Six Essential End-Of-Week Battery-Rechargers For Introverted Entrepreneurs And Business Managers – And Super-Busy Mums!

How To Change Your Life

One of the ~~challenges~~ joys of being an entrepreneur or business manager who runs a strong ‘introversion’ preference is the number of people that flood through your day. Whereas some people find it highly energising, if you’re running an ‘introversion’ pattern, you’ll find it exhausting.

And by Friday you’ll likely be on your knees, compensating with a cocktail of caffeine, sugar and irritability. 🙂

Being an ‘introvert’ in the Myers-Briggs sense doesn’t mean that you’re shy or lacking in social skills. It’s all about how you recharge your batteries. And an introvert needs to do that by spending quiet time, ideally on their own. Whereas someone with an ‘extroversion’ preference recharges their batteries by being around other people.

So if you’re an entrepreneur or business manager with a strong ‘introversion’ pattern, it’s easy to reach the end of a week of meetings, conference calls, people popping by to say ‘hi’ or whinge or ask for advice – and hundreds of emails feeling totally drained. And we often don’t realise why.

Are you seeing this pattern in yourself? Or in a member of your team?

Luckily there is plenty you can do, even if you’re super-busy, to manage your energy levels, to reduce those energy drains and to make it to Friday without needing to spend the weekend in bed!

Here are six essential end-of-week battery rechargers for introverted business managers

Learn how to pace your energy
It’s ok to build in pauses to top up your energy levels.

For example, if you know you have an intense afternoon, schedule yourself some battery-recharge time in the morning and evening.
Even if that means hiding in the loos while you do some mindfulness practice – whatever works for you – those minutes of battery recharging will pay dividends to your ability to concentrate in the times you’re at your desk.

Practise saying no
It’s ok! And if you can’t say ‘no’, at least practise saying ‘later’!

If someone is asking you to do something that you know will overload you with ‘people-time’, then it’s ok to tell them that it doesn’t fit for you at that time. Either duck out of the commitment or ask to reschedule it.

This is especially important with things like after-work socialising, which might feel like a semi-compulsory career move, but which might also be your worst nightmare, at the end of a busy day. Experiment with solutions – perhaps telling people you’ll leave after an hour or arriving later – be honest with them and they’ll respect your choices (and learn from your example).

NNT = Meditation Time
NNT Meditation (non-negotiable time) is perhaps one of the most profoundly powerful ways to rebuild your energy stores and even 10 minutes a day can make a huge difference.

Even something as simple as sitting up straight, gently closing your eyes and letting your attention rest on your belly breathing for 5 minutes will make a difference.

If you don’t already have a daily meditation practice – or you’ve fallen off the wagon and would like to rekindle the habit, then you’ll love the ‘Meditation For Business Managers’ course that will be one of the bonuses for my Dancing In Your Soul-Shoes members this autumn.

Get out in nature
But one of the absolute best ways to recharge your batteries is to go for a walk in nature.

It grounds stressed-out energy and reconnects you, at some deep level, to what is ‘real’ in life, rather than the stress-stories of your Monkey Mind. This one could be harder, depending on where you live, but getting out of the recycled computer-angst-laden air of your office and breathing fresh(ish) air outdoors will help massively.

If you have the option, spend some time barefoot if possible, or sit under a tree and watch the world go by. It’s amazingly effective and even a few minutes of being in nature and simply breathing deeply will re-energise you.

Close the door and send calls to voicemail
… and turn off your email for an hour or two – it’s absolutely ok to give yourself the space to concentrate.

I remember back in my final corporate job that the CEO wouldn’t agree to voicemail – if your phone rang and you weren’t at your desk, it would divert to ring every phone in your team’s ‘call group’ until someone in the office answered it. We worked in a huge open-plan office, so for me, with an introversion preference, it felt like the phones were constantly screaming at me. The interruptions were near-constant and it was hugely draining.

For someone who thrives on interacting with others, this was fabulous. But for those of us who needed quiet time to concentrate and perform to the best of our abilities, it was near-hell.

If closing the door and voicemail isn’t an option for you, then what would work? What could you do, instead, to create the quieter space you need – at least for a short time? There is always a solution, if only we speak our needs calmly and get creative.

Build in daily fun time
Laughing releases tension and re-energises you, flooding your system with happy-feeling endorphins.

Doing something that makes your heart sing takes you out of your thinking mind and back towards the ‘real you’, deep down inside. It’s an incredible way of re-energising yourself and cranking up the dial on your inner happiness thermostat.

The biggest piece of advice I would give you is to consciously become aware of what works for you and what doesn’t. Keep a diary for a week and spot what drains your batteries and what recharges them. Then take inspired action. And don’t be afraid to tell people that you need to go and recharge your batteries!

If you’re finding that your batteries are pretty much always running on empty, then it’s essential to deal with the underlying causes. It could be stress or diet or simply thought patterns that are dragging you down.

I’m curious: which of these strategies could you use today? Do you have any favourites of your own? Let me know which shifts you notice – via the comments box!

And perhaps there is a member of your team or a loved one that could benefit from this article? Please feel free to share it with them.

With love, Namaste,

The Gentle Art Of Letting Go

How To Change Your Life

What if I told you that pretty much everything you have ever been taught about how to change your life is back-to-front?

What if I told you that you have most likely spent your entire adult life rowing as hard as you can upstream, when everything you have been looking for was waiting for you, downstream?

What if I told you that trying, trying, trying and then trying some more is one of the best ways to make it nearly impossible to create the life of your dreams?

Would you think I’m crazy?

Or would your Heart and Soul tell you that it’s finally time to let go?

Why Writing A Unique Kind Of ‘Thank You’ Letter Could Be The Greatest Gift You Ever Give Yourself (And Could Change Your Life Today)

How To Change Your Life

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to let your Inner Critic beat you up, no matter how hard you try?

Do you find that it’s easier not to bother with your dreams, because you feel scared that you’ll fail?

Do you find yourself juggling life, feeling stressed and exhausted, whilst secretly knowing there must be more to life than all of that?

Have you had enough of it yet?

If yes, I’ve got a beautiful technique I’d like to share with you today, to help you to easily honour and let go of the challenges from your past – and to also create the beautiful future your soul has been dreaming of. And there’s no snot required. 😉

Interested?
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Is It Time To Discover How Gratitude Could Change Your Life?

How To Change Your Life

If I told you that there’s a secret you could use…
… to change your life forever…
… in just a few minutes a day…
… would you use it?

Just imagine setting yourself free from your Monkey Mind constantly pointing out everything that’s going wrong and being your worst critic…

… and easily training your brain to think of happy thoughts and be your favourite virtual cheerleader.

Just imagine saying goodbye to feeling stressed and worried, with life feeling like a struggle and everything going wrong…

… and finding that you have become a magnet for synchronicity and things ‘falling into place’, right when you most need it.

Just imagine being able to let go of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, feeling fed up with juggling and knowing that there’s never enough time…

… and instead feeling energised, vibrantly alive and full of open-hearted joy, consciously creating the life you were born to live.

…And discovering that all of this (and much, much more) is not only possible, but easy, when you know how!

Join me for this life-changing Gratitude Inner Circle Group Mentoring Programme…

… And watch the miracles unfold in your life!

If you feel like you have been there, done it and tried pretty much everything, but it somehow still hasn’t worked for you, then don’t despair! That’s why I’m here.

Chances are that the missing key was gratitude. But there’s more to it than simply developing the cliched ‘Attitude Of Gratitude’ and hoping it will change your life. What’s usually missing is the ‘how’ and the ‘habit’.

And without that, where do you start? And how on earth do you get results?

These insider secrets are exactly what I’ll be sharing with you in our upcoming Gratitude Inner Circle Programme – and much, much more!

I’ll be teaching you, step by step, the practical strategies and expert techniques that it took me decades to discover and create, so you can become a master of them in the next 90 days.

I know what it’s like when life throws you the brown stuff…

I have been there and done it – and got a wardrobe-full of the proverbial t-shirts. I haven’t led a charmed life and I’m by no means a ‘Pollyanna’. I have been through tough times – just like you.

I have been through everything from a marriage break-up and being a single mum with 2 kids under 3, to having nowhere to live, to not knowing how I was going to pay the next bill, to losing my dream home, to being ripped off by someone I trusted (5 figures!), to multiple miscarriages, to losing people I loved, to feeling like my world was falling apart and spending years indulging my inner Drama Queen to the extent that I was heading at top speed on a short-cut towards self-destruct.

Like you, I felt stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted and, frankly, totally stuck. Nothing I tried (and I tried every course, book, seminar and programme I could find) seemed to help for more than a few days or weeks.

And then I realised a vital truth that suddenly set me free from all that and turned the light back on at the end of the tunnel (and it’s such an important Truth that I’ll be sharing it with you in the ‘Getting Started’ section of this programme).

And I came out the other side. With a smile on my face and gratitude in my heart.

How?

By using the exact techniques that I’m going to be sharing with you as part of this Gratitude Inner Circle programme.

Basically, this stuff works. I have used it myself and I have helped countless others to discover the miracle of gratitude, too. In fact, whenever times get tough, gratitude is always the key to getting back on track – and I use these techniques daily.

And I know, deep in my heart, that this Gratitude Inner Circle Programme can help you to change your life, too.

And I’d love to help you short-cut your journey by a decade or two 🙂

What Is The ‘Gratitude Inner Circle’ Programme?

It’s a 3 month Group Mentoring Programme, which runs online, rather than face-to-face. It brings you similar benefits to working with me one-to-one, but in the comfort of your own home, at a time that suits you, with the added benefit of moral support from the Inner Circle’s private online community – and all at a fraction of the cost, yet still getting brilliant results.

Each week you get a new module, with a core theme. There’s a weekly workbook, a video, affirmations, life-changing exercises, a fortnightly yoga sequence, to help you deal with physical and energetic blocks, visualisation and meditation MP3s, discussions in the private online community, to help you really integrate the learnings, and a live fortnightly Q&A Masterclass.

By working through this as an Inner Circle programme, you’ll cover the equivalent material that would have taken us a full year of one-to-one mentoring, in just 3 months – at a fraction of the cost.

I have used my decade+ of experience as a certified NLP Trainer and Meditation Teacher, as well as the practical common sense that comes with being a reformed Mechanical Engineer and busy mum of 3 young boys, to break the strategies down into quick-to-learn, easy-to-apply bite-sized chunks, so that you can be part of this amazing journey, no matter how busy your life is.

And it works at so many levels, helping you to change just by working through the modules – it becomes a new and easy habit – you don’t have to remember dozens of ‘how-to-checklists’ or complicated procedures!

The shifts you’ve been dreaming of will happen for you, live, as we’re working through the material – just as they would in a one-to-one personal mentoring programme.

Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside.
Barry Neil Kaufmann

How much time does it take?

Expect to spend about 5-10 minutes a day, reading the emails and sometimes dipping into the forum.
Some of the projects take a minute or two. Others might be ten minutes a day, for that week – it’s up to you.
If you miss a day, that’s fine, just pick up where you left off, or catch up. It doesn’t take long. And I have specially designed things to allow you to be flexible and to help make it easy for you to find time to join in.

What matters is consistency – regular efforts to let this life-changing programme work for you, even if it’s just 3 minutes a day.

And here’s some of what you can expect from the next 3 months:

Uncover the unconscious habits that keep us stuck in pain, fear, stress and worry – and exactly how to use gratitude as the perfect antidote.

How to turn your inner critic into a cheerleader

7 little-known secrets to tame your inner critic, once and for all.

Discover sixty-second strategies to help you rebalance your life, so you can find more time, with less stress, get more done and even carve out time to do what you most love doing.

Learn how to handle even the most challenging situations – and how to easily turn things around with one simple ‘magic’ question.

Put an end to feeling jealous or inadequate, loving all that you are and have in your life and knowing that there’s plenty more where that came from.

Feel less stressed, more productive, be able to concentrate more easily, feel more at peace and less irritable.

Feel more confident at work and at home – even in situations that you used to find difficult.

Be one of the few who knows the most potent time and way to practise gratitude, which can ramp up its effectiveness by at least 1000% – and why not knowing this could cause your unconscious mind to accidentally undo all of your hard work.

4 concrete strategies you can apply in just minutes, which will transform your relationships – even with those really difficult people!

Gratitude Inner Circle - Want a cure for 'should-itis'?

A beautiful gratitude-based mindset shift that will instantly set you free from the modern epidemic I call ‘should-itis’.

3 essential tweaks that are usually overlooked, which turn gratitude from being a baggage-laden effort into being a heart-opening life-transformer.

Experience for yourself how becoming a conscious consumer and a generous giver can release the blocks that were keeping you stuck, helping you to take your life to the next level.

Find out whether you’re making the #1 gratitude mistake that even experienced manifesters are falling for (don’t worry – we can fix it!)

Be able to easily handle emotional situations, feeling calmer, happier, more centred and more peaceful, throughout your day.

Get clear about where you want to go in life – and who you want to be – and learn 6 essential tools for releasing your out-dated limiting beliefs, fears and excuses, which would otherwise have stopped you from ever getting there.

Become a magnet to positive experiences, synchronicity and life’s abundance, setting yourself free from drama, emotional pain and ‘never-enough-syndrome’

I’ll let you in on my personal secret strategy for allowing what you have been dreaming of to arrive in your life, without having to force or push or beg or plead – or give up!

Gently open your heart to love and to allowing yourself to inspire others to do the same.

Want to feel less stressed and smile for no reason?

The happiest people you’ll ever meet aren’t the ones who have everything; they’re the ones who exude gratitude for everything they have, with each breath and thought.

How do I know if this is right for me?

Warning: This programme (‘program’ for my USA friends 🙂 ) is not for you if you are still living in a space where you believe that life ‘happens to you’ and is totally beyond control – or if you believe that other people are responsible for your happiness – or if you don’t want to take responsibility for choosing how to live your life – or if you’re addicted to being the victim – or if you’re looking for a zero-effort quick-fix solution that will change your life for you, without you having to do anything.
If that’s you, please save yourself the stress and my support team the hassle and don’t sign up. Mwah! 🙂

You’ll know if your heart is calling you on this.

You’ll be starting to feel the excitement, bubbling away inside you, as you sense that Gratitude has been waiting for you; that it’s the ‘missing link’; that it’s your next logical – or intuitive – step.

Those ready for this Gratitude Inner Circle programme are easy to recognise.

You are feeling restless, knowing there’s more to come
– something bigger; something wonderful.

You are prepared to put in the time and effort needed
– to take things to the next level.

You are feeling excited about stepping into your ‘soul shoes’
– ready to serve the world (though it might be feeling a bit scary, too!)

Your heart is telling you that gratitude is the key to connecting with inner peace
– and with joy; with that bubbling of passion that is going to drive your life, from this point forwards

You are ready to make the commitment to yourself – and those who are waiting for you
– and to your future self – to put in the effort to apply these life-changing gratitude-based techniques, to make life-long shifts.

If your heart is calling you to go deeper, then I invite you to dive in today and get started.

The struggle ends when gratitude begins.
Neale Donald Walsh

Let’s deal with the elephant in the room…

“I don’t have enough time to do this!”

Not having enough time is the #1 ~~truly legitimate reason~~ excuse (sorry! I have used it often enough, too 🙂 ) I hear from people about why they can’t change their lives.

Firstly, we tackle this, head-on, in the ‘Getting Started’ section and in the first module, and I’ll guide you through exactly how to find the time and the moral support you need to love this Gratitude Inner Circle programme.

Secondly, do you really think that the ‘future you’ on your 80th birthday will look back and say “Hell yeah! I’m so glad you didn’t bother changing your life because the ironing / TV / Facebook / mowing the lawn was so much more important!”???

Or do you think that ‘future you’ might wish you had taken action today that could help you to feel happier and more fulfilled, for every day of the rest of your life?

Membership of the Gratitude Inner Circle brings you:

	Motivational gratitude email messages … to guide you through this Inner Circle programme and to inspire your day and help keep you on track.
	Inspirational Weekly Gratitude Projects … to help you create the shifts you’re looking for – taking you step by step, week by week, through the life-changing effects of gratitude practices. There are specially designed to build on each other, helping you to create firm foundations for a life lived from the heart, not the head.
	Spilling the beans on insider secrets and shortcuts … I’ll be sharing the insider secrets and shortcuts that have taken me decades to discover, to help you make the progress you’re looking for – fast.
	Unique life-changing resources to support you on this journey … mindfulness practices, worksheets, MP3s and videos, for those times when you want to go the extra few steps and deepen your experience. They are only available to members of the Gratitude Inner Circle.
	Exclusive Meditations, Visualisations & Yoga Sequences … Specially-designed meditation and visualisation audios, and fortnightly yoga videos, to help you melt away your gratitude blocks and integrate the weekly projects, at a deep level, easily!
	Live Q&A Calls … exclusive to Inner Circle members – get answers to your gratitude questions and have a chance to get one-to-one mentoring with me, live on these group calls. Note: these are the only live calls I’m doing at the moment.
	Moral Support: An exclusive Inner Circle online community … a members-only area where you can share your experiences during this Gratitude Inner Circle – totally private and certainly not as public as Facebook! Connect with others in the Inner Circle and talk about this wonderful gratitude journey – working with gratitude to make deep-acting shifts in your life. I personally moderate this forum area, so you can get direct answers from me, as well as your peers on the programme, throughout the coming months – and beyond.
	A Gift Copy Of My New Book – “Gratitude: A Daily Journal” This journal will take you through a year of writing about gratitude, on a daily basis, as well as inspiring you with uplifting quotations and unique gratitude exercises. You can keep it for yourself or gift it to someone you love.

Plus there are a stack of pre-launch and post-grad bonuses that I’m keeping as a little surprise for you, once you’re in!

And, once you’re a Gratitude Inner Circle Grad, you’ll also get to repeat the programme, each time I run it, as my gift.

Someone out there is waiting for you – for the unique gifts you bring to serve the world. The world is waiting for you to let your inner diamond shine.

How Do I Join In?

The content of this programme is unique and I have never shared it with a group before – it has been reserved for one-to-one mentoring clients in my spiritual growth programmes. I’m really excited about getting to share it with you. The time feels right for this.

To go through this programme with me, one-to-one, would have cost you upwards of £5,000 and would have taken a year. However, I no longer have time to do this on a one-to-one basis.

And it feels like the world is calling for this gratitude work to be much more widely available. The planet needs each and every one of us to be making the types of shifts that this Gratitude Inner Circle programme can create.

So I’m offering it to you as a group mentoring programme, getting the same fantastic results, but at a fraction of the financial investment.

The standard investment to join in with the Gratitude Inner Circle is £497. That’s less than the cost of my entry level one-to-one mentoring programme.

But: I’m in the mood for celebrating, as I get ready to open the doors for this amazing Inner Circle programme on 1st June 2014, so I’ve got a surprise for you:

The sooner you say “Yes!”, the more you’ll save… 🙂

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We’re still in the ‘pre-launch’ phase for this Inner Circle programme (which starts on 1st June 2014) and I’m not officially opening the doors until next week. But I was so excited that I decided to open registration a bit earlier than planned so that those who felt called to join in could dive in and get to know each other already.

I hope that’s ok with you?

To thank you for jumping in and making a commitment to your future, and to give everyone a chance to join in at a price they can afford, I’m offering a crazy special offer to the next 10 people who register.

The regular investment for this Inner Circle programme is £497 (approx $750 USD) – and it’s worth way more than that.

BUT:

I want to encourage you to dive in and say “Yes!” to your future – today.

So the next 10 people who register can join us for just £147 (approx $222 USD).

That’s a discount of £350 (over 70%). But it’s only for the next 10 people and, frankly, I expect those places to go today, after which you will have to sign up at the regular price.

The sooner you make a commitment to the future you, the more you’ll save.

This Inner Circle programme is only open to those who are prepared to make the commitment to themselves to dive in and make the most of the tools, techniques, resources, insider secrets and inspiration shared with Inner Circle members.
Are you ready to say yes?

If your heart is calling you to join in, register today to get started in the Inner Circle area of our private online community – and your group mentoring programme will start very soon.

And the Gratitude Inner Circle comes with my Love It! Guarantee

If your heart tells you by 30th June 2014 (that’s a whole month of trying it on for size) that this Inner Circle isn’t for you, then let us know by replying to one of the daily emails and we’ll give you a full no-quibble refund and no future payments will be taken.

Could this be the most important choice you make this year?

I can’t wait to share this exciting journey with you.

Mankind is crying out for help. Those who have something to offer should come forward. Now is the time.
HH Dalai Lama

P.S. Remember our Love It Guarantee?
If your heart tells you by 30th June 2014 (that’s a whole month of trying it on for size) that this Inner Circle isn’t for you, then let us know by replying to one of the daily emails and we’ll give you a full no-quibble refund and no future payments will be taken.
Can’t make it much fairer than that, can we?! 🙂

FAQs About The Gratitude Inner Circle Programme

“I don’t have enough time to do this!”

Not having enough time is the #1 excuse (sorry, truly legitimate reason!) I hear from people about why they can’t change their lives.

Firstly, we tackle this, head-on, in the ‘Getting Started’ section and in the first module.

Secondly, do you really think that the ‘future you’ on your 80th birthday will look back and say “Hell yeah! I’m so glad you didn’t bother changing your life because the ironing was so much more important!”???

Or do you think that ‘future you’ might wish you had taken action today that could help you to feel happier and more fulfilled, for every day of the rest of your life?

“What if it doesn’t work for me?”

I know that this stuff works – and I know it will work for you, if you simply go and use it! But I also know how it feels to start a programme and feel unsure or confused – and that’s ok.

It’s why I share with you that vital Truth I mentioned (back up the top of here), right before we get started with the main programme.

And, if your heart genuinely tells you this isn’t a good fit for you, once we’ve started, then that’s why I offer my “Love It!” guarantee.

How does the Gratitude Inner Circle create lasting change?

We don’t mess around with the sticky plaster stuff (Band Aids, I think, in the USA?). We dive right in and deal with the underlying causes. And it doesn’t have to hurt and it doesn’t have to be scary.

But when you deal with what’s been unconsciously running the show, change doesn’t just become easier, it becomes inevitable and natural!

“But I’m scared of changing! Won’t my life fall apart?”

I know that change can feel scary – believe me – I’ve been there.

That’s one of the reasons why it is so important to me that I only share the depth of techniques we’ll be using in the Gratitude Inner Circle in a mentoring environment – and it’s why you’ll never find them just hanging around in a book. This stuff really works – and I want to make it as easy as possible for you – and that’s why it’s really important that we get to connect, rather than me leaving you on your own. We have the private online community, where you can share your experiences (both great and otherwise!) and get moral support, plus the fortnightly Q&As, where you can get answers to your questions.

You are not alone. We are all there, walking this path by your side. And when that happens, change doesn’t feel anywhere near as scary, does it?

Isn’t this stuff just a load of ‘woo woo’?

My inner engineer chuckles over this one. She has lost count of the number of times she has thrown this question back at me. In fact, my original degree was a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and German and the first decade of my career was in senior engineering positions and then as Head of Market Research for an international brand – so I know about practical, strategic, insightful common sense solutions.

On the other hand, my inner ‘soul self’ also knows that there is more to life than purely observable science. And if I didn’t share the more subtle stuff with you, I’d be doing you a disservice. So rest assured, I’ll be bringing you everything that you need – but in a way that’s easy for you to take on board and enjoy, without having to pop off to your 29th Chakra for a month of japa meditation. 🙂

“Do I have to take on a new religion or belief system?”

Absolutely not!

In fact, the primary focus of my work is to help people let go of the old beliefs that were holding them back – wherever these came from.

With everything I share with you, all I ask is that you try it on for size, with an open mind, and if it fits, great. Take it and use it to change your life. If it doesn’t, and you can’t tweak it to fit, that’s cool too.

And the vital Truth I mentioned earlier is the #1 reason why all of this will work for you, no matter what your cultural or social background or life experience so far.

“What will it feel like, as I work through the Gratitude Inner Circle Programme?”

The 3 months (and beyond!) will feel different for everyone, but there are some common themes.

Sometimes the module will be easy for you, because it’s just refining what you’re already doing.

Other times it might be more of a challenge, as you let go of an old behaviour or release an old block and take on new habits. Comfort zones will get stretched. You will be re-training your mind – both the conscious ‘Monkey Mind’ and also your ‘unconscious mind’ – the bit that’s really running the show.

Take all of this at your own speed. Dive in as deeply as you can – but know that the materials will still be there for you, if you want to repeat a module in the future to get even more from it.

By the end of the 3 months, if you have worked through the modules, you will feel happier, calmer, more open-hearted, less stressed, more grounded and centred and life will flow more easily.

And students tell me they catch themselves smiling for no particular reason 🙂

How do the Q&A sessions work?

These are held every two weeks and I’ll publish all of the dates and times before we start, so you can get them in your diary.

They run at two different times – Monday evenings and Saturday late afternoons – alternating each call. This is to try to allow as many people as possible to join in live (given the wide range of time zones we’re all on!). The calls are all recorded and you’ll be able to download them from the members’ area, to listen to again. So don’t worry if you miss one!

You can also submit a question in advance, if you can’t make the call, and I will do my best to answer it.

All calls can be done via the phone (and there are a range of call options) or live via the internet (free) – so hopefully there’s a choice that will suit your schedule and call plan.

I want to make it as easy as possible for you to really enjoy these sessions.

“Do I have to join in with the private online community?”

No, of course you don’t! It’s entirely up to you!

However, I’ll be spending quite a lot of time hanging out there, so it’s a great way to get answers to your questions. Also sharing the journey is much more fun than just doing it on your own and you’ll find the community is full of lovely people, on a similar journey to you. So I do really recommend joining in.

It is a private closed group on Facebook (Google can’t see inside it), so your privacy is safe.

It really is worth the effort.

“I hate the word ‘gratitude’!”

I know what you mean 🙂 I hear this one quite often. It turns out that lots of us have got what I call ‘gratitude baggage’.

Whatever the reason, the word ‘gratitude’ can rile some people. For others, one of its synonyms ‘appreciation’ works better – but for some people that’s an empty word. Some people prefer phrases like, “I love that… such-and-such happens.” There are so many choices – what is key is connecting with the feeling in your heart, rather than the word in your head.

In the very first module we’ll be exploring what ‘gratitude’ really is and finding words that work for each of us, with our own personal life experience, and understanding how to make them work for you, triggering the emotions and physical feelings, when you work through the techniques.

Yes, I chose to call this programme a ‘Gratitude’ Inner Circle. At the end of the day I had to call it something that would help people to understand what it is and ‘Gratitude Inner Circle’ was waaayyy more catchy than:

“That fabby feeling you get in your heart when you let your guard down and release the old fears and blocks and truly connect with the essence of the love you were born to share at a soul level” Inner Circle

And I hope you’ll agree! 🙂

I’m not sure if I want to do this? How can I decide?”

Simple! Try out the 80th birthday test and let me know which way you decide to go. Here’s a short video to walk you through the process:

How To Meditate (And Change Your Life!)

How To Change Your Life

Join Me On This Unique Life-Changing Meditation Course

In “How To Meditate (And Change Your Life)” I’ll be sharing my favourite step-by-step processes for making big shifts in your life – in just 10 minutes a day – no matter how busy you are.

Most of us want to make changes in our lives. But we think it’s going to take loads of time and effort, so we put off even getting started. And then, guess what? You hit your 80th birthday party and look back, wishing you had made those changes years ago.

But it doesn’t have to be that way – you can start to change your life today. I can show you how.

Meditating – even just for ten minutes a day – is one of the most powerful tools you can use for gaining insight into the changes you want to make, and how to make them stick, not to mention generally cutting your stress levels, feeling calmer and feeling happier. Combine that with a generous sprinkling of NLP (the ‘user manual for your brain’), practical common sense, ancient wisdom and a dollop of humour – and just imagine how potent a mix it could be!

Over the past twelve years, I have guided many thousands of people through how to change their lives, using exactly this combo. And it works.

And some of the top achievers in the world are clear that their daily Non-Negotiable Meditation Time is the foundation for their success. People have understood for thousands of years how important daily meditation is.

But we’re great at making excuses, putting it off and convincing ourselves that it’s too difficult, too painful, too scary or we don’t have time.

It doesn’t have to be that way – when you know the insider secrets and short cuts that make it easier!

Do you want to discover how 10 minutes a day could change your life?

Think about it for a moment – 10 minutes a day – you easily spend that on an unexpected phone call.

Do you think that you could possibly find 10 minutes a day in your schedule (I can help you with the ‘how’!), if you knew that your Non-Negotiable Meditation Time would help you to feel less stressed, feel calmer, feel less anxious, concentrate more easily (get more done!), feel less irritable, feel less overwhelmed, feel more at peace and smile, for no reason?

How This Course Can Help You: Even 10 minutes a day can make a huge difference – when you know what to do

“I did this course and realised,
even after doing intensive 10 day retreats,
that 10 mins a day is enough to have a
massive impact!” – Star

Changing your life is easy, when you know how.

And that’s exactly what I share with you – step by step in bite-sized chunks – in this online course.

All you have to do is…

Read your twice-weekly instalments
They’re specially-designed to be quick and easy to read.

Apply the bits that inspire you
The twice-weekly messages are a combination of meditation and NLP and they act like a virtual coach. When something resonates with you, dive in and get using it. All of the techniques are designed to be quick to learn and easy to apply.

Listen to your ten minute meditation
Sit back and listen to your meditation – you’ll get five of them over the 90 days, so you can try out different styles.

Enjoy watching your life change!
I promise you – this stuff works! In fact, some students email me to tell me that they are noticing shifts even in the first week!

How This Course Can Help You: It makes it easy for you to reconnect with your inner peace

“This course helped me re-focus and find a peaceful moment in the day.
It felt like a had a reassuring hand on my shoulder, willing me to allow myself 10 minutes a day to find peace.
The change in my mental attitude is remarkable.”
Alex

What Makes “How To Meditate (And Change Your Life)” Unique?

Like most good meditation courses, of course it teaches you how to meditate – you’d expect that!

But it fills the gaps that other meditation courses miss out:

It also guides you, step by step, through how to create a daily meditation habit that you’ll love…

… Even if you’re feeling impossibly busy! That’s what makes the critical difference between meditation being a ‘nice idea’ and a life-long love affair.

When the going gets tough, I stick around with you!

Meditation is a potent tool for changing your life. After a while, you increase your awareness of the habits and thought patterns that no longer serve you – and you’ll feel inspired to deal with them! And, as part of this course, I share with you the simple, yet profoundly effective tools you need to make the most of that, right when you need them. So you can easily shift your experience of life.

How This Course Can Help You: I’m there, to walk by your side and guide you

“Throughout the 90 days – and beyond – I felt like I had a kind and firm hand on my shoulders.

I felt reassured that all was well.

I felt a deep peacefulness and ‘in the moment’.”
Sharon

Over the 90 days, I’ll guide you through:

How to avoid the most common meditation myths, mistakes and excuses – which would usually stop your meditation habit in its tracks
How to find the time to meditate – even when it feels impossible
How to make meditation comfortable and easy – and how not to fall asleep – and it’s not about turning your legs into a pretzel!
The one insider secret that helps you to get started – and stay motivated
How to handle your pesky Monkey Mind and its incessant chatter – without waging war on it!
How to easily weave your daily mediation habit into your routine, no matter how busy you are
How to get creative and turn seemingly-mundane tasks into a chance to meditate
Inspirational techniques to change your life, in just minutes, not years

How This Course Can Help You: You Don’t Have To Be Into ‘WooWoo’ For It To Work

“I wasn’t a believer in this kind of thing, but having done this course, I have changed my mind completely. It has given me the ability to have some time of complete peacefulness, allowing me to centre myself and become calmer. Thank you for allowing me to participate and helping me along the way.”
Charlotte

And as for the benefits of regular meditation – yes – even just 10 minutes a day:

It’s up to you how deeply you allow this course to work for you. But here are some of the shifts that How To Meditate (And Change Your Life) Grads report – often as early as the first week:

feeling calmer (Mmmmmm! That deliciousness of not feeling frantic, the whole time…)
feeling less stressed (it’s time, isn’t it?)
easier to concentrate (reckon your boss might be interested in this one?)
feeling less irritable (your family, friends and workmates might be pleased? 😉 )
feeling happier and more at peace (your inner tiger needs a rest!)
feeling more energised (woo hoo! You won’t be bashing your adrenals as hard and might even get to ease off the caffeine & sugar)
getting more done, in less time, with less effort and stress (who doesn’t want this?!)

How This Course Can Help You: You’re Not Alone

“This was a deeply personal, much needed exercise that I looked forward to on a daily basis.
Although done in the comfort of my own home, I felt a sense of inclusion reading the daily updates via email and on the forum, and a sense of involvement in something powerful and far reaching.”
Nick

This is my signature meditation course – it’s amazingly effective and does so much more than just help you to meditate, if that’s what you want.

If you’re not ready yet, here’s a 7 day introductory course that you can try out for free – but if your heart is even toying with the idea of joining in, then I invite you to sign up for the full 90 day programme – your ‘future you’ will thank you for it!

I’ve been there and done it!

I’ve been where you are, right now. I’ve wanted to make changes in my life – and to learn to meditate. And that took me 20 years! (Yes, you read that right. It’s a story I’ll share with you, during the course! 🙂 ).

With this course, I can help you to cut your journey from 20 years to 90 days. Sounds good?

I have been a certified NLP Trainer for over a decade and a formally-trained Meditation Teacher for much of that time. Combine this with my ‘original incarnation’ as a Masters Degree qualified Mechanical Engineer and you’ll see where the bucket-loads of common sense come in – they help to turn the complex and potentially ‘woo woo’ techniques into simple, practical and inspirationally effective strategies. And I love to laugh – so I hope never to take myself too seriously – and that comes across in the way I teach.

I’m also a busy Mum of 3 youngs boys and an Author, as well as running my business. So I know about meditation excuses – and I know what it feels like, to feel too busy to change your life.

That’s why I created this interactive meditation programme – to make it easy for you – in bite-sized chunks, with the tools, techniques and insider secrets you need, right when you need them.

If I can do this, so can you!

Clare Josa | Author of the 28 Day Meditation Challenge, 52 Mindful Moments, Gratitude – A Daily Journal and The Little Book Of Daily Sunshine

I want to let you in on a secret!

I ONLY want you to sign up for this course if it feels right for you. If it doesn’t, that’s cool! No worries! It’s really ok!

(But you might like to make sure you’re getting my weekly Soul-Sized Living updates for bite-sized inspiration, straight to your inbox 🙂 )

How can you tell whether this is the right choice for you?

Just imagine…

Sometimes it’s really easy to tell whether a choice is the right next step for us – but sometimes it’s not. Here’s one of my favourite techniques to help you figure out whether How To Meditate (And Change Your Life) is the right next step for you – and to effectively ‘try it on for size for the next few decades’, to feel how it might help you. I know that sounds weird – but you’ll understand what I mean when you have tried out this exercise:

How To Tell Whether Your Heart Wants You To Join In

Take a moment to pause and gently close your eyes.

Take a deep breath in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth with an ‘ahhh’ sound – releasing any tension and stress as you do it, coming back to this moment. Do this 3 times.

Now I invite you to imagine it’s your eightieth birthday – or a birthday at least ten years ahead. Allow yourself to settle in the shoes of that ‘future you’.

Now imagine that you chose, today, to join in with How To Meditate (And Change Your Life).
Looking back at that choice, see it with the eyes of that eighty year old future you. See it with that future you’s heart and life experience.

Does that old choice or action make any difference to the eighty year old you? Did it change the course of your life? If yes, was it in a way that you would want?

What advice would the eighty year old you give the younger you, in this situation?

Coming back to the here and now, what have you discovered?

Are you ready to discover how ten minutes a day can change your life?

Most people don’t get round to changing their lives. Make sure you’re not one of them.

But I know already that you’re not ‘most people’, or you wouldn’t be reading these words.

If your heart is calling you to join in with this programme on 1st May, then I urge you to take action now and to make that commitment to your future.

Today’s choices create your tomorrows.

If this course feels like one of those choices you’ll look back on and know in your heart is the right thing to do, then I invite you to prove it to yourself, by making sure you don’t miss out – and signing up to join us on 1st May.

Hot Off The Press:

I’m in the process of updating this gorgeous 90 day interactive online meditation course, based on input from the past two years’ of students. It’s going to be even more amazing and life-changing than it already was.

I’m opening the doors again on 1st May 2014. And I’m SOOO excited to be able to share this with you. 🙂

To celebrate, I’m going to be doing something that I haven’t done for over 2 years:

On May 1st, instead of this course being an interactive online course, I’m going to be running it as an Inner Circle programme (these are like gold-dust), meaning you’ll get to work with me, as part of the invitation-only online group, to truly make the shifts you have been dreaming of!

So that means that, in addition to the gorgeous goodies you would normally get, you’ll get to join in with:

my monthly live Q&A calls

and my live virtual retreats

AND I’ll be spending even more time than I usually would, supporting you in the online community.

Here’s The Deal

To do this meditation course as an Inner Circle programme, as we’ll be doing from May 1st, would normally cost £497. It’s over 2 years since I last did this – and I’m not sure when I might do it again.

BUT:

To celebrate the relaunch, I’m going to give you that upgrade as my gift. So I’m only asking you to donate the regular price for the 90 day course, which is £97. That’s about $147 USD.

Sounds good? Then dive in today! This offer is ONLY for people who have registered by 1st May 2014. Here’s where to grab your place:

Grab Your Place Today!

Make the most of the May 1st amazing offer of an exclusive Inner Circle place for just £97 (approx $147 USD)

It is an honour to share this journey with you.

With love, Namaste,

P.S. This fabulous course comes with my “LOVE IT!” Guarantee:

Clare’s Fabulous “LOVE IT!” Guarantee:

Try How To Meditate (And Change Your Life) on for size for 30 days – that’s over 4 weeks of twice-weekly emails, 2 of the 5 meditations, fun in the online forum, experimenting with the life-changing techniques and more.

If, after trying the course out, your heart genuinely tells you that it’s not for you, that’s ok. Simply reply to one of the daily emails and a member of my team will sort out a full refund for you – no tantrums, no awkward sulks, no hard feelings.

Your happiness matters to me, which is why I’m offering you this guarantee.

So you have nothing to lose and a lifetime of meditating magic to gain!

Grab Your Place Today!

Make the most of the May 1st amazing offer of an exclusive Inner Circle place for just £97 (approx $147 USD)

Are You Ready To Discover How Easy It Can Be, To Learn To Meditate?

How To Change Your Life

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Isn’t It Time To Tame Your Monkey Mind?

Do you want to learn how to meditate, but you’ve somehow never quite got round to it?

Is life simply too hectic – and you’re not sure how to fit it in?

Or perhaps you used to meditate, but you’ve lapsed and would like to give your meditation practice a kick start?

Would you allow me to demystify the ancient techniques for you – and to blend them with inspiration from the world of modern psychology – to make learning to meditate easy for you? In just 7 days?

In this 7 day free introductory meditation course, we’ll be laying the foundations, dispelling the myths and helping you to easily weave meditation into your daily life. It’s practical, light-hearted and really effective – and it’s a brilliant way to lay strong foundations for your meditation habit, when you’re starting out.

If you’re looking to dive in more deeply, I do have a premium 90 day meditation course, too.

Here’s what you can join in with, over the next 7 days:

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Day 1: Myth-Busting And Excuse-Dumping!

On Day 1 we’ll be covering what meditation is – and isn’t, busting the #1 myth (I bet you’re like I was – and it roped you in!) and getting started with your 10 minute MP3 meditation download.

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Day 2: Meditation’s Not About Turning Your Legs Into A Pretzel

On Day 2, I’ll be sharing insider secrets on how to make meditation comfortable (it’s not supposed to hurt!) – and how to sit so you can meditate, without falling asleep – there’s a simple secret that really helps with this! Plus we’ll take a whistle-stop tour of the benefits you can look forward to from a regular meditation practice. Even 10 minutes a day can make a difference!

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Day 3: The Secret To Staying Motivated

On Day 3 I’m going to let you in on the secret to keeping yourself motivated – you won’t want to miss this!

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Day 4: How To Magically Create Time To Meditate

On Day 4 we’ll dive in and discover how to magically create the time to meditate, even when it feels impossible, no matter how busy you are, along with the best times to meditate.

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Day 5: How To Stop Your Monkey Mind From Getting In The Way Of Your Meditation?

On Day 5 we’ll look at the tricks your Monkey Mind plays, to stop you from meditating, and how to get around them, and – vital – acknowledging that meditation can ‘stir the pot’ of your emotions – I’ll share with you a beautiful technique you can use as what I call ‘emotional first aid’.

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Day 6: The vital difference between inspiration, motivation and a habit that works for you

On Day 6 you’ll learn the little-known truths (that nobody tells you!) for turning an ‘occasional’ meditation into a habit you look forward to – for the 7 days and beyond – nuts and bolts and more!

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Day 7: Insider Secrets and expert tips to help you keep your meditation habit going, long-term

And on Day 7 you’ll create your own personal action plan for keeping the habit going – plus insider secrets to make it easy.

Plus you get a gorgeous 10 minute MP3 meditation, which you can listen to, each day, and moral support in our lovely invitation-only Soul-Sized Living online community.

And you also get my weekly Soul-Sized Living updates, with the latest Soul-Sized Wednesdays life-changing video, plus exclusive articles and members-only treats.

I have been there and done it – both as a student of meditation for over 20 years and, over the past six years, as a formally qualified meditation teacher (and NLP Trainer and reformed Mechanical Engineer and author and busy mum of 3 young boys) – so I know ALL ABOUT meditation excuses 😉 !

I can help you find the short cuts you’re looking for – and I’ll be sharing the insider secrets that make it simple and fun.

My students tell me that this stuff works – ten minutes a day really can change your life.

Oh, and, err… did I mention… I’m giving this to you as my gift? No strings. No catches. Just a heart-felt desire to help you change your life.

If you’d like to be part of this, then register today – it’s free – as my gift to you and your future.

See you on the other side of the sign up form!

With love, Namaste,

How To Change Your Life

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If I told you that there’s a secret you could use… … to change your life forever… … in just a few minutes a day… … would you use it?

Join me for this life-changing Gratitude Inner Circle Group Mentoring Programme…

… And watch the miracles unfold in your life!

These insider secrets are exactly what I’ll be sharing with you in our upcoming Gratitude Inner Circle Programme – and much, much more!

I know what it’s like when life throws you the brown stuff…

And I know, deep in my heart, that this Gratitude Inner Circle Programme can help you to change your life, too.

What Is The ‘Gratitude Inner Circle’ Programme?

By working through this as an Inner Circle programme, you’ll cover the equivalent material that would have taken us a full year of one-to-one mentoring, in just 3 months – at a fraction of the cost.

The shifts you’ve been dreaming of will happen for you, live, as we’re working through the material – just as they would in a one-to-one personal mentoring programme.

How much time does it take?

What matters is consistency – regular efforts to let this life-changing programme work for you, even if it’s just 3 minutes a day.

And here’s some of what you can expect from the next 3 months:

How do I know if this is right for me?

Those ready for this Gratitude Inner Circle programme are easy to recognise.

Let’s deal with the elephant in the room…

“I don’t have enough time to do this!”

Membership of the Gratitude Inner Circle brings you:

And, once you’re a Gratitude Inner Circle Grad, you’ll also get to repeat the programme, each time I run it, as my gift.

How Do I Join In?

But: I’m in the mood for celebrating, as I get ready to open the doors for this amazing Inner Circle programme on 1st June 2014, so I’ve got a surprise for you:

The sooner you say “Yes!”, the more you’ll save… 🙂

So the next 10 people who register can join us for just £147 (approx $222 USD).

If your heart is calling you to join in, register today to get started in the Inner Circle area of our private online community – and your group mentoring programme will start very soon.

And the Gratitude Inner Circle comes with my Love It! Guarantee

Could this be the most important choice you make this year?

FAQs About The Gratitude Inner Circle Programme

“I don’t have enough time to do this!”

“What if it doesn’t work for me?”

How does the Gratitude Inner Circle create lasting change?

“But I’m scared of changing! Won’t my life fall apart?”

Isn’t this stuff just a load of ‘woo woo’?

“Do I have to take on a new religion or belief system?”

“What will it feel like, as I work through the Gratitude Inner Circle Programme?”

How do the Q&A sessions work?

“Do I have to join in with the private online community?”

“I hate the word ‘gratitude’!”

I’m not sure if I want to do this? How can I decide?”

Join Me On This Unique Life-Changing Meditation Course

In “How To Meditate (And Change Your Life)” I’ll be sharing my favourite step-by-step processes for making big shifts in your life – in just 10 minutes a day – no matter how busy you are.

But it doesn’t have to be that way – you can start to change your life today. I can show you how.

It doesn’t have to be that way – when you know the insider secrets and short cuts that make it easier!

Do you want to discover how 10 minutes a day could change your life?

Changing your life is easy, when you know how.

All you have to do is…

What Makes “How To Meditate (And Change Your Life)” Unique?

It also guides you, step by step, through how to create a daily meditation habit that you’ll love…

When the going gets tough, I stick around with you!

Over the 90 days, I’ll guide you through:

And as for the benefits of regular meditation – yes – even just 10 minutes a day:

I’ve been there and done it!

I want to let you in on a secret!

How can you tell whether this is the right choice for you?

Just imagine…

How To Tell Whether Your Heart Wants You To Join In

Most people don’t get round to changing their lives. Make sure you’re not one of them.

Hot Off The Press:

To celebrate, I’m going to be doing something that I haven’t done for over 2 years:

Here’s The Deal

Grab Your Place Today!

Make the most of the May 1st amazing offer of an exclusive Inner Circle place for just £97 (approx $147 USD)

Clare’s Fabulous “LOVE IT!” Guarantee:

So you have nothing to lose and a lifetime of meditating magic to gain!

Grab Your Place Today!

Make the most of the May 1st amazing offer of an exclusive Inner Circle place for just £97 (approx $147 USD)

How To Meditate, Made Easy

Isn’t It Time To Tame Your Monkey Mind?

Here’s what you can join in with, over the next 7 days:

Day 1: Myth-Busting And Excuse-Dumping!

Day 2: Meditation’s Not About Turning Your Legs Into A Pretzel

Day 3: The Secret To Staying Motivated

Day 4: How To Magically Create Time To Meditate

Day 5: How To Stop Your Monkey Mind From Getting In The Way Of Your Meditation?

Day 6: The vital difference between inspiration, motivation and a habit that works for you

Day 7: Insider Secrets and expert tips to help you keep your meditation habit going, long-term

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If I told you that there’s a secret you could use…
… to change your life forever…
… in just a few minutes a day…
… would you use it?

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