Adrianna Larkin

Lisa Bonnice is my guest this week on Tuesday March 7, 2010 on PASSION’S PURPOSE & PROSPERITY broadcast live from BlogTalkRadio.com at 7pm on Tuesdays.

She wrote a neat little book that approaches the subject of weightloss from a spiritual and metaphysical perspective, but this is so much more than a weight loss book!

It is a book about wisdom…more specifically the wisdom that we inherently have about our own bodies, what is right for our life, why we make the choices we do, and more importantly: how to effectively make other choices without subscribing to a “diet", that will release the ideal body within. (She maintains that we don’t have to “make” our bodies better, our ideal is already there!)

Lisa is a walking testimony to her own process. She has struggled with weight most of her adult life and other solutions had not worked for her. So before writing about this process, it was fine tuned and crafted in such a way it was transferrable to others.

In addition to great insight, she offers her delightful sense of humor, and personal anecdotes to bring her message home.

Join me on March 2, 2010 at 7 pm – and you can even offer your thoughts and questions by dialing 646-649-1981!

Weather is frequently used as a metaphor for emotion. We all understand when someone is described as having a ’sunny disposition” or a “stormy look” in their eyes.

Fog is a favorite metaphor of mine. It denotes the opposite of clarity. As we move ahead with blazing new trails and taking measured risks we find ourselves in unchartered territory, and that makes everthing seem a little “foggy".

Sometimes it seems we cannot see anything at all and we are just feeling our way around..and thats a good thing. That feeling will keep the channels open and help raise us up where we need to be.

Newness is unsettling but it is also what prompts growth. As I continue on my path to my “perfect” career as an entertainer who teaches (whatever that looks like–I believe it is the feeling of that experience and not so much the visualization that gets you there), I am encountering a whole bunch of newness at one time.

And I would be lying if I said that it didn’t wig me out a bit.

But in the embrace of this experience completely and fully trusting that while I cannot “see” what looks like anything of great value, that it is there none the less. What is obscured by fog, does not go away if we do not see it. It means that we have become reliant upon one sense to process and define all of our world.

That leaves 4 more (or if you believe as I do, 5 more) unused senses waiting in the wings.

Part of the reinventing of self is trusting the “feeling” part. You have in fact done that for things like relationships, jobs, and values.

Now it is time to do it for what you really want. So go ahead. Reach for what “feels” right…it’s there–even though you may not be able to see it right now.

In preparation for the upcoming interview with Marry Robinson Reynolds, “The Masterminding Maven” (her trademark), I am reflecting on how much I have been able to accomplish with my own mastermind group, which consists of myself and fello radio host Joe Rumbolo.

I think the general consensus is that magic implies something unique, much desired, and arriving with ease. So magic in reference to the masterminding process seems perfectly appropriate.

The most magical quality of all is that there is a lot of room to make the process your own. When I first read about people who formed masterminding groups, (people like Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul author) I understood this to be usually anywhere from 6 to 12 people who would provide encoursgement, insight and information. Sometimes those numbers seemed a little daunting…

With a group that started as six dwindling to two I find the quality and the effectiveness of the mastermind has not been minimized in any way. The benefit however, of having someone–even one person–see your vision for you, is as the commercial says: “priceless"(and magical).

So I am “sharing the magic” as it were and inviting you to take a minite and look at Mary’s website: www.maryrobinsonreynolds.com.

There is some good stuff there and a lot of information to help you make a little magic of your own.

As I am always seeking information on reinvention and curious to find out what others have to say, I am constantly looking at articles, websites, and books about the subject. There are universally just a few truths when it comes to this subject, one of them being the importance of “loving yourself".

Author Sonia Green www.reinventingmyself.com references a conversation with a friend who announced she “married” herself and I could not help but feel moved by this perfect metaphor that described the necessary integration of our humanity with our Diviity.

It is a recurring theme for me this week.

As I put my own touches on my own book about reinvention, I head out to the uncharted waters of editing, publishing, testimonials; all the esoterica that comes with writing, but for me isn’t as engaging. I am remined again that anything “new” is a fertile breeding ground for self doubt. Yet, that “doubt” may show up as the need to appreciate myself that much more.

Having the all important self love or “marriage” with your intuition and calling of your soul offers a perennial life preserver to guard against drowning, especially when adrift on the waters of uncertainty.

Self love, appreciation for our own gifts and abilities-as well as our frailties and weaknesses-is necessary for a successful reinvention and it simply starts with acceptance of everything we are at this point in time.

Which means: you absolutely can get there from here….whereever “here” is for you. Just grant yourself the look of love, and find out how much everyone else starts to view you with those same eyes.

It will take your breath away.

Nan