Got Clutter? (What’s it costing you?)
Submitted by Lisa Steadman on April 30, 2012 - 12:23 pmComments (0)»
I have a confession to make. I’m a clutter creator.
It’s not something I’m proud of. In fact, most of the time, I’ll deny it. But since it’s just between us (and everyone on the world wide web), I’ll call a spade a spade.
I create clutter. Honestly, I come by it naturally. My mother is the Queen of Clutter.
But it’s not her fault, really. She’s creative and her crafts create clutter. From the piles of fabric that she’ll one day use for a quilt (the woman quilts daily, so it’s entirely possible) to the old issues of Guideposts she’s saving for only God knows what to the stacks and stacks of THINGS…need I say more?
But this isn’t about my mother’s clutter.
This is about me and my clutter issues, which I didn’t even realize I had until one day about a year ago The Hubs was in my office and I caught him looking around in what looked to be concern. I surveyed the messy office, with piles of paperwork, unfolded clothes, office supplies not yet put away and realized, Maybe this isn’t normal.
And that was the trouble. The clutter didn’t bother ME. But the fact that it might bother him without occurring to me bothered me. Do you know what I mean?
And so began a year long journey of Closet Clutter. While my office itself looks relatively neat and tidy, all you had to do was open my office closet door, which my husband NEVER did, and see the real story – an overflowing trash bag filled with documents needing to be shredded and recycled, paperwork that needed to be filed but who had the time?, and any other items that just didn’t belong somewhere had found their way to the bottom of my closet.
A week ago, something happened. I opened the closet door, looked down at the clutter, and was DONE.
The next 4 hours were spent shredding, filing, tossing, and organizing every last scrap of paper, article of clothing, pair of shoes, business card, and receipt.
When I was done, I emerged from my office, dusty and trailing loose paper shreds, and smiling triumphantly. The Hubs just looked at me quizzically. Since he had never seen THE MESS, he had no idea how significant THE CLEANUP was.
Trust me, I said, kissing him on the cheek as I skipped down the hall, It’s significant.
The following week, I experienced the best financial week of 2012.
I felt lighter, had more clarity, and experienced a renewed enthusiasm for my life and business.
Coincidence? Me thinks not. Which is why when I met my new BFF Kathleen Ronald, I just HAD to share her with the Woohoo Radio audience.
Meet Kathleen Ronald
Known as the “Queen of De-Cluttering,” Kathleen is also an unparalleled networker, an internationally renowned speaker-trainer, business consultant, contributing best-selling author and the founder of Speaktacular.
Kathleen has devoted over 30 years to helping organizations redefine their ideas of what’s possible. For more than 18 years, companies and solo-preneurs have hired her as a culture-change consultant, resulting in first-year revenue increases of 20-50%.
Kathleen’s Clutter Clearing System is her #1 life and business strategy.
This week on Woohoo Radio, Kathleen’s joining us to reveal how clutter affects 19 areas of our lives, including our physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological, and financial harmony.
Whether you collect clutter or not, you don’t want to miss this week’s show. Not only is Kathleen a change agent, but she’s one of the most hilarious people I’ve met in a long time!
Join us Wednesday at 2pm Pacific | 4pm Central for Woohoo Radio live on Toginet.com.
And connect with Kathleen online at www.speaktacular.com/ and on social media at twitter.com/connectingqueen and www.facebook.com/kathleen.ronald.
Can You Spare Some Change?
Submitted by Lisa Steadman on April 25, 2012 - 12:04 pmComments (0)»
How often are you solicited for money?
Think about it. From homeless people on the street or at the freeway off ramp begging for spare change to email marketers asking you to invest in your future by purchasing their program to catalogs, billboards, bumper stickers, and TV commercials all trying to get into your wallet…
While the question on everyone’s subconscious is Can you spare some change?, how many of the people or companies asking for a handout are actually MAKING change?
Not many, I’ll bet.
Imagine what the world would actually look like if everyone who was asking you for spare change STOPPED asking for money and STARTED creating change, starting with themselves.
I’m talking about making a difference. And not just in your own life, but in small, sometimes inconsequential ways that could eventually lead to BIG changes in the world. In raising The Wee One, The Hubs and I are hoping to make incremental changes to her future that can forever change the trajectory of her lineage.
We’re not the only ones making incremental change.
My friends Tim and Susan Madden are not only sparing some change, but they’re MAKING change. Through their organization Be The Power Of One, they’re on a mission to end poverty through education. They’ve started working in Haiti, but theirs is a global mission and they’re just getting started.
Before you click away, thinking, I don’t have enough money to do that they do, or Giving is for the wealthy, hang on.
It’s that kind of thinking that keeps us from MAKING change.
The truth is, you CAN spare some change to MAKE change.
Fact: It only costs $10 a month or $120 a year to send a child to school in Haiti
Fact: If you gave up 2 lattes a month, you could send a child to school for a year in Haiti
Fact: It doesn’t just take one person with a boatload of money to help. It can be many people giving a dollar, an hour, a lunch, a warm thought to make a difference. BE the Power of One.
This week on Woohoo Radio, Tim and Susan are sharing how they started sparing change in their lives to create radical change in Haiti.
Watch this quick video from Tim and Susan and see for yourself how YOU can unlock The Power Of One in your own life:
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And join the Be The Power Of One movement online here as well as on Facebook.
Love Has Four Letters—GIVE
Submitted by Lisa Steadman on April 18, 2012 - 9:07 amComments (0)»
Love. Small word. BIG deal. Love makes this Woohoo Woman tick. Love for my husband, love for my parents, love for my work, love for life, love for my cats, love for The Wee One.
Sometimes the best form of love is the love we have FOR self. It’s also the trickiest because we always know a million reasons why we’re NOT lovable. And we often forget the many reasons we ARE.
This week on Woohoo Radio, we’ll be joined by my AMAZING friend Sherri Nickols who rocked my world over lunch last week when she revealed how love is transforming her life and the lives of everyone around her.
Sherri is the author of a brand spankin’ new book Sexy & Sparkling After 40: 7 Steps to Revitalize Your Radiance & Create Romantic Adventure in Your Life!
She’s also on a mission to redefine what love looks and feels like. And it has to do with another 4 letter word we often overlook: G-I-V-E.
In her own words, here’s what Sherri has to say about loving from a giving space…
From Gandhi to God it’s been said giving is one of the greatest components of love. The more you give, the more your world will become a dazzling place to live. Giving from the heart without any underlying motivation will ignite your diamond power and light you up from the inside out. Sparkling radiance, here you come!
The emphasis is on not having an agenda. If you are giving to get, it’s likely your results will be disappointing….The irony is that giving from your heart is the best investment you can make. There are no dividends anywhere in the world like it. You will always get back far more than you’ve given and you will always feel expanded and blissful.
Think how you feel when someone has given you something out of the goodness of his or her heart. Whether it’s a gift, an act of kindness, emotional support, or their time, aren’t you inspired to give back? It’s human nature to mirror so start creating a reflection of giving. Give your gifts and talents freely to loved ones, friends, cohorts, strangers, and the world. Stop hiding your light! Give what you can to others both emotionally and financially and you will start to see those protective walls that keep you small and separate start to crumble. You will feel so good about yourself you will glow with happiness, becoming irresistible.
One of the listeners of my weekly radio program, Mila, sent me an email I will always treasure. This beautiful woman from Sweden had tuned into my Valentine’s Day call, which was full of ideas for sparking romance in your relationship. After listening she decided to write her husband a letter acknowledging everything she appreciated and adored about him (Romance-Capade #3, Love Letter, on page 222). While he was in the shower she snuck in and wrote a passionate message including kisses on the mirror in red lipstick and then framed it with some sexy stickers. She placed her love letter beneath the message and slipped out before he was done. When he got out of the shower he was blown away by her surprise.
When he came out for dinner he was a different man. Normally on the quiet side, he was suddenly Mr. Jovial, talkative and responsive. He opened up to her in ways he never had before. She knew it was all due to the love letter, which had given him the gift of her true admiration of what she really loved and enjoyed about him. By opening up she created a space for him to open. Writing the letter made her feel a bit vulnerable because there is always that little voice saying, “what will he think?” or “will I be rejected?” But she was okay with those reservations, because more than anything she wanted to give him the gift of knowing the love that she felt for him. As for her husband, receiving this gift in the form of a letter gave him the luxury of reading and reveling in her love over and over again. Needless to say, he was overjoyed.
I love this story because in the end, her vulnerability proved to be her strength. How many times have you held back expressing your heartfelt feelings to your loved ones because of a fear that you’ll be rejected or it won’t be received the way you hoped it would? Yet when you hold back you’re actually giving power to your limitations and allowing your head to overrule your heart. You start thinking what the payoff will be for you to express your love; will you get anything in return?
This is what you want to get away from—step out of your comfort zone and express love without any expectations of what you’ll get back…The beauty of this type of giving is that it naturally creates a flow that’s going to bring you the love you want in return without you trying to control it. Can you feel the difference? Approaching any relationship, including the relationship you have with yourself, with what you can give rather than what you can get allows the truth to emerge and come forth.
There are a lot of ways to give love—don’t make this hard! You can make your man his favorite meal, tell your friend how much you appreciate her friendship, offer your time and services, give your mom a hug for no reason and tell her you love her, provide your sister a shoulder to cry on and be a good listener, hold the elevator, open the door for somebody pregnant or disabled, put money in the meter for a stranger without them knowing, pay the toll for the car behind you—the list is endless. There are a million little ways to show love. These acts of kindness are really just ways of paying it forward. They will be repaid at some point—karma is exact— you don’t need to figure out when or where or how. You just need to give with no expectation, from a place of willingness and a desire to be a generous spirit.
If you’re ready to reclaim your sparkle and create a Love brand that both gives AND receives, don’t miss this week’s show! And be sure to follow Sherri on Facebook and on Twitter.
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Opportunity’s Knocking. Are You (And Your Brand) Ready?
Submitted by Lisa Steadman on April 2, 2012 - 4:33 pmComments (0)»
If the opportunity at the top of your Wish List were to knock on your door this week, would you be ready?
From getting a call from Oprah (or more likely Oprah’s people) to booking a meeting with your ideal big client to a last minute invitation to speak on an influential stage to booking a spot on your fave morning news show (from Good Morning America to The Today Show to your local morning news outlet) to Mr. Right knocking on your front door…
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Would you be ready to show up, fully embodying your brand, and step into the spotlight?
Is your wardrobe ready?
What about your website, your messaging, your offerings, and your positioning?
What about your social media foot print?
Not to mention Y-O-U and your confidence and clarity when it comes to your mission, message, and brand.
Could you rock it on a moments notice?
Or would you hesitate, stumble, falter, or hide?
In emails past, I’ve shared how and why I hid in my bedroom the day I made the front page of my local newspaper (even though I pitched the story).
I’ve also shared how I almost blew my appearance on the Tyra Banks Show (my first TV spot that again I personally pitched and booked) because all I could think about was the camera and the world judging the size of my thighs. (The day I got the call about being on the show the next day, my husband came home from work to find me rummaging through my closet freaking out because I truly had NOTHING to wear! We ran to the mall and he acted as my impromptu stylist, finding me a gorgeous red leather jacket, form fitting jeans, and adorable tee in less than 90 minutes – a look that meant I was ready to be seen, heard, and celebrated!)
Have I also shared the story about the first time a publisher knocked on my door, I blew them off, too scared to step into the spotlight, stake my claim, and write a book?
The truth is, opportunity could knock on your door any moment now.
How will YOU respond?
Will you open the door, dressed to brand perfection, smiling confidently, and clear on exactly what you want to say…
Or will you peep through the peep hole, shaking in your boots, and terrified to open the door?
This week, I want you to pay attention to what areas of your brand are in need of a breakthrough.
Is it your messaging, your website, your wardrobe, your photos, your social media presence, your confidence, your clarity, your willingness to trust that you know enough and are enough to step into the spotlight, stake your claim, and boldly broadcast your brilliance?
Be willing to be honest with where you think you may be cheating yourself out of full brand embodiment, as well as where you confidently and consciously are rocking it.
Believe it or not, opportunities are around every corner. How ready, willing, and able you are to capitalize on them is what matters.
If you feel like your brand is in need of a breakthrough, book your Rock Star Brand Breakthrough 60 minute consultation with me TODAY: rockstarbrandbreakthrough.com
And if you’re ready to unlock my secrets for walking, talking, shocking, and rocking like the rock star brand YOU and you alone can be, stay tuned.
Next week, I’ve got a big announcement about how we can rock the Woohoo that YOU do in a couple of exciting ways together.
In the meantime, be sure to watch my 5 part video series on how to assume your rock star swagger, create your rock star “isms” like Steven Tyler, shock like a rock star without channeling Lady Gaga, and rock the Woohoo that YOU do better than ever before.
For MORE on how to fully own, embody, and rock the Woohoo that YOU do, don’t miss this week’s Woohoo Radio Show. My special guest is Gina Bell, and she’s a bonafide Rebelpreneur on a mission to help you create a Visibility Boom in your business.
Meet The Original Rebelpreneur…
Gina is a Freedom FUNatic, Visibility and Catalyst Marketing Coach to ambitious women in business online. A Rebelpreneur at heart, her Freedom-RICH coaching programs at Gina Bell Inc kick overwhelm, overwork and underpay to the curb so you can get your business groove back fast! If you & your business are ready to Bump Up Your BOLD and Ignore-Proof your business…Learn from tried ‘n true strategies, while honouring your rebellious streak…Create a freedom-rich business that supports the fancy-free life you crave…Step inside the Rebelpreneur tribe – a growing network of thousands of rule-bending (in an intelligent rebellion kind of way), in it to win it women entrepreneurs who crave success without sacrifice too!
If you’re ready to Activate your Awesome, Ignore-Proof Your Message, and Unlock the Secrets of Being Clever & Clear, don’t miss this week’s show. And be sure to follow Gina on Facebook and on Twitter to join her Rebelpreneur movement!
Got questions or comments? Post them here or connect with me on Facebook.
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Fulfilled, Fabulous, & Feminine First
Submitted by Lisa Steadman on March 28, 2012 - 9:56 amComments (0)»
When was the last time you felt 100% expressed as a woman? I’m talking about feeling fulfilled,
fabulous, and truly feminine.
Can you even remember the last time you felt fully feminine?
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Before The Wee One entered my life, I couldn’t tell you when I felt fully feminine. But there’s
something about a baby to bring out the woman in all of us. Just this morning, I had on my fluffy
white robe (normally, I’d be in sweats and a tee), had just finished changing the morning diaper,
and The Wee One and I had a 100% girlie moment. She was lying on her back, looking up at me
laughing, and I leaned against her, my fluffy robe on her soft skin, and we touched noses.
Can I get a Woohoo!
That, my friends, is what feeling fully feminine and fabulous looks and feels like for this Woohoo Woman.
So what does it look and feel like for you?
How would your life, relationships, and business change if you fully owned and honored YOUR femininity?
Meet Claire Brummell
I had the pleasure of first meeting Claire Brummell while on vacation in Paris. She emailed me and
invited me to fly to London to speak at her All Woman Workshop. Happily, I accepted and had an
AMAZING time at the event earlier this month!
Claire’s on a mission to help women shift out of masculine energy and into our full feminine selves.
Why is this important?
Because when we shift from operating from a masculine Figure It Out mindset to a feminine Feel your way through it embodiment, magic happens.
- Our relationships thrive
- Our careers take off
- The way we FEEL about ourselves improves
And…to quote The Dali Lama, “The world will be saved by the Western woman.”
Why WOULDN’T you want to own, honor, and celebrate your Woohoo Woman self?
This week on Woohoo Radio, Claire’s joining me and sharing:
1. What the top mistakes women make in relationships with men are
2. How we can use the Feminine Approach to Business Success
3. Simple steps to become fulfilled, fabulous, and feminine
Be sure to connect with Claire online at www.feminine1st.com/ and get social with Claire
on Facebook and www.Twitter.com/Feminine1st.
Got questions or comments? Post them here or connect with me on Facebook.
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How to Get Naked & Press Your P Spot
Submitted by Lisa Steadman on March 21, 2012 - 8:59 amComments (0)»
Be honest. Are you willing to get naked in your life?
And no, you don’t have to strip down to your birthday suit to get naked.
I’m talking about being real, raw, vulnerable, and visionary in your own life. I’m talking about
owning your rock star self, celebrating your vision, voice, value, and visibility as the Woohoo
Woman – or man – that you are. The truth is, you cannot rock the Woohoo! that YOU do without
getting NAKED.
So how do you get started on your Naked Journey, find your P(assion) Spot, and Press PLAY?
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Meet Catrice Jackson
Catrice M. Jackson is an International Empowerment Speaker, P-Spot Passionista, International
Best-Selling Author and Global Leader of the GetNAKED Movement. She fearlessly liberates the
souls of women worldwide, serving up delicious life recipes that inspire women to *Get NAKED*,
discover their juicy spot, own it, celebrate it and sprinkle it into the world.
On this week’s show, Catrice will reveal:
1. Why 2012 is the year you need to get and live naked (and what happens when you do!)
2. What is your P-spot and how can you press PLAY on it
3. How YOU can stop feeling stuck in life/business and create lasting change starting today
In her own words, hear what Catrice has to say about stepping out of fear and into your
delicious nakedness…
Fear once ruled my life. I was afraid to love, trust, believe, dream and sometimes just “be.” I used
to worry, fret and doubt many things in my life. I delayed my progress and my success because
I was afraid. Although many who know me would say I was confident, bold and ambitious ~ I too
had fears that kept my life and my dreams paralyzed.
Raised in a single-parent, low income home with a resourceful, wise and resilient mother, I
learned how to be independent, strong and responsible. My mother did the best she could with
what she had and I am deeply grateful. I was a fatherless child until the age 14 when my step-
father entered my life. I was a single parent of the most wonderful boy in the world. I was under-
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valued and taken for granted by men in my life. I was a lot of things and those experiences
created fear of abandonment, fear of love, fear of trust and fear of being alone raising a man-child.
Yet there was always a strong voice inside of me that guided me forward, ordered my steps, and
reminded me of how great I was and that there was a special purpose for my life.
Through risks, failure, success, reading, meditating, praying, believing, seeking, coaching,
mentoring and divine guidance I found the courage to wake up my SHero and release my inner
Geni(us) the all knowing source all things, my intuitive voice, the God in me. This awakening
allowed me to set my standards high, create goals and achieve them, defy obstacles, believe
when there was no proof and overcome some of the most difficult moments of my life and rise
from the ashes… a champion in my life.
Through struggles, moments of defeat, doubt, worry, and fear I discovered how wise, strong,
brave and fearless I am. Today I still have fears yet they do not rule my life and I step
towards them with confidence and courage knowing with 100% conviction and truth that I AM
FEARLESS…I can do, be and have anything I choose!
Through it all the one thing I know for sure, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
I have mastered the Art of Fear-Free Living and share in this book how you too can awaken the
Geni(us) within you to live a brave, courageous, fulfilling life.
Be brave and begin your fearless journey…
Be sure to connect with Catrice online at www.catriceology.com/ and get social with Catrice
on Facebook and www.Twitter.com/Catriceology.
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Live, Love, Tarot: How Tarot Can Create Your New Reality
Submitted by Lisa Steadman on February 28, 2012 - 2:21 pmComments (0)»
On Woohoo Radio, I love sharing experts, stories, and action steps to help YOU feel inspired, get motivated, and take action in your life to create the career, relationships, and personal sense of fulfillment you desire and deserve.
Which is why I’m THRILLED to share my dear friend Julie Rose with you on Woohoo Radio.
Julie is a gifted Tarot reader and coach. Equipped with a background in Psychology and a passion for helping, Julie has dedicated her adult life to empowering and actualizing people. Her strong beliefs in the power of manifesting desires plays perfectly into her role as a gifted Tarot reader and coach.
Now, before you roll your eyes and tell me that Tarot is too woo-woo for you, hear me out.
Personally, whenever I need direction or guidance, I reach out to Julie and am always humbled, inspired, and empowered by the experience.
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On this week’s show, Julie’s sharing how we can all use Tarot in our lives to create our ideal future. With just 1 month left in 2011, it’s the perfect time to give yourself the gift of clarity, direction, and vision for 2012.
In Julie’s words, here’s what Tarot can do for you…
What is Tarot & Life Coaching? How does it work?
By Julie Rose
It’s been my experience that many people find it challenging to talk openly about their issues. The beauty of the Tarot cards is that they allow clients to bring up subjects they might otherwise be in denial of or completely unaware. We work with the Tarot to help you pinpoint and clarify your issues. Life coaching is a powerful process that supports people in releasing their true potential and in making changes in their lives. Through effective questioning techniques the coach assists people to identify and achieve their personal and professional goals. Coaches will use a variety of methods, tailored to the individual client, to move through the process of setting and reaching their goals faster and easier than they were on their own.
As a Tarot Reader I am not here to “predict your future”. Instead, I use the Tarot and my intuitive guidance to help you understand the energy and direction in which you are going at the time of the reading. As the star and author of your own story, you are in control of what you decide to do with that information. You are the Magician who is given the tools through coaching, to manifest your ideal life. As your Life Coach, I will assist you in coming up with choices and actions that will direct you in the most empowering way.
Life coaches are not therapists or psychologists (although some therapists have also gone into life coaching). It is not the coach’s job to “fix” you. Life Coaches work from the assumption that people are naturally creative, resourceful and whole, and that most of us deep down inside, have all the answers to what we want or need to do in order to be happier.
You are the