Last year, I had the wonderful opportunity of connecting with a lot of entrepreneurs who had questions about living an authentic balanced life and while building their business. At the end of the year we generated a survey and the response from our readers are still coming in. I will be answering those burning questions here and invite you to send your questions and to comment to the posts

This week’s question came from a reader who asks the following question,  “I would love for the picture to be painted… what does a day, week, month and year of balance look like?”

For the past several years I have consciously declared a theme for each year. Making a declaration for the year felt good and somehow gave me direction. Even if I changed course or outgrew where I was headed it still felt good to claim the year as mine.

This year, however, I simply stepped into the year confidently and courageously knowing that it is already magnificent!!!! Stepping into this year with confidence has allowed it to unfold with me doing things I’ve never done before or doing familiar things in a new way. The theme of the year found me. The excitement of living life like never before is so exhilarating that I invite you to journey with me!

If you are like me you are pretty busy during the week yet you still want to stay up-to-date on a mixture of topics that excite and nurture you. This week we are premiering the new series, The Weekend Reading Mix.

How to use Your Subconscious Mind to Change Your Life
If you are looking for new ideas on how to use your subconscious mind to change your life this article on The Change Blog shares the 3-step request process with you. Great article!

In the month of February the focus was love.  It feels so right to begin March – Spiritual Wellness Month by sharing how taking time out for self-care allows you share the best of yourself with your family and through your business.

When you love yourself so much that you like yourself, you are better able to share the best of you with other people. Loving yourself often requires that you evolve even when you don’t feel like it. Your heart knows exactly what you require. It doesn’t matter if you are attentive to your needs or you ignore them altogether, your heart will not be denied.

Sometimes the biggest lessons about self-care come from safety instructions. What we’ve learned in these lessons are so memorable that we can recite them in our sleep. So I share one of them with you so that the next time there is a need for balance or clarity it will easily come to mind.

Moving through life’s transitions is one area where a few directions would come in handy. As a child, I clearly remember receiving the instructions, “Stop and look both ways before you cross the street”. I think of those instructions now in terms of transitioning from one experience to the next. To stop for at least a moment before quickly jumping into the next experience is a way for you to:

    * Listen to your heart
    * Ask what have I learned?
    * How have I grown?
    * What do I now wish to experience?

As I was watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button recently, the following quote struck me as an example of the importance of stopping at life’s transitions and taking inventory. Even if we do not feel like evolving at the moment it is always beneficial to evaluate if you are being who you want to be.

"For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case, never too early to be whoever you want to be. There is no time limit, stop whenever you want, you can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing, we can make the best or the worst of it, I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you, I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

Please take some time this week to take inventory of your transitions and decide if you are being who you want to be or if you need to start over.

This has been the perfect week for me. It has been filled with uncertainty, doubt and plenty of love. Plus, I got a chance to be mommy’s little girl for a few days… just when I needed it. My mom visits from Virginia two to three times a year and equally shares her time between my sister, Dawn and I and both of our families. She showers us with love and we enjoy her in our own special way!

This visit we has been so much fun as we made veggie pizzas on oat and stone ground pita bread and laughed at movies. Most of all we listened to each other’s heart and that felt SO good!

In this month of love and relationships, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity of reconnecting with many relationships of the heart. Through the technological genius that is Facebook, our family has been enjoying a virtual family reunion. Through our family legacy page I have been able to connect with cousins that I haven’t seen in over 35 years and we have all been united through family photos that date back to the 1920’s. Pure love of the heart!

I have also had the pure joy of being in absolute synergy and growth with many of my business friends as well. There are few things in business better than collaborating with like-minded entrepreneurs and friends who knows both your heart and your vision and is willing to share their strengths with you as you build your business legacy.