This friend's message was about coming home to our own signature pulsations, and this really opened up the flood gates in me.

I recalled a memory from 2nd or 3rd grade, and during the class, I felt a desire to create a circle, instead of a dot, above "i" in my name, Tami, and was met with a very profound statement that would be a recurring theme throughout my life.  "This is the model we use here.  We must all write the same way.  Therefore, we must only use dots."  Thus, a clear message of acceptance was being communicated:  "People who only use dots are accepted here."

What a message to receive, right?

Even at age 7 or 8, when I drew that circle, I knew who I was, and evoked such joy.  Allowing the rhythmic motion of the circle captivated me, and watching it happen was truly a beautiful experience.  There on my paper, I was beginning to take note of something inside me that was opening up the gift of uniqueness.  I was an artist perfecting my craft.  Yet, this was short-lived as the awareness of acceptance of something else had the louder voice:  "Dots are acceptable, circles are not.  You must adhere to this system of being in order to be accepted in the fold.  Anything outside the circle, so to speak, will get you bad marks."  And I wanted high marks!

WOW!  The word, cult, instantly comes to mind.  Remember, a word is only a word until we put meaning on that word, and here is what cult only represents to me.  I have allowed myself to follow people because I thought these people had a system, a way of being, that I thought would bring me abundance, bring me success--those high marks.  If I followed them, and did exactly how they did it, I would be accepted in the club, and thus, the high marks would be guaranteed.

Man, oh man, this has been an "i" opening experience.  I have been following the "dot" people, and didn't even realize it.  I have this funny picture forming with my arms out in front of me with eyes closed, and blindly following.  "I am a dot, not a circle.  Take me to your leader :).

Time for the heavy machinery....

And I have bought into this message over and over again, and now am bringing out the jackhammers, the heavy machinery, to bust through these concrete beliefs that I have allowed to encircle me.  As I realize there are no dot people "out there," and that everything is a creation in my consciousness, I now understand the message being communicated through me.  I have witnessed this experience playing itself out in my business, and the jackhammer has been activated. 

And this self discovery has been one born from contrast, and I am so grateful.  It is through this contrast that I am now seeing the bigger picture where Source Energy has guided me to remember my signature of authenticity, proving only to myself who I really am.  It's the signature that I can only write, and the relationship that I'm to nurture is the one that created my beautiful signature.  I don't need validation outside of me...those high marks.  I am all I need to thrive!

I've always loved the poem by Robert Frost, "Two roads diverged into a wood, and I took the road less traveled by, and it has made all the difference."  He did not say, "I took the road that everyone else was on."

There is something about the poem that resonated with me because it was about my signature of authenticity, complete with circle on top of my "i".  I'm coming full circle in that first awareness of my uniqueness and loving my i.

I was asked a question recently and thought I would pose the same question to you.

What monetary value do you put on your health and well-being?

Think about this….

You put a monetary value on your home, your car, your furniture…all these things have a monetary value, and yet they can be replaced.

Now, let's look at your health.  Is it replaceable or irreplaceable?

I asked a friend this same question, and she said her health is irreplaceable – it's priceless!  Well, what exactly does priceless mean in the context of your health?

Before we do this, let’s look at an heirloom which is considered priceless to many.    Thus, it’s irreplaceable.  

You take care of that heirloom.  You place it in a space that is protected.  You focus on that heirloom with such profound love because you want it to last so you can pass it on to family members.  The intent is that this heirloom stays in wonderful condition in order to preserve its meaning to all the family who will care for it for years to come.  We look at that heirloom and say this is a part of us and, thus, it has incredible value.

Well, if our health is priceless, then shouldn’t we be treating it in the same respect as our heirloom?  Shouldn’t we be preserving our health and loving our bodies (emotionally, physically and spiritually) so that our family gets the benefit of the meaning we serve in their lives for many years to come?

Yet, how many of us actually do this on a conscious level?

Most of us don't take the time nor invest in ourselves monetarily choosing those things that will affirm nurturing, love and protection for our most valuable heirloom – YOU!  Giving to ourselves each and everyday, and investing in those things that affirm health is the most valuable thing you can give your family.

Which would you rather give your family?  A necklace passed down from your great grandmother or a healthy, vibrant YOU filled with love for yourself?  Which one has more value to pass down from generation to generation?

I can speak about this as my father died in 1969, and my mother died in 1987.  I have my mother’s wedding ring that I will pass on, and it does have great meaning.  However, I would choose to have a mother and father who knew how to love themselves, who knew how to take care of themselves so that I could have learned from them in how to do this for myself.  What greater gift is there to pass on?

Neither one of them knew how to love themselves.  How could they?  They learned how to treat themselves from their own parents.  When you think about it, it isn’t something that families focus on--demonstrating individual love.  Thus, I spent many years in struggle not understanding how to love myself.

In the book, You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay says, “No matter what the problem, the main issue to work on is LOVING THE SELF:  This is the “magic wand” that dissolves problems.”  With the help of Louise’s book and many others, I began to learn how to do this.

It was actually through the Divine intervention of an illness at age 41 that really gave me permission to understand this entire concept, and where I wasn’t loving.  Through this bedridden experience, I read voraciously, and many epiphanies came as a result.  Books just happened to show up, and Oprah had her “Change for Life TV” theme, and many authors were featured such as Gary Zukav and Iyanla Vanzant.  I was opening up to this glorious tribute to myself and, although it was incredibly scary to be in that state of desperation with my health, I eventually KNEW there was a gift being presented to me.

Prior to being ill, I worried constantly, and didn’t know how to stop the incessant chatter.  I worried about everything, and this fear eventually paralyzed me.  When I was ill, I had a lot of anger that I was in this situation, and kept expressing, “Why me?“  And I was soon to find out why, but for very different reasons than what I thought.

It is the last word in that paragraph, “thought” that was to become the catalyst for my getting well.  I didn’t know how to change my thinking and feelings, and didn’t even realize that my thinking had gotten me where I was.

I mean, how does one change his or her thoughts?  I had no idea that my thoughts were the main contributor to my illness, but all these books were my friends that were illustrating this point, and I took every ounce of advice they were giving me to help myself change my thinking.

You see, during this time, I kept pointing the finger at my husband at that time.  “If he was different, if he was better, then I wouldn’t be in this situation.“  This finger pointing had started years before as the communication in our marriage was very challenging, and we didn’t know how to resolve our differences.

You know, God has such a sense of humor, and had fun with me and said, “This isn’t about him, this is about you.”  I replied with that look when you don‘t understand something, you know the “deer in the headlights,” and shouted, “What?“

I had no idea what He meant, and my little seven year old Tami came out with a vengeance.  Thus, for a short period of time, I stuck my fingers in my ears, and said, “You‘re not the boss of me, stuck my tongue out and ran away.”  I didn’t know how this could be my fault, and I wasn’t about to accept responsibility.  I mean, when pointing fingers it’s so easy to hold and point outward, not so easy to hold and point inward…it actually hurts!

Yet, God in His gentle way kept sending me messages, and finally I took my fingers out of my ears and listened.  Do I really have the power to change this?  And the answer was, “Absolutely!”

I had been going from doctor to doctor to find the answers, to get them to heal me, but the message came again, “The answers are not in the medical community.  You are to leave the medical community behind, and your answers will come.”

That message prompted another, “What?”  Yet, I was beginning to understand that the body is designed to heal itself when given proper ingredients, which all centered around love.

I soon learned that I had the power to heal myself through expressing love for myself, and I was on this profound journey to really get it.  Once I made this realization, the healing happened quickly, and the Universe aligned everything for this to happen.

Guess what?

It was the most nurturing, loving thing I could do, and I‘m so appreciative for this gift disguised as an illness.  As a result, I’m setting the example for self love for my daughter, Lindsay, who at the time was 12 and is now 25 years old, and pass on this love so she knows how to do this for herself.  Lindsay has witnessed my transformation over the last 12 years, and is seeing the positive effects of self love.  She is on her own self love path guided with light by many wonderful people, including Louise Hay.

I am my greatest heirloom!

So let’s go back to my original question, and then I've added a question.  Take a few minutes to answer them.

1) What monetary value do you put on your well-being?

2)  Now, that you have answered it, what do you do to support your greatest heirloom – YOU?

My answer to question 1) is: a million dollars  My answer to question 2) is:  Laugh and have fun; connect with friends and family; eat nutritious foods; exercise; cleanse, purify and energize my body with super foods; get massages; meditate; use stress release tools; send cards; express gratitude and appreciation; read inspirational books; commune with God; practice living in the moment as the Divine…and eat Hershey‘s chocolate.

When I give to myself, I'm better able to give to others.  As Wayne Dyers says, "You can't give away what you don't already have for yourself."

I choose to invest my money where I will get the greatest return and that is in myself to keep affirming and expressing love – appreciating who I truly am.  Look at this priceless gift that will be passed down to future generations.  Is it worth it?  Every penny!  And money was created in order to demonstrate appreciation for our desires!

I think of the money, energy and time that it cost me when I lived in struggle.  Then I have to add in the monetary amount to everyone else that I impacted when I didn’t love myself.    It all adds up, doesn't it?

Protect and nurture "YOU" – your greatest heirloom – to pass down the love to your future generations.

You can view this video that speaks to this very subject:

 

Everything I know, I learned from Hula Hoops

As I’m sitting outside looking at my beautiful view, I was inspired to write about the significance of Hula Hoops in my life. It is these promptings in the moment that I embrace, and follow as my higher self is conveying a message through me. Thus, instead of putting my fingers in my ears as I’ve been known to do, I’m allowing the message to flow in every cell, including the cells in my fingers as I type. I can’t have my fingers in my ears and fingers on the computer keyboard at the same time….a feat that I haven’t yet mastered.

Let if flow, let it flow!

As I remember who I truly am as an Infinite being of rainbow consciousness, I have a vivid memory of this rainbow consciousness as a child of five or six. In this experience, I allowed the energy of hula hoops to come into my life. I was a master at the art of hula hooping, and used this skill to “entertain” the customers in front of the local grocery store. Even at this young age, I knew who I was.

As long as I stayed centered, and performed from the pure state of “fun,” then the hula hoop stayed in position. Every morning during one summer, I awakened to don my hula hoop to experience the sensation, and then off to the store I would go to allow this blissful feeling to overflow to others. My only intent was to allow the fun experience to be. I loved giving this gift to others, and as my Aunt Margaret reminded me two years ago, she loved receiving this gift, and recalled this memory like it was yesterday. And the harmony from her words are being echoed, “I remember who you are, and the gifts you came to share.”

Entering adulthood created a different picture. I began to forget the joy of my own hula hoop, and over the course of several years, I created some experiences of contrast that gave me pause for thought. Okay, really, I allowed these experiences to throw me off center and lose my balance, and wondered why I couldn‘t keep my hula hoop centered while running after others.

Are you seeing this funny picture?

In my adult thinking, I adopted others‘ beliefs and assumed what they did were my answers too. I thought others had the “better” way of creating my hula hoop experience because they were “successful.” Thus, I donned my hula hoop with its search light on, and chased after many others so I could claim their answers for my own. Yikes!

You can imagine the visualization of me running my race with arms waving all over the place, and attempting desperately to hold on to my hula hoop. Yet, I couldn’t run and center myself at the same time in order to maneuver my hula hoop for maximum fun. Thus, I kept dropping it.

What happens when we chase someone? They automatically run faster, and elude us. Our life movie scene can present chase scene after chase scene, and we never catch up to who or what we’re chasing.

Through my state of exhaustion, I began to realize that this wasn’t fun any longer. I was tired and didn’t want to play the chase game any longer. I was beginning to remember that it would serve me better to stand still, and open up into MY own beautiful rhythmic motion that I was born with. I was remembering who I truly am.

Can you imagine this beautiful conscious awareness that was being communicated through me with love for me and my contrasting experiences?

Having said this, I’m contemplating these experiences to understand the value of contrast because it is through contrast that I remember who I truly am Remembering the hula hoop experience at a young age brings a vibration of connection that is very familiar, as it is who I am, and what brings me incredible joy. I loved the feeling of moving my body in order to create the hula hoop suspending around my center, and no one could do it like I could/can. I was/am the hula hoop queen!

Now, as a child at age 54, I’m coming full circle….pun intended. As I keep expanding into who I truly am, I’m returning to that hula hoop experience. With this said, I now have lights on my hula hoop, and it can be seen for miles, and miles, even light years away. Because I’ve replaced the search light with my freakin’ beacon, everyone is attracted by my light, and they show up to join me in my hula hoop experience, and it’s fun, blissful, and down right slap happy. I do things for the sheer pleasure of being that experience.

Now, let’s look at abundance of money. Can I open up into my abundance through my hula hoop experience?

Absolutely! Abundance is already here, I don’t need to create it. I allow it in by staying centered in my core of vibration that is connected to Source Energy. Playing with my hula hoop is exactly the vibration I love to be in, and as I do this, I’m connected to my abundance. I truly believe it is a remembering to play, have fun, use imagination, to laugh. These are innate within us, and from this vibration of feeling good, everything flows.

There is something that you are that no one else is, and when you know this, you can do it all day long, and your light will shine so that others see it. And your abundance will be in resonance with this vibration, and will be visible as well. Like Louise Hays says, “Somewhere out there someone needs the gifts you came born with.” In addition, she espouses that your job, your profession, is only one channel of abundance, it is not your Source. Thus, your only action steps are to do the things that inspire you as you connect to your Source Energy.

If you are tired of chasing after others’ experiences, and trying to duplicate what they’ve done and claim their answers for your own, contact me, and I can show you how to be your own freakin’ beacon!

You may enjoy this video of me remembering my hula hoop experience.

This is such a famous line from The Field of Dreams, and we know that this posturing does work when we stay in that core belief.

Recently, my boyfriend, Carlos, created a beautiful pond, complete with waterfall and plants.  Instantaneously, a frog showed up, then two salamanders and a snail, and I found this discovery very intriguing.  Carlos mentioned that he read in a magazine that just by building a pond, the critters that you want to show up will show up, and there's nothing that you need to do in order for this to occur.  You build it and they will come!

Incidentally, we live on a mountain, and I was intrigued by this manifestation, and  found myself asking, "Where in the heck did they come from?  How did they find the pond?  Yet, the answers were being revealed at the same time I asked the questions.  It was so fascinating to me, and it put into perspective how this happens in our lives in general.

When we have an idea for a business, there is nothing that we need "to do" in order for our critters, our peeps, to show up.  We build it and we stay focused on what we want, and the beauty of that creation unfolds naturally because our vibration is aligned with what we want.  We allow our vibration to be at a frequency so the Universe, our business partner, feels the same emotional charge, and responds with the peeps that will benefit from what we offer.  Our appreciation, our joy, our happiness are perfect emotional matches for the "grand opening" of our idea, and the strobe light is activated upward to the sky to let others know of it.  It's our freakin' beacon!

Just like Abraham-Hicks says, "We have asked and now we are given."  We don't even need to entertan the idea that no peep will come because we know when we do, we have offered a vibration that is different than what we want.  Thus, aligning ourselves with Source Energy is the key in every moment.  We have built our business, and we have asked for the Universe to create a "buzz" around our business, and we are excited with anticipation.  Just like our pond illustration, that peep shows up, then that peep shows up, and yadda, yadda, yadda.

And this perfect scenario is our Kodak moment of building the idea of a business, creating the vibrational frequency of our emotions of excitement around the idea, and then allowing the peeps to come.  We simply enjoy our creation, our manifestaton because we know 99% of creation is already done with the vibrational match of thoughts and feelings.  From that posturing of our alignment with Source Energy, we evoke the Law of Attraction and all the Universal forces are summoned, and we simply just "be." 

May your force be with you!  This field of dreams is a beautiful place to be!

 

Take a peep at this video and utilize EFT to stay affirmed the peeps will come, and also see our beautiful pond.

 

 

What happens when we use music to stimulate our experience?  We can get caught up in this state of being and feel like we are flying as a result, right?

When was the last time you cranked up the music in your car?  Turning on your favorite song and jammin' like there's no tomorrow, and your car blasts off to outer space?

As a fun coach, it's important that as adults we remember that play is essential, and that's why I like to encourage myself and my clients to play, play, and play some more.  We came born with our play station already attached, it's not something outside of us, it is within us.  And when we don't take time out on a regular basis to turn on our play station, the batteries run low, and we get cranky.  Ever had a bad case of the crankies?

This happened to me this morning, in fact.  I was feeling a little stressed as my computer was not taking my commands to operate according to my time table.  Thus, it had a mind of its own, and I didn't appreciate it.  I was rushing around as I had an appointment with an HR person in a business, and thought I was going to be late.  You can imagine my behavior...not so pretty! 

Just like a little kid, I had a Tami temper tantrum, and it was a doozie!

I got in my car, gave myself a self-imposed time out, cranked up the music, and got in touch with my play station, and it made all the difference.  I fell back into balance, and was back in the vibration that is conducive to what I want.  YEAH!

This video is an example of me giving myself a time out on another occasion.  Please feel free to join me, and sing along with bliss!