The Prospero Group

Week 2 -Conquering Fear

scottwlewis — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:18:35 +0000

After last week’s assignment #1, the list of your strengths and weaknesses may have included:

Productive. Generous. Procrastinates. Detailed oriented. Balanced. Does not like authority. Decisive. Avoids confrontation. Problem solver. Practical. Fun loving. Sensitive. Unclear. Blocked. Loyal. Enthusiastic. Inconsistent. Visionary. Resourceful. Etc…

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Chain # 2: The Fear of Failure.

This is probably the most common reason people do not achieve their dreams. This is the strongest and hardest chain to cut. From early childhood, this fear might have stunted our growth and therefore, we accepted mediocrity. This fear has unwittingly passed on generation to generation.

Failure: An event in which you did not achieve your desired outcome.

Failure’s Role: Any failure which you experience can be: 1.) a great teacher or powerful mentor to your success. 2.) a tyrannical dictator that can drastically limit or even destroy all hopes of future success.

Power Secret # 2: Overcoming Fear of Failure.

I. DETECTING SUBTLE FEARS

1.) Take ANY area of your life (career, relationships, hobby, finances, etc.) Write the answer to the question: IF you could have anything you want to happen in that area of your life, what would it be?

2.) List any of all of the obstacles that prevent you from seeing that wish fulfilled.

3.) Now list any fears that keep you from confronting that obstacle and trying to overcome it.

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II.) DIFFUSING AND DEFEATING BAD FEAR

Take any of the fears you’ve listed above and answer the following 3 questions.

1.) What’s the worst that can happen if my fear came true?

2.) What’s more likely to happen if that fear is realized?

3.) What’s the BEST possible outcome for me and others if the fear isn’t realized and I overcome the obstacle?

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III.) PUTTING FEAR of FAILURE INTO PERSPECTIVE

If you can identify any fears of failure that have kept you from pursuing a wish, a dream or a project, answer the same 3 questions from section II.

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IV.) MAKING YOUR PAST FAILURES YOUR STRONGEST ALLIES

1.) List any personal or business failures you can recall that were hurtful to you (a failed relationship, failed business, rejected idea, etc.)

2.) Using that list, write down all the possible reasons that caused or contributed to each failure.

3.) Looking at those causes, write down the general lessons or principles they demonstrated.

4.) Are you currently ignoring those lessons and repeating those factors in your personal / professional life? If so, write them down.

If you have a hard time answering any of these questions, seek answers from those who may have been involved or who can help you with knowing the lessons of those failures.

5.) List any similar relationship or project in which you are currently involved, in which these failures could be repeated.

6.) List the actions you can take to prevent the lessons of past failures in your current similar situations.

To see significant progress in your life, remember to keep up each week. I know these exercises can be difficult… but nothing is more disappointing than having unfulfilled goals or relationships that didn’t have direction to grow….

From Vernon Howards “Conquer Anxiety and Frustration”

scottwlewis — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:59:34 +0000

”A mind heavy with anxiety tries to find the right inner highway,
but this is an impossibility. It is like a fish on the ocean floor
trying to find an eagle’s nest. But the solution is simple enough.
A person trying to throw off distress must see clearly that his
present ways do not succeed and cannot succeed. If they could
have worked they would have worked, but they have not. So the
sufferer must stop doing the wrong things toward the lifting of
tension. He must stop trying to take apples out of an empty
barrel. By first seeing the impossible as impossible, he then
sees the possible as possible. By ceasing to try to impose his
own meaning upon life he finds true meaning in the spiritual
journey. And the longer he travels the more easy and cheerful
is his walk.”

Conquer Anxiety And Frustration, p. 5

Happy Day out of Time

scottwlewis — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:08:52 +0000

July 25th is the Gregorian Calendar’s date known as The Day Out of Time because it’s the 365th day of the Thirteen Moon Calendar. This harmonic timing standard measures the year in thirteen even months of 28 days each, a perpetual calendar of 52 perfect weeks, making a total of 364 days. The 365th day is technically not a day of the week or month at all, but truly ‘A Day Out of Time’. For this reason, this special day is observed as the day to cancel debts, to pardon and forgive, and to celebrate life through art and culture… So Happy Day out of Time, it’s a good day to make a fresh start! Make it a good one

Love and Light

Scott

Success Principles to the Secret Reviewed by Monica

scottwlewis — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:53:12 +0000

Success Principles to The Secret .
By Jack Canfield (Notes from his seminar/book)

What smart and successful people do:
Writing down your goals increases memory up to 50%.
College students with a high GPA review their notes before sleep. They also sleep 8 hours.
This helps short term memory switch to long term. These high ranking students also type up their notes.

If it’s Meant to Be, It’s Up to Me
1.) Take 100% Responsibility for My Life: Never Complain unless unless I have a reference point of something better. Never complain about something I cannot change. (That would be like old people complaining about gravity.)
Give up complaining, blame and guilt. (“IF only the world would change… I would feel better.”)
I want a different Outcome, so I Change MY Responses!
What I DO have control over: my behavior, images and thoughts.

2.) Write Down 5 Successes and the Reasons they are so important to me.
Write the Next Step I can take to increase achievements. In the morning — write in a gratitude journal. 5 mins. Write all I am are grateful for.

Law of Attraction: I can only attract what I am currently generating. (vibrational match).
I have to be on the right ‘radio’ frequency for my music to play.

I vibrate similarly to my 5 closest friends. If I don’t think they are doing so hot, I can change friends.
When I grow and vibrate higher, old friends become uncomfortable. (They may fall away with or without a fight.)

Thoughts = the INNER NET: everything I think, I send out to others.
This is more powerful than sending out 3 million e-mails in one second!
People pick this up and respond.

(Victim word) I can’t _____________________. (seem to have X understand how I feel……)
(Choice/ truth) I won’t _____________________. (be like everyone else.)

How To Figure Out What I Want :

3.) Write down everything in my home that irritates me. (Dirty carpet. Squeaky door…)
Do simple things to fix at least 4 of these problems a year. (Feng Shui. Fresh paint. Organize…)
The Result: I will be happier and more comfortable. No more settling for less than what I want.

4.) I WANT LIST: notice who I am envious of – that’s what I want!
30 Things. 101 Goals I want to do/ be/ have before I die.
Read these goals every 3 weeks. It will be more likely that this will come into my life.

5.) Hour of Power: 20 mins reading. 20 mins meditating. 20 mins exercise.

6.) GOALS: Have 3 for each:
Finances. Health. Relationships. Careers. Skills. Qualities. Contributions.
1 thing to do daily that will make me Happier________. Healthier__________. Wealthier_________.

7.) Replace Negative with Positive:
We have 50,000 thoughts a day!
Instead of monitoring each thought, it’s easier to beware of how we FEEL. Then, choose a higher feeling.

8.) Great Qualities about myself: 10 strengths to 101 strengths.
(Enthusiastic. I follow directions /take charge. Persistent. Inspirational. Compassionate. Detail oriented)

9.) Criticism is like a golden nugget of advice!
How perceptive of you to notice X about me. Another quality of mine is X. =)
Ask for feedback! How would you rate your relationship with me? The quality of my service? Scale 1-10.
What would it take to make it a 10?

10.) Cure My Phobias. Get to the bottom of what’s holding me back. (2 of 3 Americans have low self esteem.) (Look up The Sedona Method and hypnosis for rapid techniques.)

11.) Create Structural Tension between me and my goal.
(After test driving that new car, suddenly my old car doesn’t suit me anymore.)
(Imagine Paradise. Now where I am doesn’t seem so great.)

12.) Write your goals down on (32) cards. Visualize myself accomplishing each one for 30 seconds. Total: 15 min. exercise. New ideas will start coming to me as I do this.
Here’s How Others Applied The Law of Attraction : visualizing + action = powerful results!!!
A.) A high school had 84% drop-out rate. So a teacher took his students to follow around college students. The idea of going to college became more real. The drop-out rate decreased to 16% !
B.) A man saw a truck take scrap wood away from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. He asked the driver to deliver this wood at his house for $500. The truck driver agreed. The man then turned around and sold pieces of the bridge for $14.95. as souvenirs. This man made tens of millions of dollars! Headlines read: Man Sells Brooklyn Bridge! =)
C.) 5th Grade students visualized reading better. In 30 days, they were at the 7th Grade level.
D.) Someone made a vision board with his dream house. Then bought that same house!
E.) Olympic athletes practiced the National Anthem as they bowed their heads and imagined receiving gold metals. They won! Their score was 9.9. and they received their physical gold metals.
F.) Someone stared at their vision board twice a day. He got excited looking at his dream car. He went to the dealership, had them take a picture of him in this car, put the picture on his refrigerator and bought the car in 6 months.
G.) A business man, who makes $10-14 million a year, wakes up and blasts “Eye of the Tiger”, “Rocky” and other heroic music as he shouts his affirmations.
H.) Have a Cocktail Party where everyone comes as who they are 5 years from now. Dress the part. (Have books under your arm if you are going to publish books etc.)
I.) Jack Canfield did not have money for TV advertising. He visualized himself on TV for 30 days. He was then asked to be a guest on a show. This was $40 million in air time to promote his book!
J.) Jack wanted to sell a million copies of his book in one day but did not know how. He visualized this happening. A buyer for a publishing company then approached him and said she can help. She arranged for him to fly in each time zone east to west. Over a million copies sold in one day.

Be Clear with what I want.
Align with my purpose.
Persistence.
Build a Team of Support.
Constantly Learn New Things.
Stay Motivated with the Masters.
Learn more all the Time.
Respond to Feedback.
Take Action.
Visualize my Goals Frequently.
Preserve…. No matter what.

Abraham Hicks in Stamford, Connecticut by Ellen Richter

scottwlewis — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:46:18 +0000

I was so lucky to have been able to go to CT this past weekend to see Esther Hicks channel Abraham. I have been listening, watching and reading their material for years but somehow never got myself to a live event of theirs.

The drive to Stamford was easy, the town was quaint, the hotel decent enough and the crowd of people delightful! Everyone in the room was there for the same reason: Awareness of who we really are and what our lives can be like.

Esther and Jerry are funny together as they introduce the event. Their dedication and well meaning intentions are very apparent. Followers of theirs know that Esther says hello to the crowd and then goodbye. That’s when the magic begins.

As Abraham began to speak, the room became completely silent. The energy could be felt throughout. I got goosebumps as I was mesmerized by every word that was spoken. There is something both exhilarating and soothing about the way Abraham speaks through Esther.

My entire being and soul resonate with their words and I always know that everything will be okay when I hear Abraham. They speak to us to uplift us, remind us of who we are and to give us that kick in the butt that we seem to need to get back on track. And oh what a sense of humor they have!

It was interesting that there was a theme that day of the questions being asked of Abraham. Helping and wellbeing of others seemed to be on everyone’s mind. The questions ranged from a mother who wanted to know how to help her daughter, a sick man on his way to recovery wanting to help others with the same condition, and a woman wanting to help the starving children she receives pamphlets about in the mail. Although each case different, and Abraham’s basic answer different, the message was the same. Abraham reminded us that the best way to help anyone in need, anyone not living to the potential of who they are, is to come from your own highest vibrational place as you uplift them, and then turn your attention away from their plight and towards the vision of who you know they really are. So profound.

I would be doing a great injustice by trying to recap any more of this amazing day. To tell the words they said may be my noble intention, but one needs to be in their energy field and let the message infiltrate their soul and entire being to really get the message. I can’t wait to see them again.

In eternal gratitude to Abraham……

Ellen Richter
Life/Wellness Coach, Reiki Master

http://www.lawofattractionfun.com

The Vibrational Scale by Esther Hicks, Posted By Monica

scottwlewis — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:50:40 +0000

The Vibrational Scale

From “Ask and It Is Given.” By Ester Hicks.

1. Joy / Knowledge / Empowerment / Freedom / Love / Appreciation

2. Passion

3. Enthusiasm / Eagerness / Happiness

4. Positive Expectations / Belief

5. Optimism

6. Hopefulness

7. Contentment

8. Boredom

9. Pessimism

10. Frustration / Irritation / Impatience

11. Overwhelment

12. Disappointment

13. Doubt

14. Worry

15. Blame

16. Discouragement

17. Anger

18. Revenge

19. Hatred / Rage

20. Jealousy

21. Insecurity / Guilt / Unworthiness

22. Fear / Greif / Depression / Despair / Powerlessness

The way to apply this powerful process: When you are feeling some rather strong negative feelings, try to identify/ pinpoint what the emotion is. Giving your intention to feel slight relief little by little, will release resistance and help you move up the emotional scale. Less resistance = a greater state of allowing.

(Rage is a higher vibration than Depression. This is because when you are depressed, you are without hope. Rage is when you are fighting through it and wanting to change circumstances.)

If you will make the improved feeling be your destination, then anything and everything that you want will quickly follow. The Universe is not responding to your words. The Universe responds to how you feel. Life matches up with what you offer vibrationally.

Feeling: Not enough money / insecurity —–à feeling Secure / Abundant (then money must follow).

Feeling: Illness / Fear —-à feeling Confident / Wellness (physical improvement must follow).

Feeling: Lonely / no mate —–à feeling Satisfaction / Anticipation (the perfect mate must follow).

When you improve your point of attraction,

The Law of Attraction must bring you

circumstances, events, relationships, experiences, sensations,

and powerful evidence of your shift in vibration.

It’s the Law!

“On Prayer” from The Path – Life Explained in 100 Pages by Dr. Joseph Cilona

scottwlewis — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:50:57 +0000

The Path – Life Explained in 100 Pages is a modern day interpretation of Kahlil Gibran’s 1923 masterpiece The Prophet. The Path brings the messages of The Prophet into the new millenium with a fresh voice and modern sensibility. As one of the Prospero’s primary purposes is to establish a prayer chain, I thought these poignant words on prayer were appropriate

“Then someone said, Speak to us of Prayer.
An he answered saying;
Pray not only when you are in distress and in need,
but also when you are most joyous and when your days are full”

“What is prayer but merely the expansion of yourself into life?
And if you find comfort in pouring out your darkness,
also find delight in pouring out the light of your heart
And if your soul guides you to prayer in your weeping and sadness,
let it guide you again and again until you also go laughing and joyous”

“When you pray, you rise to meet all others praying at that very hour; others you may never meet except when praying.”

“So let your visit to that special place be for nothing else save the ecstasy and unity of life”

“Because if you go only to ask, you will not receive. And if you go only to humble yourself, you with not be lifted:
Or even if you go only to beg for the good of others, you will not be heard.
It is enough simply that you go to that place.”

“I cannot teach you how to pray in words.
For life does not hear your words unless it is speaking through you.
And I cannot teach you the prayer of the lands and the seas and the skies.”

“But all of you, children of the eath, can find their prayer in your heart.
And if you listen in the stillness of the night, you will hear them praying.
All the will and desire and the need of the lands, seas and skies and in you, is born and fulfilled in life itself”

From “The Path – Life Explained in 100 Pages”
Copyright 2007 by Joseph Cilona

Life Visioning By Monica based on Michael Beckwith’s Work

scottwlewis — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:54:21 +0000

.: L I F E V I S I O N I N G :.

By Michael Beckwith (from The Secret)

6 CD Course. 6 Hrs. $75. (yours free =) - from monica

Life has 4 Stages: 1.) TO US –victim 3.) THROUGH US - channel

2.) BY US- manifestor 4.) AS US – being

(These Stages are interchangeable and in flux.)

VICTIM: Life happens “TO US” and against us. Believing that God has “let” this happen. This is the average person. This is the consciousness of most of the world’s population. When we think the solution is OUTSIDE ourselves. We blame. Repeat our sad stories over again (Do not avoid the void. We have our break-downs right before our break-throughs! Then, all of our pain TRANFORMS us. We open again.

FORGIVENESS: is the tool for breaking out of this thought pattern.

You do not have to agree with whatever “injustice” occurred. It’s about healing negative energy that is holding us. It’s about freeing up space in our minds and hearts for positive flow.

MANIFESTOR: “TO IT, BY US.” Manipulating energy in our favor. “Make it Happen.”

When we understand there are LAWS OF NATURE.

Intention. Visualization. Attention. Affirmations.

(sometimes denial to material. Sometimes addiction to material.)

Survival. Negotiation. Thoughts = experience. So we re-program our thoughts/ energy.

Make it happen through the power of our mind. (through our opinions and actions.)

Envisioning the conditions we would like to create. Consciousness always precedes form.

Learning self-worth. Self love. Appreciation.

Entry Level for Metaphysics and Ancient Wisdom.

Omnipresence – only 1 power. Unified Field. Jointly participating in the Field of Love.

Our prayers change from begging -à allowing àgratitude.

Relationships: stabilize. We realize no one or no thing can make us feel happy or loved.

When we don’t engage in competition or feeling inferior. (that’s the victim again).

Health: stabilizes. We are more aware of our vitality, creativity, and express this more deeply.

Belief Systems: stabilize. When you KNOW something, you are not defensive. Conviction of knowledge.

(people who argue / fight for what they believe are afraid they are not right.)

Financial Structure: stabilizes. Instead of thinking spending = money gone, it just circulating energy.

Contribute = Prosperity.

Community Structure: When we share with out ego, we have a beneficial presence.

CHANNEL: “THROUGH US.” When we are an instrument for Spirit to come through us.

Surrendering. Releasing. Letting go. Life is not about getting. It’s about releasing.

Athletes, artists, writers (etc) say: “Something just came through me. I was only a witness.”

When we are in The ZONE. You are IT !

It’s not telling God what to do or how to do it. But instead being OPEN for God to emerge through us.

Open. Available. Flexible. Allowing life to happen.

Intuition increases. Our senses sharpen. we see the invisible and hear the inaudible.

1 power. 1 Life. Oneness. High awareness. Witness.

The world has nothing for us. We have something for the world. We bring the love, compassion, integrity, etc. through whatever we do.

“I am available for more than I have ever imagined, manifested and experienced before!”

This statement releases doubt, fear and worry. (making space for the Greater Good).

Birth yourself into the awareness that it is already so. (it IS in another demention becoming physical).

There is never “nothing happening” in a multidimensional universe.

BEING: “AS US.” There is no separation between us and God. The Divine = us.

When we ask with a child-like mind for Heaven to become us.

ASK and you shall receive. = making yourself open / available.

Unmanifested energy seeks to become our art, our book, our business.

Energy seeks to create through us and “as us” with our unique qualities and talents.

What is God’s idea for my life, relationships, career? (truly listen to the answer.)

Where must I grow and change? (skills, qualities, release, enhance… ?)What talents and gifts do I have right now to support this vision?(Sometimes we are sitting on our assets. =)

*** What must I become?*** Essential for TRANSFORMATION. Let go of embarrassment. Become the right condition for your vision to grow.

We cannot have anything we are not willing to be in consciousness. You want abundance? Be abundant. You want love? Be LOVE.

For anything to manifest, there must be a consciousness/ space/ willingness for the energy to fill the

Mold or blueprint. Groups: are collective like-minded energy amplifying the desired results.

Welcome to Prospero Manifesto. Let the God Times roll ! .

Gratitude from “The Prospero Manifesto” by Scott Lewis

scottwlewis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:54:02 +0000

The Law of Attraction is the knowledge that there is absolutely no external cause for our reality. It is only an effect. We are the cause of our reality. Focus on what you want, and not what you do not want or like about your reality. Gratitude HEALS! Upon gaining faith and trust in the Universe, Higher power releasing the feelings of lacking and wanted becomes effortless and manifesting ensues with ease. Here’s a story that demonstrates the importance of gratitude. In a village, there are ten lepers. They are despised and outcast by the rest of the villagers. One day the villagers gathered, and decided they no longer wanted the lepers in their midst. The lepers were sent into the desert to fend for themselves. Wandering the desert, thirsty, their sores in pain from the scorching sun, aching with hunger and despair, they were all in dire straits and utter misery. Suddenly, a holy man appears to them, and the lepers started running towards him and he says “No, go that way”. The holy man points to a Temple in the distance and the lepers go to the temple, where they are immediately healed of their disease. The ten are overjoyed now that their health has been restored. One leper exclaims “At last I can go back to the village and find a wife, for now I will be attractive to women.” And he leaves the temple and goes to the village, where he meets a beautiful girl, and they fall in love. Three other former lepers revel in their excitement and shout “We are healed, let us head to the city and launch our business, for now that we are no longer disfigured, people will want to do business with us.” And so they take off for the city, and become successful, accumulating wealth beyond their wildest dreams. Five of the former lepers got together and said “We are healed, our life was misery, and now we are whole. Now we can party and enjoy the good life. Let us go to the islands and live the good life” And so they departed, where they lived a life of fun and amusement and savored the wine, the music, the food and all of the entertainment they had missed out on. The remaining leper left the temple, and set out on his own journey – back to the holy man who showed him the way. To the holy man he said but two words – “Thank You”. All ten lepers were healed, and got what they wanted out of life. But only one took the time to say thank you. Gratitude is a big part of the law of attraction. GRATITUDE HEALS!

To Your Success! Secrets to Creating the Life You Want By Ellen Richter

scottwlewis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:24:43 +0000

To Your Success!

Secrets to Creating the Life You Want

By Ellen Richter

The Law of Attraction has gotten everybody’s attention lately, and with good reason! It is one of the fundamental laws of the universe and if you live in accordance with the universal laws, your life will flow easily and you will experience prosperity in all areas.

There are some very important keys to using the Law of Attraction successfully and I will share some of them with here.

The most basic beliefs we hold about the universe determine our predominant thoughts, which in turn guide our actions on a conscious and unconscious level. How do you view the universe? Ask yourself. Do you believe there is an unlimited supply of energy and “invisible stuff” as Wallace D. Wallace in “The Science of Getting Rich” talks about? Or do you believe there is a limited supply and you operate from a lack or scarcity mentality? If the latter is true for you then you will feel the need to compete to get what you want rather than create your life as you desire. Re-examine your belief system and immerse yourself in both scientific and spiritual teachings that will help you to view the universe as the unlimited portal that it is. Use EFT or the Sedona Method to help clear your limiting beliefs. When you know there is an unlimited supply available to you, you will focus your energies on creating what you desire.

Next I’d like to talk about resistance. What is it and why is it important to deliberately creating the life of success you desire? Resistance is arguing with the present reality. What is, is. It happened. Accept it and you will be in a state of non-resistance, which is a high vibrational state and a good point of attraction. But go further than that! Understand the Law of Polarity: Everything has two equal and opposing sides. That means that every situation can be viewed as negative or positive, since both sides of that coin always exist. It’s up to you to decide which side you choose to focus on. So even if you can’t see the good in a situation, if you know with certainty that the Law of Polarity exists and therefore there has to be a good side to everything, you can accept what has transpired and perhaps even be grateful for it! This takes a commitment but is so well worth the practice!

Gratitude. A simple word. A very important word. Define it. Understand it. And most importantly, practice it as often as you can. For when you are in a state of gratitude, you are not only focused on the good and thereby raising your vibration, you are opening the door to receive more of what you want. How? When you are grateful for everything that you already have, you want to give it away, knowing that the universe is abundant and will send more of what you desire right back to you. By giving, you open the door to receiving. Abundance in all its forms is flowing through you. Make a Gratitude list, keep a gratitude journal, be grateful for every “bad” thing that comes to you, reminding yourself of the Law of Polarity. Give away what you most desire yourself. For as you give, you send the message of abundance and you will attract more of what you want to you.

Try it! Remember it! Live it!

Allowance. No not the $10 a week you got as a kid! Allowance as in Allowing things to flow to you. Are you opening the door to allow your desires in? Do you feel you deserve them? Is change uncomfortable for you? To be successful and prosperous in all areas of life you need to be clear of your desires, raise your vibration (gratitude is the best way) and allow them to come into your life. Examine your subconscious beliefs. As you say your affirmations, watch for uncomfortable bodily sensations. This will clue you in to opposing unconscious beliefs that you need to clear in order to manifest what you want. Find a clearing method that works for you.

Replace old limiting beliefs with new empowering ones. Enlist support and believe in the infinite possibilities! The Law of Attraction is always at work. Try applying some of these strategies to make it work for you in the most joyful ways. The universe will support you!

TO YOUR SUCCESS!

Ellen Richter

Reiki Master, Life/Wellness Coach, Psychologist, EFT practitioner, Special Education Teacher and Joyful Creator!

http://www.lawofattractionfun.com