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Hi Gang!

The new Make Your Life Program started last week and that means that I have been busy making my life too!

This weekend I spent a quiet morning over oatmeal and some decaf cap at Starbucks and got started on some serious life-making.  I figured I would share some of my adventures here over the next couple months so you can get some ideas for creating your own life.

One thing I am super pleased about is my beautiful new schedule!

The life I have decided to create is My Peaceful, Abundant Life!

When I described My Inspired Future ( an excercize in the program where you write out what you want your future to look like)  – it had a distinct feeling of peaceful Zen-ness. It begins:

“Comfort and beauty surround me…”

ahhhhh…

To facilitate this lovely future I needed to create a fresh new schedule, since how I spend my days has a major role in my own peace.  Today is my first full day with it.  Here is what it looks like:

6:00 Wake and Walk (love being outside in the dark before the world wakes up.)
7:00 Meditate – this is an important next step for my development that I am clear will not happen without me putting it on the schedule.
7:30 Morning pages – an exercise from the book “The Artist’s Way.” Essentially you write whatever is on your mind until there is nothing left. I have found this to be a powerful way to clear the mind and root out any hidden anxieties for a really powerful day.
8:00 Shower – When you get to go to work in your fuzzy slippers it is important to make time for getting ready in the morning. ?
8:30 tidy, clean, prep – I love this – I actually get to finish the laundry, tidy up the living room, organize a closet or even do an art project to make my home more peaceful before I even start my work day.

Then I have my work day.

And various evening delights.

9:00 Wind down/Meditate/ Bathe/ Read (this means minimal TV and time to ease into my sleepy-time)
10:00 lights out (gotta do it or 6 am will come way too quickly.)

So that is my schedule and I like it. It means that I have no commitments before 9:00 am other than taking care of me and my home and my man and then early to bed. Lots of Zen time and certainly a great setup for peace.
 

May this inspire you to create your own schedule for peace, or creativity, or adventure or whatever else makes your eyes sparkle.

Hugs to you!

Joelle

It’s that time again!  A new session of the Make Your Life Program launches This Wednesday and in anticipation I have something special to share.

As you may have heard I had the opportunity to work with several interns this summer in a variety of capacities.  One of those interns, Theresa Crockett, created this amazing sequence for the upcoming Make Your Life Moments Coaching Videos.  My beloved sister Tiffany Prochera www.tiffanyprochera.com watched the animation and composed the beautiful theme song. 

As with all inspired things in this life, this video started as an idea and then little by little, thought by thought, action by action it came into being.  I am honored to have these talented people around me to bring my dreams into reality.

Enjoy.

Love,

Joelle

Is it time to Make Your Life?  Read more or sign up and join us for your own life adventure.  We start this Wednesday!

The Make Your Life Program™

Experience the Magic of a Life Lived on Purpose

The Make Your Life Program™ is a one-of-a-kind tele-program which combines practical coaching skills, and professional support with creativity and play, allowing you to consciously create a life you love and experience the magic of a life lived on purpose.

READ MORE about the Make Your Life Program!

My mother has often expounded the joys of walking. 

I hear daily of her early morning power walks and more casual strolls with dear friends.

I have recently come to appreciate a good walk and this summer, have even found a few kindred spirits to participate in my outdoor adventures. 

Few things have proven more satisfying than to debrief at the end of the day over a brisk walk with Nikki around Shaker Lakes (I say brisk because she times the whole event and sets the pace and she is about a foot taller than me.) My husband Jeff will indulge me with a heart-to-heart as we walk around our well-treed block or head down the street for gelato.  

Sometimes I “wance”, walk-dance, to Alanis or Zen out to a little Wayne Dyer or walk with the angels with the help of Doreen Virtue and my trusty iPod.

Sometimes I walk for exercise, sometimes to get out pent-up stress and sometimes just to be in nature after long day at the desk.

But recently…. I tried something new. 

I decided to try a walk without purpose.  I decided to leave the iPod at home and not call a friend.  I decided to leave the running shoes in the closet, throw on my flip flops and take a walk to nowhere and everywhere as I let God lead the way.

Now you can call it whatever you want to, but for me, when I just step out into the world and see where my feet take me, that is inviting God to lead the way.  When I start walking with no purpose or destination and find myself having countless adventures, this is the magic of the universe at work.

In my walks with everything with nothing in mind, I have found a new world revealed.  I wander down streets that I never noticed before.  I hear things that would have gone unheard over the pounding music, the chatting voices or the ceaseless chatter of my own restless mind. 

Activity is everywhere as I experience the chirping round of the Cicadas passing their song from the tree tops as they do a sort of vocal wave up one side of the street and down the other. 

I stumble upon a squirrel no more than 2 feet away on the sidewalk.  He sees me, but does not run.  I hunch down beside him to take it all in as he spots a round green nut which he promptly grabs and takes up the tree.  Just out of my reach he begins to chew chew chew away at the green outer shell to reveal the nut beneath.  I watch in awe.  I look down at the ground and see that I am standing in a pile of green shell remnants, a testament to his work ethic and then realize my squirrel has a friend as a newly shorn shell drops from the tree on my head.

Smells everywhere - beautiful, fragrant – and I notice that certain trees have already begun to lose their leaves BIG TIME.  I had been previously unaware that entire lawns have already been given a sprinkling of fallen leaves. Autumn is here.

I spot a bright red leaf on a green hedge and beside it, a huge white flower with a pink center that has always been closed and sleeping when I walked by at the end of the day.  What a wonder.

As I round the corner and approach a busy street, I realize that even the early morning traffic has a warmth to it.  I welcome the line of cars waiting for the light and those whizzing by, not a detraction or annoyance in my day but one more thing to notice and appreciate.

In this world of doing, productivity, activity and functionality I invite you to consider the next time you are looking for something to do, perhaps you could just go for a walk.  A walk without purpose or direction; a walk without accompaniment or distraction; a walk with just you and your creator and the wonders of this world.

With Love,

Coach Joelle

 P.S. We are less than 2 weeks away from our next Make Your Life Program.  If you are ready to take action, suround yourself with joy, beauty and happiness and take way more walks, you may just want to check it out!

The Make Your Life Program™

September 17th – November 12th

Experience the Magic of a Life Lived on Purpose

The Make Your Life Program™ is a one-of-a-kind tele-program which combines practical coaching skills, and professional support with creativity and play, allowing you to consciously create a life you love and experience the magic of a life lived on purpose.

READ MORE about the Make Your Life Program!