I was interviewed today by Startyourownbusiness.com about starting a lifestyle business. You can listen to to the interview below. I have to say, I realized my one of my callings on this show. I really believe that we are meant to design the type of life we want to live and create work to accommodate that lifestyle. In the interview I talk about the 5 steps to take to find and create that lifestyle business and what the the heck is a lifestyle business? This is my first interview. I'm hoping more will be in my immediate future. It was super fun.

It was a beautiful fall day on Saturday so we went to Leavenworth, WA. If you've never been there before, it's a Bavarian Village replica in a beautiful mountain setting. We decided to take a drive there to do some Christmas shopping and have lunch. The picture above is my daughter fearlessly rock climbing.They had various recreational activities for kids close to the shopping. (My husband and I were such proud parents.) Any how, this weekend made me realize that I was meant to travel and experience more fun! Why am I not traveling more and making fun a priority?

By the way, what is it that you're not doing more of that's really fun? Don't delay and start doing it!

I just had a great laugh. My 8 year old daughter claimed that I just didn't know how hard life was. You see, her day was hard because she got a math score lower than she wanted. While I laughed and laughed I flashed backed on all the "hard" things I've gone through in my life. And you know what? I came out of that conversation realizing my life wasn't so bad despite all those bad things. Man, I've come a long way! Yipee!

I highly recommend a book that helped me when my husband and I were in the middle of a huge financial mess called The Abundance by Larry Crane.  I know what it's like to feel massive fear coming at you in waves. It feels like hell. When I read articles about all the economic fears I'm compelled to share this important book. From it you'll begin to understand how to "restrain" and then banish those fears.

I was searching for that relief when I found this book. I only read the first few chapter, practiced the technique a few times and Voila! Seriously. It happened that fast. And for a little extra help I threw in a lot of faith and some spiritual help, which I will talk about a little later, which further cemented a more fearless life. The book starts out talking about The Release Technique created over 35 years ago. I liked this book because I didn't have to read the whole thing in order to feel better. I felt the tension ease after the fourth chapter. Each chapter offers a deeper level of release and can be referred back to if you feel the need.

What does your childhood reveal about you? Take out a journal or writing pad and write down all the things you remember about yourself as a kid. What were your interests, favorite toys, favorite TV show, favorite subjects in school? Now list all the funny stories your parents like to tell others about you as a kid and even the trouble you would get into.  Go back as far as you can remember and stay with it all the way through high school. What patterns do you notice? You see, our childhood hold important clues to who we really are and not who we thought we should become.

This weekend I had a fun time at my mom's house. My Step dad and her own an acre or so of land filled with fruit trees and gardens. We went to a few local wineries in the Yakima Valley and witnessed beautiful views. All this time spent with my family got me thinking about the importance of family and your family history. It's something I will focus on in depth in later posts but I think there is some valuable information about the untruths in your life. As great as it is to have a family, sometimes they intentionally and unintentionally create a myth about yourself that you start to believe. Mine? I grew up believing that being sexy was wrong. Sexiness has been a core characteristic of mine and I was told that I was many times by men and boys. But I grew up in a family of females with a single mom. It's long story, but there was competitiveness and an equal mistrust of males because of my mom's history. No wonder I grew up feeling confused and ashamed of something that came naturally to me.

I'll make a future goal to go further into the family dynamic and how it affects your truth. There is so much more to uncover!

I'm feeling like an old lady. Dang it, I'm only 42. I've noticed the sexy walk I was known for as a teenager is gone. Bam! Now I have the old lady in slippers shuffle, the moans and groans as I walk, the achy feet. Just talking about it makes me feel older. I bitched about it to my co-worker. I'm surprised we didn't go home, whip out our rollers and housecoats (Damned if I don't have those, too) and watch soap operas. That's it. I'm on a mission of reinvention.  First, weight loss then working on that sexy walk again. Note to self: The truth is you lost your truth. Go find it.