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What is going to happen in 2012?

Have you found yourself or those around you asking this question lately? It seems harmless enough, but what if I told you that such a question is a massive mistake? And perhaps even dangerous?

Don’t get me wrong – I caught myself asking this after Obama signed off on the NDAA and basically nixed all our personal rights. However I find that as I begin to stumble down the rabbit hole of fear… around our economy and a failing US dollar… around a possible police state… around all the natural disasters that have become commonplace… I (and all of us) must remember one vital thing:

This year is marked with intense transition energy.

And energy is not good or bad. It simply is. What is done with it, where it’s directed and what it does, is up to us.

Transitioning also means that what came before must end, and what is coming must be created and built. Transitions always require destruction. They also require creation. And both require action if we want such destruction to serve us and such creation to reflect what we want.

So this is NOT a year where we can idly ask “What will happen?”

Because now more than ever, what will happen depends precisely on what we do, individually and collectively, right now. Transition energy means massive change, momentum and movement. Things will inevitably change this year, and change fast. How they change and to what end – isn’t a question, it’s a directive. Simply: It’s up to us.

They always say that each of us has a Heart Song.

The movie Happy Feet made it particularly and adorably popular as animated penguins found their lifelong loves through singing their Heart Songs.

But real life isn’t quite that Disney is it? Human beings aren’t so simple and neither are our hearts.

I would venture actually to say that we don’t have Heart Songs at all. Instead, I submit that we have Heart Playlists.

I discovered this somewhat by accident this weekend and I’d like to take you through this impromptu exercise I did…

Because many of you ask me what Intuition is, how to connect to it, and what it feels like when you receive it, so you too can take action on it.

I hope that in sharing how my intuition throttled me smack dab into a Heart Playlist… that you’ll have something tangible to grasp (plus a fun exercise to try!).

You game? Good.

First, let’s tackle what I mean by a ‘Heart Playlist’ and then I’ll take you through how I created mine and the deep integration transformation it gave me…

What IS a Heart Playlist?

Your Heart Playlist is a series of 3 to 20 (and maybe sometimes more) songs that penetrate you so deeply that you 1) have an emotional reaction and 2) feel that it speaks of your heart or to your heart.

But here’s the key: your Heart Playlist is NOT a series of songs that all say basically the same thing. That’s just a Heart Song with Remixes… you know those singles albums with 4 remixes that all sound basically the same? That’s not what we’re going for, and you’ll see why in a moment.

Yep, it’s that time honey.

You know it in that vague but increasing sense of urgency… You feel it in that itch to shake things up, change things around… to rearrange your furniture or your finances… to makeover your look or your love life.

Whatever type of different you’re looking for, whether it’s in one area of your life or the whole enchilada, there is a simple way to make the changes – and to make the ones that count.

And the best part is, it’s not about changing habits, implementing a foreign system that may or may not be right for your unique situation, and it’s not about living the way I, or anyone else, tells you to.

All you have to do is increase your awareness over the next 60 days around what you want, what you do on a daily basis… and what you say to yourself and to others in relation to those two things.

Because…

What You Want = YOUR DESIRE

What You Do = YOUR WILL TO ACTION

What You Say = YOUR EXPRESSION OF BELIEF AND EXPOSURE OF THE LIES

When you are fully aware of these 3 core expressions, align them and eventually command them: you can and WILL accomplish anything you want. Guaranteed.

And guess what… you’re going to do just that, along with me and my business partner Angela Hartman, over the next 60 days!

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Join the Dare 2 Rise 60-Day Challenge & Makeover Your Life

Many of you have already voiced your commitment to join me and Angela on this challenge. And to fire you up even more, here’s some quick reasons you’re going to LOVE the next 60 days:

• It’s FREE to participate! And it’s for both men and women!
• We’ll kick things off with a Goal Setting Webinar to help you set your goals and share valuable tips for getting the most out of the challenge
• Check in every day to see the day’s Inspired Rethink (tiny and simple shift to re-imagine or repair your life)
• See the exact tasks Angela and I assign ourselves each day, plus hold us accountable to getting them done!
• Daily Luv Tap emails with bite-sized sassy wisdom to start you off on the right foot every morning
• Weekly assignments that are proven breakthrough activities for health, relationships, career, finances, emotional healing and self-love
• A private and secure participant’s forum (NOT Facebook) where you can share your own experience, journal, ask questions and share your own daily task lists. You can be anonymous if you like (which is why we’re not using Facebook), and you can pair up with each other as accountability partners!

CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE!

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You must sign up to participate, because you’ll be receiving daily emails I wouldn’t want to send to those uninterested in participating.

You’ll never get this level of support, motivation and sheer momentum anywhere else. Don’t miss out on this one-time-only event!

Today I’m going to tell you something that you probably do not want to hear. In fact when I was first introduced to this “rocketship to joy” I figured I’d rather ram my face through a wall.

The bottom line though: it WORKS. Today it made a waitress cry and feel hope for the first time in a life riddled with violence and poverty. In a group of single mothers whose boyfriends are in and out of prison – even for one who’d been to prison herself – while struggling against a life without education or support from anyone who understands… these women are finding hope and joy in the place they least expected it.

They’re finding it in vulnerability.

Why Vulnerability is THE Mothership

Okay, so Angela (my business partner) and I have an inside joke about ‘the mothership.’ If you like, we can call it the motherlode. What we’re saying is that the more vulnerable you’re willing to be (in a safe space of course), the happier you’ll become.

Now the first time I heard this, I wanted to scream. Because vulnerability felt like a nasty word. If you’re like I was, it may raise feelings of shame, fear, and disconnection. Not to mention we often stack emotions on top of vulnerability, so it could also feel like anger, betrayal, anxiety or judgment.

In my case, vulnerability meant being weak, being taken advantage of, and not being strong enough.

Yet researcher Brené Brown, PhD. has made studying courage and vulnerability her life’s work – first to disprove the value of vulnerability… and then to embrace and encourage it. Why? Because she found that vulnerability was the singular thing that differentiated happy people from unhappy people, and that embracing it can lead to authentic happiness – because embracing it allows us to feel truly worthy.

In one of her TEDTalks, she says:

“The only difference between people who felt worthy, and those who didn’t, was that those who felt worthy were able to be vulnerable.

They believed that what made them vulnerable also made them beautiful. They knew it was necessary and were willing to risk loving, being authentic, and giving of themselves… when there were no guarantees.”

In theory it all sounds nice, but if vulnerability is so great, why is it so hard? Why should we bother?