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PERSONAL MASTERY BY GENERATIVE WOMAN MEDIA
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SEEDS FOR SUCCESS ENRICHING YOUR PERSONAL MASTERY IS AN IMPORTANT STEP ALONG THE PATHWAY OF RECLAIMING YOUR POWER AND POTENCY.
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Personal mastery is about the ability to live not in the effect of life, but as the source of it‌ to be aware of our own essential gifts, to acknowledge the greatness that we truly can be and express them in our daily activities. This requires continuously choosing to be the possibility of something greater, something beyond what we have yet been willing to be. There are numerous studies showing personal mastery to have a major impact on our everyday life. This personal mastery includes embodying and being the greatness you can truly be. Woefully, too many women go through life without choosing to foster their personal mastery and wonder why they are then undervalued, underpaid and often completely missing from positions of power and authority. The good news is that you have the power in you right now to change this. As you find the courage to enrich your personal mastery and allow yourself I N Aspotlight, N C I A L be visible and be willing to rockF OtheO Dstatus quo, to stand inFthe you will enact M Achange. STERY Enriching your personal mastery is an important step along the pathway of reclaiming your power and potency. Better still, by integrating your personal mastery to your career mastery, a whole new universe opens up to you. When you embark on the path of integrating your personal mastery to your career mastery, you will find new and different possibilities way beyond what you could have ever imagined.
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Ever wondered how you can take your business to the next level and start making enough money to live the life you truly desire to live? Finance often makes women entrepreneurs shudder. We face challenges like getting our clients to pay on time. This can lead to cash flow problems. Women who find themselves in this sticky situation might find a high interest loan is the only solution. Any of this sound familiar? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Failure to budget for unforeseen costs and poor cash flow are two of the main reasons start up businesses fail. Stay with me, I'm getting to the good part. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What can you do to avoid some of the financial problems start up businesses face? You probably have questions about how you can avoid these common mistakes. Don’t worry, I'll tell you exactly how. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Become financially savvy. It's this simple. I can feel your eyes rolling. But seriously, it's that simple. Not excited about finance? Fine. Get excited about finance. Or run the risk of closing the doors on your start up. It's that simple. There is no sugar coating on this post. Be tougher. Get the knowledge. People pull themselves up from the gutter to make millions. Why? Because they went to university and studied finance? No, they have a desire for more, to be successful, and they went after it at full force. A sustainable and generative business is not built on genius, or better education or pure luck. Rather, it is generated by your capacity to manage your business wisely and with strategic awareness. Now here comes the good part. Make a deliberate choice, that you are willing to have more than what you have at the moment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Wishful thinking is not a deliberate choice. Wishful thinking is delusional. Although it might feel nice for a moment. What do you need to be and do now to become a financially savvy entrepreneur? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Still want more of an explanation? Allowing yourself to be open to the infinite array of possibilities in your life. I urge you to open your mind to all possibilities without judgment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Volume one of Seeds for Success is about realizing your own financial genius, we all have it within us to be financially savvy. CLICK HERE TO HAVE A READ 4/47
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"Enriching your personal mastery is an important step along the pathway of reclaiming your power and potency."
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HOW TO TURN YOUR HOBBY INTO A THRIVING BUSINESS
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Turning the hobby you truly enjoy into a thriving revenue generator can be one of the most exciting, generative and truly satisfying experiences. The exciting news is that you can turn your hobby into a profitable business if you are willing to make the transition from an employee to a business owner and the CEO of your own life. Businesses take commitment and skillful management to make them successful, so your love for your hobby will provide the generative energy it will take to create your new business and make it a successful one! Moreover, the only way to create a sustainable business is to do great work. And the only way to do great work is to do what you truly enjoy and to sincerely love what you do. Again, your hobby provides this. Doing something you deeply enjoy as a business has the great potential to create a sustainable income faster than any other wealth-producing strategy. But how, exactly, do you turn your hobby into a thriving business? There are five simple ideas to start turning your hobby into a business. So, if you already have the willingness to be and do something different, here’s how to get this transformation underway:
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1 Look at the objective and the rationale behind turning your hobby into a business. Ask yourself why you want to own your business, what is your primary aim for turning your hobby into a business, and what do you truly want to create. Will it be a full-time or a part-time venture? Do you want to create a part time business to supplement your income from your job, or maybe you would like to make it a full time business venture? That’s the starting point. 2 Look at your priorities and big picture. Do you have a big picture of the way your business can be integrated into your life and living? Your ability to see the big picture will expand your awareness to greater possibilities. Ask yourself these questions: Would turning your hobby into a business be enjoyable, generative, fun and satisfying? Would you be able to draw at least a living wage from the business? Would you be able to gain some benefit beside cash flow from your business? Would you be able to generate a long-term sustainable financial future from this? Does the business have capital growth potential? 3 Take stock of yourself and your current financial state. If you would like to develop your business to be a principal source of income for you and your family, then you need to know how much money your business needs to generate so you can live the life you desire. There is no more essential precept for turning your hobby into a business than to start by taking stock of yourself and your finances. You must know what it costs you to live the life you desire and to run your business, so you can see what kind of money would be required to be generated by your business. What really matters are what targets, both financial and nonfinancial, you would require your business to achieve in order to generate the kind of life you want to lead.
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4 Develop your strategy. While you may be good at your hobby, before you jump in and start charging for the products or services, you need to research and develop your business strategy for greater success. By business strategy, we mean positioning yourself now to create growth into the future. You can start your business strategy by outlining the key priorities of your business into the future. The strategy must provide the details of your business, including the services you offer, what you want to achieve, what does your business stand for, how you’ll differ from the competition, financial projections, marketing strategies, what specific objectives do you want to achieve – both short and long term. 5 Move from strategy to action. Once you've formed the business strategy (and it can be on merely one page), the next step is to physically actualize it. To ensure your strategies are brought to life, there needs to be specific action plans for each of the strategies set, and the necessary steps to get you there in an agreed time frame. This is vital to the success of your business. Without a realistic set of incremental steps, overarching strategies are not likely to form in the way you would like (if at all). Powerful strategies are made from the right building blocks─and a willingness to act. If your action plans do not support your key strategies, there is little to no chance that you will successfully realize the strategies to create different possibilities for your business. And be prepared to change strategy if it's not working for you! One of the greatest gifts you can bring to your business is to have more than one point of view of how it might look—and be willing to change when change is required.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL MASTERY
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There are different elements for integrating personal and career mastery. Being proactive. It is important to go after what you want to create as your life. For integrating personal and career mastery, you need to know what you want to create as your life and take necessary action towards it. For your career to be generative, you must be willing to accept 100 percent responsibility for your life. With this element, you get to overcome barriers and limitations daily. You do not have to overcome everything at once, you just need to do consistent action every day. Stop playing small. Start taking responsibility, and believe that you can succeed no matter what! Connect with others. To effectively connect with other people or networks, you need to connect with yourself first. Without a deep awareness of and relationship with yourself, it is difficult to connect with other people and your priorities. You get the power and the potency of connecting to others with how you resolve to trust your awareness. Be interested in everything, never try to be interesting. Getting informed. Being informed is not only focused on your existing job. A job is just a pay check. Your personal and career mastery on the contrary is for making a life. It is important to take charge with your career. You have to take the move yourself and not wait for other people to discover or promote them for you. It requires education, training, and taking risks. When choosing different possibilities, you need to know your options. And making the appropriate choice for your future is all about gathering enough information.
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Being aware. When your function from awareness, you start to recognize how much bigger life is. Look at what you want to create as your life. If you are in a career, ask, “Is this career working for me now?” If the answer is yes, ask, “What else is possible? What would it take to generate it into something greater?” If the answer is no, ask, “What can I be and do differently to make it work for me?” Know your priorities. It is important to know your priorities and your strengths and weaknesses. You get to take responsibility for your actions and are then able to figure what works for you when achieving your dream. Achieving personal and career mastery with your awareness, skills, talent and conscious actions can generate remarkable outcomes. You have to master yourself and your skills first, and you must recognize that you have unlimited choices. If you tell yourself that you have no choice, you absolutely have no choice.
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You are the leader (CEO, CFO, Chief Everything) of your whole life. A leader who knows what to do, what not to do, when to do it and when not to do it. If you’re not the leader of your own life, then who is? If it’s a family member, the community, your spouse or best friend, then you’re just an employee of theirs or of this reality. Today, you can start building your online business while still working at your regular job and only investing an hour or two a day tending to your business. Plus, today you have access to a goldmine of information to help you succeed in the form of podcasts, videos, books, blogs, etc. You can take advantage of others’ experiences and knowledge and use it to build your project much faster and more comprehensive than before. The only thing you need to be successful is a deep commitment to educate yourself about what it would take to manage a business and the willingness to put energy into achieving your targets. There are unlimited possibilities for you to find your passion and make a successful online business that provides you with passive income and that will fit your lifestyle. If you would like to invest $7 on discovering how to Build and Grow a Successful Online Business around your lifestyle - head to http://bit.ly/Ebk_IG or click here
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WHY PERSONALMASTERY IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR YOU!
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Practicing personal-mastery can help you alter your life in so many ways! It can improve the quality of the various spheres of your life, at the same time. Some of the top benefits of self-mastery are as follows: 1. Helps in achieving success - Personal-mastery is extremely crucial for achieving success in whatever you do! Personal-mastery helps you channel your choices and energy in the most creative manner possible. You would be surprised by how much you can get done in a short span of time, if your efforts are directed in a conscious way! You will also be able to better manage your time, when you embrace personal-mastery! 2. Improves your personality -Â When you include the practice of personal-mastery into your life, your persona will change gradually. You will no longer be pessimistic and unaware! You will consider each option with awareness and ensure that you are totally conscious of what you are doing. This will inevitably improve your efficiency at work! When your efficiency is rewarded, you will be more confident. Your outlook will become more and more upbeat. Hence, if you were someone with low self-esteem and low confidence levels, inculcating the practice of personal-mastery will certainly help you improve these. 3. You will start believing in yourself! -Â When you cultivate personalmastery, you will be able to channelize your energy in a systematic manner. When your awareness is directed in a creative and generative way, you will be able to accomplish a lot.
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When you are able to see your choice translating into many new possibilities, you will feel a sense of accomplishment. You will start believing in yourself more. You will trust yourself to see a task to its completion. Your confidence levels will improve tremendously and will have a positive effect on the quality of your work as well! 4. Helps in improving relationships - On the personal front, you will be more conscious of your reactions. This will ensure that you don’t immediately react to a situation. You will be trusted by others to stay calm and take an informed decision. This trust removes unnecessary troubles or misunderstandings in your relationships with others. Your conversations with others also will be more engaging! 5. Improves your mental clarity - When you practice personal-mastery, you will be able to present calmness in all situations. You will tackle any situation in a conscious manner. This automatically improves your mental clarity. How so? Let’s assume that you are in a chaotic situation. When your mind is unruly, you will be all over the place. There will be thousands of thoughts crossing your mind at the same time. You may end up reacting, without actually thinking it through! Your mind will be clouded by the emotions and anxiety and you wouldn’t be able to think straight. On the other hand, when you function from awareness, you will be able to assess the situation in a calm and composed manner. You will approach the situation in a conscious manner. This will help you see different possibilities. Hence, without a doubt, personal-mastery improves your mental clarity and your ability to make sound decisions. 6. Helps you appreciate life better - Your attitude changes when you have personal-mastery. You will start seeing the silver lining in any situation. You will start being grateful for the various things around you. When you learn to appreciate even the smallest of things around you, you will be able to find happiness in whatever you do! You don’t need external stimuli to keep you happy. You will feel contented and happy, even when the odds are stacked against you. All this comes hand in hand with personal-mastery!
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7. Helps you let go of your limitations and bad habits! - personalmastery is extremely crucial when you are trying to mend your ways and get rid of your bad habits, especially addictions! Unless you cultivate selfmastery, you will not be able to resist the bad habits. Hence, personalmastery is the first step before you attempt to let go of any habits. When you embrace personal-mastery, you don’t need external motivation to stick to your schedule. Including personal-mastery into your life is not an unpleasant experience, contrary to popular belief. It is all a matter of perspective. You can look at personal-mastery as a set of rules and dismiss it, only to regret it later. Or you can look at it as an opportunity to align your life with your priorities, aspirations and desires!
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Steven and Chutisa Bowman are global business advisors, authors and speakers who have spent the past 30+ years working with many top society changing companies and entrepreneurs of our time. The2Bowmans have devoted their career to inspiring people to challenge today’s certainties and consciously create a future of their choosing. They are recognized worldwide as Pragmatic Futurists and “thought leaders” on: Benevolent Capitalism and Benevolence@Work Conscious Leadership for sustainable futures Prosperity Consciousness and Business of Wealth Creation Strategic Awareness and business transformation "Our choice creates our reality. We need to choose in order to see what’s possible. Every choice you make creates a different possibility. Every time we choose something, we expand our capacity for choice."
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HOW UNDERSTANDING YOUR CREATIVE WORKFLOW CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE SSECCUS ROF SDEES
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Do you believe that achieving your target has to be strict and schedule-based? Does it work? Maybe. Does it make you enjoy your work and produce your best possible creation? Probably not. Forcing yourself to create on schedule never works! When you are trying to force yourself to sit down and create on a schedule, then there are bound to be problems. The fact is that when you are not in a creative zone you will not produce your best possible work, and it will show. What most people create is based on the amount of energy they put into continually controlling things, to get what they want when they want it. Most people believe that they’ve got to do hard work. They believe that control and force are the source of creation. They often use force and effort to make things happen. When you put rigid guidelines on creativity you can actually stifle the creative process rather than help it. The Greeks used the idea of a 'muse' existing because they believed that creativity was about following the inspiration from the universe. It's about learning to follow energy rather than trying to push it. The creative process is not about using force and effort as a way of making things occur in your life.
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Whether you believe in a muse or not, the fact of the matter is that sometimes, the inspiration to create simply isn't there. That can be challenging for some, even discouraging. But once you stop putting pressure on the inspiration to show up, that is usually when the workflow becomes effortless. When you feel stuck, you must step away from the project, do something different, get outside or go for a walk. The question you need to be functioning from is: “What’s really possible here, that I’m not even seeing?” When you are noticing a stuckness in energy and you ask: “What’s possible here?” you often become aware of what’s not possible first. People try to ignore what is not possible, and try to force it into existence, thinking that’s the better way to do it. There is an easier way. You do not want to put yourself in a position where you are burning yourself out. That is why it is helpful to pay attention to when you create the most comfortably and under what conditions you are able to produce your best work. The key to creating great work is not to force it. Forcing things can often repel the very outcome you most desire. The moment you stop trying so hard to make something happen, the creative process will work itself out much better on its own, than it does when you try to push or force it to. You can't use force and effort, but, what if you were to create from receiving? The only way you can create in the moment and be on the edge of generation of different possibilities is if you’re willing to let go of the control, force and effort. Then you can receive everything that is available to you, and all possibilities show up. However, you have to be willing to receive everything without judgment. It really does happen this way…by the willingness to surrender the need to create, we find the outcome we most desire. When you let go of control, force and effort, you’ve actually opened the door to constantly be in the state of generation rather than creating it based on the need to achieve a particular result.
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The universe knows where you are going, where you have to be and what you are going to have to have available. It is preparing everything for you to the best of its ability and you get in the way of it by not choosing to receive the inspiration. It’s not about controlling when it shows up. It’s about allowing it to show up and being willing to receive it when it does. The muse can strike at any given moment, it's true. But she is more likely to visit with somebody who will know exactly how to accommodate her. Understanding your creative workflow can help you to achieve things you might only have dreamt before. The key is to surrender. Instead of attempting to control everything around you, be willing to open yourself to the unexpected. Be willing to allow things to happen, instead of trying to make things happen. Without force, the muse will naturally find you.
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A First-of-a-Kind Financial Guide
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Prosperity Consciousness Leading Yourself to Money with Conscious Awareness.
A book by
Chutisa and Steve Bowman
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Are you aware that you attract money, wealth, people, events, and circumstances to your life, not by what you do or have, but by who you are? You can know everything about investment schemes, financial strategies, real estate investment, and the top secrets of high finance. But if your awareness, or consciousness, concerning money is based on the scarcity paradigm, then you will never have the sense that you have enough money. Unless your prosperity consciousness expands, your relationship with money will remain unchanged, trapping you at the same degree of limitation and financial mess. When you receive more money, your financial confusion will simply grow in proportion to the amount you obtain. Stop falling for “get rich quick” and anti-conscious money-making schemes, and focus instead on the Bowmans’ unique Access Consciousness philosophy of living. This philosophy helps you change your viewpoint of money, prosperity, and abundance and provides you with tools, inspiration, and transformational processes you can use on your path to financial success. Ease the expansion of your prosperity consciousness, and set in motion a whole new way of being and living with awareness. Let go of your limitations and create a more abundant, prosperous and joyful life! The good news is that you can choose to cultivate and expand your consciousness to create success and abundance. This is what we call prosperity consciousness. To purchase a copy of Prosperity Consciousness, click here
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EVERY DAY, ASK FOR THE GREATNESS OF YOU TO SHOW UP
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Being 'the greatness of you' is about right here, right now. It occurs in the moment you choose to be all that is possible. When you are willing to embody and be the greatness you truly are, you are willing to create a life that goes beyond the limitations of what the rest of the world thinks is important. You are the source for creating the life you desire. But you have to be willing to acknowledge the power of a woman and be the conscious leader of your own life. All it takes is for you to choose to embody and be the greatness of you. It is about the willingness to know what is true for you—and to be that—whether anybody else goes for it or not. It’s awareness that you are going where you have to go, not thinking or expecting that other people need to go where you go. The fact of the matter is you can only create the life you desire to the degree that you are willing to acknowledge the power of a woman and become a conscious leader of your life. Your life and your future are too important to be left to chance.
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LIVING WITH JOY AND CURIOSITY, NOT DRAMA AND DREAD!
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Life can be complicated. It can be simple. It can be fabulously joyful or sad. It isn’t what we have, or who we are, or where we are, or what we are doing that makes us happy or unhappy. It's what we think about. It's our attitude about life and living. First of all, we need to realize and appreciate that happiness is a choice, our choice. We have to make a choice to either be happy or unhappy. This is one of the most important things we must claim, own and acknowledge if we choose to have a remarkable life. Over a decade ago I learned a big lesson during a difficult time in my business ventures. I became aware that very little is needed to make a happy life; happiness is all within ourselves, in our way of thinking and being. And the only way to happiness is to never rely on someone else for your happiness. According to the Dalai Lama, happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from our own actions. And do you know what's really remarkable? Right now, no matter where we are, we are a single choice away from happiness. This takes some discipline and commitment, but the rewards are ample.
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Choosing the way we react to any incident that's transpiring in our daily life is a huge deal. In fact, it could be the most important choice we ever make in our life. The simple choice to be happy no matter what actually transpires or is projected at us will change our reality. It will also change the realities of everything and everybody coming in contact with us. So, when you move through your day and living your life, what do you think about? What is your attitude about life and living? Take a happiness reading of yourself - "Are you happy and exuberant today?".... Are you joyful this minute? If you are not happy with your day or the situation just acknowledge it to yourself “Okay, this isn’t working", and ask ...... "what do I need to change? What else needs to be different?” When you are choosing to acknowledge the situation, you are looking at what else is possible by asking questions and making choices that create the potentials for the creation of a different reality. No matter who we are or where we come from, we have our own attitude and point of view about life and living. What is important to know is that we all can have our own kind of happiness and joyful moments, if we're willing to claim, own and acknowledge it. The only way to have more happiness is to cultivate it in our life. The best ingredient we can use to expand our happiness is fun and pleasure. These are all natural, and plentiful. It is always available for the asking. So sprinkle fun and pleasure moment to moment throughout your life.
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Choice for Wealth THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT ANSWERS OR “HOW”… IT IS ABOUT POSSIBILITIES THAT GET CREATED WHEN YOU CHOOSE DIFFERENTLY. CLICK THE COVER BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE EBOOK
Making a choice for wealth is so much more than just choosing to have a lot of money. It’s about creating sustainable wealth. If you desire to have sustainable wealth, you have to be willing to be what creates sustainable wealth. Making a choice for wealth is the way you choose to create your life. It is not one choice, it is a continuous choice. A person who can generate sustainable wealth will always be wealthy, whereas someone who is merely having a lot of money will only be so for a short period of time until the money is gone.
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"We are what we eat and so it should be that we eat generative foods. Generative eating can also be called eating real foods."
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Elderberries are rich in antioxidants and have been used since ancient times to treat colds and flu. They're a mighty source of Vitamin C and should be part of any immune-boosting protocol. Elderberries have been found to have a high concentration of compounds known for their antioxidant activity and have greater potential health benefits than blueberries and cranberries. Also, they have a much higher content of Vitamins A, C, and B6 than other berries. You can buy elderberries fresh when in season at a fresh food market or your health food store will sell them dried. If you are interested in trying Elderberry at home, why not try and make some Elderberry Elixir? It's a bright, jammy and sweet syrup with the natural tangy taste of elderberries. It is great to sip on during the change in seasons when the flu virus is most prevalent. A few words of caution: Only black elderberries (sambucus nigra) are edible. The leaves, stems and other parts of the plant, as well as other species of elderberry, may contain dangerous traces of cyanide, so always buy your elderberries from a licensed and reputable source. If you harvest your own, consult an herbalist and cook the berries before consuming. The following recipe is not intended as a substitute for professional advice of any kind.
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One of the natural remedies available for healthy living is to use food as medicine. Medicinal foods help with many things, not only does eating foods from mother nature make you feel fantastic but it also improves your mental and physical health. There are however certain foods that have more potent medicinal properties, and Elderberries are one of them.
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TRYING TO AVOID COLD AND FLU SEASON? Anti-Viral Elderberry Elixir Recipe by Bea Rye Studios
1. Bring water, elderberries, cinnamon, cloves and ginger to a boil, then cover (allowing for a bit of ventilation) and reduce to a simmer for 45 minutes. The liquid should reduce by about half its original volume at this time. 2. Remove from heat and gently mash the berries with a slotted spoon. Allow to cool until manageable. Pour contents through a cheesecloth into a glass jar or bowl, squeezing out as much liquid as possible. You can now compost what remains in the cheesecloth. 3. Once the strained liquid is lukewarm (not at all hot) stir in honey until dissolved, then brandy and store in the refrigerator. Brandy extends the shelf like up to a year in the refrigerator, but you can certainly omit it. Without the brandy, the elderberry syrup will last for up to 2 weeks in the fridge. Alternatively, the elixir can be canned. 33/47
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Ingredients: 2/3 cup of dry elderberry 3.5 cups of distilled water 1 tsp cinnamon powder or 1 cinnamon stick 1/2 tsp whole cloves or 1/8 tsp clove powder 2 tbs of fresh grated ginger or 1 tbs ginger powder 2 tbs brandy (any kind) 1/4 cup raw honey⠀
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Shake well before each use. Can be taken daily as an immune booster, but for best results, skip a few days a week so that your body does not become reliant upon it. The standard dose for children is ½ – 1 teaspoon, and ½ – 1 tablespoon for adults. If taking to treat the flu, consume the normal dose every 3-4 hours instead of once a day until symptoms disappear. Sometimes I like to savor an ounce (about 2 tablespoons) at a time, twice a day when feeling ill. Believe me, it’s delicious enough to sip!
FOODS THAT HEAL
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Is the food you eat fueling your life?
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Gut-Healing Tummy Tea
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The simple ritual of brewing and sipping a gut-healing tea invokes good healing self-care habits. Licorice root and dried marshmallow leaf (or flower) tea not only tastes great but it can also be used to soothe the tummy. Sipping this tea will also reduce inflammation and promote healing in your body. Ingredients: 1 part dried marshmallow leaf or flower 1 part licorice root Optional additions (per cup): 1 cinnamon sticks, 1 cardamom pod, 1 star anise pod, and/or 3 whole cloves Instructions: Place all ingredients into a teapot, pour over boiling water and steep for 3-5 minutes before straining into a mug.
A note on Licorice: People suffering from hypertension should avoid excessive consumption.
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WHAT IF YOU ALREADY ARE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE?
Have you ever wondered how some people manage to create a life full of abundance and prosperity?
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Have you ever found yourself asking what their secret is, or worse, chalking it all up to luck? If so, you are not alone. What if you could know what they know and you could have more fun, more peace and more ease with money? Did you know that there are ways to prosperity that have little to do with luck and a lot to do with recognizing your ‘wealth within’, choosing to be wealthy and be savvy with money? Surprisingly, the number one reason many people never become wealthy is simply because they never consciously and deliberately choose to be wealthy. Making the choice to be prosperous and wealthy is, absolutely, within your power.
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TRAVEL
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"Travelling is one of life’s greatest treasures"
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WE CANNOT DISCOVER NEW OCEANS UNLESS WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE SHORE. ~ ANDRE GIDE
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TRAVEL IS AN INVESTMENT IN OURSELVES
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It has been more than a decade since my husband and I made being a sustainable globe-trotter a major part of our life and living. Our quest is to live deliberately with awareness and to claim and acknowledge our ability to exist and flourish wherever we are in the world. We see investment in travel as investment in ourselves. In my view, travel is the most profitable investment that any of us could ever make. Our future is in a large part determined by our willingness and ability to invest in ourselves now. Choosing to invest in travel can yield not only future gains, but often a current benefit as well. Each of us can add travel to our lives, even a small journey now and again, and the by-product can be a dynamically entertaining life. The extent to which we invest in ourselves not only shapes the way we create our life and our future, it often reflects the way we are being a contribution to the world. 39/47
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Traveling allows us to see the world through different eyes. It presents us with amazing opportunities to gain awareness and new points of view about different cultures, people, places and food. Be curious about everything in the place you are visiting. You want to be the question at all times. When you are being the question, you are in a state of curiosity. Curiosity will lead you to new adventures and possibilities. Different possibilities can exist when you're willing to immerse yourself in a new culture and different ways of life and living. Immersing ourselves in a new environment can be a culture shock at first, but it tends to impel and move us out of our comfort zone and open the doors for growth and for different possibilities. One of the gifts of travel isn't just how it makes us see life and the world differently—it's how it makes us see other people differently. Simply engaging fully in a different culture, a different way of being, thinking and doing things for several days can inspire our creative abilities to new heights. And not only will we be more creative, we’ll be happier and with a new outlook on life. When we do so, our life changes for the better. For me, travelling around the world makes me independent, generative, creative and wonderfully happy. Regular globetrotting gives me access to a life of endless adventure, infinite possibility, generative awareness and expanding joy. Yes, I freely admit it: travelling the world has become an obsession for me. Travel is about so much more than just take a relaxing break from everyday life or to see new things as tourists. I use our international traveling experiences to sculpt my work. My exposure to new and different cultures enables me to write some of my best work. My books and my blog posts are heavily inspired by my time spent travelling around the globe. Travel definitely plays a large role in determining the quality of my life now and in the future. It allows me to grow personally and professionally. Investment in travel is undoubtedly a real investment in yourself. The fascinating thing is that globetrotting truly makes a difference in my life, my well-being, and my ability to thrive and perform to the best of my ability.
PEOPLE
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"Interviews with current busienss leaders, sharing insight and experience"
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Meet Sonia the woman behind Scribe and Social
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Sonia created Scribe and Social because she witnessed many business owners struggling with social media. With the experience and success of her blog, Sonia Styling, moving into this industry felt like an extension of what she was already doing, comfortable and exciting to her. Sonia recognized she could help take the stress out of social media for small businesses. Because of her success with Sonia Styling, she often found herself having coffee dates with friends who wanted how and what she was doing? Her friends with businesses wanted to know all the little tricks and insights... she recognized the possibility of her natural skill set to be a generative business. Being the naturally kind and sharing person she is, this task was one Sonia did willingly. She genuinely wants everyone to do well and succeed, this is what we love so much about Sonia and why we wanted to ask her a few questions. 42/47
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Can you tell me the back story? Why did you start Scribe and Social? The story actually starts back in 2013. My day job as an Executive Assistant had gone from challenging and interesting to not what I had signed up for, thanks to a corporate takeover.
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While I was figuring out what to do next, my husband suggested I start a blog as a creative outlet. I was a prolific blog reader at the time, commenting on all my favourites every single day. And so, I decided to give it a go. Sonia Styling came to life in October 2013 and grew organically, turning into my passion project, my side hustle. In January 2016, I started a new role at a new organisation and knew instantly that this was one of those ‘career stepping stone’ moments (ie: I would not be staying for as long as I did in my previous job). I set myself a time limit of 18 months. I have no idea why, that was just the number that popped into my head! I launched Scribe and Social in 2017, after deciding that I wanted to try working for myself… but wasn’t quite sure what that would look like. (Are we picking up the theme of “winging it” here, or what?!)
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Countless coffee dates with friends who are business owners helped me identify that my “brain picking” topic was social media. So, I quietly took on one client. And then another. And another. And another. All while working full time. After five months of working all hours of the day (and night), seven days a week, it reached tipping point and I handed in my notice and stepped into the big wide world of business ownership. Can you comment on the creative process you have created? Honestly? I really feel like I’m only just coming into my own creativity like, now. It’s a noisy world online and it’s easy to be swayed and influenced and to tell yourself what you think you should be and do. SSECCUS ROF SDEES
I’ve now stopped paying attention to what others in my industry are doing because we are all so different as people and we have different skillsets and passions and things to offer. Instead, I’m really tapping into what’s on my heart. What I’m feeling or going through or what I feel like people need to know. Sometimes that’s the nuts and bolts and stats of social media. Other times it’s about being a woman in business and all the things that go along with that. Or simply being a woman! Don’t get me wrong, I have a list in my Notes app a mile long of all the topics I want to post about and I’m generally pretty organised when it comes to scheduling my social media, but if there’s something on my heart that needs to be shared, that gets top priority. What is the Scribe + Social unique approach? I’m all about social media with substance, style and soul. I believe in organic strategies that create heart-led content and authentic connections.
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I’m a natural born storyteller, so I’m super passionate about helping my clients discover their unique stories and empowering them to share those stories in their own voice and in their own way, as well as giving them the confidence to show up, stand out and be seen. Oh, and showing them that you can have fun and build a successful business on social media simply by being yourself! Can you share some lessons you have learned along the way? Prioritise yourself and your business! I fell into workhorse mode very early on and only dragged myself out of it earlier this year. I now allocate time each week to work on my business and myself. Allowing that time and space to experiment, learn and grow makes me a better service provider to my clients and a joyful, inspired person. SSECCUS ROF SDEES
Also, realise (quickly) that you can’t do it all. Stick to your strengths and what you’re passionate about and outsource what you can, when you can. At the moment I have an accountant and a graphic and web designer on Team Scribe + Social. What has been a big win for Scribe + Social and/or you? There have been so many little wins along the way, which I think are super important to acknowledge and celebrate, especially when you work for yourself.
One of the biggest wins this year has been launching my first online group coaching program, Elevate Your Instagram. I set myself good (6 people), better (12 people) and best (20 people) goals and exceeded my best by having 26 amazing women sign up for the program! I’m now in launch mode with Round 2 set to begin soon and I’m so excited about working with a new group of incredible entrepreneurial women!
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"PRIORITISE YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS!" SONIA BAVISTOCK
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The biggest challenge? Figuring this whole owning your own business thing out! No one hands you a manual or gives you lessons about how to run a business or what you should or shouldn’t do. You literally have to figure everything out as you go.
Also? Work/life balance doesn’t exist. When you love what you do, it’s part of you. So, you have to throw all the guilt and other garbage that doesn’t serve you out the window and just own the fact that your business is you and you are your business.
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As Scribe + Social has grown, have you sourced funding? No. I took the leap from the corporate world to the entrepreneurial life when I was in a financial position to do so. Since then, I’ve been able to grow and evolve through the offerings that I have, speaking and presenting opportunities, and client work. What is Scribe + Social main marketing channel? It’s no secret that Instagram is my favourite social media channel! It’s where I feel most at home and where I spend a lot of my time. I also use Facebook and communicate regularly with my mailing list.
I know there’s more I can be doing (LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest…) but I’d rather do a few things really well until I’m ready to move on to the next thing. Can you tell us what the future looks like for Scribe + Social? Well, for the rest of this year I’ll be running another live round of Elevate Your Instagram (in October) and I’m also launching a membership for graduates of my program, which offers them continued coaching and learning at a time when they need it most – when they’re out there in the big, wide digital world, implementing everything they’ve learned.
Plus, I have speaking and presenting gigs lined up, I’ll be hosting my own inperson workshops and … who knows what else? I’m open to any and every fantastic thing the universe has in store for me!
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