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We’re now three weeks into the new year and it’s time to focus!  Today is a perfect day to decide – once again – that this year you are going to own your life in this fast-paced, high-tech, bright-shiny object world of ours.

As I always say:  K.I.S.S. – Keep It Simple & Straightforward.

Steve Jobs said it best:  “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

If being able to focus and keep things simple has been problematic for you, I can show you how easily you can change all that in today’s blog!

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Navigate a Fast-Paced, Bright-Shiny-Object World

Because my Color Personality Style tends to lean toward a Color Combo of Socially Conscious, Beneficial Blue + Systematized, Zoned-In Green, I have a history of trying to do 10 things at one time.

Scientific research has actually observed that doing more than one thing at a time can be very detrimental to your energy and your health ….

Read more at my blog!

Own your life …

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the eagle who thought he was a chicken!

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Wired yet tired?  Over eat sweets for energy? 

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Since I can remember, I have always been about finding quick fix solutions to seemingly impossible situations as soon as possible.

I’ve been noticing that I’ve been telling my very own dog-with-a-bone experiences a lot recently.  I’m happy to share our story in an effort to explain the unexpected benefits a relatively new tool has been producing in my life and relationships since my husband and I have added it to our morning routines.

I hope today’s blog gives much needed r-e-l-i-e-f those who may have a personality style similar to mine to now be able to dial-down just how much they care about things and just how out of focus that leaves them.  Caring is necessary in relationships and caring in excess is not necessarily productive.

My new year’s wish for you is that you own your life on every level.  That you take real time action to grab a hold of, and consistently use, tools that help you live, work and love in ways that are so very much better for everyone involved.

Reaching out …

Are You Like a Dog with a Bone with Emotional Upsets?

We all know better than to come near a dog with a fresh bone!  The thing about fresh emotional upsets – whether real or imagined – is that we can be just like this dog.

We can take a hold of any situation and nurse it, curse it and rehearse it until the cows come home (I’m a farm girl from NE) but until we figure out a new way to handle old worn-out repeat situations that happen in our lives, it will most likely be difficult to find PEACE!

Because my Color Personality Style tends to lean toward a Color Combo of Socially Conscious, Beneficial Blue + Systematized, Zoned-In Green, I have a history of grabbing on to things and not letting go easily or quickly!

This happens most often when I observe people in my life knowingly do things that cause harm to themselves or others.  When these things occur, depending on how it strikes me, I can end up letting them pitch a tent in my mind and not pay rent!

I’ve done a lot of personal work on myself over the years with my Color Styles research, understanding and program development so I have been able to dial-in my dog-with-a-bone upsets considerably from having something bother and upset me for up to several weeks, down to days, down to hours.

So I’ve come a long way and then I started  ….

Read more at my blog!

Your mind is a powerful creative mechanism and it’s only desire is to create.  It is stimulated by reaching to learn new things.  It loves seeking solutions to problems. So breathe, relax, let go and let it do it’s thing …

Wait for Inspiration …

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Nothing is anything until you “call it” … 
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Best way I can describe possible reactions to any judgmental energy coming at you regarding any mental, emotional, social diagnosis (ADD, ADHD, ASD, OCD, ODD, SPD, SED, HSP) you and/or your kids may have received along the way is like charging up your mind, body and spirit to function like someone driving on a race track without breaks.

FocusFusion Cocoa infused with potent brain supportive herbs Bacopa Monnieri, Gotu Kola and Green Tea in each cup allows you and/or your kids to apply the brakes!  It is our drink alternative that can calm you while also giving you the energy and focus you must have to be happily productive in how you live your life on your own terms!

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Dear Difference Maker,

Do you know people that just seem to be happier in general?

Do you say to yourself, “I want to be more like them?”

Often, the happiest people in the world don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything!

Thinking of you … enJOY!

Click here to go get your MoJo up and running for the week!

Reaching out …

Heart Publishing, the Pacific Northwest

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Several years ago when I was working on my goals for the new year I was feeling pretty good about how things are lining up, when I realized that once again, I had not written one goal for my health or my physical comfort and well-being!

When, that’s what goal setting over the years has been all about for me!  Learning to own my life by revising old habits to now support myself first so I can do all the things I want to do.

I’ve had this backwards most of my life.  Talk about old habits being deeply ingrained!  It’s the start of year four to actualize a much revised vision of the future I have every intention of creating and yet, I’ve struggled to put my health and new practices for physical comfort first on my list as they must now be.  My husband encourages me to take care of myself but there is still FOMO calling my name!

Great insight, eh?  I’m happy to report that this year, I automatically started with my health goals first to make all things news with the help of God in me, as me, working through me to restore health and balance to every area of my life.

What I’ve learned this past year in particular is the power of leverage.  That doing everything myself is often times keeping people from stepping into utilizing their own gifts and talents.  I hope you enjoy today’s Blog about my journey to own my life more fully each and every year.

Reaching out …

Make All Things NEW! 

At the young age of 60 something, after years of not really resting into life unfolding more gently and simply for myself, I have realized that I feel like one of those old, battered cars you see in people’s driveways that have set out in all of the elements for many years, ignored and now rusty.

That’s how I’ve been feeling in my body the last several years: rusty!

Yet, my spirit is feeling like I want another run at this life.  One morning I received an insight about this being a year of getting myself shined up for the next chapter of my life and I’m really quite excited about learning new things about taking my self care to a level that will truly keep me shining and making the difference I feel driven to make (Yes this is a play on words I just had to run with – and there’s another one 😉 )

So this the work at hand for me!  Restoration is the theme I’ve landed on for this year.

What’s your theme for this year going to be?  Here are just a few ideas on how to make all things new again ….

Read more at my blog!

Own Your Life …

Click here to watch what you can say when you talk to yourself.

Click here to copy and print out this healthy & FUN recipe.

Best way I can describe possible reactions to any judgmental energy coming at you regarding any mental, emotional, social diagnosis (ADD, ADHD, ASD, OCD, ODD, SPD, SED, HSP) you and/or your kids may have received along the way is like charging up your mind, body and spirit to function like someone driving on a race track without breaks.

FocusFusion Cocoa infused with potent brain supportive herbs Bacopa Monnieri, Gotu Kola and Green Tea in each cup allows you and/or your kids to apply the brakes!  It is our drink alternative that can calm you while also giving you the energy and focus you must have to be happily productive in how you live your life on your own terms!

Heart Publishing, the Pacific Northwest

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The statement that’s popular now – I feel you – is more substantive than what many realize or utilize on a deliberate and conscious level.  Being able to see, in our mind’s eye, information coming in about how someone else in our lives is doing is available to everyone not just psychics, intuitives or sensors.  It’s just whether or not we are willing to know what we know as our God given gift to use with great care and wisdom.

I particularly love how our ever evolving quantum science is now able to give us real life visuals that can provide a deeper understanding as to what historically great teachers have been talking about for thousands of years.

As we move quickly now into the ups and downs of the new year I hope you’ll grab hold of what today’s blog reveals that can make your entire year ahead smooth and fulfilling.

Reaching out …

Intuition. Love. Energy.

Stop Look Listen BEFORE Reacting
Excerpt from Connecting With Colors: Synergize Your Life Self-Paced Online Program

In my first three years of teaching, I was aware that I had a knack with the growing number of students coming into my classrooms every year who were struggling behaviorally and academically.  That special knack had everything to do with how I was connecting with them attitudinally and I knew it.  The goal was to figure out how I could explain it to others so they could pave a smoother road for kids in need too.

Ten years later, as I began to put together Continuing Education Programs for Portland State University to explain what I was doing differently I found not only was I able to find the science to support what was happening, every explanation could be scripturally referenced.

Because of this search for how to explain the transformations I was able to call out in a population of students getting lost in the cracks of traditional methods, my inner knowing has never seen science as a separate conversation from our spiritual connection with God and each other.  I feel that, as with most things we are getting to experience in this life, it’s all interconnected and the more we understand the more we can come together and be blessings to one another.

Read more at my blog!

Choose Again …

Click here to get your groove on for the New Year! I guarantee that you are going to be moving to the music on this one!

Do the thing that takes the courage.
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Wired yet tired?  Often find yourself on your last nerve? 

For a quick pick-me-up that doesn’t let you down. Unlike other coffees Energy+Mind Coffee infuses a potent blend of green tea, gotu kola and bacopa monnieri herbal extracts into their coffee to provide maximum health benefits. 

Click here to experience a positive difference in your life.

Heart Publishing, the Pacific Northwest

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This time of year is not wonderful for all people and I think it is so important to keep our eyes open to those who may be suffering in silence, or in overt actions that scream for the soothing balm of kindness and understanding.

It seems that it is at this time of year we become a little more expectant and maybe even more open-minded to those things that may be interpreted as mystical when it comes to scary situations in our lives.

For me, I have all my Christmas stories close at hand to immerse myself in the miraculous.  I am sharing a true, mystical story with you in today’s blog that I hope you will enjoy to renew your spirit.

It is my most sincere hope that today’s stories will infuse you with the hope of the season and a reignited belief in the sparkling possibilities of Coincidence, Synchronicity and Serendipity.

May you find Comfort & Joy in whatever the holiday celebration – Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three King’s Day – speaks to your Soul.

Reaching out …

The Gift of Angels?

Some Guests Leave No Name, Just a Memory
Excerpt from Gifts by the Side of the Road by John Wayne “Jack” Schlatter

This story involves a dedicated teacher, a visitor, and a movie. She stands 5 feet, 4 inches tall, but when it comes to inspiring students, filling a classroom with joy and confidence, motivating children, and helping fellow staff members to reach beyond their grasp, Paula Worsham is a tall tower of talent.

While revealing to students their potential to reach for the stars, she has always had her feet planted firmly on the ground.

Her relationship with her God has been too personal to ever be hampered by the dogma of any particular religion. Although tremendously spiritual, she doesn’t have a superstitious bone in her body.

We met in a neighborhood restaurant to discuss the grades her students had earned during the time I had been her substitute. My presence in her classroom for a month had been necessitated by her need to have a doctor-advised operation.

While we talked, I was amazed how someone who had just had serious surgery could seem so excitedly alive and yet so peacefully centered.

I had loaned her a copy of my favorite movie of 1993, Heart and Souls, an uplifting story of four guardian angels.

“So, did you love it?” I asked.

“Oh yes,” she replied, “especially after meeting my new friend.

“Your new friend?” I queried.

“Well, I’ll try to tell you about it,” she said, as her eyes started to fill with tears …

Read more at my blog!

Thinking of you …

… at this special time of year. Take a moment to embrace the miracle of Christmas.

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Be an angel in someone’s life today.
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Heart Publishing, the Pacific Northwest

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I think we’d all agree that the Holiday Season is all about children and for those of us who are just little kids in big bodies now, it’s a time to revisit the child inside each and every one of us.  Because it is a fun time for so many, some of us can get over energized from all of the activities.

The most calming force I’ve learned to use with children (and adults) who are bouncing off the walls with excitement, is to give the gift of my undivided, emotionally available attention.

If this is something that brings you to your last nerve, then I think you’ll really be able to get a lot out of today’s blog.

Reaching out …

The Gift of Attention

Giving Behavior Affirming Attention and Focus 

The real power of compassionate attention is that it causes positive behavioral change—instantaneously.

Connection is about more than simple acknowledgment; it’s about the necessity of reaching out daily to be emotionally available, through compassionate attention, to the individuals in our lives, no matter what age.

You can make a difference in how well we all do by the kind of attention you decide to give each other.

When you remain consistent in offering attention in a positive and behavior affirming way, it becomes a “conscious” act that offers profound healing. This, coupled with a decision to simply slow down and energetically connect with individuals, will create alignment that generates long-term solutions.

How you decide to give your attention will determine how easy it will be to enjoy this special time as well as get along in the year ahead …

Read more at my blog!

A special Christmas message for you …

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Expecting a rollercoaster ride?  Then that’s exactly what you’ll be getting!
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If you are like me, over the years you’ve enjoyed watching the old Christmas movies like, It’s A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Story and White Christmas.

What I think is wonderful about all of these movies is that they have an element of healing to them for the heart, mind and spirit within each of us.  It’s the time of year that we like to remember that it doesn’t matter what’s happened to us, what matters is what we decide to believe and do about it.

The story I have to share with you today happened for a family during the same time period many of these memorable movies were made.

Reaching out …

MaryReynolds.com

The Gift of Healing
Excerpt from Gifts by the Side of the Road by John Wayne “Jack” Schlatter

Note from Jack:  A devastating blow between Grandfather Schlatter and Dad left a void in his heart that he felt would never heal.  Then one Christmas Eve …

Dad always wanted to be a doctor. He was even a medic in World War I.  But my grandfather insisted he become an engineer. Not wanting to rebel against his father but still following his own dream, Dad carried a double major in engineering and medical science.

One day, his grades arrived home before he did, and my Grandfather, anxious to see his son’s progress, had opened the envelope and became aware of Dad’s plans.

When Dad arrived home, he was greeted by one irate Father. “How dare you disobey me!” my grandfather shouted as he slapped my Dad hard across the face. Dad left home that day, never to return. Shortly thereafter, he went to war, leaving my Mother, with whom he was deeply in love.

My aunts did not like my mother, to whom my father had been devoted since they were nine years old. When Dad was in the service, they wrote him that she had married someone else (which was a lie).

Upon getting out of the service, Dad …

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Thinking of you …

… at this mystical time of reflecting upon the importance of Love and Family.

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You can trust you made a difference in someone’s life because you felt it in your own. – Tweet this! 

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The Holiday Christmas Season is officially here: Childhood memories, wishes, hopes and dreams. Believing in the miracle of Christmas and the Joy of Christmas. Giving way to our desires and wishes that our dreams will be.

When you were little what did you dream of at Christmas time?

When I was a little girl, I would curl up in my dad’s easy chair and sit by the Christmas tree to drink in the beautiful twinkling lights and dream of all the things in life I wished for, starting with wanting to feel loved.

Being a very active child, it was the one time I could just sit for hours and just dream.

Christmas brings with it wonderful spiritual rituals that renew and spark that wonderful feeling of believing in our most cherished dreams.

At this time of year, no matter what faith you practice, it seems that there is an increased desire for the abundance of all good things for every single person in the world. Caring about people everywhere is a most worthy intention, desire and feeling.

Our dreams are given to us, to make a difference while we are here. Christmas IS about making a difference so it makes sense that our dreams are valid and worth pursuing. What you want, wants you.  Take a moment read today’s blog.  You’ll be glad you did.

Reaching out …

Got Dreams You’ve Put on Hold?

3 Principles for Owning Your Dreams 
Excerpt from MasterMinding 101 Self-Paced Online Program for Dream Builders

I am passionate about this topic, especially because we are ending one year and starting another within the month, and I see people freezing up on their dreams and goals every single day in their emails to me because they are faced with expanding – Next Level – opportunities in front of them.

When I receive emails from people who do not have the money to pay their bills I am reminded of the time when I was literally living from one day to the next, as a single mother of a two year old, without a job. I had used every single cent in my purse and my son’s piggy bank. I was in a lot of daily physical pain at that time and it was very difficult for me to function.

When, out-of-the-blue, I was befriended by a multi-millionaire.  He taught me 3 very basic metaphysical principles he used to become a multi-millionaire …

Read more at my blog!

Thinking of you as we decorate our homes …

… as we decorate our homes for this most beautiful of seasons it is a time of reflecting upon memories past.

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What’s the best that can happen? 
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Tomorrow is ThanksGiving Day here in the USA and here’s just a little something to help your remember to enJOY the moments ahead to be shared.

You know how in airplanes, there’s the safety warning before take-off?  What does it tell you?  Put the oxygen mask on yourself first –THEN you can help others.

I think you’ll enjoy today’s blog because there’s quite a bit of real life humor about the work that goes into a day like this!

Reaching out …

Put Your Oxygen Mask on Yourself First!

Take Your Power Back!

The airlines know that if adults are able to receive the oxygen they need first, then there is a chance that others can be helped.

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Thinking of You …

… and those very special sentimental moments we’ve shared through the years! 

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I give thanks. Amen.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhh yes!  It’s pumpkin time.  Here’s a new spin for you if you can never decide between pumpkin and coffee.  Have it all.  Do both!

Click here to copy and print out recipe.

Wired yet tired?  Often find yourself on your last nerve? 

For a quick pick-me-up that doesn’t let you down. Unlike other coffees Energy+Mind Coffee infuses a potent blend of green tea, gotu kola and bacopa monnieri herbal extracts into their coffee to provide maximum health benefits. 

Click here to experience a positive difference in your life.

Heart Publishing, the Pacific Northwest