Do you ever feel . . .
• you must constantly prove your worth by giving, giving and giving?
• overwhelmed by the stress, pressure and demands of being a superwoman?
• that, you are overworked, overstressed, and under appreciated?
If so you are not alone. I’ve been there, now I’m heading out for a Virtual Retreat - I am Healing the Superwoman Syndrome, once and for all!
Join me! It’s Free and it Starts Today! Register Here!
It's time to awaken to the Wonder of You and this Virtual Retreat will get you ready for your Individualized Empowerment Plan! It is a wonderful way to get refreshed, rejuvenated and renewed! by a spirit-led community of phenomenal female visionaries.
I am humbled to be among these phenomenal women and I am sure to learn much from them on this Virtual Retreat!
I will be interviewed by Becky McCleery on September 22nd.
My Topic: “Finally, an IEP for Mom!
An Individualized Empowerment Plan for the Mom
Who is Overworked, Overstressed and Overloaded!”
If you can't make it to the live call on September 22nd, sign up anyway, the call will be recorded and you are free to listen to it anytime within the next 48 hours.
If you are available, sign up and you'll be able to get your questions answered and your needs met. YOU are Worth It!
It is time to GIVE, GIVE, GIVE TO YOU! When your VIRTUAL RETREAT is over, you will have even more to GIVE to Those You LOVE!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
What I Know Now, that I Wish I Knew Then!
The article linked below was provocative and definitely worth a quick read this morning! It provided me with much food for thought. It provides a great message for women, like you and me, who are seeking:
to lead a good life;
to lead by example; and
to leave a legacy.
I encourage you to read the 10 Commandments/Manifesto which is linked below. Please come back to this blog posting as I have another fun commandment to add and a very funny video for you to watch!
Ten Commandments for Turning 50: A Manifesto for Any Age (Are You Listening President Obama?)
While I am sure you will agree that this is a great list of commandments, I would like to add yet another Commandment to the list:
Find a reason to laugh every day!
I have found that laughter is the best medicine for a joy filled life. It not only refreshes the body, it refuels the soul and rejuvenates your heart.
Pause for a moment, take an instant vacation from your to do list, and watch this great video. Be prepared to laugh, feel better and take action!
With this food for your heart and soul, I would like to encourage you to do one more thing for yourself today.
Join your Sisters and Moms in moving forward, provide support, and sign up for your Individualized Empowerment Plan today!
Learn more about it at http://www.believeinarayofhope.com and remember you are never alone!!
to lead a good life;
to lead by example; and
to leave a legacy.
I encourage you to read the 10 Commandments/Manifesto which is linked below. Please come back to this blog posting as I have another fun commandment to add and a very funny video for you to watch!
Ten Commandments for Turning 50: A Manifesto for Any Age (Are You Listening President Obama?)
While I am sure you will agree that this is a great list of commandments, I would like to add yet another Commandment to the list:
Find a reason to laugh every day!
I have found that laughter is the best medicine for a joy filled life. It not only refreshes the body, it refuels the soul and rejuvenates your heart.
Pause for a moment, take an instant vacation from your to do list, and watch this great video. Be prepared to laugh, feel better and take action!
With this food for your heart and soul, I would like to encourage you to do one more thing for yourself today.
Join your Sisters and Moms in moving forward, provide support, and sign up for your Individualized Empowerment Plan today!
Learn more about it at http://www.believeinarayofhope.com and remember you are never alone!!
Saying No to College! All I want is an Individualized Empowerment Plan (IEP)
Hey Mom,
I've got a question for you....
How do you respond when your young adult says he's finished with school, isn't interested in college, wants to tour Europe, and hang out on the street?
Choose from the responses below. Will you:
a) Put your foot down and kick him out?
b) Wish him the best and send him on his way?
c) Say good-bye and start counting the days, fully expecting him to land on doorstep a few weeks later, with an apology.
d) Bid him a fond farewell and applaud his audacity?
Click on the link below and find out what happened to one billionaire who said no to college and then reconsider what you might say....
Here's Guy Laliberté's story!
Now that you know the rest of the Guy Laliberté's story...
What life lessons do you wish to impart?
What legacy do you want to leave?
Is it time to sign up for your own IEP?
Learn more at Finally, An IEP for Mom!
I've got a question for you....
How do you respond when your young adult says he's finished with school, isn't interested in college, wants to tour Europe, and hang out on the street?
Choose from the responses below. Will you:
a) Put your foot down and kick him out?
b) Wish him the best and send him on his way?
c) Say good-bye and start counting the days, fully expecting him to land on doorstep a few weeks later, with an apology.
d) Bid him a fond farewell and applaud his audacity?
Click on the link below and find out what happened to one billionaire who said no to college and then reconsider what you might say....
Here's Guy Laliberté's story!
Now that you know the rest of the Guy Laliberté's story...
What life lessons do you wish to impart?
What legacy do you want to leave?
Is it time to sign up for your own IEP?
Learn more at Finally, An IEP for Mom!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Stressed? Yes? We Must Form a Circle of Care!!
Calling All Moms, I know you are stressed, but I have another question for you.
Who has the most stress filled job in America?
Is it the astronaut?
Is it the air traffic controller?
Is it the firefighter?
No, it is Us!
Yes, it is Mid Life Moms!
Like you and me, these Mid Life Moms, strive to balance the needs of our young adult children, our husbands, our aging parents, our jobs and a healthy life style.
While I agree that all Mid Life Moms have stressful jobs, I believe Moms with Young Adults who have Special Needs, have the most stressful job of all! While Moms with Young Adults can often envision a time, when their adult children will be grown and gone, the Mom with a Young Adult with Special Needs, may not be able to see an end in sight.
While juggling elephants and carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders, who is caring for us???
Check this short video clip out and learn what we typically juggle and what we can do to fortify ourselves!
If you are like me, your days can be difficult and it sometimes we feel overwhelmed. At such times, is tempting to crawl into a ball and shut the world out. While we all need rest and alone time, when we have succeeded in feeling a bit better, we must reach out to our circle of support.
It is for this reason, that I have created the Individualized Empowerment Plan (IEP) for Moms of Young Adults with Special Needs! This telesummit is coming at the end of September and will help you to:
Create ME Time;
Learn from Self Care Experts;
Develop Self Care Practices;
Tear Down Barriers;
Access Services to Enrich the Life of your Young Adult;
and
Form Circles of Support!!
For more info on the upcoming free telesummit: Individualized Empowerment Plan ~ for Moms of Young Adults with Special Needs , follow this link and contact me at 703 371 5682 today to secure your place in the circle of support.
You are worth it! Your families are depending on you and looking to you to be around for the long haul.
In the meantime, let's begin today to:
Make Me Time,
Tear Down the Walls Between Us;
Pause to Reflect on What You Need; and
Form a Circle of Support!
In the end, I leave you with additional questions.
Do you need additional support?
What else do you need?
What works for you?
What do you do to keep showing up?
Please leave your comments and suggestions below.
With Hugs, High Hopes and Belief in YOU,
D
P.S. If you know experts that have programs/services designed to help Moms for the long haul, I want to hear from you as I am still adding to my speaker line-up. Thank you so very much!!
Who has the most stress filled job in America?
Is it the astronaut?
Is it the air traffic controller?
Is it the firefighter?
No, it is Us!
Yes, it is Mid Life Moms!
Like you and me, these Mid Life Moms, strive to balance the needs of our young adult children, our husbands, our aging parents, our jobs and a healthy life style.
While I agree that all Mid Life Moms have stressful jobs, I believe Moms with Young Adults who have Special Needs, have the most stressful job of all! While Moms with Young Adults can often envision a time, when their adult children will be grown and gone, the Mom with a Young Adult with Special Needs, may not be able to see an end in sight.
While juggling elephants and carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders, who is caring for us???
Check this short video clip out and learn what we typically juggle and what we can do to fortify ourselves!
If you are like me, your days can be difficult and it sometimes we feel overwhelmed. At such times, is tempting to crawl into a ball and shut the world out. While we all need rest and alone time, when we have succeeded in feeling a bit better, we must reach out to our circle of support.
It is for this reason, that I have created the Individualized Empowerment Plan (IEP) for Moms of Young Adults with Special Needs! This telesummit is coming at the end of September and will help you to:
Create ME Time;
Learn from Self Care Experts;
Develop Self Care Practices;
Tear Down Barriers;
Access Services to Enrich the Life of your Young Adult;
and
Form Circles of Support!!
For more info on the upcoming free telesummit: Individualized Empowerment Plan ~ for Moms of Young Adults with Special Needs , follow this link and contact me at 703 371 5682 today to secure your place in the circle of support.
You are worth it! Your families are depending on you and looking to you to be around for the long haul.
In the meantime, let's begin today to:
Make Me Time,
Tear Down the Walls Between Us;
Pause to Reflect on What You Need; and
Form a Circle of Support!
In the end, I leave you with additional questions.
Do you need additional support?
What else do you need?
What works for you?
What do you do to keep showing up?
Please leave your comments and suggestions below.
With Hugs, High Hopes and Belief in YOU,
D
P.S. If you know experts that have programs/services designed to help Moms for the long haul, I want to hear from you as I am still adding to my speaker line-up. Thank you so very much!!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
What the Experts Know - A Free Telesummit - Empowering Mom
Are you a Mom
* watching your young adult with special needs struggle in life?
* suffering with your child?
* feeling helpless?
If so, I would like to recommend that you listen to a special interview with Peter Tongue. Peter offers a message of hope and the interview is free for the next 24 hours and is powerful!
You can listen to it, by signing up for the Telesummit series at the following link:
What the Experts Know. You can find out more about Peter at the website and see his special offer there too.
There is absolutely no obligation and you need not purchase anything.
The telesummit series is designed to empower us to listen to our children, to question the status quo and to lead by example. Peter's message complements the IEP for Mom summit that I have designed for you.
As the interview is about to end, Peter offers us a special offer at a very reasonable cost. As part of the special offer, you can secure a 1 on 1 counseling session with him and special audio recordings that are designed to help you get into the flow and sleep soundly.
As I was listening, I thought of you all. Astrid has lined up some wonderful educational experts and I look forward to hearing them over the next couple of weeks for free.
Join me by signing up now. Simply click the link below, provide your name, email address and learn from the Experts for Free!
What the Experts Know.
Let me know what you think.
Do you now have:
More information?
More options?
More hope?
* watching your young adult with special needs struggle in life?
* suffering with your child?
* feeling helpless?
If so, I would like to recommend that you listen to a special interview with Peter Tongue. Peter offers a message of hope and the interview is free for the next 24 hours and is powerful!
You can listen to it, by signing up for the Telesummit series at the following link:
What the Experts Know. You can find out more about Peter at the website and see his special offer there too.
There is absolutely no obligation and you need not purchase anything.
The telesummit series is designed to empower us to listen to our children, to question the status quo and to lead by example. Peter's message complements the IEP for Mom summit that I have designed for you.
As the interview is about to end, Peter offers us a special offer at a very reasonable cost. As part of the special offer, you can secure a 1 on 1 counseling session with him and special audio recordings that are designed to help you get into the flow and sleep soundly.
As I was listening, I thought of you all. Astrid has lined up some wonderful educational experts and I look forward to hearing them over the next couple of weeks for free.
Join me by signing up now. Simply click the link below, provide your name, email address and learn from the Experts for Free!
What the Experts Know.
Let me know what you think.
Do you now have:
More information?
More options?
More hope?
Sunday, July 17, 2011
When Life Isn't Fair, How Can You Make a Difference?
LIFE ISN'T FAIR!
THERE ARE NO JOBS FOR ME!
I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH!
I CAN NOT NAVIGATE THIS TRANSITION ALONE!
In an effort to address these challenges, and to help my children to thrive, rather than survive, I decided to approach the transition process from a different angle and with a unique focus.
As a mother with three young adults with learning challenges, I have many people counting on me to “be there.” I have learned to be there for them, I had to first be there for me.
I knew that I had to work tirelessly and with purpose and resolve. I had to work smarter, not harder. Rather than focus on the challenges of my children, I decided to focus on my own competencies, my own resources and my OWN desired outcome.
In short, I decided to focus on my strengths and the strengths of my children and the teachers who were guiding them.
Like Marcus Buckingham, I had to:
First, Break All the Rules!
I had to switch gears and focus on me, rather than my children. I had to turn inward and assess my strengths. Rather than focus on the faults of the education system, the failings of my children, and where I had made mistakes, I had to focus on the beauty in me, around me and the beauty in all of us.
Take a moment to watch the short video and let me know if you are ready to focus on your Strengths, to take Action, to
ENROLL in an INDIVIDUALIZED EMPOWERMENT PLAN (IEP) FOR MOM!
Are you willing to dream?
Are you willing to take action?
Are you willing to focus on your strengths?
Are you willing to switch the focus from what is wrong, to what is right?
Are you willing to enroll in an IEP for Moms like you and me
Register today: http://believeinarayofhope.com/31101/index.html
THERE ARE NO JOBS FOR ME!
I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH!
I CAN NOT NAVIGATE THIS TRANSITION ALONE!
In an effort to address these challenges, and to help my children to thrive, rather than survive, I decided to approach the transition process from a different angle and with a unique focus.
As a mother with three young adults with learning challenges, I have many people counting on me to “be there.” I have learned to be there for them, I had to first be there for me.
I knew that I had to work tirelessly and with purpose and resolve. I had to work smarter, not harder. Rather than focus on the challenges of my children, I decided to focus on my own competencies, my own resources and my OWN desired outcome.
In short, I decided to focus on my strengths and the strengths of my children and the teachers who were guiding them.
Like Marcus Buckingham, I had to:
First, Break All the Rules!
I had to switch gears and focus on me, rather than my children. I had to turn inward and assess my strengths. Rather than focus on the faults of the education system, the failings of my children, and where I had made mistakes, I had to focus on the beauty in me, around me and the beauty in all of us.
Take a moment to watch the short video and let me know if you are ready to focus on your Strengths, to take Action, to
ENROLL in an INDIVIDUALIZED EMPOWERMENT PLAN (IEP) FOR MOM!
Are you willing to dream?
Are you willing to take action?
Are you willing to focus on your strengths?
Are you willing to switch the focus from what is wrong, to what is right?
Are you willing to enroll in an IEP for Moms like you and me
Register today: http://believeinarayofhope.com/31101/index.html
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Mom's Day of Reckoning is Coming! Will You Be Ready?
You have just read the title and you are wondering, "What does she mean? Where is Doreen coming from when she says the day of reckoning is coming? Let me explain.
If you are like me, your child has been on an IEP, for years. The years have flown by. You have become accustomed to the support of educators, tutors, and advocates who have helped your children in moving from grade to grade.
Before you know it, your children, like mine, have become young adults; you see them suddenly approaching adulthood and graduating. At this critical time, you are caught off guard and feel very much alone and ill prepared to help them make this transition smoothly. You wonder: Will they live in your basement forever??? How can you move forward, with this heavy load?
I know how you feel, as I have been there myself and I was shaken enough to take action! I have developed an IEP Summit (Individualized Empowerment Plan) for us, Moms and you are encouraged to join us, as the change we want begins with us!
Find out why I say, "If Mama Ain't Transitioning, Ain't Nobody Transitioning." Mom's Day of Reckoning is Coming and I want you to be ready!!
Read more about it at my website.
If you are like me, your child has been on an IEP, for years. The years have flown by. You have become accustomed to the support of educators, tutors, and advocates who have helped your children in moving from grade to grade.
Before you know it, your children, like mine, have become young adults; you see them suddenly approaching adulthood and graduating. At this critical time, you are caught off guard and feel very much alone and ill prepared to help them make this transition smoothly. You wonder: Will they live in your basement forever??? How can you move forward, with this heavy load?
I know how you feel, as I have been there myself and I was shaken enough to take action! I have developed an IEP Summit (Individualized Empowerment Plan) for us, Moms and you are encouraged to join us, as the change we want begins with us!
Find out why I say, "If Mama Ain't Transitioning, Ain't Nobody Transitioning." Mom's Day of Reckoning is Coming and I want you to be ready!!
Read more about it at my website.
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