As 2008 comes to a close, you have an opportunity to review your year. During all the Christmas activity with family, take an hour to reflect on your life and answer the following:

1. Did you achieve your goals?
2. What character traits held you back?
3. Did you develop a new attitude that supported your spiritual development?
4. Is there anyone you need to forgive before 2009? If yes, can you forgive them?
5. Are you dreaming big enough? If not, what beliefs hold you back?
6. Commit to one goal in 2009 now. What is it?
7. What date will you take the first step to manifest your goal?
8. Do you have a New Year’s resolution? What results can this resolution create in your life?
9. Who has made a positive impact on your life in 2008? How?
10. What will you do in 2009 that will inspire all those whom you meet?

Affirm: “I commit to my spiritual path and living it in each moment of the day.”

Are you aware of your intuition?

One day you are clear as a bell when it comes to trusting your choices and other times it’s like staring at a blank wall. I had those days in my past, when I didn’t know what was stopping me getting the answers I needed.

Even though I was psychic, I couldn’t see what I needed to see because I had blocked my vision. There was I thinking God was punishing me (yes, ridiculous) when in fact the biggest block to clarity was myself.

Are you aware of what blocks your intuition? Everyone has a blind-spot, everyone.

The good news is you are not limited by your blocks. It can be effortless to remove blocks that stop you getting what you want now.

Once you’ve incorporated the 7-steps I give you below into your life and on a consistent basis, you’ll no longer feel frustration or dread when it’s decision time.

1. Don’t Assume Anything

Do you know why you sometimes assume your next best action step?

You THINK you already know the answer.

I often see people settling for the quick-fix. Those people have lack of willingness to discover knowledge and an aura of laziness.

I was one of those people and you know what happened to me?

My goals crashed and burned every time I assumed.

2 Consuming Obsession

Have you ever been into someone, so much so you can’t think straight?

In the past, I was always filling my head with a new obsession, usually it was a guy who was no good for me.

I’d think and think and think about what he might be thinking and exhaust myself in the process.

That way, I didn’t have to take any RESPONSIBILITY for the decisions I needed to make because I could blame everything on my obsession, truly my distraction.

Can you think of any obsessions you might have that are blocking you from getting the answers you need?

3. Feeling Good About Criticism

When you think you know what’s best for someone else and they make a mistake, it takes the focus off of your own choices.

Making a comment about how someone eats, speaks, whom they date or what they wear that has a derogatory angle, is being self-righteous.

Criticizing another person is a fast way to disconnect you from higher guidance because when you criticize them, you move your awareness outside of yourself.

Don’t tell me you never criticize. Everyone does at times. You’d have to be a saint like Mother Teresa.

Next time you catch yourself criticizing someone with a friend, don’t beat yourself up because that’s self-criticism. Be aware and stop criticizing.

This will create the space for intuition to exist fully in your life.

4. Being Impatient For The Answer

Do you know what happens energetically when you become impatient?

You disconnect yourself from any wise guidance that is available to you.

One example of impatience is inviting friends over for dinner at 7:00pm and being impatient that it’s 6:45pm and they haven’t arrived yet.

By the time your guests show up, you’re going to be flustered and unreceptive. Now imagine those dinner guests as intuition.

Impatience shuts out your intuition.

5. Swimming In Resistance

Can you see when you enter into your stream of resistance?

You unknowingly push away guidance because when you swim in the stream of intuition, it carries you fast to your answer and goal.

In fact, when you’re not used to flowing with intuition, it can feel overwhelming. This is why people choose to stay in resistance.

Any resistance you may be experiencing in your life is only created by you. It is easy to remove with simple techniques that you’ll be able to use from the Intuition Development System.

6. A Natural Tendency to Control

Can you see when you are being caring vs. controlling?

It’s easy to slip into unknowingly manipulating another person.

In your head you may justify that your intentions are wanting what’s best for everyone, however if you’re unable to trust another person’s ability to make a successful decision, you block your intuition.

When you catch yourself trying to maneuver an outcome, step back and give yourself space for a creative solution.

7. Making Your Fear a Reality

Why fear what you don’t know?

Fear manifests itself as an energy you are unaware of or that you don’t understand.

Why fear your future?

Fearing what has not been created immerses you in creating the opposite you what you want.

The next time fear arises within you, ask yourself: What’s the worst thing that can happen?

I’ve learned that it’s never as bad as you imagine it to be. It only gets very painful when you ignore your fear and go into denial.

Take Responsibility For Your Decisions Now

The more you take responsibility for the decisions you need to make, the greater your intuition will serve you well.

Your first easy step is to OBSERVE how these 7-Big Mistakes may be operating in your life now.

Start using your intuition today to recognize your mistakes and you’ll become even more intuitive and confident in the choices you have to make.

This past week, I met up for lunch with my dear friend Bruce Newberg who casts a really cool show on TNT called “The Closer” starring Kyra Sedgwick.

I’ve seen Bruce in action when he’s casting and he’s totally intuitive. He naturally applies his Sixth Sense to make the right casting choice!

Do you trust yourself to make the best decisions every time?

Are you confident about the next step you need to take?

Or, do you procrastinate?

I was Queen Procrastinator! The result was I experienced a lot of angst, fear, worry, frustration, low self esteem, blame and yes, ANGER.

You wouldn’t think it looking at me or spending time with me because I managed to do a good acting job internalizing all those painful emotions.

Wow it hurt! I made myself physically ill with nosebleeds and depression.

Here Are 7 Things You Must Do If You Want to Overcome Procrastination…

The worst thing you can do is to go into denial and put your decision making process on hold. If your next step is “I need to meditate on this” that’s not procrastination. However you need to watch out for procrastination creeping in.

Denial is lethal! I’ll explain more in the article below.

So please enjoy these 7 signs and solutions I’ve learned that have moved me from procrastination to ACTION QUEEN.

I’m a go-getter. I love living life. I’m proactive and belief anything is possible if you believe it to be so.

However, I wasn’t always that way. I’d go through cycles of taking action, sometimes charging forward feeling unstoppable and then I’d train wreck. Hit the wall. Sometimes I experienced weeks of paralysis.

I knew what I needed to do, but I didn’t do it.

Why?

You need to unearth what’s really happening inside you. Use your intuition.

Here are 7 key signs I’ve learned from experience that I recommend. My signs have indicated to me when self-sabotage is about to derail me and instead keep me on target with my responsibilities to my family, friends, health, finances and career.

And following these tips has guaranteed me a good night’s sleep!

1. You’ll Deal With It Later

Is your head playing the theme song from Annie, “Tomorrow, Tomorrow”?

Do you set out with good intentions and enthusiasm to complete something and weeks, even years later fail to have it done?

Here’s some things you may have put on pause:

Doing taxes, Filing papers, replying to emails
Clearing out junk, old clothes, furniture and broken objects
Writing your book, TV show, Movie, Weekly newsletter
Going to the Gym, walking the dog!
Sending Birthday cards, replying to invitations for events (Weddings)
Beginning a relationship, Putting energy into a friendship, Ending a relationship
Changing career, Starting your own business
Going to the dentist, doctor, nutritionist
Have you put anything on hold lately?

If your answer is “Yes”, are you aware of the effect it’s having on you?

I know when I address my procrastination, I feel like a weight has been lifted and I’m happy, confident and peaceful.

2. You Feel Overwhelmed

What does overwhelm look like?

Let’s look at it from an intuitive standpoint.

• Visually, a stack of bills may look like an ocean of paper
• A voice in your head could be saying “I can’t handle this now. Agh!”
• You feel your stomach drop three feet when you do look at the bill and your head spins.
• You know you have to pay the bill but you do contrary action and walk away.

3. Brain Fog

You can’t think clearly. When you do think, it feels like there’s a metal object stuck in your head. Someone’s pulled the drapes down inside your head so when you try and connect an internal thought to an outside action. Guess what? Nothing happens.

4. You’re Depressed

What does this look depression look like?
You may sit on the couch for hours and not be able to move.
Take a ten minute nap after lunch and get up at 6pm.
Feed yourself negative self-talk.
Feel like you’ve just had Kryptonite chained to your body.

5. Exhaustion

You are constantly tired. Even when you’ve slept ten hours, you can’t seem to get ahead of the curve. Facing social events may feel like purgatory.

6. Over Committing

You say “Yes” to people’s requests, new projects, lunches, meetings, events and parties when you already committed to three times what you’re capable of handling right now.

7. Perfectionism

The dialogue in your head may go something like this:

“What if I say or do the wrong thing? I won’t be good enough. I don’t know how to get it done? No one will buy it, read it, like it”.

7 Steps You Can Take to Overcome Procrastination Now

Step 1 – Write a list of your current commitments

Step 2 – Create five columns and write the following headings: Family, Friends, Health, Finances, Career

Step 3 – Put each commitment into the relevant column

Step 4 – Ask yourself, “What is the most important thing in each column?”

Step 5 – Prioritize: Place the most important thing at the top of the list

Step 6 – Commit to one thing on your list today

Step 7 – Write down the steps that need to happen to get it done.

For example: Goal: Loose 10 pounds before my wedding. Commitment and Action Steps: Go to the gym five times a week. Hire a personal trainer once a week.

No excuses! Just think of how great you will feel.

Does visualization really work?

With the success and popularity of “The Secret” there has been a backlash that it is all hype and the principles do not work. I strongly disagree. I believe the Law of Attraction does work! There are a series of steps that you must to take to get the results you desire. I think some people are taking the information literally and then giving up on the process because they’re not getting immediate gratification. Our society is now, now, now, faster, faster, faster, why? why? why?

Would you like to know the first most important step to get what you want?

Do you notice a little voice in your head? “Yes, duh, of course I do but it doesn’t work. As much as I’d like to believe. I’m not getting the results.”

I know some of you are getting results however, what if you could get reach your goals faster? What if you achieved beyond what you believe you are capable of? What if you had ideas, concepts, projects and inventions that made a profound impact in the world?

Step #1 PERSISTENCE – “Never never never give up” – Winston Churchill

I carry that quote with me on a 3×5 index card to drum it into my unconscious mind. Whenever I feel fear rise up within me, I pull out that card and read the sentence three times. I immediately feel the tension in my body release. My emotions settle and a burst of energy gives me resolve to keep going.

So what’s this got to do with Jay Leno? During my recent trip to the gorgeous countryside of Massachusetts for my husband’s Prep School Reunion at Northfield Mount Hermon, I began to evaluate my life. We stayed on campus and being in the environs of educational life evoked distant memories. I felt nostalgic. I didn’t have regrets. However, a sense of urgency arose within me to achieve way beyond my current accomplishments. Set new goals. Challenge myself. Believe in myself.

I began writing my Life plan. I closed my eyes and focused inwards. A big goal of mine is to be an international best selling author. I asked myself, “Who would I love to be interviewed by when that happens?” Jay Leno immediately sprung to mind. I love “The Tonight Show”. Which led me to…

Step #2 My Visualization Process – “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve” – Napoleon Hill

So I wrote down my goal “Be interviewed by Jay Leno”. I imagined what it would be like talking with him and the fun we’d be having and the specifics of the conversation.
The reality is it was rather wild. I’ll tell all in a little while! It’s important to combine step #1 by being persistent in your visualization process. You don’t do it once and then think, “My goal didn’t happen, this visualization stuff doesn’t work”. Consistent persistence is key!

During my week’s stay in Massachusetts, I imagined talking with Jay while I was running laps on the track, in the car driving around Boston, sitting on the plane flying back to Los Angeles, even while I was brushing my teeth. I was inspired by Sam Walton’s tenacity when I read his autobiography “Made in America”. Even when I felt a little bit silly imaging chatting with Jay Leno, I silenced my inner critic and told myself “Why not? I’m interesting, talented and have a good heart.” What do you do when your still hear the self-sabotaging voice? Keep visualizing and tap into the feeling of optimism that if it’s for the highest good, your wish will come to fruition.

Step #3 ACTION – “Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone” – Robert Allen

Believing is not enough. You have to take physical steps to get the results you desire. As much as I’d like opportunities to land in my lap, I’ve discovered that by having willingness to take action and walking my talk, doorways open. Well here’s the fabulous door that opened. Two days after we arrived home from Boston, my husband Nick and I are sitting on the sofa and the phone rings. It’s his Mom Jane. “We’ve been invited to go on the Jay Leno show on Friday do you want to go?” Nick said.

“Yes!” I said, leaping into the air.

Nick didn’t understand why I was this excited. I hadn’t told him I’d been doing this visualization process for days. I was in awe at the coincidence of events that I prefer to perceive as synchronicity. I woke up on Friday like a child on Christmas Day. “We’re going to “The Tonight Show” I squealed. I wanted to enjoy every moment of this. I had so much fun. Scott who worked on the show, gave up the royal tour of the lot at NBC. It was inspiring seeing the costume department and the area where future sets were being built. Finally we entered the studio and my heart leapt in joy as I was lead to my seat in the second row. In my mind, it was a fortuitous sign that I would indeed, be interviewed by Jay at a later date.

“My visualization worked gorgeous, it worked!” I said, grabbing at Nick’s arm.

I remembered how I’d been sitting on the plane and imaging this moment a couple of days before. Why not do a little more? As people milled into the studio, I took one good long look at the stage and then I turned behind me to take in the details of the audience before I closed my eyes. I took several deep breaths into my body and pretended that I was up on stage with Jay having a fabulous conversation about my book “Unleash The Psychic In You”. I opened my eyes and felt content of the possibility I would talk to him at a later date. Moments later Jay Leno came out onto the set. The audience whooped and cheered. I could hardly contain myself. Now this is where step #3 is super important. Visualization is great however you have to take action.

Would you like to know how I ended up on stage?

“Would anyone like to come on up?” Jay said.

This is why I used the Robert Allen’s quote “Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone”. I leapt out of my seat, raised my hand and shouted “Me, Jay, I do!” I couldn’t believe I did that. I was setting myself up for rejection, feeling foolish. What if he blanked me? In that moment, which felt excruciatingly drawn out, I saw how the persistent practice of visualizing had created such a strong desire in me at an unconscious level. Despite my conscious fear of being embarrassed, I took action and asked for what I desired. “The tall enthusiastic blonde, come join me,” Jay said.

“Yes!” I made my way quickly onto the set.
“What’s your name?” Jay said.
“Joanna,” I said.
“And where are you from Joanna?” Jay said.
“London, England” I said.
“Oh, London, England!” Jay said mimicking my British accent.
“Yes Jay,” I said.
“And what do you do?” Jay said.
“I’m a Psychic Expert,” I said.
“Oohh!” The audience responded, intrigued.
“So if you were really psychic, you’d know that I wanted you to spank me,” Jay said.
“No problem Jay, I can do that right now,” I said.

I lent forward and pretended to slap Jay’s butt several times, with my husband standing next to me. It was hilarious. I was having such a blast. We talked for a few more minutes and then had a Polaroid taken of the three of us. Before I left the stage I told Jay sincerely how much I love his work. I had a strong sense right then that I would be back on the show at a later date sitting in the hot seat talking about my best selling book “UNLEASH THE PSYCHIC IN YOU”.