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There's been a theme in my life lately of incorporating music into my life and career. This week, I was asked to provide the music and visuals for the "All One People" Toastmasters speech contest and I did. It was a great experience. I've also been reading a book titled The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity by Edwene Gaines to really embrace the idea of doing "my work" and prospering while I'm at it.  My Master Mind group: Savvy Soul Sisters has been a tremendous boost in that direction, special thanks to Cynthia Lamb for helping me to see irrational beliefs I had about myself and business that I wasn't able to see on my own.

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I'm wanting to step into my authentic life, including my unique career and I'm wanting to do it with gusto starting in June. Part of that journey has been to work on forgiveness and healing. It's been amazing what has transpired simply as a result of communicating with my dad and being willing to let go of the past. Not only have we healed any discord between the two of us, healing my relationship with my father has drastically improved my marriage. In addition to that, my dad told me this week that since the forgiveness work we've done with each other has been so helpful, he's decided to do the same work with all of his children and the healing is taking place all through the family. As a result of challenging and changing my beliefs, I've had a lot of mind shifts and "ah-ha" moments. Sometimes I feel like a walking "ah-ha" moment. One of the things I realized is how I've been miserly by withholding gifts I have to share. You see, because of my own fears and insecurities, I have sometimes held back or even denied opportunities to be of service to others and to share my gifts with them. Part of the gift is my ability to listen to just about anything without being shocked or taking it personal.  I help people get things off their chest and I help them to see a fresh perspective. It just so happens that in the past couple of weeks, everyone wants to talk about sex or death. In the sex category, I've had a few people come to me lately to tell me how childhood or teen sexual assault has impacted their ability to enjoy sex as an adult with their committed partner. They want to get over their trauma and pain so they can enjoy today more fully and I don't blame them. My guess is that this phenomenon impacts many people, male and female and frankly, given my personal and professional experience, I can be of tremendous assistance to a lot of people in regards to this topic. The question is, will I step up to the plate and do this work fearlessly or will I allow all the should's and doubts and fears of what people think to hold me back? Truth is, without support I would probably just hide and convince myself that I wasn't ready yet. But since I have amazing support, I think I might be willing to stay in the flow of what's happening and see where it takes me. My husband seems to be open to and intrigued by what's transpiring and I'm working with an excellent coach Nick Pfenningwerth to see about how I can incorporate sex and sexuality into the overall "Galvanized" package. Starting in June I'll be doing webinars, coaching and hypnosis on topics to help women and men become strong enough to enjoy their own life without worrying what other people think and without letting the past hold them back. It looks like before I can do that, I'll need to live it. Though there are some fears and hesitancies attached to that I welcome the exhilaration that comes with being fully alive and living a life of love and service versus fear and withholding.  I already have a couple of opportunities lined up this coming week to help me face fear head on.  I'm sure I'll have more to share in next week's episode of Galvanized Facebook Friday. If you don't want to miss it, be sure to subscribe.