I know it has been a little quiet on the blog here as I was on vacation for a bit. It was a wonderful time and I have lots of insights to share. However, when I returned, I got a bigger surprise than I expected. As you may know from reading regularly, I have been building my business while holding down a full time job (acting as my own personal venture capitalist). I’ve gone back and forth strategizing when the right time would be to scale back on the cubicle dwelling day job so I could devote even more time and energy toward my coaching and consulting.

Well, I returned from vacation and on my second day I got laid off. That’s right, the old “welcome back from vacation hope you had a great time and by the way we reorganized for the umpteenth time and this time there is no room at the inn for you here is a stack of papers full of legalese please review them and sign your life away” speech. Needless to say I was more than surprised, but I instantly knew that I had created and attracted this very event in my life. What?! you might be saying?

If you’ve been reading, you know I am offering a free teleclass next week on “The Secret Behind The Secret“. It promises to be a highly interactive and fun call so please sign up if you haven’t already. And, if the time doesn’t suit you, I’ll be recording it, so sign up anyway so you can listen to it. That being said — isn’t it just the plain perfect time for me to attract an unexpected job loss? Funny how that works…..

While I certainly have a lot of emotions around this new development in my life and a number of decisions to make, what I DO know is that as long as I feel comfortable in my own skin, everything will be great. In the past 5 days I have visible proof of just how powerful I can be when I am comfortable in my own skin (even in uncomfortable and difficult situations) and I know you can be too. How’s that for validation of everything I’ve been writing, speaking, and coaching about?

There’s the old saying “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade”. I’d like to suggest - don’t even consider it a lemon (or if you do - do so in a huge celebration of how awesome the fruit of a lemon really is) — simply make lemonade, a lemon meringue pie, and a few martinis to boot. Use it as a catalyst for something great. That’s what I plan to do. After all, the universe handed me this experience on a platter because it is what I asked for anyhow (in some unconscious, cosmic, bigger plan way) .

So stay tuned for some posts on the nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from my vacation and the lessons I will learn along the journey of this latest development.

How about you? What has been your experiences that initially seemed “negative” but became blessings? How has your power to choose your interpretation of events empowered or disempowered you? I’d love to hear your thoughts…

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