Hello Fabulous Leading Ladies!
I know it’s been ages since I’ve posted here and I’ve so missed connecting with you in this way.
It has been one crazy ride for me the last seven or so months—crazier than I could possibly relay in a single post. What I will say is, I’m delighted to be back with you!
One thing that happened in the crazy times was my computer hard drive crashed irreparably. It would not have felt so horrible if I hadn’t used the prior six months to painstakingly move all of my data/documents (articles, books, client papers, contracts, training curriculums, etc.) off my last two computers and all my disks in order to consolidate them on my new computer. Then, of course, I discarded/wiped clean all of that data from their prior resting places. To top it off, I had recently got an external hard drive in order to back up my computer, but needed to hook it up and format it. Naturally, this lovely piece of equipment was not hooked up prior to my sudden and unexpected hard drive failure.
The short of it is…I lost EVERYTHING—years and years worth. I still have a lingering nausea that comes every time I think about it. But the truth is, that’s history. The other truth is, this was a truly minor blip compared with other events I’ve experienced both recently and in years passed (and absolutely nothing compared to the excruciating experiences that comprise the lives of many on our planet). From this vantage point I proceed.
So here’s what I’ve decided to do with this event…
I am moving forward with a “Clean Slate.” All of the books I’ve started but hadn’t finished, all of the articles I have written but hadn’t yet had a chance to publish, and of the papers I’ve written, the curriculum I’ve designed, all of it served me for a time; for that I am grateful . I have grieved the loss, but today is a new day! I have been gifted with a fresh canvas on which to paint. I am working with a “clean slate.”
Is it a little or even a lot scary? Yes!
But is it also exciting and exhilarating? Your dam right it is!!!
So from exhilaration platform of my “clean slate” I am looking at the world around me. I’m looking at you. I’m looking at myself. I’m seeing and experiencing things with new eyes and no lingering shadows. By looking at you from this new place I saw something I hadn’t noticed or paid close attention to until now.
Let’s talk about you, shall we?
Many of you on my mailing/contact list and others of you who simply happen upon or follow the LoungeTalk blog, are women I’ve never met or haven’t had the pleasure of connecting with in ages. Others of you, I have the privilege of connecting/working with more often. Wherever you are in this landscape, I want to know and support you more.
I want to reflect back to you the magnificent woman you are and help shepherd you to new and unimaginable levels of joy, fulfillment and true abundance.
I’m offering you a clean slate on which you can design your future.
If you do not currently have a Coach, you are my priority! With 2010 less than two months away, I believe it’s time to insist that your life be everything you have longed for and then some.
Do you have a dream, something you have been aching to do, accomplish, attain? Are you ready to get supported in making that dream a reality? If so, those are the only two prerequisites for working with me as your Coach .
If you are reading this, there is a reason. I truly believe this. And the reason is, you are at a new threshold in your life’s journey. You are ready for coaching and the door is open to you
All you need to do right now is go to
www.LeadingLadiesLounge.com
and become part of the Leading Ladies Family by signing up for our complementary E-zine.
Then call me and set up a free consultation so we can begin our work towards your most incredible, powerful self ever!
So head over, sign up and call me—that’s all you need do!
www.LeadingLadiesLounge.com
I can’t wait to start this amazing journey with you!
With all my love,
Coach Angel
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Showing posts with label celebration of life and Leading Ladies. Show all posts
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Leading Ladies want to know: Are you a committed blogger?
Hello Incredible Leading Ladies!
These blogs are crazy things—they seem like such a great way to communicate and stay connected with those you care about and yet the simple task of getting posts up regularly is one that seems utterly elusive to some of us. I have this friend that has that very problem…
OK I admit, that would be me! (As you see my last post was back in July of this year—sheesh!
I do know this is an issue for lots of people though, business and personal blogs alike.
So, Leading Ladies, this post is a shout out—a query to those of you who have a blog and regularly make the time to post on it.
Tell us your secrets. Share your expertise. Your Leading Ladies family would love to know…
What got you interested in blogging and what has kept you interested in and committed to blogging on a regular basis? Do you have any wonderful ideas or tricks of the trade to share?
We’re dying to know!
And don’t forget to tell us the name of your blog and the URL.
Please feel free to simply post your response here or you’re welcome to email me at angel@leadingladieslounge.com and I would be happy to compile ideas and post here as one blog.
Can’t wait to tap into your fabulous expertise!
Hope you all enjoyed this month's E-zine with the amazing offer from LLL's Music man! All three of Gne Newton's inspiring music CD's for only $20! If you missed it or are just finding Leading Ladies for the first time, please feel free to email me with the words "Please send me LLL's December E-zine and I'll be sure you get it. This offer is valid now through Jan. 31, 2009 and is only available via the Leading Ladies E-zine.
I hope you each had a fabulous Thanksgiving!
Here is a great quote as inspiration for sharing your knowledge with us and continuing to share it where ever your path may lead…
"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality."
Dalai Lama
With love,
Coach Angel
These blogs are crazy things—they seem like such a great way to communicate and stay connected with those you care about and yet the simple task of getting posts up regularly is one that seems utterly elusive to some of us. I have this friend that has that very problem…
OK I admit, that would be me! (As you see my last post was back in July of this year—sheesh!
I do know this is an issue for lots of people though, business and personal blogs alike.
So, Leading Ladies, this post is a shout out—a query to those of you who have a blog and regularly make the time to post on it.
Tell us your secrets. Share your expertise. Your Leading Ladies family would love to know…
What got you interested in blogging and what has kept you interested in and committed to blogging on a regular basis? Do you have any wonderful ideas or tricks of the trade to share?
We’re dying to know!
And don’t forget to tell us the name of your blog and the URL.
Please feel free to simply post your response here or you’re welcome to email me at angel@leadingladieslounge.com and I would be happy to compile ideas and post here as one blog.
Can’t wait to tap into your fabulous expertise!
Hope you all enjoyed this month's E-zine with the amazing offer from LLL's Music man! All three of Gne Newton's inspiring music CD's for only $20! If you missed it or are just finding Leading Ladies for the first time, please feel free to email me with the words "Please send me LLL's December E-zine and I'll be sure you get it. This offer is valid now through Jan. 31, 2009 and is only available via the Leading Ladies E-zine.
I hope you each had a fabulous Thanksgiving!
Here is a great quote as inspiration for sharing your knowledge with us and continuing to share it where ever your path may lead…
"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality."
Dalai Lama
With love,
Coach Angel
Friday, May 9, 2008
Here's to Moms, Sisters, Girl Friends and Women everywhere
Happy Friday Incredible Leading Ladies!
Even though it’s been a crazy long time since I wrote on this blog, I’ve been simply enjoying coaching/knowing several of you, getting to work alongside others, speaking/training in your organizations or conferences, and thinking about the rest of you with much love.
As I wrap up my work for this week I am mindful of the day we are about to celebrate this Sunday and I am basking in the gratitude I feel towards so many incredible women.
If you happen across this blog today, this weekend, or anytime at all, I hope you will join me in a heart-felt “Thank You!” to Mom’s, sisters, friends and women everywhere who have blessed our lives beyond measure.
If you haven’t read it already, or even if you read it a while back when I published it, I invite you to get even more in the spirit by slipping over to the LeadingLadiesLounge.com “Reading Room scroll down, and click on: Magnificent Women- A Mother’s Day Tribute.
For now and in gratitude to each of you, I leave you with these beautiful thoughts:
“My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.”
- Graycie Harmon
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.””
- Washington Irving
With love,
Coach Angel
Even though it’s been a crazy long time since I wrote on this blog, I’ve been simply enjoying coaching/knowing several of you, getting to work alongside others, speaking/training in your organizations or conferences, and thinking about the rest of you with much love.
As I wrap up my work for this week I am mindful of the day we are about to celebrate this Sunday and I am basking in the gratitude I feel towards so many incredible women.
If you happen across this blog today, this weekend, or anytime at all, I hope you will join me in a heart-felt “Thank You!” to Mom’s, sisters, friends and women everywhere who have blessed our lives beyond measure.
If you haven’t read it already, or even if you read it a while back when I published it, I invite you to get even more in the spirit by slipping over to the LeadingLadiesLounge.com “Reading Room scroll down, and click on: Magnificent Women- A Mother’s Day Tribute.
For now and in gratitude to each of you, I leave you with these beautiful thoughts:
“My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.”
- Graycie Harmon
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.””
- Washington Irving
With love,
Coach Angel
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Creating Our Own Reality
Hello Magnificent Leading Ladies,
Well, it’s another sunny day here in Salem Oregon and I’m delighted to say that we are currently having a new water heater and heat pump/air conditioning installed…it will be all done by tomorrow evening and we can’t wait to fire up the AC and get our house the fabulous 68 degrees that my Hubby and I both love.
For now, the sounds of our work crew and the unexpected/additional noise of work crews/heavy machinery out front replacing the sewer pipes all down our street is well…let’s just say…less than peaceful.
So as I work in my home office today, I am constantly mindful of my own power to create my reality. My natural response to this noise and chaos is stress and anxiety but my conscious, purposeful choice is to breathe deeply, smile and work in gratitude—knowing that each of these seeming distractions will be gifting me with more reliable plumbing/sewage disposal (in fact this will be true for my neighbors as well), more efficient means of heating our water, more efficient heating of our home in the winter and the blessed cool of the AC! Awe, that drill running right outside my office right now is simply music to my ears.
Challenge/gift of the day:
As you sit reading this blog, I challenge you to take note of your current environment and note your natural response to the variables that are taking place around you. If your responses are all positive than bask in the glory of being in such a beautiful space. If you have natural negative responses to any aspects of your surrounding, I challenge you to find the gift in them by exploring...
Is the variable something
* You can change?
If so, this is a gift because you are now very aware of the fact that it’s something you don’t like and you have the power to change it. When would you like to make this change? Schedule the time and make it so my friend.
* You can appreciate the need/value of?
If so, this is a wonderful time to take note of the reasons you appreciate this aspect of your environment. What does it now, or will it in time, gift you? How fabulous is that?!
* You don’t care to or can’t change?
If so, this is a perfect time to begin a practice of “allowing” this to be what it is and bask in the gratitude you have for all of the other aspects of your environment, situation and life.
In this spirit of loving what is and creating our most beloved reality I leave you with this thought.
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - John Lubbock
With love,
Coach Angel
Well, it’s another sunny day here in Salem Oregon and I’m delighted to say that we are currently having a new water heater and heat pump/air conditioning installed…it will be all done by tomorrow evening and we can’t wait to fire up the AC and get our house the fabulous 68 degrees that my Hubby and I both love.
For now, the sounds of our work crew and the unexpected/additional noise of work crews/heavy machinery out front replacing the sewer pipes all down our street is well…let’s just say…less than peaceful.
So as I work in my home office today, I am constantly mindful of my own power to create my reality. My natural response to this noise and chaos is stress and anxiety but my conscious, purposeful choice is to breathe deeply, smile and work in gratitude—knowing that each of these seeming distractions will be gifting me with more reliable plumbing/sewage disposal (in fact this will be true for my neighbors as well), more efficient means of heating our water, more efficient heating of our home in the winter and the blessed cool of the AC! Awe, that drill running right outside my office right now is simply music to my ears.
Challenge/gift of the day:
As you sit reading this blog, I challenge you to take note of your current environment and note your natural response to the variables that are taking place around you. If your responses are all positive than bask in the glory of being in such a beautiful space. If you have natural negative responses to any aspects of your surrounding, I challenge you to find the gift in them by exploring...
Is the variable something
* You can change?
If so, this is a gift because you are now very aware of the fact that it’s something you don’t like and you have the power to change it. When would you like to make this change? Schedule the time and make it so my friend.
* You can appreciate the need/value of?
If so, this is a wonderful time to take note of the reasons you appreciate this aspect of your environment. What does it now, or will it in time, gift you? How fabulous is that?!
* You don’t care to or can’t change?
If so, this is a perfect time to begin a practice of “allowing” this to be what it is and bask in the gratitude you have for all of the other aspects of your environment, situation and life.
In this spirit of loving what is and creating our most beloved reality I leave you with this thought.
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - John Lubbock
With love,
Coach Angel
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Summer Delights
Hello Beautiful Leading Ladies!
It is one hot day here in Salem Oregon and sounds to be even more spicy hot tomorrow. As I sit here cooling off after a fabulous workout and a very cold shower that felt amazing (but only served to cool me while I was immersed in it) my thoughts are drifting to you and I’m realizing I’ve not posted in a bit so…
Inquiring minds want to know:
What do you love about summer? You needn’t filter your thoughts as I am not looking for anything specific. I’m simply interested in the first thoughts that pop into your mind at the asking of this question. It could be that you have memories that revisit you in the summer season. It may be that you have certain beloved activities that tend to lend themselves to the sunny temps of the summer months. It could be that you have a special vacation spot that you go to in the summer. Whatever your thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Just drop me a line at
angel@leadingladieslounge.com
and share your favorite thing/things about summer.
I will pick my one or two top picks from these entries to put in the Aug Leading Ladies E-zine and would be happy to include your name, a two to three sentence bio and a link to your web site (or your email address), if yours’ gets chosen for publication.
Wanna play???
Just send me your answer (1-3 paragraphs is perfect) and don’t forget your name, bio, website URL or email address. Please paste all info into the body of your email (no attachments please) and put the words “Favorite Thing(s) About Summer” in the subject field. It’s as easy as that!
To get your juices flowing I’ll start…
My new favorite thing to do in summer is to plan several months prior to summer for a wonderful, romantic stay in a B&B for my Hubby and myself. Our anniversary is July 3rd and we started this tradition two years ago on our Honeymoon (so we just returned from our 3rd one and it was soooo lovely).
Out of those three stays I am left raving about two of them, so in case you’re ever looking for a magnificent place to stay in Oregon sometime, the B&B’s we most love so far are:
Portland OR
White House
http://www.portlandswhitehouse.com
Bend OR
Cricketwood
http://www.cricketwood.com
Besides this fun adventure in summer my other favorite thing to do is swim (especially in natural bodies of water such as lakes and rivers—Yummy!)
Can’t wait to hear about your summer delights!
With love,
Coach Angel
It is one hot day here in Salem Oregon and sounds to be even more spicy hot tomorrow. As I sit here cooling off after a fabulous workout and a very cold shower that felt amazing (but only served to cool me while I was immersed in it) my thoughts are drifting to you and I’m realizing I’ve not posted in a bit so…
Inquiring minds want to know:
What do you love about summer? You needn’t filter your thoughts as I am not looking for anything specific. I’m simply interested in the first thoughts that pop into your mind at the asking of this question. It could be that you have memories that revisit you in the summer season. It may be that you have certain beloved activities that tend to lend themselves to the sunny temps of the summer months. It could be that you have a special vacation spot that you go to in the summer. Whatever your thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Just drop me a line at
angel@leadingladieslounge.com
and share your favorite thing/things about summer.
I will pick my one or two top picks from these entries to put in the Aug Leading Ladies E-zine and would be happy to include your name, a two to three sentence bio and a link to your web site (or your email address), if yours’ gets chosen for publication.
Wanna play???
Just send me your answer (1-3 paragraphs is perfect) and don’t forget your name, bio, website URL or email address. Please paste all info into the body of your email (no attachments please) and put the words “Favorite Thing(s) About Summer” in the subject field. It’s as easy as that!
To get your juices flowing I’ll start…
My new favorite thing to do in summer is to plan several months prior to summer for a wonderful, romantic stay in a B&B for my Hubby and myself. Our anniversary is July 3rd and we started this tradition two years ago on our Honeymoon (so we just returned from our 3rd one and it was soooo lovely).
Out of those three stays I am left raving about two of them, so in case you’re ever looking for a magnificent place to stay in Oregon sometime, the B&B’s we most love so far are:
Portland OR
White House
http://www.portlandswhitehouse.com
Bend OR
Cricketwood
http://www.cricketwood.com
Besides this fun adventure in summer my other favorite thing to do is swim (especially in natural bodies of water such as lakes and rivers—Yummy!)
Can’t wait to hear about your summer delights!
With love,
Coach Angel
Friday, June 8, 2007
Special announcement: workshop for Leading Ladies- Aug 9 in Portland OR
Hello Fabulous Leading Ladies!
Just wanted to be sure all of our local Leading Ladies know about this--I'd love to see you there if you're able...
Workshop Title:
Lifelines Every Leader Needs in Her Rescue Kit- Strategies and Tools for Natural Born Leaders
Location:
New Renaissance, Portland OR
Date/Time:
Thursday, August 9, 7-8:30 pm
Cost:
$12 PP
Description:
Are you one of those people to whom your friends, clients and colleagues turn to for a listening ear, comfort and support? Do you find yourself being drained
by the needs and personal experiences of your clients and/or friends? Would you like to find your own soft place to land for a while where you can relax and discover new ways of taking care of you, so that you can be masterful in your roles as care-taker, mentor, confidant, coach and/or friend?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, this workshop is one you won’t want to miss!
Come join us and discover:
* Signs and symptoms of burnout
* Untapped internal and external resources at our disposal for burn-out recovery
*Creative, sustainable and masterful self-care strategies and tools
***How to “thrive” not just “survive as natural born Leaders!
About Angel:
Angel Hale is a highly intuitive life coach, motivational speaker, author and
the founder of Leading Ladies: Celebrating and Supporting Natural Born Leaders.
To learn more about Angel visit:
http://wwwLeadingLadiesLounge.com.
To register for this workshop go to:
http://www.newrenbooks.com/events/aug_reg.html
If you are registering closer than 48 hours before an event, please call the store to register:
503-224-4929.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Have an amazing weekend!
With Love,
Coach Angel
Just wanted to be sure all of our local Leading Ladies know about this--I'd love to see you there if you're able...
Workshop Title:
Lifelines Every Leader Needs in Her Rescue Kit- Strategies and Tools for Natural Born Leaders
Location:
New Renaissance, Portland OR
Date/Time:
Thursday, August 9, 7-8:30 pm
Cost:
$12 PP
Description:
Are you one of those people to whom your friends, clients and colleagues turn to for a listening ear, comfort and support? Do you find yourself being drained
by the needs and personal experiences of your clients and/or friends? Would you like to find your own soft place to land for a while where you can relax and discover new ways of taking care of you, so that you can be masterful in your roles as care-taker, mentor, confidant, coach and/or friend?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, this workshop is one you won’t want to miss!
Come join us and discover:
* Signs and symptoms of burnout
* Untapped internal and external resources at our disposal for burn-out recovery
*Creative, sustainable and masterful self-care strategies and tools
***How to “thrive” not just “survive as natural born Leaders!
About Angel:
Angel Hale is a highly intuitive life coach, motivational speaker, author and
the founder of Leading Ladies: Celebrating and Supporting Natural Born Leaders.
To learn more about Angel visit:
http://wwwLeadingLadiesLounge.com.
To register for this workshop go to:
http://www.newrenbooks.com/events/aug_reg.html
If you are registering closer than 48 hours before an event, please call the store to register:
503-224-4929.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Have an amazing weekend!
With Love,
Coach Angel
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
In Celebration of You--Leading Ladies
Hello Fabulous Leading Ladies!
It’s incredible but true--Leading Ladies is now rolling! Leading Ladies are finding a new home and joining our family! It’s soooo exciting to witness!
As I stand here at my computer this Wednesday morning (yep standing—I have a raised station so I don’t have to sit), I am fill to the brim with so many thoughts and emotions. The sum of these emotions is and sense of lightness, almost magical lightness. I suppose the best way to explain this is to say it feels like I’ve been carrying around a big, no HUGE, beautiful package (wrapped magnificently with a big bow on top) and people have asked, “what’s that?” and “when can we see it?” and all matter of questions. That’s a truly fun place to be, but goodness was it ever heavy and like a parent or loved-one that has purchased an amazing gift way before the “gifting day,” I have sooooo wanted to break it open and share it. Well, this is the long way of saying—the time finally came for me to set it down, allow the wrapping to be stripped away and the contents of my gift, Leading Ladies, was only recently revealed!
The response has delighted me to my very core. I am light with the knowledge that gift is now released to bless, to grow, to change and re-gifted in so many more ways than I can even imagine right now. I am light with gratitude, possibility and an even deeper sense of connectedness.
When I feel love and gratitude, I simply can’t contain it, so I had to let you know. I so do feel love and gratitude for each and every one of you, Leading Ladies and those who love and want to support our Leading Ladies! If you are reading this—I’m talking to you! So thank you ever so much for hearing the call, finding this place, and joining us!
In this spirit, throughout the month of March, I would love to hear from you! You are welcome to post here or send an email to me (angel@leadingladieslounge.com). What were your first thoughts/feelings when you discovered Leading Ladies (leadingladieslounge.com)? How do you envision Leading Ladies supporting you or blessing Leading Ladies you know (either in the present or your future thoughts/wishes)? Finally, for fun—what is your favorite quote (or just your favorite one right now)?
Can’t wait hear from each of you!
I sign off in love with my favorite quote (today!)…
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” ~ Mother Teresa
Coach Angel
“Angel on Your Side”
A soft place to land for women who are natural Born Leaders
It’s incredible but true--Leading Ladies is now rolling! Leading Ladies are finding a new home and joining our family! It’s soooo exciting to witness!
As I stand here at my computer this Wednesday morning (yep standing—I have a raised station so I don’t have to sit), I am fill to the brim with so many thoughts and emotions. The sum of these emotions is and sense of lightness, almost magical lightness. I suppose the best way to explain this is to say it feels like I’ve been carrying around a big, no HUGE, beautiful package (wrapped magnificently with a big bow on top) and people have asked, “what’s that?” and “when can we see it?” and all matter of questions. That’s a truly fun place to be, but goodness was it ever heavy and like a parent or loved-one that has purchased an amazing gift way before the “gifting day,” I have sooooo wanted to break it open and share it. Well, this is the long way of saying—the time finally came for me to set it down, allow the wrapping to be stripped away and the contents of my gift, Leading Ladies, was only recently revealed!
The response has delighted me to my very core. I am light with the knowledge that gift is now released to bless, to grow, to change and re-gifted in so many more ways than I can even imagine right now. I am light with gratitude, possibility and an even deeper sense of connectedness.
When I feel love and gratitude, I simply can’t contain it, so I had to let you know. I so do feel love and gratitude for each and every one of you, Leading Ladies and those who love and want to support our Leading Ladies! If you are reading this—I’m talking to you! So thank you ever so much for hearing the call, finding this place, and joining us!
In this spirit, throughout the month of March, I would love to hear from you! You are welcome to post here or send an email to me (angel@leadingladieslounge.com). What were your first thoughts/feelings when you discovered Leading Ladies (leadingladieslounge.com)? How do you envision Leading Ladies supporting you or blessing Leading Ladies you know (either in the present or your future thoughts/wishes)? Finally, for fun—what is your favorite quote (or just your favorite one right now)?
Can’t wait hear from each of you!
I sign off in love with my favorite quote (today!)…
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” ~ Mother Teresa
Coach Angel
“Angel on Your Side”
A soft place to land for women who are natural Born Leaders
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