~~~~ Notes from Nancy ~~~~
Creating the Life You Want
August,2005

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Two and a half years ago I chose for my coach a man (Michael Cavallaro) who did not call himself a coach but a "Metaphysical Mentor." Little did I know that that choice would change not only my life but the lives of family and friends. I was so impressed with the results I saw in myself and others that last September I signed up for a two year course in "Metaphysical Mentoring." This month I finish my first year.

Mentoring is different from coaching. Coaching is the perfect vehicle to take you from where you are to where you want to go. It works beautifully when you are in transition and trying to decide the next step. But what I've noticed over the past 8 years of keeping in contact with past clients is that though they successfully moved to new plateaus they often took some of their old patterns that didn't work along with them.

Mentoring breaks up these patterns while giving practical spiritual tools for every day living. It involves looking at ourselves honestly, (sometimes brutally honestly), and clearing up those blocks that stand in the way of our living fully and joyfully the life we want. It's not easy, nor for everybody. It takes dedication and commitment. The results for me have been a life more magnificent than I ever could have imagined.

It's time for me to start sharing those results on a grander scale. Below you'll find a special introductory offer for the month of September as well a free teleclass and a course (and yes! I am continuing to coach)! If you're not satisfied with the way life is working for you, if you feel there must be something more, if you're ready for life to get better - join me.

PS. If you'd just like to order the book that give practical tools, you can order "The 55 Concepts" at www.metaphysicalmentoring.com.

Warmly,

Nancy

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
~ Henry David Thoreau

I have decided to live in an upside down world. A world where all those things we fight are not the enemy but the messenger. Where I no longer fight disease, poverty, the battle of the bulge, or terrorism but where I say instead: "You bring a message for me. Come, sit down, and tell me what you have to say. Let us see if we can find an answer together."

In the upside down world I'll live in I will not work for money, power, or prestige. I will work for the joy of sharing the gifts I have brought to this earth to share. I work because it fulfills the creative urge in me. I will work to learn and grow - and doing that others will benefit and be delighted to share the fruits of their work with me as a beautiful exchange of energy. I will be an artist not a worker.

Here I will respect the energy exchange and exchange the money I receive for things that serve me well and delight me. I will buy only what I need and I love. It will not matter what my neighbor buys, it will not matter what the latest and greatest is, it will only matter what speaks to me, and being fully conscious of my purchases they will be few, yet perfect, and beautiful. In my world I will not be a consumer but a connoisseur.

I will share my abundance with the world, not because it's right, but because it brings me joy.

In this inverted world I will respect those who are stubborn, disagreeable, bossy, and unkind as my teachers. Much as teachers of the martial arts they will push and probe looking for my areas of weakness. I will study the lessons they teach me, even as I set boundaries, see where they are able to throw me off of balance, correct my imbalance and at the end of the lesson bow deeply and thank them for revealing me to my self.

I will look inside for answers first. I will cultivate a rich, rewarding relationship with myself. I'll ask my heart what it thinks and listen carefully to the answer. And when it doesn't agree with the "experts" I'll consider that perhaps the experts know what's best for them but only I know what's best for me. I'll remember all the pioneers, inventors, explorers, I'll remember how they were all told they were wrong and it couldn't be done. Then I'll go my own way quietly not needing to prove anyone else right or wrong just doing my own thing my own way.

In my world I will know that I am enough. Not because of what I have, or what I earn, not because of titles or degrees, not because I am good or kind. I will know I am enough because I am, because I breathe, because I'm here - and that's enough.

I'll spend my time with sunrises and sunsets and the beauties of nature. I'll pursue beauty and wonder and excellence. I'll busy myself about nothing except what brings joy and flow and contrary to all the predictions my house won't be dusty and my work won't be ignored but both will flourish in beauty and love.

As I think of my upside down world I'm not sure it's so upside down. The longer I look at it the more the world most of us currently live in seems upside down. The more I attempt to live in my world the more I see that the world I have chosen might just be the one that is upside right. Won't you join me?

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Upcoming Open Events & Possibilities

Fireside Conversations on Life - last one!
Join us in savoring the questions of life.
Uncover new perspectives and possibilities for living.
Discover yourself...
Tuesday, August 11th, 7:30-9PM
2nd floor around the fireplace
Doylestown Health & Wellness Center
847 Easton Road, Warrington, PA
Requested donation at door $15
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Introductory Mentoring Sessions
All of September
1/2 hour for $50, by phone
e-mail nancy@nancybaker.net to schedule
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Introduction to "The Concepts, A Guide to Conscious Living"
Free intro call Monday, September 12th, 8PM
call 1-641-297-5400 access code 82005
There is no charge for this call except what you long distance
company charges you to call St. Mary's, IA
Course:
6 one hour sessions, 8PM ET
September 26, October 10, 24, November 7, 21, December 5
Cost $150 plus purchase of book & cards ($24)
Book and cards free with early registration & full payment
by Thursday, September 15.
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Nancy lives outside of Philadelphia with husband Ed and cat Bear.
She is a available for personal consultation, coaching and mentoring
(by phone or in person), article writing, speeches, keynote
presentations, and workshops for individuals, groups, and
organizations world wide.
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You can live the life you want.
Believe it.
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