CREATIVE SUCCESS NEWSLETTER

Creative Success Newsletter, Number 48--October 2004
Strategies for Creative Souls Series

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Out on a Limb Club Teleclass

There are only a few spaces left in our new Club beginning on October 26th.
Paritcipants are having incredible breakthroughs in just three months. Do you
have a creative risk you are putting off or feeling stuck with? Join a small group of
other women on the phone who are daring to change their lives and check in with
each other once a month. You will learn to honor your personal style, as well as to
vision and achieve your goals. Don't let 2004 end without making headway in
recreating your life. The price will go up in 2005, so sign up today!

Comments from other classes:

"Gail is a great facilitator who helped me get to the core of my resistance and
redirect my energy in the right direction."
"I am now doing what I promise myself I will do everyday, and feel wonderful."
To sign up for our October class and forward the action for your intentions, click
on
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the right.

Overcoming Creative Obstacles CD

Only 8 CD's left in our first run! If you missed the Overcoming Creative
Obstacles Teleclass, you can purchase a CD to listen to at your leisure. Mary, a
graphic designer says: "This CD is almost worn out already because whenever I
encounter an obstacle and need to brainstorm solutions, I listen again, and it
always guides me to the answers I need". To hear a 5 minute clip from this one
hour CD, go to:
http://www.creativesuccess.com/products/overcomecreativeob.html. Learn to
dynamite those obstacles out of your path!

***Strategy for Creative Souls #23: Stop Tolerating "Pain"

After a couple of years of putting up with intermittent neck and shoulder pain, I
finally signed up for physical therapy, which is time consuming and pushes
against my non-jock edges.Yet, after six weeks, the pain is now gone most days,
which is fabulous. In order to keep the pain from coming back, I have to watch my
computer posture and do neck exercises daily. (What a reminder that most things
have to be worked at regularly as opposed to magically fixed). But confronting
this pain has been a powerful metaphor which has stimulated other life changes.

I am now completely redesigning my home office so that I can see in-person
clients here and be less scattered. I have totally changed my Project Filing System,
so that I can better manage my idea mania. In addition, I am declaring Tuesdays as
Creativity Days and leveraging the power of morning time for big picture
business planning, new product development, and writing. I've also joined a
dream group and am instructing my dream muse to add a new dimension to my
creative process. More Additions and Subtractions are in the works as well and I
feel empowered and excited. Yet, like keeping my neck relaxed and strong, all of
these changes will require commitment and refining. But, like the pain in my
neck, I no longer want to tolerate anything that does not support my body, mind,
and spirit. Only when we face the "pain" in our lives can we create new strategies
and structures.

So, what kinds of physical or emotional "pain" are you settling for in your life?
Do you need to discover more fulfilling work? Do you need to redirect your
creative energy? Do you need to get healthy? Do you need more friends? Take a
personal "pain" inventory and face what is not working in your life. Choose 3
action steps to complete this month-remembering that you will need to carve out
time to initiate your new intentions. To support you on this path of Addition and
Subtraction to decrease the "pain" in your life and fortify your new Positive
Choices, check out our limited edition Positive Choices Package home study
program at:
http://www.creativesuccess.com/products/positivechoicespackage.html .

****Creative Acts and Resources

My good friend, Lynn Robinson, a leading expert on intuition, has a brand new
book called "Real Prosperity: Using the Power of Intuition to Create Financial
and Spiritual Abundance" (Andrews McMeel, 2004). One of my favorite quotes
from Lynn in the book is: "Many clients have told me that they'll have faith when
they have enough money and they can finally relax. That's when they'll
experience peace, joy, and harmony. My response is that they have it backward.
First you make a choice to have faith that all will be well. You begin to understand
that there is an abundance of what you need". Unlike the usual get-rich-quick or
pray-your-way-to-abundance books, Lynn's approach to prosperity is practical and
based on tapping into your true dreams and passions. Lynn is offering you a series
of special gifts if you buy her book. Here are the steps:

A. Purchase a copy of "Real Prosperity" at her website (www.lynnrobinson.com ),
Amazon, or a bookstore, etc.

B. With the book in hand, go to http://www.LynnRobinson.com/secure. You'll
need a password to access the goodies on the site.

C. The user name is prosperity and the password is the last word on page 7 of the
book.

D. Simply enter the password in the appropriate box. Once you have entered this
page you will have access to her special gifts which are in easy-to-download PDF
files. While at Lynn's site, print out her original Prosperity Prayer too.

Enjoy!

Creatively yours,
Gail McMeekin
Career, Creativity, and Life Choices Coaching, Consulting, and Writing
www.creativesuccess.com