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Choose Magic!
by Betsy Sobiech
Yesterday on our Tiara TeleConnect we talked about whether or not we believed in magic. It’s interesting because we often engage with beliefs like they exist outside of us, and a conversation about magic can quickly become about whether or not magic exists. That is definitely a fascinating discussion that can lead to lots of [...]
read more>>The “Next” Attitude
by Alison Miller
I am in a new place. After 18 years living in Chicago, I moved to Los Angeles. One of the things that concerned me most about moving to a new place was leaving my communities of friends and my network of colleagues and providers of all sorts of things like eye doctors, massage therapists, [...]
read more>>Are you playing full out?
by Elizabeth Ruske
I coach girls’ basketball — and I love it. I think some of my happiest and most challenging moments are when I am teaching and watching girls try something new and succeed at doing something they never had done before. It is hard to describe the feeling so I will say – I simply love [...]
read more>>Just declare it an “exploration”
by Amy Riley
I’ve had angst about a couple things in life recently. I can’t seem to find an easy way to put cardio workouts into my schedule. The dance classes I like aren’t at times that usually work for me. Then, I’ve been thinking about becoming a runner. Yet, that is all it’s been…is “thinking.”
Next, I have [...]
read more>>Letting Go of “Stuff”
by Alison Miller
Well it is less than two weeks before I move to California and I am in the midst of packing up my belongings. And one of the things that it is so remarkable to me during this process is to witness how much “stuff” I have been storing in my home…clothes I don’t like [...]
read more>>Challenge yourself – lovingly
by Elizabeth Ruske
We all know people who are really hard on themselves; no matter what they do it isn’t good enough for some reason. As a parent, in an effort to motivate my sons I can sometimes give an impression their results are not good enough. I remember a few years ago, one of my business partners [...]
read more>>I let it throw me into a tailspin
by Amy Riley
I agreed to design and develop 2 self-study training courses last month. And that agreement threw me into a tail spin! After digging into the training project – and given other commitments I have – I found that the timelines were tight. There was a lot to be done, and at times I questioned whether [...]
read more>>Believing in magic …
by Betsy Sobiech
Today I am flying from the Netherlands through Poland to Chicago carrying two broomsticks. It is easy for me to recognize the unpredictability, hilarity, craziness, miraculousness, and magic of life in a circumstance like this. In fact the broomsticks were given to me by my Dutch Tiara partners specifically to remind me that life is [...]
read more>>Ash and Attachment
by Barbara
This guest blog was written by Barbara Govednik.
If tea leaves can give a glimpse into the future, could flecks of ash offer insights on attachment to an outcome?
Absolutely.
Last month, I was stuck in London longer than expected when the ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption hovered thick and unyielding over British airspace. I [...]
read more>>Where are you settling?
by Elizabeth Ruske
I think we all have a capacity to tolerate a lot of things in our life. But what happens when you find yourself settling for things that you really don’t want to settle for?
This happened to me a week ago. My husband and I recently sold our house. It happened so fast that we were [...]
read more>>Imagine
by Shannon O'Regan
As a young girl, playtime for me included a fair amount of pretend play. With my imagination I often acted out real life scenarios. I pretended to work in an office; organizing the compartments of my roll-top desk, talking on an unplugged Trim-line phone, writing documents of gibberish. There was store clerk pretend too; lining [...]
read more>>Is 2010 the year?
by Betsy Sobiech
I’m witnessing many miracles and seeing clear signs of dreams coming true this year. Yes, I still get impatient (mostly with myself and with time) and I feel like I have huge goals that seem like towering mountains ahead of me. But at the same time I’m hearing of homes being sold, homes being purchased, [...]
read more>>A New Perspective on Forgiveness
by Alison Miller
Recently I had a profound shift in my thinking about forgiveness after reading an excellent book called Radical Forgiveness by Colin Tipping. For many people his ideas and beliefs about forgiveness may seem “out there.” For me, they were what I needed to hear and in many ways what the author says feels [...]
read more>>The secret to an easy life …
by Betsy Sobiech
… is aligning your life with your values, callings, and purpose. Of course you’ll still run into some circumstances that have to be handled, but having your environment, relationships, accountabilities, and conversations all line up with what’s most important to you creates a simplicity, ease, and effectiveness that just works. What have you done to [...]
read more>>Being Gracious
by Elizabeth Ruske
Every quarter I sit down and review my annual intentions and goals for the year. Last week, in doing my 2010 ‘check-in’ I took a look at my values and realized that I wasn’t really paying attention to one of them; being gracious/graciousness.
I recently did a favor for someone and it was fun and something [...]
read more>>You don’t need more time to accomplish more
by Amy Riley
I’m a mom to 2 young kids, a wife, and an owner of 2 businesses. There are more roles that I fulfill, yet these are the ones I struggle most to balance.
In order to balance my life and feel satisfied, I thought that I had to do one of 2 things:Figure out how to get [...]
read more>>Our Minutiae is in the Sand
by Shannon O'Regan
I have two bamboo plants in my office that sit on my desk. Bamboo is an uncomplicated, yet powerful sturdy plant. These plants are simple, airy, easy to maintain and thriving. They grow with it’s roots gently submerged in water and rock and will sustain in moderate to low light. No fancy soil or food. [...]
read more>>Yep, it’s okay to be happy …
by Betsy Sobiech
I’ve had several conversations this past week with people who are worried, concerned, and nervous because … they are getting what they want! These are people who have job offers on the table that seem like great opportunities — but they haven’t been looking that hard yet. People who’ve just started dating — and already [...]
read more>>The Art of Seduction
by Alison Miller
On Tuesday of this week, Beth Ruske and I led a Tiara Teleconnect on “The Art of Seduction”– so the idea of seduction is on my mind. Why are we leading a session on seduction of all things? We usually think of seduction in a sexual or sensual realm. And it [...]
read more>>March Madness is upon us . . . .
by Elizabeth Ruske
(Yes I will eventually tie this to the NCAA college basketball tournament . . . but bear with me!)
Over the past month we’ve had the pleasure of speaking to several groups of professional women in a wide variety of industries. It is really wonderful and powerful to see a group of women come together, relax [...]
read more>>It’s time to love ME!
by Amy Riley
On February 13, I attended the “Madly in Love with ME” Chicago event sponsored by Tiara and other amazing local businesses. Ever since, I have been thinking about the concept of self love. As I go about my daily routines and interact with people, I see how I can easily love and appreciate others and [...]
read more>>Routine Us Interruptus
by Shannon O'Regan
When I moved in with my now husband 2 1/2 years ago, it took an astonishing six weeks to get use to the commuting patterns around my new neighborhood. Even crazier, I only moved four blocks. It was befuddling to me how a local relocation impacted my ability to be on-time to nearly all appointment [...]
read more>>The Gift of Gratitude
by Alison Miller
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” – Meister Eckart
I have been thinking a lot about gratitude lately. What it means, how it feels, and how to expand the presence of gratitude in my life. Gratitude is both a state of being; being [...]
read more>>What if you were granted 3 wishes?
by Elizabeth Ruske
What would you wish for?
Every so often my husband and I play an imaginary game of winning the jack-pot lotto of $50 Million or more. It’s funny, once we get past the things we would buy, pay off or donate – we end up with 90-95% of the money left to spend. Then the [...]
read more>>Are you in love with yourself?
by Betsy Sobiech
Are you in love with yourself? Unconditionally? Or are you harsh with yourself, constantly judging and comparing?
It’s funny how we often want others to provide us with a deep level of love, acknowledgment, and acceptance when we are unwilling to do so ourselves. Tiara just celebrated Madly In Love With ME day on February [...]
read more>>Acceptance as a key to freedom
by Amy Riley
In Tiara, we talk about acceptance being the key to freedom. If we are able to 1) accept our circumstances and 2) accept our reactions to the circumstances, then we’ll have the freedom to “respond” rather than “react.”
Sounds good in theory, yet I’m always one who likes to look at how it works in reality. [...]
read more>>The Gift of Intuition
by Alison Miller
Intuition is something we frequently talk about without really understanding what it is, how we can trust our own intuition, or how we can relate to the intuition others have about our lives.
What is intuition? Intuition is a knowing…different from the knowledge we possess already… it is not a knowing that comes from books or [...]
read more>>What comes first – changing the belief or changing the circumstance. . .the classic Chicken or the Egg?
by Elizabeth Ruske
Have you ever been stuck in a situation where you just can’t seem to see the way out? The harder you try to worse it gets? You try to talk about it, work around it, apply new strategies, and yet . . . you hear yourself saying things like “… I just can’t get a [...]
read more>>What’s our role in a global crisis?
by Amy Riley
We have all probably recently heard some of the shocking and disturbing details from Haiti. An article from the Associated Press starts with, “The tiny bodies of children lay in piles next to the ruins of their collapsed school. People with faces covered by white dust and the blood of open wounds roamed the streets. [...]
read more>>Everyone Deserves a Snow Day!
by Elizabeth Ruske
Today, in Chicago, Illinois it is snowing like crazy and they are predicting about 10-12 inches of snow to fall. As a kid, I would pray for snow days, but it always seemed that the more they predicted the “big” storm, the less it materialized. As an adult, I still love snow days. This morning as I was leaving my [...]
read more>>“I love my life. It’s 100% aligned with my values!”
by Betsy Sobiech
Stop! Notice your reactions to this blog title. Are you cheering this person on? Skeptical that it’s even possible? Envious and bitter because of how steeped you are in a day-to-day routine that feels anything but inspired by a deep set of values? Motivated that somebody cracked the code?
Interesting, right? Although all of us reading [...]
read more>>“I want my skateboard in the future today!”
by Betsy Sobiech
This past summer I took my nephew William, who is 3, to a great park overlooking Lake Michigan. We had a great time running, climbing, jumping, and swinging. Pretty soon it was lunchtime, and my job was to get the kids home, fed, and napping by their time my sister returned. So as we transitioned [...]
read more>>Getting unstuck …
by Betsy Sobiech
What happens when you know you need to let go of something and you really want to move to a new thing but you feel stuck? To me it feels like the infamous flying through the air on a trapeze which requires letting go of the bar you are swinging on before you can fully [...]
read more>>Where am I already a success?
by Betsy Sobiech
Last night one of our Tiaras, Stacey Schieffelin, President of ybf Cosmetics (www.ybfstacey.com ) gave the Key Note Speech at the National Conference for NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) here in Chicago, IL, USA. It was great to see Stacey acknowledged for being such a fabulous and authentic – business woman. [...]
read more>>Mojo Repair
by Betsy Sobiech
In our June Tiara TeleConnect, we focused on “Mojo Repair”. How can you get back in the flow, in the groove, at ease, effective, and potent in your life?!? Here are the key questions we explored on the call:
How do you know when your mojo is out of whack? Are you irritable? Disorganized? Overwhelmed? Do [...]
read more>>The Universality of our Conversation
by Betsy Sobiech
We took a trip to the Netherlands in May to share Tiara with Franciska, Andrea, Johanneke, and Christine … women we’ve known for years as both business partners and friends. We were excited for the trip because it’s always inspiring to be with these powerful, creative women as well as be in a different country [...]
read more>>If It’s Perfect For Me – It’s Perfect for Everyone
by Betsy Sobiech
In our inspired actions tele-series we are in a great inquiry about giving ourselves permission to feel good in spite of any circumstances. That has brought up a lot of questions for me; like, how do I feel good when there is real sadness in my life? And what do I do when [...]
read more>>Feeling inspired? No? Then stop the action.
by Betsy Sobiech
Is it possible to do only what we’re inspired to do? We think so. And there’s are some nuances to the practice to consider. First, what is inspiration? Does it come from outside of you or inside of you? If the answer is that inspiration is (or can be) internally sourced, that means that it’s [...]
read more>>How To Be Lucky
by Betsy Sobiech
For those of you who participated in the Tiara Teleconnect call today, thank you for a fun exploration of how to acknowledge and create more luck in our lives.
Remember:Come from the belief that you are lucky
Keep it light and fun. Have being lucky be a game
Always be willing to “try your luck.”And, we challenged [...]
read more>>Feeling Lucky
by Betsy Sobiech
It’s pretty easy to feel lucky when it’s 70 degrees outside on St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago! We’re lucky it’s so warm. We’re lucky we get to enjoy the seasons. We’re lucky we live in this beautiful city that continues to percolate with opportunity. We’re lucky they figured out how to turn the river green. [...]
read more>>Being Bold…
by Betsy Sobiech
This month Tiara is excited to be sponsoring an event by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago called Bold Moves for Bold Women. It has me wondering whether or not I’m bold. There are some people who view my life and would say “absolutely” based on what looks bold to them … starting a business, renting a [...]
read more>>Do you already have what you are looking for?
by Betsy Sobiech
On the Tiara teleconference call on Wed (2/18/09) we talked about how you are the ultimate creator of having a life full of LOVE. There might be a couple of things that are really counter intuitive to the conversation we had, for example:
If you want to have love in your life you have to [...]
read more>>Being The Love Of Your Life
by Betsy Sobiech
February is the month of LOVE – and everyone has love in their life. Being your own best Lover is an awesome gift to give yourself. Flowers, candy, romance – sure they’re nice but nothing can top being truly accepting and loving the person you are today. What a great gift! How are you [...]
read more>>We Are Each Making History
by Betsy Sobiech
It’s clear that today history is being made. The inauguration of a president is always historical, recorded, documented, and revered. Today’s inauguration seems even more historically significant as Barack Obama takes office and his family moves into the White House.
Consider that every day, everything action we take has equal significance on the future of our [...]
read more>>Holidays…
by Betsy Sobiech
Today we have our call about the holiday season, so I’m getting a hard start by looking at my own feelings and thoughts about the upcoming two weeks. Primarily I’m feeling somewhat overwhelmed, excited, and nervous … not so much because of the holidays specifically, but because I feel like I have “so much I [...]
read more>>Being Thankful for Community
by Betsy Sobiech
It’s easy for me to be overwhelmed by the new technological ways to be connected. As we launch Tiara into 2009 we are constantly being asked about Blogging, Twittering, Facebooking, YouTubing, MySpacing, Digging, and being Linked In. The options seem endless. My immediate reactions are to feel …
Tired. Worried about getting it right. Annoyed that [...]
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