"If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves."
- Thomas Edison

One major thing I have realized over the last several years is that people are very resistant to change. I have also come to believe that much of the frustration that people live with is because deep inside we actually desire change very much. Often though, we simply keep ourselves from growing and expanding because of that limiting fear of the unknown.

I am not much different than anyone else in that I do have some discomfort when it comes to the unknown. I do sometimes hold myself back and don’t always do all I can do. On the other hand, I have admitted that I do know I like change. I acknowledge that feeling within me that craves more, better, different… And so, I try to live my life taking those steps towards whatever is calling me at the moment.

So when this year began, and I began hearing a calling within myself for something new, I listened to that voice inside of me. I admit though, at this point in my life, I don’t have any clear life plans for myself. I was telling my daughter the other day that it seems much easier when you are younger to know what you want in that plans often include all the standard things everyone else wants—go to college, get a good job, get married, have kids, buy a house, etc. But what do you do when you are in your 40’s and those are no longer goals? Been there, done that. Now what?

Well, these are the questions I ask myself. I also know very well that these are the same questions most of my clients/readers have too.

Anyway, back to my calling… While I don’t have clear goals at the moment, I knew it was time for something new in my life. I decided it didn’t really matter what, just something new and different.

The “something new” for me became completing a half-marathon. It’s a long story (which you read in my blog) as to how I decided on a half-marathon despite being non-athletic. Nevertheless, this is what I decided. I trained for four months and completed the half-marathon in the beautiful redwoods at Avenue of the Giants in early May 2009. While it was an amazing experience, I had no intention of doing more. The purpose was to simply take myself to somewhere new… temporarily.

During my training however, I had some other unexpected life challenges. While they were unexpected, however, they weren’t really surprising to me. I always tell (warn) my clients that when you begin to make changes in one area of your life, other areas of your life can unexpectedly change as well. This is what we are asking for (a whole better life), even if we don’t know it.

Basically, my training was affected by my other life challenges, which left me with a desire to do better in my next run. Yes, my next run! Actually, I have two or three more planned, including completing a whole marathon next year! Shocking—even to me! In addition, my life coaching career has come to the forefront of my next plans. Until now, I had just been sailing along and letting whatever happened happen. However, during the last couple of months, I landed myself in the position of helping another woman build her business. While I enjoy seeing how much I am able to help her succeed, this actually makes me desire an even more successful business for myself.

So this is what doing something/anything, but new and different can do for someone like me—who doesn’t really have a clear plan of what’s next. I still don’t have a clear picture, but I am ok with that, because things are definitely becoming clearer for me. Yay!

Your something new doesn’t have to be running a half-marathon, but try choosing anything new, and see where the journey to somewhere new just might lead you!

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The journey to manifesting your desires
Hostess: Kimberly Price-Kirk
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm (appetizers served after 2:00pm)
Fee: $30 if registered by May 15th, $35 thereafter
Location: Hawgs Seafood Bar (Banquet Room), 150 S. Second Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Space is limited, so 408-947-1508 or e-mail donna@foryourjourney.com as soon as possible to reserve your space.

While everyone wants a happy and fulfilling life, we are all in various stages of creation when knowing what we want next. So, where are you on your journey?

You don’t yet know your desire… Discover it!
You are beginning to identify your desire… Explore more!
You have identified what you want and now ready to manifest it… Just soar!

In this workshop, regardless of which stage of creation you are in, you will learn empowerment tools essential for navigating on the journey to manifesting your desires. Whether you are only beginning to discover what you want, exploring more of what you may want, or seeking a way soar in what you do know you want, being empowered will help you get there.

Empowerment is the foundation to creating the life you want, because when you are empowered, anything is possible!

Discussion topics:

An introduction to inspiration and empowerment: Why inspiration is so important on your journey to living an empowered life as well as what being empowered means to discovering and creating the life you want.

Self-discovery/your feelings/your essence: How to discover more of your unique self, while using your feelings as a guide, ultimately leading you to the essence of the life you truly desire.

Facing changes/inspired courage: How to focus on the opportunities that change creates, while using inspiration to overcome the fear when getting “out of your box”.

Anything is possible: Why beliefs can actually limit what is possible for you and how it’s within your own power to change what you believe in order to create unlimited possibilities for yourself.

Attraction: How to recognize what you attract (people, situations, circumstances, etc.) in your life as a way to help you understand how to move forward in manifesting your desires.

Living a journey of joy: Why your life should be nothing less than joyful, as it’s the path of joy that actually leads to the manifestation of your desires.

Manifestation is not the end: Why it’s important to remain present while heading in the direction of your desires. Reaching your goal is not the end, rather a beginning of a whole new journey, so enjoy every moment!

This will be an interactive discussion of inspiration with plenty of opportunity for questions. Hope to see you there!!

Women's Empowerment Group (New day!)
Dates: Every other Wednesday
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Fee: $30/session or $100 for four prepaid sessions

Call 408-947-1508 or e-mail donna@foryourjourney.com to register or for more information.

This is an inspiration group especially for those women who want to learn how to live an empowered life. We meet in an informal setting, yet one filled with inspiring subjects, encouraging self-esteem, creating self-discovery, understanding what we attract to our lives, while learning how to live a life of joy.

Each meeting, we discuss a new topic and then share how it is relevant in each of our lives. We also have time for those who want to do additional sharing about what is going on with them. The sharing is always so uplifting and makes the meeting that much more unique and special for those in attendance.

Invest this time to learn how to create a better life for yourself! Be inspired, while enjoying the company of other women who are also seeking peace and happiness for their own lives. This is a great opportunity, so I hope you can join us.

*Pricing offer: $100 for four prepaid sessions--to be used within 4 months or balance may be applied toward individual coaching.

The Joy on the Journey (New series!)
Date and Time: Call to schedule
Fee: Special Price only $200 for all 5 sessions!
(Standard Price $25/intro and $240/four sessions, Total $265)

Call 408-947-1508 or e-mail donna@foryourjourney.com to register or for more information.

Are you worrying about the economy, your job, or whatever else seems to be going on these days? Or, are you restless and having feelings of discomfort, but telling yourself that this is not a good time to consider any life changes?

Well, all those feelings (worry, restlessness, discomfort, etc.) are telling you something very important about yourself. They are actually signaling you to something greater. Therefore, this is actually the perfect time for you to begin shifting your focus from those negative feelings to the possibilities of that which is greater…This is big!

While individuals often meet with me for different lengths of time, I have found over the last few years that 4-5 sessions is usually all that is required to cause a noticeable change in one’s outlook for creating an inspired life. Therefore, I have designed this 5 session series for one-on-one coaching so that it can be customized for your specific circumstances. It’s so exciting to see how a little bit of inspiration goes such a long way in becoming the empowered person you are truly meant to be! Are you ready?

1) Introduction to inspiration and empowerment
This introduction meeting is usually $25. As part of the package for this particular series, I have added this session for FREE. Here, I explain why inspiration is so important on your journey to living an empowered life. I explain what inspiration is (for you), why it is so valuable to continually seek it, as well as how to identify the feeling of being inspired so that you always know your way back when you feel off track. Additionally, I will share what being empowered means to discovering and creating the life you want—why empowerment is victimless and how being empowered promotes the attitude that anything is possible!

2) Inspired courage
The only impossible thing is trying to keep yourself from wanting a happy and fulfilled life. When you hold yourself back from doing that which makes you happy, you sense discomfort. However, fear of change may make you try and manage that discomfort, often making your discomfort worse! So you think, maybe you just need force yourself to get over the fear. After all, that is often what we’re advised to do... feel the fear, but do it anyway. But forcing yourself to do something you’re afraid to do doesn’t really sound fun to me. Instead, my preference is to first seek inspiration. Then once inspired, it becomes easier to move on your journey in a new direction (out of your “box”) without the same scary forced feeling. You will definitely want to explore this idea for yourself!

3) Feeling your way
We often spend our time, thinking, thinking, thinking about what it is that we want, only to becoming more confused. It’s often so hard to decide. However, it is your feelings that are the most important indicators for helping you discover your way to that which makes you happy—simple as that! So, in this session, we discuss your feelings and how to begin appreciating them in a way you may never have before.

4) Discovering the essence
Understanding who you are and what you want may seem like an overwhelming task. That is the purpose of your life long journey. So to begin, you don’t necessarily need to take on a complicated personal project or make any radical life changes. Rather, you can simply begin with discovering the essence of the life you want. This is an easy way to help yourself continually discover what you want going forward, without the overwhelming feeling of trying to figure it all out at once. In this session, you will be coached on how to discover the simple essence of the life that you want, and then how to head towards that.

5) Where to go from here
The saying, “the joy is on the journey” is absolutely true. If you believe that when you get what you want (even though you may not know what that is) you will finally be happy, then you’d be missing out on the best part of this life. Identifying possibilities for what may be next for you already begins creating an excitement for life. Then, heading in a direction of manifesting those possibilities simply continues that zest for life. Therefore, in this final session of the series it is not necessarily my intention to send you off with resolutions, rather with ideas for what is possible. Shifting your focus from the worrying about the way things appear these days towards the possibilities of what you can be, do, or have in this life, will help you experience just how much joy there actually is on the journey. And this is the greater life that is calling you!

Call 408-947-1508 or e-mail donna@foryourjourney.com to register for this series.

For more information, see my events page.

* I am becoming the best version of me! This t-shirt reminds you that every day is an opportunity to become a better you!

* Be Inspired/Become Empowered: This t-shirt reminds you that when you are inspired, you are becoming the empowered individual you are truly meant to be. When you are empowered, anything is possible!

To order your t-shirt, go to http://www.cafepress.com/fyjdonna

Individual Coaching: Empowerment is the foundation to creating the life you want, and when you are empowered, anything is possible! If you are at a point on your journey where you're ready to discover all that you can be, do and have, then being inspired to become empowered through my unique coaching can help. If you’d like to learn more about inspiration and empowerment, and how it can benefit your life, a personal introduction can be taken initially as a way to know if Empowerment Life Coaching is for you.

Empowerment Essentials: basics for your journey
Date: you choose a date!
Time: you choose a time!
Fee: Weekly one hour sessions are $70. A discounted rate of $240 ($60 x 4) is available if a minimum of four sessions are paid in advance.

Take the entire 12-week series with personal one-on-one coaching customized to reach your own personal goals. This series is dedicated to helping you develop the basic foundation necessary to continue on your journey in the most self-empowered way. We will work with your personal doubts, fears and unknowns to get you to the place where you feel confident to live the life you want.

Topics include: Seeking inspiration, Self-esteem, Facing changes, Self-discovering, Possibilities unlimited, Setting intention, Attracting the right people, Creating for fun, Taking action, Managing obstacles, Living a journey of joy, and Becoming empowered.

See my classes page for more information.

Your personal introduction to inspiration and empowerment
Date: you choose a date!
Time: you choose a time!
Fee: $25
Call 408-947-1508 or e-mail donna@foryourjourney.com for more information.

If you’ve been sensing an inner feeling that there must be more in this life for you, but haven’t been able to identify what to do about it, I would like to offer you this special low-cost personal introduction...

In a one-on-one introduction to my empowerment essentials based coaching, I will share why inspiration is so important on your journey to living an empowered life. I will explain what inspiration is (for you), why it is so valuable to continually seek it, as well as how to identify the feeling of being inspired so that you always know your way back when you feel off track. Additionally, I will share what being empowered means to discovering and creating the life you want—why empowerment is victimless and how being empowered promotes the attitude that anything is possible!

For more information, see my classes page.

Previous Stories Archived For Your Journey
Most months I get a chance to write about a lesson I learned or an inspiration that came through me as a result of my life experiences. I've decided to archive them for you because as I have realized in my own life, when I need to hear something, synchronicity seems to bring just the right thing to me. Hopefully there is something here for you today, because as I always mention, my intention behind sharing so much of my journey is to inspire you to become empowered on your own journey.
Enjoy! Donna, founder of FYJ

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