How does Synery Sound?

 What does Synergy sound like?  Synergy is the frequency vibration that surrounds your body (made up of energy) and impacts your heart frequency vibrational waves. The sound of synergy comes in many octaves, ranges and really depends upon the mindset from your brain and how it transmits messages to your central nervous system/

A familiar phrase I use is "What your body wants to do, your mind was there first." Kudos to Che Brown.  Although I have a similar affirmation I have used for decades, I like this one.  And credit to him for this affirmation. The statement is so true. Your body will send you a signal and it is your choice as to whether or not you listen, or rather pay attention.  Thus, the whole brain-gut theory does exist.

Some day your gut is your second brain. Your first brain is located and protected in your head. Each part of the brain has a specific assignment and responsibility to the human it has been assigned to. Each brain carries the same elements and areas of work, but with each person the affectiveness and effectiveness of each brain is at the mercy of the being whose body temple where it is located!  So how is your whole brain-gut working today?

Synergy is Seeing Your Soul and Heart in Others

Synergy comes in many forms in life. Your heart and mind must be open by choice to see the synergy in others, especially when you see similar traits in love, life and passion that  you have. That is when synergy really comes into vision.

On Friday, March 23, I had the most wonderful opportunity to share a meal with Lynn Henderson Oldshue from Fairhope, AL.  She is a writer and publisher of The Southern Rambler and now Our Southern Soul, an online story of people of the South. Lynn's view of the world is certainly seen in her writings - her God-given talent of creating visual stories from words and her photos fills the world with positive desserts in one's life.

I was honored to travel with her to Prichard, AL, to meet with a folk artist who was in need of art supplies. His simple but poignant signs give you the single message  you need to see. Of course, the universe gives you the messages you need when you least are not looking for them.

Tonight, take time to click on this link http://oursouthernsouls.com/ and fill your own soul with the joy of reading about those wonderful 'hidden' stories of people of the South.  Share with us your thoughts, pass the link on and always return when you feel your own soul bank is low. Our Southern Soul will certainly fill your soul.

Quoting from Lynn's letter on her 'About" page: "Readers say they find a part of themselves in the stories or share similar thoughts and feelings. These “strangers” and their stories have changed my life and helped me find my own story. They have taught me to pay more attention to life around me because there are interesting people everywhere you go, you just need open your eyes to see them."    So true, my friend.  Keep writing and those stories will be attracted to you gift of spirit and storytelling.  That is the Law of Attraction.

Sher

Synergy In the Air

In the beginning....

I was a freshman at Kent State University in 1969. School started in August for freshman orientation so we could become accusomted to the campus and not get lost when classes started.  One night, we had a campus rep from a catalog fashion company give a presentation on making additional money by selling clothes from their catalog. So, I became a catalog rep. Honestly looking back, I did make some money, but I may have spent it on buying my own clothes!  So much for business acumen 101!

It was shortly after that I was asked to talk to Mary Kay reps who were in the area about image and image development. I wish I could remember who initiated the invitation to speak but her name is unknown to me right now. So, that started my thought process about how I could begin a speaking career, as I was majoring in speech therapy and audiology, so it made sense that I would add speaking to my pofessional vita. Anyhow, it was well attended and I taught the women how to use scarves as accessories and how to work with jewelry to find that one item that they would be remembered for.  Don't ask me how I knew, but being a very consevative dresser, I was known to wear pearls, dress and heels to class. I owned my first paid of bell-boltom jeans the spring 1970. They were white!

As a child, I was able to visualize things that would happen in the future, or rather came to happen, so however the gift of knowledge came to me, I honored it. For example, I was 12 and at a sleepover, when we got up and sang with hair brushes as if we were performing karoke. I remember saying that it would be great if someday they could put movies on disks so we could see them  - 8 tracks came first and then music videos!

Synergy somewhere has always been with me. What synergyis in yoiur life or was in your life as a child that you pushed back and didn't honor?  Let's get synergy together....

I got Synergy in Me!

In the beginning.....

As defined, Synergy is "the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects."Thus, the synergy in ME and with ME and together ME, we make an awesome team.

Each person reading this blog has synergy; how you use it is truly your choice. Let;s look at the phrases in the definition: "the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances or other agents.". You are the interaction of your body parts called organs, starting with your thought process located in your brain (check top of head to see if it is still there- knock on head once softly!)This is where we first learn souinds of voices, music, external environmental sounds that as a small infant we do not yet recognize by name nor association but we know something as we hear it and it becomes a memory in one of our brain segments. The interaction of the sounds and your ears are cooperating with each ohter, unless that sound is so loud that we cry because the sound measures louder than our small ears like to hear. Or, we have been given another sound from or body part that causes a reaction for food, or poop change, or want of being held.   Now, we have seen how the interaction of two or more organizations come together to create synergy. And, these cooperative interactions
"produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects."  That is Synergy in ME.

More tomorrow, consider synergy each time your body talks to you!!!  Listen.

Synergy

Synergy.

What is it? How does it impact a life? Or the meaning of life?

By definition,  from reliable Merriam-Webser:

An old saying, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts", expresses the basic meaning of synergy. The word is sometimes used in a purely physical sense, especially when talking about drugs; sometimes a "cocktail" of drugs may be more effective than the sum of the effectiveness of each of the separate drugs. But the word is best known in the world of business. The notion that, when the right two companies merge, they'll produce a profitable synergy seemed exciting in the 1990s, when synergy became a trendy buzzword (even though it's actually been around since the 17th century). The idea of synergy was one factor in what became a "merger mania;" unfortunately, business synergy often turned out to be harder to achieve than to imagine.

As I explore this word and its impact on my life and why I chose to name my company "Synergy Solutions", it will become apparent to the reader. And life goes on from there.

 

Enjoy this day! Find the synergy in something.

Synergy Muffin Minute

MONDAY MUFFIN MINUTE

This one is reprinted from an email I received from 10 Million Clicks for Peace email today.

Welcome back Sher.

Love is said to be the most potent force in the Universe, yet we are not taught what it is, how it affects us, what it can do, how to use it, or how to fill every minute of your day and your entire environment with it. These topics are much more than we can provide you in a single issue, so we'll be returning to this subject many times.

Today's Wisdom
Find something you love, and focus your
free will on building and enhancing that.

The creation of 10 Million Clicks For Peace is a perfect example of what happens when you focus your free will on something you love. As you may know, this project came about because of my concern for two friends who were on opposite sides of a war zone (Lebanon-Israel). I could not reach my friends by email or by phone, and bombs were falling on one of their cities.

So at 3:30am in the morning, worried about my friends, I asked the Universe what I could do to bring peace to the world, and the immediate response was 10 Million 'Votes' For Peace. I knew it was an Internet project, but not how I could achieve it.

I was spending most of my time lying down (a result of a spine injury and 5 back surgeries). How could a guy in bed possibly make the kind of difference that needed to be made?

I focused my love for two friends on what I could do, and ultimately www.10 MillionClicksForPeace.com came into being. www.10millionclicksforpeace.org

My reason for telling you this story is not for any sort of self-aggrandizement. On the contrary, while I certainly worked to help the project along, over 100 people were needed to build what you see. I provided some focused love, and that inspired other people to focus their love. People stopped their lives and businesses. They donated software. They donated time. When we had to pay for services, the services were freely given and we were permitted to defer payments for many, many months without being asked when we could pay. We touched people's lives.

The power of focused love is phenomenal. It can get things done that otherwise would not be possible. And in the process, some amazing things can happen. My spine condition, for example, has improved to the point that I am now mostly vertical (conveniently giving us a great headline...Man lying down stands up for peace).

What could happen in your life if you spent your time focusing your love?

Let's take a look at 4 profound effects you can use to create greater beauty in your life through the power of love, as expressed by our esteemed authors.

I am pleased you have joined us again.

Many blessings,

Julian Kalmar, Founder

Now is the Time

It has been one year since my last posting. As I started to post about my health issue with osteoarthritis last year, something stood in my way of writing. Me. I have been the obstacle in my way for most of my life.  Finding excuses for not getting things done that I wanted to do. Consciously and sub-consciously finding rational reasons (of which there are none) for not doing it.

Yes, the health issue took its turn and I used a walker to gain strength as I walked twice daily in my driverway or in my home. Yes, it hurt but I knew if I sat that I would not gain the ability to walk again without help or pain. Yes, it was a long journey and still is long today. My recovery is not of a mental health issue (except that there are days I feel sad and want to sleep away the day), but of a physical and mental health issue. It is a life-saving issue. I have been recovering for 15 months now and each day is a challenge. There are some days that I am not able to work. My own business work has fallen as I have been tired and not inspired to continue on my quest to do what needs to be done. And, after I was able to walk again late in the fall, my own fears came crashing in my own mind. It took me a short time to realize that I was not good top anyone - myself nor my clients nor my friends.

Downsizing is what I did.  There were friendships of a decade or more that I had to change direction, as the only onnection we had was the drama in their lives. Our own goals had shifted and there was no connection about really positive things in life. Friendship goes two ways and when friends choose not to call me, I have to look at the value of the friendship and decide if it is worth it.  Yes, we are all busy but friendships are special bonds. And Ma Bell works both ways.

Then, I had to decide what family members were important to me.  For years, my brother and I have not spoken, so there was no need to remove him from te list. He wasn't on there in the first place. You can choose your family - they do not have to be all biological!  I love adopting family members!

Most of all, I had to adopt a new attitude towards life. It has taken me three months to understand that choices I made in the past are back again for me to make them right. No matter what te cost nor the challenge. This past year, I learned more than anything to walk in my truth and walk my talk more than ever. If I want to be a role model for my stepson and others behind me, I need to follow my own advice I give to my clients.  Walk the truth. Even if it hurts.

Yes, there will be those I offend. Yes, there will be those whom think I still should do business with them without charge. Yes, there are those whom I have offended. Yes, there are those I have choosen to remove from my life. Yes, I have to make sure that at the end of the day I can feel happy with the decisions I have made.  There are those I still need to talk to, those I still need to apoogize to, and those to whom I have to ask for forgiveness.  In the end, it will be my choice to make it my time.

Food for thought........

Friday, March 17, 2017. There is synergy in the sound of all we do in life.  Although this blog is about the Sounds of Synergy in my professional journey, this blog is the first explanation of why Sounds of Synergy was silent for months.

  It is 2:30 am and I am up writing the first blog at the Sounds of Synergy I have written in the past several years. There isn't any reason why I have not written except for procrastination. I am a person of perseverance, not procrastination.  Yet, during the past three years, it seems as if the second P word - procrastination - has been my goal, not pursing my dreams and making them a reality.

I am the only challenge in my way of dreams happening.  Do you have that feeling?  Do you want to start a business, expand existing business, write a book, speak or produce a record or film? You can do it.  Begin today to do something small towards that goal.

If you want to buy a new car, go to a dealership or look online for the type of car you want to purchase. Once you begin, then the rest will fall into place. You can make it happen. It is up to you.  Just as it is up to me; it is up to you.

December 24, 2016 was the turning point in my life. I found myself without any voice.  The night before I had my voice at the Dollar General Bowl. The next day I had no voice for two weeks.  January 5, 2017 came and I had my voice back.  I went to Downtown Toastmasters Club meeting and spoke.  Five days later, I woke up and could not walk on my left side. Chronic pain compounded my hip, knee and ankle.  For several days, I spent crying and screaming at God and the universe for this occurrence in my life.  What had I done to deserve this?  Why me? Fears and thoughts of losing it all went through my mind.  I was alone here in Mobile. There is nothing I can do  I thought. I was alone. I forgot that God was right here with me, next to me, listening all the time. He was listening to my whining and fears and complaining.

Today, it is two months since the incident began. Thanks to my intuitive friends and to my friends here in Mobile and the prayers of many, I am on the road to adapting and making this incident adapt to my life. I was ready to return to Ohio. But, I didn't know how I was going to get there. During these past few weeks, I have had to let go of the guild I felt about choices I made in my past years, choices I made that are now back in my life for me to resolve the right way, and for the choices I made to not carry my children to full term. (Yes, this is a fact that I have kept from my family and friends for over forty years. The only two people who knew are not gone but kept part of the secret they knew from my parents and family.)

Someone once said that a person's memoirs only sell to their family and friends. Yet, my experiences and choices are such that anyone can relate to the experience and the choice I made at that point in my life when I made the choice. Now, looking back, I sometimes wish things had been different, but they aren't. I wish the choice I had made was different, but it isn'the choices I had made. t. And, today, I am the most authentic person I can be. There is no reason not to be open and honest about the decisions I made. My hope is that those who read the experiences will gain some insight into the behavior exhibited, and how those behaviors influenced my path today.

I am back on track in writing, and will not let this posting go without more to come.....  Sounds of Synergy will return on Monday, March 20.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Yes, I have not posted since May 2014. Yes, I have procrastinated in writing. That is done as of this writing. I will be writing weekly on my Sounds of Synergy blog on Sunday and sharing it on Monday via social media.

The Synergy of Happiness can be found in my home, as I have downsized my office files through 44 years of client projects, samples, workshops, coaching notes, grant proposals, research articles, etc. and my office will be cleaned within the next two weeks of over 44 years of carrying stuff with me.

I have many stories to share with you and will do so throughout the next few weeks and months. Through meditation this weekend, I found white circles within a black background and black circles twirling through a white background. I was not sure of the  meaning nor the guidance I am seeking; now I am sure of the meaning and direction.

Last Monday, I talked to Ali Rodriquez, an intuitive coach, and from our conversation I created the following mantras (which are now on my whtieboard and I read as I type):

I am standing in my own power.
I am a woman of worth and value.
I claim Sher back today.
I claim my Eternal home.
I am clear about each moment of my life - all 31,536,000 seconds per year.
I claim my writing and speaking business to be profitable.
I am taking care of Sher.
I stop the ripple effect right now.
I monetize my gifts and talents today.
God is my power and clarity.
I do something new each day.

WOOHOO!   I have freed my pelvis from the pain of not honoring the truth for the past six weeks.  There is still much work I have to do and  decisions to make about those choices I did not make that are not coming back into my life for me to remove the fear and do what I need to do.

For the past years, I have felt as if I left my friends and colleagues down as I was not walking the talk that I share with my clients and that they expect of me.  During the past two months, the spiritual and emotional energies were recharged. Now, I am ready to make strong choices about my professional and personal storytelling.

Stay tuned.....   it will be something you won't forget.

Sher

THE REVOLUTION

Today is May 5.  I am posting this because a revolution is about to unfold on the web.  I have using my energy to create and write speech topics for my new venture beginning in 2015. I am returning to professional speaking once my autobiography "59 Voices: Essays of My Life" is released. 

My entrepreneurial lifestyle has given me much passion, love for what I do, and accomplishments that I might never have achieved. Of course, the path was an oval - moving up to a pinnacle and then slowly going downward and remaining stationery before the accession again.

Life has had its share of 40 year friendships with my girlfriends, meeting celebrities of all caliber in entertainment, sports and industry, serving on national committees and making a difference in someone's life or community, or just influencing change in the smallest way.

I thank each of you who have been involved in my life in some short or long moment, and who will continue to be there with me on this journey.

"Boomers Revolution" newsletter will be released in new form in two weeks - focusing on individuals who have decided to take the entrepreneurial lifestyle instead of other paths, who are working and who are making a difference in their new rewirement.

Share this with us as we promote our legacy journey.

Sher

Sounds of Tips in Writing

Today, I was working with several young writers who tried to explain to me that it didn't matter how they abbreviated a state as there were several ways to do so.  So, I thought I would have them research their own answers.  Lo and behold, dailywritingtips.com came to my rescue, not theirs, and this was in my email.  So, I wanted to share it with you in case you have the state name phobia in writing.   Your Corporate FireFighter in Peace, Sher   State Names and Abbreviations - DailyWritingTips

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State Names and Abbreviations Posted: 01 Oct 2013 09:43 PM PDT How should you treat references to states? The form depends on which style guide you adhere to and why the state is being referenced. Details about how to refer to states follow. The Chicago Manual of Style and The Associated Press Stylebook agree on one thing: When referring to a state on its own, spell the state name out (“California became a state in 1850”). However, when referring to a city and the state in which it is located, although Chicago recommends retaining the spelled-out version of the state name (“San Diego, California”), AP style calls for abbreviating the state name (“San Diego, Calif.”) if it consists of more than six letters. (Chicago also has abbreviations if you insist, but they don’t always match AP’s style.) The AP style abbreviations arbitrarily range in length from two to six letters, and all two-word names are abbreviated with the initials, such as N.Y. for “New York” — with the exception of West Virginia’s abbreviation, which for some reason is rendered W.Va. (Note that AP style omits state names for a specified list of cities considered familiar enough that the state in which they are located need not be mentioned.) In headlines, the periods are omitted. However, when giving an address, or in tables or other uses in which space is limited, use the US Postal Service’s symbol system, which consists of a two-letter abbreviation in which both letters are always capitalized and no periods are used (for example, NY for “New York”). Other style handbooks have their own guidelines, so, if you are writing or editing for a particularly company as a staff member or a freelancer, determine which resource is considered the authority on state abbreviation. Note, too, that abbreviation of country names is rare and not recommended. US and UK are frequently used as nouns in informal contexts, but the names should be spelled out except as adjectives — “the US response,” for example, or “the UK’s role” — and Chicago recommends omitting periods in these cases, as is advised for all capitalized abbreviations. Dailywritingtips.com

SYNERGY OF A CHALLENGE

Today is October 1.  Yes, it has been two months to the date since I last posted.  What has caused me once again to procrastinate and not write each day?  I have been blogging and posting on Facebook but realize that it is time to make this blog, Sounds of Synergy, work in a better way. 

Thanks to Michelle Scism who created the Ultimate Blog Challenge, I am going to begin this blog and continue during October to post.  She has inspired me and given me the challenge to continue my postings.

This month is a great month - it is my birthday month. I started to party today.  I spent the day with the AT&T Uverse installer who helped get my internet and television changed from Comcast.  It was great to have a person who was so happy and really liked what he did.  I am now online and back at writing. 

This morning, I spent time working on a speech for Toastmasters that I have to give tomorrow.  After I had the points of the speech outlined, it was apparent that the stats I needed I could not get as my Internet was down.  So, now I will work on another speech project. I have two more to go before I get my Competent Communicator Award.  If you want to learn how to become more confident in speaking, this organization is certainly the most rewarding and educational and cost effective program in the country.  The Downtown Mobile group I belong to is such a happy group.  I miss not going each week.  When I don't go, there is a part of me missing. I have met some new friends and reconnected with old friends.

Today has been a peaceful day despite all that is happening in the world.  Peace is certainly something that you choose and not something that is chosen for you.  Today was a day for learning.  Here are tidbits of what I learned today:

- If you have not been courageous and stepped out in your life, then do not comment on mine.
- Influencing one more person to consider something you said or wrote is helping one more person to open their mind and hearts to the possibility of something new.
- Call your friends daily to tell them you love them.
- Staying in the office to manage the day is a good thing.
- Creativity comes when you least expect it.
- Change your way of thinking.  Listen to what you are saying to yourself.  Are you stuck or moving forward?

So, now, it's time for meditation and taking care of Serena, my cat.  Her brain disorder is a day to day and sometimes moment to moment part of my day.

Peace and joy to you,
Sher
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SYNERGY OF GREATNESS

 Synergy of greatness. 

This sounds like someone's alter ego coming forth and letting the world know how great they are.  Yes, you could say that.  I will not say that. 

To me, it is the synergy of what using one's gifts and talents can create while serving others.  It is not standing on a mountain top and shouting to the world how wonderful someone is, but it could be.  The last time I stood on a mountain, the only person who heard what I had to say was a mountain goat. And of course, the birds, the eagles, and the universal spirits.

SOUNDS OF GREATNESS CREATE SYNERGY OF GREATNESS.

This is the QUIETNESS of what we do each day, with each person we meet or talk to, with the challenges of life that occur, with the off-times of "Why is this happening to me?" we might ask ourselves when something occurs that we did not expect to happen, or God and the universe gives us an opportunity that may challenge us but make us stronger, or a miracle occurs and we give gratitude.

The SYNERGY of Greatness comes in those moments when we quiet our minds to listen to the silence and to hear what we need to hear, or when we love unconditionally through our actions of a smile or taking food to a neighbor, or helping a child with homework or going to visit someone in a nursing home who may not have any visitors or call someone you have not heard from in a long time.

So go do something great and create synergy.

Peace and joy today.


You are Designed for More

SOUNDS OF THE PATH TO TRUTH AND PEACE

Each person needs to grow in the truth.  Our blind spots keep us from taking responsibility and making choices about the truths we need to face.  Of course, that is a choice. The more truth we hear, the more we are open and the more we learn.

When a person doesn't get the message from God or the universe, it sends someone to tell us. It is telling us to come up with the things we have avoided to get them out of the way for something more beautiful. This has been a year of getting messages from the Holy Spirit and God, messages that I avoided for many decades. 

It is a good thing that I am not taking more responsibility in living my truth than I did in my past. I am learning to walk in truth more today than ever.  The peace and freedom I have that the universe has given me is so wonderful.

It does not mean that there is not a sense of rebellion inside that wants to choose avoidance as a choice.  It means that I stop struggling and am learning to become freer with each choice I make towards resolution of the issue.  In confronting the issue or challenge, I am freeing myself from allowing the issue to consume or walk all over me. 

This is not only directed to people but to life's challenges in business and personal life. I want to be ready to go to the next level that God has planned for me.  Somehow I have not progressed but stayed at the same level, if not regressed, more in the past ten years because I choose to avoid making choices.

Today, I heard the message from Joyce Meyer.  She said that we can't get to the next level until we seek the truth. She also reminded me that if we complain about something not to pray for it.  We need to not complain but find a way to discuss in a way that will not offend or hurt someone. 

In my life, I have tried to carefully choose the right words, but sometimes they have been 'straight talk' that has hurt someone.  I have also avoided confrontation with my parents and not expressed how their words were hurtful, as I realized that it was no use because they didn't care.  When you wake up and realize that it is ok to let the offense roll away and smile and listen, that is a wonderful thing. 

I think I am writing my blog for today by accident so I should cut and paste this and put it in my blog.  That is confronting the issue that I love to write and go to FB first rather than my blog! 

In my gratitude for today, I was thankful for my bills, for the issues I have to face with the IRS, the water I drink and use for bathing, the newness of stewardship and giving back, and for the universe bringing the challenges to me to confront. 

Yes, even the fact that the issues I have had with my car I am in gratitude for.  When it was apparent that the vehicle needed to be replaced, I choose not to take action. That action has cost me much money over the past few months.  I also have realized that I am not alone in the issue of a Buick that stalled and stops while you are driving it, no matter what speed, and that it could have cost me a major traffic accident and could have cost me my life.  For that i am in gratitude.

I have spent the past four days at home without transportation.  This last stall left me panicked and I am afraid to drive the car.  That fear has to be conquered as it is consuming the peace that I have felt.  It has also lead me to get the paperwork done I need to do to find another reliable vehicle.  Tomorrow I am going to find another vehicle that I can drive for now until time for me to purchase another quality mode of transportation.

It is ok for God and the universe to let change come into my life and allow me to through his refuge become peaceful through good choices. The devil and negative energy can stay away as I am in the refuge of God and universe. 

If God and the universe did not chastise me, I might wonder about God's love.  Many years ago, I knew that the choices I did not make would someday be brought to me as  I was allowed to wander in the valley of the shadow and through the earth to live a life of wonderment and challenges. 

As I write this to you, I am glad that I can now walk in truth and am looking forward to that which is already planned for me.  Having God as the CEO of my life - my company, my partnerships - creates growth and allows me to continue dreaming.  Yes, even those of us over 60 can still dream. 

Oh, by the way, I am working on building the foundation of my dream now.  Each day, I take a new step and it is good. Go forth.  Continue dreaming. Visualize where  you want to be and what you need to do to get there.

I end with a quote from a FB writing from Wayne Dyer: "When you live your life going through the motions, it may seem to be convenient, but the weight of your dissatisfaction creates a huge imbalance in the only life you have now. It shows up when you are sound asleep and your dreams are filled with reminders of what you'd love to be, but you wake and return to pursuing your safe routine.

Allow yourself to think about this fire from heaven. What are your dreams and how can you shift your thinking habits to match your dreams? Commit to thinking about what you want, rather than how impossible or difficult that dream may seem. ... Dream and you shall become."

I spent part of yesterday in teleconferences to hear messages that I have heard, given to others and not heeded. So again, I heard the message from someone else. 

God has shown me for years that I was just as capable to speak and write as my friends and colleagues.  Did I listen?  Somewhat.  I would start and stop.  Go to meetings and learn and make appointments.  I had a great speaking business in the 1980s and then it stopped because I stopped.  Now, it is time to ask me "Who is Sher? What does she want?" and find the goddess, the queen in me and make it happen.

By writing this to share with you, I am doing so.  Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts.  I hope the something in this writing resonates with you to help you today to confront an issue and make the right choice to move it from your path to that which God and the universe has planned for you- much better that you or I can anticipate we can do by ourselves. 

Tim Davis just put a message on Facebook as I was writing and I will end with this as it is the summary of my writing.
The Daily Difference for July 31, 2013
"Every great achievement first began with a decision to start"

Question to reflect upon
When have you pondered too many choices rather than make a firm decision? What if you made that decision now?

Now does it make sense?  Did you get the message?  Go and do and dream on.

Peace and Happiness and Laughter

Coastal Woman magazine 
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Sounds of I QUIT

Good evening.  I cannot believe it has been 90 days since I have last blogged.  I apologize to my readers as  I value your following.  These past 90 days have been the most days I have every lived in the desert for many years.  It was well worth it as I have learned a lot.

Today, a note from Darren Hardy came in my email.  After reading it, I wanted to share it with you.  This year, I will celebrate being an entrepreneur of over 50 years. I started baby sitting when I was 10 years old and had a great business all through high school.  So, today I want to now follow the advice of the billionaire Darren interviewed. I want to quit.

http://darrenhardy.success.com/2013/07/i-quit/

My new mantra is "I quit."  I don't quit life or living; I want to quit my business and start another one. I have worked for so many years to help others sustain themselves and succeed and become Fortune 500 companies that it is time for me to fulfill my own dream.  More on that later.

Take a look at what you are doing. Are you happy and have a passion each morning you wake up for what you do?  Are you ready for a new challenge?  Are you not managing your business?  Is your business managing you?  It is time now to take stock and decide what your passionate story is to share and tell. 

Thanks Darren for your words or wisdom.  I will be sharing excerpts of my forthcoming books with each of you and will share e books starting in September.

So stay tuned for more to come.

Live Life Out Loud and Dance,
Sher

Sounds of the Faces of Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding can be a reality if we work together. It starts with each one of us. Are you are peace when you wake up? Are you at peace when something happens in the first few minutes of the day when something negative happens to you or a family member?

Be at peace during those times. That is the place to start. As the Director for the Gulf Coast region for the Peace Alliance, I am inviting each of you to become engaged during this next month. Help us ask our legislators to co-sponsor and support funding for the Youth Promise Act and the Department of Peacebuilding. 

I am a peacebuilder.  I have been a peacebuilder all my life.  Here is the story of a peacebuilder.  Enjoy.
http://fop.kontribune.com/articles/1750

Join the movement: Click below and learn more about the Faces of Peace.  Tell your story.
The Peace Alliance

Be at peace.

Sher

Sounds of Storytelling

Aloha!  Today is such an awesome day.  Yes, the sky is cloudy and gray. Yes, it will probably rain today.  Yes, you might be tired. Yes, someone in our lives creates drama today and is probably thinking of it right at this minute.  Yet, with all of the chaos in our lives right at this moment, be grateful that you are alive and able to take one breath, and then another.


Yesterday, I was asked to tell a story about laughing at myself.  It is something that I have used over the years to get through those times when I felt sad, or when the need to redirect my thoughts seemed important.  So, I laughed.  There are many times in my life when I can laugh and know it is ok.  The story I told was about living with dentures at an early age and being single.  For the past several years, I have worn a partial denture.  Several years ago, I was injured during a Mardi Gras parade when someone from the second tier of a float threw an entire bag of beads toward me. I am sure he did not think it would make an impact but it did. Just not the right way.  I was not asking for beads; he just threw them I guess trying to be nice. 

Needless to say, the bag came directly at my face and hit my nose and lower jaw and lips.  There was an immediate swelling of the face as I continued to walk to the convention center where the parade ended.  I was not able to talk nor eat for several days. The secondary trauma to my jaw and my teeth has caused me to require a partial denture.  The dentist says that I need a full denture within the next year, both on top and bottom.   

The second part of the story relates to a question quandary.  How does a person tell someone they want to date that they wear a partial denture?  What does one do with a first kiss?  At 61, you would think I would have the answer.  WRONG!  I am glad that this is a long-distance relationship until I figure this one out.  Or if he reads this blog.  Oh well, the info is out of the bag now.
If my readers have any ideas, let me know.   

Back to the story... that is the story I told at Toastmasters on Wednesday.  I joined the Downtown Mobile Chapter last July.  This group is one of the happiest groups I have met.  It is easy to get to know the members; they welcome everyone at the meetings.  I always look forward to Wednesday as it makes the rest of the week go by quickly.  By nature I am happy, and use the happy gene that God gave me each moment.  Several Wednesdays I have not felt so happy, but left happier as the members are caring and show it.  Their smiles are so important.  If you are ever in the downtown Mobile area at noon on Wednesday, come to the 34th Floor and stop in at the Bienville Club and join us for lunch.

I was involved in Toastmasters many years ago in college and when I moved to Columbus, Ohio.  Until I rejoined, I did not realize how much I missed it.  It makes sense that if I had stayed, I might be farther along in my speaking career and taken it more seriously over the past twenty years.  Although it was a goal in my career plan, I put it on hold and didn't pursue it. Now, I am doing so.  My ultimate goal is to travel and deliver keynotes and speeches and conduct workshops.  While I help other speakers and authors become successful and fill their schedule, I have not worked on my own schedule.  For 2014, that is what I am doing.  

Do you have a fear of speaking?  Want to learn how to become a better speaker and enhance your leadership skills?  By joining a Toastmasters Club, you gain both skills.  Toastmasters International

Now, what story to you have to tell?  I love to share stories.  As I move into writing each early morning, I will share my life stories as they are written for my new book due in the fall titled 59 Voices: It's My Turn.   Evan Porter wrote on his Nebo Blog about storytelling and I wanted to share his words with you.  http://tinyurl.com/dya2wd8. 

Now, share with me your story.  Write it down and start your legacy book to share about you with your children  and your family.  Do they know all about you?

Namaste,

Sher

 

 

Sounds of Change and MOJO Back

To Coastal Women of the Gulf Coast region:  Yes, we are behind in publishing our launch issue of Coastal Woman digital publication.  There are many things that have occurred since our staff meeting in December, with the thoughts of getting the issue out in January.  As much as I would like to control the universe (Not!), so many opportunities for growth and healing have occurred this year to the writers and to the publisher.  Do not fear, we are working steadily to finish the advertising and branding packages this week.  It is my goal to produce a smaller version of the digital magazine for April, as we will be focusing on women in maritime.  Sometimes your dream does not take shape when you want it. 

During this time, I found myself overloaded with client projects that were not completed, deadlines that became dead, relationships that needed mending and clearing out and cleaning out old garbage.  And just feeling as if I was the only one in the world who had to manage this all on my own.  Sound familiar?  I realized that I was not alone and that I had to regroup, rethink, replan and take it one day at a time.

Now, I am taking it one day at a time.  When I wake up, I have my top three opportunities to complete.  Over the course of the past weeks, I was given other opportunities that required me to be there for a friend's passing, to be there to help my friends during this time and to intercede with the angels as requested. 

My intuitive nature became stronger.  My ability to listen and advise clients is stronger and on target.  And, sometimes it is just being a good life coach and listening. 

I made the conscious choice to give volunteer time to one nonprofit.  There are other national boards I sit on and represent that I have not focused energy on.  Now, is the time to step back and regroup.  And all of this was based on my dream of publishing a women's magazine.

Coastal Woman is needed in this Gulf Coast region, and that dream is still on the white board.  When things got in the way before, they are not in the way now.  Sometimes you have to clear the field to truly see what blessings you have been given.

We shall publish - we are just really to finally make it happen.  So, stay tuned.  In the meantime, clear out your closets, your projects, let the go or get them done now.  A colleague of mind uses the quote GSDN - Get Stuff Done Now.   That is the MOJO I have gotten back to. 

Keep positive energies coming this way.  Our 2013 editorial calendar has changed:

April - Women in Maritime
June - Women in Sports
August - Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
October - Women in Media

We are looking for women aged 40+ who have created and developed successful careers in these areas who live in the Gulf Coast region from Key West, FL  to Brownsville, TX to feature.  If you have any suggestions for women to consider, inbox CW or email us at coastalwomanmagazine@gmail.com.

www.coastalwomanmagazine.com

Synergy of A WOW

I just got this video in my Facebook. It is with pride that The Synergy Solutions Group and The Kids Initiative share this with you.

https://www.facebook.com/LIKEABOSScom

Sounds of My Thoughts in Early Morning!

Happy New 2013!  I have not been blogging as usual and I apologize to my readers.  You honor me when I receive emails and notes from you about how my words make your feel.  So, you have inspired me to continue my writing on a daily basis.  This post will become the center for helping you to transform your life and your business into your dreams.  I am going to share with you parts of my case studies that I am developing for workshops and my book "The Oval Factor" due out in 2014.  

It is really 3:20 am on Wednesday, January 30 and I am wide awake and still up and writing.  My mind has been racing and I forgot to get that extra cup of coffee I did not need.   I started out my beauty routine before I went back to the office by using coconut oil all over my face and body.  The results will not be shown in video but I can tell you that my skin feels differently already.  So, try it if you have dry skin or want to decrease your wrinkles.  

Yesterday, I found that I had old body lotion and makeup that went to the trash can.  It was old, liquid and out of date.  Yes, your mascara can get out of date.  If you don't use these items within six months, give them a new home in file 13.  Care about your eyes and your skin.

For the past three days, my face has been swollen. Both the traditional and alternative physicians do not have a diagnosis.  There are still toxins that find me from the Gulf Coast spill and that could be one of them.  It is not the flu, nor sinus, nor flu.  Having chemical sensitivities does not help.  I am not used to being ill for a long period of time, and that has happened since November.  I have had respiratory illnesses most of December and January.  So, back to holistic healing remedies and a Clean Detox Nutritional Plan for the rest of my life.

There is much to do with client work.  I have not been as on time with client projects as I have always been.  There is no excuse.  I am revising the business model for Coastal Woman magazine this weekend.  I know it is needed on the coast, will take time, and will need investors.  I am relying on my ability to create relationships with friends and businesses who see the need for this type of publication, from Key West to Brownsville, TX and focusing on issues and women aged 40+.  It is amazing when others do not realize how much time it takes in getting the business started, but it is started and I will succeed.  

This is my legacy to Gulf Coast women.  Thank you for all your do and for your support.  

Below are jpgs of an article I wrote in 2008 on Turquoise Place in Orange Beach.  It is beautiful and a wonderful place to find your peace.  So, check it out.

In synergistic energy,
Sher  aka/Dr. Mom
http://www.thessg.us