Speaker Stardom Launch Party

We are so excited to tell you we are proud sponsors of a sassy Red Carpet party happening in Toronto on November 19^th.  If you are a speaker, coach, author and/or entrepreneur and you are ready to get your message out to the world and increase your bookings, clients and sales, this event is a must attend.

The speaking industry is oversaturated, making it incredibly challenging to have your message be heard by the people’s whose lives your work will change as well as be able to monetize from it. Cindy Ashton, who has awards from both President Obama and the Queen and has shared stages with some of the biggest names in the speaking industry, is the master at personality branding – bringing out the best and most compelling parts of you so you can…

•       -   Be memorable & stand out from the crowd so you can be irresistible to meeting planners, fans and clients.
•           Craft a powerful marketing message so your audience is clamouring to buy your products, work with you and see you again and again.
•           Strategically pitch bookers and meeting planners to close the deal and negotiate in higher pay and perks.

Plus, this night will be filled with networking, live entertainment, red carpet pictures, prizes and more!

We have six tickets to give away to Grail Springs fans, so post a comment on why you'd like to attend this fabulous event, and your name will automatically be entered in the draw to be held on November 16, 2012. 

Ready to Superstar Your Career? Check out the details here: Speaker Launch Party 

I look forward to seeing you on the Red Carpet!

Madeleine Marentette

Life Coaching - Day 21 - Your Plan

Oh my goodness, here we are at the end of the cleanse. What an incredible thing you've done for yourself.

The last thing you want to happen is the cleanse ends, and life goes back to how it was before. Actually, that is impossible, because you are different now. But, you can use this momentum to create lasting change in your life.

Look back at your journal entries over the cleanse, especially over the last week.

What are the most important things you ARE SURE you want to effect in your life moving forward?

For each of those most important things, create 3 simple, concrete action steps for moving those things forward. Be specific, and give things definition such as time and amounts. Also give yourself an inspiring sentence or two about why those things are important.

Take those action steps and get them into a system. How will you remember the steps? Do you need to add some things to your day timer? Your PDA? As part of your morning routine? Do you need outside support such as a coach?

YOU are important. By filling your own cup first, you have the Universe to give to others. I encourage you to continue the effort of incorporating important practices and action steps for your holistic health into your life moving forward. Your mind, body, soul, life and world will reap divine benefits.

Congratulations!

Life Coaching - Day 20 - Your Spiritual Growth

You've done a lot in this cleanse for yourself, and no doubt it has been a transformative experience for you.

You've been exposed to some different parts of yourself, and you've been exposed to a lot of different ideas and concepts. You are probably also getting some unique and new inspirations about things that may be important for you in your development.

Of course, your spiritual growth is inevitable, and you are already perfect. Nothing needs to change. That being said, there are probably things that you are drawn towards, and you are drawn towards them for a reason.

What practices do you want to continue?
What new practices do you want to bring into your life?
Where have you noticed that small changes can make big differences for you?
How do you feel most whole? Most expanded? Most peaceful? Most joyful?
What does your inner wisdom whisper to you?

You have an incredible opportunity to take this cleanse experience and expand upon it. Now is the time to create those intentions.

Happy Cleansing...

Life Coaching - Day 19 - Your Work

All of us have a special and sacred part of our lives, our work. Our way that we contribute to the world to make it a better place. Our way that we get to express our special gifts, our ways of being, our skills and our experience. Our way that we get to enjoy the wonderful feeling of community that comes from cooperating towards a higher goal. Our way that we are deeply fulfilled because we are doing what we are meant to be doing and helping the world in some way.

Does your "job" sound just like the description above, or maybe not so much? Would you like it to reflect that description more? What else would you love in your work?

For most of us, we will spend more time with our work than any other precious aspect of our lives. Are you giving it proper due as the main focus of your life? Is your job worthy of the main focus of your life?

Decide what you want more of in your job. Decide what you want less of in your job. Some of you may decide that major changes are in order after this cleanse. Anyone, however, can start to create change right where they are at, by being more yourself, and speaking more of the truth, in whatever environment you find yourself in. In that way you'll be communicating your intention to the Universe for change, and change will come, often in miraculous ways.

Happy cleansing...

Life Coaching - Day 17 - Your Home

It was so enlightening, the other day, to hear from Feng Shui Expert Katherine Russ, wasn't it? I'm sure it got you thinking about what parts of your home have good energy and reflect your soul, and which parts surely do not.

What areas of your home need change? How do you want to do that?
What colours do you want more of in your home? What types of art?
How can you bring the four elements into your home?
How do you want to handle paperwork in your home?
How is the energy flow in your home?

Take a walk around your home from your new, fresh, cleansed, clear self. You'll know what sits right with you and what doesn't. You'll know what you want to do to support your soul.

Your home is just another extension of you, and the manifestation of your home will be a direct reflection of your other manifestations. This is your chance to heal yourself on the inside and the outside at once!

Happy cleansing!

Life Coaching - Day 16 - Your Body

We are recreating our world from the inside out! We started with our internal environment, now let's shift our focus, only slightly, to our bodies.

You're having an incredible experience that is giving you a chance to learn what you do, and do not want in your body. You are learning how your body can feel. You are learning how well you can operate when you are at your physical best.

How much of this cleanse do you want to continue? As you focus on your health, are there parts of your physical system you could be supporting better? How do you want your body to feel? How do you want to be moving and using your body? How can your body better support you?

Your cells are alive, they are listening, and will respond to your mental images about your body. What images do you plan to give?

Happy cleansing...

Life Coaching - Day 15 - Rebuilding from the Inside Out

Congratulations, cleansers. You've made it to week 3, and it is time to rebuild. We've cleansed a lot of what we don't want out of our lives, we've got deep to reflect and understand more about ourselves and what we want. Now it is time to start creating our future.

We are going to rebuild from the inside out, so let's start with the most intimate part of your life. Your internal life of mind, heart and soul connection.

What do you want your internal environment to be like? Do you want it to be quiet, peaceful, energized, soulful, directed? Do you want to feel love, peace, joy, happiness, balance? Do you want your mind to be focused, creative, relaxed?

Write in your journal, your specific vision for exactly how you want your internal environment to be...

Life Coaching - Day 14 - Reflect on Your Life

You've been doing a lot of inner and outer work. Your vision is continuously becoming clearer.

It's time to take another look, with cleansed eyes...

Ask yourself these questions in your journal...

What aspects of my life are working for me, and which are not?
When do I feel most comfortable in my life? The least?
What goal did I used to tell myself I couldn't do, or wasn't good enough for?
What strengths have I discovered that I didn't know I had?
What is most important for me to live a life of balance and health?

These questions will open up even more areas of reflection, so don't be shy, let your wisdom come through.

Happy Cleansing...

Life Coaching - Day 13 - Your Ideal Day

You've cleared a lot of things away, and you've examined yourself, what matters to you, and your life.

Now that you are so deeply connected to yourself, it's a great time to develop (some would say discover) your vision.

Let's start with an exercise that is meant to help you tap into your imagination and your most important values. This is a no limits exercise...Forget about limitations, barriers and fears.

Describe your ideal day! What would be the perfect day for you and your family?

These questions may help to get you thinking:

- What time would you get up?
- What would you feel like in the morning? What would you be excited about?
- What kind of house are you in?
- What do you do in the morning? What kind of family interactions do you have?
- Will you be working or doing some other sort of activity? What and where?
- How does what you do fulfill you? Why do you love it? What kinds of people do you work with?
- How does your work make a difference?
- What would you do in your spare time?
- What would your family relationships be like?
- What would your physical self be like?
- Where in the world would you be living?
- What else would you love?

Remember, describe your ideal day as if anything is possible for you...Because it is! :)

Happy Cleansing...

Life Coaching - Day 12 - Forgiveness

Hmm...There is one thing that can take this cleanse even deeper, and remove some toxins we keep very close to the heart.

It's the past injuries, the slights, the times we got hurt when someone around us, or we, were scared.

When we hold onto this pain, it gets in the way for us. The truth is we've all been hurt, and we've all hurt others. We all deserve forgiveness, or we don't. That simple choice can make a world of difference in your life.

Are you ready to let go and forgive? Others, and yourself?

It's easy. You feel love, compassion and forgiveness, as you say...

It's OK. I forgive you. I love you. Thank-you.

You can visualize giving the person a bouquet of flowers, or sending light from your heart to theirs. Do what feels natural to you.

When you forgive, you give a gift to yourself, to the "other" person, and to the Universe.

Life Coaching - Day 11 - One Question

Cleanser, you have given yourself a special gift...A gift of clarity. When toxins are cleared we enjoy a strong connection to our higher selves, our truth, to Spirit.

A special opportunity exists for you at this moment. It is an opportunity to ask ANY question you would like an answer to.

Decide on a question that ignites powerful feelings of desire to know the answer, desire based on higher reasons, such as the highest good for all.

Get quiet and centered, then clearly ask your question, mentally or aloud. Feel your sincere desire to know the answer. Be sure to record your question in your journal.

Pay close attention in the next 24-72 hours for your answer(s).

Happy cleansing!

Life Coaching - Day 9 - What Matters to You?

One of the great things about cleansing is you clear away a lot of the junk in your diet and your life.

Hopefully, what you are left with, is what really matters to you. Or, you may decide, hey, there's not all that much here that does matter!

It's time to reflect a little and decide...What really does matter to me? These questions would be good to journal on...

Before the cleanse, what values did my life reflect? If I really look at how I was spending my time and energy, what was I emphasizing?
What would I like to devote more of my energy to?
What elements of my life are absolutely crucial to my fulfillment? What things aren't so crucial?
What am I discovering matters more to me than I realized before?

There is no better time than now, as you begin to think and feel more clearly than you ever have before, to reflect on what really matters to YOU!

Happy Cleansing!

Life Coaching - Day 7 - Cleansing Your Mind

Congratulations, you've made it through the first week of the cleanse! You have cleared away a lot of the things that have been getting in the way...In your body, in your house, and in your life.

Soon, we'll be taking this deeper, but let's turn our attention to one more area of our whole self, our mind. There are toxic words and phrases...What if we do our best to stay away from some of these? It'll help you during the cleanse, and, if you can make it a habit, you can completely change your life by changing your internal dialogue.

In general, toxic words and phrases can be recognized by the way they limit, obscure and/or bring your energy down.

Here are some common toxic phrases and suggested alternatives!

I should...I would love to, I have great reasons to, I choose to, I choose not to
I have to...I would like to, I would not like to
I can't...I can

What toxic phrases do you use with yourself, and what more empowering words can you replace them with?

Happy Cleansing!

Life Coaching - Day 6 - Feeling

One thing about a cleanse is, if you have been avoiding your feelings, you are going to find out. If, before, you managed your feelings with chemicals (sugar, caffeine, etc.), you are going to be left with the necessity of actually feeling your feelings. And that can be a little uncomfortable at first!

Feelings are their own cleansers, moving through our body and clearing our energy. But only if you let them move through you!

This cleanse gives you an opportunity to feel. In fact, you'll find that you can feel more and more as the cleanse continues. Think you already feel too much? That's resistance. Let go and let yourself feel. There are many advantages to a freely flowing emotional system. You are about to experience them yourself!

Happy Cleansing

Life Coaching - Day 5 - Cleansing Your Calendar

You are a divine being, and you have the right to participate in things that you enjoy, and to not participate in things that you don't enjoy.

How much does your work and social calendar reflect how you really want to live?

You may feel more like adding things that you really want more towards the end of the cleanse, when you are learning more about living as your true self. But, for now, are there some things that clearly you don't enjoy?

If being with certain people, or doing certain things, doesn't feel right to you, they are activities that aren't currently a match for your deeper self, and can be cleansed!

Are there some events and activities you are ready to let go of? Letting go of the things that are not right, makes room for the people and things that are right! :)

Happy Cleansing!

Life Coaching - Day 4 - Cleansing our Finances

We all are capable of and deserve great abundance. Most of us have some toxins getting in the way of allowing the abundance that wants to come our way. With positive intention, here are some ways you can cleanse your finances to remove the toxins and make room for more!

- Get your bills paid and up to date
- Establish automatic payments for bills
- Establish automatic payments for yourself (savings)!
- Take care of any outstanding paperwork
- Be sure you are informed and feel great about your investments
- Be up front and make payment arrangements for any debts you still have

What we are really doing here is detoxing any negative, fearful or dead energy out of our financial life! There is also something very powerful about putting positive energy towards our abundance.

Happy Cleansing!

Life Coaching - Day 3 - Cleansing Your Voice

You have a sacred and powerful gift. It is your voice. Your truth. Your expression of you.

In our complex social environments it is oh so easy to find yourself drifting from the truth, expressing thoughts and making comments not because they are true for you, but because you think it's what people want to hear. Or, you may be acting unconsciously, from personality, so expressing old patterns and hurts, not current truth.

Why not cleanse your entire system, from your heart and mind, through your mouth, and into the world around you, of words that are not true. Words that aren't in alignment with who you really are. Words that come from places other than truth, love and compassion.

It's quite easy. It means being conscious, and present with yourself. Knowing what you think and feel, then opening your mouth. Once you start to cleanse your voice, you'll start to make room for your true wisdom and greatness.

Life Coaching - Day 2 - Cleansing Your Environment

It's Day 2! Congratulations. It's a major step to start the cleanse and keep going! All you need do is take things one day at a time from now on and you are going to experience great benefits.

In order to encourage the process of change, it's time to get rid of things that are keeping you stuck. Here are some suggestions for things you can do to create room in your environment for positive change:

- Clean out a closet

- Organize your home office

- Give some surplus clothes to charity

- Tackle any area of clutter that bothers you

Of course, pay close attention to yourself and how you are feeling. If you aren't inspired or don't have enough energy to tackle your environment, just enjoy that you'll do it soon. However, you might find yourself quite energized very soon!

Getting rid of our physical environment toxins is part of the cleanse.

Happy Cleansing...