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Guided Imagery As you settle into meditation, allow yourself to breathe. This meditation will just be breathing. Feeling the movement of air across your nostrils. Noticing the difference between the inhale and the exhale breath. Feel the movement across your skin, the temperature of the air. Noticing the space between inhale and exhale. Following your breath down into your chest. The gentle rise a...

Guided Imagery Allowing yourself to settle into meditation. Making any movements or shifts that allow you to relax and feel comfortable. Beginning your connection to your breath. Beginning to lengthen the inhale. Soften. Extend those exhale. Allowing a sense of ease and release to travel across your face and down your shoulders. Allow your body to feel a sense of settling in, sinking down, letting...

Guided Imagery Allowing yourself to settle into meditation. Making any movements or shifts that allow you to relax and feel comfortable. Beginning your connection to your breath. Beginning to lengthen the inhale. Soften. Extend those exhale. Allowing a sense of ease and release to travel across your face and down your shoulders. Allow your body to feel a sense of settling in, sinking down, letting...

Guided Imagery Allowing your body to sink down. Imagining a gentle picture full of relaxation being poured over the top of your head. Feel the cool sensation traveling down your forehead, washing away any tension, allowing the thoughts to become clearer, that they can easily wash away with that relaxation. Feeling that sense of relax pouring down through your jaw. Relax the tongue. That feeling of...

Guided Imagery Allowing your body to sink down. Imagining a gentle picture full of relaxation being poured over the top of your head. Feel the cool sensation traveling down your forehead, washing away any tension. Allow the thoughts to become clearer that they can easily wash away with that relaxation. Feeling that sense of relax pouring down through your jaw. Relax the tongue. That feeling of eas...

Guided Imagery -       Finding presence.         Settling into now at this moment.         Not needing to change anything, make it different.         Just be the observer right now.         Gently allow yourself to soften.         Coming to a position of meditation, allowing your mind to come to that space.         Your body taking on the shape of meditation.         Visualizing beneath you the ea...

Guided Imagery As you settle into meditation, allowing your body to take on a seat of strength and power. Feeling your spine become more elongated and erect. Feeling your chest rise in pride and accomplishment. As you breathe in, feeling strength coming into your lungs. And as you softly close your eyes, at the same time allowing a sense of ease to cover your face, to drop through your shoulders....

Guided Imagery   Begin by settling in allowing your body to be comfortable and at ease.   Connecting to the breath in whatever way is useful to you today.   Feeling your body move as you bring in the inhale and as you release the exhale.   Finding some comfort in the rhythm of the breath.   The constant reminder that the present moment is always happening.   And as you close your eyes, bringing to...

Guided Imagery Allow yourself to settle in by exhaling. Soften your body. Soften your face. Exhale. Exhale. Noticing what your body feels like. The prominent sensations, the areas that are most notable to you. And asking yourself what emotions, what thoughts are dominant right now? What am I feeling in this moment? and noticing one that might be considered a negative feeling or thought or emotion....

Dutch Martin is back again for another interview. He's talking about the principles of Neuro Linguistic Programming and Hypnosis, and how they can help improve our mindset. Dutch is a lifelong learner dedicated to being a better person, husband, father, yoga instructor, and servant of his community. He says he really enjoys the journey by using emotional intelligence skills to learn from every exp...

I met Mtisunge Nwira at a Community Counseling Center event, where I sit on the board of directors. She came into the room and her energy was immediately noticeable. Her cheerfulness is a sharp contrast to her wheelchair. Her past is a sharp contrast to her present. Learning about how her clothing line was a part of her healing journey is a very inspiring story. I hope you enjoy listening to this...

I've met a lot of great people on LinkedIn, yet Dutch Martin immediately stood out as someone I needed to engage in conversation. And I wanted to record it. In fact, the interview went so well, I immediately booked him for a part 2. I invite you to tune in to this episode of 1 Luckygirliegirl, where Speaking Champion Dutch Martin shares his remarkable journey becoming an award-winning speaker, and...

Kevin Dunlap believes that people expand their comfort zones by becoming a speaker, a podcaster, and more exposed to their digital audience. A four-time author, Kevin is helping speakers produce content like podcasts, books, and keynote addresses. Tune in to this episode of "1 Luckygirliegirl" and learn how Kevin A. Dunlap helps speakers expand their platform, prepare for a speech, and how he uses...

Portia Booker and I met through a mutual friend, Ant Blair. She's one of those people with whom I connected on a spiritual level right away. Her mission to support people going through their grief journey is so powerful, I just know you'll be listening intently while she describes her transformation. Check out her audiobook, "Finding Grace within Grief: Her Transition... My Transformation." Tune i...

I met Aaron Phillips, The Voice, at a networking group about a decade ago. We've remained friends ever since. He has hosted hundreds of shows and events in the time that I've known him, from local events to national-level. The best part about our friendship is watching how much we have both grown and changed in the last few years. He had a life-changing wake-up call that caused him to dramatically...

Lemon is my conference bestie. We've met up at tech conferences around the world. He has one of the most creative brains I have had the pleasure of meeting, as evidenced by his side projects: dumb websites. His efforts have also raised tens of thousands of dollars for charities supporting the rights of ALL womxn. For all these reasons and more, Lemon is one of my favorite people. I hope you enjoy...

Courtney Huntzinger is pure sunshine. Cheery and upbeat, she is FULL of creative ideas for marketing products. E-commerce is her sweet spot and especially for artists and clothing designers wanting to expand their brand. Plus, she is super smart. When she started using words like "narrowing customer acquisition costs" I knew we were going to be new besties. She loves helping her clients convert sa...

Ulf Dalgaard is a product manager at Cornerstone consulting in Stockholm, Sweden. He is also the organizer for DevSum, a 6-track conference for developers. I asked Ulf if he could be any emoji, which emoji would he be and he chose: winky face with the tongue sticking out. Which is just perfect for his personality. A leader in the tech community, Ulf has been a conference organizer since 2007, so I...

I met Belinda Clemmensen through an email introduction from someone who turned me on to her recently-launched book entitled: "Women Leadership and Saving the World: Why everything gets better when women lead." A certified professional coach with over 25 years of experience, her approach to changing the corporate landscape is to guide leaders as they make social, economic, and policy decisions are...

Peak Potential Expert, Becca Powers teaches people about "The Art of Rethinking." As a 20-year corporate executive, she originated a framework for career success. Today, she is coaching people on how to reach their peak potential, using techniques that she has firsthand experience with. She offered 4 great tips for shifting our mindset during this interview. I hope you enjoy this episode of "1 Luc...

I met Ant Blair through LinkedIn. We connected for about 2 months, brainstorming speaking ideas, until I hired him to be my speaker coach. He has a way about him that evokes inspiration and problem-solving. Whenever I get stuck feeling like I don't want to promote myself, Ant's strategies get me unstuck by marketing myself with authenticity and building community. And he should know, he is the fou...

I met Christian Frazier through my coach, Ant Blair, who is a super awesome, super effective speaker-marketer-coach-person. Anyway, Christian and I instantly geeked out over emotional intelligence and Mental Health First Aid, as he is a fellow Mental Health First Aider. Tune-in to this week's episode of "1 Luckygirliegirl" where I interview the incredibly intelligent and gifted Christian Frazier a...

Are you a hugger? Do you easily say "I love you?" Tune-in to this episode of "1 Luckygirliegirl" where Dane and I discuss what it means and what it looks like to be vulnerable. This isn't the first time you've heard Dane on my podcast. A long-time friend and colleague, he's back on the podcast and we are talking about an important topic in emotional intelligence: vulnerability.

I met Brian Bailey through a mutual friend. We all have experience in leadership training and our friend thought we'd get along well. I learned right away that Brian loves traveling just like I do. Brian has lived and worked all over the world in places like Hong Kong and Chile. On this episode of "1 Luckygirliegirl" we chat about one of my favorite subjects: emotions. The eMotion CodeTM is a way...

I met Janie Howell at Longhorn PHP, a tech conference hosted in Austin, TX. She is a tech recruiter for PMG and she shares my excitement for working with startups who are in their growth phase. Janie is one of those people who loves going to the gym. She is currently training for a half marathon in Chicago in the dead of winter. Tune-in to this episode of "1 Luckygirliegirl" where we discuss workf...