Want to Make Your Dream Come True?

by | Jun 2, 2012 | Heartliving

People often ask me how they can become a (fill in blank—teacher, healer, coach, artist, etc.), something they’ve perhaps always desired.

Whatever it is you desire to do, begin doing it NOW. Don’t keep thinking about HOW to make it happen logically.  Your focused energy will propel it.

In fact, LOGIC is DEATH to the miracle maker in you!  So stop trying to make it happen through logic.

So, for example,  if you want to teach,

  • Look into every way in which you can teach now officially or unofficially (lend a hand, explain how someone can improve a process, etc.)
  • Then RESEARCH all the options that are out there for teaching as a career—how to become a certified teacher (e.g., Teacher Switcher program at ODU), but also ways to volunteer your time to teach and help.
  • What I have found is that if you HOLD YOUR INTENTION CLEARLY and remain TRUE to your desire, the Universe will assist you in MANIFESTING your intent.
  • Create a focused mission statement and repeat it.  For 10 years, I repeated the mantra: “I desire to teach and help others internationally.”
  •  I never once thought that this would be NOT be possible, although I didn’t understand HOW it could happen. I did NOT get caught up in the logic of it–the “how’s.”
  • Five years ago, I was asked out-of-the-blue to assist a person in going to Japan and giving a lecture on healing (my work in U.S.).  I paid money to go to Japan, lost income while there, but KNEW I needed to do this because it FELT right.
  • I knew in my heart this was an opportunity that MATCHED my intention, so I TRUSTED.
  • I will be going to Japan again in June 2012 to teach, counsel, and perform healing sessions—my 10th visit!
  • The bottom line is that you have to BELIEVE.
  • Higher Powers will assist you if you hold a noble intention.  If you make that intention involve HELPING OTHERS, the Universe will become your loving partner. Of that I am clear.”     –Cynthia Bischoff

“The Guest House”

by | May 26, 2012 | Heartliving

Enjoy this beautiful poem!

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.

Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

–by  Jelaluddin Rumi,
translation by Coleman Barks

Have A Positive Engagement: A Life Coach’s Approach

by | May 15, 2012 | Heartliving

I am so excited to be a guest blogger this week on MBA Bride, a website designed to help brides-to-be plan their weddings in a business-savvy way.

Living through the heart is important at all stages of your life, especially during your engagement. See my five tips on how to stay positive while planning your wedding!

Listen Up!

by | May 5, 2012 | Heartliving

Communicating effectively whether at work or at home can improve your relationships and resolve all types of issues.

Being able to listen attentively through effective body language and eye contact is essential.  It is likewise helpful to refer to the other person’s actions rather than to their sense of person.  For example, if you use “I” statements rather than “you” statements, you are generally more effective. “I feel concerned. . .” is better than “You are doing that wrong.”

Here are some tips for more effective communication:

1. Listen carefully to what others say and refrain from thinking of your own response instead of listening.

2. Seek to resolve problems without being too emotional in your exchange.

3.  Write down how you feel if you are emotionally charged and leave it aside for a few hours.  Come back to it and re-evaluate your tone before sending any email or letter out.

4. Put yourself in the other person’s shoes in order to better understand the opposing viewpoint.

5. Be able to lighten up and even laugh at yourself in order to lessen tension.

6. Time your exchanges right.  Don’t expect a person to listen when he/she is walking out the door.

7. Say you are sorry if you are:  Being able to take responsibility for your errors will actually relieve your own stress.

8.  Be kind not only to others, but also to yourself.  Celebrate your communication successes!

“I had the strangest dream!”

by | Apr 28, 2012 | Heartliving

Dreams present you with images and feelings. When you dream, you are often finding answers and solutions to the problems that exist in your waking life. Tapping into and understanding this source of wisdom can enhance your understanding of your life issues.

A dream symbol is an image from the unconscious that is important for you to understand in the present. Symbols can have personal associations, and exploring these associations can help you to understand the dream’s message. It is helpful, though, to understand general objective associations of the dream symbol since it may be revealing.

For example, if you dreamed about a blue horse, you may first remember upon waking that your grandmother had a blue horse figurine that sat on her dresser when you were a child. Yet upon looking further into a dream book, you would see that “horse” reflects “travel, power, and freedom.” The color “blue” may be associated with the throat in energy medicine and may symbolize “speaking your truth.” So why did you dream of a blue horse? Perhaps your grandmother herself is significant to you in her role in your childhood, yet it may reflect a need for you to look at your authentic self–your connection to travel, power, freedom, and truth in your life.

Dream symbols and themes are common among people, and even though each dream may have unique meaning for the dreamer, here are a few “simple” dream meanings based on general dream dictionary ideas:

  • Teeth (losing teeth or falling out): Loose teeth may relate to changes that are coming and this is considered a common theme in adolescence.
  • House: The house usually symbolizes the psychological or emotional self. What is the condition of the house in the dream?
  • Being chased: This may mean that you are being pursued by an aspect of yourself–maybe one that another part of you is avoiding.
  • Attic: Usually symbolizes your mind or thinking.
  • Bath: Taking a bath in a dream or attempting to do so may indicate a need for “inner cleansing.”
  • Vehicle: (What type of vehicle—bicycle, car, airplane?) A vehicle reflects our passage or journey through life. What is our method of transportation? The vehicle may indicate the “speed” of the journey.
  • Fences: Dreams of fences is said to indicate “boundary” issues: either a need for better boundaries or too much rigidity.
  • Death: Your own death in a dream reflects new beginnings!