Stretch Your Mind and Body  

Have you ever thought that being (or becoming) organized affects nearly everything else in your life? You don’t think that getting organized is that important? Read on and find out.

Being disorganized causes all sorts of problems, many may not be obvious at first glance.
* Decreased energy levels
* Lack of time for yourself
* Lack of sleep
* Increased stress levels
* Financial strain and wasted money
* Embarrassment (forgetting birthdays, not returning borrowed items, missing important appointments)
* Ineffective multitasking
* Overwhelm
* Forgetfulness and poor memory
* Poor health
* Mental health issues
* Addictions to “drown” the problem

I am sure the list could go on. Feeling bad about yourself and not tackling the problem because it is just too huge is not going to help. Be aware that most people are not naturally organized or born organizers.

It is even more important to get organized when you are NOT a natural organizer. Where to start? Help is at hand.

Claire McFee is the author of a book called “Organize Your Life” and the co-creator of “Organize Your Life” e-organizers. She has created over 300 lists to help you get organised. Yes, you can print them out, tick things off with a real pen and put them into folders!

Her motto is: “The weakest pen is better than the strongest memory” or in other words - write things down! 
She has made a very generous offer to our readers and listeners. Check it out here – www.stretchyourmindandbody.com/blog/oyl

Every hour you spend in the planning phase of a project will save you 3 hours during the execution phase of whatever your project is. Do yourself a favour, get organized now. How?

Visit www.stretchyourmindandbody.com/blog/oyl

 

Claire McFee is author of Organize Your Life and co-Creator of the new Organize Your Life e-Organizers. Claire has 10years experience helping people get more out of life by being more organized and improving their Mindset. Claire is also a speaker and has been extensively showcased on TV and other mediums.

Claire has a Bachelor of Education, Majoring in Psychology and loves helping people figure out what makes them tick. Claire is also passionate about Natural Health Solutions, having overcome some health challenges herself.

We had a fascinating chat with Iyabo Asani from www.coachiyabo.com

Iyabo had been practising law for over 20 year and ran her own busy law firm. Outwardly she was successful at every level but deep down she knew that somehow, something was missing. She described this feeling as having too much and yet not enough at the same time.

With the help of a life coach she discovered her inner genius and was able to become true to her own heart, discover her authentic self and find happiness and fulfilment.

How can you discover your own inner genius and create wealth and abundance?

Listen to the cry of your soul, stop hiding what you really want and need.

* Become true to your heart

* Once you are true to your heart, others will either move out of your way or join you on your path.

* Use your creativity in which ever way you can

* Work on synergising and balancing your right and left brain, your chakra system and get connected with your higher self, spirituality or God

Money is the tangible result of your inner genius. It is essential to take good care of yourself, look after yourself and love yourself. Loving yourself is not selfish, it is all about valueing yourself. By placing value on ourselves the money will flow towards us to add more value. We need to heal our relationship with money.

 Some more important points:

• * Reclaim your power over yourself - don't let things or other people have power over you
• * Set appropriate boundaries
• * Reward yourself in little ways
• * Learn to say No
• * Get yourself a coach or mentor or enrol in a self development course to help you reach your goals faster

Are you interested in joining a 365 day course with Iyabo where you get daily emails, some audios, a group call once a week and access to a private forum? Click this link to find out more:

 http://stretchyourmindandbody.com/blog/coachiyabo

Connie and Charly

Join Connie and Charly as they speak with Iyabo Asani about empowering others to create abundance in their lives, discover their life purpose and live life on their terms.

Iyabo Asani is an attorney turned life and business coach. She helps smart boomers create abundance by discovering their Inner Genius and reinventing their lives. She practiced law for twenty years. By everyone’s standards, she experienced great success. She owned her own private law firm with three attorneys and lots of support staff for fourteen years. However, it was not enough. Yet, it was too much. She discovered she was burnt out and frustrated as she could no longer put legal band aids on peoples problems.

She hired a life coach to help her and discovered that she could no longer live out of alignment with her values and life purpose. She attended Leadership University’s B-Coach program to integrate coaching with her law practice. However, she discovered she preferred coaching to practicing law. She closed out her law firm three years ago and has focused solely on coaching.

Today Charly and I talked to Jacqueline Wales from http://www.thefearlessfactor.com
Jacqueline has an amazing history and achieved many things in her life that she would have never dreamt of. She is an inspiration to listen to.

The "Fearless Factor" is all about going beyond fear. Fear is based in our imagination (unless it is a real life threatening situation). Our imagination goes into overdrive and into a very negative mode. Our only reality is here and now. We have no idea what will happen, we can't possibly know. We can project into the future in a positive way by saying something like: "If I have it my way, this will happen..."

 

Fear is like an abyss, we need to work out how to get to the other side and the only way is to jump - it is not as far as you think it is. Fear can also be defined as the "inability to trust". This could be not trusting ourselves or others. On the other side of fear is love, especially loving yourself, and the firm belief that anything is possible.

Being fearless does not mean the absence of fear but the ability to get to the "other side". How to overcome fear? Start acting "as if" or like some of my mentors have put it: "Fake it till you make it".

Fear has 5 elements:
• Loss
• Abandonment
• Rejection
• Humiliation
• Failure or success

When we have fear one or many of the 5 elements above are activated. For example, to manage the fear of failure just redefine failure as something that "didn't work". You simply did not have enough information.

Jacqueline shared one practical way how you can overcome your fears:

Carry palm cards and write down any negative thought or fear that comes to mind as soon as it does. Then turn the card around and write the opposite thought on the back.

This is a great tool as it graphically reminds you every time you have self sabotaging thoughts and you have an opportunity to turn them around.

To listen to the full interview, click here:

Jacqueline left us with one parting thought: "Remember that fear is an option".

Connie and Charly

What can you learn from a former alcoholic, mother of four, author, singer and global nomad who earned a black belt in karate at age 49, has performed in front of thousands of people, and developed a system to help people go beyond the fears, doubts and anxieties that hold their lives in limitation instead of abundance? - Plenty!

A lifelong adventurer, Jacqueline Wales began her motivational career on the tenement steps of her building at age 9 giving advice to the neighborhood children. After a few detours, she began singing at age 40, writing at age 41(currently 5 books) and at 43 she took up martial arts. At 49 she had earned a red belt in Tai Kwon Do and a black belt in Shotokan karate. Who says life begins at 40! She also sang in front of thousands of people as a lay-cantor for synagogues in Paris and Amsterdam, and recorded an album of original material. At 54, Jacqueline decided she wanted to go into business and began her first motivational company Fearless Fifties, which in 2009 was rebranded to The Fearless Factor. The book of the same name has just been released. She says she’s just getting started.

Jacqueline has been a global nomad for over forty years and has lived on three continents and six cities including London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam, New York and Bali. By applying the skills she learned in over thirty years of making change in her own life, she has successfully made the leap from author and mother of five children to being an extraordinary force in the women’s self-help movement.