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Move Beyond Fear and Other Limitations

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As you know, I’ve been focused on producing a new podcast series these past few weeks. My focus is to feature the work of those who have either experienced great loss and rebuilt their lives or who champion the processes that make it possible.  It’s been great for me.  I get to dip into the work of some wonderful people who inspire us to move beyond our private limitations.

Anyone who knows me will not be surprised that my first invited guest is Noah St. John, author, coach and mentor, with whom I have been privileged to work over the past few years. I’ve taken his trainings and participated in his mastermind group. Last July, we appeared together on Home and Family to discuss his latest book, Afformations: The Miracle of Positive Self-Talk which has just been released in soft cover.

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If you’re familiar with my book Rainbows Over Ruins, you know that I devoted over a full chapter in it to my experience with Afformations. They provided the necessary impetus and support for my shift from increasingly negative circumstances to what has grown into an incredible opportunity. I became aware of Noah when he did an online interview that I chose when the headline grabbed me. He was talking about getting unstuck – and I was the poster child for being stuck at that moment.

What I heard on that program grabbed me in a big way. Noah had been going through similar circumstances when he received an inspiration that became the concept of Afformations. He took those ideas, began applying them and now is the Founder of Success Clinic, Inc., an organization that is “engaged in creating high-impact, customized strategies for fast-growing companies and leading organizations around the world. His sought-after advice is known as the “secret sauce” to creating instant superstar performance in high-growth businesses.”

I didn’t know any of that when I tuned in to hear him speak. I only knew I needed a solution for a problem I was experiencing in that moment. I heard how Afformations turned his life around and knew that I needed what he had to offer. Call it a God-thing, a God wink, a God shot if you will. That chance broadcast was a gift that helped me transform my situation and thus, my life.

So it’s only natural as I begin my podcast series that I introduce you to Noah St. John himself. Afformations have the ability to bring an immediate sense of relief, calm and peace which would be welcome when you are setting out to recover from a disaster.  Over time, these positive questions have the ability to lead us to solutions for other problems we may be facing.  We’ll be talking about how this is possible and how we can utilize this powerful technique to rebuild our lives, make more money and move from what we call a disaster to a more prosperous, abundant lifestyle without struggling or sacrificing the very things we treasure.

Noah and I are meeting this week and, if all goes according to schedule, the podcast will be available on iTunes and Stitcher within a couple weeks. I’ll provide the details as soon as I have the URL.

In the meantime, if you can’t wait to learn more about Noah St. John and his work, check out his website: www.NoahStJohn.com. His books are available at Amazon.

If you are ready to shed your fears and other beliefs that are holding you back, please get ready to meet Noah. I’ll send the podcast details in the near future.

To Your Success,

Susan

Waiting to Inhale

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Easter weekend and I am enjoying a quiet weekend at home. It is as if I am waiting to inhale. Within the past couple weeks, I moved from what is called “production” to “distribution” status on my book, Rainbows Over Ruins. As I pressed the start button for the fax machine to send my final approval form to the publisher, my heart skipped a beat.

It has taken time to write and edit. Now, the dream will be a reality. My mind races with questions. Who will I tell about the book? How will I tell them about it? Why will it be of value to others? Thankfully, Balboa Press has a solid marketing staff who are there to help me through the process.

I also just returned from one of Noah St. John’s training sessions in Ohio. It was so much fun to meet with other coaches who are using power habits and afformations with clients. We each came home with an extra added feature – a diagnostic test we can use to evaluate what may be holding our clients back from achieving their ambitions.

Not only that, but on the flight home, I picked up a copy of April’s Spirit Magazine. I rarely read inflight magazines, but the cover story was so compelling. “Van Phillips asked three questions that changed the world. You can ask them too.”

What an incredible coincidence! I was returning from the Ohio training with the man who had introduced me to the power of Afformations, positive questions that can provide breakthrough transformations. They certainly have for me and I now incorporate them into my coaching and writing.

Now, SQuire Rushnell would not call this a coincidence at all. He would call it a God Wink, an unopened gift that has been placed right in front of us, tying the bow so to speak on a package, emphasizing an aspect of our experience. Even knowing about God Winks is a God Wink for Rushnell has appeared on our show a few times, but I have never met him.

Anyway, the article’s author, Warren Berger, is not just covering a news story on Van Phillips’ incredible accomplishments creating the new generation of prosthetic limbs. Nor is he writing about how to make “conversation interesting” as he put it. Berger is talking about “beautiful questions” that have the potential to cause change. After learning about Van Phillips, Berger asked himself “what if we kept asking why and what if?” Berger’s life direction changed. He now participates with the Right Question Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts to promote more curiosity in school and businesses.

Like Noah St. John, Berger talks about how the answer is in the question. I imagine he felt the same enthusiasm I felt when I first heard about Afformations. For me, it was seeing a connection between what Noah wrote and the Biblical statement: “Ask and it is given.” My mind whirled. What if questions are the answer? What if how we ask is important? What if the Why game was the most important game we could ever play with our children, even if it exhausted us?

Van Phillips is still asking questions. He wants to know why it is possible to provide these state-of-the-art prosthetics to land mine victims in war zones. Berger is suggesting that we ask beautiful questions of ourselves and participate through rightquestion.org and amorebeautifulquestion.com. He’s also written a book, “A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas.” St. John is educating others on the power of positive Why questions at noahstjohn.com. His new book, “The Power of Afformations” even includes a few words of my story in it.

To learn more about how I am incorporating these questions into guiding others on the creative process most effectively, keep watching this blog for news about when Rainbows Over Ruins is available and where you can obtain it.

As new activities ready to kick into gear, that momentary pause between breaths shifts and my mind begins to whirl around a new set of beautiful questions. Have a lovely holiday weekend and ask yourself some beautiful questions.

To Your Success,

Susan

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