947569031_835682f440_m.jpgYou have got to listen to this!

I heard all about an innovative process for personal mastery regardless of everyday challenges and changing times where you can create a life of peace and prosperity.

Arlene Karian was a struggling single welfare Mom in the 70’s. She turned it all around and created a million dollar business and a multi-million dollar son!

Arlene taped it for you on a replay line: (507) 726-3797

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istock_000002648970xsmall.jpgDown the nature trail the vanilla fragrance grabs my attention.

The aroma is so compelling I have to turn my head and find out where its coming from.

Clusters of tiny white petals adorn the sprawling shrubs.

The shade of towering trees makes lingering comfortable and ecstatic.

I like to think that our personal energy is like a subtle light we send out and about.

• When we’re at peace with ourselves and the rest of the world, we radiate!
• When we’re doing our part to stay healthy, we shine!
• When we’re silencing the ego mind and the head chatter, we glow!
• When we’re non-judgmental and compassionate, we sparkle!
• When we’re on purpose with our life, we glisten!
• When we’re living out of our soul essence, we gleam!

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istock_000003953171xsmall.jpgThere is profound wisdom written into the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence for the United States.

This document, approved by Congress on July 4, 1776, declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. But what’s spiritual about this federal holiday?

It’s right here in some of the most memorized and quoted lines:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

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324299958_3ebfbea019_m.jpgMindful living and soul-centered giving are great spiritual exercises.

They’re as obvious as baking cookies for a fundraiser or helping flood victims clean out their basements. Whether you’re on the phone at the volunteer headquarters or making sandwiches in the mobile kitchen, you’re on the front line of everyday spirituality.

Now turn any task or circumstance into a spiritual exercise with these five easy steps:

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As a spiritual teacher and energy practitioner, I hear the inside story of many women’s lives.

I work with them to reconnect with their divine source, revive their courage and gusto to live a passionate life, and embrace inner wisdom.

From my experience, here are six of the most common needs, desires, and concerns of women.

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earth-mama.jpgEarth Mama, Joyce Johnson Rouse, and the National Women’s Music Festival were in different cities on June 20th but singing the same message. Heal the planet! Honor our women! Hope begins with each of us!

Joyce entertained a crowd of friends and members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame celebrating their 175 years of service. Maximillian’s in Mount Calvary, Wisconsin, resounded with laughter, applause, and heartfelt singing. Earth Mama’s antics and earth-centered songs of healing and hope created a high energy and enlightened evening.

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istock_000003326776.jpgFour fun-filled days of concerts, films, theater and workshops ignite the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, June 19-22.

Dancers and drummers, speakers and performers, talented women are here to be heard and appreciated at the National Women’s Music Festival.

I’m looking forward to joining women from around the world as participants and presenters. My workshop, “Permission to Be All You Can Be,” is at 2:00 pm on Friday, June 20 in the Exhibition Hall.

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istock_000005024047xsmall.jpgTornado sirens wailed. Skies were darkening as winds whipped around the buildings in our neighborhood.

It was Thursday, June 12, around 4:40 pm in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

The news channel was non-stop chatter and maps of wind speeds, hail, and towns in the pathways of potential tornadoes.

More sirens. Time to get serious. Time to find the matches, candles, drinking water and flashlight. Interesting! How basic we can get in a time of crisis! How little we can take with us when the primary concern is survival.

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img_0197-1.JPGJune 10 was the culmination of many months of planning and more than a week of setup for the 3rd Annual Tanzanian Trunk Show in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Here are some of the beautiful people who helped raise money for this worthwhile cause.

Elegant Elephant Extravaganza

A new feature this year was the Elegant Elephant!

Click here to continue reading Empowering Women’s Future: Photos from The AIDS Orphan Sewing Project Fund Raiser.

“A dream not interpreted is like a letter unopened!” Dreams are communications from our Inner Self.

ch-12-istock_000002735471b.jpgDreams – those mysterious concoctions of people and events! Pieces of puzzles and random samplings of memories! Maddening when the same dream lingers in your consciousness! Traumatic when a nightmare is irrevocably in your face!

So why bother? Why take the time to jot down the scraps you can still remember when you wake up? Why tweak the symbols and learn the language of dreams?

A dream not interpreted is like a letter unopened!

  Click here to continue reading Use Your Dreams to Wake Up Your Life – A Seminar Hosted by Heaven On Earth Healing Alternatives

This is one of my favorite fund raising projects.

It’s about empowering women to have a future in the third world countries where they live.

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Handmade African Shirts and Dresses

The Tanzanian Trunk Show features the African styled shirts and dresses these AIDS orphans make. Most of the fabric is cotton and is purchased in the region.

All of the proceeds from these sales and other donations collected at the show go directly to the AIDS Orphan Sewing Project.

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istock_000004972790xsmall.jpgStress shows up in our lives like a dandelion! It begins with a deep root some place in our ego mind or pain body.

For a little while there’s a blaze of yellow as we take charge of all things we think we have to do or have to be.

When our blossoms fade, stress scatters its seeds of frustration, depression, and illness all over the landscape of our mind, body, and spirit.

Remember that stress means “Sinister Thoughts Ruin Everything Simple and Successful.” Using that formula, here are six easy and effective responses for you to use right now.

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istock_000002067328xsmall.jpgIn the Midwest United States, garden centers are in full bloom. As the threat of frost slowly becomes part of last year’s memories, eager residents bring home armfuls of colorful annuals.

Several of the traditional plants, like geraniums and petunias, fill pots by the front door and near the garage. Hanging baskets swing from shepherd’s hooks and brackets on the deck.

Those of us who struggled through the dull and cold months of late fall, winter, and early spring just can’t get enough of the lush and lively abundance of blooming flowers.

Like every bit of abundance and prosperity in our lives, they grow with our gratitude and responsibility.

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ch-05-istock_000001569391.jpgThere was a “mansion built in the center of the city. Its magnificent turrets and domes, steeples and towers looked out over the city in all directions like sleepless eyes watching and waiting. Coming closer, I saw the huge mansion spread its wings out in all directions as if they were open arms ready to welcome any visitor or passerby.”

As the story continues, we find out that “there were no doors in the doorways and no windows in the window frames. There were many stairways and many more entrances, but no locks and no keys. There were no fences, no gates, and no guards. Well, what was this for such a fine place?” (excerpts from Pathways: Tales for the Spiritual Seeker)

This was a place to call home. Here a wandering soul could finally belong. There were no pecking orders, no judgments over past mistakes, no expectations to prove yourself. The owner of this magnificent homestead was simply called the Father. He refused no one, turned no one down. Every one was welcome.

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istock_000003913289.jpgThe Moses Code – it’s not just about you. It’s about being one with everyone else on this planet. It’s about making your life count in service to others. And for me, it’s also saying, “walk your talk!”

The day after seeing the movie, I had a chance to do that! It happened at the fitness center. Part of me was not happy exercising.

Rather than rejecting my sore and complaining body, I owned it. I claimed it as part of all I am. Instead of pretending the pain didn’t matter, I embraced it with intention. I sent it love – a caring and nurturing energy.

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istock_000000392882xsmall.jpgI didn’t see it coming. The temperature gauge was way beyond the red zone before I realized something was wrong. By then, the damage was done – big time!

It was hard to leave it standing on the shoulder of the highway. I thought my trusty steed of six years deserved something better than that. Back home, I’d open the door to my garage and stare at the empty space.

It wasn’t any easier to retrieve my belongings at the garage where my car was towed. On the outside it looked so strong and capable.

My ego could have run with this information for weeks. Fueled with emotion, I could have created a victim story to top anything going on anywhere else in the world.

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ch-04-istock_000001939253a.jpg“Not all sicknesses and injuries were obvious to the people in the town. There were times when they didn’t know what was happening to them — only that something seemed strangely different. That’s the way it was the year when the great sadness came into the land.”

This story unfolds in the spiritual allegory, “The Light Within: the path of connecting to source.” (Pathways: Tales for the Spiritual Seeker)

At some time or another, many of us have felt a sadness creep into our lives. A lingering illness, a traumatic experience, grief over losing someone we deeply loved.

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2339339831_406bd917f8_m.jpgIt’s been five years since my companion died. Five years since I last planted a vegetable garden. Two years ago I sold the house we built, the organic vegetable gardens and the natural landscaping we created. We were going to live there the rest of our days.

I’ve been moving around in rental units, downsizing and starting over. Last year I put a few pots of flowers out on my patio. This year I feel like it’s time to do some serious growing again. My plans include putting the flowers in hanging containers. Peas, beans, and tomatoes are moving into the big terra cotta pots.

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983529680_096eb725a4_m.jpgI needed some seeds for a patio garden. I mentioned it to Doug, a Master Gardener Volunteer who came to pick up some cuttings of my house plants. End of story – or so I thought. Last week I got a call from another Master Gardener Volunteer who simply said, “I heard you need some seeds.”

You can’t imagine how beautiful those words sounded to me.

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janice-puta-600.jpgDuring March and April, I enjoyed several public presentations in Wisconsin and on a teleclass based on my new book.

I wrote each chapter in Pathways: Tales for the Spiritual Seeker to be read out loud. I love reading these symbolic and engaging spiritual allegories. But then it’s the audience’s turn to participate with their answers to the reflective questions at the end of the chapter. I really look forward to that part of the event.

As Eckhart Tolle would say, it’s about awakening our consciousness. It’s about becoming aware of how we get stuck in our thinking patterns and our ego story. My greatest joy in facilitating these gatherings is to see the response in the audience as they begin to understand the conflict between their awareness and ego.

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