Its my first day back from attending the Celebrate Your Life Conference in Chicago and I still feel rather floaty. I can really feel the creative energy flowing through my veins and my senses are on overkill. Its like a continual adrenaline rush that is invigorating and exhilerating and all of those other good "ing" words.
The most amazing part was not just meeting some of the world's most prolific and masterful authors and speakers, believe it or not. It was also being in the presence of some of the great and honorable people behind those authors and speakers. The people who take care of their schedules, help them with various tasks, book their appearances, have them on radio shows, and yes, even the fans themselves who are the driving force behind the authors' success.
The Celebrate Your Life Conference was a work of genius that flowed with a magnificent force of love and the great numbers of people that attended were all there for the same reason. To create that love in their life and in turn to change their life for the better. I am so very honored to have been a part of this process, having a great time seeing all of the magnificent changes taking place. And also to have been able to provide our loving social media support to fans who couldn't attend. And we could have done it without even being thrust into the limelight, but the Universe had something else in store.
While we were anxiously awaiting the beginning of the closing Key Note by Deepak Chopra, the audience was greeted by Liz Dawn Donahue who made several thank you's to her staff and the authors and then much to our surprise mentioned the facebook and twitter pages and asked Susan and me to stand up! I did stand up, and then turned around and saw the perhaps 2000 people there all clapping and I look over at Susan and she is filming the entire crowd with her flip camera. I think that is when I actually started to float above my body.
Deepak then took the stage and I spent the next two hours happily floating above my body and absorbing each word the man said. He had a great presentation and I was quite impressed by it. I recommend you visit his new website, www.wellworld.org.
We floated to the airport shortly after that presentation, and floated onto the plane and floated all of the way home and yes, even floated to bed. It occurred to me a little while ago that I am still floating and more work has found its way to our doorstep and the connections that we made while in Chicago are already starting to fire up possibilities.
As much as I love floating, its time to check in with my feelings and ground myself.
I feel... "SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS"
As for grounding, I think a meditation will work just fine.
You can visit Celebrate Your Life's Facebook Page or Follow them on Twitter.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Success Does Not Equal Guilt
I'm sitting on a very nice bed, typing here before I am to head out to see more conference speakers. I'm at Celebrate Your Life in Chicago and I'm with my very good friend, Susan, who is also a writer for LileStyle. We are here providing social media support for the event and it just so happens that many of our current clients are presenting here as well. We haven't really had a chance to meet these special people in person, just over the phone, so we are super excited to be here.
Prior to this trip to Chicago, I was in New York, meeting a bunch of people that I have been working with through Humanity's Team since 2007. I guess this year is turning out to be the "Year of Meeting People You Already Know". Thinking back on that time in New York, I am thinking about how those people felt like family. And now, with Susan, it also feels like family. It makes it so much easier to be away from my darling little ones or from my husband. A thing that I didn't think I could do at the beginning of this year. Its interesting how you can learn so much about yourself by just stepping away from your life for a bit. It gives you this sense of perspective about what your life is all about.
While traveling to Chicago in the limo-bus from the airport, we met a fantastic lady and began chatting about what we "did". When I told her that Susan and I work from home and that we provide social media support to a lot of authors and presenters and even for the CYL conference, I began to feel a little guilty. I mean, this is a dream job! How many people do I talk to each day that say, "I so wish I could do that!" Sometimes I even forget that I also do video production for my local clients, because this dream job is so glamorous!
Its easy to forget the glamor each day, since each day I am also a Mom and Wife, Daughter and Sister, PTA Mom and Homes Association Secretary. I wear so many hats each day that its really hard to remember that I also have a very easy, fun and glamorous job too. It was only after coming to this conference and meeting the people I work for and enjoying the benefits of seeing such famous people each day, that it really became solidified for me.
After spending time listening to some of the world's most inspirational speakers talk about claiming your own magnificence I can safely look at myself in the mirror and say that I am not really feeling guilty because I have what others want... its more like I have what I never thought I could have. And as soon as I said, "whatever" to the world about that... then that's when the miracles happened. The lesson here is to not let your light hide under a bushel just because you might come across as being better at something than someone else. The TRUTH is that you are amazing, wonderful and very deserving of all that good fortune. You just have to allow it to be so.
Prior to this trip to Chicago, I was in New York, meeting a bunch of people that I have been working with through Humanity's Team since 2007. I guess this year is turning out to be the "Year of Meeting People You Already Know". Thinking back on that time in New York, I am thinking about how those people felt like family. And now, with Susan, it also feels like family. It makes it so much easier to be away from my darling little ones or from my husband. A thing that I didn't think I could do at the beginning of this year. Its interesting how you can learn so much about yourself by just stepping away from your life for a bit. It gives you this sense of perspective about what your life is all about.
While traveling to Chicago in the limo-bus from the airport, we met a fantastic lady and began chatting about what we "did". When I told her that Susan and I work from home and that we provide social media support to a lot of authors and presenters and even for the CYL conference, I began to feel a little guilty. I mean, this is a dream job! How many people do I talk to each day that say, "I so wish I could do that!" Sometimes I even forget that I also do video production for my local clients, because this dream job is so glamorous!
Its easy to forget the glamor each day, since each day I am also a Mom and Wife, Daughter and Sister, PTA Mom and Homes Association Secretary. I wear so many hats each day that its really hard to remember that I also have a very easy, fun and glamorous job too. It was only after coming to this conference and meeting the people I work for and enjoying the benefits of seeing such famous people each day, that it really became solidified for me.
After spending time listening to some of the world's most inspirational speakers talk about claiming your own magnificence I can safely look at myself in the mirror and say that I am not really feeling guilty because I have what others want... its more like I have what I never thought I could have. And as soon as I said, "whatever" to the world about that... then that's when the miracles happened. The lesson here is to not let your light hide under a bushel just because you might come across as being better at something than someone else. The TRUTH is that you are amazing, wonderful and very deserving of all that good fortune. You just have to allow it to be so.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Time and Space
Okay, so I can't believe how fast time really seems to be moving. I sit down at my computer each morning and I work tirelessly until.. well what time is it now? 11:39pm. Sheesh. And somehow I managed to take the kids to dance class and dinner, home and to bed somewhere in that whirlwind. I'm finally too tired and now my eyes are wonky. How did that happen? How can so much flow through me into this computer day after day after day?
The great news is that I love it. I really do! I can't believe how satisfying this work is. At this moment, my clients are all Planet changers. Their work helps so many people and each day I go to bed knowing that the words I helped place out into the ethernet are reaching thousands and thousands of people!
So what is the hardest part of being a "ghost writer"? Remembering who's name to put at the end of a message!
Now I'm off to dreamland where I will sleep alone for a bit since my business partner and husband is enjoying a weekend away with his friend, backpacking in Southern Missouri. I'm feeling safe and sound, the cherubs are happy and snoring and soon I will be to.
The great news is that I love it. I really do! I can't believe how satisfying this work is. At this moment, my clients are all Planet changers. Their work helps so many people and each day I go to bed knowing that the words I helped place out into the ethernet are reaching thousands and thousands of people!
So what is the hardest part of being a "ghost writer"? Remembering who's name to put at the end of a message!
Now I'm off to dreamland where I will sleep alone for a bit since my business partner and husband is enjoying a weekend away with his friend, backpacking in Southern Missouri. I'm feeling safe and sound, the cherubs are happy and snoring and soon I will be to.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
During this Fabulous Moment of "Now"
Well, this should be lots of fun.. I'm starting a blog. I have decided that my life is pretty interesting and at some point I would like to look back and see how this all got started. Already since January my life has grown so full and beautiful that its practically bursting! Someone once told me that I would be experiencing a proverbial "avalanche" of good fortune and I agree!
So during this Fabulous Moment of "Now", I am watching Colbert Report and thinking of one of my newest clients. I am amazed that I can be so connected to someone who was actually going to be on National Television and it is really amazing! Its hardly believable that this small-town midwestern chica could make such high fallutin' connections.
So, what do I do? Well, mostly I own a video production company, I'm a Mom, and I have manifested a new career with Social Media Management. So what does that entail? It means that I manage social media sites for people.. and since these people are quite famous, I am unable to really share with you who they are, because they have many fans and followers who are really wanting to connect with them on these sites. Of course these people who I help with my services do actually log onto their sites and check messages and post here and there, but I am responsible for the day to day upkeep.
Sounds easy, right? Well it can be quite challenging AND intimidating and sometimes exhilarating all in one day and I don't even have to leave my house! Each day I speak to someone famous and then I go to the school and pick up my kids and chat with other PTA moms and no one has any clue about what I really do.
Explaining it can be quite exhausting in itself! So I started a blog and I hope to jump on here and blog about my day to day life. If anything to just let it out of my brain for a romp!
So during this Fabulous Moment of "Now", I am watching Colbert Report and thinking of one of my newest clients. I am amazed that I can be so connected to someone who was actually going to be on National Television and it is really amazing! Its hardly believable that this small-town midwestern chica could make such high fallutin' connections.
So, what do I do? Well, mostly I own a video production company, I'm a Mom, and I have manifested a new career with Social Media Management. So what does that entail? It means that I manage social media sites for people.. and since these people are quite famous, I am unable to really share with you who they are, because they have many fans and followers who are really wanting to connect with them on these sites. Of course these people who I help with my services do actually log onto their sites and check messages and post here and there, but I am responsible for the day to day upkeep.
Sounds easy, right? Well it can be quite challenging AND intimidating and sometimes exhilarating all in one day and I don't even have to leave my house! Each day I speak to someone famous and then I go to the school and pick up my kids and chat with other PTA moms and no one has any clue about what I really do.
Explaining it can be quite exhausting in itself! So I started a blog and I hope to jump on here and blog about my day to day life. If anything to just let it out of my brain for a romp!
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