THRIVE! Mind, Body and Business

Begins January 2012

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Entrepreneur and Parent: Integrating the Two With Love

Whether you hope to parent your children or yourself wisely, join us as we talk with author Betsy Thompson about her new book, Love Parent and how to create joyful experiences, build relationships that stand the test of time, and release when independence is timely.

Can Your Soul Mate in Love Be Your Soul Mate in Business

Find out if your soul mate in love can be your soul mate in business. Dr. Felicia Williams “Couple-preneur Coaching Expert” joins us on Beyond Blind Spots.

Yes! You Can! Five Ways to Achieve Balance Today

Balance may be an elusive term for entrepreneurs. Find five ways that you CAN achieve balance when we talk with Adele Ryan McDowell about her new book, Balancing Act: Reflections, Meditations, and Coping Strategies for Today’s Fast-Paced Whirl.

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Bringing Your Spirit to Work Will Save Your Business

This week host Karyn Pettigrew is joined by her mentor Sonia Choquette, an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, intuitive guide and masterful catalyst whose special gift is to energetically activate the highest vibration and free the authentic Spirit in everyone she meets. They will be talking about the importance of bringing your spirit to work.

The ego often gets a bad rap. Can the ego actually be really good for us? Join us as we welcome internationally recognized counselor and speaker Tara Taylor; who will explain how you can learn to love your life by learning to love your ego.

On the second day of my recent workshop there was an Indian wedding at the resort. It was so celebratory with dancing, drumming, and the clothing was spectacular. We watched the parade of pulsing celebration, moving and dancing together; an incredible feast for the senses. It’s always amazing to me how Spirit supports us moment to moment. We didn’t need much of an excuse to join in on the celebration.

What a simple delight!

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  “Tennis Anyone?” Changing lives through a game:

Combining his gifts, talents and passion Kamau Murray, founded

XS Tennis in order to help people live fuller lives. Join us as we talk about how he’s doing that and how it feels to win the Pepsi Refresh grant to take tennis into Chicago Public Schools.

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 When Did Happiness Go AWOL?: 

Happiness is a choice. Do you feel that happiness is frivolous in today’s environment? Or do you feel guilty for going after your happiness? If so, this conversation is for you!

Join us as we talk with author and coach Diana Fletcher about happiness that seems to be absent without leave (AWOL).

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Saving Our Kids and the Environment: 

The Elements Naturals Story: 

When she couldn’t find a healthy, chemical-free sustainable baby wipe option, she made one. Join us as we talk with Linda Naerheim, founder of Elements Naturals about creating a successful and sustainable healthy business from scratch.

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What I’ve discovered in my work with clients is that all the strategy and tactics in the world are useless if you can’t truly see yourself, your calling and your path. When you don’t see things clearly, you make decisions and take actions that require more effort than necessary. The extra effort leaves you and your resources exhausted, wondering how you got there.

I greatly recommend spending more time in the prequel stage to maximize clarity and vision as you think about your work or business. It’s foundational and soulful work. It’s easy to dismiss these stages because they don’t appear to generate tangible results, but the greatest success, sense of well-being, and contribution start with you; what you perceive, receive and envision for yourself.

No doubt there’s a lot going on these days, plenty of worry, concern, fear, and uncertainty. It’s everywhere and it’s draining.  Low vibration emotions zap the vitality right out of us. Low vibrations also set up a kind of filter or veil which may keep us from making decisions for our highest good.  So, what ends up happening? We work like crazy for a desired outcome, only to come up short.  What can we do about it?

1 – Start living YOUR life.    

Take a “Truth Inventory” – a list of what’s working and what’s not. Don’t leave out anything! Include all aspects of your life including work, hobbies, volunteer activities, relationships, health, finances, etc. Lay it all out.  Sometimes we just really need to SEE it in order for it to register that something needs to change.

2- Make a change to anything (or anybody) that no longer serves your highest good.

Yep, I said it. Clutter or diminishment of any kind – emotional, physical, mental – is a killer. It destroys inspiration, clarity, possibility, health.  Purge it.

What was true one year, five years, or ten years ago, may not be true today and yet, are you hanging on? Hanging on takes up space in our lives and anything that takes up space, takes energy.  I think Steve Jobs says it very well,

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. ~ Steve Jobs

3 – Make no excuses. Start today. 

Start small, that’s fine, but starts today.  Your life is too valuable to make excuses for why you’re coming up short on your personal goals and expectations.

There’s a lot of talk about the importance of discipline. We need it for work, we need it for raising kids, and we need it to lose weight. But the word discipline is one of those heavy resistance words – a word that creates an immediate negative reaction, consciously and subconsciously.  It sounds like pain, difficulty, punishment.

I’d like to turn that around. Try this on instead: self-love.  Think of discipline when applied to self, as self-love. Do you have the self-love you need to do your best work, raise your children with love, and stick to a program for your health? In the end, you must do this for you, no one else. If you make it about anyone else, you’ll end up with lackluster results and disappointment.

September 30 – October 1, 2011

Eaglewood Resort, Itasca, IL

This 2 day, 6-sensory weekend is about providing the tools to go beyond illusion, to accept the truth, see opportunity and begin accepting your great life.

Accepting your great life?

Yes, accepting. Because the life you want awaits your permission to flow in!

Our greatest challenge is not how to create, but how to let go.

That, my friend, is the secret.

This weekend is about removing the veil of lack, not enough, and what isn’t… so you can receive the abundance, joy and well-being you seek and deserve.  It’s right under your nose.

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How to Recover Your Time and Energy: A Lesson From Star Trek

Are you looking to add more time and energy into your life? Check out how you’re balancing your Responsibility. Have you gone too far or not far enough? The Star Trek Federation called it the prime directive. The key was to avoid unnaturally altering the course of another society. Learning to mind our own business is a discipline with more benefits than we can imagine. Join Karyn Pettigrew for tips on how to recover time and energy in your life and business with a quick lesson from Star Trek.

Unleash the Power of Letting Go

Attracting what you need is not the hard part. Letting go of what no longer serves you is the real discipline. Join Karyn and stress-reduction expert Diana Fletcher as they explore the ways that overdoing, or “needing to do it yourself” may be killing you and your business.

Beating Burnout

Today’s special guest, burnout specialist Barb Garrison, says, “Passion is the missing link to wellness. You can drink water, eat vegetables, and go to yoga, but without passion, purpose and work you love, your immune system won’t be 100 percent.” Tune in to find out just what you can do about it.

The Power of Play

My mentor Sonia Choquette says that “play and prayer are on the same vibration.” Join us as we talk with creative powerhouse Redmoon Theater about the power of play to unite communities and stimulate peace. Guest: Frank Maugeri, Artistic Director, Redmoon Theater.

Yes You Can – 5 Ways to Achieve Balance Today

Balance may be an elusive term for entrepreneurs. Find five ways that you CAN achieve balance when we talk with Adele Ryan McDowell about her new book: Balancing Act: Reflections, Meditations, and Coping Strategies for Today’s Fast-Paced Whirl.