It's My Birthday & I'm Giving Gifts

The month of October is one of my favourites.  The leaves change colour for a spectacular display for our enjoyment.  We get to enjoy all things pumpkin - tea, cheesecake, pies, and muffins.  All Hallows' Eve arrives and little ghosts and goblins arrive to make us smile.  Oh and my favourite - my birthday!

In celebration, I'm giving gifts.  Three to be exact.

1. Daily Greatness Journal - most amazing journal you will ever own - Value $85 US - Draw Date October 13th - Dailygreatness Journal Details
2. Enrollment in Big.Bold.Bliss. Bootcamp - Value $197 US - Big.Bold.Blissful. Bootcamp - Check it Out
3. Blissful Self-Love Session - 45 minutes with Me - Value $150 US

In order to win, you must enter the contest that will be posted individually for each prize. So, let's get started:

Good Luck!

Susan xo

7-Ways Your Life Will Blossom When You Release "Why"

I remember when I left my tormentor, I was emotionally tortured by "WHY".  I screamed why at the top of my lungs.  It started all my questions: Why did he do it?  Why wasn't I good enough? Why did this happen to me? 

I searched and searched for answers but the "why" was never ending and one why led to the next why. The answers were simply not satisfying and I was stuck.  Not moving forward.  Living with "him" even though I had physically left.  

When you're firmly hugging your why, it's impossible to embrace your new "how" and "when". Moving forward, igniting your confidence and sparking your true Rebel Thriver only happen when you release why.

How and when are personal power questions that keep you moving toward your goal of a confident, independent, and happy life.  

Here's what happens when you Embrace "How" & "When"

YOU WILL wake up every day energized, joyful, confident, and excited about the possibilities
YOU WILL put yourself first, say No without guilt, and stand up for your values
YOU WILL attract amazing, supportive and loving people into your life
YOU WILL be confident and comfortable, complete yourself, and will easily recognize and connect with those who share your values and enthusiasm
YOU WILL spark your sense of adventure, wonder & joy
YOU WILL recognize increased intimacy and mutually rewarding relationships
YOU WILL embrace your  Big. Bold. Blissful. Life!

To your amazing journey, Susan xo

PS: Feel free to read Why is a Dirty Word to learn how detrimental why is to your healing journey.

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Hurt To Happy Success Call - September 10

My mission is to encourage and support women who do not want to be defined as a victim after they have left a toxic relationship.

You are incredible and strong and I want you transcend the current support model for survivors of toxic relationships and reclaim your life before the abuse.

I'm hosting a Hurt to Happy Success call on September 10 and I'd love to have you join me. I'm going to talk the amazing benefits of breaking up with your victim mentality so you can step into your Big Bold Blissful life.

Title: Hurt to Happy with Susan Ball

Time: Thursday, September 10th at 8:00 pm EST (9 pm ADT)

Listening method: Phone + Web Simulcast

To attend, visit: http://iTeleseminar.com/74234505

Phone Number: (425) 440-5100

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30 Spring Affirmations - Inspiration for Change & Renewal

Spring is a time of renewal and change and a fabulous time to review your current life situation.  Affirmations can be a powerful tool to help you change your mood, state of mind, and manifest the change you desire in your life.

Affirmations want to be repeated daily either in writing or aloud.

Speak the affirmation out loud three times a day or when needed! Or write out the affirmation several times in a notebook.

Every time you write or say your affirmation, you are reinforcing your new positive belief and overwriting your old negative one.

Here are 30 Positive Affirmations to get you started.

I am beautiful, capable, and lovable. I am valuable.

I love myself unconditionally and nurture myself in every way.
 
I trust my inner guidance.  

I am successful and Life is effortless and easy.

The universe supports my process and my success.

Abundance is present for me here and now.

I have abundance in friends, money, creativity and love.

I am open to the love, devotion and respect of another.

The perfect partner is waiting for me right now.

I am attracted only to those relationships that are open, honest, and healthy for me.

I maintain healthy boundaries in all my relationships.

I am surrounding by loving, supportive, and positive people.

My relationships are passionate, exciting, and fun.
 
All my relationships are based on integrity and respect.

I relate easily to people in all kinds of situations.
 
I am comfortable and confident in all my relationships.

I exercise regularly, I have plenty of vitality and energy

I take care of my physical body, am kind to it and feed it well.

I sleep deeply each night, I have tremendous stamina

I am extremely creative, I enjoy coming up with new ideas

I like to meet in harmony with my positive minded friends to mastermind my goals.

I start each day with enthusiasm, eager to act.

I am creative and resourceful and have all the abilities I need to succeed.

I love challenges and learn from every situation in my life.

I live every day with power and passion.

I feel strong and excited, passionate and powerful.

I feel tremendous confidence that I can do anything.

I am timeless being and awareness.

I have no shape, no name.

Before all beginnings, after all endings, I am. I am Love itself.

Join Me for a 4-Week Virtual Program

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About Susan Ball:  Susan inspires her clients to live the life of their dreams with passion, joy, and love. Susan is an experienced international Life Coach helping people Live a Baggage-Free Life.

Learn more about Susan by visiting her Online, on Facebook

What Time is It? Time for a Treat

When was the last time you treated yourself?

I'm not talking about expensive spa days or lavish vacations. They're good too but I want you to think of small, daily treats that you can have just for you.

Small treats or simple indulgences will nurture your well-being.  They will lift your spirits, refresh you, and restore a sense of balance in your life.

Schedule "Treat Time".  Get in the habit of scheduling your treat time - it is critical to your well being!

Treats are fabulous for setting and achieving your goals.  Set a goal and set your reward when you accomplish it.  A mini-celebration of you and what you've accomplished!

Remember, it's a treat from your perspective, not anyone else's.

Treat Yourself Self-Care

• Add small treats and simple indulgences to your daily life
• What is something that would be deliciously indulgent for you?
• When will you treat yourself?
• Mark time for treats - "TM" Treat Myself - in your calendar

And Remember Treats come in all sizes and price ranges!

Some Treat Yumminess to get you started

• Spend time with a friend chatting over a slow cup of tea
• Go for a hike - city or country - wander and take in the sites and sounds
• Take a long, hot bath with bubbles up to your neck
• Stop, sit on a bench and watch the world go by and smile
• Sit down in silence and read a book
• Have a decadent nap
• Buy fresh flowers for your home or office
• Give to charity or a friend
• Eat chocolate 

Add your own wonderful, delicious treats to the list.

About Susan Ball:  Susan inspires her clients to live the life of their dreams with passion, joy, and love. Susan is an experienced international Life Coach helping people discover and live their ideal life through NLP, Mindfulness, and G.R.A.C.E.

Learn more about Susan by visiting her Online, on Facebook

Creating Positive Change Means Breaking Up With Your Daily Routine

Every day, I work with coaching clients who say all the right things and then do the exact opposite.  They hope to experience growth, but they resist change.  They want less stress, yet they indulge in drama.  They long for better relationships, and then they refuse to trust anyone.

In other words, what they say they want and what they do with their time are disconnected.  It’s important to note, though, that I get it.  I understand where my clients are coming from.

I used to make the same mistakes.  Change is hard to deal with.  Needless drama can be addictive.  Relationships take a lot of work.  I’m sure you can relate.

In a nutshell, we're stuck in the same familiar patterns and comfortable routines.

Wake Up - Repeat!

Think about it.  We ultimately become what we repeatedly do. It's breaking the pattern and changing your routine that will cause the positive changes you're seeking in your life.

To Break Away, Add these Changes to Your Daily Routine and Your New Pattern Will Be:

Wake Up - Smile - Make a Positive Change - Repeat 

Exercise your Integrity.

Living with integrity means:  Not settling for less than what you are capable of.  Communicating clearly and asking for what you want and need from people.  Speaking your truth, even when others judge you for it.  Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your morals and values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.  

Steer clear of drama and those who create it.

There comes a time in life when you have to let go of all the needless drama and the people who create it.  Staying out of other people’s drama is an incredibly effective way to stress less and smile more.

Let It Go!  Let Them Go!

Be positive and spend time with positive people.

Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.  Raise your awareness to your own inner strength and positivity.  You are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life.  You can either give negativity power over your life, or you can choose to be positive instead by focusing on the great things that are truly important.  So talk about your blessings more than you talk about your problems.  Just because you’re struggling doesn’t mean you’re failing.  

Be You. 

Too many of us prefer gentle lies to hard truths.  But make no mistake, in the end it’s better to be hurt by the truth than comforted by a lie.  

Don’t try to be what “they” like – be who you are.  The people worth spending time with will be genuinely interested in spending time with you - warts and all.  And that works out well, because you won’t be happy being anyone else.

Remove Your Labels.

“Human” is the only real label we are born with.  Yet we forget so easily.

To become attached to a negative label like depressed, divorced, diseased, rejected, or poor, you believe that's who you are and how you are defined.  These are negative labels.

Switch them to Positive Labels - Label Yourself capable, confident, worthy, loveable  valuable, happy, grateful - keep going, you're doing great!

Ask yourself the right questions.

What questions are you asking yourself?  Are they helping you better understand your purpose?  Or do they have your mind spinning in circles?

Questions act as guideposts and they have a powerful influence on the direction of your life.   The questions you hear most often come directly from YOU.  So instead of looking outside yourself for answers, start asking yourself the right questions.  For instance…

• “Who am I?”
• “What do I want?”
• “What are my labels?”
• “What do I want to give?”
• “What’s the next step I can take right now?”

It’s all about self-inquiry.  That's how you will stay true to your principles, pursue your desires, grow through adversity, and add value to the world around you.

Notice the changes that have happened and celebrate each success.  At the end of the day, write your personal "I Did It" list.  You will be amazed at how successful you are and you will see how small changes are positively worth it.

About Susan Ball:  Susan inspires her clients to live the life of their dreams with passion, joy, and love. Susan is an experienced international Life Coach helping people discover and live their ideal life through NLP, Mindfulness, and G.R.A.C.E.

Learn more about Susan by visiting her Online, on Facebook

It's Thanksgiving! What a Perfect Time to Adopt an Attitude of Gratitude

You hear about practicing gratitude everyday and I'll bet you wonder "how on earth can it make a difference in my life?"

Well, an attitude of gratitude can and will change your life.  It will definitely raise your happiness quotient, it will reduce your stress and it will positively impact your overall sense of contentment and peace.

I was so skeptical when I was first introduced to practicing gratitude.  I thought how could being grateful possibly change my life for the better? I was healing from an abusive relationship.  Truthfully, I was drinking too much and engaging in destructive behaviours.  I really couldn't see anything good in my life for the present moment and the future was even bleaker.

A very wise friend who was tired of hearing my tale of woe asked me one day, "What are you grateful for?"  Huh!?  She simply said "What about music? You love music.  It brings you pure joy."  She was right.  Music did and on countless occasions music helped me get through a rough patch.

So, it turned out I did have something to be grateful for.  I decided to earnestly give gratitude a shot and see what happened if anything.

Gratitude worked for me and it will for you too!

Start small - take 5 or 10 minutes and write down or just reflect on things you are grateful for. When you're ready, start your gratitude journal or jar.  Each week or month, reflect on all that you have been grateful for.

Say Thank You with a Smile- to the servers, to the police officer, to your children's teacher, to your spouse, to anyone at anytime who does something to make your life better.

Write a Letter of Gratitude - Have a teacher, coach, co-worker, old friend, or mentor who has made a difference in your life? When was the last time you told them?  Sit down and write a handwritten note of thanks for the difference they have made in your life.  Deliver it by hand or pop in the mail.

Next time you are outside or with a group of people, instead of checking your phone, take time to simply enjoy the moment.

Exercise your gratitude muscle often.  You will be grateful you did.

How do you practice gratitude?  Would love to hear how you bring gratitude to your daily life.

Susan

Help Me Celebrate My Birthday - Take Advantage of My Special

Feeling Stuck?  Feel like your Spinning and Going Nowhere? Is it time for a Change?

October is my Birthday Month and I celebrated my fabulous 58th on the 4th of October!

To celebrate, I'm offering a special Birthday Coaching Rate of $58 per session for the month of October.

Get in touch and start living your life with joy, happiness, freedom and authenticity.

PS - pass on the good news.

Call 902.660.2701 to chat!

Yes, I Want to Get Unstuck!

Special Rate expires October 31, 2014.

I Am, I Can, I Will - Shift Happens with Small Words

The lack of self-confidence is the most popular reason that clients seek my help.  Not having self-confidence impacts every aspect of your life:

• How you react to negative people 
• Whether or not you change careers
• Go back to school
• Leave a negative relationship
• Stand up for your authenticity and joy and happiness
• Actively participate in events, sports and with friends

Your self-confidence is your foundation and you build your life, success, happiness and pure joy on it.  If you foundation has weak spots, your ability to let go, chase your dreams and find pure joy in living, is significantly diminished!

To begin repairing your foundation, add these empowering statements to your daily routine:

  

Every day, twice a day, write empowering statements that begin with I am, I Can, and I Will.  I recommend doing this in the morning and just before bed.

These may seem like very simple statements but their impact on your confidence will be complex.

While you are writing your empowering statements, you are discovering all the great things about you.  And that will change your view of you and your life.  Start today and notice the shift.

Here are mine from this morning:

I Am Grateful * I Can Write * I Will Start Today

Confidence building is worth the investment - www.susanballnlp.com

It's Monday, Be Awesome

So many people lament Monday.  Some even start on Sunday!

Think about how you set your mood for the day and the entire week when you begin with hating on something including the day of the week!

I hate Mondays does not generate good vibrations or open your senses and spirit to all the good, awesomeness around you.  It simply causes you to hunch your shoulders, lower your eyes to the ground, and see negativity in your space.

What an ugly way to spend the day.  No Thanks!!!

So let's be awesome on Mondays.  It will change your perspective which will change your outcome which will cause you to smile and be grateful.

Monday is a wonderful day.  It truly is.  Look forward to every day and you will feel so much better.  

Happiness is an attitude and gratitude begins with a smile.

Cheers, Susan

About Susan Ball:  Susan specializes in working with clients to let go of their baggage and junk - limiting beliefs, past hurts, traumas, etc. in order to begin a new life chapter that is happier, balanced and perfect just for them!

Learn more about Susan by visiting her Online, on Facebook

I Broke-Up With My Daughter

and I feel free, fabulous and authentic.

It was a difficult relationship and I often felt that my soul was being dug out with a spoon every time we engaged with each other. It was time for a change!

Relationships can be wonderful, loving and mutually beneficial or they can be draining, stress-filled and grossly one-sided.  The relationship with my daughter was the latter.

It was one-sided, demanding, overbearing and she felt no compassion or remorse.  Kind words and gestures were way beyond her scope of understanding.

I hung in for a very long time.  Why?  Simply because there is societal pressure to continue a relationship based on family connection, blood or a specific set of labels.  In our case, our labels were mother and daughter.

I felt more like a doormat and an instant ATM.  My punishment for not behaving as she expected, banishment from my grandsons.  Do it mother or you will not see or speak with them.

The day came when I'd had enough and I was at my lowest point and I decided to break up with my daughter.

The words came easier than I thought they would.  Actually, once I said it, I started to feel amazing and that great feeling has continued to this day.

When you think of your "relationships" and your labels, is there one that you would like to break up with?  Yes, indeed!

Now imagine the peace and tranquility that would invade your being if you sent that person packing?  You feel amazing, calm and look forward to your day and life.

It can be done!  I know I did it and everything about my life has improved.  I will love my daughter forever.  Liking her is a whole other matter and I don't.

Healthy relationships are not defined by labels.

Connect with me and schedule your 30-minute complementary session.  It's simple Visit my website  or send an email

Something Needs to Be Removed

We easily make assumptions about what we want and need. If we detect an area of our lives is far from satisfactory, we assume that we 'need' something to improve it. 

Sometimes though, what we actually need is something to be removed. 

Before you can gain something you truly need, you want to make space available for it.

After you remove the clutter, you will be free to focus your attention on the new breathing space you have created.  

It is your "space" and it is open to whatever you want that will enhance your life and happiness.

Focus on the positive - donate the negative - develop a new perspective - shake off the drag - do something just for you.

Spring into action and sweep out the old dust!  You'll be grateful you did.

Spring Clean Your Life Workshop on April 24 will quick start your cleaning.

Susan, NLP Success Coach