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My new book -- not your typical Life Coaching book!

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I've written a new, short, fun book for my clients (and future ones). I've aimed this book at readers who are a bit -- frustrated -- to say the least! Many of my clients come to me at a point of having tried everything and feeling like the world is against them. That is specifically who I have written this book for. The book is called How to Survive in Life When You're Not a Bastard, Thrive in Life, Career, and Relationships while Navigating Past Soul-Sucking Leeches. If you're just a teensy bit bitter but still want to remain positive, this is a great read for you. I'm working on a longer second book that explains my coaching process -- it will be a much more traditional self-development read. It will include the approaches and exercises I've found to be the most beneficial for my clients, so readers can essentially coach themselves. For instant download, you can purchase the $11 book here: http://store.payloadz.com/go?id=195164 http://www.yourdreamslifecoac

My obsession...Socionics!

For the past 3+ years, I've been absolutely obsessed with a personality type theory that hasn't quite hit the US yet. It's called Socionics and the reason that I've been so obsessed is -- it works. I've found it more useful than just about anything else I've ever learned -- it's up there with arithmetic and the alphabet to me -- and stranger than that, no one else has heard of this, especially when it's so incredibly useful. I get very passionate about this topic, so please excuse any tangents or rambling. It's hard for me to contain and there is a lot to say. For of all, ancient personality theory started with Hippocrates in the late 5 th century BC -- of course, there were probably other ideas as well, but his were most popular. He introduced the 4 basic types of Sanguine, Choloric , Melancholoic , and Phlegmatic -- he based them on parts of the body such as blood, phlem , etc. and attributed traits like mood to these physical things. He was b

Podcast of my article...

Listen to my article read by Cultivate Life magazine on this podcast -- click here . :) http://media.dailysplice.com/Metamorphosis-podcast/episode-245502 Firstly today, Julie Melillo discusses the current economic problems and how best we can face our fears. Then Kathleen Kennedy looks at the opposite dimension to economic bad times and asks how we can go beyond ourselves to get where we really want to be.... abundant, joyful, and healthy. And finally this week, Esther Andrews examines the pros and cons of the Waldorf Education Method. Our future success depends on the way we bring up our children - it's essential we provide 'education with a soul.' For full texts of this week's magazine, plus details of the authors, go to the Cultivate Life! site online, in the November18th, 2008 issue. The URL is - http://www.trans4mind.com/news/nov08-3.html Freely subscribe here - http://www.trans4mind.com/news/ Music by John Ferrante - http://www.myspace.com/ferranteguitar http

Stages of the Success Process -- and where we all get stuck

The process of success is similar to the process of grief. We all accept that a grieving person will go through many stages including numbness, denial, anger, sadness, etc. We also have heard that each individual goes through this process differently, and some people get "stuck" at various stages and are unable to move forward. Often, a person will move forward and then revert back. The SAME is true of the success process. Just as some people become stuck in the guilt phase of grief, and remain there for decades, others are stuck in various phases of the success process. Which phase are you stuck in? The purpose of coaching is to bring us along in this process, because we all get stuck at various points. All humans give up, even successful ones. But successful people do eventually get back up after falling -- some faster than others. There is no good and bad here. It just depends how much time you have and how long you'd like to wait before you create your new life -- it

The only way from here to there, is through it...

You are here, wherever "here" is to you. Maybe it's a real location, a state of mind, a financial situation, a relationship, a job you plan to show up at tomorrow, a belief in what is possible for you (or not possible. You are here, right now, with everything that entails. And then, in the future is "there." It's bright and shiny and doesn't quite feel like home yet. Do you deserve it? How can you earn it? Is it possible? There is no instant way from here to ther e, and this is where the lies of self development set in. Visualizing your success alone, will not bring it. Repeating mantras or affirmations or positive thoughts alone, will not bring it -- and let me clarify that doing these things does help, but alone, it will not be the answer any more than eating one orange will cause someone to lose 100 pounds -- it is part of the solution, but not the entire solution. To get from here to there requires going "through it." This is the only w