Nurture the garden of your life - 5 Steps to Nurture the garden of your life

Your life is your garden and therefore you must nurture it to get the best harvest possible so you can enjoy the fruit of life.

So, exactly how do you nurture the garden of your life?

The next 5 steps will show you how.


1) Recognition

When you recognize that you have a need for a garden whether it is to save money or eat healthier your reason for doing so will keep you through the process of creating what you desire.

Similarly, when you recognize why you desire your life to change, whether it is to better your health, grow more spiritually connected or change your financial situation, that reason will keep you persistent until you realize your goal.

2) Decision

Like any garden, you must decide what type of garden you desire to have. Is it a fruit garden, vegetable garden, a flower garden or a combination of all three? Once you've made a decision, you can now decide on what types of seeds you will purchase.

When you make a decision to change your life, you must decide what type of lifestyle you'd like to have - being able to travel anywhere in the world, spend more time with family and friends, deepen your spiritual connection. Once that decision is made you can now make specific plans to facility growing that lifestyle.

3) Preparation and Planting the right seeds

You recognize your reason for desiring a garden. You've made a decision what type of garden you will grow. Now it's time to make a plan of the size and shape of your garden. Once that's completed you begin to plant the right seeds. If you desire cucumbers, you must plant cucumber seeds. If you desire watermelon, you must plant watermelon seeds and if you desire marigold, then... you got it, you must plant marigold seeds.

Therefore, if you decide to change your financial situation, your spiritual life or your family life, you must begin to plant seeds accordingly to grow your harvest. You must begin to look at your financial situation and make plans to increase your finances - whether you decide to seriously begin to save, start a business to increase your income or invest.

What seeds can you plant to enhance your spiritual life? Perhaps more time in meditation and quiet contemplation? What about your family life? More time with your spouse, your children?

Think about ways to transform your situation from where it is now.

4) Nurturing the garden of your life

Every garden requires daily weeding, regular watering and tilling of the soil when necessary. A careful gardener watches over his garden with a keen eye and so should you.

Everyday keep a watchful eye over the garden of your life. Keep your mind free from mental clutter so you can create the changes you need in your life. You will see your life begin to flourish in rich colours and beauty.

5) Harvest time

When you take care of all the previous 4 steps, the 5th step - harvest time, will occur naturally. You don't need to force the garden to bear fruit. It is designed to do this naturally. Your part is to do the other steps and the harvest will take care of itself.

When you regularly nurture your life garden, the harvest time will come as a natural occurrence. But you must begin now to implement the necessary steps in order to facilitate the fruit bearing stage.

I'd like to hear your feedback. What other steps do you think can be added to nurture the garden of your life?

Determination - 5 steps to developing a determined mindset so you can achieve your goals

You may have already heard that you must become determined to achieve your goals. But exactly how do you become determined? How do you develop a determined mindset to become successful in any area of your life?

The next 5 simple steps will show you how.

1) Know what you want

Knowing your innermost desire sets the pace for the fulfillment of that desire. Visualizing that desire in full imagery sets your sights on the final outcome. When you are consciously aware of what you truly desire and can vividly see it then you begin to emit the energy frequency into the ether to attract back to you the desired outcome.

2) Make a decision to manifest your desire

Once you've seen your desire, make a decision to have it. Decide there and then that you will have your desired outcome. It doesn't matter if at that moment you don't know how to achieve it. You may not be consciously aware that there is a way to get your desire. Just be confident in your mind that the way will come to you and it will.

3) Connect with your emotional feelings

Your emotions fuel your desire. And as you feel the feelings of what it would be like to be living in your desire, the energy wave goes out into the universe connecting with Divine Intelligence. Divine Intelligence organizes and brings back to you the desired outcome. That's the reason why clarity of your desire is so important. The clearer you are on your desire, the less static on your energy field as it goes out from your emotions. A distorted emotional energy wave will bring back distorted results.

4) Rehearse your desire

Daily rehearse your desire fuelling it with feelings. The making of a snowball starts with one snowflake. The more snow you add to the ball the bigger the ball gets until finally it's big enough to begin to make a snowman. The more emotions you fuel your desire the bigger and stronger the energy wave and the faster your desire comes to you. Daily rehearsal of your desire keeps adding strength to it.

5) Stay focused on your goal

When you are focused on your desire and are not constantly changing your mind, you'll continue to draw to you everything you need to manifest that desire. Setting aside time everyday to connect with your emotions and the feelings of having your desire and visualizing your desire will keep you focused until it becomes your outer reality.

These 5 foundational steps give you the internal view to developing the determined mindset to attract all you need to bring into your life your manifested desire.

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Change your life - 5 steps to change your life!

Changing your life requires certain steps to bring about successful results. These 5 steps to change your life lays out a direction which you can follow.

1) Recognize your need

If you are to make any changes in your life, you must first recognize that you have a need for something. When you recognize dissatisfaction in your life, it’s time to make a change.

2) What is your desired outcome?

And you begin to address that situation by thinking about what it is you desire the outcome to be. For example out of your dissatisfaction with the quality of food at the grocery store or if you want to save money, you may decide to grow your own garden. That desire for the garden springs out of your emotional concern about your health which propels you to do something about your current situation.

3) Be specific – have a definite goal

When you make a decision to grow this garden then you decide what type of garden you want – vegetable, fruit or flower garden or a combination of all three. This is the step of having a definite goal. For you must determine what it is you desire to create in order for you to create it.

This lays the foundation then for a completely different mindset than the one you had before. The previous results you were getting came as a result of the mindset and conditioning during that period of your life. Therefore you acted in accordance with the way you were thinking.

So now it’s time to go through the transitory period to create the new mindset and habitual conditioning which may produce a period of discomfort as you go through the process. Remember, this is something new to the mind and body and at first it may be uncomfortable. But as long as you stay focused on your results and on the final goal, the new mindset habit will begin to set in which will produce different behaviour and positive results.

This is where you begin to make plans and find ways to effectively create this change.

4) Garden of your life

Your life is like a garden. You must nurture it. You must tend to your garden daily. I like the garden illustration because it gives a tangible guideline for determining what you desire and how to go about getting your desire, especially if your desire is one that is intangible, like spiritual growth and development.

As we learn these principles, it’s imperative to teach them to our children so they can have an early start in creating a great future for themselves and their children.

Education is more than rehearsing what’s been taught to us in text books. It is also about knowing how to use our mental faculties to create and shape our world. It is not being told what to think but how to think and use our thinking abilities to change our lives.

Our thoughts when fuelled with emotions become our reality. Therefore the garden thought must be nurtured and cared for on a regular basis, weeding and pruning all that is unwanted. It is a never ending process to living.

5) Persistence and determination

Persistence and determination is the driving force to achieving any goal. These take you through the tough times when you feel like giving in. A woman in labour knows that when the pain is at its highest intensity that’s when she’s about to give birth – that’s our breaking through point.

Determination is the mindset that says that regardless of the external conditions I will have what I desire. It will come to me no matter what, and you wait, if you have to, for it to unfold.

Persistence is birth out of a determined mindset. It is the consistent continuous action whether physically or mentally towards achieving your goal.

Anything is possible when you have the mindset that it doesn’t matter what it is, you can and will have what you desire.

Changing your perception of things causes you to see opportunities where others only see adversity.

Change your life - Do you need help to change your life?

If you're looking to change your life, you must change the direction in which you're going. But do you know what direction that is? Or do you know what you desire but you're not sure how to get what you desire? Or perhaps you've tried but still have not accomplished what you've set out to do.

This is your time! If someone was willing to offer you the opportunity to achieve your goal, would you take the chance to do it? No cost to you but your time and dedication to achieving your dreams. Would you take the step? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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Get connected to your Source

Scripture of the day

"Let your roots grow down into Him and draw up nourishment from Him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all He has done. Colossians 2:7"

When you take the time daily to connect with the Source of your strength and allow the Life-source of God to nourish your inner being, filling you with love, peace and joy, your life begins to change.

Long-lasting change begins from within. A transformed life starts from within. A life filled with love, joy and peace comes from within. Peace, no matter what situation you're in and what you face, comes from within.

Many times we are frantically running around looking for all the answers outside of us. But the problem with that is you never learn to rely on your inner guidance because you're afraid to make the wrong choice. You're afraid you're going to make a mistake. So instead of looking within for the answer you consult with every book, every seminar, and perhaps with every article, other than your Source.

Nothing is wrong with all of these in themselves. But when they replace your natural inner connection, when you are not hearing what the Source of your life is saying or you can't connect with it, then it's time to stop and take a good look at where you're searching. Time to take the time to be quiet and listen within. Get connected with your Source. Feel the life flow into your inner being, allow it to flow, ask for it to flow.

Then, you'll begin to develop that inner relationship, become filled with strength, power and overflowing abundance. Your confidence and faith will grow. And when your Source chooses a method outside of you to bring the answer, you will be assured in knowing that your answer has come to you easily and effortlessly without you searching frantically for it.

Your peace will flow naturally as it should be. You will feel loved and feel connected to love and as a result love will naturally flow out of you as it should be. Abundance will flow out of you as it should be because you are reconnected to the Source and your roots have grown down in Him.


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Release Your Inhibitions! Saturday Tunespiration

It's Saturday, why not turn on the tunes and have a Tunespiration of a day!

Ever made a decision to achieve a goal only to find yourself being overwhelmed with feelings of inadequacies and self-doubt? It's time to release your inhibitions and keep on keepin' on despite your fears. You can do it! Just keep moving forward.

When I was writing my ebook Changing Inside Out Now! Creating Unconditional Miracles, I found myself becoming a bit overwhelmed with these emotions. I began thinking about all the great writers out there who have written such excellent pieces of work. Then, the thought came to me, "Stop comparing yourself to others and do the best you can." The moment I heard that I began to shift my thinking.

Then, something really interesting happened; my 7 years old daughter began to sing this song by Natasha Bedinfield - Unwritten. The words were so profound, given the fact that I was writing a book at that moment. My daughter had no idea what was happening to me when she began to sing. I looked over at her amazed at her timing. I decided to stop what I was doing and searched for the song on YouTube. Here is the link to this song that inspired me so much during the writing of my book.

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Getting my body back Friday

If you've been following along in the spring and summer months, you'd remember that after having my 7th baby I was working on getting my body back. I haven't done any updates on that for a while, so I've decided to give some update on my progress.

Also, I've decided to dedicate Fridays as Getting My Body Back Friday for anybody's who working on getting into shape as well. I'll be sharing some inspiration on the topic, in addition to videos and articles on nutrition and exercise or anything else I come up with to help us keep on our journey.

Feel free to post any suggestions or links of interest you have.

So, today I'm unveiling my progress starting from April 2009. This is a few weeks after I started my journey.



This is when I began gardening and incorporated this activity into my workout routine.



Drum roll please!!! This is me 8 months later in the same pants. I'm about to head outside for my walk and jogging. I still have some work to do - working on the abs, but I'm so happy and appreciative for the progress I've made so far. I feel great and energized and still open to learning and improving.




This was taken today. I just finished my walking and jogging. Yep, that's snow in the background. I've made a walking/jogging path. I've committed to change from hibernating in the winter to staying active and participating in winter fun as well.

I look forward to snow days now because I go out to shovel and get a good workout - adding some variety to my routine.

I've made some radical changes in my life and I'm loving it. I hope my progress has inspired you to join in the Getting My Body Back Friday and let's support each other. Or at least I've inspired you to continue working on getting into shape until you reach your goal.




And here is the baby princess, Roxella. She's almost 1 year old. This was her 1st Christmas.

Surviving Tough Times - 5 Keys to Surviving Tough Times

From time to time we come face to face with tough times that seem to challenge the very foundation of our faith.

Do you feel like you’re being tossed back and forth by strong wind of adversity and wonder if you’ll ever get out of this or if you’ll make it out in one piece?

Nature shows us that after every storm, rain, hurricane, hail or snow, the sun comes out again. For every storm you have faced, are going through, will go through, the sun will shine again. But sometimes it’s difficult to see that because we’re caught up in the moment of the ‘physical’ now and the fear of the captivating current circumstance.

When in a storm, it’s not business as usual, take evasive action. Change your style/method to allow creativity to flow, develop new ways of treading water and rise up above your situation.

Armed with the knowledge that ‘this too will pass’, what should you do to weather the storm and not be consumed by it, lose all hope and perish?

In order to survive the storm and avoid fatal damage, here are 5 keys you must follow:

1) Maintain your composure – Don’t panic!

Remain calm so you can think clearly. Panic will always remove you from a position of clear thinking and peace and cause you to act, speak rashly and hastily. Fear shuts the door to the free flow of creativity and inspiration. Take a deep breath, breathing in peace of mind and exhale, releasing all the tension.

2) Take your eyes off your problems

Regroup or refocus your attention from the storm. Whatever may be the problem, if you dwell on the negative of the situation, you only make the size of it seem larger than it really is. See your situation, but once you’ve noticed it, look beyond it in your mind’s eyes to the desired outcome.

Know that you will receive the answer – you’ll find the way out. Make this your repeated affirmation and expect it. The answer is already available regardless of what the situation may look like.

3) You’re not alone in the storm

Going through a tough time can sometimes be a lonely experience. Finding positive friends, positive reading material or recordings can be encouraging through this time, lift our spirits and energize us to keep moving forward when we’ve lost our momentum.

Matthew 14:24-33 shows that Jesus was right there with his disciples when they were in the storm. Prayer keeps our spirits connected with God and gives us hope for the future. It takes our focus off of our situation of hopelessness and aligns us with the positive energy of the flow of the Spirit.

4) Be open to wisdom

Wisdom sometimes comes in unlikely places, persons and avenues. Pay attention. If you are open to the message of inner wisdom, no matter how subtle, you will always receive the answer. The key is recognizing the answer when it comes. It may come in the form of a billboard sign, a message in a movie, a familiar song that suddenly comes to you or an inspired idea. Wisdom gives you direction to take the most productive and necessary steps at every stage of the storm. Ask for wisdom.

5) Remain focused

Focus on what you desire the outcome to be and not on what the storm is doing. When you focus on the storm, the storm seems to look bigger than it is. Staying focused on the outcome keeps you from becoming discouraged and keeps the door of doubt and disbelief closed. It also keeps your emotions in a place of joy.

As you engage your emotions in the feeling of your desired results, you are aligning yourself with the answer and saying, “Yes, God, I believe that you will come through for me and already have come through."

Know that every problem you ever faced or ever will face has an answer already provided. There is nothing in your life that is ever beyond the resolution of Divine Intelligence. You can and will come through as long as you continue to align your thoughts and emotions with positive energy of hope and expectation.


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I'm honoured to have the privilege to be an inspiration to your life. However, in addition to continuing to provide you with inspirational articles, I'd like to personally work with you to help you achieve your goals.

My personal goal in 2010 is to be help others like you become clear on what it is they desire to achieve in their lives, whether it's financial, physical health and well-being, weight reduction or emotional stability or whatever is the desire to change in 2010.

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Here's to a successful 2010!

Want to have positive energy shift in 2010?

I hope you and your family had a wonderful New Year celebration. We spent the time ringing in the New Year with our children. Lots of noise at 12:00 a.m.

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Changing Inside Out Now!

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