When you open up to the power of connection, you meet amazing people!

One of those people is Lisa Culver, a practitioner of the healing arts
since 1990. Lisa is often sought out by other professionals for her
wisdom, calming presence, and intuition. She is nationally recognized
for her appearances on national radio shows, such as “Living Successfully”
with Bob Keeton, and her own radio program “Living from the Heart.”

To serve others better, Lisa became an ordained ADL Minister in 2001.
She later co-founded the Wildflower Chapel, a ministry dedicated to
those that have chosen the path of higher consciousness. She has known
and worked with Paxton Robey for many years and is bringing Paxton to
Colorado.

I’ve not met him yet, but after meeting with Lisa and working with her,
one on one, on some issues of my own, I trust her praise for Paxton and
his work!

After reading his book, “No Time for Karma”, I can’t wait to meet him
in person! If you happen to be in the Denver area on the 29th and 30th
of January, 2010, YOU can meet him too.

Now here is a man who has such a unique blend of talents and gifts…
Physics Engineer and Psychic Counselor all rolled into one!
 
As an intuitive mystic he has an understanding of how we can expedite 
our own path to awakening. His bliss is sharing his vision of self
awakening and planetary awakening with others. Paxton says, “After a
14 year “sabbatical” it feels really good to be returning to the road.”

To discover the details about his two day event CLICK HERE…but
click NOW so you don’t miss out on this enlightening experience!

 My Dream Comes True…28 Years Later!

Have you ever visited a place and loved it so much you said to yourself and/or others you wanted to go back and live there someday?

That thought stays in the back of your mind, popping up every now and then,  wondering if there will ever be a right time to actually make it happen. The “can’ts”, “not nows”, or “just dreaming” tend to take over when jobs, businesses, kids, older family, homes, money, health issues or other responsibilities take priority compared to making dreams happen.

I’ve lived my share of that mind game. Although I’ve taken a lot of risks throughout my life in order to live it on my terms, I’ve also backed down a lot because I had certain responsibilities to others as a result of the choices I had made. We all do trade offs…especially when we give life to other human beings and raise them as best we can.

While doing that, we get sucked into bigger homes with mortgages, multiple cars with monthly payments, lots of toys that just  get more expensive as the kids and we grow older. Year after year we just accumulate more “stuff” and it starts to weigh us down. Under that weight, it just seems like too much trouble to move anywhere else or too hard to change the lifestyle we’ve developed. So sometimes our dreams get dimmer and we decide that maybe they were just silly ideas of our younger days.

Well, I’m here to tell you that sometimes dreams actually come true when these three ingredients are in place… TIMING, FOCUS and GutZ.

Timing is HUGE! It’s Why You Don’t Give Up on Your Dreams

Several years ago, when we made the move from Beulah to Pueblo, we made the conscious decision to RENT a home as opposed to buying one. Why? So that we could be free to move if the opportunity came up. Since my Hubby has never really like Pueblo, we figured the time would come.

I honestly am not a very good home owner even though I’ve studied the money game for many years and know the benefits of home ownership versus renting. I like the freedom that comes with non-ownership.

So when my daughter graduated from high school last spring and moved into her own place with a job and college classes, my hubby and I looked at each other and said, “OK, so where will we move to?”. We discussed other cities in Colorado, California, Utah, Washington and Idaho, but nothing really excited us.

All of a sudden I remembered (drum roll, please…)
What about Australia?

Ever since Joe sent me a ticket to come visit him in Australia for 3 weeks after we first met in Keystone, Colorado, I’ve wanted to go back to experience the beaches, food and people of that magical land down under! I advised my hubby to keep his Australian citizenship even after we got married, JUST IN CASE we might want to move there some day.

Well, after 28 years, it seemed  the right time and circumstances had appeared!

Since our son was now 24 with no positive prospects for jobs or ANY other worthwhile opportunities in Pueblo and my daughter graduated and wanting to be out on her own, as well as an economy seeing its’ worst days since the Great Depression…Hey it just seemed like the PERFECT TIME to move on and take the plunge.

The Law of Attraction is an AMAZING thing!

It didn’t take long at all to put the request out into the universe and get back the answer, once we determined to FOCUS on that goal. In fact it was SCARY it was so fast and easy!

Joe asked his old ski buddy who lives and works as a ski instructor in Colorado and Australia if he knew of anyone we could stay with or rent from until we could check things out and the answer was YES…HIS PLACE! We went up to Aspen shortly thereafter to celebrate our friend’s 60th birthday and negotiated the details with him and his wife.

The Best Layed Plans….You Know How That Goes

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This GutZy Woman is at it again!

She’s 73 1/2 years old and just keeps plugging away…

No kidding, she is like the Eveready Battery. Which is a GOOD THING for us and the world and why I admire her to no end.

If you aren’t familiar with Barbara and what she’s accomplished in her 70 + years, scroll down further in this article and I’ll give the scoop, but since this is such a TIMELY post, I want to let you know about what she and another GutZy Woman in Washington DC are up to right up front.

That way, you can hop on the bandwagon, no matter what political party you belong to. THIS IS REALLY COOL! Just to to give you a little background and a chance to hear her with your own ears, I’ll tell you a short personal story:

About a month ago, I got an email from Healthy Wealthy n Wise about an online interview with Janet Attwood & Barbara. I made it a point to listen because I’ve been to seminars put on by both women and LOVE how each of these women are positively impacting the world. Believe me, I was NOT disappointed!

All of it was FASCINATING, but the part I want to point out is when Janet asked Barbara about HOW in the world she was placed in nomination to be Vice President with Geraldine Ferraro in 1984? She replied that her idea to establish a “peace room” rather than a “war room” was so innovative and so well received that the delegates liked it well enough to nominate her.

IMAGINE…Focusing on WHAT’S WORKING vs WHAT’S NOT. What a CONCEPT!

She then talked about taking that idea a step further, explaining how her idea this election year was to approach each of the presidential nominees about establishing a “solution oriented initiative” which would commit the elected President to address the US population regularly through television to divulge people, initiatives and solutions that WERE ACTUALLY WORKING to solve the challenges of the US and the world.

Barbara went on to say that she was already working with others to set up the infrastructure so that those people out in the world who witnessed these communications and were PASSIONATE about the issues addressed, or were already having positive results from their own programs, could “meet” and work together to form more synergy in that particular area.

This increased POSITIVE energy around SOLUTIONS and the power of passion, she said, would have the potential to “step up” the time frames for turning things around…something that was VITAL since the world is reaching chaos at an increasingly FASTER RATE.

CLICK HERE to listen in

Hey…made a TON of sense to me!

So I got on the phone to Barbara’s assistant, Patricia, to see if they would be attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver to repeat her 1984 success at getting her idea supported, but alas, she was NOT invited.

Totally bummed, I then asked if I could possibly set up an interview with her for YOU, my GutZy Women (and Brave Men), to get to know her and this AMAZING idea to see you resonated with that UNIQUE approach to saving our world, but alas, I was once again disappointed, as she was so overbooked as it was.

Well, imagine my SURPRISE and EXCITEMENT when I got an email back from Patricia informing me that Barbara got an invitation to speak in the “Big Tent: right before Obama was to speak in the Stadium! I scrambled to try to get a press pass from the PR people in charge of the Big Tent as a blogger to follow the story, but once again, no cigar.

Yesterday, I Got the Official Announcement:

“We have 4 days until the Democratic National Convention where Barbara Marx Hubbard and Eleanor LeCain will launch, in the Denver Big Tent on Digg Stage from 4:00-4:55 PM, a non-partisan appeal to form The Citizens Solutions Council in the Office of the Vice President of the United States of America.

The Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado is hosting The Big Tent at the Democratic National Convention, where we will present our petition with thousands of names showing our support for establishment of a Citizens Solutions Council in the White House. We will make a similar presentation at the Republican National Convention in September.

Now in 2008, at the Big Tent in Denver Co. she is leading a grassroots movement to establish a Citizens Solutions Council in the Office of the Vice President, which will function to identify, connect, communicate and build on citizen-based solutions to our Nation’s problems.”

Remember how I always get so JAZZED about the internet? This is exactly why!Not only do I get to alert you to such a PARADIGM SHIFTING initiative on my blog, but WE get to watch it happen LIVE on the Internet, PLUS we can take part in getting in going right now, if we have a mind to by signing their petition online!

CLICK HERE to get all the DETAILS :

Who is Barbara Marx Hubbard?Barbara Marx Hubbard is the President of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. She has helped create the field of “conscious evolution”.

Dr. Hubbard, the author of several books, was a citizen diplomat in the former Soviet Union during the 1980’s and pioneered a Soviet- American Citizen Summit. She co-founded several major organizations including the World Future Society and the Global Association for New Thought. Barbara co-developed with Teresa Collins the educational program “Gateway to Conscious Evolution,” and she is now producing a seven part documentary series entitled “Humanity Ascending: A New Way through Together.”

She appears on many television and radio interviews and speaks internationally before audiences as wide ranging as NASA to the Inner city of Los Angeles.

Dr. Hubbard’s books include Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential, Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence, The Evolutionary Journey: Your Guide to a Positive Future, The Hunger of Eve: One Woman’s Odyssey toward the Future, and Revelation: Our Crisis is a Birth, and 52 Codes to Conscious Self Evolution, now in beta testing phase to develop a deepening “Communion of Pioneering Souls.”

AND, of course, she’s one of my Heroines

Obviously it’s something that has to do with thin air, but what?

Take your best shot with this multiple choice quiz:

A. Spiritual gurus on a mountain summit manifesting cool things out of thin air?

B. Altitude sickness sufferers collectively test a new inhaler that works in the thin air of the mountains?

C. Experienced climbers gather to brainstorm ways to lessen the affects of thin air in order to reach the summit?

D. None of the above.

Trick question, actually, because it’s a bit of all three …

But before you continue reading the article, I would LOVE to hear YOUR first guess as to what is a Thin Air Summit? Come on, be creative! Could be fun.

In truth, The Thin Air Summit is the evolutionary outcome of an eclectic group of new media enthusiasts originally coming together to plan a “Podcamp.” But just as new technology and media morphs at the speed of light, so has the nature of this event , scheduled to happen in November 2008 in (drum roll please…) DENVER, COLORADO (Thin Air…get it?)

So what is a Podcamp? How is it different than a “New Media Conference”?A PodCamp is a usually a free “BarCamp-style” community UnConference (which just means an “unorganized conference,” shortened to the word UnConference.) for new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, and ANYONE curious about new media.

A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering of people born from the desire of each to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

The first PodCamp was held September 8-10, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. They’re now being held regularly all over the world, so they’ve proven to be quite popular events.

PodCamps aren’t just about podcasting.(I know…this gets confusing, with alll these new terms, so bare with me).If you’re interested in blogging, social media, social networking, podcasting, video on the net, audio, or you’re just curious about new media and how you can use it in YOUR endeavors, you definately want get involved.

If you’re eyes glazed over when you read those terms, it’s OK, you aren’t alone. 

You just haven’t read up on some of my other articles or watched my videos yet. It’s all there in short and simple, easy to understand articles. Hey, It’s important to your future success, especially if you run a  business or compete for donation dollars.

Then when you feel a bit more confident and don’t want to sit on the sidelines any more, please join in.

When Patti Serrano invited me to join her in crashing the Denver party and after a couple of “meetups” I’ve met some very “media savvy” men and women who will become incredible resources for me, as well as those I serve.

OK, so what makes the Thin Air Summit different than a Podcamp is that it has morphed into a “real conference” as opposed to an “Unconference” (an “unplanned” conference is now been shortened to the word: Unconference).

In other words , it IS an organized event  which will include experts in their fields to give primarily EDUCATIONAL presentations divided up into 3 different tracks: text, audio and video . The individual sessions will provide practical information relevant to creating better content in that particular medium.

They’re also planning some panel discussions. The panels will bring all three tracks together and be focused on new media topics that are relevant to all - both the practical, such as monetization, and the philosophical, such as “What is New Media and Why is it Important”.

So what’s in it for GutZy Women (or Brave Men ) like you?

Many of you might experience a fear or frustration when it comes to technology and multimedia marketing. The first step to getting over it is education. The next step is taking what you have learned and implementing it.

Sometimes, we need a little handholding, mentoring, inspiration and support in actually taking the action necessary to move forward.

The Thin Air Summit will be an UNBELIEVABLY VALUABLE place to be to learn, be inspired, connect, ask for help and the price is definitely right…LIKE FREE?

If the organizers hear from you powerful women and Enlightened Men out there who believe it’s important to include a greatly diverse bunch of qualified presenters, If you DO feel that way, there just might be a good showing of well qualified women speakers on stage at the event.

So forget all those expensive, overdone conferences that make your cash vanish into Thin Air! Rise to the Summit challenge. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone even if you feel it’s going to be too “techie” for you.

Events like this are a great opportunity to network with people who can teach you, mentor you and learn from you as well. As a matter of fact, the organizers are now in the process of looking for great presenters. Maybe you’re one?

^{In the mean time, what’s  your version of what the Thin Air Summit could be? Let’s hear your ideas in the comments down below… (Let’s keep it clean, OK?)}

One of the things we talked about previously is condensing your message as a nonprofit organization down to the very basics.

Here are some examples to illustrate how organizations have distilled their core values to a single word or phrase:  

The Red Cross (www.redcross.org) provides disaster relief.  

Good News Jail & Prison Ministry (www.goodnewsjail.org) provides chaplains worldwide.  

The American Bible Society uses its www.ForMinistry.com website to equip the church online for ministry.  

These organizations have worked diligently on their single core value in order to capture mind share of their potential donors. Therefore, if a disaster hits, we all know the Red Cross will be there to help because the Red Cross has done an excellent job of securing that mind share in all of us. The Red Cross has done this mostly by doing good work, not marketing alone. Remember, effective branding equals content plus marketing.  

As you can see, having an effective brand strategy, this ensures that positioning statements in your marketing are in harmony with the content found on your site, will help your organization build mind share and cut through the Internet clutter that promises only to get more massive.  

Your goal should be to capture mind share and make your nonprofit a household name. How are you going to do this? What steps would you take to ensure a positive result?  

Imagine for a moment that you are running your organization for public office, say President of the United States.

How would you determine your message?

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