I Am So Excited I have a Podcast!

It is so exciting to have a podcast! We are uplifting, inspiring and helping people through our shows! Talk Purpose and Truth; Shifting You Into Higher Consciousness is now on iTunes, Spotify, I HeartRadio, Launchpad DM and more! You can also click https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/talkpurposeandtruths-podcast to listen.
We record in a historic rock studio in Van Nuys called Uncle Studios. It is a show that truly is soul work, and spreads love, peace and uplifting energy to others. Eden and I include bold topics, special interviews with fascinating guests, authors, experts and celebrities including Jeremy Jackson, Justin Guarini, Eden Sasson and more. We also do channeling and intuitive readings on the show.

I can't wait for you to listen!

Surround Yourself With Peace for Change by Kim Somers Egelsee

                          It's 2018, and yes the world can sometimes seem as if it is falling apart in many ways; violence, turmoil, uproar and discord. However, the solution is not to focus on the fight, the despair or the pain. What you focus on will grow larger. Yes, we need to admit, absorb and evaluate whats happening, but we can decide not to stay there, and instead to study, learn, change and build anew. The change can start with you. Each thing we do effects the whole of the universe.
                           Let us start by surrounding ourselves with peace. Eliminate speaking and communicating about problems over and over. Begin speaking of what is great, gratitude and the wonders of the world. It is so easy to follow the pack, and jump into blame and being a victim. This creates more tension and disconnect. We need to help heal ourselves, one another and the planet. Be a part of the solution, the building of the new. There is hope. Energy, actions, connecting, communication, and positive vibes can transform! Regularly tune into peace. Make sure you are around uplifting people. Take positive actions daily. Find ways to encourage others as often as you can, and like Socrates explains, focus your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

6 Ways to Be Fierce in 2018 by Kim Somers Egelsee

FIERCE: having a heart felt, heart and soul centered powerful intensity and vibe.
What if you soared through this year as a fierce and shining warrior with strength, courage and extre confidence?
You totally can! Decide you will! Why not? You can't afford to have a ho hum, mediocre, average 2018. You deserve better.
Here are 6 ways to be stronger, braver, kinder, unstoppable and fierce for 2018 and on!

1. Make choices, connections and decisions with your heart, soul and intuition vs. your mind and ego.

2. Practice "owning it". Own who you are, what's gorgeous, wonderful and great about you. Embrace your quirks, your idiosyncrasies, your uniqueness. Command a room with your posture. Speak with verve and gusto. Take action with belief and boldness.

3. Create your own opportunities and jump into them. How do you express yourself? What can you do that gives you perfect self expression, helps others, makes money, and gives you a fierce fulfillment and joy?

4. Regularly remember times where you were strong, successful and shined! This trains your brain to look for more opportunities to take risks, think outside the box and move forward with fierceness.

5. Stand out from the crowd. Have the utmost positive attitude, demeanor, kindness, gratitude, focus and belief in yourself and others.

6. Each week plan and schedule something fun, adventurous, wild, out of your comfort zone. Live with a zest, vitality and fiercely let out who you are to the universe. Live by example.

For more info on my books, events, coaching and wildly accurate intuitive readings go to www.kimlifecoach.com

SHIFTING FROM STRESS TO SERENITY BY KIM SOMERS EGELSEE

Tips and Tools to Shift Stress into Serenity and Success

by Kim Somers Egelsee

As we experience our daily lives,  the days can be filled with phone calls, work and driving all over the place. It can get a bit crazy and demanding and we think we have to be Super heroes. Many of us aspire to be perfect. The perfect mom, wife, husband, dad,friend and business person. Then, when we mess up or do not follow through we often feel bad about ourselves, which puts us in a negative and disempowered state of mind.

It is important to forgive ourselves and do the best that we can. Rewarding ourselves and celebrating our successes helps us to stay motivated. Remember that

a bad mood  is just a low energy state and we have the power to shift out of it. Here are some ways we can change the energy from negative to positive.

1. Give!  Hug our spouses, significant others, friends or kids. Blow kisses more often. Do volunteer work, go help out a friend, smile at a child, call a family member. Giving helps you forget your troubles and feel great.

2. Go do something fun and exciting that you loved to do as a child, either alone, on a date or with your own kids. Build a sand castle, hula hoop, eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, take a day trip to Disneyland. Embrace your inner child and remember who you truly are.

3. Read an uplifting and inspirational book. Talk to an encouraging person,choose a mentor to regularly learn from,watch a motivating or funny  DVD. Smile more. Shout in the car empowering words such as " I am powerful."

4. Write in a journal what you are grateful for, what you have celebrated in your life and what you love about yourself. Go into a quiet spot and take time to reflect as you do this. Use your intuition and let the thoughts flow.

5. You need to remember self care; go get a massage , your hair cut, a new shirt. Feel good about you so you can be of service to others, an example to your children  and live more fulfilled.

6. Music is healing. Play an instrument, listen to your favorite tunes, go to a concert.

7. Take a step toward your passions and dreams. Start with a small step and then celebrate that you did it.

8. Pet a dog, hold a baby or hug a loved one. This releases endorphins.

9. Exercise. Work out at the gym, go do a yoga class, hike, swim.

10. Go out in nature and breathe.

Now, go out and see how quickly this shifts and elevates your mood and state. Try these often to uplift your life and experience a lot more joy so that you can meet your goals and resolutions and experience exciting adventures.

Kim Somers Egelsee is a best selling author and award winning speaker. Find her at www.kimlifecoach.com

Balance In Your Life by Lynn Singharaj, Lourdes Macias and Patricia Bohan

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Balance In Your Life

Emotional and mental wellness are critical and conducive aspects to lead a balanced life. 
 If our emotional or mental states are not in proper alignment our entire being is thrown off.  
Our emotional stability allows us to love the self, have true confidence in who we are, 
and be comfortable in our own skin.  We must be freely giving and receiving of ourselves 
and doing it with a genuine heart.  Without happiness in your heart and balance in your 
mind you cannot be at east and at peace.  It helps us to express to others who we really are, 
our Authentic Self.  

Every individual’s life should be filled with purpose and an enormous compassion for others. 
 Many think that in order to be successful you must be “rich” but what many don’t realize that 
to be successful you must first find balance within your life.  You must first change your old 
self-defeating habits.  Habits may not seem like such a big issue, but these are the things 
that you do everyday that are stopping you from achieving your true potential.  Reflect
 on who you are, your life and where you are at.  Finding out where you are and where
 you want to be will tell you what changes need to be made within your own life.

When being our Authentic Self we are more credible and relatable to others.  Being in this 
state allows us to be more open to possibilities and to laugh at our flaws.  To be able to 
embrace your own deficiencies helps to heal past emotional wounds that may have
 hindered you in the past.  It allows you to be the best you without striving for perfection
 in a world that is far from perfect.  Always be you and accept your flaws.  Without
 accepting your flaws you can never have peace within yourself.  We are our own 
worst critic and need to give ourselves more positive feedback.

Being aware of our thoughts and the impact our thoughts have on our actions and on our
 lives may force the need for a positive change.  So much negative self talk goes on 
and impacts daily life hindering many individuals in being their Authentic Self and 
not allowing their true self to shine through.  Having more self awareness allows us 
to see things and situations in their true light.  We will be more accepting of others, l
ess in denial, less judgmental, and find it easier to grasp the realities of life.  

What are the top five ways you can find balance in your life:

1. Get organized!  De-clutter your life not only of physical surroundings,
 but toxic relationships, and emotional baggage.  Balance comes with
 organization. 

2. Find peace in your surroundings.  Keep things around you that will 
make you feel calm and remind you of who you are striving to be.  
Set aside time to disconnect from electronics and be in peace.

3. Keep a calendar.  Managing your time effectively will make you
 more careful with how you spend your time.  Your time is valuable don’t 
waste it, balance is about being organized and keeping a schedule.

4. Say NO!  If you do not want to do something say no.  You should only
 do things in your life that you want to do 100% if it’s not 100% really 
think about why you are doing it, is it out of love or obligation?

5. Focus on you.  Make sure you are eating right, getting enough sleep, 
minimizing stress, and are interacting with others who are supportive 
of you.  Take time to take care of yourself and treat yourself to remind 
yourself of how important you are to you!

Being emotionally and mentally well helps us to have peace of mind, even during
 the most extreme dark and challenging phases of our life.  We will come out of
 challenging times seeing the lessons we learned, and being able to let go of 
the negative thoughts from the mind.  Whether it be personal, social, or work 
related, developing this wonderful balance of wellness is attainable and is
 manifested by having inner confidence and compassion for the wellness of 
others, and most importantly having self love.

CONFIDENT AND BOLD LIVING, THINKING AND BEHAVING

Confident and Bold Living, Thinking and Behaving 

Thinking outside the box is more than just a business cliché. It means approaching problems in new, innovative ways; conceptualizing problems differently; and understanding your position in relation to any particular situation in a way you’d never thought of before. Ironically, its a cliché that means to think of clichéd situations in ways that aren’t clichéd, embracing and letting out your unique qualities unapologetically.

Ways to think outside the box:

1. Ask a child: or several

2. Draw!!! 

3. Read something new: new class, new seminar 

4. Grab a bunch of various magazines for ideas

5. Search power words and items on the Internet w a journal 

6. Journal freestyle 

7. Change your location, space, routine.example:Writer Toni Morrison watched the sun come up in the morning before she would begin writing. She felt that this enabled her to access her creativity.

8. Brainstorm The brainstorming stage isn't about what is or isn't feasible. Avoid limiting yourself when you're brainstorming. This is the time when all ideas are welcome, no matter how silly or unworkable they sound. If you start limiting yourself during this stage of the thinking game, you aren't going to progress very far.

9. Mastermind or accountability partner 

10. Imagine 

There are always opportunities daily in everything

Look for them always

Disappointed? Look for the gift or opportunity 

1. Decide what opportunities would make your passion, purpose, project pursuit or profession soar, succeed or move forward in big ways.

Make a list now of two

2. Self Promotion; have 10-30 things you love about you as the foundation in your mind. Which 4 resonate w what you're doing here most?  Next, for one week, write to or connect with three people each day to ask for advice, guidance or ideas on these, ask for opportunities, and possibly even strategic partners. Make sure to add these qualities about yourself, and get comfortable mentioning them on paper and in person. 

3. Next, think of ways that you can create these opportunities on your own. Think bold, outside of the box. 

Take time to brainstorm a list of ideas all over your journal... Crazy ideas, fun ideas, wild ideas.

4. Ask yourself, who else does what I want to do. How did they get there?

Research this to gather even more ideas. Go to some specific  networking events that match  to connect w people. Keep learning so you become the guru of this and truly can own what you do.

5. Meet w an accountability partner at least once every week by phone or in person to review, gather ideas, feedback and assistance. 

6. Create plans of action.

Prioritize all of the ideas. Which are the 100% ideas that feel exciting, amazing and powerful?Take the top idea and begin with that. Break it into small steps and create a schedule and time frame for moving forward. 

7. Make sure to take steps right away. Action will fuel you and show you results. 

8. As soon as one of your self created opportunities is stepped into by you, celebrate and keep going!

9. Journal the results, connections, credibility,success, own it

10. Be ready when the bigger opportunities come as a result of this... Imagine, visualize, see the $ flowing in. 

A Chapter from the upcoming book with my Dad!

Chapter #8 The Wish

    Way back from ages 19 to 34 I carried the mail for the Postal Service.  My regular mail route, which is also ironically my real estate farm area, was in a middle class neighborhood in Granada Hills, California.  It was the "old fashioned" type of route where I carried a leather satchel on my shoulder and delivered mail directly to the front doors of each of the 350 homes.  With the same route for fourteen of those years, I got to know many of the people on the route quite well.  In many cases these people became good friends.  Later when I became a Realtor, many of these same people from the mail route sold their homes through me.  In addition, many grown-up (former children) from the route bought their very first homes through me.

     When making my daily rounds there were many people I looked forward to seeing each day, for they were always friendly, warm and positive.  On the other hand, some people were so negative that I wished I could completely avoid seeing them.  They were mad at the world, and believed they were victims of everything.

 One delightful man who always had a kind word to say was elderly cowboy Joe Walker. (At least he looked and sounded like a cowboy). Joe loved to tease me about any number of things he could think of.  Everything he said was always with a twinkle in his eye.  When it was 100 degrees outside he always had a cold drink waiting for me.  He was someone I truly looked forward to seeing each day.  In our short meetings, we often shared what was going on with our families, and sometimes commented on current news events.

      In 1973 I proudly told him my wife Nancy was pregnant.  Our first and only daughter Kim was born that October. In December Joe surprised me with a Christmas gift for Kim, a baby dress.  From that point on, every December Joe had a gift for Kim who was always excited to open it.  The gifts were always fun and thoughtful. There were a few times that I brought Kim out to proudly walk the mail route with me.  After about an hour, Nancy would always pick her up when she became bored and tired.  One day she was actually able to meet Joe Walker and thank him for his past generosity.  Joe then took a photo of Kim and kept it.

     A period of time passed where Joe was not out to greet me each day.  When I finally saw him again he looked sickly and frail.  He told me that he had cancer, and that he was not going to let doctors poke him and prod him anymore.  Each day when I would make my rounds Joe tried hard to be friendly and positive.  Unfortunately the cancer was progressing rapidly.

He always found time to ask about Kim.  He mentioned that he also had a granddaughter named Sheila who was about Kim's age.

He said, "Wouldn't it be great if Kim and Sheila could meet and become friends?"  I didn't give it much thought since the girls did not live near each other, and went to different schools.

     They cancer finally took Joe, and his daughter Marita and granddaughter Sheila moved into Joe's home with his wife Evelyn.

Kim attended school at the local Granada Hills Middle School.  One day she went to her best friend's home after school.

The two girls looked at a family photo album.  To both of their amazement, the album contained a photo of Kim from many years before.  Both girls were extremely puzzled.  When Kim came home and told me about it, after discovering who her best friend was I realized that Joe Walker's wish for Kim and Sheila to become friends had really occurred. I was in awe.

     Almost 30 years later Kim and Sheila are still good friends.  Kim is co-writer of this book.  She is also the Confidence Expert on the Lessons From Network, TV host, TED-X speaker, life coach, multi-award winning speaker, and #1 Best Selling author of "Getting Your Life To A Ten Plus". Sheila and Kim still share stories about Joe’s wish coming true for them to be friends.

 A SPECIAL LETTER FROM EVELYN (2014)

"Thank you Mike for remembering Joe in the book you and Kim are now writing.  I was surprised and appreciated how accurately you recalled Joe.  He would be very proud that you remembered him as a cowboy.  He was born and raised in Montana. Although he left there and joined the army at 17 and made it his career, he always kept his roots in Montana.

   He always had a true interest in you and your family.  He was the one who went shopping for and wrapped the package for Kim every year.  I'm sure Joe knows that Kim and Sheila became such good  and lasting friends.  I'm so proud of all that

Kim has accomplished.  She has always been like another granddaughter to me.  Thank you again."

Evelyn Walker