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Welcome to the garden!
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July 2005
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 In this issue:
Are you ready for Plan Be?
Monthly Mantra Movement Possibility
Clutter Bugging You? Book Giveaway!
Growing a Business Development Diane
Neat Links Tiara Fairy
Are you ready for Plan Be?
Wow! Has it really been six months since I last sent out a newsletter? Things have been rapidly shifting here in Plan Be Land, , but please know you have been in my heart all along.
It's just that my Creative Spirit contains many muses, and like children, each one needs her own special time with me in order to feel like a valued member of the family. So I have been Doing just that, resulting in the completion of
quite a few satisfying projects AND the unfolding of more! Didn't think it would take this much time, but time - I try to practice - is relative when the overriding goal is to learn how to enjoy Life.
AND I DO!
Now my muse of Romance, the real power behind the Queen of Plan Be, is leading the way. She has been waiting patiently as De-Clutter Diane (muse of organization) and Development Diane (muse of creative collaboration) readied the foundation
for her to begin building Her Dream.
So with a grateful nod to all of my muses, I am pleased to announce the premier of Plan Be, a way for successful women who feel it's been much too long since they really had FUN!
Are you ready for Plan Be?
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Have you always felt you were destined to make a positive difference in the world?
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Been feeling disconnected from your creativity and enthusiasm lately?
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Are you a leader who sometimes feels the people around you don't understand how hard you try?
If you answered yes to any one of these questions, it's more likely that Plan Be is ready for YOU gurlfriend!
The short version is Plan Be is a 3-month program that begins with a 5-day in-person Advance at the beach in Ocean City, Maryland, then continues for the following 3 months via phone and email support. Read the detailed version
here...
What can you expect to gain from this investment of your valuable time?
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An intimate awareness of your values, unique gifts and life purpose.
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Experience in consciously creating from the principles of intention and attraction.
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Deeper, more authentic personal and professional relationships.
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Daily laughter and joyful spontaneity.
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A personally crafted a 5-year Life Plan that honors every creative, wisdom-filled, sensuous, fun loving bone in your body!
Each session of
Plan Be is open to 12 women who consider themselves to be on the forefront of peaceful, worldwide change - no matter what they happen to be actually Doing right now. Personally, I am honored and truly jazzed to facilitate what we will
come up with when we convene and combine our collective energies.
Are you ready to Rock, gurlfriend?
Then please accept this as your personal invite to join me for a week at the beach August 22 - 26, 2005 for the premier kick off of Plan Be!
If you want to talk to me personally, contact me via
email and we can set up a time to chat. My
web site also has all the details, along with the link to register.
Let's get your next party started - right now!
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Mantra of the month
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Beautiful Power
Dear Diane,
I like to chant "Beautiful Power" when I run. Sometimes I emphasize the first word, sometimes the second. It helps me embrace my power, which I don't always do every second of the day, and it also reminds me how much I need beauty in my
life.
So sometimes, it's: "Beautiful. POWER."
And sometimes it's: "BEAUTIFUL. Power."
And when I am running and breathing and I feel like an Amazon, it's
"beautifulpower, beautfulpower, BEAUTIFULPOWER."
Martha Garvey
Writer
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Coming soon:
My Fat Dog , Hatherleigh Press, July
2005
My Fat Cat, Hatherleigh Press, July
2005
P.S. Calling all mantras! Share your TWIGs (Talented, Wise, Illuminating Gifts) with others. I'm collecting your Twigs for a new page on my web site. Together we can Be the tree!
What's your mantra this month?
Email me with yours.
Love,
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Book Give Away!
In early January De-clutter Diane decreed that it was time to clean out the files, tweak the systems, and make space for all the good stuff to flow in over the coming months.
Then we got the bright idea to sell some of our books on Amazon.com. It sounded like fun so I got straight to work setting up an account and deciding what books to sell. I've even sold quite a few already! Only one glitch. Because of
the prevailing sale prices on Amazon.com, some books would end up costing me more to ship than what I would receive for them.
What to do? What to do?
Would you like them ?! I mean if I'm going to be giving them away, I might as well let you have first dibs, as long as you are willing to cover my shipping costs.
Here's a list of what I have to offer. I have provided the corresponding link at Amazon so you can read the reviews. If you want my copy, all you have to do is reimburse my shipping costs after you receive your book.
If you wish to receive one (or several) of these books,
zip me an email with the title(s) of your choice. I will begin shipping them out on Monday, July 18, 2005 on a first come first served basis. Thanks for helping me make way for More, hope these books help
you to create More!
Speaking of creating space for More, here are two enriching programs to support your deCluttering goals that are always available, and only a click away:
If you like self guided eCourses, check out
30 Days to a Clutter F~re*e Castle. You can even take a complementary four day trial run!
Dear Diane, Thanks for your encouragement!
Your course guided me through a task I had been dreading for a long time. I was stymied by how overwhelming it seemed to 'get organized'. You breaks it down into digestible pieces that gently nudged me to stay on track...
I learned to think differently about my space I truly feel like I am able to create and manifest more in my life now that my home is uncluttered...
All My Best to You ~ Kathy
If you like the idea of a "virtual workshop" check out
DeCluttering for Creatives: Metaphor and Meaning in Creative Spaces virtual workshop You can literally take the workshop in your own home, in your own time-frame...whenever and wherever you want!
Dear Marney & Diane,
"That was a great session. I am inspired if a bit daunted by the task at hand. I named my declutter sessions, "Bubbles and Bells" sessions because that was the response to the #6 sentence completion.
Thank you for all that you do. This was great fun to be a part of."
Sara
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Growing a Business
Development Diane decided we needed to embark on a few artistic adventures to stoke the creative sparks she has been receiving. Her rational was that if we wanted to creatively grow our business this year we needed a focused block of time
for her to show me her ideas. True to form, once I give her space, she never disappoints.
I spent a whirlwind weekend in Cherry Hill, New Jersey at my best friend
Denise's house in mid January along with my fellow best friends,
Jenny and
Glenda. We made wishing boxes, jewelry, manekin torsos and made to order valentines all the while laughing up a snow storm and wearing butterfly wings! Find the
full story here.
In April it was out to Cincinnati, Ohio where we met up at
Glenda's home. This time around we collaged even more stuff, including wishing muses that Glenda invented, and made pins.
Here's the photos, check 'em out!
We also attended the original play, Iris, where our best friend Embrya was cast as a psychiatrist! Oh my! She so inhabited her character! Everyone else must have thought the same thing because EVERY review we read predicts she's
destined for Broadway!
Sometimes it seems surreal I know such incredible women. Especially since I only met these women, along with 16 other kindred spirits, last November at my best friend Marney's Creative ManiFestival! Check out Marney's Artella World, the
waltz between words and art by
clicking here.
Meanwhile, back at the Garden, what I have discovered is there is something about immersing myself in the creativity of others that inspires me to create More...
Something about receiving the gifts of others that gives me the energy to give More...
Something that shows me how much we all have to give each other that inspired me to want to give others the same experience!!!!
Want More?
Plan Be is ready for YOU this August 22 - 26th
click here to find out More!
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Sowing Seeds
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Over at
QueenPower.com, my best friend Allyn Evans, aka Queen Me, has found herself in the wonderful position of becoming the Tiara Fairy. According to Allyn, "A tiara is something every women should have.
Personally, I use my tiara when I need a little boost. I'll wear it any time I need some queenly inspiration, encouragement or courage. So, one week I thought it would be fun to send out a few tiaras to unsuspecting Queens (forum users)
who were facing challenges. And, I did. Their responses were incredible. Receiving the tiaras empowered them. Made them feel strong. Made them feel capable. Made them smile."
Yes It Did! Here are just a couple of the responses:
"Imagine my surprise when I let my dog out this morning and stumbled over a box. Inside was my beautiful Tiara! OMG! It is soooo pretty. Of course I had to put it on immediately and I have to say, it fits me, it loves me, it
makes me feel . . . well, ah . . .like a Queen!"
"Thank you, for making my day! My tiara came in the mail today. I've needed this for a long time, and you know what? I'm going to do my morning journaling pages while wearing this tiara! The tiara fairy is a super idea, and as soon as I
can, I have one person in mind that needs one badly."
Queen Me, author of
Grab the Queen Power has always got a little somethin', somethin' going on over at
QueenPower.com and seems to work tirelessly in her efforts to place a Crown on the head of every woman in the world. Check out her site real soon!
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Until the next time...Never give up on the things that make you happy; instead give up on the things that don't. ~Stephanie Dobrodey, High School Student, Stephen Decatur High School, Berlin, MD,
USA
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