My son is a loving, funny, dedicated, loyal, appreciative, kind, generous human being, who also happens to be gorgeous, athletic, super smart, well-spoken, well-written….I could go on.  I’m his mom, after all.  But the most fabulous part is that it’s all true! I could not have dreamed a greater child into existence, and yet…he keeps [...]

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Just like Archibald Leach, if you act as though you are a smooth and debonair movie star, you soon will be. Archibald Leach was born in Bristol, England, in 1904 to a poor family. His mother had a nervous breakdown when he was nine (supposedly, although accounts conflict as to whether his two-timing alcoholic father [...]

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Dear Friends, Amplifying your dreams into reality is easy and fun!  Would you like to join me on a fun-filled journey this year that leaves your current reality behind and crafts the reality of your dreams? Are you ready to Amp It Up?! I’m writing to invite you to a call next Thursday, January 27th, [...]

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Two years ago, Michael and I ran a half marathon for the first time (This picture is not us ).  As I trained for that, I ran farther distances than I’d ever run before.  I remember stepping off the treadmill after running 8 miles, and my brain registered a little “poof!” of surprise.  Even my [...]

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When you’re trying to choose a direction in life, a place to pour all of your creative energy, it feels better to have a reason. (Not that one’s required, but we’d like to think we’re basing life direction decisions on something.)  (Yes.  You can actually just flip a coin and choose between two directions based on [...]

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Care of Bethany Gonyea and Healing Springs. The crowd that participated was lovely and warm and so curious about the science of Amping It Up!  There were some very interesting questions offered…one was, “I’m not passionate about anything.  How do I discover my passion?” Stay tuned for the answer!

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For most of my life, my mother has asked, “What’s Plan B, Kim?”  I have to tell you I’m not a Plan B kinda girl. Because when you have Plan B, you always know that there’s an escape hatch.  When you have Plan B, the option is always open to stop working on Plan A, [...]

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In his book A Farewell to Alms, professor Gregory Clark of the University of California at Davis suggested that the values that lead to economic prosperity may be encoded in your genes.  In his study of English economic history, Clark deduced that the most prosperous families in the Middle Ages had more children, and those [...]

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My husband Michael and I put together a couple of new vision boards last week.  He’d never done it before, and we had a lot of fun creating our visions, printing beautiful images and words on photographic paper, and then arranging them all artfully on foam core board. Two things happened for me right away [...]

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